● set last mic mode (AMLMM) off for both automixers
● ungate all matrix crosspoints (MGATE) that correspond to inputs that you will be changing
● Now, execute your automixer commands in the following order:
4. Command Structure
A Vortex command consists of a series of ASCII characters with the following structure.
Description Number of Characters Range of Values
Device Type 1
0-9, A-Z, *
Device ID 2
0-9, *
Command Name 1-7
0-9, A-Z
Command Data 0-64 ASCII characters
Command Terminator 1
^M (ASCII 13)
4.1. Device Type
A single alphanumeric character is used to indicate the device type. The devices in Polycom's EchoFree family
have the following device types.
Device Device Type
EF200
A
EF1210
C
EF2280
F
EF2241
B
EF2211
S
EF2210
Q
EF2201
T
Device type '*' can be used to send a command to all device types simultaneously.
4.2. Device ID
Two numeric characters are used to indicate the device ID. The Vortex can be configured for device IDs from
'00' to '07'. Note that even though the device ID is less than 10, the leading '0' must be included. Device ID
'**' can be used to send a command to all device IDs simultaneously. Some examples of using wildcard
characters are given below.
● 'B**' broadcasts to all EF2241 devices that are linked together.
● '*07' broadcasts to all devices with device ID 07 (this format is not commonly used).
● '***' broadcasts to all devices that are linked together.
4.3. Command Name