JL Audio MCS-3800 - Manual (Page 23)

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More About User Assignable Mode
The MCS Controller normally powers up in User Assignable
mode. The expression, “local control on” simply means that
you can push a button and generally expect its LED to turn on.
The LED can be assigned by the user to be either momentary,
or latched.
Momentary means the LED is lit only while the button is
pressed. It turns off when you release the button.
Latched means that the LED turns on with the first button press,
and then turns off with the second button press.
More About Special Mode
The MCS Controller normally first powers up in User
Assignable mode. For Special Modes to be engaged, the host
system has to have been specifically developed to support
Special Mode. Assuming that two way communication is
established, when the host system is launched, it sends a
command into the MCS, which switches it into Special Mode.
The host system then determines what appears in the LCD and
LED displays, and what each control does.
The expression “local control off”, simply means that the
buttons are no longer “tied to” their LEDs. Pressing a button
does not necessarily turn on the LED.
Rather, pressing a button sends a command to the host system.
The host system then is responsible for sending a command
back into the MCS controller, to light up the LEDs.
That way, depending upon the mode of the host system, the
host system may cause an LED to appear to be controlled by
the switch.
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Editable Parameters for Function Buttons (Cursor & W)
Name
Press the Cancel/Clear key in the Keypad to clear the name.
Use the Cursor buttons to the left of the LCD to move the
cursor. Turn the first encoder to dial in the letters and numbers.
The top row of the LCD show the control's real (permanent)
name.
The bottom row of the LCD is the user editable name.
Transport and M Button Commands
• Off (that is, sends no command)
• Note
• Ctrl (Controller)
• P Change (Program Change)
• Query (Puts MCS Controller nto Query Mode.)
• Jog (Turns Jog /Shuttle Wheel On and Off)
• GMaster (Turns Grand Master Fader On and Off)
• Play (MMC and or 9 Pin Play)
• Stop (MMC and or 9 Pin Stop )
• REW (MMC and or 9 Pin Rewind)
• FF (MMC and or 9 Pin Fast Forward)
• REC (MMC and or 9 Pin Record)
• RTZ (MMC and or 9 Pin Return to Zero)
• SLOPLAY (MMC and or 9 Pin 1/2 speed play)
• RV PLAY (MMC and or 9 Pin Reverse Play)
• EJECT (MMC EJECT)
• CHASE (Puts MMC or 9 Pin machine into Chase Mode.)
About Query Mode
When a switch is set to Query, it will not send a command.
When pressed, it puts the whole unit into Query mode. In
Query mode, no commands are sent, but the LCD will display
all the assignment parameters for the last control activated.