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An RS-232 Overview The RS-232 interface for Zektor products has been designed to be simple, straight forward and still allow the installer full access to the capabilities of the product being controlled. • The cable used to connect to a standard PC is a straight through RS-232 cable. The same type of cable used to connect to a standard serial modem. • All commands sent to the RS-232 interface consist of the command followed by a carriage return. • All commands follow the same format.
Where: + = The ‘+’ character. = The Carriage Return and Line feed characters. Every command that does not cause an error will be responded to with the acknowledgement string. This includes commands that request status. Status commands are acknowledge with this string, and then followed by the status response string. The Error Response ! Where: ! = The ‘!’ character. = An numeric ASCII value indicating the error encountered.
ZEKTOR TM The MAS3 Serial Option 5
The MAS3 Command Set Power Control P0 Turn off power P1 Turn on power P+ Toggle power P? Request power status Select Channel C1 Select Channel 1 (Note 1) C2 Select Channel 2 (Note 1) C3 Select Channel 3 (Note 1) C+ Select the next higher channel (Note 2) C- Select the next lower channel (Note 2) C? Request current channel status (Note 3) Note 1: If power is off, this command will turn on power and then select the specified channel.
Auto Status Control X0 Turn off auto-status transmissions X1 Turn on auto-status transmissions X? Request current auto status setting The MAS3 can be set to send a status message when any of the following occur (outside of an RS-232 command): • A new channel is selected. Sends a Channel Status string • The power state changes. Sends a Power Status string • The state of the lamp intensity changes.
The MAS3 Response Strings The section list the strings returned from the MAS3. All MAS3 strings are terminated with the characters . Strings will start with only one of three characters: ‘+’ - Acknowledgement of a valid command. ‘!’ - Command caused an error (followed by the error code). ‘=’ - Start of a status string (followed by the status string). Acknowledgement String + Acknowledge an error free command. Acknowledge an error free command was received by the MAS3.
2 - Automatic bright to dim setting. Query Command Status String =Q Return buffered status state of the MAS3 = A one digit ASCII value that indicates the pending status commands. 0 - No commands pending. 1 - Power status string is pending. 2 - Channel status string is pending. 3 - Power & Channel status strings are pending. 4 - Lamp Intensity status string is pending. 5 - Power & Lamp status strings are pending. 6 - Channel & Lamp status strings are pending.
ZEKTOR TM The HDS4.
The HDS4.2 Command Set Power Control P0 Turn off power P1 Turn on power P+ Toggle power P? Request power status Button Emulation B1 Same as pressing Select 1 Button B2 Same as pressing Select 2 Button B3 Same as pressing Select 3 Button B4 Same as pressing Select 4 Button B5 Same as pressing Power Button B? Request pending button status (Note 1) The ‘B’ command is only available on firmware versions 1.1 or later.
Set Front Panel Intensities Set the minimum and maximum front panel intensities. I Where: = The minumum (dim) intensity level of the front panel LEDs (0-255). = The maximum (bright) intensity level of the front panel LEDs (1-255). Minimum intensity must be less than the maximum intensity. If is set to zero (LEDs blanked) the DIM Lamp Mode setting ‘L0’ will no longer be available. When attempting to set the Lamp Mode to DIM, BRIGHT will be used instead.
Save Current State As Power On Default S Save HDS4.2’s current state as the power on default Request Version V Request the HDS4.
The HDS4.2 Response Strings The section list the strings returned from the HDS4.2. All HDS4.2 strings are terminated with the characters . Strings will start with only one of three characters: ‘+’ - Acknowledgement of a valid command. ‘!’ - Command caused an error (followed by the error code). ‘=’ - Start of a status string (followed by the status string). Acknowledgement String + Acknowledge an error free command. Acknowledge an error free command was received by the HDS4.2.
Button Press =B
ZEKTOR TM The DVS5.
The DVS5.
Set Front Panel Lamp Mode L0 Set lamps to the dim setting L1 Set lamps to the bright setting L2 Set lamps to the auto-dim setting L3 Turn off front panel LEDs (Note 1). L+ Cycle through intensity settings 0-2. L? Request the current intensity status Note 1: When Front Panel lights are turned off, the user has no way of knowing unit is powered on, or what channel is selected. This setting should only be used when the DVS5.1 is fully under serial control.
Control Bits X0 Where: ControlBits = Status control bits. This is a bitmapped value, given in decimal. Bit 7 6 5 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 IR 1 KB 0 AS 0 Reserved, always set to 0. IR 0=Normal IR (default), 1=IR control disabled. KB 0=Normal Keyboard (default), 1=Keyboard selection disabled. AS 0=Auto-status off (Polled Mode), 1=Auto-status transmissions enabled. X? Request current ControlBits setting The DVS5.
The DVS5.1 Response Strings The section list the strings returned from the DVS5.1. All DVS5.1 strings are terminated with the characters . Strings will start with only one of three characters: ‘+’ - Acknowledgement of a valid command. ‘!’ - Command caused an error (followed by the error code). ‘=’ - Start of a status string (followed by the status string). Acknowledgement String Acknowledge an error free command. + Acknowledge an error free command was received by the DVS5.1.
Button Press =B
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