Communication Specifications - Sony XC505 Technical Manual

Communication
Specifications
Serial Communication
Specifications
The camera uses an RS-232C-conforming start-stop
synchronous serial interface.
Sent commands are remotely echoed back.
Baud rate: 38400/19200/9600 bps
Default: 38400 bps
Data length: 8 bits
Parity: none
Stop bit: 1 bit
Flow control: none
Command Format
Sent commands, consisting of a command name and
appended parameters, are input when followed by a
carriage return ASCII code.
Input syntax
command param1 param2 param3 [ENTER]
Input example
GAIN-STEP 18<CR>
Command Input and Response
Status
Command Input
The camera accepts the following characters strings as
valid.
When the camera receives a valid character string, it is
remotely echoed back.
Item Character
Alphabetics 'A' to 'Z'
'a' to 'z'
Numerics '0' to '9'
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Communication Specifications

ASCII
Remarks
Value
0x41 to Strings are not
0x5A case-sensitive.
0x61 to
0x7A
0x30 to –
0x39
Item Character
Symbols 0x2D
'–'
0x2B
'+'
Space ' ' 0x20
[BackSpace] BS 0x08
(control
character)
[ENTER] CR 0x0D
(control
character)
Note
Commands may contain up to 64 characters (excluding the
ending CR).
Parameter Entry
Only base-10 (numerical) parameter values are accepted.
Valid values depend on the particular input command.
Commands with non-decimal parameter characters cannot
be processed.
Example. AE-REF (when received with a base-10
parameter)
<<Accepted normally >>
AE-REF 1023<CR>
<<Returns the "ERROR PARAMETER" response
status>>
AE-REF 3FF<CR>
<<Returns the "ERROR PARAMETER" response
status>>
AE-REF ABC<CR>
AE-REF 1023ABC<CR>
Sign Operators
A "+" or "-" sign may be prepended to a parameter.
<<Accepted normally>>
GAIN-FINE +10<CR>
GAIN-FINE -10<CR>
<<Returns the "ERROR PARAMETER" response
status>>
GAIN-FINE +-10<CR>
GAIN-FINE 10-3<CR>
ASCII
Remarks
Value
Numerical values
may be prepended
by a sign character.
'+' is allowed, but is
ignored.
Not allowed at the
beginning of a line.
none
none