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Rs-232 commands – Contemporary Research 232-MCT User Manual

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232-MCT Mono Caption Tuner

RS-232 Commands

Typical Setup Commands

S0= Set tune mode

0=CATV

1=Broadcast

2=HRC

3=IRC

S2= Set Unit #

1-9

TR=

Set Tune Ring (TR)

Example:

>2TR=2,4,7-10’

Limits access to specified channels, 120 chars max

You can use dash for sequential channels, include 126 if you are

using external AV inputs

Stores unit #2 Tune Ring as 2,4,7,8,9,10

Q4= Label Mode with Status (0-3)

Sets on-screen channel label mode. Same as TM, current mode

reflected in status, setting TM will also change Q4. (Ver 3.1)

0=None

1=Alpha only

2=Numeric only (default)

3=Both alpha and numeric labels

Channel labels are displayed overlaying the video in the top-left corner

of the screen for about 10 seconds after each channel change.

Tuner displays the channel number only.

Q0=

Caption Mode Off (0-2)

Example: ‘>Q0=0’ or ‘>Q00’

Sets captioning mode

0=Captioning off (default)

1=Captioning on

2=Captioning active when volume is muted
Captioning off

Tuning

TR=

Set Tune Ring (TR)

Example:

>2TR=2,4,7-10’

Limits access to specified channels, 120 chars max

You can use dash for sequential channels, include 126 if you are

using external AV inputs

Stores unit#2 Tune Ring as 2,4,7,8,9,10

TT=

Select tuned channel (0-126)

Example:

>TT=28’

0=video mute, 255=video unmute*

126=External AV Inputs

Selects channel 28 only if 28 is present in current TR

TC= Force tuned channel (0-126)

Example:

>TC=39’

0=video mute, 255=video unmute*

126=External AV Inputs

Selects channel 39 regardless of current TR

TP

Set to previous channel

Selects previous channel only if present in current TR

TU

Tune channel up

Example:

>3TU’

Selects next higher channel in stored Tune Ring

Bumps Unit#3 tuned channel up one from available Tune Ring

TD

Tune channel down

Selects next lower channel in stored Tune Ring

Power and Mute AV

Both activate the same function

P0

Power Off

Same as XM

P1

Power On

Same as XX

PT

Power Toggle

Same as XT

XT

Toggle Mute A/V

Alternates Mute A/V on and off

XX

Mute A/V off

Turn A/V outputs on at previous level

XM

Mute A/V on

Example: ‘>XM’

Mutes A/V outputs

Mutes audio and video outputs