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Blustream Infrared Commands
Blustream have created 16x input & 16x output IR commands allowing source selection of up to 16x Transmitters to up
to 16x Receivers. These are different to the source switching controls sent to a Multicast Receiver.
For systems larger than 16x source devices, please use RS-232 or TCP/IP control.
For the complete database of Multicast IR commands, please visit the Blustream website page for any Multicast
product, click on the "Drivers & Protocols" button, and navigate to the folder named "Multicast IR Control".
RS-232 and Telnet Commands
The Blustream Multicast system can be controlled via serial and TCP/IP. Please refer to the RS-232 connections page
towards the start of this manual for settings and pin out. For the ACM200 and ACM210, there are individual API Docu-
ments availabel to download from the Blustream website that cover all possible commands that can be sent via TCP/
IP or Serial to the units.
Common Mistakes
• Carriage return – Some programs do not require the carriage return where as other will not work unless sent direct-
ly after the string. In the case of some Terminal software the token <CR> is used to execute a carriage return. Depend-
ing on the program you are using this token maybe different. Some other examples that other control systems deploy
include \r or 0D (in hex).
• Spaces – the ACM200 can work with our without spaces. It simply ignores them. It can also work with 0 to 4 digits.
eg: 1 is the same as 01, 001, 0001
- How the string should look is as follows OUT001FR002
- How the string may look if spaces are required by the control system: OUT{Space}001{Space}FR002
• Baud Rate or other serial protocol settings not correct
Please note: the maximum number of Transmitters (yyy) and Receivers (xxx) = 762 devices (001-762)
- Receivers (outputs) = xxx
- Transmitters (inputs) = yyy
- Scaler Output = rr
- EDID Input settings = zz
- Baud Rate = br
- GPIO input/output ports = gg
For a full list of all API commands for the ACM200 and ACM210, please see separate Advanced Control Module
API Document published on the Blustream website.
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