Matrix Switch Corporation MSC-CP32X1E, Product Manual

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MSC-CP32X1E Product Manual
3 Mascot Control Protocol
MASCOT ( MA trix S witch CO rporation Pro T ocol) provides an ASCII text based command interface via
several different transports to control and get status from Matrix Switch Corporation devices. This command
protocol can be utilized for manual control or for integration with automation control systems.
Mascot command interface options
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Web Page Command Tab – The most convenient user command interface, which can be accessed using a
Web Browser on a Computer by the device's IP address.
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TCP/IP port 40 – A TCP/IP command interface is provided on port 40 which uses the device's Ethernet
connector as a physical transport and can be accessed via a telnet application.
3rd Party support
The MASCOT protocol contains a subset of the basic ISIS Protocol command set and therefore some 3 rd party
equipment may work without modification using this protocol. For information about other third party control
system manufacturers who support MASCOT, contact Matrix Switch Corporation.
3.1 Protocol changes
As new commands are added or other changes occur, the MASCOT protocol version is incremented. The
protocol revision can be obtained using the
MascotVer command .
Protocol revision history
Mascot version 2.4 (Carina Series Firmware 5.6.3)
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Added . MtxGroup , PanelDis , PanelExtEn , and Sierra commands.
Mascot version 2.3 (Carina Series Firmware 5.5.1)
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Added Quit Command , SysType Command and Vars Command which have previously been supported
on the MSC-GCP2U32 only.
Mascot version 2.2 (Carina Series Firmware 5.5.0)
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The X Command now accepts a 0 valued wild card destination to switch all destinations to a given
source.
Mascot version 2.1 (Carina Series Firmware 5.3.0)
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New commands: PairIO – for paired I/O 3D support, PanelOfs – for defining remote panel I/O regions
to control, PanelRate – to set remote panel refresh rate, ReclkDis – for disabling SDI reclockers and
RemoteSync – for synchronizing two video router systems for 3D use.
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Added E12 “Unsupported command” error which is returned when a command is not supported by the
current system or settings.
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Added support for Line Feed character as a command terminator (to be compatible with older firmware).
Carriage Return should normally be used.
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Added “lock” (0x02) and “reclk” (0x04) to MtxCfg Command “flags” field.
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