TDCT-Pro Time-Date-Character-Titler Operation Manual July 2011 1
TDCT-Pro CAUTION! RISK OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK! DO NOT OPEN! TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER. DO NOT EXPOSE THE EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS ARE INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. WARNING! THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES, USES, AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTALLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS.
CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................4 2. FEATURES .......................................................................................4 3. PROGRAMMING ...............................................................................5 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Front Control Panel................................................................5 Main Programming Menu........................................................
1. INTRODUCTION Introduction The TDCT-Pro is the powerful time, date, character, and titler which has all the features of existing TDCT products (TDCT-T, mTDCT, TDCT-60, TDCT-Military, MTDCT, STDCT, mSTDCT, and mSVTDCT). Daylight Savings time is also supported along with a set of RS-232 commands which allows the master unit to be programmed by other devices of Title and Time and Date settings. The following are the features of TDCT-Pro. 2.
3. PROGRAMMING 3.1 FRONT CONTROL PANEL The front panel controls are provided to allow simple changing of the display’s vertical and horizontal position and the gray scale or border. This eliminates the need of the user to enter the main menu and inadvertently change important programming setups. Figure 1: Four Front Pannel Push Buttons of TDCT-Pro Gray scale, horizontal position, and vertical position can also be set from the front buttons without entering the programming mode.
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3. PROGRAMMING 3.2 Main Programming Menu TDCT-Pro has an easy On-Screen programming option that can be accessed by pressing and holding the “UP” & “DOWN” buttons and then pressing and releasing the “RESET” button. Then release the “Up” and “Down” buttons when the On-Screen Menu is displayed. Following is a detailed description of the Menu selections and the programming capabilities of the TDCT-Pro.
3. PROGRAMMING Selecting the Set Address between 1 to 254 make TDCT-Pro to act as a slave and that make TDCT-Pro ready to receive command from the master. Selecting “ANY” will make TDCT-Pro as a stand-alone unit. Selecting “MSTR” make the TDCT-Pro to act as a master. TDCT-Pro can sense all the slaves by pressing the reset button and synchronize the time of slaves TDCT-Pros connected with it. Chapter4 illustrates the connection information between master and salve. 3.
3. PROGRAMMING If Daylight savings selected then the time is automatically advanced one hour in the Spring and automatically reversed in the Fall at the appropriate time for the selected country. Display FMT can be programmed bottom or top by selecting BOTTOM or TOP, If “TOP” is selected which is the default, the “TIME” and/or “COUNTER” and/or “DATE” and/or “CNT7 COUNTER” and/or “TITLE” is respectively displayed at the top of the screen.
3. PROGRAMMING 3.7 Titler Selecting titler in the programming menu displays the following menu on the screen. TITLER TITLE EXIT ON/OFF Figure 5: TITLER menu The title can be programmed either ON or OFF by selecting ON or OFF from the TITLER sub-menu. A 20 characters title can be entered by selecting the title from the programming menu. Title The TDCT-Pro gives you the option of a 20 character display for easy identification.
3. PROGRAMMING 3.8 Screen Setup Character size, position, and gray scale is programmed from this menu. Following menu pop ups when selected Screen setup from the main program menu. CHARACTER SIZE BORDER/GRAY SCALE HORIZONTAL POS VERTICAL POS ALARMING DISPLAY CNT7 COUNTER EXIT Figure 6: SCREEN SETUP menu Character Size To change the size of the characters on the screen, position the arrow cursor in front of “ CHARACTER SIZE” and press and release “SET”. A grid of character blocks will appear on the screen.
3. PROGRAMMING Horizontal Position To change the horizontal position of the inserted text on-screen, position the arrow in front of “HORIZONTAL POS” and press “SET”. Press the “UP” or “DOWN” buttons to move the text to the desired horizontal position. Alarming Display Alarming OSD to turn display on or off via RTS input. This will be a programmable selection that when True (RTS to Ground) turns full OSD display off and when false (RTS Open) turns on.
