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SHERBOURN PT-7010A, RS-232 Control
This document outlines the interconnection, protocol, and commands available for
RS-232 control of the Sherbourn PT-7010A.
Protocol: 9600 baud, 8N1 format, no flow control
Cabling: The RS-232 connector is a standard female DB-9. For use with a typical
PC, a straight-through cable with a DB-9 male on one end and a DB-9 female on the
other is called for. That is, pin #1 on one end is connected to pin #1 on the other
end, pin #2 to pin #2, and so on. Radio Shack sells an appropriate cable as their
part number 26-117. Note that a ‘null modem’ cable will not work.
Internal Pin Configuration: The DB-9 connector on the Sherbourn unit has
‘hardwired’ handshaking, with pins 1, 4, and 6 tied together internally, and pins 7
and 8 tied together internally. Pin 2 is data from the Sherbourn to your controller.
Pin 3 is data from your controller to the Sherbourn. Pin 5 is ground/common. Pin 9 is
not connected.
The following is a list of supported serial commands.
Note that the data you send to the Sherbourn is what you see between the ‘’
quotes in the ‘Command Data’ column below. The ampersand “@” is part of
the string.
For example: To toggle power, for example, you would send an ampersand (‘@’)
followed by thee ones, or ‘@111’.
Function
POWER TOGGLE ‘@111’ Main Zone Power Toggle
POWER ON ‘@112’ Main Zone Power On
POWER OFF ‘@113’ Main Zone Power Off
CD ‘@114’ Main Zone Source CD
TAPE ‘@115’ Main Zone Source TAPE
SAT ‘@116’ Main Zone Source SAT
DVD ‘@117’ Main Zone Source DVD
PHONO ‘@118’ Main Zone Source PHONO
TUNER ‘@119’ Main Zone Source TUNER
VID1 ‘@11A’ Main Zone Source VID1
VCR ‘@11B’ Main Zone Source VCR
VID2 ‘@11C’ Main Zone Source VID2
8-CHANNEL ‘@133’ Main Zone Source 8-CHANNEL
DSP MODE UP ‘@11D’ Main Zone Next DSP Mode Up
DSP MODE DOWN ‘@13W’ Main Zone Next DSP Mode Down
Command
Data
Description
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STEREO ‘@11E’ Main Zone DSP Mode Stereo
PRO LOGIC ‘@11F’ Main Zone DSP Mode Pro Logic
JAZZ-CLUB ‘@11K’ Main Zone DSP Mode Jazz Club
PARTY ‘@134’ Main Zone DSP Mode Party
Neo:6 ‘@13H’ Main Zone DSP Mode Neo:6
SOURCE DIRECT ‘@13J’ Main Zone DSP Mode Source Direct
MUTE TOGGLE ‘@11P’ Main Zone Mute Toggle
MUTE ON ‘@11Q’ Main Zone Mute On
MUTE OFF ‘@11R’ Main Zone Mute Off
VOLUME UP ‘@11S’ Main Zone Volume Up (one increment)
VOLUME DOWN ‘@11T’ Main Zone Volume Down (one increment)
VOL ABSOLUTE ‘@11U’ + 2
EXT.
Main Zone Set Volume Level Absolute ‘@11U00’
MEANS ZERO VOLUME, 99=MAX VOL. Limited by
Main Zone Max Volume Setting on Menu
REAR GROUP UP ‘@11g’ Surround and Surround Back Trim Up (one
increment)
REAR GROUP 0dB ‘@11h’ Surround and Surround Back Trim Zeroed
REAR GROUP DOWN ‘@11j’ Surround and Surround Back Trim Down (one
increment)
CENTER UP ‘@11k’ Center Trim Up (one increment)
CENTER 0dB ‘@11m’ Center Trim Zeroed
CENTER DOWN ‘@11n’ Center Trim Down (one increment)
SUB UP ‘@11p’ Sub Trim Up (one increment)
SUB 0dB ‘@11q’ Sub Trim Zeroed
SUB DOWN ‘@11r’ Sub Trim Down (one increment)
BASS UP ‘@11s’ Bass Up (one increment)
BASS 0dB ‘@11t’ Bass Zeroed
BASS DOWN ‘@11u’ Bass Down (one increment)
TREBLE UP ‘@11v’ Treble Up (one increment)
TREBLE 0dB ‘@11w’ Treble Zeroed
TREBLE DOWN ‘@11x’ Treble Down (one increment)
AM ‘@11y’ Tuner – go to AM band
FM ‘@11z’ Tuner – go to FM band
TUNE STEP UP ‘@121’ Tuner – tune frequency up one step
TUNE STEP DWN. ‘@122’ Tuner – tune frequency down one step
TUNE SCAN UP ‘@123’ Tuner – start/stop scan down
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TUNE SCAN DWN. ‘@124’ Tuner – start/stop scan down
PRESET UP ‘@125’ Tuner – go to next preset number up
PRESET DOWN ‘@126’ Tuner – go to next preset number down
FM DIRECT WITH
MODE
FM DIRECT ‘@127’ + 5
‘@147’ + 6
EXT.
‘@127101701’ FOR 101.7 FM STEREO NR,
‘@127088500’ FOR 88.5 FM STEREO
‘@12710170’ FOR 101.7 FM, ‘@12708850’ FOR 88.5
EXT.
AM DIRECT ‘@128’ + 4
‘@1281020’ FOR 1020 AM, ‘@1280610’ FOR 610
EXT.
RECALL PRESET ‘@129’ + 2
‘@12901’ FOR PRESET 1, ‘@12935’ FOR PRESET 35
EXT.
PROGRAM PRESET
‘@12A’ + 2
EXT.
PROGRAM PRESET ‘@135’ + 9
EXT.
