ReQuest Multimedia VideoReQuest Protocol Manual Download Page 13

 

VideoReQuest Protocol Guide v1.1.2 - 5/18/04

 

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Command 

Hex 

String 

Description 

Cmd 

Subtype

Cursor Down 

00

h

 

Moves cursor down 1 line at a time 

01

h

 

Cursor Left 

01

h

 

Moves cursor left or moves back 1 level on Browse page.  Acts as Rewind in 

DVD mode. 

01

h

 

Cursor Right 

02

h

 

Moves cursor right or moves down 1 level on Browse page.  Acts as Fast 

Forward in DVD mode. 

01

h

 

Cursor Up 

03

h

 

Moves cursor up 1 line at a time 

01

h

 

Refresh 04

h

 

Requests all data from VideoReQuest 

01

h

 

Page Up 

05

h

 

Moves up 6 lines at a time 

01

h

 

Page Down 

06

h

 

Moves down 6 lines at a time 

01

h

 

All Movies 

07

h

 

Jumps to All Movies list 

01

h

 

Genres 08

h

 

Jumps to Genres list 

01

h

 

Ratings 09

h

 

Jumps to Ratings list 

01

h

 

Now Playing 

0A

h

 

Jumps to Player, displays currently playing movie info 

01

h

 

Enter 0B

h

 

Issues Enter command 

01

h

 

Home 0C

h

 

Returns to top of Browse page (Now Playing, All Movies, etc) 

01

h

 

VRQ Mode 

0D

h

 

When in DVD mode, returns to VRQ mode 

01

h

 

Edit 0E

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Eject 0F

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Power Toggle 

10

h

 

Toggles soft power ON/OFF 

01

h

 

Power ON 

11

h

 

If unit is soft powered OFF, turns unit ON 

01

h

 

Power OFF 

12

h

 

If unit is soft powered ON, turns unit OFF 

01

h

 

Number 13

h

 

Sends the 4 byte number in the argument portion 

03

h

 

DVD Menu 

14

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Play 15

h

 

Plays the current selection or unpauses playback 

01

h

 

Pause Toggle 

16

h

 

Toggles playback between Pause and Unpause 

01

h

 

Pause ON 

17

h

 Pauses 

playback 

01

h

 

Pause OFF 

18

h

 

Resumes playback from a Paused state 

01

h

 

Stop 19

h

 

Stops playback, returns to VRQ mode 

01

h

 

VRQ Menu 

1A

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

DVD Mode 

1B

h

 

When in VRQ mode, switches to DVD mode 

01

h

 

Next Chapter 

1C

h

 

Plays the next chapter 

01

h

 

Previous Chapter 

1D

h

 

Resumes current chapter or plays previous chapter 

01

h

 

Goto Top 

1E

h

 

Jumps to top of current list in Browse page 

01

h

 

Goto Bottom 

1F

h

 

Jumps to bottom of current list in Browse page 

01

h

 

Search 20

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Move to Line 

21

h

 

Moves to the line number indicated by 4 byte integer argument 

03

h

 

Letter 22

h

 

Sends the letter indicated by the 1 byte character argument 

02

h

 

Backspace 23

h

 

Deletes the last character entered in text entry 

01

h

 

Audio 24

h

 

Toggles the Audio options in DVD playback 

01

h

 

Subtitles 25

h

 

Toggles subtitle options in DVD playback 

01

h

 

Angle 26

h

 

Toggles angle options in DVD playback on enabled DVDs 

01

h

 

View 27

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Queue 28

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Repeat 29

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Shuffle 2A

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Enter Line 

2B

h

 

Issues an Enter command on the line number indicated by the 4 byte integer 

argument 

03

h

 

Themes 2C

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Info 2D

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Directors 2E

h

 

Jumps to Directors list 

01

h

 

Actors 2F

h

 

Jumps to Actors list 

01

h

 

Mode 30

h

 

Not currently supported 

01

h

 

Player Detail Request 

37

h

 

Requests a certain Player Detail, based on string argument 

04

h

 

 

Summary of Contents for VideoReQuest

Page 1: ...Communication Protocol Guide Version 1 1 2 IR RS 232 and Ethernet Interface Guide...

Page 2: ...ideoReQuest 4 Connect Port 4 of the VideoReQuest to the RS 232 Port of the switch 5 Set the Video Switch setting on the VideoReQuest to the switch you have by going to Menu Configuration Video Options...

