Communication Protocols

10 Communication Protocols

The VP-128His compatible with the Kramer 2000 Protocol Supported Subset (see section 10￿ .1), the Sierra Video Systems (SVS) RS-232 Compatible Protocol (see section 10￿ .2), and the Generic Protocol Supported Subset (see section 10￿ .3).

The following commands (as defined in Table 12) are used to switch between ASCII protocols and Protocol 2000:

Table 12: RS-232 Commands for Selecting Different Protocols

To Protocol ￿

Protocol

Generic Protocol

Sierra Protocol

 

 

2000

 

 

From Protocol ￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protocol 2000

 

0x38 0x82 0x81 0x81

0x38 0x81 0x81 0x81

 

 

 

 

Generic Protocol

A1<Enter>

 

A2<Enter>

 

 

 

 

Sierra Protocol

*CHANGE HEX!

*CHANGE NORT!

 

 

 

 

 

10.1Kramer 2000 Protocol Supported Subset

This RS-232 communication protocol uses four bytes of information as defined below. The default data rate is 9600 baud, with no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit.

 

 

MSB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LSB

 

 

 

DESTI-

 

 

INSTRUCTION

 

 

 

 

 

NATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

D

N5

N4

N3

 

N2

N1

N0

 

7

6

5

4

3

 

2

1

0

1st byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

 

 

 

 

1

I6

I5

I4

I3

 

I2

I1

I0

 

7

6

5

4

3

 

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUTPUT

 

 

 

 

 

1

O6

O5

O4

O3

 

O2

O1

O0

 

7

6

5

4

3

 

2

1

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3rd byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MACHINE NUMBER

 

 

1

OVR

X

M4

M3

 

M2

M1

M0

 

7

6

5

4

3

 

2

1

0

4th byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kramer Electronics VP-128H user manual Communication Protocols, Kramer 2000 Protocol Supported Subset

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