Specifications

B&K Components Device Interface Protocol (BKC-DIP) Specification
Version 2.01.00
Updated 01/24/07
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Zone Specific Settings: (receiveID, S, Zzz, identifier = value, ... identifier = value;
cs16)
Just as there are parameters which are associated with preset (i.e. Preset Parameters), the are other
parameters which are associated with Logical Zones. These parameters are called Zone Specific
settings.
The zone number, zz, can take on the values 00h to 7Fh (Zone 0 to Zone 128). If a particular
Logical Zone does not exist in the current device, the command will be ignored and no echo will
be generated.
In the following CT 610 example, the Zone 7 parameter 0 (Zone title) is modified in units with
Receive IDs of 01h.
(1, S, Z7, 0=”Living Room”;)
NOTE: For a complete listing of zone specific parameter identifiers and maximum values see the
complete listing in the product specific Appendix N.
Macro Settings: (receiveID, S, Mt, identifier = value, ... identifier = value; cs16)
The macro number, mm, can take on the values 00h to FFh (0 to 255) depending on the amount of
memory used by each macro. The macro type, t, specifies which of the various kinds of macros
are being referenced.
In the following CT 610 example, the serial macro (type 0) number 10 is setup for a unit with
Receive ID of 00h:
(0, S, M0=A, 0=1, 1=C4, 5=”(0,S,S,0=\”Laser\”;)”;)
The above command setup serial macro 10 which will be triggered when Zone 1 with an IR
payload of C4h (Volume -) is receive. When triggered, it will transmit the serial payload
(0,S,S,0=”Laser”;)
via the serial port of the B&K Components’ device.
NOTE: A complete list of macro identifiers and supported macro types is found in the product
specific Appendix O.
Serial Macro
The Serial Macro capability allows B&K IR commands to send ASCII serial commands to control
other devices such as lighting controllers, or even other B&K Component devices.
Each serial macro can be of arbitrary length up to the amount of non-volatile memory allocated for
this feature. Refer to Appendix O of the appropriate product specific document for maximum
lengths.
NOTE: For a type 0 macro (serial macro), unspecified identifiers have the default values as
specified in the product specific appendices Appendix O.
Escape Characters in Serial Macros
Since the all BKC-DIP strings are surrounded by double quotes, “ ”, these characters must be