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1. MCG 3 Color Micro Character and RCG 3 Generator Manual Version 2 01 Bms BURST ELECTRONICS INC ALBUQUERQUE NM 87109 USA 505 898 1455 505 898 0159 FAX Made in USA BURSTELECTRONICS COM Hardware software and manual copyright by Burst Electronics All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the written permission of Burst Electronics Color Micro Character Generator Table of Contents Part One Introduction About The Manual Tutorial Main menu Screen control menu Utility menu Loss of Video Menu Part Two Remote Control Tutorial Waking up the MCG 3 Networking Notes on Cables Command Reference Part Three Technical Lithium Battery BR2325 Notes on Master Reset Troubleshooting and Flashing Lights Specifications Jumper Settings Error Messages ASCII to MCG 3 Display Convert Table 1 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator PART ONE Please Note This manual applies to both the MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator and the RCG 3 a remote control only version of the MCG 3 All statements in this manual apply to both units unless noted otherwise Introduction The MCG 3 is a low cost character generator for adding titles or captioning to NTSC Color or Monochrome video The MCG 3 will automatically Genlock to NTSC inputs with no adjustments or switch settings required The MCG 3 outputs color characters2. command 62 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator TROUBLESHOOTING amp FLASHING LED s Your MCG 3 was designed to be reliable and easy to operate and features RAM Memory Error Detection If an error in the battery backed RAM memory should occur may be caused by the internal battery being run down after a loss of AC power or by a glitch on the AC power line the POWER green LED will flash rapidly indicating the error To recover from a flashing POWER LED condition issue a MASTER RESET from the UTILITY MENU If the error was detected on power up the video screen will be blanked so that possible garbage won t be displayed Pressing the MENU button on the MCG 3 will automatically bring you to the MASTER RESET selection on the UTILITY MENU The MASTER RESET function is available from remote control and a flashing POWER LED condition is not detectable by remote control The reason for this is that the serial baud rate information is stored in battery backed RAM if the RAM contents have an error the RAM scrambled then the baud information is likely to be wrong in which case serial communication would not be possible If your MCG 3 should not function as you think that it should try switching the power off and on again Also you might try a MASTER RESET however be warned that character sizes baud rate and other information will be reset See the section NOTES ON MASTER RESET for more information If you are experiencing trou
3. should time and try to resend the line of data in this case Also the first line sent should be a blank line only a carriage return line feed After sending the blank line you should look for the gt character This has two purposes first it will clear the unit s serial buffer and second you can confirm that the unit is in response mode 2 Caution When sending a WAKE command it is possible to think that a unit is hung up because the WAKE command didn t send a response when really the unit has had its responses set to off Also if a unit is in SLEEP mode it will not respond to an SR 1 command When responses are set to OPP the Yellow REMOTE LED will glow constantly as a reminder EXAMPLE The following sequence will send a command to more than one unit SP units asleep 01 Unit 01 is awake SR O Responses for unit 01 are OFF WK 02 Unit 02 is awake SR O Responses for unit 02 are OFF WK 03 Unit 03 is awake SR 0 Responses for unit 03 are OFF WL 1 1 TESTING Write TESTING to all awake units SP Put all units to sleep WK 01 Unit 01 is awake SR 1 Responses for unit 01 are ON SP Put all units to sleep WK 02 Unit 02 is awake SR 1 Responses for unit 02 are ON SP Put all units to sleep WK 03 Unit 03 is awake SR 1 Responses of unit 03 are ON SP Put all units to sleep 48 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator ST SET TIME PURPOSE Sets the time maintained in the RTC option FORMAT ST hh mm xx hh
4. DB9S RJ11W n 8 5 Blk g 2 Grn 4 7 4 6 Title RJ11 VIEW Dote 5 5 98 HM Filename db9 d scm SERIAL INTERFACE ADAPTOR Size BURST ELECTRONICS A C orrales New Mexico 87048 D Drown WJK Controlled RJ11 Device Cable 111 2 DATA IN 4 DATA OUT 5 GND 3 GND Sheet of 1 0 OIN 10109 OON SERIAL INTERFACE DB25 TYPE Direct Modem Connection Computer Connection RS232 Modem Port RS232 Serial Port Controlled B25 Mal RJ11 Device DB25 Male DB25 Female RJ11W Cable RITT 3 TRANSMIT DATA 2 Yel 5 2 DATA IN RECEIVE DATA 3 Red 3 DATA OUT 2 GROUND 7 aa 7 3 eun 4 REQUEST TO SEND 4 5 CLEAR TO SEND 5 8 CARRIER DETECT 8 6 DATA SET READY 6 20 DATA TERMINAL READY 14 25 Plug Mole 14 1 8 RJ12 Socket Female Type DB25 VIEW SERIAL INTERFACE ADAPTOR BURST ELECTRONICS Rev Corrales New Mexico 87048 D Drawn by WJK Filename db25 d scm Sheet 1 ot 1
5. MR DESCRIPTION See the section towards the end of this manual entitled NOTES ON MASTER RESET for a description of the function of Master Reset EXAMPLE MR Performs a master reset 37 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator MX MIXER PURPOSE Sets MCG 3 line status FORMAT MX x x 1 for Mixer On ONLINE x 0 for Mixer Off OFFLINE DESCRIPTION This command sets the ONLINE Mixer ON characters are present and OFFLINE Mixer OFF characters are NOT present status of the MCG 3 The looped though video is not affected other than the character overlay The contents of the MCG 3 page memory are not affected EXAMPLE MX 1 Sets MCG 3 to ONLINE ONLINE LED ON 38 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator PC SET FOR PC ORIENTATION PURPOSE Sets Edit Page command to use IBM PC extended Line Draw characters FORMAT PC x x 1 for IBM PC x 0 for non IBM PC DESCRIPTION Sets whether or not the EDIT PAGE command will use IBM PC XT AT extended ASCII characters to build the edit boxes This command is used when the MCG 3 will be controlled through non IBM PC equipment such as a dumb terminal The default for this command is 1 for IBM PC This setting is maintained in battery back RAM 39 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator PP PAGE POSITION PURPOSE Sets the position of the page on the screen FORMAT PP x y x Horizontal position Vertical position DESCRIPTION This command sets the horiz
6. 45 f 102 66H F 70 46H g 103 67H G 71 47H h 104 68H H 72 48H i 105 69H I 73 49H j 106 6AH J 74 4AH k 107 6BH K 75 4BH 1 108 6CH L 76 4CH m 109 6DH M 77 4DH n 110 6 78 111 6FH 79 112 70H P 80 50H q 113 71H Q 81 51H r 114 72H R 82 52H s 115 73H S 83 53H t 116 7 84 54H u 117 75H U 85 55H 118 76 V 86 56H w 119 77H W 87 57H x 120 78H X 88 58H y 121 79H 89 59 2 122 2 90 0 123 7BH 91 5BH 124 7 92 5 125 93 5DH ll 126 7EH A 94 5EH Eu 127 7FH 56 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator 57 Figure 1 RJ11 Cable MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator To Next Unit Comm Port Computer MCG 3 MCG 3 Figure 2 Connecting MCG 3 to Serial Port To Next Unit To Next Unit 58 Port 1 Port 2 MCG 3 Computer MCG 3 Figure 3 Using Two Serial Ports MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator RTC ADDENDUM FOR MCG 3 Introduction The RTC Real Time Clock option for the MCG 3 allows the MCG 3 to maintain the date and time of day and displays these on the video display Time keeping is battery backed so the RTC will maintain time and date information when power to the unit is off The RTC maintains date information as follows month date and year Leap year is detected and corrected for on leap years For time information the RTC maintains hours minutes seconds and AM PM status The RTC will work in miliary time 24 hour for
