Philips DVR1EP16, DVR1EP08 Appendix E RS-232 Remote Protocol, Supported Command Sequences

APPENDIX E: RS-232 REMOTE PROTOCOL

1.1Supported Command Sequences

The DVR1 supports the following command sequences, entered via PC once communication has been established between the PC and the DVR1. The Baud Rate should be set at 9600 Baud, with 1 Stop Bit, 8 Data Bits, and Parity at None.

All byte values entered at the PC must be in hexadecimal values. Each command string begins with an STX (02) character and ends with an ETX (03) character.

		START				END
COMMAND	CHARACTERS	1	2	3	4	5
Play Forward	FPL	02	46	50	4C	03
Record	REC	02	52	45	43	03
Stop	STO	02	53	54	4F	03
Pause	PAU	02	50	41	55	03
Fast Forward	FWD	02	46	57	44	03
Rewind	REW	02	52	45	57	03
Frame Advance	FAD	02	46	41	44	03
Reverse Frame
Advance	RAD	02	52	41	44	03
Play Reverse	RPL	02	52	50	4C	03
Set Clock		See instructions for setting clock in the following section.
Increase Speed	ISP	02	49	53	50	03
Decrease Speed	DSP	02	44	53	50	03
Search	SEA	02	53	45	41	03
Arrow Up	ARU	02	41	52	55	03
Arrow Down	ARD	02	41	52	44	03
Arrow Left	ARL	02	41	52	4C	03
Arrow Right	ARR	02	41	52	52	03
Menu	MEN	02	4D	45	4E	03
Enter	ENT	02	45	4E	54	03

Example:

To Play Forward, enter the following command at the PC keyboard, using the starting and ending characters and hexadecimal equivalent of the FPL from the above chart: 02 46 50 4C 03 <Enter>

1.2Setting the Clock

The following table shows the command sequence for setting the clock.

COMMAND	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
VALUE	02	43	4C	4B	20	y1	y2	2D	m1	m2	2D	d1	d2	2C	h1	h2	3A	f1	f2	03

The gray cells in the Value row of the table indicate the correct positions for each byte of data in the command string.

Place the hexadecimal value of the desired ASCII character into the command string, entering two digit values for Year, Month, Day, Hour, and Minute into the command string. The year is a 2-digit number, and the time is military time (24-hour clock).

See the example to follow.

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