K.I.S.S.™ (Keep It Simple Serial!™)
Ze kt or ’s e xclusi ve K . I. S.S.™ ( Ke ep It Simp le Seri al™) protocol w as de -
signed by e ng in eers wh o have been c on tr ol li ng RS -2 32 de vi ce s fo r
most of t heir ca reer s and u nd er stand t he pitf al ls of a b adly de si gn ed
pro to col.
A few features of the K.I.S.S.™ protocol are:
A simpl e and logic al ly cons is te nt comman d struc ture.
Fu lly b i- d irec tiona l operation s and c an be ope ra te d in both
a Mas te r/ Slave mode ( only resp on ds when s poken t o) , or
in an Asy nc hronous m od e (state ch anges a re s ent as th ey
occur).
All comma nd s and res po nses ca n optio na lly use a checks um
or a CR C- 8 check co de to ins ur e re li able co mm un ication s.
A command w ill alw ays ge nerate a resp on se! Th ere are no
“time ou t ” states a s par t o f the protocol. A t imeout wi ll al-
wa ys i ndicate s om e t yp e of physical c on nec ti on er ro r (loose
cable, ex treme noi se, et c. ).
Co mm ands an d re sponses h av e been de si gn ed for si mp le
parsing i n any langu ag e.
Easy to tes t using a termin al, or termin al emul at io n sof t-
wa re. (H ype rterm , Sec ur eC RT, e tc. )
A few features of the MAS7.1 command set are:
A full feat ured c om mand se t that go es far be yo nd simp le
fro nt pane l co ntro l ope rati on s! Al lo ws f ull control over al l
fe at ur es of the M AS 7.1.
All front p an el func tio ns s uppor ted.
Fu ll no ti ficatio n of state ch an ges.
Th e abili ty to d is able th e front panel, an d still h av e fro nt
panel b ut to n presses s ent to th e seria l por t.
High re so lution co nt ro l ov er all ti mi ng se tt ings.
Th e abili ty to read al l IR co de s sent to t he MAS7.1 b y any
re mo te , eve n IR co de s not u se d by the MA S7 .1. Use t he
MA S7 .1 to a dd IR control to any pr oj ect !
Many more f ea tures, too nu me ro us to l is t here...
For a fu ll desc ri ption o f K .I .S.S. ™ an d a l is t of th e co mmand s sup -
por te d by th e MA S7 .1, d ow nl oad the M AS 7.1 sup pl emental m anual
at :
www. ze kt or. co m/ MA S7.1/down lo ads. htm
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Th e RS- 23 2 on th e MA S7.1 is t he same for mat as a PC-mode m, and
uses th e same type ca bl e as a se rial mo dem would, wh ich is a stan-
dard straig ht t hrough ca bl e. D o not u se a ca ble that is mark ed as a
“Null M odem” cable.
Th e MA S7.1 ca n also be used w it h any USB t o RS-23 2 co nver si on
cable, thes e are all t ypica ll y straigh t thro ugh c ab les.
Th e RS- 23 2 por t i s a fe male ty pe DE -9 connec to r (so me times m is tak-
enly referred to as a DB -9 connec to r) wi th the followin g pinou t:
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