7. 90 seconds in 10 second increments by depressing the buttons The return to genlocked mode will be instantaneous once a good video signal is received If white noise such as that generated by a VCR playing an unrecorded tape or a satellite link with loss of signal is to be detected the delay mode should be set to WT NOISE In this mode the return to the external video will be delayed 2 3 seconds so the MCG 3 can ascertain that an acceptable video signal is present 10 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator PART TWO Remote Control Tutorial WARNING DO NOT CONNECT YOUR MCG 3 UNIT TO A TELEPHONE SYSTEM DAMAGE WILL RESULT AND YOUR WARRANTY MAY BE VOIDED connectors are for remote control of the MCG 3 from a PC computer and not for use with the telephone Your MCG 3 may be controlled from a PC computer via the computer s RS232 serial port by sending the MCG 3 simple two letter commands See the command reference for more information on commands We provide 1 RJ11 cable 36 inch 1 DB9 to RJ11 adapter DB25 to RJ11 also available You will need the following PC computer with a RS232 Serial Port terminal emulation program such as Qmodem or Procomm ANSI SYS compatible From Windows run Terminal from Windows 95 select HyperTerminal You will need to determine if you have one or two RS232 ports and the name of the one you plan to use The names will be COMI or 2 If you have only one R
8. Then look over the command reference to get familiar the remote control commands If you will be controlling your MCG 3 manually then you will simply send the MCG 3 commands with a communications program If you will be writing 16 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator your own software to control your MCG 3 look at the example programs on the floppy disk that came with your MCG 3 These example programs show how to send commands and how to set up the serial port of a PC computer See the README DOC file on the floppy disk for more information description of each command is formatted as follows PURPOSE Tells what the command does FORMAT Shows the correct format for the command Either upper or lower case characters are acceptable case insensitive Commas must separate commands and all parameters DESCRIPTION Describes in detail how the command is used EXAMPLE Shows one or more examples of how to use the command 17 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Command List Name Command Action Background BG Sets background color Baud Rate BR Sets the serial baud rate Clear CA Clears all pages Change Color cc Changes the current text color Clock Display cD Turns TIME DATE ON OFF Clear PC Screen CL Clears PC Screen Clear Page CP Clears one page Character Size cs Sets character size Clear Video Clears only Video Display screen Date Location DL Date location on video Delay Mode DM Delay on Lo
9. appropriate for logging and documenting experiments video source I D camera and location display for security applications time and date stamp from a PC or the MCG 3 with the real time clock option Patient monitoring Information displays and basic CG applications The MCG 3 can be operated in stand alone mode without an incoming video signal The unit displays a maximum of 240 characters 10 lines by 24 letters Characters may be set to 4 widths and 4 heights for a total of 16 character sizes The character set includes both upper and lower case letters A Z and a z numerals 0 9 and various punctuation marks and symbols as shown in the MCG 3 character table Characters may be set to one of seven colors or transparent and can be made to flash The character box or background behind the characters may also be set on a page by page basis The display memory holds 10 pages of text and is protected from power loses by a lithium cell that should last 8 to 10 years Stored on a page by page basis for each page is the character size display position background and letter color status and the position of the Real Time Clock Display 2 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator MCG 3 may be controlled by either front panel controls remotely by an RS232 link to a PC the RCG 3 is remote control only Multiple units may be chained together with standard RJ11 modular telephone cable and individually accessed from a PC Easy to use
10. by a carriage return 13d and line feed 10d 42 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator SC CURRENT PAGE PURPOSE Provides a means of setting the current page without affecting the video display FORMAT SC p page number 1 through 9 DESCRIPTION This command is used in conjunction with commands that affect the current page This command allows the current page to be changed without affecting the video display so that undisplayed pages may be changed or edited while another page is being displayed EXAMPLE DP Display Page 1 to Video Screen 50 5 Current Page is now 5 BG O Set Page 5 Background OFF 12 21 Set Current Page 5 to 12 Horizontal 2 Vertical DP 5 Display Page 5 43 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator SD SET DATE PURPOSE Sets the date maintained in the RTC option FORMAT SD mm dd yy mm Two digit month 01 through 12 dd Two digit date 01 through 31 yy Two digit year 00 through 99 DESCRIPTION This command sets the date maintained in the RTC option The Real Time Clock will automatically detect and adjust for leap year If the RTC option is not installed issuing this command will produce a REAL TIME CLOCK NOT INSTALLED error 44 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator SI SET ID PURPOSE Sets the network ID code for the unit FORMAT SLxx hex xx 01 to FF DESCRIPTION Used to set the ID of each unit when multiple units are on the same RS232 port If only one unit is on the R
11. of use RJ11 cable with connectors is widely available in various lengths or customs lengths can be fabricated You can make you own cable Radio Shack stocks cable connectors and the crimping tool or often a telephone supply house can fabricate custom length cables The cable has four conductors and uses four conductor connectors The connectors should be attached so as to have the locking snap tab facing the same way on both ends of the cable See Figure One or use the sample cable that came with your MCG 3 as an example Some cable has a rib along one side to aid in orienting the connectors Connecting the MCG 3 To connect several MCG 3 s together proceed as follows Run an cable from the PC computer to the RS232 HOST connecter on the first MCG 3 Next connect another RJ11 cable from the RS232 LOOP connecter on the first MCG 3 to 5232 HOST connecter on the next MCG 3 The process repeats for all MCG 3 s on the network See Figure Two 14 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator cabling should be direct connection from MCG 3 unit to the next Do not use Y connectors or try to double up units Also the computer MUST be first in line on the network If the layout of a building is such that the computer should be in the middle of the cabling you might want to split the network between two COM ports on the computer See Figure Three Video Cabling Video cabling is set u
