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CHAPTER 3: Installing Your HAL System verification configuration. This procedure assumes that you have installed and connected the HAL and all the EXPs, RADs, and DRs, and have verified that the devices are communicating successfully (by viewing their LEDs or LCD screens.) To perform a simple verification of audio signal receipt and transmission: 1. Open the Halogen software and view the Hardware Workspace. 2. Connect to the HAL you want to test. Because you have not loaded a configuration file into the device but you have installed the EXPs, RADs and DRs, the software reports device mismatches. HAL is reporting that it is not configured for the EXPs, RADs and DRs it detects on its ports. 3. To quickly fix the device mismatch problems, hover your cursor over each Device Mismatch message. A tooltip appears telling you what device HAL detects on that port: Configure the port to match the detected device. You can do so by dragging and dropping the correct EXP, RAD or DR from the hardware palette onto the port, or you can select the correct EXP, RAD or DR from the Model Picker (accessed by clicking the arrow on the right side of the port). WARNING! If you have installed a pre-defined configuration file, you would rarely use this functionality. The Device Mismatch message serves as an alert that an EXP, RAD or DR was installed or configured incorrectly. Simply changing the model to match what is detected erases this alert, obscuring the fact that a mistake was made. And, most importantly, replacing a configured device with another model removes all instances of the original model from the Processing Map. The system designer would be rather unhappy, don't you think? In this case, however, when you're simply creating a configuration to test the transmission of audio signals, adjusting the ports to match the devices that are installed makes your job much easier! We do recommend, however, that you check your EXP, RAD and DR installation against your drawings to confirm that they are in the correct locations. In addition, you can use the Locate functionality (see "Locating a Device" on page 96) for further verification. 4. Move to the Processing Workspace and wire the inputs and outputs you want to test. For details, see the Halogen Help System-we recommend the topics titled "Adding a Processing Block to your System" and "Connecting Blocks." 5. When you have completed the simple audio flow required for testing purposes, save the configuration to a file (by clicking Save or Save As in the application toolbar, and then saving to a file). This is now your verification configuration file. 6. Load the file into the HAL (by clicking Load in the application toolbar, and then selecting the verification configuration file you just created). 7. Perform your audio test. 86

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verification configuration. This procedure assumes that you have installed and connected the HAL and all the
EXPs, RADs, and DRs, and have verified that the devices are communicating successfully (by viewing their LEDs
or LCD screens.)
To perform a simple verification of audio signal receipt and transmission:
1.
Open the Halogen software and view the Hardware Workspace.
2.
Connect to the HAL you want to test. Because you have not loaded a configuration file into the device
but you have installed the EXPs, RADs and DRs, the software reports device mismatches. HAL is report-
ing that it is not configured for the EXPs, RADs and DRs it detects on its ports.
3.
To quickly fix the device mismatch problems, hover your cursor over each Device Mismatch message. A
tooltip appears telling you what device HAL detects on that port:
Configure the port to match the detected device. You can do so by dragging and dropping the correct
EXP, RAD or DR from the hardware palette onto the port, or you can select the correct EXP, RAD or DR
from the Model Picker (accessed by clicking the arrow on the right side of the port).
WARNING
!
If you have installed a pre-defined configuration file, you would rarely use this func-
tionality. The Device Mismatch message serves as an alert that an EXP, RAD or DR was installed
or configured incorrectly. Simply changing the model to match what is detected erases this alert,
obscuring the fact that a mistake was made. And, most importantly, replacing a configured device
with another model removes all instances of the original model from the Processing Map. The sys-
tem designer would be rather unhappy, don't you think? In this case, however, when you’re simply
creating a configuration to test the transmission of audio signals, adjusting the ports to match the
devices that are installed makes your job much easier! We do recommend, however, that you check
your EXP, RAD and DR installation against your drawings to confirm that they are in the correct
locations. In addition, you can use the Locate functionality (see "Locating a Device" on page 96)
for further verification.
4.
Move to the Processing Workspace and wire the inputs and outputs you want to test. For details, see the
Halogen Help System—we recommend the topics titled "Adding a Processing Block to your System" and
"Connecting Blocks."
5.
When you have completed the simple audio flow required for testing purposes, save the configuration to a
file (by clicking
Save
or
Save As
in the application toolbar, and then saving to a file). This is now your
verification configuration file.
6.
Load the file into the HAL (by clicking
Load
in the application toolbar, and then selecting the ver-
ification configuration file you just created).
7.
Perform your audio test.
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