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Remote Operation
Communication Protocol
The MSX1616 contains three serial ports for communication. You can configure all three ports to communicate serially via
Use this port...
1
2 and 3
To...
Directly communicate with the switcher.
Control projectors, Inline products, or other serially controlled A/V equipment.
Control Port 1
The baud rate is selectable from 1200 to 38,400. You can change the baud rate using the
$GYDQFHG menu option on the LCD on the front panel or via serial control using the [CPxbpsfd] serial command. Other adjustable parameters for port 1 include flow control (none or Xon/Xoff) and duplex (full or half). Parity, data bits, and stop bits are predefined and have no affect on port
1. The factory default communication parameters for the control port are:
Communication Parameters
Baud rate
Parity
Data bits
Stop bits
Flow control
Duplex
9600
None
8
1
None
Full
Protocol Structure
All commands sent to the unit must contain a leading delimiter, the actual command, and an ending delimiter.
This part of the command string...
Represents:
[
BLANK01
]
The leading character
The actual command.
The ending character
Command
Meaning
[ADDR@]
[BLANK01]
[RES1]
[MS1O02I01]
Remove address from unit
Blank output #1
Enable serial responses
Connect input 1 to output 2 at level 1
2002 - INLINE, INC. | MSX1616 OPERATION MANUAL - v1.0 5/8/02 |