Crestron electronic C2N-TFM

FM Radio Tuner Crestron C2N-TFM

26 • FM Radio Tuner: C2N-TFM Operations Guide - DOC. 6233A

C2N-TFM FM Tuner RDS Information Input and Output Signal Descriptions

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SIGNAL TYPE AND

NAME DESCRIPTION

Analog input:

Selects a traffic report station to search.

Valid analog values are as follows:

1 = TA (Traffic Announcement) - searches for

stations that broadcast special traffic

announcements.

2 = TP (Traffic Program) - searches for stations

that regularly broadcast traffic information during

the day.

3 = TA/TP (combination) - searches for stations

currently broadcasting traffic announcements.

Setting this analog to a valid traffic report value

initiates the search. The search operation stops

when:

1) a station is found with the given TA/TP flag; or

2) the Tuner, Scan, PTY Search, or Band mode

buttons are pressed; or

3) the maximum loop counter has been reached.

Sending a new analog value will cancel the current

search and initiate a new search.

Analog input:

Selects a PTN code (program type number) to

search. There are 31 different program categories

available for selection. The categories differ

depending on whether the tuner is in US or

European mode.

Valid values range from 1 to 31. Refer to the table

at the end of this topic for a table of codes and

their corresponding categories.

Setting this analog value to a valid PTN initiates

the search. The search operation stops when:

1) a station is found with the given category; or

2) the Tune, Scan, TA/TP Search, or Band mode

buttons are pressed; or

3) the maximum loop counter has been reached.

Sending a new analog value will cancel the current

search and initiate a new search.

Analog output:

Reports the PTN code of the current station. The

analog values will range from 1 to 31.

The program type name and additional information

are reported as serial strings via

<ProgramTypeName>.

Analog output:

<UTC_Year>

Some stations that support RDS/RBDS transmit

UTC (universal time clock) information.

This analog reports the UTC year. For example,

the year 2004 will report as 2004d.

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