Command reference – Burst Electronics MCG-2 User Manual
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MCG-2 Micro Character Generator
COMMAND REFERENCE:
Your MCG-2 may be remotely controlled by sending two letter
commands. The commands in this section are listed in alphabetical
order.
All commands have the same basic format, as follows:
C
C
C
C
CC,X,Y
C,X,Y
C,X,Y
C,X,Y
C,X,Y
Where: C
C
C
C
CC
C
C
C
C is the two letter command itself.
X
X
X
X
X and Y
Y
Y
Y
Y are operation parameters.
Parameters are information the command needs to operate. These may
be page and line numbers or something else. Parameters may be one or
two characters long. Some commands take one parameter, others take
two, and some don’t use parameters at all.
An example:
The following command, W
W
W
W
WR
R
R
R
RIIIIIT
T
T
T
TE LI
E LI
E LI
E LI
E LIN
N
N
N
NE
E
E
E
E, will write a line of text to the
MCG-2 memory:
W
W
W
W
WL,8,3,T
L,8,3,T
L,8,3,T
L,8,3,T
L,8,3,TH
H
H
H
HIIIIIS I
S I
S I
S I
S IS A T
S A T
S A T
S A T
S A TE
E
E
E
EST
ST
ST
ST
ST
This sequence will write
THIS IS A TEST
to page 8, line 3 of the
MCG-2.
To display the page that has this line, use the D
D
D
D
DIIIIIS
S
S
S
SP
P
P
P
PLA
LA
LA
LA
LAY P
Y P
Y P
Y P
Y PAG
AG
AG
AG
AGE
E
E
E
E
command:
D
D
D
D
DP,8
P,8
P,8
P,8
P,8
In this case we used only one parameter.
To get started, first be sure to read the remote control tutorial and
W
W
W
W
WA
A
A
A
AK
K
K
K
KIIIIIN
N
N
N
NG U
G U
G U
G U
G UP
P
P
P
P the MCG-2. Then look over the command reference to
get familiar with the remote control commands. If you will be
controlling your MCG-2 manually then you will simply send the
MCG-2 commands with a communications program. If you will be