- Right mouse click on XConsole Shortcut icon
- Click on "Run as administrator"
- Allow the Vista User Account Control to run the program (if UAC is enabled)

- Get the IP address of router, switcher, or computer
- Set IP addresses to the processors via front panel control. First 3 numbers have to be the same as the IP address of router, switcher, or computer. The last number has to be unique.
- Set the Device ID of the first processor = 1. Set the Device ID of the second processor = 2 and so on.
- Set the corresponding IP addresses of the processors to XConsole.

- Click Start -> Run in Windows
- Type "CMD" and hit Enter
- Type "ping XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" in the DOS Window, where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the IP address
- You'll see response from the IP if the connection is OK

- Click Start -> Run in Windows
- Type "CMD" and hit Enter
- Type "ipconfig" in the DOS Window. The IP address will be shown.

- Click Start > Settings > Control Panel
- Double click System
- Select Hardware Tab
- Click Device Manager
- Click Ports
- Under Ports, you should see the USB port and the COM port number

In XConsole v2.xx, the available ports are shown in the Setup - Port Connection menu. So the above procedure can be neglected.

If Windows cannot see the port (That means there is no CP210X item showing under Ports in Device Manager), then look under "Other Devices". Right-click on the CP210X item, then update the driver by browsing the folder: c:\Silabs\MCU\CP210x\Windows_2K_XP_S2K3_Vista

Under Windows
- Click Start > Run
- Type "Command" and click OK
- A Command windows pops up, Type "mode comX" (X is the COM port number)
- If the port is available, you should see a list of COM port parameters like this:

Status for device COMX:
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Baud: 115200
Parity: None
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 2
Timeout: ON
XON/XOFF: OFF
CTS handshaking: OFF
DSR handshaking: OFF
DSR sensitivity: OFF
DTR circuit: OFF
RTS circuit: OFF

The value in the list is not relevant. As a long as the list is shown, it means that the port is available. XConsole or XLink can use this port for communication.

For FIR filters, the higher the taps, the higher the slope in dB for the same frequency, or the lower frequency the FIR can handle for the same slope. Generally speaking, higher frequencies require smaller number of taps, and lower frequencies require higher number of taps.

For good steepness for FIR crossovers:

# of Taps	Minimum Freq (Hz)
50	4800
100	2400
150	1600
200	1300
250	1000
300	850
350	700
400	625
450	550
500	500
550	450
600	425
650	400
700	390
750	385
800	340
850	310
900	285
950	275
1000	265
1050	250
1100	230
1150	220
1200	210

FIR is much steeper than conventional IIR. The stopband is about 100dB below the crossover point. The slope is not linear. A lot of information on FIR filters is available on internet. One thing to keep note is that the higher the number of taps, the longer the propagation delay required for the filter. The delay is calaculated as 1/96 * #of taps / 2 ms. For example, a 600 taps filter induces 3.125ms delay. The XD is a smart device which compensates the delay required for all channels based on the highest FIR filter delay in a particular channel.