Zektor HDA604 User Manual page 48

mutes all channels of the zones '1' and '3'. You can also mute/unmute multiple zones using a single
command. For instance:
^HMZ @1,1,@3,@4,0$
mutes zone '1', and unmutes zones '3' and '4'.
By appending a '.' and a channel bitmap to the 'HMZ' command, the command can also be used to
mute individual channels. This is the proper way to mute an audio channel while allowing video to
pass unobstructed. For instance to mute the HDMI audio sound, while leaving the video alone:
^HMZ.8 @1,1
mutes the digital and along audio on zone '1'. The HDMI video remains unchanged.
The channel (the '.8' in the above example) is a bitmapped number that indicates which channel or
channels are to be affected by the command.
The channels are mapped as:
1 = HDMI video
8 = HDMI audio
By adding together the above numbers, you can switch any combination of channels without affecting
the unselected channels.
For instance:
^HMZ.1 @3,1$
would mute (blank) only the HDMI video on zone '3'.
To mute both the HDMI video and HDMI audio channels, add the channel numbers together: 9 = 1 + 8
(the HDMI video channel, and the HDMI audio channel), and use that as the channel number:
^HMZ.9 @2,@3,1$
This would mute the HDMI video and HDMI audio channels on zones '2' and '3', and is equivalent to
the: "
^HMZ @2@3,1$
'HMZ' Query Examples
There are two forms of the query response string, depending upon whether any channel breakaway
options are in affect.
For instance if HDMI video, digital audio, and HDMI audio, are all muted on zone '1', then:
^HMZ @1,?$
would respond with:
^+$
^=HMZ @001,1
If instead, zone '1' had HDMI audio muted, but HDMI video was not muted, then the response would
have been:
^=HMZ.1 @001,0
^=HMZ.8 @001,1
To make parsing the response strings easier, only one response string is sent per zone. Or, in the case of
channel breakaways, only one response string per channel is returned. The response string is sent as a
fixed length string using leading zeroes.
You can request the settings of multiple zones, with one command, and only one response string per
zone will be returned, for instance:
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" command.
Query request sent to the A/V switch
>-
Indicates no errors in the command
<-
Video and all audio channels are muted on zone '3'
<-
Video not muted on zone '1'
<-
Audio muted on zone '1'
<-
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