Networking, Waking up the mcg-3 – Burst Electronics MCG-3 User Manual
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MCG-3 Color Micro Character Generator
Networking:
Your MCG-3 may be used as a stand alone unit, or in a network of
linked MCG-3’s. Networking allows more than one MCG-3 to be
controlled from a single PC computer, over a single RS232 link.
A MCG-3 network is much like the a telephone party line, where each
subscriber may listen in but only one person is allowed to talk at any
one time. Because of this, each MCG-3 may be put to sleep or woke up
and in this way only one MCG-3 will talk at any one time.
Each MCG-3 in a network is assigned a unique ID number. (See “Set
device ID” in the U
U
U
U
UT
T
T
T
TIIIIILI
LI
LI
LI
LIT
T
T
T
TY M
Y M
Y M
Y M
Y ME
E
E
E
EN
N
N
N
NU
U
U
U
U in Part One). This number is used to
wake up an MCG-3 so you can send it commands.
The ID on the RCG-3 must be set before the units are connected as a
network.
Waking Up the MCG-3
When first powered up the MCG-3 will be asleep, meaning that it will
ignore any data sent to it except for a W
W
W
W
WA
A
A
A
AK
K
K
K
KE
E
E
E
E command. (However, the
front panel keypad will work whether the MCG-3 is awake or asleep).
The wake command format is as follows:
>W
>W
>W
>W
>WK,id
K,id
K,id
K,id
K,id
Where id
id
id
id
id is the device ID number.
After receiving a W
W
W
W
WA
A
A
A
AK
K
K
K
KE
E
E
E
E command the responding MCG-3 will send
the following:
#
#
#
#
#id R
id R
id R
id R
id REA
EA
EA
EA
EAD
D
D
D
DY
Y
Y
Y
Y
C
C
C
C
CO
O
O
O
OM
M
M
M
MM
M
M
M
MA
A
A
A
AN
N
N
N
ND?
D?
D?
D?
D?
>_
>_
>_
>_
>_
Again, the IIIIID
D
D
D
D is the device number. At this time the MCG-3 is ready to
receive commands.