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Parasound AVC-2500 serial communication command set

30.12.1998 /Jari

Hardware specification

EIA RS-232

9600 bps, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity

9-pin female (DCE) D-connector, TXD on pin 2, RXD on pin 3, GND on pin 5

ASCII transmission, no flow control

Software specification

Serial communication command format

field purpose possible values

<zone> target zone for the command numbers from 1 to 2

<command> a command identification numbers from 1 to N

<parameter 1> an optional parameter for the command none, or numbers from -N to N, depending on command

<parameter 2> another optional parameter for the command none, or numbers from -N to N, depending on command

<field separator> separator for fields in the command line one or more spaces

<line terminator> terminator for the command line either CR or LF

Notes

blank lines or lines starting with '#' character are ignored

a CR/LF (or LF/CR) character pair is a valid line terminator

response to illegal command input is undefined, usually the command is just ignored

parameters which aren't required by the command are ignored

Serial communication zones

zone target zone

1 Zone 1, aka Main

2 Zone 2, aka Zone

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Summary of content (20 pages)

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Parasound AVC-2500 serial communication command set 30.12.
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purpose parameter 1 purpose 1 zone power status 1 turn zone off 1/2 2 AV source selection, switching between latest AV and tuner source Sample Rate Systems Oy 2 turn zone on 3 toggle zone on/off 4 turn all zones off 5 turn all zones on 1 toggle between latest AV / tuner source 2 select next audio source automatically 3 select next video source automatically 4 select next AV source 5 select previous AV source 6 select latest AV source 7 select tuner source 8 select audio 1 s
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zone command purpose parameter 1 purpose parameter 2 purpose Command response 1/2 1 zone power 1 off 0 ignore 1/2 2 2 on 7 tuner audio source 8 audio 1 audio source 9 audio 2 audio source 10 audio 3 audio source 11 audio 4 audio source 12 audio 5 audio source 13 audio 6 audio source 14 audio and video source Sample Rate Systems Oy video 1 audio source 14 video 1 video source 15 video 2 audio source 15 video 2 video source 16 video 3 audio source 16 video 3 video
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1/2 1 3 4 tuner preset selection audio input selection for current source Sample Rate Systems Oy 1 select next preset 2 select previous preset 3 select preset 1 4 select preset 2 5 select preset 3 6 select preset 4 7 select preset 5 8 select preset 6 9 select preset 7 10 select preset 8 11 select preset 9 12 select preset 10 13 select preset 11 14 select preset 12 15 select preset 13 16 select preset 14 17 select preset 15 18 select preset 16 19 select preset 17
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1/2 1/2 3 4 tuner preset 3 preset 1 4 preset 2 5 preset 3 6 preset 4 7 preset 5 8 preset 6 9 preset 7 10 preset 8 11 preset 9 12 preset 10 13 preset 11 14 preset 12 15 preset 13 16 preset 14 17 preset 15 18 preset 16 19 preset 17 20 preset 18 21 preset 19 22 preset 20 input Sample Rate Systems Oy 3 analog input 4 external 6-ch analog input 5 coaxial 1 input 6 coaxial 2 input 7 coaxial 3 input 8 coaxial 4 input 9 optical 1 input 10 optical 2 input
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1 1 1 1 1/2 1/2 1 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 mode selection for current source direct tuner frequency tuning 1 select next mode 2 select previous mode 3 select mono mode 4 select stereo mode 5 select cinema mode 6 select music mode 7 select party mode 87..108 for FM band: enter MHzs 00..95 for FM band: enter tenths of kHzs 5..16 for AM band: enter hundreds of kHzs 00..99 for AM band: enter kHzs -80..
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1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 5 6 7 8 mode tuner frequency tuning mode tuner band 0 ignore 3 mono mode 4 stereo mode 5 cinema mode 6 music mode 7 party mode 87..108 for FM band: MHzs 00..95 for FM band: tenths of kHzs 5..16 for AM band: hundreds of kHzs 00..99 for AM band: kHzs 1 tuning off 0 ignore 2 automatic (scanning) tuning 3 manual tuning 1 fm 0 ignore 2 am 1/2 9 master volume -80..
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1 1 1/2 1 1/2 13 14 15 16 17 OSD status display handling, OSD blueback handling during setup front panel dimmer status sleep timer handling source / preset memorizing, setup memorizing button function emulation Sample Rate Systems Oy 1 turn status off 2 turn status on without blueback 3 turn status on with blueback 4 toggle status on/off (no blueback) 5 toggle blueback on/off during menu setup 1 turn dimmer off 2 turn dimmer on 3 toggle dimmer on/off 1 turn sleep timer off
