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Communication and Control, cont’d
IPL T S Series • Communication and Control
4-6
Command
ASCII (T
elnet)
(host to unit)
URL Encoded (W
eb)
(host to unit)
Response
(unit to host)
Additional description
Bidir
ectional serial data port
Send data string
E
X!
*
X1&
*
X2)
*
X2!
RS
}X@
W
X!
%2A
X1&
%2A
X2)
%2A
X2!
RS
|X@
response
fr
om
command
]
X!
= specific port number (01 – 99)
1 = r
ear host (Host Contr
ol RS-232 port)
2 = fr
ont panel Config port
3 = slaved switcher (MLS port)
4 = display port (Pr
ojector RS-232/IR)
5 = IR/Serial port
A
6 = IR/Serial port B
7 = IR/Serial port C
X@
= command data section (< 200 bytes).
X1&
= time in tens of ms for the IPL
T S unit
to wait until r
eceipt of the first r
esponse
character befor
e terminating the curr
ent
receive operation (default = 10 = 100 ms,
max. = 32767). The r
esponse includes
leading zer
os.
X2)
= time in tens of ms for the IPL
T S to
wait between characters being r
eceived via
a serial port befor
e terminating the curr
ent
receive operation (default = 2 = 20
ms,
max. = 32767). The r
esponse includes
leading zer
os.
X2!
= #L
or #D. The letter parameter is case
sensitive (r
equir
es a capital “D” or capital
“L”). The r
esponse includes leading zer
os.
L =
L
ength of the message to be r
eceived.
D =
D
elimiter value.
# = byte count (for L) or a single
ASCII
character expr
essed in decimal form (for D).
Byte count # can be fr
om 0 to 32767,
default = 0. The
ASCII decimal delimiter #
value can be fr
om 0 to 00255, default = the
byte count.
Examples:
A
3-byte
length
=
3L.
A
delimiter
of
ASCII
0A
=
10D.
N
*
X1&
*
X2)
*
X2!
is
optional.
X1&
is
optional
only
if
X2)
is
also
missing.
If
these
thr
ee
variables
ar
e
not
specified,
the
default
values
ar
e
used.
For
this
command,
X1&
and
X2)
must
both
a)
equal
zer
o
or
b)
be
nonzer
o.
N
For W
eb encoding
for
X@
, convert
nonalphanumeric
characters
to
hex
numbers.
A
space
(hex
=
20)
is
encoded
as
%20.
A
plus
sign
(hex
=
2B)
is
encoded
as
%2B.
Example:
E
05*4*7*3L
RS
}
W05%2A4%2A7%2A3L
RS
|
response
fr
om
command
]
N
The
data
string
(
X@
) in
this
RS
command
is
limited
to
200
bytes.
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
LF
CR
20
Esc
30
space
!
“
#
$
%
&
’
40
(
)
*
+
,
-
.
/
0
1
50
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
:
;
60
<
=
>
?
@
A
B
C
D
E
70
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
80
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
90
Z
[
\
]
^
_
‘
a
b
c
100
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
110
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
120
x
y
z
{
|
}
~
Del
ASCII to Decimal Conversion T
able
To
find the decimal equiv
alent of the ASCII character
, add
the ro
w heading and column heading numbers together
.
LF = line f
eed
CR = carr
iage retur
n
(
}
)
Esc = escape
Del = delete