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MCG-2 Micro Character Generator

SPECIFICATIONS:

Power: 12 to 15 volts DC at 300mA (Polarity insensitive) or via 120

Vac - 12Vdc wall module.

Size:

5.6W x 1.5H x 7.3D inches.

Video: Input - 1 volt PP composite terminated in 75 ohms.

Output - 1 volt PP composite with text overlay (short circuit
protected).

Keyer: Internal keyer (overlay).
Background and character brightness separately adjustable from 7.5

IRE setup (Black) to 100 IRE (100% White)

Character Size: 16 height and width combinations, as follows:

Height 1 - 28 scan lines
Height 2 - 56 scan lines
Height 3 - 84 scan lines
Height 4 - 112 scan lines
Width 1 - 20 characters per line
Width 2 - 13 characters per line
Width 3 - 9 characters per line
Width 4 - 6 characters per line

Selectable background and blink modes.
Storage: 10 pages of 180 characters each (Battery backed).
Remote control:

May be remotely controlled or function as a stand-alone unit.
Remote control via RS232 link to PC computer.
Simple two letter remote control commands.
Units may be “daisy chained” to form a network controlled by
one PC computer.
Uses inexpensive RJ11 (telephone) cable.

Accessories:

RS232 to RJ11 adapter
3 foot RJ11 cable
Remote control example programs diskette
User manual
120Vac - 12Vdc wall adapter

Options:

Real Time Clock (RTC) - Maintains time and date, battery backed.

Summary of Contents for MCG-2

Page 1: ...0159 FAX burstelectronics com Made in USA Manual Version 2 01 The MCG 2 Hardware software and manual copyright by Burst Electronics All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced o...

Page 2: ...ness Part Two Remote Control Tutorial Waking up the MCG 2 Networking Notes on Cables Command Reference Part Three Technical Lithium Battery 3V Notes on Master Reset Troubleshooting and Flashing Lights...

Page 3: ...4 heights for a total of 16 character sizes The character set includes upper case letters A Z numerals 0 9 and various punctuation marks and symbols as shown in the ASCII to MCG 2 Display Convert tabl...

Page 4: ...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 t...

Page 5: ...s not blank or if the green Power LED is flashing see the section on troubleshooting The MCG 2 may be controlled either by front panel controls or via an RS232 link to a PC This section will discuss f...

Page 6: ...subsequent characters set will flash To exit flash mode hold down the SHIFT key and press the MINUS key The cursor now returns to the normal block character Individual characters that are already set...

Page 7: ...Y Y Y Y Y P P P P PAG AG AG AG AGE E E E E Move the arrow to S S S S SET H ET H ET H ET H ET HO O O O OR R R R RZ S Z S Z S Z S Z SI I I I IZ Z Z Z ZE E E E E or S S S S SET V ET V ET V ET V ET VE E E...

Page 8: ...ne with caution D D D D DI I I I IS S S S SP P P P PLA LA LA LA LAY I Y I Y I Y I Y ID O D O D O D O D ON S N S N S N S N SC C C C CR R R R RE E E E EE E E E EN N N N N Pressing the MENU key will disp...

Page 9: ...lts of the tests will be either P P P P PA A A A AS S S S SS S S S SE E E E ED D D D D or F F F F FA A A A AI I I I ILE LE LE LE LED D D D D Pressing the MENU key runs the tests To exit press the MENU...

Page 10: ...C C C C CLEA LEA LEA LEA LEAR A R A R A R A R ALL P LL P LL P LL P LL PAG AG AG AG AGE E E E ES S S S S on the Screen Control Menu V V V V VE E E E ER R R R RS S S S SI I I I IO O O O ON N N N N N N N...

Page 11: ...ation on commands We provide 1 RJ11 cable 1 DB9 to RJ11 adapter You will need the following 1 PC computer with a RS232 Serial Port 1 terminal emulation program such as Procomm ANSI SYS compatible or W...

Page 12: ...0 baud Unless you changed it in the Utility Menu Utility Menu Utility Menu Utility Menu Utility Menu Stop bits 1 Data bits 8 Parity None Echo Off or Set Duplex to Full Note that other combinations may...

Page 13: ...er is used to wake up an MCG 2 so you can send it commands Waking Up the MCG 2 When first powered up the MCG 2 will be asleep meaning that it will ignore any data sent to it except for a W W W W WA A...

Page 14: ...d uses four conductor RJ11 connectors The connectors should be attached so as to have the locking snap tab facing the same way on both ends of the cable Use the sample cable that came with your MCG 2...

Page 15: ...les to the MCG 2 units are the same as for connecting several monitors without loop through to one video source The MCG 2 VIDEO OUT connector is connected to a video monitor The monitor should be term...

Page 16: ...E LI E LI E LI E LI E LIN N N N NE E E E E will write a line of text to the MCG 2 memory W W W W WL 8 3 T L 8 3 T L 8 3 T L 8 3 T L 8 3 TH H H H HI I I I IS I S I S I S I S IS A T S A T S A T S A T S...