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1/2 1/2 13 14 OSD front panel dimmer 1 off 2 on without blueback 3 on with blueback 1 off 2 on 0 ignore 0 ignore 1/2 15 sleep timer 0..
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2 Sample Rate Systems Oy emulate button hold function 23 remote Tuning button 24 remote Status button 25 remote Volume-up button 26 remote Auto-Audio / Tune-left button 27 remote Mem/Enter button 28 remote Auto-Video / Tune-right button 29 remote Volume-down button 30 remote FM/AM button 31 remote A.
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2 Sample Rate Systems Oy hold function 23 remote Tuning button 24 remote Status button 25 remote Volume-up button 26 remote Auto-Audio / Tune-left button 27 remote Mem/Enter button 28 remote Auto-Video / Tune-right button 29 remote Volume-down button 30 remote FM/AM button 31 remote A.
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Sample Rate Systems Oy 20 remote Surround-down button 21 remote Setup/Trim button 22 remote Mute button 23 remote Tuning button 24 remote Status button 25 remote Volume-up button 26 remote Auto-Audio / Tune-left button 27 remote Mem/Enter button 28 remote Auto-Video / Tune-right button 29 remote Volume-down button 30 remote FM/AM button 31 remote A.
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Sample Rate Systems Oy 20 remote Surround-down button 21 remote Setup/Trim button 22 remote Mute button 23 remote Tuning button 24 remote Status button 25 remote Volume-up button 26 remote Auto-Audio / Tune-left button 27 remote Mem/Enter button 28 remote Auto-Video / Tune-right button 29 remote Volume-down button 30 remote FM/AM button 31 remote A.
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1 18 direct setup handling 65 select source label for current source 0..48 0..1 0: default label, 1: custom label, 2..48: pre-defined label 0: none, 1: component input 1, 2: component input 2 0: no, 1: yes 66 associate component video input for current source adjust trigger source status for current source adjust source level for current source 0..2 -16..16 level offset in dBs -16..
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1 18 setup position and value Sample Rate Systems Oy 65 current source label 0..48 66 current component video association 0..2 67 current trigger source status 0..1 0: default label, 1: custom label, 2..48: pre-defined label 0: none, 1: component input 1, 2: component input 2 0: no, 1: yes 68 current source level -16..16 level offset in dBs 69 current analog input gain -16..16 input gain offset in dBs 70 current subwoofer trim level -16..
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1/2 19 querying status information 1 power status 2 audio / video source status 3 preset status 4 input status 5 mode status 6 frequency status 7 tuning mode status 8 band status 9 volume status 10 muting status 11 THX status 12 compression status 13 OSD status display status 14 dimmer status 15 sleep timer status 33 49 audio input program format and channel configuration preferred video input and color format type control software version number 50 DSP software version
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1/2 1 power status 1..2 see command 1 0 ignore 2 audio / video source status 7..19 see command 2 14..19 see command 2 3 preset status 3..22 see command 3 0 ignore 4 input status 3..12 see command 4 0 ignore 5 mode status 3..7 see command 5 0 ignore 6 frequency status 5..108 see command 6 00..99 see command 6 7 tuning mode status 1..3 see command 7 0 ignore 8 band status 1..2 see command 8 0 ignore 9 volume status -80..
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1/2 20 resetting, factory test Sample Rate Systems Oy 82 right surround speaker level 83 left surround speaker level 84 subwoofer speaker level 85 left speaker delay 86 center speaker delay 87 right speaker delay 88 right surround speaker delay 89 left surround speaker delay 90 subwoofer speaker delay 91 OSD status for composite output 92 OSD status for S-Video output 93 OSD status for component output 94 default color system for OSD 95 source for main trigger 96 polarity fo
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1 82 right surround speaker level -32..32 speaker level offset in half dBs 0 ignore 83 left surround speaker level -32..32 speaker level offset in half dBs 0 ignore 84 subwoofer speaker level -32..32 speaker level offset in half dBs 0 ignore 85 left speaker delay 0..10 speaker delay in half milliseconds 0 ignore 86 center speaker delay 0..10 speaker delay in half milliseconds 0 ignore 87 right speaker delay 0..