RS-232 REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL
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Deuce MC RS-232 Protocol
  Communications Specialties - Deuce MC Manual
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
CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................ 2
Operation ................................................................................. 2-3
Remote Command Table ............................................................ 4
INTRODUCTION
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
Thank you for purchasing Deuce
MC. This manual only in-
cludes information regarding the RS-232 Remote Control Protocol
for Deuce MC. 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 MC. 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
Figure 1. Deuce MC RS-232 Remote
to Computer Cable Connection
Figure 2. Deuce MC RS-232
Remote Rear Panel Receptacle
COMMAND FORMATS:
All commands are case insensitive. Illegal commands, or com-
mands with illegal parameters, have no effect. In such instances, 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.
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COMMAND SYNTAX
TO UNIT:
The following table lists the syntax for the user remote protocol
commands.
COMMAND DESCRIPTION
Write Command no parameters
with data
Read Command no parameters
Where:
↵
= carriage return, no line feed
xx = two letter command
zz = data from 1 to 3 digits in decimal
SYNTAX
xx:,↵
xx:,zz↵
xx:↵
RESPONSE SYNTAX BACK
FROM UNIT:
The table below lists the possible responses back from the Deuce MC.
RESPONSE DESCRIPTION
Welcome message
Hardware Failure
Good command, no data back
Good command, data back
Parameter out of range
Syntax error
Not valid with current state
Communication error during
reception of command
Timing error -- previous
command not yet serviced
Hardware error
SYNTAX
↵unit
title version compile
date compile time↵>
↵Hardware
Failure↵>
↵>
↵xx:=zz↵>
↵E2↵>
↵E3↵>
↵E4↵>
↵E5↵>
↵E6↵>
↵E7↵>
Unrecognized 2-letter command
↵E1↵>
Where:
↵
= carriage return, no line feed
xx = two letter command
zz = data from 1 to 3 digits in decimal
EXAMPLE COMMAND:
To unlock the front panel, send the following:
The unit will send back:
To read whether the front panel is locked, send:
The unit will reply with:
Deuce MC RS-232 Protocol
lk:,0↵
↵
>
lk:↵
↵lk:=0↵>
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USER REMOTE COM-
MANDS:
All commands that are available to the Deuce MC user are listed in the
User Command Remote Table, shown below:
User Remote Command Table
Two Letter
Command
Name
sr
is
of
mc
lk
lt
vn
Parameter
N/A
2
0
1
2
0
1
2
3
4
0
1
2
3
4
5
0
1
0
1
N/A
2
1
Description
System reset to factory defaults
Input source Composite Video
Input source S-Video
Input source Y-C
B
-C
R
Output format Line Double
Output format Line Quadruple
Output format 852x480 (16:9)
Output format 800x600
Output format 1024x768
Motion comp Adaptive Frame (NTSC only)
Motion comp Vertical Temporal
Motion comp Static Mesh
Motion comp Auto 1 (AF, VT, SM) (NTSC only)
Motion comp Auto 2 (AF, VT) (NTSC only)
Motion comp Auto 3 (SM, VT)
Unlock front panel
Lock front panel
LED test mode off
LED test mode on
Returns unit model name with firmware version
number, date and time in the following format:
Deuce MC Version 1.4, Aug 23 2000, 17:27:08
Output type RGBHV
Output type RGBS
Output type Y-C
B
-C
R
Input format NTSC
Input format PAL
No input signal
Available
Commands
write only
read and
write
read and
write
Default
Value
-
0
4
read and
write
3
read and
write
read and
write
read only
0
0
-
ot
in
0
1
2
0
1
2
read only
-
read only
-
1. All numbers are in decimal.
2. N/A = not applicable
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