Avitech Rainier 3G Reference Manual
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- Page 1 Reference Guide Avitech ASCII X Commands (For Rainier 3G) Revision 1.0.0, (December, 2013)
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Page 2: About This Reference Guide
Reference Guide ABOUT THIS REFERENCE GUIDE This reference guide contains information about how to use the Avitech ASCII Protocol (AAP) of Rainier 3G. Throughout the reference guide the following conventions are used to distinguish elements of text. provide additional hints or information that requires special attention. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents About This Reference Guide ....................ii Warranty............................ iv Limitation of Liability....................... iv Extended Warranty Options....................iv Services and Repairs Outside the Warranty Period............. iv Regulatory Information ......................iv Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement............ iv European Union CE Marking and Compliance Notices ............iv Australia and New Zealand C-Tick Marking and Compliance Notice ......... -
Page 4: Warranty
Properly shielded and grounded cables and connectors must be used in order to meet FCC emission limits. Avitech is not responsible for any radio or Limitation of Liability television interference caused by using other than recommended Avitech’s liability under this warranty shall not exceed the purchase... -
Page 5: Ascii X Command
1. ASCII X Command The Rainier 3G supports the ASCII X command prompt interface through serial port (RS-232) and Ethernet port (IP). This chapter discusses using the Avitech ASCII Protocol (AAP) of Rainier 3G. Before using ASCII X command, make sure to set Normal at Serial Port Mode in the Phoenix-Q utility Properties portion. -
Page 6: Preparing To Use Ascii X Commands
For more details about Phoenix-Q utility, refer to the Phoenix-Q user manual. 1.2.1 Connection through Ethernet Port Step 1. Open the Phoenix-Q utility, click System Communication. Figure 1-3 Phoenix-Q Utility: System Communication This operation is not available when the computer is connected to the Rainier 3G multiviewer. - Page 7 Step 2. Make sure to specify the correct IP address of selected Rainier 3G, and click Add to List to continue. Figure 1-4 Phoenix-Q Utility: Enter IP Address Step 3. Click Apply to activate the setting and click Cancel to exit Phoenix-Q utility.
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Page 8: Connection Through Serial Port
1.2.2 Connection through Serial Port Step 1. Open the Phoenix-Q utility. Click System Communication. This operation is not available when computer is connected to the Rainier 3G multiviewer Step 2. Make sure to specify the same COM port setting as controlling computer. -
Page 9: Entering The Ascii X Command Interface
Step 4. Click Change Connection Properties to select Baud Rate for the Rainier 3G Serial Port and click OK to exit. Step 5. Click Apply to activate the setting and click Cancel to exit the Phoenix-Q utility. 1.3 Entering the ASCII X Command Interface... - Page 10 Set the border of the window (with/without dimming effect), clock, label’s background, and text color. B[order] to signify the border of the window. Function L[abel] to signify the label’s background color. [NoDimColor] to signify the border’s dimming effect. Add [NoDimColor] to remove the border’s dimming effect.
- Page 11 Set the time and method of counting (free run mode only). “000” is the Function 1 fixed value for PPP in XK command. Format XK GGGMMMPPP P[reset] S[et]/L[oad] Preset ID (1–8) HH MM SS XK GGGMMMPPP P S 1 11 22 33 sets GGGMMMPPP’s preset time ID1 = 11:22:33.
- Page 12 Turn on/off daylight saving time and adjust the clock’s time zone ID. Function 6...
- Page 13 XK GGGMMMPPP D[aylight saving time] 0 (off) / 1 (on) [time zone ID] Format Note: Before setting daylight saving time/time zone ID, set RTC (0) as the time source (refer to function 3 above). XK GGGMMMPPP D 1 32 turn on GGGMMMPPP’s daylight saving time, and set Bucharest as the clock’s time zone.