12. two letter commands are sent to the MCG 3 from a PC running a terminal emulation program such as Qmodem or Procomm from Windows Run Terminal or from user written software The MCG 3 has 3 LEDs Power RS232 Activity Remote and On Line status About This Manual This manual is divided into three sections Section One is a tutorial and describes initial setup and MCG 3 front panel operation Section Two describes how to remotely control one MCG 3 or a network of MCG 3 s from a Personal Computer Also included in Section Two is a reference section describing how to use each of the two letter remote control commands Section Three has information on specifications troubleshooting etc When reading the next section the Tutorial it is best to have the MCG 3 in front of you to get a full understanding of the operation of the MCG 3 Material Supplied In the shipping carton you should find 1 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator 1 AC adapter 12 Vdc 500mA 1 Operations manual 1 Three foot modular telephone cable RJ11 Type 1 DB 9 RS232 to RJ11 Telephone cord adapter 1 Floppy Disk Containing example software for remote control 3 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Operation Power up the MCG 3 using the AC adapter or an external source of 12 Vdc The MCG 3 has an auto polarity feature for the DC input polarity is unimportant Connect a video source black burst VCR live video etc to the VIDEO IN BNC conn
13. 5 or equivalent This battery should last 8 to 10 years Battery replacement is indicated by one or more of the following 1 A flashing power LED condition whenever the unit is powered up 2 Time and date with the RTC option and buffer information is not correctly maintained when power is off for any length of time 3 Baud rate and other settings not correctly maintained when power is off If you take care in replacing the battery with the Power On then none of the stored data will be lost To replace the battery proceed as follows 1 Remove the two screws the face of the unit 2 Remove the front cover panel 3 Slide the top cover forward and remove 4 The battery is silver about the size of a quarter and is sitting in a black holder Using a small screwdriver gently remove the battery being VERY careful not to over bend the metal tab holding the battery in place 5 Locate the plus symbol on the new battery and insert the new battery plus 4 side up BE VERY CERTAIN THAT THE PLUS SIDE IS UP 6 Reassemble the unit being careful not to over tighten the screws Do not tighten more than 1 8 turn past seated The battery may be replaced with the power on to maintain the buffer data and date and time with the RTC option 67 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator SPECIFICATIONS Power 12 to 15 volts DC at 300mA Polarity insensitive or via 120 Vac wall module Size 5 6W x 1 5H x 7 3D inches
14. EST Will write THIS IS A TEST to page 2 line 5 To cause a word to flash use the WL function multiple times 4 Sets color to Green WL 1 4 THIS IS A TEST Writes text in Green 5 Sets color to Green flashing 1 4 5 IS Changes THIS IS characters to Green flashing 4 Sets color to Green WL 14 THIS Changes THIS to Green RESULT 15 TEST characters Green with IS flashing 54 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator ASCII Code Table Number Number Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex 0 00H 31 1 Y 1 01H space 32 20H gt 2 02 33 21 lt 3 03H 34 22 04H 35 23H 5 05 36 24H 1 6 06H 37 25 I 7 07H amp 38 26H m 8 08 39 27 9 09H 40 28H 10 41 29 L 11 OBH 42 2 1 12 43 2BH 13 44 15 45 2DH I 15 46 2 16 10H 47 2FH 17 11H 0 48 30H H 18 12H 1 49 19 13H 2 50 32H 20 14H 3 51 33H zt 15H 4 52 34H I 22 16H 5 53 35H ll 23 17H 6 54 36H 24 18H 7 55 37H 7 25 19 8 56 38 gt 26 AN 9 57 39H 27 IBH 58 m 28 59 3BH ii 29 IDH lt 60 3CH E 30 IEH 61 3 55 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Number Number Char Dec Hex Char Dec Hex gt 62 _ 95 5 63 96 60H 64 40 97 61H A 65 41H b 98 62H B 66 42H c 99 63H 67 43 100 64 68 4 101 65 69
15. EXAMPLE CP 4 Clears page 4 in MCG 3 memory 25 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator CS CHARACTER SIZE PURPOSE Sets character size for a page FORMAT CS x y x Horizontal size 1 through 4 y Vertical size 1 through 4 DESCRIPTION Sets character size for the current page There are 16 sizes available 4 horizontal 4 vertical Character size is stored on a page by page basis If there are more characters on a page in memory than will fit on the screen for the current character size as many characters as is possible from the upper left portion of the page will be displayed The following tables will show how many characters and lines will by displayed for different character sizes Horz size No of characters per line 1 20 2 12 3 8 4 6 Vert size No of lines per page 1 9 2 6 3 4 4 3 EXAMPLE CS 2 2 Sets character size to display 12 characters by 6 lines 26 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator CV CLEAR VIDEO PURPOSE Clears the MCG 3 Video Display FORMAT CV DESCRIPTION This command clears the MCG 3 Video display screen but not any of the ten pages of the MCG 3 memory 27 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator DL DATE LOCATION PURPOSE Sets the display position of the date RTC display FORMAT DD xx yy Two digit horizontal position 01 through 13 yy Two digit vertical position 00 through 09 DESCRIPTION Sets the display position for date display maintained in the Real Time Cloc
16. Off Cycling through with the PLUS or MINUS keys produces T for Time display only D for Date display only T amp D for both Time and Date display and OFF to turn off both the Time and Date display Note that TIME POSITION DATE POSITION TIME FORMAT and DISPLAY STATUS are stored on a page by page basis so it is possible to have a different setup for each page Issuing a MASTER RESET will reset these items 61 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator NOTES MASTER RESET The MASTER RESET found on the UTILITY MENU resets the 3 to factory defaults as follows for all 10 pages of memory Character size Smallest Display position Centered Background Black on Baud rate 9600 baud Device ID 01 Clock display OFF With the RTC installed Date display position horizontal 04 vertical 09 Time display position horizontal 13 vertical 09 Time and date display status OFF Time format set to 3 seconds display The MASTER RESET can be used to recover from a FLASHING POWER LED condition and may be needed after replacing the Lithium battery If after replacing the battery improper operation is observed then MASTER RESET is required Be warned that using the MASTER RESET will set all page attributes to the factory default setting It does not erase the text pages For the MCG 3 if you want to erase all the pages use CLEAR ALL PAGES on the SCREEN CONTROL MENU To clear all pages in the RCG 3 use the Clear
