Programmer’s Guide, cont’d

Command/response table for SIS commands (Cont’d)

Command

ASCII Command

Response

Additional description

 

(host to switcher)

(switcher to host)

 

Executive mode

 

 

 

Lock front panel

X

Exe1

Enable executive mode.

Unlock front panel

x

Exe0

Disable executive mode.

Resets

Reset global presets

Reset audio levels

Reset whole switcher

Esc

zG

ZapG••

Clear all global presets.

 

zA

ZapA••

Reset all audio levels to 0dB.

Esc

 

zXXX

ZapXXX

Clears all ties and presets, and

Esc

 

 

 

resets all audio gains to 0dB.

View ties, gain, and presets

View video output tie

V/v

X2

%

Out

X2

•In

X3

•Vid

 

Example:

v7%

 

Out07•In02•Vid

Output 7 video tied to input 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

video.

View audio output tie

V/v

 

$

Out

 

 

•In

 

 

•Aud

 

X2

X2

X3

 

Example:

V3$

 

Out03•In06•Aud

Output 3 audio tied to input 6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio.

View gain for input

V/v

 

G

In

 

 

•Aud=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X1

 

X1

X6

 

Example:

v4G

 

In04•Aud=-02

Gain for input #4 is -2dB.

View all output mutes

VM

 

X9

•(up to 16)•Mut

Each position listed in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

response is an output, left =

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

output 1, right = n (n = the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

maximum number of outputs for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this model).

Example2 (MAV 168):

VM

 

0•1•0•2•0•3•0•0•Mut

 

View preset configuration

V/v

 

.

 

•(up to16)•Vid•

 

•(up to 16)•Aud

X7

X3

X3

Each position listed in the response is an output, left = output 1, right= output n (n is the maximum number of outputs). The number in each position is the input tied to the output represented by that position.

Response description: Input# (I#) assigned to output# (O#)1•I# to O#2...I# to O#nVid•I# to O#1•I# to O#2...I# to O#nAud

Example2 (MAV 128 RCA):

V0.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preset #0 is current configuration.

 

Video input 8 tied to output 2

 

 

 

 

Audio input 5 tied to output 2

 

No tied audio input

 

Response = tied input:

 

 

 

 

08•08•08•08•07•09•11•03•Vid•05•05•05•05•07•09•11•00•Aud

 

 

Output:

01

 

02

 

03

 

04

 

05

 

06

 

07

 

08

 

01

 

02

 

03

 

04

 

05

 

06

 

07

 

08

 

Video = Input (I) 8 is tied to outputs (O) 1–4; I7— O5; I9 — O6; I11 — O7; I3 — O8.

Audio = The same as video except that input 5 is tied to outputs 1–4 and no input is tied to output 8.

Information requests

Information request

I/i

V

X1

X

X2

•A

X1

X

X2

•Exe

X10

V

X1

X

X2

= V size, A

X1

X

X2

=A Size.

Example:

i

V16X16•A16X16•Exe0

16 Video & 16 Audio inputs and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

outputs, front panel unlocked.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request part number

N/n

Nxx-xxx-xx

See appendix A for part #s.

Example:

N

N60-240-01

Composite MAV 1616 with audio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

part # is 60-240-01.

Query software version

Q/q

Ver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example:

Q

Ver2.00

Version shown is for example

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

only.

2Video-only models do not display audio configuration or mutes, and the number of outputs shown varies with the number of video or audio outputs.

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