User Manual
MCN Remote Comparator Display
CTI Products, Inc.
68-10856-210
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1. INTRODUCTION, AND OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 NETWORK INTERFACE SUPPORT ........................................................................................................ 2
1.2 S
YSTEM
H
ARDWARE
R
EQUIREMENTS
............................................................................................................... 3
1.3 R
EFERENCE
D
OCUMENTS
................................................................................................................................. 4
2. THEORY OF OPERATION........................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 C
OMPARATOR
S
TATUS
...................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 C
ONTROLLING THE
C
OMPARATOR
.................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 T
RANSMITTER
S
TATUS
M
ONITORING AND
C
ONTROL
........................................................................................ 5
3. QUICK START................................................................................................................................................ 6
4. MCNRCD & MCNCFG BASICS................................................................................................................... 7
4.1 U
SING
M
ENU
C
OMMANDS
................................................................................................................................7
4.2 C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILES
..................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2.1 MCN G
ROUP
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILES
<
FILENAME
>.GCF.......................................................................... 7
4.2.2 MCN S
CREEN
F
ILES
<
FILENAME
>.MSF ................................................................................................... 8
4.2.3 M
ODULE
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILES
<
FILENAME
>.MCF ................................................................................ 8
4.2.4 M
ODEM
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
(MODEM.INI) ........................................................................................ 8
4.2.5 R
EMOTE
C
OMPARATOR
D
ISPLAY
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
(MCNRCD.INI)................................................ 8
4.2.6 MCN E
RROR
L
OG
F
ILE
(MCNERR.LOG) ............................................................................................... 8
4.2.7 MCN S
TATISTICS
L
OG
F
ILE
(MCNSTAT.LOG)....................................................................................... 9
4.2.8 MCN T
EXT
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
(MCNRCD.CFG)............................................................................... 9
4.2.9 HIB C
ONFIGURATION
P
ROGRAM
(HIBCNFG.EXE)................................................................................. 9
5. INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................... 10
5.1 I
NSTALLING THE
R
EMOTE
C
OMPARATOR
D
ISPLAY
S
OFTWARE
....................................................................... 10
5.2 L
OADING THE
D
EVICE
D
RIVER
....................................................................................................................... 10
5.3 A
DDITIONAL
CONFIG.SYS F
ILE
C
HANGES
................................................................................................... 10
5.4 M
ODIFYING THE
AUTOEXEC.BAT F
ILE
....................................................................................................... 11
5.5 N
ETWORK
I
NTERFACE
I
NSTALLATION
& C
ABLING
......................................................................................... 11
5.6 M
ODEM
S
ETUP
............................................................................................................................................... 11
5.6.1 I
NTERNAL
M
ODEM
S
UPPORT
.................................................................................................................. 11
6. CONFIGURING A SYSTEM -- USING MCNCFG................................................................................... 12
6.1 C
ONFIGURATION
S
TEPS
................................................................................................................................... 12
6.2 S
TARTING THE
MCNCFG
CONFIGURATION PROGRAM
.................................................................................... 13
6.3 U
SING THE
MCNCFG M
ENU
C
OMMANDS
...................................................................................................... 13
6.4 C
REATING A
N
EW
MCN G
ROUP
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
.................................................................................. 14
6.4.1 G
ROUP
C
ONFIGURATION
S
CREEN
D
ESCRIPTION
...................................................................................... 15
6.4.2 D
EFINING A
G
ROUP
N
UMBER
.................................................................................................................. 16
6.4.3 E
NTERING
R
ECEIVER
N
AMES
.................................................................................................................. 17
6.4.4 E
NTERING
C
HANNEL
N
AME
/N
OTE
F
IELD
................................................................................................ 18
6.4.5 E
NTERING
M
ODULE
C
ONFIGURATION
I
NFORMATION
.............................................................................. 18
6.4.6 G
ROUP
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
E
DITING
K
EYS
.......................................................................................... 20
6.4.7 I
NSERTING AND
D
ELETING
R
ECEIVERS
................................................................................................... 22
6.4.8 S
AVING THE
G
ROUP
C
ONFIGURATION
F
ILE
............................................................................................. 22
6.4.9 E
XAMPLE
................................................................................................................................................ 23
6.5 B
UILDING A
D
ISPLAY
S
CREEN FOR YOUR SYSTEM
........................................................................................... 25
6.5.1 O
PENING A NEW
MCN S
CREEN
F
ILE
....................................................................................................... 26
6.5.2 S
PECIFY
G
ROUP
C
ONFIGURATIONS
D
IALOG
B
OX
.................................................................................... 27
6.5.3 S
ELECTING
O
NE
G
ROUP TO
W
ORK
W
ITH
-- S
ET
A
CTIVE
G
ROUP
D
IALOG
B
OX
....................................... 28