Crestron electronic C2N-TFM

Crestron C2N-TFM FM Radio Tuner

Operations Guide - DOC. 6233A FM Radio Tuner: C2N-TFM • 27

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

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SIGNAL TYPE AND

NAME DESCRIPTION

Analog output:

<UTC_Month>

Reports the UTC month of the year. The analog

value will range from 1d (for January) to 12d (for

December).

Analog output: <UTC_Day> Reports the UTC day of the month. The analog

value will range from 1d to 31d.

Analog output:

<UTC_Hour>

Reports the UTC hour of the day. The analog

value will range from 0d, for 12:00 A.M.

(midnight) to 23d.

Analog output:

<UTC_Minute>

Reports the UTC minute. The analog value will

range from 0d to 59d.

Analog output:

Reports the time offset from UTC.

The time offset is added or subtracted from the

UTC and is measured in multiples of half-hours,

which map to a range from -127 to +127.

For example, -1d equals "minus 30 minutes"; +1d

equals "plus 30 minutes.”

Analog output:

<TA_StateReport>

Reports whether the current station broadcasts

special traffic announcements.

The analog value will equal 1 if True, or 0 if

False.

Analog output:

<TP_StateReport>

Reports whether the current station regularly

broadcasts traffic information throughout the day.

The analog value will equal 1 if True, or 0 if

False.

Analog output:

Reports whether the current station supports

RDS/RBDS, as follows:

0 = No RDS or RBDS

1 = RBDS

2 = RDS

Serial output:

Reports the program service name (PS) string for

the current station. Typically, these are the call

letters of the station, e.g., WBGO.

The maximum string length is eight characters.

Serial output: <RadioText> Reports the radio text (RT) string for the current

station. This can include radio information such

as phone numbers, artist names, song titles, or

station names.

The maximum string length is either 32 (RBDS)

or 64 (RDS) characters.

Serial output:

Reports the program type name (PTYN) string for

the current station, with additional information.

There are 31 program types, including jazz,

classical, nostalgic, etc.

For example, a SPORT program type may send

the text "Football" in this field.

The maximum string length is eight characters.