Kramer Electronics VS-88DTP - Manual (Page 45)

VS-88DTP - Kramer Protocol 41
14.2.1.2 Command String
Formal syntax with commands concatenation and addressing:
Start Address Body Delimiter
# Destination_id @ Command_1 Parameter1_1,Parameter1_2,…|
Command_2 Parameter2_1,Parameter2_2,…|
Command_3
Parameter3_1,Parameter3_2,…|…
CR
14.2.2 Device Message Format
Start Address (optional) Body delimiter
~ Sender_id @ Message CR LF
14.2.2.1 Device Long Response
Echoing command:
Start Address (optional) Body Delimiter
~ Sender_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)
14.2.3 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 alphameric 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 machine response