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Supported Alteia Protocol Commands and Messages

 SKY

Set SNG descrambling key
(as CAS;DSK)

ddddddd

7 digit RAS DSNG key value
Range: 0000000 to 9999999

 SKQ

Verify SNG descrambling 
key

-

-

 MDS

Set descrambling mode
(as CAS;RAM)

FIX

DSN

DIS

Fixed link RAS mode (using 
fixed internal RAS key)
DSNG RAS mode (using 
manually entered SNG RAS 
key)
RAS disabled

 MRQ

Read descrambling mode

-

Current mode

 RST

Reset IRD to factory 
defaults and reboot

None

-

 RBT

(NEW)

Reboot the IRD

None

-

 FQL

(NEW)

Flush quality log

None

-

NOTE…

1. See Alteia and System 3000 alarm bitmaps in 

Chapter 4.6

2. RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6 are the same as RL1, they set the alarm relay. They 

are existing because of backward compatibility.

4.16

No PID Commands

Command = 

NOP

SUB

Description

NNN

Parameter Description

 VID

Set the video PID to the NULL PID

-

 PCR

Set the PCR PID to the NULL PID

-

 AUD

Set the audio 1 PID to the NULL PID

-

 AU2

Set the audio 2 PID to the NULL PID

-

 AU3

Set the audio 3 PID to the NULL PID

-

 AU4

Set the audio 4 PID to the NULL PID

-

 AU5

Set the audio 5 PID to the NULL PID

-

 AU6

Set the audio 6 PID to the NULL PID

-

Document No. ST.TS.EXXXXX.1 2010-03-04

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Summary of Contents for RX8 Series

Page 1: ...RX8xxx Receivers Software Version 1 0 0 and later REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL RX8xxx Receivers Document No ST TS EXXXXX 1...

Page 2: ...2 59 Document No ST TS EXXXXX 1 2010 03 04...

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Page 4: ...Overview 16 4 2 Front end Commands 18 4 3 Service Enquiry Commands 29 4 4 Service Selection Commands 33 4 5 System Info Bypass Service Selection Commands 34 4 6 Operational Status Commands 35 4 7 CA c...

Page 5: ...232 Mode on the 9 way male pin D type Serial Remote Connector 9 Table 4 RS 485 communication modes at different wiring 10 Table 5 Pin connections with separated RS 485 wiring 10 Table 6 Pin connectio...

Page 6: ...Serial Remote Control Protocol The Ericsson TV protocol is based on the original System 3000 Alteia protocol In this document this protocol is referred to as Alteia Remote Control 1 2 Who Should Use t...

Page 7: ...00 BAS2 Professional receiver for MPEG2 H 264 decoding 1 4 Needed Hardware Options See Table 2 for a list of hardware options which are needed for the Serial Remote Control protocol Table 2 Hardware O...

Page 8: ...is denoted with RS232 RS485 Remote Figure 1 The backplane of the RX8200 including Remote Data Card The serial communication mode can be Half Duplex and Full Duplex The Remote Control Port supports th...

Page 9: ...1290 style connector and the original Alteia style connector such that existing serial remote cabling installations for these units can be used with the RX8000 At the IRD the RS 232 handshaking contro...

Page 10: ...nding to the RS 485 wiring Table 4 RS 485 communication modes at different wiring Communication mode Half duplex Full duplex RS 232 X X 2 wire RS 485 X 4 wire RS 485 X X The chosen communication duple...

Page 11: ...his case only the Half Duplex communication mode can be used at all connected devices 2 1 3 4 RS 485 terminations Although it is suggested to use 120 Ohm resistors to terminate the network at its two...

Page 12: ...Control 2 2 2 Front panel In the Front Panel the parameters can be found in the following menu structure 1 System 1 6 RC Remote Control 2 2 3 SNMP The SNMP mibs are the followings Serial Remote Addres...

Page 13: ...ow ddd ccc ccccc ccccccc_Cr ddd ccc ccccc ccccccc_ hhCr where c is any ASCII character included also _ character d is any ASCII character in the range 0 to 9 h is any hexadecimal character in the rang...

Page 14: ...ocol commands are a subset of the previous remote control protocol The RX8200 implementation of this protocol provides all Alteia commands within the limits of this unit s specification Any required s...

Page 15: ...atically discarded 3 5 Data Transmission No mechanism is used to indicate when transmission is complete 3 5 1 Half duplex mode The protocol is command response so no further commands should occur unti...

Page 16: ...ed in all examples shown Cr is ASCII carriage return terminating the message Parameters are given in ASCII text In the examples d represents a decimal value e g dddd is four decimal digits and h repre...

Page 17: ...r and then drop all but the first 2 hexadecimal digits This entire operation is easier done in hex For the message 000 SYS SRQ_ this is 0x5C 0 0x30 0 0x30 0 0x30 0x3A S 0x53 Y 0x59 S 0x53 0x3B S 0x53...

