For control from a PC, use Telnet, Putty, or similar programs to open the TCP connection. If you do not know the IP address of the MP-50 on your local network, the MP-50 supports Apple´s Bonjour Discovery service, which must be on the computer you want to set up the MP-50 with.
Control Via Serial Port The serial port on the MP-50 is wired as a DTE, so for communication with a PC or similar, you will need a null modem adapter and gender changer. The port settings should always be 8 data bits, no parity, one stop bit and no hardware handshake.
Feedback level 2: Each command is also echoed back with the ‘#’ in front of the command instead of ‘!’ character. For example, command “!VOL?<CR>” would return “#VOL?<CR>!VOL(XXX)<CR>”. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
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!TRIMSURRS? Trim Treble !TRIMTREB? Video input !VIDIN?<CR> Video type !VIDTYPE?<CR> Volume !VOL?<CR> Zone power !POWERZONE2?<CR> Zone audio input !ZAUDIN?<CR> Zone source !ZSRC?<CR> Zone user mute !ZMUTE?<CR> Zone volume !ZVOL?<CR> Table 1 Automatic status messages Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
-550 to 240 (= -55.0 to +24.0 dB) Set the maximum volume !MENU Menu button. !MUTE Mute toggle button. !MUTEOFF Mute off. !MUTEON Mute on. !NEXT Next button !NUM(X) 0 to 9 Numeric buttons 0-9. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
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Decrease surround channels level trim (10 = 1dB) !TRIMSURRS(X) X is between -100 (-10dB) and Set surround channels level trim 100 (+10dB) (10 = 1dB) !TRIMSURRS+ Increase surround channels level trim (10 = 1dB) Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
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Decrease zone 2 volume by X. !ZVOL(X) -999 to 200 (-99.9dB to Set zone 2 volume. +20.0dB) !ZVOL+ Increase zone 2 volume. (+0.5dB) !ZVOL+(X) 1 to 999 (+0.1dB to +99.9 dB) Increase zone 2 volume by X. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
0=bypass Current 1-8=focus1 – RoomPerfect focus8 9=global position. !RPFOCS? !RPFOCCOUNT(N) N is the number of List of !RPFOC(index)”Name” available positions. RoomPerfect- … Index-values are positions. !RPFOC(index)”Name” not consecutive! Return a count of positions plus Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
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!VIDIN? !VIDIN(X) Index of active Currently video input. (See selected list) videoinput. !VIDTYPE? !VIDTYPE(typestring) String describing Video input the video signal. signal type. !VOL? !VOL(X) -999 to 200 (- Current volume. 99.9dB to +20.0dB) Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
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Zone 2 sources. Repeated for all zone B Return a count sources of sources plus index and name of each source. !ZVOL? !ZVOL(X) -999 to 200 (- Current zone 2 99.9dB to +20.0dB) volume. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
Commands !ZVOL+<CR>, !ZVOL-<CR>, !ZVOL+(X)<CR>, !ZVOL-(X)<CR>, !ZVOL(X)<CR>, !ZVOL?<CR>, !ZMUTEON<CR>, !ZMUTEOFF<CR> and !ZMUTE<CR> are used to control zone 2 volume the same way as the main zone volume. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
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It is never possible to set the volume above the maximum volume level setting with control interface commands, but it is very easy to accidentally reach the maximum volume level. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
0 and the index of the last source. This response is also sent automatically, when the source changes, if feedback level is 1 or higher. If main zone is off, the MP-50 will reply with the previous selected source. Zone 2: Sources on zone 2 are a subset of the sources set up for main zone.
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This response is also sent automatically, when the zone 2 source changes, if feedback level is 1 or higher. If zone 2 is turned off, the MP-50 will reply with the previous selected source. Commands !ZSRC+<CR> and !ZSRC-<CR> are used to select next or previous source.
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Controlling Processing Modes The MP-50 processor has controls for selecting processing modes, also called audio modes. Command !AUDMODEL?<CR> can be used to get a list of processing modes; how many are there and what they are named. For example, a response for command !AUDMODEL?<CR>...
!RPFOCS?<CR>. The installer might add or remove focus positions at any time, so it is recommended to update the list of selectable focus positions at least in every boot-up. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
Commands !LIPSYNC+<CR> and !LIPSYNC-<CR> are used to adjust the lipsync trim value by 5ms or -5ms, respectively. Command !LIPSYNC(X)<CR> is used to set the lipsync trim directly. The valid value range for this command needs to be fetched from the MP-50 (see below).
1 or higher. Controlling Feedback Level It is possible to set the feedback level from the external control interface with command !VERB(X)<CR>, where X is the wanted feedback level 0, 1 or 2. Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
On Screen Menu when using a dedicated control interface. Direct controlling of HDMI outputs It is possible to control the HDMI outputs of the MP-50 controller directly using special control interface commands. The controlling allows routing of any HDMI input directly to either one of the HDMI outputs in bypass mode.
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Video Input None HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 HDMI 4 HDMI 5 HDMI 6 HDMI 7 HDMI 8 Internal VIDEO OUTPUTS No. Video Output None HDMI Out 1 HDMI Out 2 HDBT Out Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
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