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Pearl User Guide

Control with RS-232 / serial port

The table describes the RS-232 commands supported by Pearl.

Table 36

Supported RS-232 Commands

Command Name

Description

Recording Commands

START.

START.

Starts recording for the provided channel or recorder. This can alternatively be
accomplished with the following set commands:

SET..rec_enabled=on
SAVECFG

If the channel is already recording, the current recording file is closed and a new
file is started.

START

Starts recording for all channels and recorders.
For channels already recording, the current recording file is closed and a new file is
started.

STOP.

START.

Stops recording for the provided channel or recorder. This can alternatively be
accomplished with the following set commands:

SET..rec_enabled=""
SAVECFG

STOP

Stops recording for all channels and recorders.

SNAPSHOT.

Takes a snapshot image of the current channel (supported only if the channel is
configured to use the Motion JPEG codec). Snapshots are saved with recording
files on the system.

SNAPSHOT

Takes a snapshot image of all channels (supported only for channels configured to
use the Motion JPEG codec). Snapshots are saved with recording files on the sys-
tem.

Configuration Commands (see

Configuration keys for third party APIs

for available keys)

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