User guide

ES9600 User Guide Chapter 8: Remote control Protocols
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Text Command Protocol (Telnet Protocol)
Most users will probably include the ES9600 in a system that uses a dedicated control system application. That
application can be easily setup to communicate with the player by means of the supported protocol.
In the absence of a dedicated control application the user can communicate remotely with the Player using the
Telnet Protocol. Telnet offers a simple ASCII text based control method designed for easy communication
through a TCP/IP connection.
The simplest way to test and experiment with the ES/MSVPP protocol is to connect the 9600 from a remote
computer running the Telnet program (supplied with all Windows™ operating systems), and to enter commands
using the remote computer’s keyboard.
To Run Telnet
1. Click the Windows Start icon on the remote computer’s desktop
2. Select Run. The window below opens:
3. Enter “Telnet ‘yourIPaddress’ 4000” in the text box and click the OK button
The Telnet window appears:
4. Enter your commands using the Command Structure shown in the following section. For example
above we used command ‘getplayertype’ which results in a player response of PlayerType
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Testing ES/MSVPP Commands from the Web Interface
ES/MSVPP command can also be tested through the On-Line web interface. To access the ES/MSVPP entry page
enter the following URL into the browser’s address field:
http://playeraddresshere/msvpp.html