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Beam Steering
IC digitally steered arrays produce tightly focused, precisely aimed beams of acoustic energy that maintain their intensity well over long
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distances. The FIR files that shape and aim these beams of energy are created within RHAON under Beam Steering and then either stored
as a Preset or loaded into the array's DSP. Presets are an Iconyx feature that allows you to store up to 10 preset beam steering and DSP
control setup configurations in the array's DSP memory and then select between them. We'll cover Presets in detail later on in this manual.
To enter Beam Steering, open the Beams / Presets Tab. This will open the window shown below. Since we we operating in the virtual
world, the white presets listing field will be empty. If we were connecting to an actual array the presets would be listed and then down-
loaded into the Array's working memory high lighted, (see below). To open the Beam Steering module, click on the Beam Steering button in
the beam display graphic (outlined in red below).)
Multi module IC arrays can be configured as either "Master & Slave"or "All Master" Arrays. In the Master & Slave configuration one Array
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module is set up as the Master and all the other modules are Slaves to the Master and give up control of many of their functions to the
Master. In the All Master approach all modules are called Masters, but they give up control of many of their functions to the Array Icon
which serves as the Master.
For example, Input selection, EQ and beam control are taken away from the individual array modules vested in the Array Icon's properties
folder.
The Master & Slave configuration is the most popular and the following Beamware instructions assume you are working with a Master &
Slave system. The only major operational difference is that when you are putting the system together in the virtual world you need to insert
a beam into the array before it will initiate Mapping. More details follow on the next several pages.
Cabling is a little different. In a Master and Slave system all incoming signal wires terminate in the designated Master and passed through
to the Slaves. In the All Master approach, every unit is a Master and requires its own separate signal and control cables
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