CTI Products RCD Standard - Remote Comparator Display - Manual (Page 8)

MCN Remote Comparator Display Introduction & Overview
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General Purpose I/O Devices require General Purpose Monitoring
and Control Function
The MCNRCD software can also monitor general purpose I/O devices connected
to CIB or IOB modules. Typical devices are:
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Door alarm inputs
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Generator run inputs
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Equipment failure inputs
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Relay control outputs
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Transmitter main/standby controls
General Purpose I/O Devices require different status indications than comparators
( “On/Off/Fail” versus Vote, Receive, Disable, Fail). Section 9 of this manual
describes how to provide custom status indications for general purpose I/O
functions using the status text categories and sub-categories.
Software Provided
Two programs make up the MCN RCD software package. They are:
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MCNCFG.EXE - the configuration program
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MCNRCD.EXE - the runtime Remote Comparator Display program
The MCNCFG.EXE program is run by an engineer or technician to build the
configuration files when the system is installed or changed. The MCNRCD
program is run by a dispatcher or technician to display the status of the voting
system.
The MCNRCD.EXE software allows the operator to see which receivers are
receiving, voted, disabled, failed or in an error condition on the PC. It also allows
the operator to monitor and disable receivers with the Force Vote and Disable
functions.
The MCNRCD.CFG file is an ASCII text file that the engineer or technician can
edit to change the configuration of several option parameters used by MCNRCD
software. This file may be edited by any text based editor program.
1.1 Network Interface Support
The MCN RCD software package can use any version of HIB modules or the
PCLTA card for the interface between the PC and the MCN network. The
PCLTA card and early versions of the HIB module do not provide modem
support. You can determine if you have an early HIB module by looking at the
model number found on the rear of the HIB module. All HIB modules have a unit
number of S2-60081-xxx. If the ‘xxx’ number is less than 200 you have an early
version HIB module.