Gilderfluke&Co Sd-50 Audio & Show Controllers - Manual (Page 57)

from around the block or around the world. Commands can be addressed to a single card on the network, or all the cards
simultaneously. When in ‘Net Serial’ mode, any serial responses from the Sd-50/xx will be sent out through the normal RS-
232 serial port. You will not get responses on the DMX-512 out terminals.
1) ! Echo Commands:
! ! Echo On: “a” [nn] (card address)
! ! Echo Off: “b”
The ‘Echo ON’ command will turn on a special mode that will cause all serial port commands to echo
on the selected card. This used when you are setting up serial commands so you can verify all the com-
mands you are issuing are being received correctly (the ‘echo’ responses are shown in italics):
If you send “a00”, the echo mode will be turned ON:
! ! card 00h/__0, echo mode on
If you send “*03” to request a specific show:
! ! card 00h/__0, requested show 03h/__3 CHEEBURG
If you send “t00” to start the requested show playing on a specific card:
! ! card 00h/__0, starting show 03h/__3 CHEEBURG
If you send “!00” to start a show looping on a specific card:
! ! card 00h/__0, looping show 04h/__4 FRUTCAKE
If you send “u” to stop a show playing:
! ! card 00h/__0, stopped show 05h/__5 IGETARND
If you send “u” to stop a card that is already stopped, it will give you an error message:
! ! card 00h/__0, error: not playing or looping 05h/__5 IGETARND
Similar error messages will be returned whenever you ask the card to do something that it can not do
at the current time.
The ‘Echo OFF’ command will turn off the echo mode on all the cards in the system.
2) ! Card Status: “i” [nn] (card address)
The following shows a Sd-50/xx information status response:
-Gilderfluke & Co. Sd-50/40 Audio/Show Controller vers. 1.00 copyright 2007 DCM-
Card at 00h/__0 | DMX-512 w/258 /CS data Rxd | flash: 4 MBytes (locked)
1/4 J6 in: 00000000b | MCU in: 00000000b
A/Green: Open | B/Red: Open | C/Blue: Open | D/White: Open | RTC: GPS
set: CRoom1__.a00 | # of shows: _10 | # of channels: 236 | @ offset: __0
show: _10 CR1_LOff.sho looping @ frame _____29
GPS time: dst 01:23:45 Sunday January 01, 2007 sch: Sundays in May
GPS: 34º10'35.94"N 118º18'40.17"W alt:171m spd:12.3k hdg:123º sats:8 hdop:0.9m
sound: _15 SoundFiles playing #__0 FileName.MP3 @ 12345 sec. vol: 255/255
Status Screen: (Sample data: Your show data will differ from what is shown.)
The status screen is a snapshot image of the current status of the Sd-50/xx. If you want to update the
status information displayed, you must hit the ‘Card Status’ command a second time.
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