FARGO electronic Digital Audio Board 7KDAB - Manual (Page 33)

7KDAB, Version 2.0, 19-Aug-2007
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RFP – Remote Front Panel
The remote front panel command allows real time viewing of the controller activity via the serial port. When this command
is invoked a representation of the controller’s front panel, along with some additional data is displayed on your screen.
A group of three reverse video spaces is used to form a block to denote an indicator that is ‘lit’ whereas a lower case ‘o’ is
used to indicate an indicator which is ‘dark’.
When speech playback is active, the current audio track being played will be shown in the upper right hand corner of the
screen.
The lower part of the screen is set aside to display decoded DTMF digits as they arrive, and to show where those digits
are being received from. A new line is started each time a command is terminated with an asterisk (*) or octothorpe (#),
or if the DTMF source changes.
If for some reason the screen becomes garbled due to a missed character, you can type the letter “R” to refresh the
screen. When the screen is repainted, the historical DTMF digit information of the screen is lost.
The display mode can be exited at any time by hitting the escape key.
Hit [ESC] to exit or 'R' to refresh Playing: 1027
COR1 CTCSS1 COR2 CTCSS2 COR3 CTCSS3 PTT1 PTT2 DTMF BZIN BZOUT RING ENC
XXX XXX o o o o XXX o o o XXX o XXX
IN1 IN2 IN3 IN4 IN5 IN6 OUT1 OUT2 OUT3 OUT4 OUT5 OUT6 OUT7
o o XXX o o o o o o o XXX o o
USR1 USR2 USR3 USR4 USR5 USR6 USR7
o o o XXX o o o
Rx1 856*
Rx3 80
Rx1 8754*
LL 9979500*
LL 99717*
LL 99705*
LL 9983*
Rx1 8713*
Indicators in addition to those already provided on the real front panel include:
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RING Phone line ringing status
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ENC CTCSS Encoder output status
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USR1-7 Indicate the current values of user function soft switches 92 through 98
Real time updates are not possible during DAB audio playback due to the fact that during playback, the interface between
the 7K and DAB is dedicated to handshaking between these two units in a way that is compatible with the original S-COM
speech synthesizer module. Information regarding controller operation can only be sent to the DAB during periods when
the interface is otherwise available and I/O status change information will be sent to the DAB once speech playback has
completed.
The DAB firmware utilizes VT100 terminal commands to provide a fast and efficient means of updating the screen, and
thus the user needs to utilize a suitable terminal or terminal emulation program to accomplish this. The list of software
companies that provide terminal emulation and file transfer software is quite extensive and beyond our ability to provide a
list of those that do work correctly vs. those that do not. However, limited testing of freeware, shareware, and commercial
programs clearly demonstrate that “you get what you pay for” in terms of faithful emulation.