Contemporary Research
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32-MTA Mono TV Tuner
General RS-232 Commands
Q
Q-series commands
Included for compatibility with 232-STS programming. As the
MTA does not have on-screen text or video detection, most
commands will have no affect in tuner operation.
Q0=
Caption Mode Off (0-2)
Sets captioning mode
0=Captioning off (fixed)
Q1=
Captioning Type (1-8)
Turns on captioning type, no functionality in 232-MTA
1=Caption 1 (default)
2=Caption 2
3=Caption 3
4=Caption 4
5-8= Text 1-4
Q2=
Video Loss Detection (0-3)
Selects response when a loss of video signal is detected
3=No Function (fixed)
Q3=
A/V Detect Status (0-3)
Example: ‘>Q3=1’ or ‘>Q31’
Enables/disables sending status response when Stereo/Mono or
Video Loss Detect changes. Only status operation is affected,
the functions continue to operate.
0=Disable Stereo/Mono detection (fixed)
1=Enable Stereo/Mono
2=Disable Stereo/Mono
3=Enable Stereo/Mono
Q4=
Label Mode with Status (0-3)
0= No Function
1= No Function
2= No Function (fixed)
3= No Function
TR=
Set Tune Ring (TR)
Example:
‘>2TR=2,4,7-10’
Limits access to specified channels, 120 chars max
Stores unit#2 Tune Ring as 2,4,7,8,9,10
TT=
Select tuned channel (0-126)
Example:
‘>TT=28’
0=video mute, 255=video unmute*
126=External AV Inputs
Selects channel 28 only if 28 is present in current TR
TC=
Force tuned channel (0-126)
Example:
‘>TC=39’
0=video mute, 255=video unmute*
126=External AV Inputs
Selects channel 39 regardless of current TR
TP
Set to previous channel
Selects previous channel only if present in current TR
TU
Tune channel up
Example:
‘>3TU’
Selects next higher channel in stored Tune Ring
Bumps Unit#3 tuned channel up one from available Tune Ring
TD
Tune channel down
Selects next lower channel in stored Tune Ring
XT
Toggle Mute A/V
Alternates Mute A/V on and off
XX
Mute A/V off
Turn A/V outputs on at previous level
XM
Mute A/V on
Example:
‘>XM’
Mutes A/V outputs
Mutes audio and video outputs
P0
Power Off
Same as XM
P1
Power On
Same as XX
PT
Power Toggle
Same as XT
* If the optional character generator is installed, Video Mute will display a blue screen, useful as a character
background. Without a CG, Video Mute will blank the video output. The Video Mute command does not mute
the audio.