FTS Configuration tools

As a first trial to provide a tool to handle the dynamic configuration of FTS as independent as possible from the platform it runs on and the devices, there are some objects (abstractions) included to the patch library of FTS, which are so far to be considered as experimental.

The object "config" takes as arguments the specification of platform and device. Generally like this:

   config platform device

In its current version "config" contains platform dependent abstractions, which can be found within the same path:

for ISPW:
- ispw_config.abs
- smith_io.abs
- dsp_port_io.abs
for SGI:
- sgi_config.abs
- sgi_audio_io.abs

These abstractions are ment to be used exclusively with the config.abs and may disapear!

The configuration is done by sending messages to the inlet of "config" to set the parameters followed by the message "config" to execute the device configuration. The essential configuration parameters are common to all platforms. In addition each version of "config" takes platform dependent messages to set specific parameters. The patch help-config.pat in .../lib/help shows the accepted commands for the currently supported platforms.

Based on the "config" abstraction the patcher "ispw_panel" is created for FTS on the ISPW to replace the old "Settings" panel in Max 0.26 under NEXTSTEP. Using this patch the dynamic configuration of FTS can be done by using the graphical user interface elements of Max. The patcher has one inlet to receive the same messages like the object "config ispw smith". All messages sent to the inlet set the control elements of the panel. There is a help-patch available in .../lib/help.

You may also want to tale a look to the help patch for the ucs object.