User Manual

CA‐NETProtocol

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 GET

 SET

 DATA

 ERROR

At the end of this document you’ll find a table including all the available messages and their

parametersforeachmodelofCA‐NETcompatibledevice.

TheGET&SETmessagescanbesentfromtheclient(controlsystem)totheCA/DAMdevice.The

DATA&ERRORmessagescanjustbesentfromtheCA/DAMdevicetotheclient.

The SETmessages coming from a client device don’t havean automatic acknowledgement with a

DATAmessagesentfromtheCA/DAMdeviceafterithasprocessedtheSETcommand.Theclient

must update the values itself, sending the needed GET message to ask for a parameter’s value

whenitrequiresconfirmationfromthedevice.Ontheotherhand,whenalocalcontrolintheCA/

DAMunitoccurs(forinstance,usingthefrontpanelcontrolsoraninfraredremotecontrol),theCA

/ DAM device will automatically send the associated DATA command via its RS‐232 interface, to

keepsynchronisationwiththeclientdevice.

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CA40andCA200zNOTES:

 A couple of special parameters for the GET and SET commands would require a detailed

explanation:

1. AUTOLOAD_PRESET1: its value (ON/OFF) defines whether  preset number 1 must be

recalled or not each time the CA device is powered ON, defining this way the default

workingmodeatstartup

2. PANEL_LOCKED:itsvalue(ON/OFF)defineswhetherthefrontpanelcontrols(therotary

encoder in the case of the CA40, and the encoderand the function keys in the case of

theCA200z)isenabled(PANEL_LOCKED=OFF)ordisabled(PANEL_LOCKED=ON)forlocal

managementofthedevice.(seetheCA40orCA200zusermanualforfurtherdetails)

 Thenumericalvaluesarealwaysintegernumberswithoutcommaordotsymbols

 <Input Name> are text strings (without blank  spaces) that identify an audio input of a CA

device:

FortheCA40,thereare5possibleInputNames:

o LINE1

o LINE2

o MICRO

LINE1_AND_MICRO

o LINE2_AND_MICRO