Serial Communications
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PRELIMINARY
[SDB 000# Set PIP size
0 = small
1 = medium
2 = large
Example: [SDB0001 selects medium PIP size
[SDE 000# Set PIP aspect ratio
0 = 4:3
1 = 16:9
Example: [SDE0001 selects 16:9 aspect ratio PIP window
[SDF 000# Set PIP window position
0 = Top/Left
1 = Top/Right
2 = Bottom/Left
3 = Bottom/Right
Example: [SDF0001 positions PIP window in upper-right corner of display area
The following serial commands are meant to emulate buttons on the remote control. Each button
has its own serial command, so effectively it is as if you were using the IR remote only you’ll be doing
so via serial commands. These commands provide active OSD responses just like the IR remote.
Each command begins with [key followed by the four-digit number of the button. No carriage
return is necessary. The response you receive from the unit if the command is valid will be a
right-bracket (]) followed by the four-digit numeric code you sent. (For example, the ‘ON’ command
is [key0015; the response will be ]0015). All commands are in ASCII.
[key 0002 OFF
0015 ON
[key 0004 Number 1
0005 Number 2
0006 Number 3
0008 Number 4
0009 Number 5
0010 Number 6
0012 Number 7
0013 Number 8
0014 Number 9
0035 Number “–”
0017 Number 0
0023 TV
[key 0105 INPUT1
Table 6-1. Serial Commands (continued)
Command Description