Lyngdorf Audio MP-50 User Manual

Lyngdorf Audio MP-50 User Manual

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MODEL MP-50
SURROUND SOUND PROCESSOR
EXTERNAL CONTROL MANUAL

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  • Page 1 MODEL MP-50 SURROUND SOUND PROCESSOR EXTERNAL CONTROL MANUAL...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Controlling Focus Positions ..................18 Controlling Voicings....................19 Controlling Lipsync ....................19 Getting Zone 2 Audio Status ..................20 Controlling Feedback Level ..................20 Controlling OSD and OSD Menu ................21 RS232 pinout diagram ....................24 Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
  • Page 3: Introduction

    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.
  • Page 4: Control Via Serial Port

    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.
  • Page 5: Control Protocol

    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...
  • Page 6 !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...
  • Page 7: Commands

    -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...
  • Page 8 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...
  • Page 9 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...
  • Page 10: Status Requests

    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...
  • Page 11 !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...
  • Page 12 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...
  • Page 13: Control Protocol Usage

    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...
  • Page 14 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...
  • Page 15: Controlling Sources

    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.
  • Page 16 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.
  • Page 17 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>...
  • Page 18: Controlling Focus Positions

    !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...
  • Page 19: Controlling Voicings

    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).
  • Page 20: Getting Zone 2 Audio Status

    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...
  • Page 21: Controlling Osd And Osd Menu

    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.
  • Page 22 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...
  • Page 23 0x37CA, 0x718E Input 2 0x37CA, 0x728D Input 3 0x37CA, 0x738C Input 4 0x37CA, 0x748B Input 5 0x37CA, 0x758A Input 6 0x37CA, 0x7689 Input 7 0x37CA, 0x7788 Input 8 0x37CA, 0x7887 Input 9 0x37CA, 0x7986 Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...
  • Page 24: Rs232 Pinout Diagram

    RS232 pinout diagram Model MP-50 – External Control Manual...

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