Owner manual

Section 1. Introduction and Manual Overview
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1. Introduction and Manual Overview
The Monitoring and Control Network (MCN™) Comparator Display system provides remote
monitoring and control for voting receiver systems. It extends the comparator status indicators for
display on a PC and allows an operator or technician to force-vote and disable receivers from a PC.
With the MCN system you can control and display multiple comparators from a single point or multiple
points. It works with DIGITAC, Spectra-TAC, TAC comparators and Ericsson / GE analog voters.
The MCN system can also be used to provide status and control input/output to a console for ASTRO-
TAC systems. ASTRO-TAC systems with 8 or fewer receivers per channel can be monitored and
controlled on a PC. This is a major convenience since ASTRO-TAC comparators do not have any
indication of active or voted receivers. The AIB ASTRO-TAC Interface Modules are available
exclusively through Motorola.
The MCN Comparator Display System is targeted for the following applications:
• Systems which need comparator display for dispatchers
• Systems that need remote comparator display and control for technicians
• Critical comparator systems which require failure logging
• Large comparator systems (wide area or large number of channels)
• Ribbon Systems
• Analog Trunking systems with voting receivers
• ASTRO-TAC systems that require display of comparator status for a dispatcher or technician on a
PC or a console
• Any voting system that needs rapid maintenance and diagnostics.
Typical customers are:
• Public Safety Dispatch Centers
• Police and Fire Departments
• State Police systems
• State and Local Governments
• Turnpike systems
• Transit authorities
• Utilities
• Federal Government systems
• Forestry / Conservation
Features:
• Remote display of comparator status (Vote, Receive, Disable, Fail)
• Remote control of receivers (Force Vote, Disable)
• Remote Comparator Display and Control on a PC
• Intuitive operation
• PC based system saves space over a comparable button and LED system
• Can provide Input/Output signals for various button and LED or CRT consoles.
• Error Logging for Receiver Failures on PC systems
Benefits:
• Easy RF communications system troubleshooting
• Remote disabling of noise-producing equipment
• Automatic logging of RF system malfunctions
• Quicker system maintenance
• Lower system down time