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Switcher Sentinel
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3 »Web Installation and Operation Manual
SETUP
TCP Control Commands
The Switcher Sentinel 3 can be configured to accept ASCII control strings over TCP. The
TCP port used, TCP timeout and TCP enable check box can be found on the Email/Network
Setup page. TCP must be enabled for TCP control to work.
By default the Switcher Sentinel 3 uses TCP port 56 for control. A Telnet client such as
PuTTY may be used to test the TCP control interface.
Audio Switch Control Commands:
(Carriage return not required)
*uii
- Select input “ii”.
Command example: *001
Where * (asterisk) is the beginning of string, “u” is unit ID, zero on these products and “ii”
is the two digit input number: 01, 02, etc.
*uMA - Mute outputs.
Command example: *0ma
Where * (asterisk) is the beginning of string, “u” is unit ID, zero on these products and
“MA” is the command.
*uCAx - Auto/Manual mode.
Command example: *0cay
Where * (asterisk) is the beginning of string, “u” is unit ID, zero on these products and “CA”
is the command and “x” is the modifier. Where x = y to turn Auto mode on, and x = n to
turn auto mode off (manual mode).
When x = ? the unit will return C0A,1<CR><LF> if Auto mode is On and
C0A,0<CR><LF> if auto mode is Off.
Information Retrieval Commands:
(Carriage return not required)
*uSL
- Send Audio Status.
Command example: *0sl
Where * (asterisk) is the beginning of string, “u” is unit ID, zero on these products, and
“SL” is the command.
Response example: “S0L,0,0,1<CR><LF> says that input 3 is selected.
The response will list all inputs, “1” if the input is selected and zero “0” if not selected.
Note: Status is automatically sent each time a channel is changed.
*uSS
- Send status of output silence detector.
Command example: *0ss
Where * (asterisk) is the beginning of string, “u” is unit ID, zero on these products, and “SS”
is the command.
Response example: S0S,1<CR><LF>
0 = Valid audio, 1 = Silence.
Note: Status is automatically sent each time an error is detected.
*uU
- Send unit firmware version and Site ID.
Command example: *0u
Where * (asterisk) is the beginning of string, “u” is unit ID, zero on these products, and “U”
is the command.
Response example: <SS3X_1.20,SITE_ID><cr><lf
Note: Unit information is automatically sent each time this information is requested.
