CTI Products RCD Standard - Remote Comparator Display - Manual (Page 18)

MCN Remote Comparator Display Configuring a System
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6. Configuring a System -- Using MCNCFG
A basic remote comparator display system consists of a PC connected to a HIB or
PCLTA and one or more Comparator I/O Modules (see Figure 1).
An MCN Group Configuration file (.GCF extension) contains all of the receiver
information for MCN Comparator I/O Modules addressed into a single MCN
Group.
MCN Screen Files (.MSF extension) contain a list of receivers to be displayed on
the current CRT screen and where they will appear on the screen. Up to four
different MCN Groups can be monitored and controlled from the same MCN
screen file.
Up to 88 receivers can appear on the PC display. For many systems this will
allow an operator to view all of the receivers in a voting receiver system. On
larger systems as many as 50 screens can be created to display a system’s
receivers.
You will use the MCN Remote Comparator Display Configuration Program
(MCNCFG) to create and edit these files when you install or change your system.
6.1 Configuration Steps
To custom configure the MCN Remote Comparator Display software for your
radio system do the following:
1. Build an MCN Group Configuration File (GCF) for your
Comparator I/O Module(s):
a) Use Files New Group Configuration menu command to open a new
MCN Group Configuration File.
b) Enter Receiver Names and Corresponding Channel Name/Notes for
each receiver.
c) Use Edit Group Number to assign the two digit number (00-FE) of
the MCN Group that these receivers are located in (the default Group
number is 00). This number comes from the Group number of the unit
address assigned to the Comparator I/O modules. Refer to the MCN
system manual (reference 1) for information about module address
assignment.
d) Use Edit Module Config to enter the descriptions for each module
and change, if needed, the MCNRCD.CFG status text category that
will be used by the modules for their status message display.
e) Use the Files Save menu command to save the GCF file.
f) If you have more than one MCN Group in your system, repeat the
above procedure for each MCN Group.