Specifications

262 Appendix E Display Cluster Protocol
LIST OF COMMANDS The table below shows the available commands. Some are explained in
greater depth on the page indicated in brackets.
Command Description
ping Do-nothing command causing a Ready feedback message to be sent.
authenticate Perform authentication. Required prior to other commands [260].
load Load a show and get ready to run [263].
run [<string>] Start running, optionally specifying an auxiliary timeline name.
halt [<string>] Stop running, optionally specifying an auxiliary timeline name.
kill <string> Stop and deactivate the named auxiliary timeline.
gotoTime Jump to a time position [264].
gotoControlCue Jump to the time position of a named Control cue [264].
enableLayerCond Turn conditional layers on or off [265].
standBy Enter/exit standby mode [265].
getStatus Retrieves name and status of the currently running show [265].
reset Reset and stop all timelines.
setInput Set the value of a named Input, with optional fade-rate in mS [267].
delay Introduces a delay between commands (command file use only) [266].
wait Waits for the entire display cluster to become established [266].
serialPort Opens a serial port for control protocol use, specifying its parameters [267].
timecodeMode Activates LTC (SMPTE/EBU) timecode control [268].