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Command/response table for basic SIS commands (continued)

Command

ASCII command

Response

Additional

 

(host to switcher)

(switcher to host)

description

View ties, gain, volume, mutes, presets, file status, DSVP, and input status

Read RGB output tie

X@&

X!]

RGBHV input X! tied to

output X@.

 

 

 

Read video output tie

X@%

X!]

Video input X! tied to

 

 

 

output X@.

Read audio output tie

X@$

X!]

Audio input X! tied to

 

 

 

output X@.

Read input audio level

X#G

X*]

 

Example:

4G

-02]

Gain for input 4 is -2 dB.

View output volume

X@V

X^]

 

Example:

7V

55]

Volume for output 7 is 55 steps

 

 

 

(9 dB of attenuation, 86.5% of

 

 

 

total volume).

Read input video format

X#\

X$]

Show the video format of

 

 

 

input X#.

N The only valid input (X@) numbers are 11 through 14.

 

 

View output mutes

EVM}

X1@1X1@2X1@3 ... X1@12]

Each X1@ response is the

 

 

 

mute status of an output,

 

 

 

starting from output 1.

Example:

EVM}

Mut0 230 1 0 0 0 0 0 00]

Output 2 audio left is muted,

 

 

 

output 3 video and the left

audio channel are muted, and output 5 video and the right audio channel are muted.

All other outputs are unmuted.

NThe “Mut” portion of the response appears only when the switcher is in Verbose mode 2 or 3. See the Verbose mode command on page 4-20.

N X! = Input number for tie

00

– 14 (00 = untied)

 

 

X@ = Output number

01

– 12 for video

 

 

X# = Input number

01

– 06 for audio

 

 

01

– 14

 

 

X$ = Input signal format

1

= composite video

 

 

X^ = Volume adjustment range

2

= S-video

 

 

00

– 64 (1 dB/step except for 0-to-1, which is 13 dB)

X* = Numeric dB value

-18 to +24 (Default = 0 dB)

 

 

X1@ = Video/audio mutes

0

= no mutes

4

= audio right (AR) mute

 

1

= video mute

5

= video and AR mute

 

2

= audio left (AL) mute

6

= AL and AR mute

 

3

= video and AL mute

7

= video, AL, and AR mute

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