CTI Products RCD Standard - Remote Comparator Display - Manual (Page 24)

MCN Remote Comparator Display Configuring a System
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6.4.4 Entering Channel Name/Note Field
The Channel Name/Note field is a 39 character alphanumeric field used to
identify the channel for each receiver. When you build your Group Configuration
Files, enter a channel name or number for each receiver so you can identify the
channel for each receiver at a common site.
The Channel Name/Note field is also used for error logging printouts to identify
which channel on a Comparator I/O Module has a disabled or failed receiver.
You may find it helpful to include telephone circuit numbers or microwave
channel numbers in this field.
A typical radio system may have multiple RF channels that have receivers at
common sites, see the system configuration in Figure 12. This system has a
Comm Center receiver on both the East and West Police channels. This can be
confusing if you haven’t uniquely identified the receiver with a Channel
Description in the Group Configuration File.
NOTE: If transmitter steering information is being monitored, your receiver
names could be over written by the status display messages whenever a receiver is
not in the idle state. When the receiver returns to the idle state, the entire receiver
name will be redisplayed.
6.4.5 Entering Module Configuration Information
The status text category determines how the I/O lines on the I/O modules (CIBs
and IOBs) will be displayed on the PC. You will use the DEFAULT category
(Vote, Rx, Dis, and Fail) for most comparator applications. Other general purpose
I/O applications will need custom status text categories to display status messages
such as On/Off, Up/Down, etc.
Each CIB or IOB module can have its own status text category. These categories
are assigned to the module using the Edit Module Config menu command.
Using the Edit Module Config menu command, you can edit the configuration
information for each of the I/O Modules being monitored. Figure 5 shows the
pull-down Edit Menu that gives the Module Config menu option. Figure 7
shows the edit screen that appears for the Module Config option.