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ACU-5000 Operations Manual
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9.1.11 Live Status Information
There is a variety of live, current status information available. Some is in the form of indicators
that appear on the channel icons; additional information pertinent to any individual channel can
be brought up by hovering over the channel icon.
COR and PTT indicators appear in the lower left and right corners of the channel as audio moves
through that channel. When the COR icon is displayed, it means that channel is providing audio
to the net. When the PTT icon is displayed, it means that channel is sending audio out to its
connected device. To understand more completely, consider Net 1 in the image below. Four
radios are connected to radio channels R8 to R11. If the radio cabled to R8 is receiving a
transmission, its COR is active as shown by the green COR indicator in the lower left of the R8
icon. In any net, if one of the members of the net has active COR, the audio it is receiving will
be transmitted via the other members of that net. Therefore, R9 through R11 are all showing a
red PTT indicator in the lower right corner.
Note that COR and PTT status information can be somewhat delayed, but is still useful as a
means of identifying that a net has active audio on it. For near-instantaneous display during
system set up, see the discussion of Observation Mode in Section 5.9.
To obtain additional current status information about a channel, Click on “Status” and the
appropriate channel icon. A status information box will appear (included will be any current
monitor mode information - useful for when multiple masters are monitoring the same channel).
Other aspects of a channel’s overall status are displayed in a small icon on the upper right corner
of the channel icon. The icons will change automatically as the channel’s state changes. More
information is provided in Section 9.1.12 below.