Specifications

B&K Components Device Interface Protocol (BKC-DIP) Specification
Version 2.01.00
Updated 01/24/07
Page 30 of 54
product specific Appendix C for a detailed listing.
NOTE: B&K Units after Series I (AVR 202, Ref 20, PT 3, etc.) do not support Tuner channels.
If a F2 format request is made of these newer units, they will simply ignore the request.
RealtimeFormat: (00, G, F3; 01B3) requests a comma delimited list of available
REALTIME STATUS information identifiers and
their maximum values of units with Receive IDs of
00h. See the product specific Appendix D for a
detailed listing.
Unit Specifier: (00, G, F4; 01B4) requests a comma delimited list of unit features and
ASCII strings describing the device (name, version)
of units with Receive IDs of 00h. See the product
specific Appendix E for a detailed listing.
Override Format: (00, G, F5; 01B5) requests a comma delimited list of available
OVERRIDE parameter identifiers and their
maximum values of units with Receive IDs 00h. See
the product specific Appendix P for a detailed
listing.
Error Format: (00, G, F6; 01B6) requests a comma delimited list of available ERROR
LOG parameter identifiers and their maximum values
of units with Receive IDs 00h. See the product
specific Appendix M for a detailed listing.
Zone Specific Format: (00, G, Fz=7;cs16) request a comma delimited list of available ZONE
SPECIFIC parameter identifiers and their maximum
values of units with Receive IDs of 00h for zone z.
See the product specific Appendix N for a detailed
listing.
Macro Format: (00, G, Ft=8;cs16) request a comma delimited list of available MACRO
parameter identifiers and their maximum values of
units with Receive IDs of 00h for Macro type t. See
the product specific Appendix O for a detailed
listing.
Zone Adjustment Format: (00, G, F9;cs16) requests a comma delimited list of available ZONE
ADJUSTMENT (HARDWARE SPECIAL)
parameter identifiers and their maximum values of
units with Receive IDs of 00h. See the product
specific Appendix R for a detailed listing.
Several examples follow for clarification:
(00, G, F4; 01B4) get unit format of units with
Receive ID of 00h
(00, E, G, F4, 01B4; 02F8) echo get command back to host
from unit with a Transmit ID of
0Fh