Extron electronic user manual 14 CTL208CM Control Panel Module Serial Communications

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Command/response table for programming the CTL208 (continued)

Command

 

ASCII Command Response

 

 

 

 

Additional description

 

 

(host to CTL208)

(CTL208 to host)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button code programming (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View a button’s hex code

[PCHp

X2

?]

R0•

X1

•PCHp

X2

?•

X6

]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset button code (ASCII or hex)

[PCLp

 

 

@]

R0•

 

 

•PCLp

 

 

@•]

 

 

 

 

 

Clear any codes assigned to a button. The

X2

X1

X2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CTL will not send any code when the button is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pressed.

Button mode programming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set a button’s o

mode

[SWM

X2

 

X7

]

[R0•

X1

•SWM

X2

X7

•]

 

 

 

 

 

Sets the button’s operating mode. See Button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

for definitionsnOperatiofModes in chapter 3,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the button modes.

X2

is valid between 01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

through 08 and 11 through 18.

Example:

 

[SWM011]

[R0•

 

 

•SWM011•]

 

 

 

 

 

Set button 1 to toggle mode.

 

X1

View all buttons’ operating modes [SWM?]

[R0•

 

•SWM?•

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

 

 

7

 

8

X1

X7

X7

X7

X7

X7

X7

X7

X7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 indicates button 1’s mode,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8 indicates button 8’s mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X7

Example:

 

[SWM?]

[R0•97•SWM?•01230011

 

 

 

 

 

Buttons 1, 5, and 6 are set to single mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buttons 2, 7 and 8 are set to toggle mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button 3 is set to press/release mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button 4 is set to continuous mode.

Button group programming

Groups cannot be assigned to buttons that are not set to operate in toggle mode or are set to operate in timeout mode.

Assign button groups

[SWG

X8

X9

1

X9

2

X9

3

X9

4

X9

5

X9

6

X9

7

X9

8]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[R0•

X1

•SWG

X8

X9

1

X9

2

X9

3

X9

4

X9

5

X9

6

X9

7

X9

8•]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

indicates button 1’s group,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X9

8

indicates button 8’s group.

Example:

[SWG11101000] [R0•97•SWG11101000•]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assign buttons 1, 2, 3, and 5 to group 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Communications, cont’d

CTL208CM Control Panel Module • Serial Communications

Command/response table for programming the CTL208 (continued)

Command

ASCII Command Response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional description

 

(host to CTL208)

(CTL208 to host)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button group programming (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View all buttons’ grouping

[SWG

X8

?]

[R0•

X1

•SWG

X8

?•

X9

1

X9

2

X9

3

X9

4

X9

5

X9

6

X9

7

X9

8]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X9

1

indicates button 1’s group,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X9

8

indicates button 8’s group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Button timeout programming

Timeouts cannot be assigned to buttons that are not set to operate in toggle mode or are set to operate in groups.

Assign a timeout to a button

[TOUT

X2

X10

]

[R0•

X1

•TOUT

X2

X10

•]

Set button

X2

to timeout in

X10

minutes.

Example:

[TOUT0160]

[R0•97•TOUT0160•]

Button 1 will timeout after 60 minutes.

View a button’s timeout

[TOUT

 

?]

[R0•

 

•TOUT

 

?•

 

]

Button

 

 

is set to timeout in

 

minutes.

 

 

 

 

X10

X10

X2

X1

X2

X2

Serial port parameters

Set the serial port parameters

[CPp

X11

 

X12

s

X13

 

X14

][R0•

X1

•CPp

X11

 

X12

s

X13

 

X14

•]

Example:

[CPp30s00]

 

 

 

[R0•97•CPp30s00•]

 

 

Set the control panel module’s serial port to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9600 baud, no parity, Xoff, and half duplex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode. The “s” in the command and response

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is a separator only.

If you change the settings, you may not be able to read the response.

Reset the serial port to default

[CPp@]

[R0•

X1

•CPp@•]

 

Reset the control panel module to its default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

serial port settings: 9600 baud, no parity, Xoff,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and half duplex mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View serial port parameters

[CPp?]

[R0•

X1

•CPp?•

X11

X12

 

 

]

X13

X14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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