Components of the UltraSoundGate 116Hnb
1 XLR input connector
The 5-pole XLR input connector represents the analog inputs of the
recording device and provide pow er supply voltages for external
amplifiers and microphones. The connector scheme is as follow s:
2 USB 2.0 interface
3 REC indicator
This amber colored LED w ill flash once the device is connected to
the PC. It w ill be sw itched off once the RECORDER USGH
softw are is running the in the monitoring mode
.
In this mode, the
REC LED indicates w hether the RECORDER softw are is recording
the incoming data onto disk.
4 POWER indicator
This green LED indicates that the unit is connected to the USB
pow er supply.
5
TRG button
This button can control the .w av file recording process in the
RECORDER softw are. To enable this mode of operation, one of
the follow ing
Trigger
source options must be selected from the
configuration dialog box:
3
1
2
5
4
1
2
3
-
+
differential source
4
5
+200V
+5V
1
2
3
-
+
single-ended source
4
5
+200V
+5V
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Avisoft UltraSoundGate 116Hnb. This
bus-pow ered USB device supports single-channel high-speed
data acquisition at sampling rates of up to 300 kHz.
The accompanying recording softw are Avisoft-RECORDER USGH
provides either continuous or triggered direct-to-disk recording
w ith real-time spectrogram displays.
Getting started
The supplied RECORDER USGH softw are can be launched from
Start / All Program s
/
Avisoft Bioacoustics
/
RECORDER
USGH
. On the first program start, the configuration dialog box w ill
be launched automatically (otherw ise it is available from
Options
/
Configuration).
Select the desired
Sam pling rate
from the
Input Device Settings
section and click at
Ok.
Then click at the
Pause button (
Monitoring/Pause
) and the Start button
(
Monitoring/Start
). You w ill then see the real-time spectrogram
displaying the incoming signals. For details on the operation of the
RECORDER softw are see the Avisoft-RECORDER manual and the
section
RECORDER USGH Software Settings
in this guide.
USG TRG button auto hold
: Pressing the button for more than 2 seconds will activate an
auto hold mechanism (the recording continues after releasing the button and will stop once
the button is pressed again). If the button is pressed for less than two seconds, it will only
record as long as the button is being pressed.
USG TRG button
: The software will record as long as the button is pressed.
USG TRG button inversed
: The software will record as long as the button is not pressed
(or as long as the external TRG signal is not active (logic high)).
USG TRG button toggled
: The software will start recording once the button is pressed
and continues until the button is pressed again.
Specifications
Number of channels
1
ADC type
Delta-Sigma architecture w ith
integrated adaptive
anti-aliasing filter
Resolution
16 bit
Sample rates [kHz]
300, 250, 214, 187.5,
166.6, 150, 125, 100, 75, 62.5, 50
Frequency response (-3dB)
20 Hz - 300 kHz
Input sensitivity (max trim)
-25.2 dBV = -23 dBu = 0.07 Vrms
Input sensitivity (min trim)
0.8 dBV = 3 dBu = 1.1 Vrms
Gain adjustment potentiometer 26 dB continuous range
Input impedance
50 kOhm
Analog input connector
female XLR-5 socket
Computer interface
USB 2.0, isochronous high-speed
mode
Supply current
(draw n from the USB)
130 mA
Physical dimensions (W/H/D) 31 x 41 x 80 mm
Weight
104 g
Avisoft Bioacoustics e.K.
Schönfließer Str. 83
16548 Glienicke/Nordbahn
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)33056 426086
Fax: +49 (0)33056 4260876
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1 Ground
2 Positiv e input
3 Negativ e input
4 +5V supply v oltage (max current 20 mA)
5 +200V polarization v oltage
Installation procedure
First install the RECORDER USGH softw are either from the supplied
softw are installation media (navigate to the subfolder
RECORDER
USH
and run
setup.exe
) or from the Avisoft Bioacoustics
w ebsite (w w w .avisoft.com/dow nloads.htm or directly
w w w .avisoft.com/RECORDER USGH.exe). This installation
program w ill install both the RECORDER USGH application
(rec_usgh.exe) and the required device drivers (usgh_xx16h.inf,
usgh.sys) for the UltraSoundGate xx16H devices. When the
installation procedure has completed, the UltraSoundGate unit can
be connected to the computer. The device should then be detected
as “Avisoft-UltraSoundGate 116H” and the pre-installed driver
should be finally activated.
Under some circumstances it might happen that the silent
installation of the device driver fails. If that happens, navigate to
the
Windows Control Panel
>
Hardware and Sound
>
Device
Manager
and right-click at the entry
Other devices
>
Avisoft
UltraSoundGate 116H
and select the
Update Driver Software..
.
option. The click at
Browse my computer for device driver software,
click at
Browse
and navigate to the folder
C:\Program Files
(x86)\Avisoft Bioacoustics\RECORDER USGH\Drivers
and finally
click at
Next
. The completed device driver installation w ill then look
like this:
