IN1804 Seamless Scaling Switchers • SIS Configuration and Control 74
Command ASCII Command
(Host to Switcher)
Response
(Switcher to Host)
Additional Description
Audio Configuration (continued)
Transport
Start and stop playback
EX8)
*
X8@
PLAY
}
Play
X8)
*
X8@]
Start or stop the audio file playback.
Play
X8)
*0
]
Unsolicited message sent when
playback of file
X8)
is complete.
NOTE: Audio file slots are in order of priority, highest (slot 1) to lowest (slot 16). During playback, if a higher priority slot
is requested, it takes precedence. The current slot stops playing and the selected higher priority slot begins. If a lower
priority slot is requested during playback of a higher priority one, an E22—Busy error message is returned.
View slot status
EX8)
PLAY
} X8@]
View playback status of the audio file in
slot
X8)
.
Global playback status
E
PLAY
} X8)]
View the slot (
X8)
) currently playing.
Verbose modes 2 and 3:
Play0*0
]
Play
X8)
*1
]
No slot is currently playing.
Playback is active on slot
X8)
.
KEY:
X8)
= Playback slot number
1 through 16
Highest priority for playback is slot 1, descending to lowest priority 16.
X8@
= Playback state
0 = Stop or stopped, 1 = Play or playing
Advanced Configuration
Test Pattern
Set test pattern E
1*
X2@
TEST
}
Test1*
X2@]
Select a test pattern (
X2@
).
View test pattern E
1TEST
} X2@] View the currently selected test pattern.
Switch Effects
Cut
E
U1*0SWEF
}
SwefU1*0
]
Set the upstream video switch effect to
Off.
Seamless cut
E
U1*1SWEF
}
SwefU1*1
]
Set the switch effect to seamless cut
(default): the last frame of video freezes
on the screen, then immediately cuts to
the newly selected input.
View setting
E
U1SWEF
}
X4%]
Show current switch effect setting
X4%
.
Set output switch effect
E
O1*
X4%
SWEF
}
SwefO1*
X4%]
Set the output switch effect to
X4%
.
View setting
E
O1SWEF
}
X4%]
View the current output switch effect.
KEY:
X2@
= Test patterns
0 = Off (default), 1 = Crop, 2 = Alternating pixels, 3 = Crosshatch,
4 = Color Bars, 5 = Crayscale, 6 = Audio test (crop pattern with
orbiting text AUDIO TEST and outputting pink noise at
LPCM-2Ch, 48 Hz, 24-bit)
X4%
= Video switch effect
0 = Cut through black — The input instantly cuts to black, then cuts
to the newly selected input with no fading.
1 =
Fade through black —
The input fades to black before the
newly selected input fades in.
2 =
Seamless fade* (default) —
Displays a final frozen frame of
the previous input while the newly selected input fades in.
3 = Seamless cut* — The last frame of video freezes on the
screen, then cuts to the newly selected input.
*See Input Switch Effect on page 39 for information on exceptions
regarding Seamless effects.