One-Net/DASDEC User Manual
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These ports are supported using a USB to 4 Port RS232 Adapter. Other adapters may
work, but they must be based on the FTDI chipset.
• Make sure that the proper cable is used for the external CG hardware.
The USB serial ports offer a slightly different list of CG’s as compared to the Main serial
port.
• Monroe R194 CG
• Monroe CEMS-0500/1000
• Standard TFT
• Sage Generic CG
• Sage News Room
• Chyron CODI
• Decade Engineering XBOB
• Decade Engineering XBOB-4
• VDS
• BetaBrite LED sign
• BDI GPM-300 Matrix Switcher
• DM Engineering MSRA/MSRE Audio Switcher
As with the Main serial port, a status box is also displayed above the CG radio button
selector to indicate the status of the specific USB serial port.
Serial port protocols
The supported protocols and their options are listed next.
1. Monroe R194 CG Settings
• No attributes to set. This is only available on the Main Serial port.
2. Monroe CEMS 500/1000 CG Attribute Settings
• Repeat Alert Video Display
– Defaults to Do Not Repeat.
• Select from a set of options for repeating the data write to the remote device
after a pause period set from the
Set Alert Video Repetition Period
field. The
repeat period has to be at least 2 minutes.
3.
TFT Standard protocol Attribute Settings
• This is available on all serial ports, however, the first port (starting with Main and
ending with USB 4) using TFT standard controls audio play-out.
TFT emulation mode: EAS ORG code is untranslated
– Defaults to disabled.
• When disabled, the ORG code “EAS’ is translated in the alert translation
text. Enable to emulate the TFT behavior of not translating ORG code
“EAS’.
TFT Pre-Alert Notification mode
– Defaults to disabled.
• When disabled, EAS Alerts are exclusively played under TFT client control.
When enabled, notifies and gives alert command access to TFT client
prior to independent alert play-out. If this option is enabled then another
check box is presented:
