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Bidirectional ACN Strings (Send and Receive)
To send and receive ACN strings from devices such as a Net3 Gateway, both {String TX} and
{String RX} must be enabled, and the device's IP address must be set in the {String TX IP
Address} field.
If you have multiple devices sending or receiving strings, separate each entry in the {String TX
IP Address} field with a comma or semicolon.
Note:
If you have multiple devices sending or receiving strings, separate each entry
in the {String TX IP Address} field with a comma.
Receiving via the I/O Gateway
For your console to receive serial data from a Net3 I/O Gateway, the Serial Port Group ID
assigned at the gateway must match the String RX Source ID in Setup > System > Show
Control, and the String RX setting must be Enabled. See
Show Control Settings .
Receiving Serial Commands to Trigger Events
All text will be queued up until either a carriage return (hex 0D), a “\r”, or a “#”, is
encountered in the string to show the end of the command. The custom string is case-
sensitive.
RS232, UDP, and ACN Strings
The sending device needs to add SC (case-sensitive) to the beginning of the string in order for
it to be correctly processed.
Example:
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SC Hello# - sends the string “Hello” to the show control display via
RS232, UDP, or ACN
Event Commands
When a command is received that starts with the prefixes listed above, the console will look
for a matching serial event defined in a Show Control List. Custom string input from any serial
source (RS232, UDP, ACN, OSC) can be used to trigger the following actions:
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Cue - fire a cue
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Submaster - bumps a submaster, turns a submaster on or off, sets a submaster to a fader
percentage. (Note that OSC cannot be used to set fader levels via custom serial
commands).
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Macro - fire a macro
Programming Serial Events
Open the show control display.
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[Displays]><More SK>>{Show Control} or [Tab] + [1][1]
Create a new event list.
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<Event> [9] [/] [Enter]
Specify the event list as Network.
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<Event> [9] [/] {Type} {Network} [Enter]
Enable the list (External only).