Page 17: ...M ME E E E E D D D D DO O O O OC C C C C file on the floppy disk for more information The description of each command is formatted as follows PURPOSE Tells what the command does FORMAT Shows the corr...

Page 18: ...M PC Type P P P P PC C C C C Sets Control for IBM Type PC Page Position P P P P PP P P P P Sets position of page on screen Run Diagnostics R R R R RD D D D D Runs diagnostic tests Read Line R R R R RL...

Page 19: ...N N ND D D D D PURPOSE Set the background video for a page FORMAT B B B B BG p G p G p G p G p p 1 for background ON p 0 for background OFF DESCRIPTION Sets the background status for the currently sel...

Page 20: ...C CA A A A A DESCRIPTION Clears all 10 pages in the MCG 2 memory This command does not clear the MCG 2 screen See the CD C CD C CD C CD C CD CLEA LEA LEA LEA LEAR R R R R D D D D DI I I I IS S S S SP...

Page 21: ...to turn OFF both time and date display DESCRIPTION This command sets the on off status for the date and time of day displays This display status is stored on a page by page basis If the RTC option is...

Page 22: ...SCRIPTION This command will send back to the PC a C C C C CLEA LEA LEA LEA LEAR R R R R S S S S SC C C C CR R R R RE E E E EE E E E EN N N N N code to clear the PC s video screen This is useful when t...

Page 23: ...CP p CP p CP p CP p p page number 1 through 10 DESCRIPTION Clears the page indicated Page is cleared in the MCG 2 memory only This command does not clear the MCG 2 screen See the CD C CD C CD C CD C...

Page 24: ...4 horizontal 4 vertical Character size is stored on a page by page basis If there are more characters on a page in memory than will fit on the screen for the current character size as many characters...

Page 25: ...V R V R V R VI I I I ID D D D DE E E E EO O O O O PURPOSE Clears the MCG 2 Video Display FORMAT CV CV CV CV CV DESCRIPTION This command clears the MCG 2 Video display screen but not any of the ten pag...

Page 26: ...DESCRIPTION Sets the display position for date display maintained in the Real Time Clock option If this option is not installed issuing this command will produce a R R R R REA EA EA EA EAL T L T L T...

Page 27: ...p P p p Page to be displayed 1 through 10 DESCRIPTION The MCG 2 holds 10 pages of text This command copies any one page to the screen The contents of the pages in memory are unaffected If the charact...

Page 28: ...AT E E E E EP p P p P p P p P p p Page to be edited 1 through 10 DESCRIPTION This command displays on the PC a copy of the referenced page to the PC and allows editing of the page on a line by line ba...

Page 29: ...different character sizes For example in the above figure for character size 3 horizontal 4 vertical only the word THIS would be displayed on the MCG 2 screen Similarly if the character size were 1 ho...

Page 30: ...ns software used must be ANSI SYS compatible most are also you must have the statement DEVICE ANSI SYS in your config config config config config sys sys sys sys sys file See the documentation that ca...

Page 31: ...HE E E E ELP LP LP LP LP DESCRIPTION This command displays on the PC a brief list of all of the remote control commands and their parameters This listing may be exited from at any time by pressing C o...

Page 32: ...work ID code on the MCG 2 screen FORMAT I I I I ID D D D D DESCRIPTION The network ID code is the code used to access the MCG 2 with a W W W W WA A A A AK K K K KE E E E E command This command display...

Page 33: ...xer On ONLINE x 0 for Mixer Off OFFLINE DESCRIPTION This command sets the ONLINE Mixer ON characters are present and OFFLINE Mixer OFF characters are NOT present status of the MCG 2 The looped though...

Page 34: ...ine Draw characters FORMAT P P P P PC x C x C x C x C x x 1 for IBM PC x 0 for non IBM PC DESCRIPTION Sets whether or not the E E E E ED D D D DI I I I IT P T P T P T P T PAG AG AG AG AGE E E E E comm...

Page 35: ...page position may need adjustment after changing a character size or you may want to position text over an object on the incoming video such as redoing a telephone number on a commercial The numbers...

Page 36: ...space 1 space 123456 23456 23456 23456 234567 7 7 7 789 89 89 89 890 space abcdefghij 0 space abcdefghij 0 space abcdefghij 0 space abcdefghij 0 space abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx klmnopqrstuvwx klmnopqrs...

Page 37: ...BG G G G G Background is On or is flashing the corresponding ANSI SYS codes will also be sent Codes are defined as follows Function ANSI code Bold on ESC 7m Flash on ESC 5m All attr off ESC 0m Note th...

Page 38: ...in conjunction with commands that affect the current page This command allows the current page to be changed without affecting the video display so that undisplayed pages may be changed or edited whi...

Page 39: ...ESCRIPTION This command sets the date maintained in the RTC option The Real Time Clock will automatically detect and adjust for leap year If the RTC option is not installed issuing this command will p...

