Special Characters For Text; Sample Messages And Their Meaning; Sample Messages For A Single Projector - Christie 4K35-RGB Technical Reference

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

Sample messages and their meaning

For a more detailed understanding of messages and their meaning, review the provided sample
messages.

Sample messages for a single projector

Messages can be sent and received for a single projector.
Message format
(Code Data)
(Code+Subcode Data)
(Code?)
(Code+Subcode?)
(Code!Data)
(Code+Subcode!Data)
($Code Data)
$
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Two-character Description
combination
\" Double quotation mark
\\ Backslash
\( Left parenthesis
\) Right parenthesis
\n New line—If the text can be displayed on more than one line,
this sets the line break.
\h## Sends one arbitrary code defined by the two hexadecimal
digits ##.
Function
SET Power on
SET input port configuration
REQUEST (what is current power
state?)
REQUEST (what is current input port
configuration?)
REPLY (power state is 1 "on")
REPLY (input port configuration is 1
"One-Port")
SET AND ACKNOWLEDGE MESSAGE
(change test pattern and request
acknowledge)
REPLY with acknowledgment (from
projector)
Communicating with Christie TruLife+
Example
(PWR 1)
(SIN+PORT 1)
(PWR?)
(SIN+PORT?)
(PWR!001 "On")
(SIN+PORT!001 "One-Port")
($ITP 1)
$
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