Page 3: ...ts 2 4 3 Connect the RS 232 cable from the DVD changers to Ports 1 3 of the VideoReQuest 4 Connect Port 4 of the VideoReQuest to the Xantech RS232IR module 5 Set the Video Switch setting on the VideoR...

Page 4: ...and Video to the receiver Can be Composite S Video or Component 2 Connect the Audio and Video from DVD Changers 1 3 to Inputs 2 4 3 Connect the RS 232 cable from the DVD changers to Ports 1 3 of the V...

Page 5: ...ings 3 Using Ethernet 3 Communicating with the VideoReQuest 4 Sending Commands 4 Breakdown of Each Command Portion 4 Marker 4 Command Type 4 Command Subtype 4 Flags 5 Data Size 5 Header Check Sum 5 En...

Page 6: ...Communication Protocol Guide v1 9 0 5 18 04 Phone 518 899 1254 Fax 518 899 1251 www request com II REVISION HISTORY Revision Number Changes 1 1 2 Initial Version...

Page 7: ...d feedback received from the VideoReQuest For the purpose of simplicity Serial and Ethernet communication will be referred to as Serial in this document C o n v e n t i o n s U s e d 1 Throughout this...

Page 8: ...the back of the VideoReQuest 2 Conductor Pinout Tip Signal Ring Ground Sleeve Not Connected L e a r n i n g I R C o d e s i n t o O t h e r S y s t e m s For any advanced commands 2 button key combin...

Page 9: ...5 Ground 6 Not Used 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 Not Used S e r i a l C a b l e P i n o u t Pin VRQ Side Pin Control Side 2 3 3 2 5 5 7 8 8 7 C O M S e t t i n g s The rear serial port is used for integrating the Vi...

Page 10: ...0h Byte 1 Byte 2 00h FFh FFh 1 Bytes 00h Breakdown of Each Command Portion Marker The Marker bytes are ALWAYS FCh A0h These bytes tell the VideoReQuest the data that follows is valid Command Type The...

Page 11: ...ustrates how to calculate the Data Size Assume the length of the string is 25 bytes 25 characters including spaces and punctuation This means that the full Data Size is 25 bytes PLUS 3 bytes for the E...

Page 12: ...ing it is recommended that you use 00h 00h for the flag bytes which turns OFF both Acknowledgements and Check Sum calculation Lines The Lines portion of the data section is a 1 byte value that tells t...

Page 13: ...on or unpauses playback 01h Pause Toggle 16h Toggles playback between Pause and Unpause 01h Pause ON 17h Pauses playback 01h Pause OFF 18h Resumes playback from a Paused state 01h Stop 19h Stops playb...

Page 14: ...a Size Chk Sum Engine Mode Data Chk Sum FCh A0h 0Ah 03h 00h 00h 00h 0Ah 00h FFh FFh 37h Genres 00h Data Size for Subtype 04h is a variable that depends on the length of the argument Calculating the 4...

Page 15: ...129 Browse List Title Home Genres etc TBD 82 130 Browse Column 1 Header Total TBD 83 131 Browse Column 2 Header Genre Rating etc TBD 84 132 Browse Column 1 Data TBD 85 133 Browse Column 2 Data TBD 86...

Page 16: ...st the final portion to show the current list title or the entire thing to show the full hierarchy List Size Page UP DOWN Flags and Cursor Position The List Size Page UP DOWN Flags and Cursor Position...

Page 17: ...2 In DVD Mode Should display DVD video output Slot Number is calculated in the same manner as Cursor Position 256 BYTE1 BYTE2 Slot Number Browse Line Text The first byte of the Browse Line Text is a...

Page 18: ...md Subtype Data Length Data Command Data Argument GENRES 04h 10 37h Genres CAST 04h 8 37h Cast DIRECTORS 04h 13 37h Directors PLOT SUMMARY 04h 16 37h Plot Summary For example to request the Genres sen...

Page 19: ...18 04 Phone 518 899 1254 Fax 518 899 1251 www request com 13 A p p e n d i x A T h e G U I This section shows what each portion of feedback is and where it is located on the TV Out GUI Figure 1 The Br...

Page 20: ...VideoReQuest Protocol Guide v1 1 2 5 18 04 Phone 518 899 1254 Fax 518 899 1251 www request com 14 Figure 3 The Player Details Page...

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