Owner's manual

Table of Contents
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MCNCONFIG PROGRAM: MASTER-SUB COMPARATOR CONFIGURATION....................92
EQUIPMENT-CENTRIC VIEW ..................................................................................................................93
VIRTUAL COMPARATOR VIEW...............................................................................................................94
ENHANCED VIRTUAL COMPARATOR VIEW............................................................................................95
IMPLEMENTING THE VIRTUAL COMPARATORS ......................................................................................96
1. ENABLE MASTER-SUB FEATURES ......................................................................................................96
2. SETUP NETWORK INTERFACE, CHANNELS, HARDWARE AND RECEIVER WINDOWS............................97
3. ASSIGN DISPLAY TABLES AND DEFINE THE SUBDEVICES..................................................................98
A. Assign Display Tables .................................................................................................................98
B. Assign Sub Devices for each receiver in the Master Comparator...............................................98
4. DESIGN THE DISPLAY WINDOW FOR THE VIRTUAL COMPARATOR ....................................................99
5. CUSTOMIZING DISPLAY TABLES ......................................................................................................100
Sub Comparator Display Table ......................................................................................................100
Master Comparator Display Table.................................................................................................101
Creating New Display Tables for Master and Sub Comparators ...................................................105
MCNCONFIG PROGRAM: MASTER-SUB COMPARATOR CONFIGURATION WITH
MULTI-DEPENDENCY......................................................................................................................110
Composite Sub Comparator Display Table ....................................................................................112
Multiple Views of the Virtual Comparators....................................................................................113
Master Comparators.......................................................................................................................114
MULTIPLE VIEWS: DISPLAY TABLE OVERRIDE...................................................................................115
MCNCONFIG PROGRAM: TRIGGERED OUTPUT ACTIONS OPTION................................119
TRIGGERED OUTPUT TYPES.................................................................................................................119
Building a New Triggered Output Type..........................................................................................120
TRIGGERS ............................................................................................................................................123
Setting up Triggers .........................................................................................................................123
LINKING INPUTS TO OUTPUTS..............................................................................................................125
Setting up the Links.........................................................................................................................125
TRIGGERED OUTPUT NOTES ................................................................................................................127
MCNCONFIG PROGRAM: IMPORTING A SYSTEM FROM MCNRCD FOR DOS..............128
IMPORTING THE SYSTEM......................................................................................................................128
Saving Imported Systems ................................................................................................................130
Imported Hardware Window ..........................................................................................................131
Imported Receivers Window ...........................................................................................................132
Imported Status Tables ...................................................................................................................132
Missing MCF Files .........................................................................................................................133
Empty Status Table Entries.............................................................................................................133
FINISHING UP THE IMPORT...................................................................................................................134
Display Window differences between the DOS and Windows programs........................................134
MCN SERVER PROGRAM................................................................................................................136
FIRST TIME SETUP ...............................................................................................................................136
Software Key...................................................................................................................................136
Selecting an Ethernet NIC to talk to the HIB-IP units....................................................................137
Selecting an Ethernet NIC to talk to the MCN Client PCs..............................................................137
Windows Firewall...........................................................................................................................138
Resetting IP Parameters .................................................................................................................139
SCREEN ELEMENTS..............................................................................................................................140
CONTROLLING THE MCN SERVER WINDOW .......................................................................................140
MENUS ................................................................................................................................................141
File Menu........................................................................................................................................141
Options Menu..................................................................................................................................141