(and Scan Do Pro II/D)
High Resolution VGA and Macintosh
®
Computer-to-Video Scan Converter
RS-232 REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL
WORLD HEADQUARTERS
55 Cabot Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788 USA
TEL: (631) 273-0404 FAX: (631) 273-1638
WWW: http://www.commspecial.com
EMAIL: info@commspecial.com
Communciations Specialties Pte Ltd
Serving the Asia Pacific Region
100 Beach Road
#22-09 Shaw Tower
Singapore 189702
TEL: +65 6391 8790 FAX: +65 6396 0138
EMAIL: csiasia@commspecial.com
Copyright
2001
P/N 120900 Rev. E
Scan Do
®
Pro II RS-232 Protocol
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CONTENTS
Communications Specialties, Inc.
55 Cabot Court
Hauppauge, NY 11788 USA
TEL: (631) 273-0404
FAX: (631) 273-1638
WWW: http://www.commspecial.com
EMAIL: info@commspecial.com
Communications Specialties Pte Ltd
100 Beach Road
#22-09 Shaw Tower
Singapore 189702
TEL: +65 6391 8790
FAX: +65 6396 0138
EMAIL: csiasia@commspecial.com
Introduction ........................................................................................ 2
Operation ............................................................................................ 2
Communication Parameters ......................................................... 2
Command Formats ....................................................................... 3
Remote Command Table ............................................................. 4
INTRODUCTION
T
hank you for purchasing
Scan Do Pro II,
the amazingly affordable,
high-performance, computer-to-video scan converter. This manual
only includes information regarding the RS-232 Remote Control
Protocol for Scan Do Pro II. For complete operating instructions, please refer
to the User’s Manual that came with your unit.
Should you need to contact us for support, our office is open Monday
through Friday, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time. We also offer
a comprehensive web site for your added convenience.
Thank you for choosing Scan Do Pro II. As always, we welcome your
comments and suggestions.
OPERATION
COMMUNICATION
PARAMETERS:
n
n
n
n
9600 Baud
8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit
Generic TTY
No flow control
1
1 - Ground
2 - Receive Data
3 - Transmit Data
Transmit Data 3
Receive Data 2
Ground 1
RS-232 female cable connector
To Select Rear Panel
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
DB-9 Female
F
IGURE
1: RS-232 M
ALE
R
ECEPTACLE
To Computer Com Port
F
IGURE
2: S
CAN
D
O
P
RO
II RS-232
R
EMOTE TO
C
OMPUTER
C
ABLE
C
ONNECTION
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COMMAND FORMATS:
All commands are case insensitive. Illegal commands, or commands with illegal
parameters have no effect. The unit will return an error message.
Please note that a carriage return is a carriage return only and not a carriage return
with a line feed.
COMMAND SYNTAX TO UNIT:
The following table lists the syntax for the user remote protocol commands.
Command Syntax Table
Command Description
write command
read command
no parameters
with data
no parameters
Syntax
xx:,↵
xx:,zz↵
xx:↵
Where:
↵
= carriage return, no line feed
xx = two letter command
zz = data from 1 to 3 digits in decimal
RESPONSE SYNTAX FROM UNIT:
The table below lists the possible responses back from the Scan Do Pro II.
Response Syntax Table
Response Description
Welcome message
Hardware Failure
Good command, no data back
Good command, data back
Unrecognized two letter command
Parameter out of range
Syntax error
Not valid with current state
Communication error during
reception of command
Timing error – previous command
not yet serviced.
Where:
↵
= carriage return, no line feed
xx = two letter command
zz = data from 1 to 3 digits in decimal
Syntax
↵unit
title version compile
date compile time
↵>
↵Hardware
Failure↵>
↵>
↵xx:=zz↵>
↵E1↵>
↵E2↵>
↵E3↵>
↵E4↵>
↵E5↵>
↵E6↵>
EXAMPLE COMMAND:
To change the antiflicker to level 2, send the following:
The unit will send back:
To read the antiflicker level, send:
The unit will reply with:
af:,2↵
↵>
af:↵
↵af:=2↵>
USER REMOTE COMMANDS:
All commands that are available to the Scan Do Pro II user are listed in the
User Command Remote Table on the following page.
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®
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USER REMOTE
COMMAND TABLE:
Two letter
command name
sr
vd
hd
pl
pr
pu
pd
jl
jr
ju
jd
qd
Parameter
1
N/A
2
N/A
2
N/A
2
N/A
2
N/A
2
N/A
2
N/A
2
1 to 999
1 to 999
1 to 999
1 to 999
0
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0 to 250
Description
System reset to factory defaults
Vertical default
Horizontal default
Pan left
Pan right
Pan up
Pan down
Jump left by X pans
3
Jump right by X pans
3
Jump up by X pans
3
Jump down by X pans
3
Move to upper right quadrant
Move to upper left quadrant
Move to lower left quadrant
Move to lower right quadrant
Zoom 0.85x
Zoom 1.0x
Zoom 1.3x
Zoom 1.6x
Zoom 2.0x
No antiflicker
Antiflicker level 1
Antiflicker level 2
Antiflicker level 3
Maximum antiflicker
Unlock Genlock & Phasing keys
Lock Genlock & Phasing keys
Unlock front panel
Lock front panel
LED test mode off
LED test mode on
Test mode off
Test mode on
Freeze disabled
Freeze enabled
Genlock mode off
Genlock mode on
H phase
Available
commands
write only
write only
write only
write only
write only
write only
write only
write only
write only
write only
write only
read & write
Default
Value
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
zm
read & write
1
af
read & write
0
lg
lk
lt
te
fz
gl
ph
read & write
read & write
read & write
read & write
read & write
read & write
read & write
0
0
0
0
0
0
125
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Two letter
command name
ps
vf
cs
vn
Parameter
1
0 to 255
0
1
0
1
N/A
2
Description
Subcarrier phase
Vertical filter off
Vertical filter on
RGB color space
YUV color space
Returns unit model name
with firmware version
number, date and time in
the following format.
Scan Do Pro II Version 1.4,
Aug 23 2000, 17:27:08
Output format NTSC
Output format PAL
Unit not genlocked
Valid genlock condition
Input format VGA 640x 400
Input format VGA 640 x 480
Input format VGA 800 x 600
Input format MAC 832 x 624
Input format VGA 800 x 600, 72 Hz
Input format VGA 1024 x 768
Input format VGA 1152 x 864
Input format SUN 1152 x 900
Input format VGA 1280 x 960
Input format VGA 1280 x 1024
Input format Input Error
Available
commands
read & write
read & write
read & write
read only
Default
Value
128
0
1
-
ot
gv
in
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
read only
read only
read only
-
-
-
1. All numbers are in decimal.
2. N/A = not applicable
3. A command that is issued with a parameter that exceeds the limits of the panning range will
cause the image to pan to the limit.
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®
Pro II RS-232 Protocol
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