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RS-232 / TELNET COMMAND
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in
Settin
s
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2 Feedback and Delimiter
ne advanta
e o
R
-232 serial control over IR control is that R
-232 o
ers
2-wa
communications between a device and the control s
stem. This allows
the controlled device to provide
eedback to con
rm that its operatin
state
atches the control s
stem
s assumptions. For example, when the control
stem sends Volume Up or Volume Down commands to the device,
eedback
allows the device to send its current volume settin
back to the control s
stem.
This prevents the device
rom
ettin
out o
s
nc with the controller, especiall
i
the user chan
es the volume manuall
on the device, or with an IR remote.
It also allows the control s
stem to accuratel
track the current power state, input
ettin
s, and other important data.
owever, in some cases, the controlled device mi
ht send more data than the
ontrol s
stem can easil
decode
parse
and act on, or ma
send random data
that the control s
stem does not require or understand.
Delimiters are supported b
the Mini PA
to control
eedback data sent
rom a
ontrolled device to the control s
stem. Delimiters allow the Mini PA
to i
nore,
or to collect and store the data, until a reco
nizable command arrives, and then
end that complete command to the control s
stem.
I
a
tart Delimiter” is speci
ed, the Mini PA
will i
nore
eedback
rom th
ontrolled device until the speci
ed strin
o
characters arrives. The strin
ma
be one, two, or three speci
ed hex characters
b
tes
rom
00” –
” each. Each
haracter can be speci
ed, or
”ma
be used i
an
character can appear in the
trin
a
wild card”
.
When the
tart Delimiter” is detected, the Mini PA
will be
in to collect the
data strin
that
ollows in an internal bu
er memor
until either
1. An
End Delimiter” has been speci
ed and is detected,
2. The speci
ed time-out is exceeded, or
. A speci
ed maximum number o
b
tes
up to 255
are collecte
When an
o
these events occur, the data in the bu
er is sent to the control
stem over the IP connection.
The
tart Delimiter, End Delimiter, Force
end Timeout, and Force
end B
te
ount can all be speci
ed in the Web Inter
ace, or throu
h Telnet commands.
The End Delimiter has the same parameters as the
tart Delimiter- zero, one,
two, or three characters or
wild cards”.
Note that the delimiters onl
a
ect
eedback
rom a controlled device- the
have
o e
ect on commands sent
rom the Mini PA
to the device.
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