Standalone VGA Grid User's Guide

Standalone VGA Grid User
Guide
Control with RS-232 / serial port
CommandName Description
Configuration Commands (see Configurationkeys forthirdparty APIs for available keys)
GET.<channel>.<key>
GET.<recorder>.<key>
Gets the saved value of a given parameter for the specified channel or recorder.
SET.<channel>.<key>
SET.<recorder>.<key>
Sets the value of a given parameter for the specified channel or recorder. The
value is not saved until the SAVECFG command is sent.
SAVECFG Saves the parameters modified by the SET command.
Status Commands
STATUS.<channel>
STATUS.<recorder>
Reports the recording status of the specified channel or recorder.
Status is one of:
l RUNNING
l STOPPED
l UNINITIALIZED
STATUS
Reports the recording status of each channel and recorder.
Status is one of:
l RUNNING
l STOPPED
l UNINITIALIZED
FREESPACE Reports the free storage space, in bytes.
RECTIME.<channel>
RECTIME.<recorder>
Reports the elapsed recording time for the current file on the specified channel or
recorder.
RECTIME Reports the elapsed recording time for the current file on each channel.
Additionally, the system automatically reports its status changes back along the RS-232 connection using the
following automatic messages:
Table 42 RS-232 Status Changed Messages
Command Name Description
STATUS.<channel> <status>
Provides the status of the recording service for the channel's as one of:
l Running
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