Lexicon, Inc.

 

DC-2/MC-1 Serial Communications Protocol

Printed on: 10/19/00

7.3.4.3 Data Description

ProductId:

This unsigned 8 bit value describes the product.

Product ID

Lexicon Dc-2

Lexicon MC-1

JBL Synthesis SDP-3

1

2

3

Software Type:

An unsigned 8 bit value indicating the current configuration of the unit’s

 

software. The following table shows the values assigned to the available types:

SW Type

THX

AC3

DTS

1

2

3

Software Level:

The following table shows the values assigned to the possible software levels:

 

SW Level

 

 

 

RELEASED

 

0

 

 

PRE_ALPHA

 

1

 

 

ALPHA

 

2

 

 

BETA

 

3

 

 

GAMMA

 

4

 

 

UNSUPPORTED

 

5

 

*Note: SW level indicates the status of the DC-2/MC-1 internal application software.

Software Major Revision: An unsigned integer value indicating the unit’s major software version. The host should use this information to determine if new effects, effect parameters, or system parameters have been added or removed.

Software Minor Revision: An unsigned integer value indicating this units minor software version. Indicates the units software operation has changed but effects, effect parameters, or system parameters have not changed.

Protocol Major Revision: An unsigned integer value indicating the serial communication protocol major version. The host should use this value to determine if new commands, notifications, or response packets have been added or deleted from this specification.

Protocol Minor Revision: An unsigned integer value indicating the serial communication protocol minor version. The host should use this value to determine if the existing commands, notifications, or response packets have changed in this specification

Total Number of System Parameters: An unsigned integer value indicating the maximum number of system parameters for this version of software. This should be used to determine the data count for the “DC-2/MC-1 System Parameter Values Packet” and “Set System Parameter Values Packet”.

Total Number of Effects: An unsigned integer value indicating the maximum number of effects available for this version of software. This should be used to determine the maximum EffectId used in the “Get Effect Definition Packet”, “Get Effect Parameter Definition Packet”, “Set Effect Name Packet” , and “Set Effect Parameter Values Packet”.

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ABC Office DC-2, MC-1 manual Product ID, SW Type, THX AC3 DTS, SW Level, Released Prealpha Alpha Beta Gamma Unsupported