Chapter 1
General Information
ATS-2: An Overview
The Au dio Pre ci sion ATS-2 is a pow er ful com puter-con trolled au dio test
and mea sure ment sys tem con sist ing of two key components:
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The ATS-2 hardware: the connectors and circuitry necessary for
precise signal generation and analysis, and for interfacing to devices.
The hardware is mounted in a compact (2 U) aluminum and steel
chassis that can be installed in a standard equipment rack using
optional mounting hardware.
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The ATS measurement software, which runs on a personal computer
(PC), and provides the control, display, report and automation
functions for the ATS-2 system. The ATS software will run under
Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
With the ex cep tion of the mains power switch on the rear panel, there
are no knobs, di als, con trols, read outs, me ters or switches on the ATS-2
chas sis. All of these func tions are per formed via the ATS soft ware on the
con trol ling PC.
Getting Started with ATS-2 1
Figure 1. The Audio Precision ATS-2 audio test and measurement system.