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4. SERIAL REMOTE CONTROL PROTOCOL ........................................................................... 4-1
4.1. OVERVIEW................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1.1. Connector Pin Assignment.................................................................................. 4-1
4.1.2. Data Format ....................................................................................................... 4-2
4.2. COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL ................................................................................. 4-2
4.3. MESSAGE BLOCK FORMAT ....................................................................................... 4-3
4.4. COMMANDS................................................................................................................. 4-5
4.5. DATA FORMATS .......................................................................................................... 4-7
4.5.1. Time Format Block ............................................................................................. 4-7
4.5.2. Data Format Block .............................................................................................. 4-7
4.5.3. Display Data Block ............................................................................................. 4-7
4.6. COMMAND AND RESPONSE DESCRIPTIONS ............................................................ 4-8
4.6.1. System Commands ............................................................................................ 4-8
4.7. VIDEO CHARACTER INSERTER COMMANDS ............................................................ 4-8
4.8. READER COMMANDS ............................................................................................... 4-10
4.9. GENERATOR COMMANDS ........................................................................................ 4-12
4.10. MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS ................................................................................ 4-15
Figures
Figure 4-1: Communications Protocol State Diagram ................................................................................ 4-3
Tables
Table 4-1: Serial Control Pin Definitions - RS-232 DCE Configuration ....................................................... 4-1
Table 4-2: Serial Control Pin Definitions - RS-422 Tributary Configuration ................................................ 4-1
Table 4-3: Systems Commands and their Valid Responses ...................................................................... 4-5
Table 4-4: Character Generator Commands and their Valid Responses.................................................... 4-5
Table 4-5: Reader Commands and their Valid Responses ........................................................................ 4-6
Table 4-6: Generator Commands and their Valid Responses .................................................................... 4-6
Table 4-7: VCG Window Numbers ............................................................................................................ 4-8
Table 4-8: VCG Sizes............................................................................................................................... 4-9
Table 4-9: Reader Numbers ................................................................................................................... 4-10
Table 4-10: Reader Modes .................................................................................................................... 4-11
Table 4-11: Generator Modes ................................................................................................................. 4-12
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