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MSC-XD161L 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.
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RS-232 Serial Port – Serial can also be used with the configuration parameters: 115200 bps 8N1.
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RS-485 Serial Port – An additional serial interface on the same D9 connector as the RS-232 port can
also be used. See
Serial Interface Pinout for more details.
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 3.0
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Added System Parameter commands: Get , GetS , Set , SetA , and SetS commands.
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Current system parameters are defined in the System Parameter Table , superseding many configuration
commands.
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New commands for defining matrix I/O mapping: MapDest , and MapSrc commands.
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New commands for panel/GPIO command macros and conditions: PanelCmd , PanelCmdEn , and
PanelCond .
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Commands now grouped into Core Commands , Configuration Commands , and Miscellaneous
Commands .
Mascot version 2.4 (Carina Series Firmware 5.6.3)
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Added . MtxGroup , PanelDis , and PanelExtEn 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
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