DIS DDS 5900 - External Control Protocol; External Control Protocol Overview; TCP;IP Socket Connection Setup

Danish Interpretation Systems User Manual
10 External Control Application Protocol
TheDDS5900DigitalConferenceSystemfeaturesan
Ethernetconnectionwiththepurposeofprovidingan
interface for controlling and monitoring of the
system.Bysettingupasimple(raw)TCP/IPsocket
connection to the CU 5905 Central Unit control
optionsareavailable.
This document describes the TCP/IP raw socket
protocol for communicating with the DDS 5900
Microphone System. This protocol provides a short
set of commands, enabling a third part control
applicationto monitor and/or control system status
ofaDDS5900MicrophoneSystem.
Someexamplesoffunctionallyavailableusingthe
protocol:
• Settingamicrophoneinspeakorinrequest
• Retrieving a list of seats available in the
system.
Thisinterfacesupportsapplications developed by
customers,sotheprotocolisdeliberatelykeptsimple
toavoidcomplexity.Theexternalcontrolapplication
protocoloffersameanforsupplementingthecontrol
functionality available through the DDS 5900 Web
interface and the CU 5905 display, however some
commandsandsettingsavailableinthewebinterface
and on the CU 5905 interactive display are not
available using the ‘External Control Application
Protocol’
Customerapplicationscanincludebutarenotlimited
toAMX®orCrestron®roomcontrolsystems,PCor
micro controller based applications e.g. for button
mimicsandcameracontrolapplications.
10.1 General Protocol behaviour
10.1.1 TCP/IP socket connection
A TCP/IP socket connection to the CU 5905 must be established for the external control application protocol to
becomeavailable.ConfigurationoftheCU5905connectiontotheEthernetmustbedefinedfromtheCUinteractive
frontplatecontrol/WEBinterface,andanIPaddressfortheCU5905mustbeassignedinthenetwork.
ChooseeitherastaticIPaddressoranIPaddressassignedthroughDHCP.Itisconvenienttoensure,thattheCU
5905endsupwiththesameIPaddressateachstartup.
KnowingtheIPaddress,theonlyadditionalinformationrequiredfor setting upa TCP/IPconnection is thePort
Number:
PortNumber=3142
Example:TestconnectiontoCUviaPutty:
IftheCU5905isassignedIPaddress192.168.1.100,theexternalapplicationmustconnecttheTCP/IPsockettothe
address192.168.1.100:3142.
Kno ng aconnectioncanbesetupusingasimpleterminalprogramlikePutty®.wi theIPaddressoftheCU5905
1. Downloadat www.putty.org
2. StartPutty.
3. InsertIPaddressandPortNumber.
4. Select‘Raw’fortheConnectionType.
5. Press‘Open’toestablishconnectiontotheCU.Controlisnowpossible.
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