Serial and Ethernet Control
The show controllers can be controlled through the RS232 programmer port,
USB port or Ethernet ports A or B. Any controller that is capable of sending
ASCII characters is capable of controlling the show controller using the set of
serial commands described below.
Command set
All the commands sent to the show controllers are two characters, ending with a
carriage return <0D>. The commands may have the Get/Set function and in
those cases the user supplies the optional information. In this case the additional
information is placed before the command followed by the two-character
command then a carriage return. If the optional information is not supplied, the
command will return the current data in the form of a string of ASCII characters
as a response.
For the most part the command set is not usually needed unless the WinScript
Live application is not going to be used. These commands give the user access
to the remote control aspect of the show controller. The command structure is a
terminal like interface, where the terminal sends a command and the show
controller will respond with the required data. It is not generally recommended
as a generic interface but hooks into some other environment.
Some of the commands will setup a data stream that will continue until told to
stop, such as Live Mode command when told to monitor a variable.
?V Get Firmware Version
Description: This command will return the controller firmware version number.
Command: ?V<0D>
Message Response: V16Pro Vx.xx<0D>
Example: Send Command: ?V<0D>
Response: V16Pro V1.23<0D>
?S Get SMPTE Firmware Version
Description: This command will return the firmware version of the SMPTE module.
Comments: It is possible for the SMPTE process not to send status . If this occurs, this
command will return a hardware error (E01).
Command: ?S<0D>
Message Response: SMPTE vx.xx<0D>
Example: Send Command: ?S<0D>
Response: v1.23<0D>
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