3. PROGRAMMING 3.9 Communication This programming feature let TDCT-Pro to communicate with master or slave or with a RS-232 serial device. Following menu pops up when communication is selected from the main menu. RX BAUDRATE TX BAUDRATE PARITY DATA BITS HANDSHAKE EXIT 9600 9600 ODD/EVEN/NONE 8/7 ON/OFF Figure 9: COMMUNICATION menu 3.10 Help “Help” on the main-menu provides a quick reference guide of the functions of the “Up” and “Down” and “Set” buttons.
4. CABLES 4.1 Cable User are able to program TDCT-Pro via RS232C by TDCT- Pro PC software for Windows. The cable is optional for this product. COM1 or COM2 (Newer computer required COM1 cable) cable are needed if RS-232 device is used to set the time and date and title of the TDCT-Pro. See APPENDIX B and APPENDIX C for TDCT-Pro software and RS232 command set.
RS-485 NETWORK APPENDIX A AVE USB232 MASTER RS232 USB Master TDCT-Pro (DB9M) Pin-5 (GND) Pin-2 (RXD) Pin-3 (TXD) SLAVE USB232 (DB9F) Pin-5 (GND) Pin-3 (TXD) USB Cable Type A to Type B PC Slave TDCT-Pro (DB9M) Pin-5 (GND) Pin-2 (RXD) SLAVE Slave TDCT-Pro (DB9M) Pin-5 (GND) Pin-2 (RXD) SLAVE Figure 13: USB Connection Diagram RS-485 Network For extended distance use the AVE RS-232 to RS-485 converter and get extend up to 3000 feet between the Master and Slave units.
APPENDIX B TDCT-Pro SOFTWARE TDCT-Pro Software To send the title to the TDCT-Pro first enters the address of the TDCT-Pro in the address window. After that enter the title in the title window and press the send button. To change and time and date, enter the time and date and press the send button. Pressing the update button will get the system time in the time and date window. System time and date display the system time and date in the time and date window.
RS-232 COMMAND SET APPENDIX C RS232 Command Protocol 1. Update Titler Command /TT(Address)
<cr> Description This command is only support Master Mode Address (1 byte) 1 - 254 *Master = 255 (FFH) Title (1-20 bytes) text strings <cr> (1 byte) Carriage return Example Update titler at address 65 with Camera 65 /TTACamera 65<cr> / 0x2F T 0x54 T 0x54 A 0x41 Address 65 C 0x43 a 0x61 m 0x6D e 0x65 r 0x72 a 0x61 space 0x20 6 0x36 5 0x35 <cr> 0x0D Carriage return 2.</p></li><li><h6><a class="text-decoration-none text-link fw-bold" href=/manual/ave/time-date-character-title-tdct-pro/instruction-manual-english/page-18.html>PAGE 18</a></h6><p>APPENDIX C 3.Update Minute Command /Mxx Description M (1 byte) xx (2 bytes) Example Update minute = 3 /M03 / M 0 3 RS-232 COMMAND SET Minute 00-59 0x2F 0x4D 0x30 0x33 4. Update Year Command /Yxx Description Y(1 byte) Year xx(2 bytes) 00-99 Note: 00=2000,01=2001,..,10=2010,..,99=2099 Example Update Year = 2007 /Y07 / 0x2F Y 0x59 0 0x30 7 0x37 5. Update Month Command /mxx Note: m is a small letter Description m(1 byte) Month xx(2 bytes) 01-12 Note: 01=JAN,02=FEB,..,10=OCT,..</p></li><li><h6><a class="text-decoration-none text-link fw-bold" href=/manual/ave/time-date-character-title-tdct-pro/instruction-manual-english/page-19.html>PAGE 19</a></h6><p>RS-232 COMMAND SET 6. Update Date Command /Dxx Description D(1 byte) xx(2 bytes) Example Update Date = 5 /D05 / D 0 5 APPENDIX C Date 01-31 0x2F 0x44 0x30 0x35 MASTER RESET APPENDIX D Master Reset If you wish to set the unit back to the original factory defaults you can do this by a Master Reset. Warning: Doing this will erase all your programming setups !!! Press and hold the “UP” & “DOWN” & “SET” buttons and then press and release the “RESET” button. 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