Escient MP-150 manual Status Commands, Reply Format, gg0004hhhh

EXTERNAL CONTROL PROTOCOL WD031-1-3 4/18/2005

Upon receiving the response, the track number within the group can be used in an ESCX2009 query to retrieve details about the track, including the year, label, title, artist, number of tracks, total length, genre and coveart url.

Status Commands

	COMMAND		SUB		DESCRIPTION
	GROUP		COMMAND
50		01		Get power state
50				Reply Format: ESCX50010010003xxx,
				Where xxx = a 3 character string
				“ON “ if power on
				“OFF” if power is off (standby mode)
50		02		Get music play mode
50				Reply Format: ESCX50020010002xx,
				Where xx = music play mode, where
				01	= normal
				02	= repeat track
				03	= repeat title
				04	= repeat group
				05	= random title
				06	= random group
50		03		Get sort order [possible future implementation]
50				Reply Format: ESCX50030010002xx,
				Where xx = guide sort order, where
				01	= by artist
				02	= by title
				03	= by song
50		04		Get current playing title (music or movie) or station (radio)
				information
50				Reply Format:
				ESCX5004007aaaabb0004cccc0003ddd0002ee0002ff0004gg
				gg0004hhhh
				aaaa = length of the title/station that is playing
				bb = title/station name (length depends on aaaa)
				cccc = number of the playing title/station in the All group
				ddd = number of the playing track (000 for movie and radio)
				ee = current media type
				00	= unknown, 01 = CD, 02 = DATACD, 03 = MP3,
				04	= playlist, 05 = DVD, 06 = radio
				ff = current group type (which list to get groups from)
				01	= System Music Groups (sorted by Artist)
				02	= User Music Groups (sorted by Artist)
				gggg = current group number
				hhhh = current title number
50		05		Get current screen that is displayed in the GUI [possible future
				implementation]

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