Manually Exiting Special Mode - JLCooper Electronics MCS-3800 User's Reference Manual

Manually Exiting Special Mode

A host software system, engineered to support the MCS
Controller using Special Mode, will send a command which
switches the unit into Special Mode.
At this point, the MCS is no longer user-programmable.
The user may choose, however, to manually exit the Special
Mode and return to User Assignable mode, without having to
turn the hardware off and on.
This is done by entering Utility Mode by pressing Shift and
Assign. Above the first encoder is the word MODE. The
encoder is turned to select either User or Host.
Selecting User returns the unit to User Assignable Mode.
Selecting Host returns the unit to the Special Mode.
Note that this function is only available if the MCS has already
been switched into Special Mode by an external host system.
If the unit has not received any command from a Host system,
since its last power-up, then this feature is not accessible.
User Assignable vs. Pre-Defined Functionality
User Assignable Mode means the unit is User Assignable:
The MCS Controller's MIDI Commands sent are chosen by the
user. You can add a 422 card, and also have 9 Pin control, this
relates to the Transports, Jog/Shuttle, and Locates. You can
also add an ADB card, (Apple Desktop Bus) for Macintosh, and
again the controls are fully assignable.
Special Mode means the unit has a Pre-Defined Functionality:
When communicating via MIDI, RS422, and RS485, the people
who designed your audio and video host system decided how
the MCS Controller behaves. They take over all the controls
and displays, and determine how each control will behave.
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