CTI Products MCN Server 8000 - Manual (Page 55)

Interfacing to IP Comparators Mixed Mode Comparator
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MM - Mixed Mode Voting Solution Interfacing
The Mixed Mode Voting Solution is a combination of a GCM 8000 Comparator and an MLC 8000
Analog Comparator. When interfacing to a Mixed Mode system, you will need the information from
both of those comparators:
GCM 8000 Information:
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GCM 8000 IP Address Entered into the Mixed Mode Configuration window
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List of Receivers 1-32 Entered into the Receiver Window – for Receivers (Subsites) 1-32
MLC 8000 Analog Comparator Information:
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VGU IP Address Entered into the Mixed Mode Configuration window
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Voter ID Entered into the Mixed Mode Configuration window
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AGU BR Port ID For each of the BRs in the system
Entered in the MLC ID field for the receiver in the Receiver window
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AGU BR Name Receiver name for each BR in the system
Entered in the Name field for the receiver in the Receiver window
Receiver (Subsite) Order for Mixed Mode Systems -- Very Important!
Since a Mixed Mode system uses both a Digital (GCM 8000) and a MLC 8000 Analog Comparator, it is
very important to make sure that the receiver (subsite) information is entered into the MCN Config
Server program in the proper order. The following principles hold in determining the receiver order:
1. Each radio channel may have different receiver (Subsite) orders.
2. If there are multiple radio channels with the same complement of Subsite locations, it is
recommended that the Subsites in all channels be configured in the same order.
3. The Subsite numbers configured in the GTR 8000 BRs and GPW 8000 Satellite Receivers for a
particular radio channel control the Subsite order in that channel's GCM 8000 comparator.
4. Since the Subsite name can be hand-entered in the GCM 8000 comparator CSS, it is possible to
enter the wrong Subsite name. Make sure that the list of Subsite names in the GCM 8000 CSS
matches the actual order of the GTR 8000 and GPW 8000 units.
5. The Subsite order (1-64) in the GCM 8000 comparator controls the receiver order (1-64) in the
Receiver Window in the MCN Config Server software.
6. Enter the proper Receiver Names (as determined by the GCM 8000 Subsite order) in the MCN
Config Server Software Receiver Window.
7. The Subsites listed in the MLC 8000 Analog Comparator CT software (and the resulting
MMC_Config.csv file) are listed in the order that they were entered when the system was
configured in the CT software. This order might not be the same as the order in the GCM
8000 comparator.
It is recommended that the order is kept the same, but it is not imperative that it is.
8. After the receiver Subsite information from the GCM 8000 is entered into the MCN Config
Server software, enter the proper AGU Port ID in the MLC ID field for that subsite.