RS-232 REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL

AND INTERFACE BOARD

First Edition

October, 1999

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Copyright

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P/N 120678 Rev.A

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CONTENTS

Introduction ......................................................................................... 2

Installation ........................................................................................... 2

Operation ............................................................................................ 3

Remote Command Table .................................................................... 4

INTRODUCTION

T

hank you for purchasing

Deuce Remote Control Interface.

This

manual only includes information regarding the RS-232 Remote

Control Protocol for Deuce. 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 Deuce. As always, we welcome your com-

ments and suggestions.

INSTALLATION

The interface is installed as follows:

1.

Disconnect all power and video connections to Deuce.

2.

Remove the two screws on the front panel.

3.

Gently, pop off the front panel and the bezel that surround the front

panel. DO NOT DISCONNECT THE FRONT PANEL FROM

THE CIRCUIT BOARD.

4.

Slide the top cover forward, towards the front of the unit, until it is

completely removed from the base.

5.

It is suggested that a notch be made in the rear of the top cover to

accommodate the exit of the flat gray that is part of the interface.

This can be done with a "nibbler" tool. There is no specific

accommodation for the interface board internal to or on the rear

panel of Deuce. As such, the gray cable must exit the rear of the

unit.

6.

Locate the 4 pin connector J13 on the Deuce circuit board. It is

located in the middle area of the board and slightly towards the front

right.

7.

Connect the brown 4 pin connector on the interface into J13.

Be

sure to locate the white marking on the connector to the left side

(Pin 1) of J13, towards the middle of the board.

8.

Route the gray cable towards the rear of the unit so that the interface

is outside the unit past the rear panel.

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9.

Reassemble the unit:

a.

Slide the top cover (with the notch for the gray cable) back on over

the base plate.

b.

Place the front bezel back on.

c.

Place the front panel back on and scew into place with the 2

screws removed in step 2.

OPERATION

COMMUNICATION

PARAMETERS:

!

!

!

!

9600 Baud

8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit

Generic TTY

No flow control

The DB-9F connector on the interface can be connected directly to the

DB-9M connector on a standard PC. No cross-over or null modem cable

is needed. A "straight" cable should be used.

The signal pin-outs for the connector are listed below. Please note that

neither hardware, nor software flow control is supported.

DB-9F Connector

Signal

1 ..............................................DCD

2 ..............................................RXD

3 ..............................................TXD

4 ..............................................DTR

5 ..............................................GND

6 ..............................................DSR

7 ..............................................RTS

8 ..............................................CTS

9 ..............................................No Connection

COMMAND FORMATS:

All commands are case insensitive. Illegal commands, or commands with

illegal parameters, have no effect. The unit will return “Unknown Cmd”.

Please note that a carriage return is a carriage return only and not

a carriage return with a line feed.

Write Format for Commands

with

Parameters:

<two_letter_command_name>:,<parameter> <carriage_return>

For example, send the following command to select the s-video input.

is:,1↵

Sending <two_letter_command_name>:,<carriage_return> without the

parameter will set the command to parameter 0.

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Write Format for Commands

without

Parameters:

<two_letter_command_name><carriage_return>

As an example, reset to the factory defaults by sending the following

command:

sr↵

Read Format:

<two_letter_command_name>:<carriage_return>

returns

<two_letter_command_name>:=<parameter_value>

For instance, read the output format setting by sending the following

read command: of:↵

The unit will send back the following message: of:=2

REMOTE COMMAND TABLE:

Command

sr

lo

ul

is

if

of

Parameter

N/A

N/A

N/A

0

1

0

1

0

1

2

3

4

5

0

1

2

#[1-512]

#[1-256]

#[1-256]

#[1-512]

#[1-512]

#[1-256]

Description

System Reset

lock panel

unlock panel

Composite Inset Source

S-Video Input Source

Normal (4:3) Input Format

Letter (16:9) Input Format

640x480 Output Format

852x480 Output Format

800x600 Output Format

832x624 Output Format

1024x768 Output Format

1280x1024 output Format

60 Output Rate

75 Output Rate

Locked Output Rate

horizontal position

vertical postion

brightness

contrast

saturation

hue

Defaults*

d

d

d

or

d

hp

vp

br

co

sa

hu

resolution dependent

resolution dependent

128

216

reg. E=180 reg. D=254

128

N/A = not applicable

# = a number within the range detail within the brackets.

Only the

actual number should be inserted into the string; do not include the

"#" or the brackets.

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