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232-MCT Mono Caption Tuner
Terminal
It’s also easy to use an RS-232 Terminal app for setup. The 232-MCT is shipped set to Standard Cable, and
the internal channel list is set to 2-126. To limit the channels, use the TR command and enter a list of
channels. If your PC is XP and you still have Hyper Terminal, you can enter the setup commands in a
Notepad text file, then select the page from HyperTerminal to clone the tuner. Download the
HyperTune
file from Download for a manual and a sample text file. If you have Windows Vista or newer, search for Tera
Term and download the application. It’s a great Terminal application, and it also has a Send File option that
can send the text file.
To quickly "clone" MCT Tuners:
Create a text file with Notepad as shown below
Add an Enter at the last line (commands need it to be sent)
Save by job name
Open Windows Terminal (or Tera Term for Win 7 users) set up for RS-232 control (COM port, 9600,
8 data bits, 1 stop, no handshake) and connect.
Select the HyperTerm Transfer menu, select Send Text File, and choose the file you've just saved, or
File/Send File in Tera Term
Sample file:
>S0=0 (Tune Mode Cable)
>TR=2,4,5,7-10,19,32,50 (Tune Ring Channels)
>Q4=3 (Onscreen Channel Display - Channel and Name)
>Q0=0 (Captioning off)
>TN=2,NBC (Channel name - up to 8 characters)
>TN=4,FOX
>TN=7,ABC
>TN=5,PBS
>TN=19,CW
>TN=32,KAZQ
>TN=50,WC
>P1 (Power On)
>TC=19 (Tune to Channel 19)