Alcorn Mcbride Digital Video Machine 4, User Manual

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Detailed Command Summary 19
Current Status
Description: This command causes the designated channel to report its current status.
Command bytes: [<ID>@]c?P<CR>
Message Response: <State><CR>
where <State> is ‘Playing’, ‘Stopped’, ‘Error’, etc.
Current File
Description: This command causes the designated channel to report its current chapter or
video file.
Command bytes: [<ID>@]c?C<CR>
Message Response: <Filename><CR>
where <Filename> is the currently playing/selected video file.
Device ID Set
Description: This command causes the Digital Video Machine 4 to change its Device ID.
Setting Device ID’s should be done one unit at a time. When communicating
with multiple units, do not send this command as a wildcard command, as this
will change every unit’s Device ID.
Command bytes: [<ID>@]nID<CR> or [<ID>@]nnID<CR> or [<ID>@]nnnID<CR>
where n, nn, or nnn is the Device ID in ASCII (‘0’-‘126’). Do not use ‘127’ as
this is the designated wildcard ID.
Message Response: R<CR>
Firmware Version Request
Description: This command causes the Digital Video Machine 4 to report its Operating
System revision number.
Command bytes: [<ID>@]?V<CR>
Message Response: Version String<CR>
IP Address Set
Description: This command causes the Digital Video Machine 4 to set its IP address.
Command bytes: [<ID>@]nnn.nnn.nnn.nnnIP<CR>
Message Response: IP String<CR>