17. S or MINUS keys will change the character size for the current page After setting a character size go to DISPLAY PAGE to see what the characters look like Character size is stored on a page by page basis such that each page may have a different character size On a given page all characters are of the same size 6 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Screen Control Menu SET HORZ Horizontal POS Position SET VERT Vertical POS Position This menu item sets the display position of the characters on the video monitor The display position may be set by either pressing the PLUS or MINUS keys or by pressing the MENU key If you pressed the MENU key the current page is displayed You can move the page left and right by pressing the arrow keys or up and down by pressing SHIFT and the arrow keys Display position is stored on a page by page basis such that each page may have a different display position Press MENU to exit CLEAR PAGE Pressing the MENU key clears only the currently selected page CLEAR ALL PAGES Pressing the MENU key clears all 10 pages Use this one with caution DISPLAY ID ON SCREEN Pressing the MENU key will display on the screen in large print the ID code used to access the MCG 3 in a network of linked MCG 3 s This is useful in setting up a network of MCG 3 s Press MENU to exit CLOCK DISPLAY This menu item is used to set a display position for the Real Time Clock option If thi
18. S232 port set the ID to 01 factory default To set an ID connect only one unit at a time to the serial port and set its ID Note that the WAKE command WK 01 must be sent before sending any other command to the unit It is possible although a little risky to have more than one unit with the same ID on the same RS232 port the Set Responses must be off SR O in that case EXAMPLE ID 04 Sets the ID to 04 45 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator SP SLEEP PURPOSE Puts all devices in the network to sleep FORMAT SP DESCRIPTION This command is used when you want switch control from the PC to another MCG 3 on the network The sleep command causes all MCG 3 s on the network to ignore all data sent to them except for the WAKE command See the WAKE command The front panel controls a active whether the MCG 3 is asleep or awake EXAMPLE The following sequence will access two MCG 3 s and send each some commands WK 01 Unit with ID 01 is awake DP 10 Display page 10 on unit 01 SP Put all units asleep WK 02 Now accessing unit 02 CP 5 Clears Page 5 of unit 02 46 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator SR SET RESPONSES PURPOSE Turns responses from commands on or off FORMAT SR x x 2 gt prompt 1 x 0 Responses off DESCRIPTION When responses are set to off the corresponding unit will not send ANY data to the PC but will still accept commands Also the MCG 3 front panel contro
19. S232 port then the correct name is COM1 We ll start by connecting the DB9 to RJ11 adapter to the RS232 port you have chosen Next connect one end of the RJ11 Telephone Type 11 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator cable to the DB9 to RJ11 adapter and connect the other end to the RJ11 connecter on the MCG 3 marked HOST It is assumed that the MCQG 3 is connected to a video source and a monitor and that the 3 is turned on Next run your communications program You will need to set up the program for the following Set the COM port to either COM1 or COM2 Depending on what you chose earlier Baud rate 9600 baud Unless you changed it in the Utility Menu Stop bits 1 Data bits 8 Parity None Echo Off or Set Duplex to Full Note that other combinations may not work reliably or may not work at all so please double check your connections and communications program setup Also confirm that the MCG 3 Device ID code is set to 01 in the utility menu If you did everything correctly then when you type on your computer keyboard the REMOTE light should flash 12 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Networking Your MCG 3 may be used as a stand alone unit or in a network of linked MCG 3 s Networking allows more than one MCG 3 to be controlled from a single PC computer over a single RS232 link A MCG 3 network is much like the a telephone party line where each subscriber may listen in but only one perso
20. Two digit hour 01 through 12 or 01 through 23 for MT mm Two digit minute 00 through 59 xx MT Military 24 hour mode DESCRIPTION This command sets the time of day maintained in the RTC option The Real Time Clock can operate in military 24 hour or standard 12 hour formats To operate in military time use MT in place of xx above to operate in standard time use AM or PM If the RTC option is not installed issuing this command will produce a REAL TIME CLOCK NOT INSTALLED error 49 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator TIME FORMAT PURPOSE Sets the display format for the time of day FORMAT TF x X for no seconds displayed 12 59 x 2 for AM PM indicator 12 59 AM x 3 for seconds display 12 59 59 DESCRIPTION This command sets the time of day display format The time format is stored on a page by page basis If the RTC option is not installed issuing this command will produce a REAL TINE CLOCK NOT INSTALLED error EXAMPLE TF 3 Sets RTC for Seconds Display TL 13 09 Time to be displayed in lower right corner CD T Turn on Time display 50 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator TL TIME LOCATION PURPOSE Sets the display position of the time of day RTC display FORMAT TL xx yy Xx Two digit horizontal position 01 through 13 yy Two digit vertical position 00 through 10 DESCRIPTION Sets the display position for the time display maintained in the Real Time Clock option If this option is not
21. Video Input 1 volt PP composite terminated in 75 ohms Output 1 volt PP composite with text overlay short circuit protected Keyer Internal keyer overlay Background and Character color selectable from seven color palette or transparent Character Size 16 height and width combinations as follows Height 1 28 scan lines Height 2 58 scan lines Height 3 84 scan lines Height 4 114 scan lines Width 1 24 characters per line Width 2 12 characters per line Width 3 8 characters per line Width 4 6 characters per line Selectable background and blink modes Storage 10 pages of 240 characters each Battery backed Remote control May be remotely controlled or function as a stand alone unit Remote control via RS232 link to PC computer Simple two letter remote control commands Units may be daisy chained to form a network controlled by one PC computer Uses inexpensive RJ11 telephone cable Accessories RS232 to RJ11 adapter 3 foot RJ11 cable Remote control example programs diskette User manual 120Vac wall adapter Options Real Time Clock RTC Maintains time and date battery backed 68 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator 69 OIN 10109 OON TRANSMIT DATA RECEIVE DATA GROUND REQUEST TO SEND CLEAR TO SEND CARRIER DETECT DATA SET READY DATA TERMINAL READY 5 1 AL Socket Female Type DB9 VIEW SERIAL INTERFACE ADAPTER DB9 TYPE
22. ble with remote control check the following Are the RS232 connectors plugged into the correct positions On the MCG 3 On the computer Does the baud rate your are using match the number set in the utility menu Be sure that your PC is set for 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity 63 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Be sure that the command s you are using are correct Look them up in the COMMAND reference In writing your own software be sure to have a short delay between lines sent to the MCG 3 See the README DOC file on the example programs diskette for more information If you are writing your own software the MCG 3 may be reporting errors that you don t know about your software may not read response information or responses have been turned off One thing that is highly recommend in writing your own software is to run a communications program on the PC computer execute the commands that you think might be giving you trouble one by one and see what responses errors come from the MCG 3 Executing the commands one by one also gives you a chance to see what exactly the MCG 3 does and or needs in your particular circumstance 64 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator ERROR MESSAGES The RS232 remote control ROM software has five error messages as follows 1 Error Unknown command The MCG 3 did not understand the command you sent it The command is probably misspelled Look up the command in the Com
