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Device Name
This column lists the device names of all Philips Broadcast Automation, ESbus, and TCS devices
in the system.
This is the source for machine names that appear on the control panels. Although this field will accept eight
characters, you may wish to limit machine names to four since that is the maximum that can be displayed on
the MC 3000’s expansion panel.
Device Type
Device types (shown on a pull−down menu) are limited to the following:
Alamar
ESbus machine
ESbus panel
TCS−1 control panel
TCS−2 control panel
TCS−1 machine interface
For more information concerning Alamar (Philips Broadcast Automation), refer to the
documentation supplied with the automation system.
A TCS1−CP entry means that the device uses TCS 1 Machine Control System control panel
protocol. For MCS 2000 master control switchers, the newer TCS2−CP control panel proto-
col should be used if possible. Machines must use the TCS1−MI machine interface protocol.
Board Port
Name of controller board and number of port connected to this device. The source of these names
is the Network Description table (page 5−22). The port must support the necessary protocol for this device (as
configured on the Serial Protocol table, page 5−25).
Address
(hex)
Unique serial data bus ID used to select and service this device. Must be entered in hexadeci-
mal. (Not to be confused with LAN address entered on Network Description table shown on page 5−22).
Control panel addresses such as “00000018” are determined at time of panel manufacture
but can sometimes be changed by the operator (depending on the panel type). A control
panel address is not required for TCS 1 and MCS 2000 panels.
VTR addresses
—required for Betacart using TCS 1 MI−8B or BBC 2300 interface (page 2−97). Re-
quired for other VTRs using TCS 1 interfaces (as shown on page 2−96). Device addresses
entered on this table are always hexadecimal; and since the highest device number that can
be set in an TCS interface is decimal 99, the highest possible entry on the table in this case
would be 63 hexadecimal. (A decimal−hexadecimal−binary table is shown in Appendix D.)
The source of this address is a DIP switch within the interface.
—required for ESbus VTRs.