void ScriptMain()
{
	//MCB version 3 script constants
	const string _MCB_BEAM_DAQ = "e00";
	const string _MCB_COSMIC_DAQ = "e40";
	const string _MCB_BEAM_COSMIC_DAQ = "e80";
	const string _MCB_2S_FULL_DAQ = "eC0";
	
	System.IO.Ports.SerialPort l_port = OpenMCBPort("COM12");
	
	// configure the MCB v3
	ConfigureMCB(l_port, _MCB_BEAM_DAQ)
	
	// get spill number
	var l_spillNb = getSpillNb(l_port);
	if(l_spillNb >= 0)
		Console.WriteLine("Spill Number = " + l_spillNb.ToString());

	
	//Don't forget to close the port
	l_port.Close();
}

// ALL ABOVE ARE UTILITIES FOR MCB COM THROUGH SERIAL PORT ================

//Open the MCB serial port (don't forget to close it when finished)
System.IO.Ports.SerialPort OpenMCBPort(string x_serialPort)
{
	System.IO.Ports.SerialPort l_port = new System.IO.Ports.SerialPort(l_serialPort, 9600, System.IO.Ports.Parity.Even, 8);
	l_port.StopBits = System.IO.Ports.StopBits.One;
	l_port.ReadTimeout = 1000; //1s
	l_port.Open();	
	return l_port;
}

//Read characters on the serial port
string ReadPort(System.IO.Ports.SerialPort x_port, int x_nb=3)
{
	try
	{
		var l_buf = new char[x_nb];
		x_port.Read(l_buf, 0, x_nb);
		return new string(l_buf);
	}
	catch (TimeoutException)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Timeout while reading serial Port\n");
	}
	return l_s;
}

//Configure the MCB with the 'e' word
void ConfigureMCB(System.IO.Ports.SerialPort x_port, string x_cfg)
{
	x_port.Write(x_cfg);
	Sync.Sleep(500);
	var l_s = ReadPort(x_port)
	if(l_s != l_send)
		Console.WriteLine("Error sent by MCB: " + l_s);
	else
		Console.WriteLine("MCB Configured with " + x_cfg.ToString());
}

// Get Spill Number (-1 if error)
void Int32 GetSpillNb(System.IO.Ports.SerialPort x_port)
{
	const string _MCB_SPILL_NB = "s00";
	int l_ret = -1;
	x_port.Write(_MCB_SPILL_NB);
	Sync.Sleep(500);
	var l_s = ReadPort(x_port, 5)
	if(l_s.Length != 5)
		Console.WriteLine("Error sent by MCB: " + l_s);
	else
	{
		var l_hex = "0x" + l_s.SubString(1);
		l_ret = Convert.ToInt32(l_hex, 16);
	}	
	return l_ret;
}