Sunfire TGR-3 Control Manual

Sunfire Corporation
1920 Bickford Avenue, P.O. Box 1589
Snohomish, WA 98290-9216
Sunfire Theater Grand III & Ultimate Receiver RS-232 Control
The Sunfire Theater Grand III and Ultimate Receiver are equipped with an RS-232 serial communications port for
control and FLASH memory updates. This document outlines the interconnection, protocol, and commands available
for control.
Please note that not all commands are supported by earlier software versions. Please be sure to download and install
the latest software if your unit does not respond to a particular command.
Protocol: 9600 baud, 8N1 format, no flow control
Cabling: The RS-232 connector is a standard female DB-9. For use with a typical PC, a straight-through cable with a
DB-9 male on one end and a DB-9 female on the other is called for. That is, pin #1 on one end is connected to pin #1
on the other end, pin #2 to pin #2, and so on. Such a cable can be fabricated or purchased from most computer stores.
Radio Shack sells an appropriate cable as their part number 26-117. Note that a 'null modem' cable crosses over the
receive and transmit wiring and will not work.
The DB-9 connector on the Sunfire units has 'hardwired' handshaking, with pins 1, 4, and 6 tied together internally, and
pins 7 and 8 tied together internally. Pin 2 is data from the Sunfire to your controller. Pin 3 is data from your controller
to the Sunfire. Pin 5 is ground/common. Pin 9 is not connected.
The following is a list of supported serial commands. Note that the data you send to the Sunfire is what you see
between the '' quotes in the 'Command Data' column below. The asterisk is part of the string. This is standard
ASCII text. You can actually use a terminal program to control the Sunfire by typing these commands on your
keyboard. To toggle power, for example, you would send an asterisk ('*') followed by thee ones, or '*111'.
Function
POWER TOGGLE
POWER ON
POWER OFF
CD
TAPE
SAT
DVD
PHONO
TUNER
VID1
VCR
VID2
8-CHANNEL
DSP MODE UP
DSP MODE DOWN
STEREO
PRO LOGIC
JAZZ-CLUB
PARTY
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Command Data Description
'*111' Main Zone Power Toggle
'*112' Main Zone Power On
'*113' Main Zone Power Off
'*114' Main Zone Source CD
'*115' Main Zone Source TAPE
'*116' Main Zone Source SAT
'*117' Main Zone Source DVD
'*118' Main Zone Source PHONO
'*119' Main Zone Source TUNER
'*11A' Main Zone Source VID1
'*11B' Main Zone Source VCR
'*11C' Main Zone Source VID2
'*133' Main Zone Source 8-CHANNEL
'*11D' Main Zone Next DSP Mode Up
'*13W' Main Zone Next DSP Mode Down
'*11E' Main Zone DSP Mode Stereo
'*11F' Main Zone DSP Mode Pro Logic
'*11K' Main Zone DSP Mode Jazz Club
'*134' Main Zone DSP Mode Party
Phone: 425.335.4748 Fax: 425.335.4746
Thursday, January 08, 2004
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