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2 device message format, 1 device long response, 3 command terms – Kramer Electronics VS-44HDCP User Manual

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12.1.2

Device Message Format

Start

Address (optional)

Body

delimiter

~

device_id@

Message

CR LF

12.1.2.1 Device Long Response

Echoing command:

Start

Address (optional)

Body

Delimiter

~

device_id@

Command SP [

Param1 ,Param2 …] result CR LF

CR = Carriage return (ASCII 13 = 0x0D)
LF = Line feed (ASCII 10 = 0x0A)
SP = Space (ASCII 32 = 0x20)

12.1.3

Command Terms

Command

A sequence of ASCII letters ('A'-'Z', 'a'-'z' and '-').

Command and parameters must be separated by at least one space.

Parameters

A sequence of alphanumeric ASCII characters ('0'-'9','A'-'Z','a'-'z' and some special

characters for specific commands). Parameters are separated by commas.

Message string

Every command entered as part of a message string begins with a message

starting character and ends with a message closing character.

Note: A string can contain more than one command. Commands are separated by

a pipe ( '|' ) character.

Message starting character

'#'

– For host command/query

'~'

– For device response

Device ID (Optional, for K-NET)

K-NET Device ID followed by '@'

Query sign

'?' follows some commands to define a query request.