PANTS, or Playback antennas. Hardcore DXers often use many Perseus setups for recording simultaneously on a DXpedition, each setup saving recordings to an external hard disk. When a specific recording is analyzed later, it can be very useful to check how signals were heard by the other setup(s) at the same time; sometimes the identity of a station can quickly be solved with the help of a recording from the other setup.
PANTS serves as a "virtual antenna switcher in the ARCHIVE mode". You can set the "a" key as the "playback antenna switcher". Then you can rotate a maximum of three hard disks in the ARCHIVE mode just as pressing the "a" key rotates the antennas in the LIVE mode. This makes it easy to compare the signals between different antennas on the currently-playing frequency/time point.
If no recording exists on the selected disk, "NO HITS" will be shown, and PANTS stays silent, showing the playback time until you switch back (or to the next hard disk).
PANTS is also available if you have moved your recordings from various hard disks to one hard disk (in separate folders) after the DXpedition.
Normally, pressing the "a" key is used for rotating the antennas (and opening up the ANTENNAS screen). You can override the default function and re-define the "a" key for the PLAYBACK ANTENNA switcher by defining a PANTS plugin in SETTINGS > PLUGINS (more details in GUIDE > PLUGINS).
For example, if you have the external hard disks L:\ and O:\ in place for JAGUAR recordings, you can set PANTS as follows:
PANTS=L,O
and you can use the "a" key for toggling the recordings on the L:\ and O:\ disks.
When a hard disk is connected, JAGUAR will display a banner showing the selected disk/folder on the top of the display for a short while. The name is also visible on the status bar.
You can also set file paths instead of hard disk letters in PANTS (thus making it possible to use the same disk); for example, if you set
PANTS=F:\PRec\PAX128-Disk1,F:\PRec\PAX128-Disk2
you can toggle the two folders by pressing the "a" key.