JLCooper MCS3 USB - Manual (Page 6)

6
Getting Started
Serial Port Settings
Launch the MCS
3
application, either from the Windows
Start Menu or by right-clicking on the MCS
3
icon in the
Windows system tray and choosing “Control Panel”.
From the Edit menu, select "Preferences”.
If the MCS3 is a USB version, the PC will automatically identify
it on the USB bus. The driver will then recognize it. If the MCS3
is an RS-232 version, the MCS
3
Driver will automatically scan
the available COM ports, starting with COM1. It tries to locate
an MCS
3
on the first port that is currently not in use. If the
automatic scan process was not successful, you will need to set
the COM port manually, in the Preferences menu.
After you change the COM port you need to reload the driver.
This is done by right-clicking on the MCS
3
icon in the lower left
of the computer monitor and select “Reload”.
If the port cannot identify the MCS3, please refer to the
Troubleshooting section of this manual.
Driver Popup Menu
In the lower left corner of the screen, the MCS3 “wheel icon”
appears in the system tray.
This indicates that the MCS3 “Driver” is loaded.
Right click on the icon to open the popup menu for the Driver.
The first menu item opens the Application.
Enable MCS3 (Disable MCS3).
There may be times when the MCS3 is connected to the PC, but
you do not want to use it. For example, you may not want to
accidentally engage or terminate playback because you
accidentally bumped the controller. You can temporarily
disable the MCS3 by selecting “Disable” from this menu.
Re-enable the MCS3 by selecting “Enable” from this menu.