23. e and off line Pressing the PLUS or MINUS keys will switch the unit to the next higher or lower page There are ten pages that may be selected 5 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Once you have set text on all your pages this is the menu item you will use to recall them Press the MENU key to exit CHANGE PAGE This is another way to change pages Pressing the PLUS or MINUS keys will change the current page and show the page number SET BACKGROUND Pressing the PLUS 4 or MINUS keys will change the background color for the current page Setting the background to ZERO 0 will result in a transparent background i e just the characters will be keyed over the incoming video Full page background colors can be obtained by continuing to press the PLUS key until PULL is observed on the menu item Set the background color and then go to DISPLAY PAGE to see what the page looks like with different background colors Note that in the Full Background mode the video generated by the unit is no longer genlocked This should not present a problem unless you are using an external mixer vs the internal mixer of the unit Change the background color and then go to DISPLAY PAGE to see what the page looks like with different background colors SET VERT Vertical SIZE SET HORZ Horizontal SIZE This menu item sets the size of the characters displayed with DISPLAY PAGE Move the arrow to SET HORZ SIZE or SET VERT SIZE Pressing the PLU
24. ecter Connect the VIDEO OUT BNC connecter to a composite monitor The RS232 host and loop RJ11 connectors will be discussed in Section Two The RJ11 connectors are for remote control of the MCG 3 from a PC computer RS232 port and not for direct connection to a telephone system Switch the unit on When the unit is powered up it goes to On Line status and displays the page it was set for the last time it was powered up The Green POWER LED and the red ON LINE LED should glow The page will appear blank if there is no text present If no text is displayed and the page is not blank or if the green Power LED is flashing see the section on troubleshooting The following section applies to the MCG 3 only and not the RCG 3 The RCG 3 does not have any front panel control switches It is designed for remote control applications MCG 3 may be controlled either by front panel controls or via an RS232 link to a PC This section will discuss front panel control Remote control via a PC is discussed in Section Two Front panel controls use menus on the screen to guide the user in editing text or setting options There are 4 menus MCG 3 MAIN MENU SCREEN CONTROL MENU UTILITY MENU LOSS OF VIDEO MENU As each new menu is brought up move the arrow to the item of interest and read the manual description Press the MENU button now to go to the MAIN MENU The UP and 4 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator DOWN arrow buttons will move t
25. et to the proper time date Proceed as follows Press and hold the PLUS button of the MCG 3 unit while turning on the power switch The screen should flash RTC INSTALLED followed by RTC SET TO ZERO This message indicates that the 3 found the and that the was installed properly If you don t get this message then the RTC was not properly installed go to the beginning of this section and make sure that you did everything correctly Setting the Time and Date Go the UTILITY MENU and select SET CLOCK Using the PLUS or MINUS keys set AM PM or MT for military time Note in setting the time AM PM MT must be set first Move to the other items to set hours minutes and the date To exit press either the MENU or DISPLAY key Upon exiting the seconds will be set to 00 and the RTC will start when in the setting mode the RTC is stopped Turning on the Time and Date Display Go to the SCREEN CONTROL MENU and select CLOCK DISPLAY The items for time and date display position are self explanatory however the items TIME FORMAT and DISP STATUS will need some explanation TIME FORMAT sets the format for which the time of day is displayed 60 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator If set for 1 only hours and minutes are displayed 12 59 If set for 2 an AM PM indicator is displayed 12 59 If set for 3 then hours minutes and seconds are displayed 12 59 59 DISPLAY STATUS turns the Time and Date display On or
26. he arrow to select the different menu items The following details each menu item Main Menu EDIT PAGE Move the arrow to EDIT PAGE Press the MENU key A flashing cursor will appear The cursor may be moved left or right with the arrow buttons and up or down by holding SHIFT and pressing the arrow buttons Holding the arrow keys for more than about a second will cause the key to repeat moving the cursor across the screen Characters may be selected by pressing the PLUS or MINUS keys Holding down the PLUS or MINUS keys will cause the characters to cycle up or down The cycling will stop briefly at the beginning and end of the ABC s the numbers and the punctuation marks and symbols The color and flashing characteristic of each character may be set by holding down the SHIFT key and pressing the PLUS or MINUS key The cursor and current character will be changed to the new color This color will become the current color and subsequent characters will be added in the new color NOTE when cycling through the colors using the SHIFT and PLUS or MINUS key the colors will follow this sequence color 1 color 1 flashing color 2 color 2 flashing and so on See page 21 for color sequence Try setting some titles to get a feel for using EDIT PAGE To exit from EDIT PAGE press the MENU key DISPLAY PAGE Pressing the MENU key displays the currently selected page Pressing the DISP key will cause the unit to toggle between on lin
27. installed issuing this command will produce a REAL TIME CLOCK NOT INSTALLED error The display position is stored on a page by page basis 51 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator VN VERSION NUMBER PURPOSE Prints the ROM software version number to the PC FORMAT VN DESCRIPTION This command print the version number of the ROM software and a copyright statement to the PC 52 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator WK WAKE PURPOSE Wakes up an MCG 3 that is in sleep mode FORMAT WK id id Two digit network ID code DESCRIPTION This command is used when you want switch control of the PC to another MCG 3 on the network The WAKE command causes the referenced MCG 3 s to start accepting data after previously being asleep See the SLEEP command Also see Waking up the MCG 3 in the Remote control tutorial The ID code may be a decimal number in the range 00 to 99 or hexadecimal number in the range 00 to FF EXAMPLE WK 01 SP WK F7 SP 53 Unit 01 is awake Unit 01 is asleep Unit F7 is awake Unit F7 is asleep MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator WL WRITE LINE PURPOSE Write a line of text to the MCG 3 memory FORMAT WL p l text p Page number 1 through 10 of where text will go 2 Line number 1 through 10 of page where text will go text Text to be sent to page 24 characters max DESCRIPTION This command will send one line of text to the MCG 3 memory EXAMPLE WL 2 5 THIS IS T
