ETC Cobalt Family v7.1.0 - Manual (Page 254)

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Examples
Go M3,100 (Master 3 GOTO Preset 100 in default time)
Go PB,1 (Goto Step 1 in the sequence of the Main Playback)
Relay 1 ,2 ,ON (Set relay 2 in group 1 to ON)
See also OSC Functionality
Serial COM data
In an Action Macro, this data is started with the word COM. Two parameters are used after the COM
type.
• Group number (group 0 is the local console) followed by a comma.
• The parameter values (hexadecimal or ASCII)
RULES
• You can mix ASCII and hexadecimal values.
• The data bytes are separated by a space character.
• A hex byte is always written as two hexadecimal characters (like AE) followed by a space.
• An ASCII character is written as a single character followed by a space.
• Carriage return is written 0D.
• Line feed is written 0A.
• Tab is written 09.
Examples
COM 1 ,ee 0e 00 00 40 M a c r o 1 . E X E C 00 00 (ETC Unison system example string)
COM 1 ,41 42 43 sends a serial string with three bytes (all values in hex)
COM 1 ,P L A Y 1 sends a serial string with the value PLAY1 (ASCII data)
COM 1 ,P L A Y 1 0D sends a serial string with the value PLAY1 followed by Carriage Return.
MIDI Data
You can send an arbitrary data string on the console MIDI port, or through MIDI on a Net3 Gateway.
In an Action, this data is started with the word MIDI followed by port, comma and data.
RULES
When specifying data for a MIDI port trigger or Action, you enter the string with hexadecimal values.