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The desk itself: how it is right now, its hardware and firmware, the settings it otherwise keeps on its touchscreen, and its wireless connections. Settings for AccessCaster itself are on App settings.

• Current state: The whole desk in one summary: what is muted or soloed, every fader level, anything unusual about the routing, and the pad bank. Look here first when something sounds wrong. The status bar carries the parts that need your attention, wherever you are in the window.
• Hardware: Whether a card or drive is in and how much recording time is left, the recorder, the firmware, and whether a network cable is in. Check for a firmware update asks RODE whether there is a newer version, and Install firmware installs it: the desk downloads it itself, installs it and restarts, which takes about five minutes. The desk's audio stops while it restarts, so a screen reader speaking through it goes quiet until it is back. RODE offers no way back to an older version. Last is a technical section for troubleshooting.
• Desk settings: The settings the desk otherwise offers only on its touchscreen: brightness, the meter style, haptics, the clock, what the record button does, and more. Two worth knowing about. Listen mode: pre-fader hears a soloed channel at its own level whatever its fader is doing, so you can check a mic that is faded down; after-fader hears it as the fader has it. The lockouts can lock the desk's physical buttons, or silence every headphone or line output, and this app can always switch them back off. Enable MIDI control lets a MIDI app or controller handle mutes, faders, listen and recording.
• Wireless connections: Switch the desk's wifi on, scan for networks and join one. The desk lists ten networks at most, never hidden ones, and joining can take up to 45 seconds. To pair a phone, switch on Let other devices find this desk, then pair from the phone's own Bluetooth settings; the desk stops being discoverable after a few minutes. The wireless mics the desk can see are listed with their battery levels.