28. k option If this option is not installed issuing this command will produce a RBAL TIME CLOCK NOT INSTALLED error The display position is stored on a page by page basis 28 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator DM DELAY MODE PURPOSE Sets delay in seconds after input video is lost before page defined by LP command is displayed FORMAT DM x x 0 to 9 DESCRIPTION After loss of input video is detected a preset delay can be set before the page of text defined by the LP Loss Page command is displayed This applies only if the Loss Detect LD command is set ON LD 1 During the delay there is no output from the unit Code 1 white noise is used when upon loss of video the input becomes white noise such as loss of signal from a satellite feed or the end of a tape on a VCR Special software within the unit analyzes the noise to determine if valid video sync is present or if it is just random noise EXAMPLE DM 4 Sets the delay to 30 seconds Code Delay 0 Off no delay 1 White Noise 2 10 seconds 3 20 seconds 4 30 seconds 5 40 seconds 6 50 seconds 7 60 seconds 8 70 seconds 9 80 seconds 29 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator DP DISPLAY PAGE PURPOSE Displays a page in the MCG 3 memory on the screen FORMAT DP p p Page to be displayed 1 through 10 DESCRIPTION The MCG 3 holds 10 pages of text This command copies any one page to the screen The contents of the pages in memory are unaffected If
29. ls become inoperative There are basically three situations where you might want to use this command First if you want to send commands to more than one unit at a time see the example below This way the units on the network won t try to all talk at once Second if you want to send commands at high speed 9600 baud no wait between characters Because the unit won t have to spend time echoing back received characters or processing the signals from the front panel controls it will have more time to process incoming characters at high speed The third situation is to lockout the front panel controls on the MCG 3 to prevent unauthorized use If Set Responses is set to 2 SR 2 then after receiving a line of data the unit will only respond with a gt prompt The purpose of this is to allow for faster data transfers at 9600 baud although you can use other baud rates gt character acts as a line pacing character When the unit receives a line of data after processing that data and when the unit is ready to receive more data the unit will send a gt character At this time the unit is ready for another line of data This method of data transfer is compatible with most terminal programs that support ASCII data transfers If for some reason your software should miss the gt character line noise etc the unit will not send another gt character Your software 47 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator
30. lue 9 Dark Blue flashing 10 Red 11 Red flashing 12 Light Blue 13 Light Blue flashing 14 White 15 White flashing EXAMPLE CC 4 Sets current text color to Green 22 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator CD CLOCK DISPLAY PURPOSE Turns time and date display on or off FORMAT DS x x T for TIME display only x D for DATE display only X B to display BOTH time and date X Not zero to turn OFF both time and date display DESCRIPTION This command sets the on off status for the date and time of day displays This display status is stored on a page by page basis If the RTC option is not installed issuing this command will produce a REAL TIME CLOCK NOT INSTALLED error 23 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator CL CLS Clear PC Screen PURPOSE Clears the PC Screen FORMAT CL or CLS DESCRIPTION This command will send back to the PC a CLEAR SCREEN code to clear the PC s video screen This is useful when the PC screen gets cluttered up from previous commands Note this command is used only when the MCG 3 is being controlled through a communications program and is not intended for use with user written software 24 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator CP CLEAR PAGE PURPOSE Clears one page FORMAT CP p p page number 1 through 10 DESCRIPTION Clears the page indicated Page is cleared in the 3 memory only This command does not clear the MCG 3 screen See the CD CLEAR DISPLAY
31. mand Reference Section 2 Error Bad parameter One or more of the parameters in a command sent to the MCG 3 is either too large or too small or of the wrong type letters were sent when the command wanted numbers or vice versa Also this error can occur if not enough or too many parameters are sent Look up the command in the Command Reference Section 3 Error Real time clock not installed This error occurs when a RTC command is issued but the RTC option is not installed 4 Error Command unavailable This is an error that you are not likely to see It is only produced with custom ROM software and for special purposes at the factory 5 Error Comma missing or misplaced This error may be produced by not having enough commas in a command sequence In issuing a command there must be a comma after the command to separate the command from its parameter s 65 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Also if the command has more than one parameter a comma must separate each parameter This error may also be produced if a comma is misplaced This would be the case if a command wanted two digit parameters and was issued with single digit parameters Example The page position command PP needs two digit parameters The command sequence PP 9 6 would produce an error while the command sequence PP 09 06 would not 66 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator BATTERY REPLACEMENT Your MCG 3 uses a Lithium watch battery BR232
32. mat or standard time 12 hour format Installation The RTC option is a small printed circuit board that installs on the inside of the MCG 3 Proceed as follows 1 Turn off the power to the MCG 3 Remove the two screws on the face of the unit Remove the front panel Slide the top cover forward and remove Locate the lithium battery It is positioned towards the front of the unit it is silver about the size of a quarter and is sitting black holder Directly behind the lithium battery looking from the front of the unit is a black connector with 20 holes This is the connector for the RTC 6 Remove the RTC board from its plastic page Note to avoid damaging the RTC and the MCG 3 by static electricity be sure to electrically discharge yourself before removing the RTC board from its bag 7 With the power off insert the RTC into the black 20 hole connector long end toward the rear of the MCG 3 You should still be able to see the lithium battery after the RTC is installed Wh 59 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator Be sure that none of the pins bend and that all of the pins and connector holes line up assuring that there is no misalignment 8 Reassemble the unit being careful not to over tighten the screws Do not tighten more than 1 8 turn past seated Setting the RTC Real Time Clock RCG 3 Set the RTC using the remote commands Set Date SD and Set Time ST MCG 3 The RTC must be s
