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Section 5: Serial Transport & Control Methods

VN-MATRIX User Guide

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Device Commands

mode

Changes the operating mode of the specified device.

is the device serial number of the device or the user-defined device name.

is the required mode and can be set to:

enable – for normal operation

disable – to stop encoder source streaming or stop display output on a decoder

standby – to stop encoder source streaming or display splash screen on a decoder

EXAMPLE: mode 16 enable

channel .videoport.protocol>

Changes the source being displayed in a window of the specified decoder device.

is the device serial number of the device or the user-defined device name.

is the window object number. Currently this can only be 0.

.videoport.protocol> is the source to be displayed, where:

source id is the serial number of the source device,

videoport is the video input number, usually set to 0,

protocol specifies either RTP or TCP, set to 0 for RTP or 1 for TCP.

NOTE: Full stops (.) are required between the sourceid, videoport and protocol values.

EXAMPLE: channel 17 0 16.0.1

optimization

Changes the compression transform for the specified encoder device.

is the device serial number of the device or the user-defined device name.

is the video input number, usually set to 0.

is the source transform to be used and can be set to:

video – for video sources

graphics – for graphics sources

EXAMPLE: optimization 16 0 video

bandwidth

Changes the target bandwidth value for the specified encoder device.

is the device serial number of the device or the user-defined device name.

is the video input number, usually set to 0.

is the bandwidth value in Megabits per second.

EXAMPLE: bandwidth 16 0 5