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AM-10HD / Aug 2008
A M - 1 0 H D G U I
Once the GUI has been made aware of the AM‑10HD’s existence in this manner,
it will always appear in the list of AM‑10HD Devices, and be instantly accessible,
and from anywhere.
When connected to an AM‑10HD the status bar will indicate “Online” and the
“Devices” text will show the name of the AM‑10HD that it is currently communicat‑
ing with, and the “Presets” text will display the name of the preset that is running
in the AM‑10HD you’re connected to.
Connecting Directly Without a LAN
It is also possible to work without a LAN by connecting the AM‑10HD and the
PC Ethernet ports together using a standard Ethernet cable; either a straight through
or crossover cable may be used since the five‑port 10/100 Ethernet switch inside the
AM‑10HD has auto‑sensing ports. The controlling PC and the AM‑10HD’s network
settings should be configured to place them both on the same subnet!
PC System Requirements
Constraints for the system are not extraordinary – the PC should be preferably
at least 1GHz in speed, running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, and the screen
resolution should be at least 1024 x 768 pixels in order to get the full benefit of the
high resolution graphics utilized. There should be at least 15MB of free space on
the hard drive for the GUI software and presets, and the PC’s LAN interface (NIC)
should be 100baseT (100MHz) capable for best performance.
Wireless Connection
Many users will want to make adjustments to the AM‑10HD while in a remote
location such as their home, office, or car. This can be accomplished in a variety
of ways.
The GUI can be run on a portable computer connected to the AM‑10HD’s LAN
by a wireless (802.11b as a minimum) device, as long as the AM‑10HD itself “sees”
a 100baseT network. This can be done by connecting the AM‑10HD to a readily
available Wireless Access Point and then connecting to the AM‑10HD through the
access point from a wireless interface on a laptop computer.
Be aware that a fairly high quality connection is required in order to have full
advantage of the real‑time graphics displays on the remote GUI. Low speed con‑
nections will still function, but graphics performance, especially when displaying
FFT information, may be degraded.
AM-10HD GUI Status Bar
