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Configuring Using a Third-Party Application
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Table 18 Serial Interface commands and Status Report commands and description
STOP.<channel>
Stop recording for the channel by setting
rec_enabled to "".
This has the same effect as
SET.<channel>.rec_enabled="" SAVECFG.
STOP
Stop recording for all channels
START.<channel>
Start recording for the channel by setting
rec_enabled to "on".
This has the same effect as
SET.<channel>.rec_enabled=on SAVECFG.
START
Start recording on all channels
SNAPSHOT.<channel>
Take snapshot on the specified channel (must be
MJPEG)
SNAPSHOT
Take snapshot on all channels (must be MJPEG)
GET.<channel>.<key>
Get value of a broadcasting parameter <key>.
Please refer to section Broadcasting Setup Keys for
details.
SET.<channel>.<key>=<value>
Set value of a broadcasting parameter. Parameter
values containing spaces must be enclosed in
quotation marks (either single or double). New
values might not take effect immediately and will
be lost after the reboot unless SAVECFG command
is issued later.
SAVECFG
Save parameters values modified by SET command.
STATUS.<channel>
Report status of recording service for the channel.
Status values are: "Running", "Stopped",
"Uninitialized ".
STATUS
Report status of recording service for all channels.
FREESPACE
Report free space on the data partition, in bytes.
RECTIME.<channel>
Report elapsed time for the current file being
recorded.
RECTIME
Report elapsed time for the current recording file
for all channels.
If any of the START commands are given while a recording is already in progress, the
current recording will be stopped and a recording with the new settings will be
started. The Lecture Recorder x2 periodically reports its status back using the
following messages: