Kramer Electronics VS-84H user manual Instruction Codes for Protocol

Kramer Protocol 2000

For a single machine controlled via the serial port, always set M4…M0 = 1, and make sure that the machine itself is configured as MACHINE NUMBER = 1.

Table 6: Instruction Codes for Protocol 2000

Note: All values in the table are decimal, unless otherwise stated.

	INSTRUCTION		DEFINITION FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION			NOTE
#	DESCRIPTION		INPUT		OUTPUT
0	RESET VIDEO	0		0		1
1	SWITCH VIDEO	Set equal to video input		Set equal to video output which is		2, 15
		which is to be switched		to be switched
		(0 = disconnect)		(0 = to all the outputs)
3	STORE VIDEO STATUS	Set as SETUP #		0	- to store	2, 3, 15
				1	- to delete
4	RECALL VIDEO STATUS	Set as SETUP #		0		2, 3, 15
5	REQUEST STATUS OF A	Set as SETUP #		Equal to output number whose		4, 3
	VIDEO OUTPUT			status is reqd
15	REQUEST WHETHER SETUP	SETUP #		0	- for checking if setup is defined	8
	IS DEFINED / VALID INPUT IS	or		1	- for checking if input is valid
	DETECTED	Input #
30	LOCK FRONT PANEL	0	- Panel unlocked	0		2
		1	- Panel locked
31	REQUEST WHETHER PANEL	0		0		16
	IS LOCKED
61	IDENTIFY MACHINE	1	- video machine name	0	- Request first 4 digits	13
				1	- Request first suffix
		2	- audio machine name
		3	- video software version	2	- Request second suffix
				3	- Request third suffix
		4	- audio software version
		5	- RS422 controller name	10 - Request first prefix
				11 - Request second prefix
		6	- RS422 controller
		version		12 - Request third prefix
		7	- remote control name
		8	- remote software
		version
		9	- Protocol 2000 revision
62	DEFINE MACHINE	1	- number of inputs	1	- for video	14
		2	- number of outputs	2	- for audio
		3	- number of setups	3	- for SDI
				4	- for remote panel
				5	- for RS-422 controller

NOTES on the above table:

NOTE 1 - When the master switcher is reset, (e.g. when it is turned on), the reset code is sent to the PC. If this code is sent to the switchers, it will reset according to the present power-down settings.

NOTE 2 - These are bi-directional definitions. That is, if the switcher receives the code, it will perform the instruction; and if the instruction is performed (due to a keystroke operation on the front panel), then these codes are sent. For example, if the

HEX code
01	85	88	83

was sent from the PC, then the switcher (machine 3) will switch input 5 to output 8. If the user switched input 1 to output 7 via the front panel keypad, then the switcher will send HEX codes:

41 81 87 83 to the PC.

When the PC sends one of the commands in this group to the switcher, then, if the instruction is valid, the switcher replies by sending to the PC the same four bytes that it was sent (except for the first byte, where the DESTINATION bit is set high).

NOTE 3 - SETUP # 0 is the present setting. SETUP # 1 and higher are the settings saved in the switcher's memory, (i.e. those used for Store and Recall).

NOTE 4 - The reply to a "REQUEST" instruction is as follows: the same instruction and INPUT codes as were sent are returned, and the OUTPUT is assigned the value of the requested parameter. The replies to instructions 10 and 11 are as per the definitions in instructions 7 and 8 respectively. For example, if the present status of machine number 5 is breakaway setting, then the reply to the HEX code

0B	80	80	85
would be HEX codes
4B	80	81	85

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