Page 18: ...space RFS Get RF input status Gets the current RF input Format NO d LO2 Set LNB local oscillator LO2 Command not supported SOF Set LNB switch over frequency Command not supported PWR Set LNB power ON...

Page 19: ...oscillator LNB Always returned dual LNB not supported LO2 LNB Local oscillator frequency LO2 dddddd Frequency in 125 kHz steps Value of 000000 always returned dual LNB notsupported SOF LNB switch ove...

Page 20: ...t in a GRP sub command for it to be valid GRP Sub Command Acknowledgement Messages The GRP sub command has an extended set of acknowledgement messages It uses the ACK acknowledgement for the same purp...

Page 21: ...group commands entered NA22 Only 3 group commands entered NA23 Only 2 group commands entered NA24 Only 1 group command entered NAK Any error not covered by the above codes 4 2 2 Demodulator Commands C...

Page 22: ...as given above 4 2 3 Decoder Commands Command DEC The decoder commands control the function and operation of the decoder ASI board is integrated SUB Description NNN Parameter Description DSR Set decod...

Page 23: ...ote that Tuning mode must be Custom and Use custom mode and guard must be checked 2 8 SDV Setting signal degradation mode is not supported d DHS Set hierarchy stream in DVB T It sets the Profile on RX...

Page 24: ...bi BER alarm threshold dE d SDM Signal degradation mode is not supported OFF OCM Detected OFDM carrier mode in DVB T 2 8 CHS Detected channel spacing 7 8 BE1 Detected pre Viterbi error DVB T Detected...

Page 25: ...s Command IPI The IPI commands are investigated to control the function and operation of the E224 IP Input card SUB Description NNN Parameter Description IPA Set the IP address of input port 1 ddd ddd...

Page 26: ...nable UN2 NEW Unicast enable for port 2 0 1 Disable Enable CLS Clear statistics SRQ Request IP input card status SRQ response 000 IPI IPA aaa bbb ccc ddd_SNM eee fff ggg hhh_GWA iii jjj kkk lll_ MCA m...

Page 27: ...Link down 2 ARP unresolved port 2 IP conflict port 2 No data port 2 Net utilization port 1 Net utilization port 2 MDI delay factor MDI loss rate COL Number of columns ddd NOTE Decimal number if FEC is...

Page 28: ...nable SGL NEW Signal level NRM LOW Normal Low SRQ NEW Request G703 input card status The SRQ response 004 703 RSD aaa_INT bbb_SGL ccc_RAN ddd_STF eee_ PDH fff_FRM ggg_ 94 where parameters are as given...

Page 29: ...Description MDL Modulation type 8VSB 8VSB modulation STA Signal state 00 01 02 03 04 No signal Signal weak Signal moderate Signal strong Signal very strong SN1 SNR alarm dd dd Value in dB BE1 BER alar...

Page 30: ...ote 2 below LSN Request number of async components Request number of low speed async data streams See Note 1 below LSX Request async component information hhhh range 0000h to 0062h Request async compo...

Page 31: ...urns ACO Actual only FAV Request favourite channel information dd See Note 3 below NUM Request number of services Returns 000 ENQ NUM ddddd_ FFCr Where field is number of services range 00000 to 00099...

Page 32: ...c is a 30 character string containing the name of the service truncated or padded with trailing spaces as required no null termination Where the supplied service number exceeds the number of services...

Page 33: ...ice id padded with preceding 0 as required The third field c c is a 30 character string containing the name of the service truncated or padded with trailing spaces as required no null termination Wher...

Page 34: ...3h Select audio by reference A5L Select audio 1 by offset in list of audio components in service hhhhh range 00000h to 00063h Select audio by reference A6L Select audio 1 by offset in list of audio co...

Page 35: ...t supported Command not supported OP2 Not supported Command not supported OS2 Not supported Command not supported PCR Select program clock reference component by PID Hhhh PID value range 0000h to 1FFF...

Page 36: ...ddE d BER value in scientific format range for mantissa is 10 to 99 range for exponent is 1 to 8 SRQ response 000 OPR SIG ddd_ALR hhhh_BER ddE d_ALL hhhhh_SAQ ccc_ FFCr where parameters are as given...

Page 37: ...0x00100 Audio 5 8 0x0100 Not supported Always set to 0 9 0x00200 Video 9 0x0200 Audio 1 10 0x00400 Audio 6 10 0x0400 Not supported Always set to 0 11 0x00800 BER Bit error rate 11 0x0800 Video 12 0x0...

Page 38: ...o F representing 7 bytes SRQ Requests CA status See below NOTE RAS disabled mode is not supported This parameter value will be acknowledged but will have no effect SRQ response 000 CAS CSS ccc_CST dd_...

Page 39: ...ge to PAL B G I mode Change to PAL N COMB mode Change to PAL N mode 525 Set output standard for 525 line video NTSC NTSN PALM Change to NTSC M with pedestal Change to NTSC M without pedestal Change to...

