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Appendix A • RS-232 Programmer’s Guide
Extron • System 4
xi
Switcher Series • User’s Manual
Switcher Commands ASCII Hex Switcher Response Result Description
Freeze On F 46 ¿Frz1·¿ Freeze video frame
Freeze Off f 66 ¿Frz0·¿ Release Freeze mode
Demo On J 4A ¿Dmo1¿ Demo Mode status = On
Demo Off j 6A ¿Dmo0¿ Demo Mode status = Off
Information Request I/i 49/69 ¿V3·A2·T8·P1·S
Ø
·Z
Ø
·R
Ø
·QPC3.
Ø
·QSC3.
Ø
·M4¿
This example says: Video channel selected is #3 (V3), Audio channel is #2 (A2), selected input is RGBLD-still (T8), Projector
is On (P1), all Mutes {Display (S
Ø
), Audio (Z
Ø
) & RGB (R
Ø
)} are Off, both the Projector software and the Switcher software are
version 3.
Ø
(QPC3.
Ø
·QSC3.
Ø
), and the system has four input channels (M4).
Information Request, example #2: I/i 49/69 ¿V
Ø
·A
Ø
·T
Ø
·P
Ø
·S
Ø
·Z
Ø
·R
Ø
·QPC3.
Ø
·QSC3.
Ø
·M4¿
This example says that this is a System 4xi with four inputs and its power is turned Off.
Information ASCII Hex Switcher Response Result (See below)
Request Info I 49/69 ¿V ·A ·T ·P ·S ·Z ·R ·QPC . ·QSC . ·M ¿
The response on the screen will consist of ten sets of characters with a space (·) between each set. Each set is made up of a
letter (or letters) that define a function, followed by a number (or numbers) that define the status of that function. Numbers are
represented by
, , etc. Examples follow.
Function Character(s) Status Character(s)
V = Video Channel = Video channel # (
Ø
= System power is off)
A = Audio Channel = Audio channel # (
Ø
= System power is off)
T = Video Type System 4xi: LDxi __ LQxi
= 1 = RGBS x ____ x
2 = Sync on Green (RGsB) x ____ x
3 = VID - ____ -
4 = YC - ____ -
5 = RGBLD (line-doubled RGB) - ____ -
6 = VIDLD (line-doubled composite video) - ____ -
7 = YCLD (line-doubled S-video) - ____ -
8 = RGBLD -still x ____ -
9 = RGBLD - motion x ____ -
10 = YCLD - still x ____ -
11 = YCLD - motion x ____ -
12 = VIDLD - still x ____ -
13 = VIDLD - motion x ____ -
14 = RGBLQ -still - ____ x
15 = RGBLQ - motion - ____ x
16 = YCLQ - still - ____ x
17 = YCLQ - motion - ____ x
18 = VIDLQ - still - ____ x
19 = VIDLQ - motion - ____ x
P = Display Power =
Ø
= Power is Off; 1 = Power is On.
S = Display Mute =
Ø
= Display Mute is Off; 1 = Display Mute is On.
Z = Audio Mute =
Ø
= Audio Mute is Off; 1 = Audio Mute is On.
R = RGB Mute =
Ø
= RGB Mute is Off; 1 = RGB Mute is On.
QPC = Query Projector Comm . = Projector Communications software version (example: 3.0)
QSC = Query Switcher . = Switcher Communications software version (example: 3.0)
M = System Max Channel = Maximum channel number
Error Codes Description
¿E
Ø
1¿ Invalid Channel # (may be too high)
¿E
Ø
4¿ Projector Comm error (projector may be off)
¿E
Ø
5¿ Switcher is Off, can't execute command.
¿E1
Ø
¿ Invalid command
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