CTI Products RCD Standard - Remote Comparator Display - Manual (Page 5)

MCN Remote Comparator Display
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6.5.4 A SSIGNING A U NIT A DDRESS TO THE HIB OR PCLTA ............................................................................ 28
6.5.5 A DDING C HANNEL T ITLES TO THE D ISPLAY S CREEN .............................................................................. 29
6.5.6 P LACING R ECEIVERS ON THE S CREEN ..................................................................................................... 31
6.5.7 D ELETING A R ECEIVER OR C HANNEL T ITLE F ROM THE S CREEN ............................................................. 32
6.5.8 E DIT S CREEN N AME ................................................................................................................................ 32
6.5.9 E NTERING THE HIB T ELEPHONE N UMBER / M ODEM D IALING S TRING ................................................... 33
6.5.10 S AVING THE MCN S CREEN F ILE ........................................................................................................... 35
6.5.11 E XAMPLE .............................................................................................................................................. 35
6.5.12 E XITING THE C ONFIGURATION P ROGRAM ............................................................................................. 37
6.6 A DDITIONAL MCNCFG M ENU C OMMANDS AND D IALOG B OXES .................................................................. 37
6.6.1 O PENING AN E XISTING G ROUP F ILE ........................................................................................................ 37
6.6.2 O PENING AN E XISTING MCN S CREEN F ILE ............................................................................................. 37
6.6.3 R ENAMING A F ILE ................................................................................................................................... 37
6.6.4 MCNCFG “F ILE A LREADY E XISTS ” W ARNING ...................................................................................... 38
6.6.5 MCNCFG “S AVE C HANGES ” W ARNING ................................................................................................ 38
7. RUNNING THE MCN COMPARATOR DISPLAY (MCNRCD) PROGRAM ...................................... 39
7.1 S TARTING THE MCNRCD P ROGRAM -- Q UICK S TART ................................................................................... 39
7.2 L OADING A S CREEN (F ILE / L OAD C OMMAND ) ............................................................................................... 39
7.2.1 M ODEM D IALING .................................................................................................................................... 41
7.2.2 S YSTEM I NITIALIZATION .......................................................................................................................... 42
7.3 MCNRCD I NFORMATION S CREEN ................................................................................................................. 45
7.4 C OMPARATOR D ISPLAY S CREEN L AYOUT ....................................................................................................... 46
7.5 C ONTROLLING R ECEIVERS .............................................................................................................................. 47
7.5.1 C ONTROLLING R ECEIVERS W ITH T HE M OUSE ........................................................................................ 47
7.5.2 C ONTROLLING R ECEIVERS W ITH T HE K EYBOARD .................................................................................. 48
7.6 L OGGING O PTIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 48
7.6.1 E RROR L OGGING ..................................................................................................................................... 50
7.6.2 S TATISTICS L OGGING .............................................................................................................................. 53
7.6.3 MCN S YSTEM M ESSAGES ...................................................................................................................... 56
7.7 E XITING THE MCNRCD P ROGRAM ................................................................................................................ 57
7.8 MCNRCD P ROGRAM C OMMAND L INE O PTIONS ............................................................................................ 57
7.8.1 C OMMAND L INE E XAMPLES .................................................................................................................... 60
7.9 R UNNING MCNRCD P ROGRAM A UTOMATICALLY F ROM B ATCH F ILES ......................................................... 60
8. TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................................................................ 62
9. APPENDIX A - CHANGING STATUS MESSAGE TEXT ....................................................................... 65
9.1 S TATUS T EXT C ONFIGURATION F ILE ............................................................................................................... 65
9.2 T EXT D EFINITION L INE F ORMAT ..................................................................................................................... 67
9.3 S TATE N UMBER F IELD .................................................................................................................................... 70
9.4 I NPUT V ALUE F ORMAT ................................................................................................................................... 71
9.4.1 I NPUT V ALUE F OR C OMPARATOR I/O S YSTEMS ..................................................................................... 72
9.5 S TATUS T EXT C OLORS .................................................................................................................................... 73
9.6 D ISPLAY P OSITION F IELD ................................................................................................................................ 74
9.7 D ISPLAY P ROCESS .......................................................................................................................................... 74
9.8 E XAMPLES ...................................................................................................................................................... 81
9.9 S TATUS T EXT C ATEGORIES ............................................................................................................................. 82
9.9.1 S TATUS T EXT C ATEGORY E XAMPLE ....................................................................................................... 84
9.9.2 S UB - CATEGORIES .................................................................................................................................... 90
10. APPENDIX B: MODEM SUPPORT ........................................................................................................ 97
10.1 M ODEM I NITIALIZATION ............................................................................................................................... 97
10.1.1 M ODEM I NITIALIZATION R EQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................. 98