CTL208CM Control Panel Module • Serial Communications
CTL208CM Control Panel Module • Serial Communications
Serial Communications, cont’d
Command/response table for programming the CTL208 (continued)
Co mma nd ASCII Command Response Additional description
(host to CTL208) (CTL208 to host)
Command/response table for programming the CTL208 (continued)

Command ASCII Command Response Additional description

(host to CTL208) (CTL208 to host)

Button group programming (continued)

View all buttons’ grouping [SWG
X8
?] [R0•
X1
•SWG
X8
?•
X9
1
X9
2
X9
3
X9
4
X9
5
X9
6
X9
7
X9
8]
X9
1 indicates button 1’s group,
X9
8 indicates button 8’s group.

Button timeout programming

Timeouts cannot be assigned to buttons that are not set to operate in toggle mode or are set to operate in groups.

Assign a timeout to a button [TOUT
X2
X10
] [R0•
X1
•TOUT
X2
X10
•] Set button
X2
to timeout in
X10
minutes.
Example: [TOUT0160] [R0•97•TOUT0160•] Button 1 will timeout after 60 minutes.
View a button’s timeout [TOUT
X2
?] [R0•
X1
•TOUT
X2
?•
X10
] Button
X2
is set to timeout in
X10
minutes.

Serial port parameters

Set the serial port parameters
[CPp
X11 X12
s
X13 X14
]
[R0•
X1
CPp
X11 X12
s
X13 X14
]
Example: [CPp30s00] [R0•97•
CPp30s00
] Set the
control panel module’s serial port to
9600 baud, no parity, Xoff, and half duplex
mode. The “s” in the command and response
is a separator only.

If you change the settings, you may not be able to read the response.

Reset the serial port to default
[CPp
@
]
[R0•
X1
CPp
@•
] Reset the control panel module to its default
serial port settings:
9600 baud, no parity, Xoff,
and half duplex mode.
View serial port parameters [CPp?] [R0•
X1
CPp?
X11 X12 X13X14
]

Button code programming (continued)

View a button’s hex code [PCHp
X2
?] R0•
X1
•PCHp
X2
?•
X6
]
Reset button code (ASCII or hex) [PCLp
X2
@] R0•
X1
•PCLp
X2
@•] Clear any codes assigned to a button. The
CTL will not send any code when the button is
pressed.

Button mode programming

Set a button’s operating mode [SWM
X2 X7
] [R0•
X1
•SWM
X2 X7
•] Sets the button’s operating mode. See Button
Modes in chapter 3, Operation for definitions of
the button modes.
X2
is valid between 01
through 08 and 11 through 18.
Example: [SWM011] [R0•
X1
•SWM011•] Set button 1 to toggle mode.
View all buttons’ operating modes [SWM?] [R0•
X1
•SWM?•
X7
1
X7
2
X7
3
X7
4
X7
5
X7
6
X7
7
X7
8
X7
1 indicates button 1’s mode,
X7
8 indicates button 8’s mode.
Example: [SWM?] [R0•97•SWM?•01230011 Buttons 1, 5, and 6 are set to single mode.
Buttons 2, 7 and 8 are set to toggle mode.
Button 3 is set to press/release mode.
Button 4 is set to continuous mode.

Button group programming

Groups cannot be assigned to buttons that are not set to operate in toggle mode or are set to operate in timeout mode.

Assign button groups [SWG
X8 X9
1
X9
2
X9
3
X9
4
X9
5
X9
6
X9
7
X9
8]
[R0•
X1
•SWG
X8 X9
1
X9
2
X9
3
X9
4
X9
5
X9
6
X9
7
X9
8•]
X9
1 indicates button 1’s group,
X9
8 indicates button 8’s group.
Example: [SWG11101000] [R0•97•SWG11101000•] Assign buttons 1, 2, 3, and 5 to group 1.
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