Page 40: ...5 2E4 2FF 1FD 1FB 2F9 000 EA2 Set embedded audio 2 data id 2E7 1E6 1E5 2E4 2FF 1FD 1FB 2F9 000 EA3 Set embedded audio 3 data id 2E7 1E6 1E5 2E4 2FF 1FD 1FB 2F9 000 EA4 Set embedded audio 4 data id 2E7...

Page 41: ...n range 0 to 32767 FS5 Set frame sync offset for 525 line video NEGddddd POSddddd Neg offset in range 0 to 32768 Pos offset in range 0 to 32767 DLY Set 420 video delay 000 to 250 ms LDM Set delay mode...

Page 42: ...he following additional parameters SUB Description NNN Parameter Description 625 625 line video output standard PALB PALG PALI PALC PALN PAL B G I mode PAL B G I mode PAL B G I mode PAL N COMB mode PA...

Page 43: ...nel LEF RIG BOT NON Audio 1 channel Audio 2 channel Both channels None disable EAD Embedded audio 1 data ID 2E7 1E6 1E5 2E4 2FF 1FD 1FB 2F9 000 EA2 Embedded audio 2 data ID 2E7 1E6 1E5 2E4 2FF 1FD 1FB...

Page 44: ...en 0 and 4 GP6 Embedded audio 6 GROUPd NONE 0 d is a value between 0 and 4 FSY Frame sync genlock enable ENA DIS Frame sync output enabled Frame sync output disabled FS6 Frame sync offset for 625 line...

Page 45: ...sabled VIT Set VITS insertion enable Command not supported VTC Set VITC insertion enable ENA DIS VITC insertion enabled VITC insertion disabled ECC Set closed caption enable ENA DIS Closed caption ins...

Page 46: ...arameter Description CCS Closed caption enabled state DIS ENA Closed caption disabled Closed caption enabled VTC VITC insertion enabled state DIS VIDEO PES AUTO VITC insertion disabled VITC insertion...

Page 47: ...not Supprted Returns simly ACK LVL Not supported None Command not Supprted Returns simly ACK ADM Set AC3 downmixing mode CON PLS Conventional stereo Pro logic stereo ADM is supported only if 4AUD lice...

Page 48: ...CON PLS Conventional stereo Pro logic stereo OPS Output source d Status not supported Always returns 0 interpreted as normal audio CLN Current language ccc ccc c First 3 characters is ISO language cod...

Page 49: ...ed Returns simly ACK LVL Not supported None Command not Supprted Returns simly ACK ADM Set AC3 downmixing mode CON PLS Conventional stereo Pro logic stereo ADM is supported only if 4AUD license is ena...

Page 50: ...dd is a decimal value in range of 0 20 dB OUT Set output type PRO AC3 Professional AES EBU Consumer IEC958 AC3 OUT is supported only if 4AUD license is enabled DFL Not supported None Command not Supp...

Page 51: ...eter Description ROU Set audio output routing ST M1 M2 M3 Stereo Mono to left and right Mono L to left and right Mono R to left and right LEV Set audio Clipping level Mdd Where dd is a decimal value i...

Page 52: ...4 11 5 Audio 5 Commands Command AU5 Audio commands allow the configuration of the Audio 1 sound circuits SUB Description NNN Parameter Description ROU Set audio output routing ST M1 M2 M3 Stereo Mono...

Page 53: ...same as for Audio 1 4 11 6 Audio 6 Commands Command AU6 Audio commands allow the configuration of the Audio 1 sound circuits SUB Description NNN Parameter Description ROU Set audio output routing ST...

Page 54: ...parameters are the same as for Audio 1 4 12 Transport Stream Output Commands Command TSO The transport stream output commands allow the configuration of the ASI output connectors when they are configu...

Page 55: ...when they are issued through the remote control SUB Description NNN Parameter Description PCC Return number of pending commands Return number of pending commands GPM Return pending message ddd Return...

Page 56: ...turn Multiplexer Bit rate dd dddMbits s Return value in Mbits s VBR Return Video Bit rate dd ddd Mbits s Return value in Mbits s VRS Return Video resolution ddddxdddd Return Video resolution OPT Retur...

Page 57: ...Supported Alteia Protocol Commands and Messages Document No ST TS EXXXXX 1 2010 03 04 57 59...

Page 58: ...sk Alteia Alarm format hhhhh RL5 Set alarm relay mask Alteia Alarm format hhhhh RL6 Set alarm relay mask Alteia Alarm format hhhhh ALR Read alarm relay setting Alteia Alarm format Returns the alarm re...

Page 59: ...None FQL NEW Flush quality log None NOTE 1 See Alteia and System 3000 alarm bitmaps in Chapter 4 6 2 RL2 RL3 RL4 RL5 RL6 are the same as RL1 they set the alarm relay They are existing because of back...

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