5.SoftwareControl-LightwareDeviceController
HDMI-TPS-TX200series–User'sManual
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Appliedfirmwarepackage:v1.3.2b3 | LDCsoftware:v2.5.7b2
5.6.
CEC Tool
DIFFERENCE:
ThisfeatureisavailableonlyforSW4-TPS-TX240-PlusfromFWpackagev1.2.0b13.
INFO:
Accordingtothestandard,theCECfeatureworksonlyatHDMIports.
TheSW4-TPS-TX240-PlusmodelisabletosendandreceiveConsumerElectronicsControl(CEC)commands.
Thisfeatureisforremotecontrolthesourceorsinkdevice.CECisabi-directionalcommunicationviathe
HDMI cable.
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Drop-down
command list
ContainingthebasicCECcommands,mostofthemaredisplayedonthe
graphicalinterface,too(ontheleftside).Clickonthe
Send
button to execute
sendingthecommand.
2
Custom command
textbox
Thetextfieldisforsendinghexadecimalcommandstothesource.The
maximumallowedlengthis30characters(15bytes).Clickonthe
Send
button
toexecutesendingthecommand.
3
OSD string textbox
Uniquetextcanbeshownonthesinkdeviceupto14characters.Thesend
OSD(On-screendisplay)commandtextboxistheinputfieldofthestring.
Alphanumericcharacters,glyphsandspaceareaccepted.Clickonthe
Send
button to execute the command.
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Received Command
box
Displays all the sent (in red) CEC commands and the received answers (in
blue) with a timestamp.
Legend of the received message:
<[10:33:17]ACK
Answerfortheacknowledgedcommand.
<[10:35:01]NACK
Answerforthenotacknowledgedcommand.
<[10:33:17]INPROGRESS
Thecommandisbeingprocessed.
<[10:33:17]FAILED
Answer for other failure.
< [10:35:40] feature_abort_<*>
Thisisthemostcommonanswerfromthethird-partydeviceswhenthe
command is delivered, but the execution is refused. The cause of the refuse
standsafter'feature_abort'expression.
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Clear button
Click on the
Clear
button to erase the content of the terminal window.
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CEC command
button panel
ThispanelprovidesthequickandeasymanagementofCECcommands.
Thesebuttonsarepre-programmedwithbasicfunctionsandsends
commands towards the sink. The communication is displayed in the
ReceivedCommandbox.Forthelistofthecommandsseethe
section. Both the layout and functionality are similar to
thedesignofaremotecontrol.
Itcanoccurthatthethird-partydevicecanreceive,butnotexecutethecommandbecauseitisnotsupported
by the product. Check the accepted commands in the documentation of the device.
INFO:
Thefirst2x2bitoftheCECcommandscontainsidentificationdataofthesourceanddestination
address.Inthiscasethatisalways40.
ATTENTION!
MakesurethatthecontrolledunitisCEC-capableandthisfunctionisenabled.