MULTITASKER™
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INSTALLING YOUR MT107-103
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Step 1.
Determine the number of slots required
for the
MT107-103
, including the add-on
cards. The base
MT107-103
requires two
slots, and a fully loaded 64X64 Matrix
engine requires 16 slots.
Step 2.
Turn off power to the enclosure and
remove the AC power cord.
Step 3.
Remove the necessary slot covers to
allow the new cards to be installed.
Step 4.
Carefully, slide the
MT107-103
into
available slots in the MultiTasker
Enclosure in order to connect to the bus.
Make sure that the
MT107-103
cards fits
into place.
Step 5.
Secure the cards to the MultiTasker by
tightening the retainer screws located on
the top and bottom of each card.
Step 6.
Reconnect the AC power cord and turn on
the enclosure power.
Step 7.
Connect a cable from the audio source to
one of the input connectors on the
MT107-103
and one of the output
connectors to an amplifier or other device
through a cable.
Step 8.
Starting from the left, identify the slot
number where the
MT107-103
INPUT
CONNECTOR CARD is plugged into the
Enclosure. Make note of the slot number.
It is required for RS-232 control.
OPERATION
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7.1 RS-232 CONTROL
The
MT107-103
has many advanced remote
control capabilities which are accessible through
standard RS-232 communication. Actual control
may be accomplished through a computer control
system or any other device capable of sending
RS-232 commands.
7.1.1 RS-232 INTERFACE
The RS-232 commands, for the
MT107-103
are
in a simple ASCII character format.
1.
Square brackets “[ ]” are part of the
command.
2.
Use uppercase letters for all commands.
The cards in a MultiTasker system are capable
of performing various functions, as well as
providing feedback to the user or control
system. Commands instruct a card to perform
specific actions or request information about the
status of the card. Some commands do both
simultaneously.
A command that instructs the card to simply
perform an action will generate feedback of “[ ]”.
The open bracket immediately followed by a
close bracket indicates the card received a valid
command. If the command requested
information from the card, the feedback
generated by the card is the acknowledgement
of having received a valid command. Invalid
commands generate feedback of “[ERR001]”.
After processing a command, an “OK” or
[ERR001] will be returned as feedback if ‘F’ is
included at the end of a command string.
Commands ending in ‘S’ will be saved into
memory. Commands not ending in ‘S’ will still be
executed, but will not be restored when the
system is reset or powered off, then on.
7.2 DESCRIPTION OF COMMANDS
Each command consists of three parts:
Function, Card ID, and Unit ID.
[
Function , Card ID , Unit ID
]
Example: [VERC3U2]
VER = Function
C3
= Card ID or Group ID
U2
= Unit ID
For Function, see a detailed explanation under
each command description.
