System Monitor Dialog

 

The system monitor can be used to monitor the system whilst it is running. The following dialog is opened when the input or output box of the Configuration Editor is pressed during operation. The dialog can also be opened from config->system->monitor menu.

 

 

 

 

The dialog shows which input and output devices are selected and their sample rates and formats.

 

Input and output counters tell in bytes how many samples the system has read from the input device and written into the output device. The difference is the amount of bytes which are buffered by SkySweeper.

 

The Sample and Buffer Count tell how many samples and buffers SkySweeper has processed respectively.

 

The Buffers field tells the length of the internal buffer in buffer blocks. The buffer block length is shown in the buffer size field.

 

The Buffers in input and output queue show the buffers in input or output devices queue. If the input and output is a sound card, and the number of buffers in the output queue is small, there is a danger that the output device will run out of samples. In this case increase the number of buffers using system parameters dialog

 

If input is from file, read position can be controlled freely with scroll bar. Play and Pause buttons starts and stops playing respectively. To Start and To Stop buttons sets read position at the start or at the end of the file