Biamp NMP200 RS-232 User Manual

ADVANTAGE® NMP200

Noise Masking

Processor

RS-232 Control Manual

®

4/7/2000

Biamp Systems, 10074 S.W. Arctic Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97005 U.S.A. [phone] http://www.biamp.com

An affiliate of Rauland-Borg Corporation

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Introduction

The purpose of this manual is to assist third-party programmers in successfully writing code to
control basic day-to-day operations of the Advantage NMP 200. If you do not find a command
that you are looking for, please contact Biamp Systems at 1-800-826-1457 and ask for
Technical Support.

Using this manual

To use this manual, simply select the type of command you are looking for, located in the
tables that make up the following pages, then look at the corresponding command string. In
each case you will need to insert the proper characters in the string to complete the Command
String. Example: in the string ‘aa002?0080dd! ‘[which is an increase fader string] you will
need to provide pseudohex character for the aa and dd parameters. The following table
explains the characters you will need to define:

Characters Definition

aa Channel Number
bb Preset Number
cc Button Number
ee Input Gain

ff Output Gain

dd Device Number

1

Command

Volume Up
Volume Down
Mute
Unmute
Recall Preset
Button Action
Set Input gain

(specific value)
Set output gain

(specific value)
Ch 1 & 2 Vol Up
Ch 1 &2 Vol dn

Command String Respons

aa002?0080dd!
aa002>0080dd!
aa002;0080dd!
aa002<0080dd!
bb01007>0080dd!
0000cc0100780080dd!
eeaa00300080dd!

ffaa00310080dd!

330100760080dd!
110100760080dd!

None
None
None
None
None
None
None

None

None
None

e

Define aa and dd parameters
Define aa and dd parameters
Define aa and dd parameters
Define aa and dd parameters
Define bb and dd parameters
Define cc and dd parameters
Define ee, aa and dd parameters

Define ff, aa and dd parameters

Define dd parameter
Define dd parameter

Comments

aa = Address for Main and Aux Faders
Channel Value

Input 01
Noise 02

Table of channel parameters for aa

bb = Preset Number
Preset Value

Preset #1 01 Preset #9 09
Preset #2 02 Preset #10 0:
Preset #3 03 Preset #11 0;
Preset #4 04 Preset #12 0<
Preset #5 05 Preset #13 0=
Preset #6 06 Preset #14 0>
Preset #7 07 Preset #15 0?
Preset #8 08 Preset #16 10

Preset

Value

Table of presets for bb parameter

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cc = Button Number
Button # Value Button # Value

Button#1 01 Button # 21 15
Button #2 02 Button #22 16
Button #3 03 Button #23 17
Button #4 04 Button #24 18
Button #5 05 Button #25 19
Button #6 06 Button #26 1:
Button #7 07 Button #27 1;
Button #8 08 Button #28 1<
Button #9 09 Button #29 1=
Button #10 0: Button #30 1>
Button #11 0; Button #31 1?
Button #12 0< Button #32 20
Button #13 0= Button #33 21
Button #14 0> Button #34 22
Button #15 0? Button #35 23
Button #16 10 Button #36 24
Button #17 11 Button #37 25
Button #18 12 Button #38 26
Button #19 13 Button #39 27
Button #20 14 Button #40 28

Table of Button Numbers for cc parameter

ee = Input Fader level
Fader level Value Fader Level Value

20dB 00 9dB 0;
19dB 01 8dB 0>
18dB 02 7dB 0=
17dB 03 6dB 0<
16dB 04 5dB 0?
15dB 05 4dB 10
14dB 06 3dB 11
13dB 07 2dB 12
12dB 08 1dB 13
11dB 09 0dB 14
10dB 0:

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ff = Output fader Level
Fader level Value Fader Level Value

-60dB 00 -15dB 10

-48dB 01 -14dB 11

-42B 02 -13dB 12

-36B 03 -12dB 13

-30dB 04 -11dB 14

-28dB 05 -10dB 15

-26dB 06 -9dB 16

-24dB 07 -8dB 17

-23dB 08 -7dB 18

-22dB 09 -6dB 19

-21dB 0: -5dB 1:

-20dB 0; -4dB 1;

-19dB 0< -3dB 1<

-18dB 0= -2dB 1=

-17dB 0> -1dB 1>

-16dB 0? 0dB 1?

Table of Output Fader Levels for ff parameter

dd = Device Number
Device Value Device Value Device Value Device Value

Device #0 00 Device #16 10 Device #32 20 Device #48 30
Device #1 01 Device #17 11 Device #33 21 Device #49 31
Device #2 02 Device #18 12 Device #34 22 Device #50 32
Device #3 03 Device #19 13 Device #35 23 Device #51 33
Device #4 04 Device #20 14 Device #36 24 Device #52 34
Device #5 05 Device #21 15 Device #37 25 Device #53 35
Device #6 06 Device #22 16 Device #38 26 Device #54 36
Device #7 07 Device #23 17 Device #39 27 Device #55 37
Device #8 08 Device #24 18 Device #40 28 Device #56 38
Device #9 09 Device #25 19 Device #41 29 Device #57 39
Device #10 0: Device #26 1: Device #42 2: Device #58 3:
Device #11 0; Device #27 1; Device #43 2; Device #59 3;
Device #12 0< Device #28 1< Device #44 2< Device #60 3<
Device #13 0= Device #29 1= Device #45 2= Device #61 3=
Device #14 0> Device #30 1> Device #46 2> Device #62 3>
Device #15 0? Device #31 1? Device #47 2? Device #63 3?

Table of device numbers for dd perameter

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