External Control Protocol; General Protocol Behavior; Tcp/Ip Socket Connection; Test Connection To Cu Via Putty - Shure DCS 6000 User Manual

DIS Digital Conference System

10 External Control Protocol

The DCS 6000 Digital Conference System
features an Ethernet connection with the
purpose of providing an interface for controlling
and monitoring of the system. By setting up a
simple (raw) TCP/IP socket connection to the CU
6110 Central Unit control options are available.
This document describes the TCP/IP raw socket
protocol for communicating with the DCS 6000
Conference System. This protocol provides a
short set of commands, enabling a third part
control application to monitor and/or control
system status of a DCS 6000 Conference System.
Some examples of functionally available using
the protocol:
Setting a microphone in speak or in
request
•
Retrieving a list of seats available in the
system.
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This interface supports applications developed
by customers, so the protocol is deliberately
kept simple to avoid complexity. The External
Control protocol
supplementing the
available through the DCS 6000 Browser
interface and the CU 6110 interactive display,
however some commands and settings available
in the browser interface and on the CU 6110
interactive display are not available using the
'External Control Protocol'
Customer applications can include but are not
limited to AMX ® or Crestron ® room control
systems, PC or micro
applications e.g. for button mimics and camera
control applications.
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10.1

General Protocol behavior

A TCP/IP socket connection to the CU 6110 must
10.1.1

TCP/IP socket connection

be established for the External Control protocol
to become available. Configuration of the CU
6110 connection to the Ethernet must be defined
from the
control/Browser interface, and an IP address for
the CU 6110 must be assigned in the network.
Choose either a static IP address or an IP
address assigned through DHCP. It is convenient
to ensure, that the CU 6110 ends up with the
same IP address at each start up.
Knowing the IP address, the only additional
information required for setting up a TCP/IP
connection is the Port Number:
for
If the CU 6110 is assigned IP address
10.1.2

Test connection to CU via Putty

192.168.1.100, the external application must
connect the TCP/IP socket to the address
192.168.1.100:3142.
Knowing the IP address of the CU 6110 a
connection can be set up using a simple terminal
program like Putty ®.
1. Download at
2. Start Putty.
3. Insert IP address and Port Number.
4. Select 'Raw' for the Connection Type.
5. Press 'Open' to establish connection to
the CU. Control is now possible.
6. Give command 'help' to see a list of
commands available.
CU interactive front
Port Number = 3142
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