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NMEA Data Multiplexer - NDC-4-A & NDC-4-A -USB

Using the Control Centre

The Actisense NMEA Data Combiner hardware can be congured and monitored using its own dedicated Control

Centre suite. This section provides a complete users guide to all the Control Centre’s features.

This program is currently only available for Windows platforms (98/ME/NT/2000/XP), however, it has been proven

possible to use the Control Centre on a Mac running Windows emulation software.

Main window

Figure 10 – Control Centre main window (after hardware detected)

The Control Centre main window allows the user access to

all the NDC hardware conguration and monitor features,

and adjustment of the Control Centre’s actual appearance

on screen.

The Control Centre is capable of displaying a large array

of data and information, and not all will be of interest to

every user. Therefore, the user can easily select which

information / status windows are of interest and are visible,

and which are not (hidden).

To meet the users specic requirements, any visible

window can be repositioned on the screen by dragging it

with the mouse. If a window is dropped (the left mouse

button is released after the drag operation) close enough

to an adjacent windows edge, it will snap to that windows

edge. This allows for quick, easy and neat arrangement of

the Control Centre’s windows.

From the main window the user can select what Baud rates

the various inputs and outputs of the NDC need to be, and

even change the input port priorities. Selection of these

options is possible by using the standard Windows menu

system (‘Options’ menu) or via a tab system (behaving

just like tabs in a ling cabinet). Full explanation of these

features is detailed in the following sections.

Any changes the user makes to the Control Centre’s

appearance will be remembered for subsequent sessions,

allowing the user to keep their favourite settings. Any new

conguration settings must be downloaded to the NDC

hardware before they can be remembered - this helps

keep the Control Centre and NDC hardware in sync.

The main window has an ‘Exit’ control button to close the

Control Centre program. Refer to the menu File → Exit for

full details on the operation of the exit request.

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