1.1 Change List No changes have been made. 2 General Description The intention of the RV-5/MV-5 serial port and protocol communication is for an external connected PC to control and obtain status from the RV-5/MV-5. 2.1 DB-9 RS232 Connector RV-5/MV-5...
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3 Data Communication Format Start Code Data Type 3.1 Start Code PC -> AVR: “0xFF” AVR -> PC: “0xFE” 3.2 Data Type Remote Control through PC: 0x02 AVR Display Status: 0x03 AVR Ram Status: 0x04 AVR Flag Status: 0x05 3.3 Data Length Information Field’s Byte Remote Control through PC: 4byte AVR Status Display on PC: variable...
Main Volume + (cw) Main Volume - (ccw) √ √ √ Video Status (toggle) √ Audio status (toggle) (Menu) DOWN (Menu) RIGHT RV-5/MV-5 Serial Communications Protocol COMMAND Mode < Mode > MENU select (Menu) UP (Menu) LEFT Information Field (HEX )
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(Tuner RV-5 only) FM Band (Tuner RV-5 only) AM Band (Tuner RV-5 only) STEREO (Tuner RV-5 only) MONO (Tuner RV-5 only) Tune Auto (Tuner RV-5 only) Tune Manual RV-5/MV-5 Serial Communications Protocol COMMAND Auto EQ ON Auto EQ OFF Tone ON Tone OFF...
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Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting (Tuner RV-5 only) Preset Direct Access 0(Preset 1)~1E(Preset 30), 0 & 1 are same = 1 Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting RV-5/MV-5 Serial Communications Protocol Direct Setting Command COMMAND Information Field (HEX )
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Display Status Auto ON Display Status Auto OFF Ram Status Auto ON Ram Status Auto OFF Flag Status Auto ON Flag Status Auto OFF RV-5/MV-5 Serial Communications Protocol Direct Setting Command COMMAND Status Request Command COMMAND Information Field (HEX )
Roman numeral “II” The RV-5/MV-5 includes two custom characters that are defined as Dock/iPod pause symbol and Roman Numeral II in PLIIx displays in front panel and OSD. In data type 3 above these are both sent as control character 0x13. All...
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DOCK Selected Input Byte AUX1 GAME AUX2 √ √ Note: Values returned are 1 off, 3-6 sec √ 0x0E Content 0x0A 0x0B 0x05 0x0F 0x04 0x20 MAIN Volume Zone2 Volume Bass Level Treble Level EQ HF Shelf Level 2Line OSD Time Front VFD Brightness V-Process Setting FL Trim Level Setting...
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(Tuner RV-5 only) FM/AM (bit set=FM) (Tuner RV-5 only) ST/MONO (bit set=ST) (Tuner RV-5 only) AUTO/MAN (bit set=auto) Display status transfer auto (bit set=on) RV-5/MV-5 Serial Communications Protocol Content Power ON/OFF (bit set=on) Main Mute ON/OFF (bit set=on) Zone2 Mute ON/ OFF (bit set=on)
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6 Examples 6.1 FM Frequency Direct Example The specification states that: COMMAND FM Frequency Direct 0000 x10kHz (ex 87.50Mhz :0x222E,100.00Mhz:0x2710, 108.00Mhz:0x2A30) Here are some examples: Start Date Length Code Type Data 0xFF 0x02 0x04 0xFF 0x02 0x04 0xFF 0x02 0x04 If the direct FM frequency is 104.10 1.
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