Nevion Multicon - Manual (Page 78)

Protocol Specifications 78
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• Northbound (host):
− Listens for connections on port 12345
• Southbound (client):
− Connects to client using TCP/IP port configured in Nevion Configurator
Multicon supports the following commands for northbound interfaces:
Command Name Comments
BK Background Activites
QE Query Error Definition
QH Query Alarms
QN Query Names
QC Query Combined Destination Status
QD / Qd Query Destination Status
QI / Qi Query Destination Status – Response type 1
QJ / Qj Query Destination Status – Response type 2
TA Request Take
TD Request Take Destination
TI Request Take Index with Level Index
TJ Request Take Index wit Level Bit Map
PR Request Protect
UP Request UnProtect
Level mapping is used to handle limitation of 32 levels in Native protocol. Each row has dou-
ble mapping, one for video (0-15) and one for audio (16-31). In Native protocol doesn’t have au-
dio/video, so this is used to get mapping up to 32 levels. Note that chop, tie-line, room and salvo
related functionality is not supported for northbound access.
Multicon is using the following commands for southbound interfaces: