Extron Electronics DVS 406 Series - Manual (Page 36)

DVS 406 • Serial Communication 3-2
Serial Communication
The DVS 406 can be remotely controlled via a host computer or other device
(such as a control system) attached to the rear panel RS-232 connector. The
control device (host) can use either Extron’s Simple Instruction Set (SIS)
commands or the graphical control program for Windows.
The scaler uses a protocol of 9600 baud, 1 stop bit, no parity, and no flow control.
The rear panel RS-232 9-pin D connector has the following pin assignments:
Pin RS-232 function Description
1 – No connection
2 Tx Transmit data
3 Rx Receive data
4 – No connection
5 Gnd Signal ground
6 – No connection
7 – No connection
8 – No connection
9 h ardwired IR IR input
RS-232 Programmer’s Guide
Host-to-scaler communications
SIS commands consist of one or more characters per field. No special characters
are required to begin or end a command sequence. When the DVS 406
determines that a command is valid, it executes the command and sends a
response to the host device. All responses from the scaler to the host end with a
carriage return and a line feed (CR/LF =
), which signals the end of the
response character string. A string is one or more characters.
It is also possible to send several SIS commands back-to-back in sequence.
Scaler-initiated messages
When a local event such as a front panel selection or adjustment takes place, the
DVS 406 scaler responds by sending a message to the host. No response is
required from the host. The scaler-initiated messages are listed here
(underlined).
(C) Copyright 2002, Extron Electronics, DVS 406, Vx.xx
The DVS 406 sends the copyright message when it first powers on. Vx.xx is the
firmware version number.
Error responses
When the scaler receives a valid SIS command, it executes the command and
sends a response to the host device. If the DVS 406 is unable to execute the
command because the command is invalid or it contains invalid parameters, it
returns an error response to the host.
The error response codes and their descriptions are as follows:
E01 – Invalid input channel number (the number is too large)
E10 – Invalid command
E11 – Invalid preset number
E13 – Invalid value (the number is out of range/too large).
E17 – Illegal command for this signal type.
DB9 Pin Locations
Female
5 1
9 6