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232-MCT Mono Caption Tuner
RS-232 Cable Connections
Single Tuner
5 GND
2 RXD
3 TXD
RXD 2
GND 5
TXD 3
Control Wiring – Single Unit
9-pin D-sub
female
RS-232
Control Port
Channel Up 4
Channel Down 9
RS-232 wiring for control or programming should only use pins 2, 3, 5. Standard null modem cables
such as the CC-COM cable that include all wires can be used for programming and control.
Multiple Tuners
Up to nine tuners can be daisy-chained from one RS-232 control port. Remember that you will need
to use the Unit# address in your programming when you control more than one tuner from the same
control port.
Set the first unit in the RS-232 chain to the highest Unit#, then wire in sequence to the last tuner in
the chain. The reason for this is that CR tuners use an intelligent data bus - the highest number tuner
receives all commands, and then passes on commands addressed to tuners with lower unit numbers.
The next tuner in the chain does the same, and so on until the last unit.
5 GND
2 RXD
3 TXD
RXD 2
GND 5
RS-232 Wiring – Two Units
Unit 2
9-pin D-sub
female
RS-232
Control Port
Unit 1
9-pin D-sub
female
TXD 3
GND 5
TXD 3
RXD 2
5 GND
2 RXD
3 TXD
RXD 2
GND 5
TXD 3
RS-232 Wiring – Three Units
Unit 3
9-pin D-sub
female
RS-232
Control Port
Unit 2
9-pin D-sub
female
Unit 1
9-pin D-sub
female
TXD 3
GND 5
GND 5
TXD 3
RXD 2
RXD 2