33. n is allowed to talk at any one time Because of this each MCG 3 may be put to sleep or woke up and in this way only one MCG 3 will talk at any one time Each MCG 3 in a network is assigned a unique ID number See Set device ID in the UTILITY MENU in Part One This number is used to wake up an MCG 3 so you can send it commands The ID on the RCG 3 must be set before the units are connected as a network Waking Up the MCG 3 When first powered up the MCG 3 will be asleep meaning that it will ignore any data sent to it except for a WAKE command However the front panel keypad will work whether the MCG 3 is awake or asleep wake command format is as follows 2WK id Where id is the device ID number After receiving a WAKE command the responding MCG 3 will send the following READY COMMAND gt Again the ID is the device number At this time the MCG 3 is ready to receive commands 13 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator switch to another MCG 3 on the network first issue a sleep command as follows gt SP This will put all MCG 3 s on the network to sleep Next issue a WAKE command using the ID number for the MCG 3 you wish to work with Note that the SLEEP command does not use an ID number instead the SLEEP command puts all MCG 3 s on the network to sleep Notes On Cables Your MCG 3 uses standard RJ11 modular telephone cable This type of cable was chosen because of its low cost and ease
34. ontal and vertical position of a page on the screen The page position may need adjustment after changing a character size or you may want to position text over an object on the incoming video such as redoing a telephone number on a commercial The numbers used to specify the vertical and horizontal positions are arbitrary For the MCG 3 but not the RCG 3 probably the best way to determine what position you may want for a given situation is to manually adjust an MCG 3 to the position you want and use the numbers on the screen in the SCREEN CONTROL menu to send with this command 40 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator RD RUN DIAGNOSTICS PURPOSE Runs diagnostic tests from a remote location FORMAT RD DESCRIPTION This command is exactly the same command used in the utility menu and as such it displays the results of the tests on BOTH the MCG 3 screen and the PC screen The results of the RS232 loop test are not sent to the PC as a loop plug can not be installed while the PC is connected to the MCG 3 However if you would like your software to be able to conduct the RS232 loop test simply echo back all characters sent by the MCG 3 after the results of the ROM test The test string sequence in ASCII is as follows space 1234567890 space abcdefghijkImnopqrstuvwxyz space 1234567890 space ABCDEFCHIJKLMNOPQESTUVWXYZ Spaces are 32d ASCII Possible results of the RAM and ROM tests are as follows Testing RAM space RAM Te
35. ound mode add an case insensitive after the color number EXAMPLE BG 3 Sets the background color for the currently selected page to color 3 BG 3f Sets to color 3 with full background on Code Screen Color 1 Black Red Green Orange Blue Magenta Cyan White UC 19 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator BR BAUD RATE PURPOSE Sets the serial interface baud rate FORMAT BR x x baud rate code EXAMPLE BR 4 Sets the baud rate to 9600 Code Baud Rate 0 1200 1 1800 2 2400 3 4800 4 9600 20 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator CLEAR ALL PURPOSE Clears all 10 pages in the MCG 3 memory FORMAT CA DESCRIPTION Clears all 10 pages in the MCG 3 memory This command does not clear the MCG 3 screen See the CD CLEAR DISPLAY command For obvious reasons this command should be used with caution This command needs no parameters 21 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator CC CHANGE COLOR PURPOSE Changes the current text color FORMAT CC p p 0 1 sets current text color to transparent 2 15 sets current text color DESCRIPTION Changes the current text color After changing the current text color subsequent writes will be done in the new color The following table lists the numbers and associated colors Color Number Resulting Color Oor 1 Transparent 2 Orange 3 Orange flashing 4 Green 5 Green flashing 6 Yellow 7 Yellow flashing 8 Dark B
36. p a bit different than the RJ11 cables If multiple MCQG 3s will be using the same video source then a video DA such as the Burst Model VDA 4 or VDA 8 must be used between the video source and the MCG 3s The MCG 3 VIDEO OUT connecter is connected to a video monitor The monitor should be terminated in 75 ohms If the MCG 3 units will use separate video sources then connect each video source to its MCG 3 and the VIDEO OUT of the MCG 3 to its video monitor 15 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator COMMAND REFERENCE Your MCG 3 may be remotely controlled by sending two letter commands The commands in this section are listed in alphabetical order commands have the same basic format as follows CC X Y Where CC is the two letter command itself X and 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 WRITE LINE will write a line of text to the 3 memory WL 8 3 THIS IS A TEST This sequence will write THIS IS A TEST to page 8 line 3 of the MCG 3 To display the page that has this line use the DISPLAY PAGE command DP 8 In this case we used only one parameter To get started first be sure to read the remote control tutorial and WAKING UP the MCG 3
37. s command displays the ID code on the MCG 3 screen This is useful in diagnosing a network spread over a large building This command also echoes the ID back over the serial interface 34 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator LD LOSS DETECT PURPOSE Enables loss of video detect mode FORMAT LD x x equals off x 0 equals on DESCRIPTION If loss of video detect is desired set LD to on 0 1 Upon loss of incoming video the unit will generate an internal NTSC signal this is referred to as the standalone mode and display the page of text defined by the LP Loss Page command If no LP command is given or the LP command is set to 0 LP O then the current page will be displayed If the loss video detect is set to off LD O then the unit will not generate an output upon loss of input video EXAMPLE LD 1 Loss of video is on 35 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator LP LOSS PAGE PURPOSE Defines what page of the internal 10 page memory is displayed upon loss of incoming video FORMAT LP x x 20 to 10 DESCRIPTION If the loss of video detect is on LD 1 then the unit will switch to a standalone mode and internally generate a NTSC signal and display the page defined by this command If this command is set to zero LP O then the current page is displayed EXAMPLE LP 4 Display page 4 of memory 36 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator MR MASTER RESET PURPOSE Resets the unit to factory default settings FORMAT
38. s option is not installed this item will default to 7 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator OFF For more information see the REAL TIME CLOCK addendum at the rear of this manual Utility Menu NO CLOCK INSTALLED This menu item will change to SET CLOCK when the real time clock option is installed For more information see the REAL TIME CLOCK addendum at the rear of this manual DIAGNOSTICS This item tests RAM ROM tests the RS232 Remote control port and checks if the real time clock is running if installed Note that the RS232 test requires a loop back plug See Section Three for more information on building a loop back plug Results of the tests will be either PASSED or FAILED Pressing the MENU key runs the tests To exit press the MENU key after the test SET BAUD RATE Pressing the PLUS or MINUS keys will set the baud rate 1200 1800 2400 4800 amp 9600 for the RS232 link The baud rate 15 stored in battery backed memory SET DEVICE ID Pressing the PLUS or MINUS keys will set the ID code used to access the MCG 3 in a network of linked MCG 3 s The ID is stored in battery backed memory 8 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator MASTER RESET Resets MCG 3 to factory defaults as follows Character is size set to smallest size for all pages Display position is centered for all pages Background is set to ON for all pages Baud rate is set to 9600 baud Device ID code is set to 01 Clock displa
