Escient FireBall MP-150, User Manual

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EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL WD031-1-3
4/18/2005
6325 Digital Way Indianapolis, IN 46278 317.616.6789 phone 317.616.6790 fax www.escient.com
Upon receiving the response, the track number within the group can be
used in an ESCX2009 query to retrieve details about the track, including
the year, label, title, artist, number of tracks, total length, genre and
coveart url.
Status Commands
COMMAND
GROUP
SUB
COMMAND
DESCRIPTION
50 01 Get power state
50 Reply Format : ESCX50010010003 xxx ,
Where xxx = a 3 character string
“ON “ if power on
“OFF” if power is off (standby mode)
50 02 Get music play mode
50 Reply Format : ESCX50020010002 xx ,
Where xx = music play mode, where
01 = normal
02 = repeat track
03 = repeat title
04 = repeat group
05 = random title
06 = random group
50 03 Get sort order [possible future implementation]
50 Reply Format : ESCX50030010002 xx ,
Where xx = guide sort order, where
01 = by artist
02 = by title
03 = by song
50 04 Get current playing title (music or movie) or station (radio)
information
50 Reply Format :
ESCX5004007 aaaabb 0004 cccc 0003 ddd 0002 ee 0002 ff 0004 gg
gg 0004 hhhh
aaaa = length of the title/station that is playing
bb = title/station name (length depends on aaaa )
cccc = number of the playing title/station in the All group
ddd = number of the playing track (000 for movie and radio)
ee = current media type
00 = unknown, 01 = CD, 02 = DATACD, 03 = MP3,
04 = playlist, 05 = DVD, 06 = radio
ff = current group type (which list to get groups from)
01 = System Music Groups (sorted by Artist)
02 = User Music Groups (sorted by Artist)
gggg = current group number
hhhh = current title number
50 05 Get current screen that is displayed in the GUI [possible future
implementation]