5. Warranty, Safety

& Specifications

 

 

 

4. Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

3. Optional

Accessories

 

 

2. Setup & Use

 

 

 

1. Overview

 

 

14.RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE COMMAND DEFINITION CONT’D

BASIC COMMAND SET FOR AUDIO SWITCHER OPERATIONS CONT’D

Audio Input Functions for the A/V Source Group Cont’d

10. TOGGLE MUTE FOR MICROPHONE AUDIO INPUTS COMMAND

<CMD>

Hex

<Param> Value

Definition

Symbol

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

TMMI

0xEA

Command Packet:

This command toggles

 

 

The controller sends no

between mute and un-mute

 

 

for the microphone audio

 

 

<Param> character in the

 

 

inputs.

 

 

command packet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

When set to mute, the 860

 

 

 

microphone Channel A & B

 

 

 

volumes are set to -79dB.

 

 

 

When set to unmute, the

 

 

 

860 resets the microphone

 

 

 

volumes to their previous

 

 

 

volume setting.

 

 

 

Response Packet:

 

 

 

If the command is properly

 

 

 

received, the CAT 860

 

 

 

responds by repeating

 

 

 

back the command packet

 

 

 

with an added imbedded

 

 

 

<Param> character

 

 

 

containing the value 0x80

 

 

 

if the resultant state is

 

 

 

“un-muted” and 0x81 if the

 

 

 

resultant state is “muted”.

 

 

 

If the command is not

 

 

 

received properly, the CAT

 

 

 

860 responds by sending a

 

 

 

<NACK> character.

 

 

 

 

13.RS-232 SERIAL INTERFACE PROGRAMMING CONT’D

BASIC COMMAND SET FOR AUDIO SWITCHER OPERATIONS CONT’D

Audio Input Functions for the A/V Source Group Cont’d

11. QUERY ENABLED AUDIO/VIDEO SOURCE COMMAND

<CMD>

Hex

<Param> Value

Definition

Symbol

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

QEAV?

0xEB

Command Packet:

This command causes the

 

 

The controller sends no

CAT 860 to return a query

 

 

response packet where the

 

 

<Param> character in the

 

 

added <Param> character

 

 

command packet.

 

 

contains the “enable” status

 

 

 

 

 

 

set by EAVS (<0xE0>).

 

 

 

Response Packet:

 

 

 

If the command is properly

 

 

 

received, the CAT 860

 

 

 

responds by repeating back

 

 

 

the command packet to the

 

 

 

serial controller with the

 

 

 

added <Param> character

 

 

 

containing the value

 

 

 

indicating the “enable”

 

 

 

status set by EAVS (<0xE0>).

 

 

 

The possible values are

 

 

 

shown below:

 

 

 

0x80 = TV/VCR Enabled

 

 

 

0x81 = CD/DVD Enabled

 

 

 

0x82 = COMPUTER Enabled

 

 

 

0x83 = AUX IN Enabled

 

 

 

If the command is not

 

 

 

received properly, the CAT

 

 

 

860 responds by sending a

 

 

 

<NACK> character.

 

 

 

 

5. Warranty, Safety

& Specifications

 

 

 

4. Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

3. Optional

Accessories

 

 

 

2. Setup & Use

 

 

 

1. Overview

 

 

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LightSpeed Technologies CAT 860 user manual Toggle Mute for Microphone Audio Inputs Command, Tmmi, Qeav?

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