PARALLEL I/O PARAMETER REQUEST : 52[H] 50[H] 49[H] 4F[H] ('RPIO')

This command is used to read setup of the REMOTE PARALLEL terminal from the SRP-X700P.

Packet format

52[H] 50[H] 49[H] 4F[H] 0D[H]

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 parameter is the same as the 44 bytes of the PARALLEL I/O command parameter from which the scene No. is exempted.

REC OUT : 43[H] 4F[H] 52[H] 31[H],32[H] (‘COR1,2’)

This command is used to implement setting up the desired single channel of the REC OUT 1 and 2.

Various setups can be memorized in the scene memories by specifying these scene Nos.

The commands that correspond to the respective channels are shown below.

CHANNEL

Command

REC OUT 1

52[H] 4F[H] 52[H] 31[H] ‘ROR1’

 

 

REC OUT 2

52[H] 4F[H] 52[H] 32[H] ‘ROR2’

 

 

Packet format

43[H] 4F[H] 52[H] 31[H] “parameter” 0D[H]

(In the case of REC OUT 1)

Parameter

The parameter consists of the 10 bytes all the time in the order as shown in the table below.

byte

Parameter name

 

 

1st

SCENE No.

 

 

2nd-9th

INDEX

10th

REF LEVEL

 

 

When you specify NONE (30[H] ‘0’) as the scene No. in the 1st byte, you can establish the present setup.

At the same time, when you specify the scene No. (31[H] (‘1’) through 44[H] (‘D’)), the parameters of the subsequent 2nd to 10th bytes are written in the scene memory.

Method to set the scene No. and index is the same as that of the GROUP FADER command. See pages 29 and 30. Method to set the REF LEVEL is the same as that of the LINE OUTPUT3-8 commands. See page 40.

For the packet example, see the example of the LINE 3 INPUT command on page 35. However, the parameter length becomes 10 bytes.

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Sony RS-232C manual Parallel I/O Parameter Request 52H 50H 49H 4FH Rpio, REC OUT 43H 4FH 52H 31H,32H ‘COR1,2’, Rec Out

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