CTI Products RCD Standard - Remote Comparator Display - Manual (Page 4)

MCN Remote Comparator Display
CTI Products, Inc.
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1. INTRODUCTION, AND OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 NETWORK INTERFACE SUPPORT ........................................................................................................ 2
1.2 S YSTEM H ARDWARE R EQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................... 3
1.3 R EFERENCE D OCUMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 4
2. THEORY OF OPERATION........................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 C OMPARATOR S TATUS ...................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 C ONTROLLING THE C OMPARATOR .................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 T RANSMITTER S TATUS M ONITORING AND C ONTROL ........................................................................................ 5
3. QUICK START................................................................................................................................................ 6
4. MCNRCD & MCNCFG BASICS................................................................................................................... 7
4.1 U SING M ENU C OMMANDS ................................................................................................................................ 7
4.2 C ONFIGURATION F ILES ..................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2.1 MCN G ROUP C ONFIGURATION F ILES < FILENAME >.GCF.......................................................................... 7
4.2.2 MCN S CREEN F ILES < FILENAME >.MSF ................................................................................................... 8
4.2.3 M ODULE C ONFIGURATION F ILES < FILENAME >.MCF ................................................................................ 8
4.2.4 M ODEM C ONFIGURATION F ILE (MODEM.INI) ........................................................................................ 8
4.2.5 R EMOTE C OMPARATOR D ISPLAY C ONFIGURATION F ILE (MCNRCD.INI) ................................................ 8
4.2.6 MCN E RROR L OG F ILE (MCNERR.LOG) ............................................................................................... 8
4.2.7 MCN S TATISTICS L OG F ILE (MCNSTAT.LOG)....................................................................................... 9
4.2.8 MCN T EXT C ONFIGURATION F ILE (MCNRCD.CFG)............................................................................... 9
4.2.9 HIB C ONFIGURATION P ROGRAM (HIBCNFG.EXE)................................................................................. 9
5. INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................................................... 10
5.1 I NSTALLING THE R EMOTE C OMPARATOR D ISPLAY S OFTWARE ....................................................................... 10
5.2 L OADING THE D EVICE D RIVER ....................................................................................................................... 10
5.3 A DDITIONAL CONFIG.SYS F ILE C HANGES ................................................................................................... 10
5.4 M ODIFYING THE AUTOEXEC.BAT F ILE ....................................................................................................... 11
5.5 N ETWORK I NTERFACE I NSTALLATION & C ABLING ......................................................................................... 11
5.6 M ODEM S ETUP ............................................................................................................................................... 11
5.6.1 I NTERNAL M ODEM S UPPORT .................................................................................................................. 11
6. CONFIGURING A SYSTEM -- USING MCNCFG ................................................................................... 12
6.1 C ONFIGURATION S TEPS ................................................................................................................................... 12
6.2 S TARTING THE MCNCFG CONFIGURATION PROGRAM .................................................................................... 13
6.3 U SING THE MCNCFG M ENU C OMMANDS ...................................................................................................... 13
6.4 C REATING A N EW MCN G ROUP C ONFIGURATION F ILE .................................................................................. 14
6.4.1 G ROUP C ONFIGURATION S CREEN D ESCRIPTION ...................................................................................... 15
6.4.2 D EFINING A G ROUP N UMBER .................................................................................................................. 16
6.4.3 E NTERING R ECEIVER N AMES .................................................................................................................. 17
6.4.4 E NTERING C HANNEL N AME /N OTE F IELD ................................................................................................ 18
6.4.5 E NTERING M ODULE C ONFIGURATION I NFORMATION .............................................................................. 18
6.4.6 G ROUP C ONFIGURATION F ILE E DITING K EYS .......................................................................................... 20
6.4.7 I NSERTING AND D ELETING R ECEIVERS ................................................................................................... 22
6.4.8 S AVING THE G ROUP C ONFIGURATION F ILE ............................................................................................. 22
6.4.9 E XAMPLE ................................................................................................................................................ 23
6.5 B UILDING A D ISPLAY S CREEN FOR YOUR SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 25
6.5.1 O PENING A NEW MCN S CREEN F ILE ....................................................................................................... 26
6.5.2 S PECIFY G ROUP C ONFIGURATIONS D IALOG B OX .................................................................................... 27
6.5.3 S ELECTING O NE G ROUP TO W ORK W ITH -- S ET A CTIVE G ROUP D IALOG B OX ....................................... 28