- Page 14 Change the output resolution, the resolution number refers to the list of resolutions that Rainier 3G supports. Function XM GGGMMMPPP ## (resolution number) 1 (normal) / 0 (VESA) output Format timing. For XM command, only GGG is used. MMM and PPP are not applicable.
- Page 15 XO GGGMMMPPP I 1 5 1 Example set GGGMMMPPP Lgroup = 1 Rgroup = AES and VU ballistics. For setting the control board’s S/PDIF audio output: XO GGGMMMPPP O[utput] [select 1 (main board S/PDIF) / 2 (control board cascade S/PDIF)] [source 0 (mute) / 1 (cascade video) / 2 (analog Format 2 audio to digital converter / AES) / 3 (window 1) / 4 (window 2) / 5 (window 3) / 6 (window 4)] [channel number 1/2/3/4] [sound 1 (stereo) / 2 (mono...
- Page 16 XR GGGMMM001 1 4 3 16 9 set GGGMMM001 SD video ratio as 4:3, HD video ratio as 16:9. XR 000000000 1 16 9 4 3 set all windows’ SD video ratio as 16:9, HD video ratio as 4:3. XR GGGMMMPPP 1 7 12 7 12 Example set GGGMMMPPP’s SD and HD video ratio as 7:12.
- Page 17 Set the S/PDIF audio’s volume level. “000” is the fixed value for PPP in Function XV command. Format XV GGGMMMPPP 1 (on) / 0 (off) [percentage of volume level 0–399] XV GGGMMM000 0 turn GGGMMMPPP’s S/PDIF audio to mute. XV GGGMMM000 1 50 turn GGGMMMPPP’s S/PDIF audio volume to half of input.
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Page 18: Appendix A Using The Ascii Test Utility
Appendix A Using the ASCII Test Utility A proprietary Avitech ASCII Test utility can simplify the creation of BIN file, loading of previously saved BIN file, as well as generating two types of text files (for use on third-party programs). - Page 19 Step 10. Click to generate the sample (second type) binary text string (text file) below for use with a third-party utility. Figure A-3 Sample Binary Text String – (Second Type)
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Page 20: Appendix Bascii X Command Through Tcp/Ip Programming
Byte 13: bit inverse of Frame ID. Byte 14: Machine type: 0 = Rainier 3G 1 = Rainier 3G Quad 2 = Rainier 3G Plus / Titan 9000 Byte 15: MB existence flag: 0 = MB does not exist 1 = MB do exist... -
Page 21: Connection Is Not Successful
Byte 16: Socket ID – TCP socket ID used by control board to effect present connection. B.3 Connection is Not Successful Due to the fact that only 3 TCP connections is simultaneously allowed on TCP server’s control board, when a fourth TCP client tries to request for connection, then TCP server’s control board will reply with the following 14-bytes message to TCP client, informing client that number of allowed connection is inadequate and so is unable to establish connection: 0xA5 0x5A 0xAA 0x55 0x0E 0x00 0x00 0x01 0x80 0x00 0x11 0x00 (FrameID) (~FrameID) (14... -
Page 22: Command Protocol
B.5 Command Protocol Format of command protocol used by PC’s software to transmit command to Rainier 3G’s control board is as follows: Table B-1 Command Protocol Format Above table is comprised of the following parts: Table B-2 Parts Description of Command Protocol... -
Page 23: Error Codes
B.6 Error Codes Any error that occurs after binary command execution will cause firmware to transmit a 2-byte error code to PC software. Error code list is as follows (second byte is fixed at 0x00): Table B-3 Error Codes... -
Page 24: Packing Ascii X Command To Binary Command Format
B.7 Packing ASCII X Command to Binary Command Format Function: to send ASCII X command via TCP/IP. Command format is comprised of the following parts: Byte 0~3: 0x55 0xAA 0x5A 0xA5 – header pattern is fixed. Byte 4~5: Command total length (use “little-endian” expression). Byte 6: 0x00 –...
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