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Grass Valley Kaleido Remote Control Protocol Gateway May.2011 User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE

8 | Kaleido Remote Control Protocol (Gateway)

: The Gateway was not able to recognize the command.

Note: This command closes the current connection to the client via port 13000. This connection
must be re-established before another session can be opened. If you are using HyperTerminal, it
will automatically re-establish the previous connection if you begin typing new commands, but
other clients may require you to manually reconnect.

getParameterInfo

KX

This command serves two purposes: it can retrieve the current system’s name, or the version of
the Kaleido-X Software installed on this system.

To obtain the software version, the command is:

get key="softwareVersion"

Gateway response:

softwareVersion="Software Version"

: The Gateway was not able to recognize the command.

Example:
softwareVersion="4.XX-build.102"

To obtain the system name, the command is:

get key=”systemName”

Gateway response:

systemName="System Name"

: The Gateway was not able to recognize the command.

Example:
systemName="Cougar-X"

getKCurrentLayout

KX K2 AQ

This command retrieves the name of the current layout.

Gateway response:

For a Kaleido-Alto/Quad/Quad-Dual multi-viewer:

Currentlayout.xml

For a Kaleido-K2 or a Kaleido-X series multi-viewer: