Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Time-Date-Character-Title TDCT-Pro AVE
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1 TDCT -Pro T ime-Date-Character-T itle Operation Manual March 2007.
2 Content s 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................... 3 2. FEA TURES ........................................................ 3 3. PROGRAMMING ............................................... 4 3 .1 Front Control Panel ...........
3 1. INTRODUCTION Introduction The TDCT -Pro is the powerful time, date, character , and titler which has all the features of existing TDCT products (TDCT -T , mTDCT , TDCT -60, TDCT -Military , MTDCT , STDCT , mSTDCT , and mSVTDCT).
4 3. PROGRAMMING TDCT -Pro has an easy programmable option that can be ac- cessed by pressing “UP”, “DOWN”, “SET”, button andby press- ing and releasing the “RESET” button.
5 Changing the Gray scale Down Up Set Reset 1) Press and hold the “Down” button 2) Press and release the “Reset” button 3) Release the “Down” button 4) Press “Down” or “Up” to sele.
6 Following is a detailed description of the Menu selections and the programming capabilities of the TDCT -Pro. 3.2 Main Programming Menu Note: If a sub menu has an "EXIT" selection, always go there and press "SET". Pressing "RESET" at the main menu exits you from the program 3.
7 PROGRAMMING CONT . By selecting the Set Address between 0 to 254 make TDCT -Pro to act as a slave and that make TDCT -Pro ready to receive command from the master . Selecting “ANY” will make TDCT -Pro as a stand-alone unit. Selecting “MSTR” make the TDCT -Pro to act as a master .
8 PROGRAMMING CONT . T ime Display can be programmed on or off by selecting ON or off. Date can be displayed in 1 line or , 2 lines or can be pro- grammed off by selecting Date display feature. If the counter is turned on then the date is automatically displayed in the 2nd line.
9 The title can be programmed either ON or OFF by selecting ON or OFF from the tiler menu. A 20 characters title can be entered by selecting the title from the programming menu. 3.8 Screen Setup Character size, position, and gray scale is programmed from this menu.
10 4. Cables 4.1 Cable User are able to program TDCT -Pro via RS232C by TDCT - Pro software for Windows. The cable is optional for this product. COM1 or COM2 (Newer computer required COM1 cable) cable are needed if RS-232 device is used to set the time and date and title of the TDCT -Pro See Appexdix for TDCT -Pro software and command set.
11 APPENDIX TDCT -Pro Sof tware T o send the title to the TDCT -Pro first enters the address of the TDCT - Pro in the address window . After that enter the title in the title window and press the send button. T o change and time and date, enter the time and date and press the send button.
12 RS232 Command Protocol 1. Up date T itler(Master) Command /TT ( Address )< Title >< CR > Description This command is only support Master mode Address (1 byte) 0 - 255 Title (1-20 bytes).
13 Ex Update titler at address 65 with Camera 65 /TT ACamera 65 < CR > / 0x2F T 0x54 T 0x54 A 0x41 Address 65 C 0x43 a 0x61 m 0x6D e 0x65 r 0x72 a 0x61 space 0x20 6 0x36 5 0x35 < CR > 0x0D Carriage return 2. Up date Hour Command /Hxx Description H (1 byte) Hour xx (2 bytes) 00-23 ;00=12AM,01=1AM,.
14 M (1 byte) Minute xx (2 bytes) 00-59 Ex Update minute = 3 /M03 / 0x2F M 0x4D 0 0x30 3 0x33 4.Up dateY ear Command /Yxx Description Y (1 byte) Y ea r xx (2 bytes) 00-99 ; 00=2000,01=2001,..,10=2010,..,99=2099 Ex Update Y ear = 2007 /Y07 / 0x2F Y 0x59 0 0x30 7 0x37 5.
15 6.Up date Date Command /Dxx Description D (1 byte) Date xx (2 bytes) 01-31 Ex Update Date = 5 /D05 / 0x2F D 0x44 0 0x30 5 0x35 7.Up date Titler(Slave) Command /T ( Address )< Title >< CR &.
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