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User manual for Cantar-X1 & X2 v2.15 2008 March 28
p.49
p.49
Functions
• Remotely controls Bluetooth equipped Cantars in TEST,
PPR and REC • Sets input and output routings • Displays
modulometers and fader gains • Edits scene, take, com-
ments and track-names.
R.can-w runs under Windows Mobile 5, not Mobile 6.
note:
R.can-p for Palm-OS is no longer maintained, e.g. the
remote-record function has not, nor will it be, implemented in
this application.
Installation
The
Win-Mobile 5
PDA
must feature a VGA screen
(640x480), not a QVGA
screen (320x240), and an MS
Bluetooth stack, not a Broad-
com stack,
e.g. Qtek 9000,
iMATE Jasjar, DELL Axim-51v;
HTC X7500 / T-Mobile Ameo.
Download
'
rcan-xxx.cab
'
from the Aaton web site to a PC
or Mac and copy it through USB into a folder of the PDA.
Then open this folder and execute ‘rcan-xxx.cab’.
Connection to Cantar
Cantar side
Set TECHSET.17 ‘Serial Com’ to ‘
Bluetooth
’.
The 3m range Cantar transmitter is low power (Idle: 0.1mA,
Connecting: 4mA) and may remain active at all times.
PDA side
Click R.can’s icon in the PDA ‘programs’ screen.
1. Select a Link:
Bluetooth.
2. Search:
found Bluetooth
devices are shown in the
'
Pick one
'
pulldown menu;
click the ID for the Cantar
you want to store in the
PDA memory.
3. Pick one:
the list of Cantar IDs in memory
is shown; click the desired one.
4. Connect:
the latest Cantar ID will show at next connection.
5. Status:
for maintenance engineers.
Working Screens
R.can-w displays the modulometers, prefader and mix-
er gains, plus the mic-preamp settings. It sets the ins
and outs routings, and enters/edits scene, take, track-
names and comments.
1 Inputs grids
track (dis)-arming (file rank
becomes light grey), M/S
status, inputs to tracks rout-
ings can be modified in
STOP position.
2 Outputs maps
recorded signals appear in
green; the non-recorded,
sent directly to outputs, ap-
pear in black. Outputs
mapping can be modified
in STOP position.
3 Physical parameters
top:
battery voltage, sam-
ple rate and bit-depth,
internal/external disk re-
cording time.
middle:
phantom, limiter, phase,
high-pass filter in STOP position; fader/mixer gains in TEST,
PPR and REC.
bottom:
filetags, scene, take, day and time.
4 Metadata editing
Scene, take, comments,
and track-names with auto
completion and memo-
rized text insertion are
edited in REC, PPR and
BROWSE. To erase older comments, go to the bottom-
left field, toggle from ‘Pen’ to ‘Trash’, your stored com-
ments appear over a red background; click to delete.
5 Sound-Report editing
R.can-w is a great helper
to enter and modify the
Sound-Report's headers.
Several entries per day
are allowed. A new .ALE
page, a new .CSV page and a new Sound-Report page is
opened anytime a header item is changed.
See the complete R.can-w user’s instructions on
http://www.
aaton.com/products/sound/arcan/index.php
Companion "R.can-w"
