PrismSound DSA-1 Manager, Руководство по эксплуатации

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Operation Manual
© 2005 Prism Media Products Ltd
Revision 1.00 Prism Sound DSA-1 Manager
'User' Test Sequences are written in a special language, which is detailed in the
Test Sequence authoring guide section. Test Sequences are initially written using the text window. It
may be useful to start from the 'source file' of one of the 'burned in' Test Sequences rather than
beginning your 'user' Test Sequence from scratch. These files are installed with the DSA-1 Manager,
and are listed in Appendix C of the DSA-1 Operation Manual.
The 'burned-in' Test Sequences are:
Test Name Source file
Global Test DSATST1.TXT, DSATST1A.TXT
Consumer Test DSATST2.TXT, DSATST2A.TXT
General Pro Test DSATST3.TXT, DSATST3A.TXT
Strict Pro Test DSATST4.TXT, DSATST4A.TXT
Note that the 'A' versions are functionally identical to their non-A counterparts, but incorporate
'programmer-friendly units'. The original files (with native units) are provided only for backward
compatibility. It is recommended that the 'A' versions are used.
To begin work with one of these files, simply load it into the text window and you can begin to modify
it, for example changing limit values. You will notice that the source code is helpfully coloured by the
editor, which understands the syntax of the language. If the colouring needs to be manually
refreshed, use the 'Refresh Syntax Colour' option within the Test Sequence submenu of the DSA-1
menu, or use the 'F5' hotkey.
When the source code is complete, save it to disk before proceeding in order that your code is not
accidentally lost. If you began from one of the 'burned-in' Test Sequence source files, make sure that
you save your modified version to a different file name so that the original is not over-written.
Compiling a Test Sequence
Once the source code is complete (and saved to disk), compile the Test Sequence by selecting the
'Compile...' option from the Test Sequence submenu in the DSA-1 menu. Alternatively, you can use
the icon or [F6] hotkey. The following dialogue box is displayed:
It is possible (though usually unnecessary) to modify the file names and paths for the source file to be
compiled, as the destinations for the compilation listing (.LST) and executable (.BIN) files.
On clicking the [Compile] button, the Test Sequence is compiled. If success or failure of the
compilation is displayed in a message box. If the compilation failed (i.e. if there was an error in the
.TXT source file) then the .LST file is automatically loaded into the text window. The .LST contains a
line-by-line summary of the compilation, with error messages displayed where they were encountered.
Once the source of the error has been identified, the .TXT file must be reloaded, repaired, and
resaved before recompiling.