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    SACD Standar d Super Audio Compact Disc Player Developer ’ s Reference THE LEADER IN AUDIO ENGINEERING RS-232 Port: Sending Commands and Interpr eting Data RC-6 Remote: Commands[...]

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    © 2003 by Krell Industries, Inc. All rights reserved This product is manufactured in the United States of America. Krell ® is a registered trademark of Krell Industries, Inc., and is restricted for use by Krell Industries, Inc., its subsidiaries, and authorized agents. All other trademarks and trade names are registered to their respective compan[...]

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    Overview This document is designed for application developers who want to control the SACD Standard using an external computer-based device. The document contains five sections: 1 Connecting to the RS-232 Port, including the RS-232 connector diagram, and RS-232 Port Protocols, on page 4 2 RS-232 Commands, on page 5 3 RS-232 Status Feedback Descript[...]

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    4 Krell SACD Standard Developer ’s Reference Connecting to the RS-232 Port A 9-pin RS-232 port is located on the right-hand side of the SACD Standard back panel. Make sure the clamping screws (or thumb- screws) securely fasten the connection cable from the external computer-based device to the RS-232 port on the SACD Standard. Refer to the operat[...]

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    Krell SACD Standard Developer ’s Reference 5 RS-232 Commands for the SACD Standar d COMMAND RS-232 CODE Power On 1PWRZ Power Off 0PWRZ T oggles the Power PWRZ Open / Close T ransport OPNZ Reverse Search RSCHZ Forward Search FSCHZ Play PL YZ Forward T rack FTRKZ Reverse T rack RTRKZ Re-start T rack STRKZ Pause P AUSZ Stop STPZ Area AREAZ Display D[...]

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    RS-232 Status Feedback Description for the SACD Standar d RS-232 Status Block Descriptions for the SACD Standar d The SACD Standard reports its operational status by transmitting a block of status data via the RS-232 connector . The block is configured as three 8-bit words. The first and last word always contains hexadecimal code 55 to facilitate m[...]

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    RS-232 Status Block Descriptions, continued Wo rd 3: End of Message Bit Description Bit 7 – 0: Hexadecimal 55 7 Krell SACD Standard Developer ’s Reference 76 543 2 1 0 01 010 1 0 1[...]

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    8 SACD Standard Developer ’s Reference RC-6 Commands for the SACD Standar d The following codes are used for controlling the SACD Standard via IR. SYSTEM SYSTEM COMMAND COMMAND KEY (HEX) (DEC) (HEX) (DEC) COMMAND 04 04 0C 12 SACD Power 04 04 31 49 Stop 04 04 50 80 Sound Mode 04 04 2C 44 Play 04 04 29 41 Reverse 04 04 30 48 Pause 04 04 22 34 Slow [...]