39. ss of Video Display Page DP Displays page on video Edit Page EP Allows editing of a page Help HE Prints help screen to PC Loss Detect LD Sets Loss Detect on off Loss Page LP Sets Loss of Video page Master Reset MR Performs Master Reset Display ID ID Displays MCG 3 network ID on video Mixer MX Sets Mixer to on or off line IBM PC Type PC Sets Control for IBM Type PC Page Position Run Diagnostics Read Line Set Current Page Set Date Set ID Sleep Set Responds Set Time Time Format Time Location Version Number Wake Write Line 18 PP Sets position of page on screen RD Runs diagnostic tests RL Prints MCG 3 text line to PC SC Sets the current page SD Sets the date of Real Time Clock SI Sets unit ID SP Puts all devices on network to sleep SR Turns responses from commands on or off for high speed communication ST Set time of day for Real Time Clock TF Display format for Time of Day TL Time Location on Video Update VN Prints ROM software version number to PC WK Wakes up a device on the network WL Writes a line of text to the MCG 3 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator BG BACKGROUND PURPOSE Set the background color for the current page FORMAT BG p p 0 indicates a transparent background p 1 8 sets background to color 1 8 DESCRIPTION Sets the background color for the currently selected page Background color is stored on a page by page basis To enable Full Backgr
40. st Passed Testing RAM space RAM Test Failed Testing ROM space ROM Test Passed Testing ROM space ROM Test Failed Each line ends with a carriage return 13d linefeed 10d One easy way to interpret the results of the tests is to look for either a period or an exclamation point just before the carriage return line feed The results of the diagnostics test will flash momentarily on the video screen then the video will return to the last page displayed The results will be maintained on the PC screen 41 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator RL READ LINE PURPOSE Reads one line from the MCG 3 memory FORMAT RL p 1 p Page number 1 through 10 1 line number 1 through 9 DESCRIPTION This command reads any line in the MCG 3 memory given the page and line number Results are in ASCII However if a character is displayed in bold meaning BG Background is On or is flashing the corresponding ASNI SYS codes will also be sent Codes are defined as follows Function ANSI code Bold on ESC 7m Flash on ESC 5m off ESC 0m Note that ESC is ASCII code 27d EXAMPLE If the string THIS IS A TEST is in the MCG 3 memory at page 1 line 1 and the word IS is flashing the sequence read by the command RL 1 1 would be THIS ESC 5misESC 0m A TEST followed by a carriage return 13d and line feed 10d If there were no flashing or bolded characters the sequence read would be THIS IS A TEST again followed
41. ter sizes For example in the above figure for character size 3 horizontal 4 vertical only the word THIS would by displayed on the MCG 3 screen Similarly if the character size were 1 horizontal 2 vertical then the words THIS IS A TEST followed by PLEASE STAND BY would by displayed However the words on line 7 ONE MOMENT PLEASE would not be displayed Front panel controls will be inoperative while this command is executing The communications software used must be ANSI SYS compatible most are also you must have the statement DEVICE ANSLSYS in your config sys file See the documentation that came with your communications program for more detail 32 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator HELP PURPOSE Prints help screen to the PC FORMAT HE or HELP DESCRIPTION This command displays on the PC a brief list of all of the remote control commands and their parameters This listing may be exited from at any time by pressing Ctrl C on the PC keyboard Front panel controls will be inoperative while this command is executing If the entire help screen is not visible make sure the terminal emulation program is set for no line feed after carriage return In Procomm this is accomplished with Alt F3 33 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator ID DISPLAY ID PURPOSE Displays the network ID code on the MCG 3 screen FORMAT ID DESCRIPTION The network ID code is the code used to access the MCG 3 a WAKE command Thi
42. the character size for the page is larger than size 1 vert 1 horz only a portion of the page may be displayed See the CS character size command for more details EXAMPLE DP 7 Copies page seven to the screen 30 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator EDIT PAGE PURPOSE Edit a page from a remote location FORMAT EP p p Page to be edited 1 through 10 DESCRIPTION This command displays on the PC a copy of the referenced page to the PC and allows editing of the page on a line by line basis on the computer screen Page7 1001 4 3 2 1 THIS IS A TEST Line PLEASE STAND BY ONE MOMENT PLEASE 00 10 ENTER LINE NUMBER Computer Monitor Screen 31 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator C for command line Type F to toggle Flash Type B to toggle Background After issuing this command the MCG 3 asks for a line number Enter the desired line Line numbers are printed on the right side of the box The text line is reprinted in the second box and the third box down then is blanked Enter the text for this line in the third box then press return Now the new text is printed back to the first box Continue this process until all desired lines are entered To exit EDIT PAGE press C The numbers on the left and top of the first box are a guide to indicate how many characters will fit across the MCG 3 screen for different charac
43. y is set to OFF This menu item is useful is you want to start over from scratch This menu item should also be used after replacing the lithium battery or to recover from a Flashing Power LED condition See Section Three for more information Note that text pages are not erased by this menu item If you want to erase all the pages use CLEAR ALL PAGES on the Screen Control Menu VERSION NUMBER Pressing the MENU key will show the version number of the ROM software and a copyright statement You may need this information if you ever need to call the factory for technical support Loss of Video Menu LOSS DETECTION Pressing the PLUS or MINUS key will change the loss of video mode to ON or OFF respectively With loss of video set to OFF the unit will output the incoming video signal which if video has been lost will be a blank screen With loss of video set to ON if the input video signal is lost the unit will switch to a default background screen 9 MCG 3 Color Micro Character Generator DEFAULT PAGE Pressing the PLUS or MINUS key will change the default page for loss of video If the default page is set to O zero then the unit will display the current page on loss of video If the default page is set to a valid page 1 10 upon loss of video that page will be displayed DELAY MODE Upon loss of video the time delay in switching to the internally generated video can be set from OFF switches instantly to
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