Special Characters For Text - Christie D4K40-RGB Technical Reference

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Special characters for text (on page 10)
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Special characters for text

To use special characters in the API commands, you must use a two-character combination.
Special character
"
\
(
)
Line break
Send arbitrary code
D4K40-RGB Technical Reference–Serial Commands
020-102972-02 Rev. 1 (01-2019)
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Description
same (for example, contrast is always returned as three characters, D4K40-RGB
number is always returned as five characters). The minimum parameter size is
three characters. Values less than the predefined size are padded with leading
zeros as needed. Parameters which have negative signs are zero padded after
the negative sign, and have one less digit to make space for the sign.
• Data in set messages to D4K40-RGB do not require padding with zeros.
• Within each message, multiple parameters of data must be separated by one
space character.
• Text parameters such as channel names are enclosed in double quotes following
the data, as in Name.
Most data is simply a numerical value, however some messages also require text.
For example, a channel naming message typically includes a text-based name—
enclose this text in double quotation marks, as in "Tilt the Wagon". For example, the
time command requires time to be provided in text enclosed in double quotation
mark, as in "19:45:23". Use all characters as required except for special characters—
these require a two-character combination.
Two-character
combination
\"
\\
\(
\)
\n
\h##
Communicating with D4K40-RGB
Description
Double quotation mark
Backslash
Left bracket
Right bracket
New line—If the text can be displayed on more than one
line, this sets the line break.
Sends one arbitrary code defined by the two
hexadecimal digits ##.
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