syncing a mininova to cubase timecode via midi

Global time…? You mean MIDI clock - so you can tempo sync…?
If so “transport → Project synchronization setup” from there set the MIDI clock out ports depending on your hardware.
Configure the mini nova to slave to incoming MIDI clock - No I don´t know how you do that, I´m not using it. But I´m certain it comes with a mnaual.