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RS232 Commands and protocol
:
Protocol: 9600,n,8,1.
Each instruction must be ended with a carriage return. (Od
h
). You will receive an Echo back.
After each command sent by RS232, in return, the player sends the following channel status :
* equals “space”
STAT*n*/clips/
filename
.mpg*n*n
↵
All the RS 232 commands must be preceded by the following string of characters:
ID0CDE:
Commands :
KEYnn
to read an introduction line,
PAU
to pause the player,
SEQnn
to read a specific script,
Examples :
IDnCDE:KEY
yy
Player IDn, is calling line n°
yy
ID0CDE:KEY01
Call line numbered 1 by the
Key
command on player n°0 (master); this line can
control a change in the PAL or NTSC colour format, a change of the video output
1
, a
« goto » « wait x » command, or simply control the reading of a video file.
ID0CDE:MPG/clips/
filename
.mpg
(on player IDn, reads the video sequence specified
)
ID0CDE:MPG/clips/
drop
.mpg
on master player, reads the drop.mpg sequence
ID0CDE:SEQ
xx
On master player, reads the SC
xx
script
ID0CDE:SEQ00
On master player, read the SC00 script
A “SCnn” script corresponding to a specific script must be present in the player concerned.
1
See after
RS 232 port number of the player to which this command is dedicated
Function
where :
0=Playing
1=Paused
2=Stopped
Colour Sys
.
where :
0=NTSC
1=PAL
2=PAL 60 Hz
3= PAL M
Video outputs used
:
0=Composite & S-Video
1= YUV
2=RGsB
3=SVGA
This is a ZERO, which corresponds to the RS232 port address of the player concerned, the
appearance of a ZERO means master player if the RS232 is connected. Check that the name of
the file is ACTUALLY present in the specified player.
