Extron electronic 4LQXI, 4LDXI manual Error Codes Description, Hex Switcher Response

Appendix A • RS-232 Programmer’s Guide

Switcher Commands	ASCII	Hex	Switcher Response	Result Description
Freeze On	F	46	¿Frz1·¿	Freeze video frame
Freeze Off	f	66	¿Frz0·¿	Release Freeze mode
Demo On	J	4A	¿Dmo1¿	Demo Mode status = On
Demo Off	j	6A	¿Dmo0¿	Demo Mode status = Off
Information Request	I/i	49/69	¿V3·A2·T8·P1·SØ·ZØ·RØ·QPC3.Ø·QSC3.Ø·M4¿

This example says: Video channel selected is #3 (V3), Audio channel is #2 (A2), selected input is RGBLD-still (T8), Projector is On (P1), all Mutes {Display (SØ), Audio (ZØ) & RGB (RØ)} are Off, both the Projector software and the Switcher software are version 3.Ø (QPC3.Ø·QSC3.Ø), and the system has four input channels (M4).

Information Request, example #2:				I/i	49/69	¿VØ·AØ·TØ·PØ·SØ·ZØ·RØ·QPC3.Ø·QSC3.Ø·M4¿
This example says that this is a System 4xi with four inputs and its power is turned Off.
Information	ASCII	Hex	Switcher Response			Result (See below)
Request Info	I	49/69	¿V	·A	·T ·P ·S	·Z ·R ·QPC . ·QSC . ·M ¿

The response on the screen will consist of ten sets of characters with a space (·) between each set. Each set is made up of a letter (or letters) that define a function, followed by a number (or numbers) that define the status of that function. Numbers are represented by , , etc. Examples follow.

Function Character(s)			Status Character(s)
V = Video Channel				= Video channel # (Ø = System power is off)
A = Audio Channel				= Audio channel # (Ø = System power is off)
T = Video Type		System 4xi:				LDxi __ LQxi
= 1 = RGBS						x ____ x
2	= Sync on Green (RGsB)					x ____ x
3	= VID					- ____ -
4	= YC					- ____ -
5	= RGBLD (line-doubled RGB)					- ____ -
6	= VIDLD (line-doubled composite video)					- ____ -
7	= YCLD (line-doubled S-video)					- ____ -
8	= RGBLD -still					x ____ -
9	= RGBLD - motion					x ____ -
10		= YCLD - still				x ____ -
11		= YCLD - motion				x ____ -
12		= VIDLD - still				x ____ -
13		= VIDLD - motion				x ____ -
14		= RGBLQ -still				- ____ x
15		= RGBLQ - motion				- ____ x
16		= YCLQ - still				- ____ x
17		= YCLQ - motion				- ____ x
18		= VIDLQ - still				- ____ x
19		= VIDLQ - motion				- ____ x
P = Display Power				= Ø = Power is Off; 1 = Power is On.
S = Display Mute				= Ø = Display Mute is Off; 1 = Display Mute is On.
Z = Audio Mute				=	Ø = Audio Mute is Off; 1 = Audio Mute is On.
R = RGB Mute				=	Ø = RGB Mute is Off; 1 = RGB Mute is On.
QPC = Query Projector Comm				.	= Projector Communications software version (example: 3.0)
QSC = Query Switcher				.	= Switcher Communications software version (example: 3.0)
M = System Max Channel				= Maximum channel number
Error Codes	Description
¿EØ1¿	Invalid Channel # (may be too high)
¿EØ4¿	Projector Comm error (projector may be off)
¿EØ5¿	Switcher is Off, can't execute command.
¿E1Ø¿	Invalid command

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