Extron Electronics SW VGA_Ars Series User Guide - Manual (Page 18)

SW VGArs / Ars Series Switchers • Remote Control
SW VGArs / Ars Series Switchers • Remote Control
Remote Contr
ol, cont’d
Timeout
Pauses of 10 seconds or longer between command
ASCII
characters r
esult in a timeout. The command operation is
aborted with no other indication.
Using the command/r
esponse table
The command/r
esponse table is on the next page. Lower
case
letters ar
e allowed in the command field only as indicated.
Symbols ar
e used thr
oughout the table to r
epr
esent variables in
the command/r
esponse fields. Command and r
esponse
examples ar
e shown thr
oughout the table. The
ASCII to HEX
conversion table below is for use with the command/r
esponse
table.
Symbol definitions
=
CR/LF (carriage r
eturn/line feed) (0x0D 0A)
•
=
space
X1
=
Input
number
0 thr
ough 6 (0 = output mute)
X2
=
Input
signal
status
0 = no signal detected 1 = signal detected
X3
=
On/of
f status
0 = of
f
1 = on
X4
=
Softwar
e version
x.xx
X5
=
Switch
mode
1 = normal switch mode 2 = auto switch mode
ASCII to HEX Con
ver
sion
T
ab
le
•
4-5
4-4
Command/response table for SIS commands
Command ASCII Command Response Additional description
(host to switcher) (switcher to host)
Input selection
Select video and audio input X1 ! In X1 All Select input X1 video and audio.
Select video input only X1 & In X1 Vid Select input X1 video only (audio breakaway).
Select audio input only X1 $ In X1 Aud Select input X1 audio only (audio breakaway).
Input video sensing
Request all inputs’ status 0S Sig•
X2 1 •
X2 2 •...•
X2 n Each
X2
response is the signal status of an input,
starting from input 1; n is the maximum number of
inputs for this model.
Example (SW6 VGArs) : 0S Sig•1•1•1•0•1•0 The input signal is present on inputs 1, 2, 3, and 5.
No signal is present on inputs 4 and 6.
Request one input’s status X1 S X2 X1 ’s signal status = X2 .
Video Mute
Mute video 1 B/b Vmt
X3
Video mute on
Unmute video 0 B/b Vmt X3 Video mute off
Read video mute B/b X3 Video mute status
Audio Mute
Mute audio 1 Z/z Amt X3 Audio mute on
Unmute audio 0 Z/z Amt
X3
Audio mute off
Read audio mute Z/z X3 Audio mute status