Extron electronic CTL208CM user manual Command/response table for programming the CTL208

Serial Communications, cont’d

X5 =	Bracket character	0 = turn off insert bracket feature. Any character
		other than 0 is the character that will be replaced by
		a bracket ( [ or ] ) when the X3 code is saved to a
		CTL208 button.
X6 =	Hex button code	Similar to the ASCII button code, X3 , with the
		addition of an ASCII-to-hex conversion before the
		value is stored. For example, if you send the ASCII
		value 0F, the CTL converts it to the hex value 0F.
		When you press the button, the CTL sends 0F hex.
		Entries must be in pairs, use a leading 0 if necessary.
		Letters must be upper case.

The insert brackets feature does not work for hex codes.

X7 = Button mode
0	= Single mode	1 = Toggle mode
2	= Press/release	3 = Continuous

X8 =		Button group number			1 or 2
X9 =		Button group assignment			0 = Not assigned, 1 = Assigned
			Groups cannot be assigned to buttons that are set to operate in
			timeout mode.
X10	=	Button timeout interval			0 or 1 - 255 (minutes). 0 = no timeout.
			Timeouts cannot be assigned to buttons that are set to operate in
			groups.
X11	=	Baud rate
		0 = 1200		1 = 2400		2 = 4800
		3 = 9600 (default)		4 = 19,200		5 = 38,400
X12	=	Parity mode: 0 = no parity (default), 1 = odd parity, 2 = even parity
X13	=	Flow control mode: 0 = Xoff (default), 1 = Xon
X14	=	Duplex mode: 0 = full duplex, 1 = half duplex (default)
X15	=	Front panel and responses: 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default)
X16	=	Reset level: 0 = reset the serial port to 9600 baud, no parity, Xoff, and
			half duplex mode; reset the address to 97; and enable
			the front panel.
			1 = perform all of the same resets AND erase all button
			codes, reset all buttons to single mode, and reset all
			button groups and timeouts to 0. This reset is identical
			to the DIP switch reset, see Factory Reset in chapter 3,
			Operation.
X17	=	Architectural information:
		C208•{serial #}•{Rev level}•{firmware #}•{firmware Rev level}•{available
		baud rates}1200,2400,4800,9600,19200,38400•{2 bytes for future use}

Command/response table for programming the CTL208

Additional description

Response	(CTL208 to host)
ASCII Command	(host to CTL208)

Command Addressing

Connect the host computer to the addressed unit. This command is case sensitive.

{none}

[CC X1 ]

Connect

Change the CTL208’s address to X1 .

[ADDR X1 ] [R0• X1 •ADDR X1 •]

Specify address number

Change the address number to 95.

[ADDR95] [R0•95•ADDR95•]

Example:

Reset the CTL208’s address to the factory

Reset address to factory default [ADDR@] [R0• X1 •ADDR@•]

	.
	X3
	to
	X2
default (97).	Program button

Store ASCII code to a button [PCLp X2 X3 ] R0• X1 •PCLp X2 X3 •]

Button code programming

2’s primary code to send the	[CH3]. The ’ and ”	the delimiter brackets.
Programs button	command string	characters insert

[PCLp02’CH3” R0• X1 •PCLp02’CH3”•]

Example:

View a button’s ASCII code [PCLp X2 ?] R0• X1 •PCLp X2 ?• X3 ]

Brackets inserted using the insert brackets feature appear as brackets when you use view command.

Set the X5 character as the insert brackets

Set an insert brackets character [BKT X4 X5 ] R0• X1 •BKT X4 X5 •]

character for the left or right bracket ( X4 ).

) character as the insert	the left bracket.
Set the single quote ( ‘	brackets character for

R0•97•BKT1’]

[BKT1’]

Example:

The replacement characters are listed in the order {left}{right}.

R0• X1 •BKT X5 X5 •]

View insert brackets characters [BKT?]

Program button X2 to X6 .

Store hex code to a button [PCHp X2 X6 ] R0• X1 •PCHp X2 X6 •]

Programs button 3’s primary code to send the hex command string 0F.

[PCHp030F R0•97•PCHp030F•]

Example:

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