www.LeonAudio.com.au
Quick Start Guide
Power
Master Station’s rear panel
Cue Light Outstations
Connect the Show Control computer to the
PCinterface using an RS232 cable.
A USB to RS232 adaptor (not supplied) will be required if the Show
Control computer lacks an RS232 port.
Connect the PCinterface’s 6 pin RJ12 Expansion port to either of
the two RJ12 Expansion ports on the Master Station using the
supplied RJ12 - RJ12 cable.
Connect one or more Cue Light Outstations to either of the
two XLR connectors on the Master Station.
Set the Show Control Computer’s serial port to 9600 baud, N81,
no handshaking. Baud rate can be changed from 2,400 to 115,200
once the initial connection has been established.
The QL-PCi will now be sending the
Heart Beat
signal to the Show
Control computer. This is a 5 byte ASCII string
{RRH1
Basic Control Commands are 5 ASCII bytes.
RS232 port on the
2
3
•
•
•
•
•
•
PCinterface
QL-PCi Mk4
Show Control
computer
1
1
2
3
02.
Examples
Master 1, Ch 5, S/by Cue, Trigger, e
X
ecute.
Master 1, Ch 5, Go Cue, Trigger, e
X
ecute.
Master 1, Ch 2, S/by Cue, Clear,
Master 1, Ch 3, Go Cue, Trigger,
and e
X
ecute.
[ 1 5 S 1
[ 1 5 G 1
[ 1 2 S
0
X
X
[ 1 3 G 1 X
1
G 1
5
Control Command Format.
Command Header: Left square bracket
Master’s Address 1- 6
Channel number 1-16
(Letters A-G are used for ch 10-16)
Function: G = Go S = Standby
Value: 1 = trigger 0 = clear
[
Each 5 byte command is held in a buffer in the
PCinterface
and is
not executed until the single letter
X
for e
X
ecute is received.
Multiple commands may be entered followed by a single
X
.
Letters are not case sensitive. Spaces are only permitted between
each 5 byte command and/or the letter
X
.