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MC-8 Serial Communications Protocol
Total Number of Effects: An unsigned integer value indicating the maximum number of effects available for this
TimeStamp:
6.3.5 Get System Status
Request to MC-8 for its current system status. MC-8 will respond with "System Status Packet".
This command has been maintained for backward compatibility with MC-1. In order to maintain backward
compatibility, the MC-8 Parameters have been mapped to the MC-1 parameters as described in each Data
Description. MC-8 users should be using the command described in
6.3.5.1 Command Packet Description
6.3.5.2 System Status Response Packet
6.3.5.3 Data Description
System Volume:
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version of software. This should be used to determine the maximum EffectId used in the
"Get Effect Definition Packet", "Get Effect Parameter Definition Packet", "Set Effect
Name Packet", and "Set Effect Parameter Values Packet".
Is a null terminated ASCII text string describing the build date and time of the current
software build. The Format of this text string is:
"yy/mm/dd(sp)hh:mm"
yy- is the last two digits of the year (i.e. year 1999 = 99, year 2000 = 00)
mm - is the month
dd- is the day
(sp) - is an ASCII space character (0x20)
hh - is the hour
mm - is the minute
Application Header:
Command DC_CMD_GET_SYS_STATUS
Data Count 0
Application Data:
N/A
Application Header:
Command DC_RESP_SYS_STATUS
Data Count 10
Application Data:
Data[0]
System Volume
Data[1]
Current Input
Data[2]
Current Effect Id
Data[3]
Current Input Sample Rate nn
Data[4]
Current Input Format
Data[5]
Mute Active
Data[6]
Effect Bypass
Data[7]
Left/Right Balance
Data[8]
Front/Back Balance
Data[9]
Video Synch
Printed on: 04/01/03
6.3.32
(MC-8_Get_System_Status).
0x16
0x00
0x81
0x0A
nn
nn
nn
nn
nn
nn
nn
nn
nn
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