Burst Electronics MCG-3 - Manual (Page 4)

3 MCG-3 Color Micro Character Generator
The MCG-3 may be controlled by either front panel controls or
remotely by an RS232 link to a PC, the RCG-3 is remote control only.
Multiple units may be chained together with standard RJ11 modular
telephone cable and individually accessed from a PC. Easy to use two
letter commands are sent to the MCG-3 from a PC running a terminal
emulation program (such as Qmodem or Procomm), from Windows
Run Terminal, or from user written software.
The MCG-3 has 3 LEDs: Power, RS232 Activity (Remote), and On-
Line status.
About This Manual:
This manual is divided into three sections. Section One is a tutorial and
describes initial setup and MCG-3 front panel operation. Section Two
describes how to remotely control one MCG-3 or a network of MCG-
3’s from a Personal Computer. Also included in Section Two is a
reference section describing how to use each of the two letter remote
control commands. Section Three has information on specifications,
troubleshooting etc.
When reading the next section, the Tutorial, it is best to have the MCG-
3 in front of you to get a full understanding of the operation of the
MCG-3.
Material Supplied:
In the shipping carton you should find:
1 MCG-3 Color Micro Character Generator
1 AC adapter 12 Vdc/500mA
1 Operations manual
1 Three foot modular telephone cable (RJ11 Type)
1 DB-9 (RS232) to RJ11 (Telephone cord) adapter
1 Floppy Disk (Containing example software for remote control)