GROUP FADER PARAMETER REQUEST: 52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 41[H],42[H] (‘RGFA,B’) 52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 31[H]-36[H] (‘RGF1-2’)

This command is used to read the setup of any desired single channel of the GROUP FADER from the SRP-X700P. The commands that correspond to the respective channels are shown below.

GROUP FADER

Command

 

 

MASTER A

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 41[H] ‘RGFA’

 

 

MASTER B

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 42[H] ‘RGFB’

 

 

REMOTE 1

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 31[H] ‘RGF1’

REMOTE 2

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 32[H] ‘RGF2’

 

 

REMOTE 3

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 33[H] ‘RGF3’

 

 

REMOTE 4

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 34[H] ‘RGF4’

 

 

REMOTE 5

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 35[H] ‘RGF5’

 

 

REMOTE 6

52[H] 47[H] 46[H] 36[H] ‘RGF6’

 

 

Packet format

52[H] 52[H] 4C[H] 31[H] “parameter” 0D[H]

Parameter

Specify the scene No. of the scene memory that you want to read, as the parameter. For the method of specifying the scene No., refer to the GROUP FADER command (page 29).

Return packet format

When communication with the SRP-X700P is established with success, the parameter is returned together with ACK (41[H] (‘A’)) in the order shown below.

41[H] “parameter” 0D[H]

The parameters are the same as the 12 bytes of the GROUP FADER command from which the scene No. is exempted.

INFORMATION : 43[H] 49[H] 4E[H] 46[H] (‘CINF’)

This command is used to set the information and to implement the power-on setting.

Packet format

43[H] 50[H] 49[H] 4F[H] “parameter” 0D[H]

Parameter

The parameter consists of the 129-byte data all the time in the order as shown in the table below.

byte

Parameter name

 

 

1st

Power On Setting

 

 

2nd-129th

INFORMATION

 

 

Power On Setting (1st byte)

This command is sued to implement the Power On Setting.

Power On Setting

 

LAST MEMORY

30[H] (‘0’)

 

 

DEFAULT

31[H] (‘1’)

 

 

SCENE No.1

32[H] (‘2’)

 

 

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Sony RS-232C manual Information 43H 49H 4EH 46H ‘CINF’, Power On Setting 1st byte, Last Memory, Default

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