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March 23, 2012 • Alcorn McBride ProTraXX User’s Manual • Rev 1.4
Play - PL
Description:
This command causes the ProTraXX to play a sound file.
Command Bytes:
<n><d><i>PL
or
"<filename>"<d><i>PL
Parameters:
<n>
is the ASCII file number between 0-99999
<filename>
is the ASCII file name
<d>
is either
C
followed by a channel number in ASCII,
P
followed by a
channel pair number in ASCII, or
G
followed by a channel group number in
ASCII
<i>
is either
U
for uninterruptible playback or
I
for interruptible playback.
This parameter is optional.
Message Response:
R
Comments:
If no sound number or filename is specified, the file specified with the last
Search command (see below) will be used.
Channel numbers range from 1 through 16, Channel Pairs from 1 through 8,
and Channel Groups from 1 through 13. Use “*” for All Channels.
This command can also start the system playlist or can be used to force a
playlist to continue by using the ‘>’ character in place of a file number.
Examples:
Play file 21 to Channel Pair 4.
21P4PL
Play file 1 to Channel Group 12.
1G12PL
Play file “music.mp3” to all channels.
"music.mp3"*PL
Move the playlist on Channel Pair 1 to the next entry
>P1PL
Loop Play - LP
Description:
This command causes the ProTraXX to play a sound file, automatically looping it
back to the start when the sound finishes.
Command Bytes:
<n><d><i>LP
or
"<filename>"<d><i>LP
Parameters:
<n>
is the ASCII file number between 0-99999
<filename>
is the ASCII file name
<d>
is either
C
followed by a channel number in ASCII,
P
followed by a channel
pair number in ASCII, or
G
followed by a channel group number in ASCII
<i>
is either
U
for uninterruptible playback or
I
for interruptible playback. This
parameter is optional.
Message Response:
R
Comments:
If no sound number is specified, the number specified with the last Search command
(see below) will be used.
Channel numbers range from 1 through 16, Channel Pairs from 1 through 8, and
Channel Groups from 1 through 13. Use “*” for All Channels.
Examples:
Play and loop file 21 to Channel Pair 4.
21P4LP
Play and loop file 9 to Channel 3.
9C3PL
Play and loop file 1 to Channel Group 12.
1G12LP
Play and loop file “music.mp3” to all channels
"music.mp3"*LP
