Appendix 1: Front Panel Controls
Sample front panel with data loaded.
New Test - Allows you to collect new data
Scratchpad - Data collection without necessarily saving them
Settings - Menu to configure the software (set preferences, create and edit templates, and perform calibrations)
Fun - Cool features still under development, but worth a try
Interpret - Opens a plot and some notes on how to interpret it
Shortcuts - Keyboard shortcuts and information about the ObieApp
Help - Opens help pane, which provides explanatory information about individual app functions
Getting Started - Start here, this will help you understand how everything works
Plot area - Graphs are plotted here
*TIP: You can adjust axis limits by clicking on the number that shows the max/min, and typing in the desired end value.
Data Set Panel - Each row fills up with a data set, and is plotted on the plot area when it’s selected.
You can change the data set color by clicking on the colored box next to it, and setting it to the desired color.
You can edit notes for a data set by clicking on it.
Data Set Panel Controls
Search - Search for files to open, using keywords
Browse - Browse local folders for files to open
Lists - Create/edit lists of files
Share - Export selected data sets as a folder
Colors - Change plot colors
See All - Select all data sets
See None - Unselect all data sets
Reduce - Remove unselected data sets (reduce data sets to only the selected ones)
Clear All - Remove all data sets
Undo - Undo last command
Inspect - More options for viewing graphs
Autoscale plot region - Click on the Y or the X button to autoscale the axes to fit the data selected on the list
Smoothing - The default setting is that the data appears as it is collected. However, to reduce noise and/or errors, you might find it useful to “smooth” your data by selecting an option from the dropdown menu. The different options “round” your data to the nearest ¼, ½, 1st, or 2nd semitone.
“As measured” - Allows you to normalize data sets or take averages
Normalize - Makes the area underneath all of them equal, between the start and end frequencies specified
Cplx average - Takes the complex average of the data
Real Average - Takes the real average of the data
"No Bands" - This tool makes it easier to compare different data sets by taking a dB average of every data set between specified frequencies of interest
Click on the dropdown menu to see available bands (software comes with Octaves and Curtin bands)
You can determine your own bands by clicking the “Edit” button next to the dropdown menu. Click on the plus/minus sign to add/remove band-determining frequencies. You can double click on the frequency number to edit it. You can save the bands you have built by clicking “Save As”
Once you have selected bands, you can export the dB band average of each data set to an Excel file by clicking the “Excel” button.