Digitized audio is streamed to and from the DACS hard drive in real time. Record times are only limited by the size of the system hard drive. High level parameters generated by the host computer such as engine and rotor RPM, blade angle, thrust, torque, etc. are sent to the DACS to generate engine, rotor, and propeller sounds. Objects can then be tuned by setting parameters locally such as number of blades and blade length to achieve the appropriate simulation. Connection across the network is invisible to the user, and all radio and intercom functionality remains entirely realistic.
Installation is simple.
Radios can also be attached to DIS entities simply by supplying the DIS identifier for the entity. No modification to the code controlling the entity is required. Radio objects can be located in geodetic or geocentric coordinates depending upon the user's simulation convention. Signal PDUs provide support for both analog and digital radio systems using either mlaw or CVSD compression algorithms. Other compression algorithms can be added as the market demands.