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Ayre Acoustics RS-232 manual

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  • Page 1

    RS-232 Control Protocol -- May 2010 Note: The Ayre DX-5 Universal A/V Engine comes with AyreLink connecto rs for system communications. The advanta ge of AyreLink is that it utilizes opto-isolators to ensure that no ground loops are fo rmed, and that any RFI genera ted by the CPU in the sy stem contro ller is completely isolated from the audio and [...]

  • Page 2

    Response S tructure: Upon receiving a comma nd, the player sh all try to execute the co mmand and send b ack a response. Two response formats are supp orted: the short respon se and the verbose response. The short respo nse is used by defa ult. If the verbose mo de (See comman d reference for SVM) is set, the v erbose response w ill be used instead[...]

  • Page 3

    Command Sequence: Commands a re executed in t he order received. The host should wait for a r esponse from the player before se nding the next command . If the player receives a new comm and before executing the pr evious command, the p layer may discard the p revious comman d. If the host does not receive a resp onse from the player 1 0 seconds af[...]

  • Page 4

    GOT Go To Play from a specified location OK HOM Home Go to Home Menu OK PUP Page Up Show previo us page OK PDN Page Down Show next page OK OSD Display Show/hide on-screen display OK TTL Top Menu Show BD top or DVD title menu OK MNU PopUp Menu Show BD pop-up or DVD menu OK NUP Up Arrow Navigation OK NLT Left Arrow Navigation OK NRT Right Arrow Navig[...]

  • Page 5

    B. Query Commands This group of comma nds issues queries to the pla yer. The play er shall respond according to its current status. Comm and Code Function Response Example QVM Query verbose mode OK 0 OK 1 OK 2 OK 3 QPW Query power statu s OK ON OK OFF QVR Query firmware version OK AYDX5-50-042 4 QVL Query volume OK 100 OK MUT E QHD Query HDMI resol[...]

  • Page 6

    QDT Query disc type OK BD-MV OK DVD-VIDEO OK DVD-AUDIO OK SACD OK CDDA OK HDCD OK DATA-DISC QST Query subtitle ty pe OK OFF OK 1/1 Engli sh QSH Query subtitle shift OK -5 (valid returns are -5 .. 00 .. 05) QOP Query OSD position OK 0 (valid retu rns are 0 .. 5) QRP Query repeat mode OK 00 OFF OK 01 REPEAT ONE OK 02 REPEAT CHAPTER OK 03 REPEAT ALL O[...]

  • Page 7

    SHD SDI SDP 720P 1080I 1080P SRC AUTO Set HDMI output resolution SDI – Standard definition interlaced (480i/5 76i) SDP – Stand ard definition progressive (480p/576p) SRC – Source D irect OK 480P (OK followed by the original parameter) SPN NTSC PAL AUTO Set outp ut TV system OK NTSC OK PAL OK AUTO SZM 1 AR FS US 1.2 1.3 1.5 2 1/2 Set zoom rati[...]

  • Page 8

    Status Upda te Messages: The following st atus update messages are sent by the play er automatically when the verbose mode is set t o 2 or 3. Verbose Mode 2: UPW - Power Status Update: Sent when there is a change of power on/off status. Possible param eters : 1 digit 1 – Player is turne d on 0 – Player is goin g off Example : @UPW 1 UPL - Pl ay[...]

  • Page 9

    UDT - Disc Type Update: Sent when a new disc type is detected. Possible Param eters : 4 chars BDMV - Blu-ra y Disc DVDV – DV D-Video DVDA – DVD- Audio SACD CDDA HDCD DATA – Data disc VCD2 – VCD 2.0 SVCD - SVCD Example : @U DT DVDV UAT - Audio Type Update: Sent when a new audio track is encountere d. Parameters : Type (2 chars), space, n umb[...]

  • Page 10

    Verbose Mode 3: UTC - Time Code Update: Sent every secon d when the play back time advances. The time information is the same as the front panel display . To switch to a different type of time informat ion, please refer to t he STC com mand. Parameters : Title (3 digits), space, C hapter (3 d igits), space, Type (1 chars), space, time (8 chars HH:M[...]

  • Page 11

    Examples: The following ar e examples of p laying a Blu-ray m ovie using the RS-232 cont rol protocol. The com ments are p laced after the sem icolon. Example 1 – No verbose mode in use. Backwards compatible to th e original version o f the RS232 control prot ocol. #PON ; Turn on pow er @OK ON ; Player is turned on #QPW ; Check power s tatus @OK [...]

  • Page 12

    #PLA ; Start play back @PLA OK P LAY ; Playe r confirms playback action @UPL CLO S ; P layer indicates that the tray is closing @UPL LOA D ; P layer indicates that the disc is loa ding @UDT BDM V ; Player indica tes that the disc type is Blu-ray @UAT DT 01/0 1 ENG 5.1 ; Current audio is Dolby T rueHD English 5.1ch @UST 00/00 UNK ; Current subtitle [...]

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    @UAT DT 01/0 1 ENG 0.0 ; Current audio is Dolby T rueHD English with unknown ; number of ch annels @UST 00/00 UNK ; Current subtitle is n one @UTC 126 002 T 00:01:27 ; Playback resumes a t Title 126, Chapter 2, title elapsed ; time 00:01 :27 @UPL PLA Y ; Current status is playing @UAT DT 01/0 1 ENG 5.1 ; Current audio is Dolby T rueHD English 5.1ch[...]