Input Compressor Attack Time 3rd byte

Sony RS-232C manual Input Compressor Attack Time 3rd byte, Input Compressor Release Time 4th byte

•INPUT COMPRESSOR ATTACK TIME (3rd byte)

This command is used to set the attack time of the compressor of the input channel.

TIME [ms]		TIME [ms]		TIME [ms]

0.1	30[H] ('0')	3.3	38[H] ('8')	68	40[H] ('@')

0.15	31[H] ('1')	4.7	39[H] ('9')	100	41[H] ('A')

0.22	32[H] ('2')	6.8	3A[H] (':')	150	42[H] ('B')

0.33	33[H] ('3')	10	3B[H] (';')	220	43[H] ('C')

0.47	34[H] ('4')	15	3C[H] ('<')	330	44[H] ('D')

0.68	35[H] ('5')	22	3D[H] ('=')	470	45[H] ('E')

1.0	36[H] ('6')	33	3E[H] ('>')	680	46[H] ('F')

2.2	37[H] ('7')	47	3F[H] ('?')	1000	47[H] ('G')

•INPUT COMPRESSOR RELEASE TIME (4th byte)

This command is used to set the release time of the compressor of the input channel.

TIME [ms]

10	3B[H] (';')

15	3C[H] ('<')

22	3D[H] ('=')

33	3E[H] ('>')

47	3F[H] ('?')

68	40[H] ('@')

TIME [ms]

100	41[H] ('A')

150	42[H] ('B')

220	43[H] ('C')

330	44[H] ('D')

470	45[H] ('E')

680	46[H] ('F')

TIME [ms]

1000	47[H] ('G')

1500	48[H] ('H')

2200	49[H] ('I')

4700	4A[H] ('J')

6800	4B[H] ('K')

10000	4C[H] ('L')

•INPUT GATE THRESHOLD (5th byte)

This command is used to set the threshold level of the gate of the input channel.

LEVEL [dB]		LEVEL [dB]		LEVEL [dB]

-60	20[H] (' s')	-39	35[H] ('5')	-18	4A[H] ('J')

-59	21[H] ('!')	-38	36[H] ('6')	-17	4B[H] ('K')

-58	22[H] (' ” ')	-37	37[H] ('7')	-16	4C[H] ('L')

-57	23[H] ('#')	-36	38[H] ('8')	-15	4D[H] ('M')

-56	24[H] ('$')	-35	39[H] ('9')	-14	4E[H] ('N')

-55	25[H] ('%')	-34	3A[H] (':')	-13	4F[H] ('O')

-54	26[H] ('&')	-33	3B[H] (';')	-12	50[H] ('P')

-53	27[H] (' ’ ')	-32	3C[H] ('<')	-11	51[H] ('Q')

-52	28[H] ('(')	-31	3D[H] ('=')	-10	52[H] ('R')

-51	29[H] (')')	-30	3E[H] ('>')	-9	53[H] ('S')

-50	2A[H] ('*')	-29	3F[H] ('?')	-8	54[H] ('T')

-49	2B[H] ('+')	-28	40[H] ('@')	-7	55[H] ('U')

-48	2C[H] (',')	-27	41[H] ('A')	-6	56[H] ('V')

-47	2D[H] ('-')	-26	42[H] ('B')	-5	57[H] ('W')

-46	2E[H] ('.')	-25	43[H] ('C')	-4	58[H] ('X')

-45	2F[H] ('/')	-24	44[H] ('D')	-3	59[H] ('Y')

-44	30[H] ('0')	-23	45[H] ('E')	-2	5A[H] ('Z')

-43	31[H] ('1')	-22	46[H] ('F')	-1	5B[H] ('[')

-42	32[H] ('2')	-21	47[H] ('G')	0	5C[H] ('\')

-41	33[H] ('3')	-20	48[H] ('H')

-40	34[H] ('4')	-19	49[H] ('I')

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RS-232C specifications

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