Document Contents
0 Preface......................................................................................................................... 3
0.1 Information Warranty Statement........................................................................ 3
0.2 Document Scope and Limitations....................................................................... 4
0.3 Document Conventions....................................................................................... 4
0.3.1 Model Compatibility................................................................................... 4
0.3.2 Product Introduction................................................................................... 5
0.3.3 VP20 (MM604)........................................................................................... 5
0.3.4 VP30 (MM603)........................................................................................... 6
0.3.5 VP50 (MM605)........................................................................................... 6
0.3.6 VP50PRO (MM606) ..................................................................................... 7
0.4 How does automation work? .............................................................................. 8
0.4.1 Interface Compatibility............................................................................... 8
0.4.2 How is data encoded in digital form?......................................................... 8
0.4.3 What is Binary?........................................................................................... 9
0.4.4 What is HEX?............................................................................................. 9
0.4.5 What is ASCII? ......................................................................................... 10
0.5 A brief dialog about remote controlling a VPxx series video processor.......... 11
0.6 A dialog about input video memories............................................................... 12
1 RS-232 Control......................................................................................................... 14
1.1 The RS-232 Physical Connection..................................................................... 14
1.1.1 The Anchor Bay RS-232 Protocol............................................................ 15
1.1.2 A Dialog on Checksums........................................................................... 15
1.2 Control Commands........................................................................................... 15
1.2.1 Example RS-232 Command Packets........................................................ 20
1.3 Query Commands............................................................................................. 23
1.4 Responses.......................................................................................................... 24
2 IR Control................................................................................................................. 27
2.1 The NEC IR Protocol (Factory Remote) .......................................................... 27
2.2 The Anchor Bay IR Protocol (Discrete Control).............................................. 28
2.2.1 Discrete IR Control Examples.................................................................. 31
3 Automation Command IDs and Values.................................................................... 42
Appendix A – Decimal-Binary-HEX-ASCII Conversion Table Page 53
Appendix B – IR Control White-Paper by Barry Gordon Page 59
Appendix C – Help and Support Page 68
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