Page 40: ...m except for the W W W W WA A A A AK K K K KE E E E E command See the W W W W WA A A A AK K K K KE E E E E command The MCG 2 front panel controls are always active regardless if the MCG 2 is asleep or...

Page 41: ...nds to more than one unit at a time see the example below This way the MCG 2 s on the network won t try to all talk at once Second if you want to send commands at high speed 9600 baud no wait between...

Page 42: ...ses for unit 03 are OFF W W W W WL L L L L 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 T T T T TE E E E EST ST ST ST STI I I I IN N N N NG G G G G Write TESTING to all awake units S S S S SP P P P P Put all units to sleep W...

Page 43: ...of day maintained in the RTC option The Real Time Clock can operate in military 24 hour or standard 12 hour formats To operate in military time use MT in place of xx above to operate in standard time...

Page 44: ...day display format The time format is stored on a page by page basis If the RTC option is not installed issuing this command will produce a R R R R REA EA EA EA EAL T L T L T L T L TI I I I IM M M M...

Page 45: ...osition 01 through 13 yy Two digit vertical position 00 through 10 DESCRIPTION Sets the display position for the time display maintained in the Real Time Clock option If this option is not installed i...

Page 46: ...R R R R S S S S SI I I I IZ Z Z Z ZE E E E E command for more datails This command operates exactly the same as D D D D DP D P D P D P D P DI I I I IS S S S SP P P P PLA LA LA LA LAY P Y P Y P Y P Y P...

Page 47: ...MB B B B BE E E E ER R R R R PURPOSE Displays the ROM firmware version number to the PC monitor FORMAT VN VN VN VN VN DESCRIPTION This command displays the version number of the ROM firmware and a co...

Page 48: ...twork The W W W W WA A A A AK K K K KE E E E E command causes the referenced MCG 2 s to start accepting data after previously being asleep See the S S S S SLE LE LE LE LEE E E E EP P P P P command Als...

Page 49: ...d one line of text to the MCG 2 memory To cause a character to flash embed an underline _ in the text portion of the command The first underline will turn the flash function ON the second underline tu...

Page 50: ...54 6 6 55 7 7 56 8 8 57 9 9 58 59 60 left arrrow 61 62 right arrow 63 64 raised dot 65 A A 66 B B 67 C C 68 D D 69 E E ASCII ASCII Displayed Code Char Character 70 F F 71 G G 72 H H 73 I I 74 J J 75 K...

Page 51: ...q Q 114 r R 115 s S 116 t T 117 u U 118 v V 119 w W 120 x X 121 y Y 122 z Z 123 124 down arrow 125 126 127 null transparent space Note Codes from 0 through 31 and 128 through 159 are not used Codes 1...

Page 52: ...the inside of the MCG 2 Proceed as follows 1 Turn off the power to the MCG 2 2 Remove the two screws on the face of the unit 3 Gently pull the front cover plate forward 4 Slide the top cover forward a...

Page 53: ...Y M Y ME E E E EN N N N NU U U U U and select S S S S SET C ET C ET C ET C ET CL L L L LO O O O OC C C C CK K K K K Using the PLUS or MINUS keys set A A A A AM M M M M P P P P PM M M M M or M M M M MT...

Page 54: ...D for Date display only T D T D T D T D T D for both Time and Date display and O O O O OF F F F FF F F F F to turn off both the Time and Date display Note that T T T T TI I I I IM M M M ME P E P E P E...

Page 55: ...econds display The M M M M MA A A A AST ST ST ST STE E E E ER R R R R R R R R RE E E E ES S S S SET ET ET ET ET can be used to recover from a FLASHING POWER LED condition and may be needed after repla...

Page 56: ...M Y M Y ME E E E EN N N N NU U U U U The M M M M MA A A A AST ST ST ST STE E E E ER R R R R R R R R RE E E E ES S S S SET ET ET ET ET function is not available from remote control and a flashing POWER...

Page 57: ...ives you a chance to see what exactly the MCG 2 does and or needs in your particular circumstance JUMPER SETTINGS The MCG 2 has two internal jumpers J11 and J9 J9 is the 75 ohm termination for VIDEO I...

Page 58: ...e command in the Command Reference Section 3 Err 3 Err 3 Err 3 Err 3 Error R or R or R or R or Real time clock not installed eal time clock not installed eal time clock not installed eal time clock no...

Page 59: ...laced This would be the case if a command wanted two digit parameters and was issued with single digit parameters Example The page position command P P P P PP P P P P needs two digit parameters The co...

Page 60: ...one of the stored data will be lost To replace the battery proceed as follows 1 Remove the two screws on the face of the unit 2 Gently pull the front cover plate forward and down 3 Slide the top cover...

Page 61: ...ght 3 84 scan lines Height 4 112 scan lines Width 1 20 characters per line Width 2 13 characters per line Width 3 9 characters per line Width 4 6 characters per line Selectable background and blink mo...

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