‘@12A01’ TO STORE IN PRESET 1 – STORES current
tuner
setting
‘@135PPFFFFFMM’ PP = Preset (1-40) FFFFF = AM or
FM
DIRECT frequency (5 digits) MM = Mode (00=MONO;
01=STEREO;
02=STEREO_NR)
SIDE AXIS SPKRS
‘@12G’ Main Zone Side Axis On
ON
SIDE AXIS SPKRS
‘@12H’ Main Zone Side Axis Off
OFF
FULL AUTO ON ‘@12J’ Main Zone Full Auto On
FULL AUTO OFF ‘@12K’ Main Zone Full Auto Off
RESET SYSTEM ‘@12L’ + 3
System Reset
EXT.
‘@12L321’ TO RESET (“3-2-1-Reset!”)
PURGE EEPROM ‘@12M’ + 3 ‘@12M123’ To purge contents of EEPROM and set
back to factory
EXT. defaults (“1-2-3-Purge!”)
ANALOG SOURCE ‘@12N’ Broadcast only – Analog source detected and/or
selected
DIGITAL SOURCE ‘@12P’ Broadcast only – Digital source detected and/or
selected
DOLBY-D DETECTED ‘@12Q’ Broadcast only – Dolby Digital lock detected
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DTS DETECTED ‘@12R’ Broadcast only – DTS lock detected
PCM ONLY ACTIVE ‘@12S’ Broadcast only – PCM only is active (not DTS/AC-3,
etc.)
SET MON2 ‘@12T’ Change VCR2/MON2 setting to MON2
SET VCR2 ‘@12U’ Change VCR2/MON2 setting to VCR2
SET S-VIDEO ‘@14B’ Set Video Default to S-Video
SET COMPOSITE ‘@14C’ Set Video Default to Composite
Reserved ‘@132’ Reserved for FLASH downloads
DOLBY EX ON ‘@13K’ Main Zone Dolby EX On
DOLBY EX OFF ‘@13L’ Main Zone Dolby EX Off
DTS ES ON ‘@13K’ Main Zone DTS ES On (Currently unused)
DTS ES OFF ‘@13L’ Main Zone DTS ES Off (Currently unused)
POWER TOGGLE Z2 ‘@13M’ Zone 2 Power Toggle
POWER ON Z2 ‘@13N’ Zone 2 Power On
POWER OFF Z2 ‘@13P’ Zone 2 Power Off
ZONE TOGGLE ‘@137’ Toggle Front Panel between Main Zone and Zone 2
Z2 BALANCE LEFT ‘@13X’ Zone 2 Balance Go Left One Increment
Z2 BALANCE RIGHT ‘@13Y’ Zone 2 Balance Go Right One Increment
Z2 BALANCE
‘@13Z’ Zone 2 Balance Centered
CENTER
MUTE TOGGLE Z2 ‘@13Q’ Zone 2 Mute Toggle
MUTE ON Z2 ‘@13R’ Zone 2 Mute On
MUTE OFF Z2 ‘@13S’ Zone 2 Mute Off
VOLUME UP Z2 ‘@13T’ Zone 2 Volume Up (one increment)
VOLUME DOWN Z2 ‘@13U’ Zone 2 Volume Down (one increment)
VOL ABSOLUTE Z2 ‘@13V’ + 2
EXT.
Zone Set Volume Level Absolute ‘@11U00’ MEANS
ZERO VOLUME, 99=MAX VOL. Limited by Zone 2
Max Volume Setting on Menu
CD Z2 ‘@138’ Zone 2 Source CD
TAPE Z2 ‘@139’ Zone 2 Source TAPE
SAT Z2 ‘@13A’ Zone 2 Source SAT
DVD Z2 ‘@13B’ Zone 2 Source DVD
PHONO Z2 ‘@13C’ Zone 2 Source PHONO
TUNER Z2 ‘@13D’ Zone 2 Source TUNER
VID1 Z2 ‘@13E’ Zone 2 Source VID1
VCR Z2 ‘@13F’ Zone 2 Source VCR
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VID2 Z2 ‘@13G’ Zone 2 Source VID2
MAIN COPY Z2 ‘@14A’ Zone 2 Source MAIN COPY
MENU ‘@141’ Menu (Brings up on-screen menu)
UP ARROW ‘@142’ Up Arrow (Same as up arrow on remote)
DOWN ARROW ‘@143’ Down Arrow (Same as down arrow on remote)
RIGHT ARROW ‘@144’ Right Arrow (Same as right arrow on remote)
LEFT ARROW ‘@145’ Left Arrow (Same as left arrow on remote)
ENTER ‘@146’ Enter/Select (Same as ‘enter’ on remote)
EXIT ‘@147’ Exit (Exit the on-screen menu)
AMP ON ‘@14D’ Receiver Amp On
AMP OFF ‘@14E’ Receiver Amp Off
AMP AUX SURB ‘@14F’ Receiver Amp Aux Channels to Surround Back
AMP AUX SIDE ‘@14G’ Receiver Amp Aux Channels to Side Axis
AMP AUX ZONE2 ‘@14H’ Receiver Amp Aux Channels to Zone 2
GET TUNER FREQ ‘@14J’ Returns Tuner Frequency and Band with an ASCII
string response of the format: ‘@14Jbbfffff’, where:
bb: Band: ‘AM’ or ‘FM’ fffff: Frequency in kHz.
GET MAIN VOL
LEVEL
‘@14K’ Returns Main Volume Level with an ASCII string
response of the format: ‘@14Kxx’, where: xx: 00 = 96 dB ... 50 = -48 dB ... 99 = 0 dB
GET ZONE 2 VOL
LEVEL
‘@14L’ Returns Zone 2 Volume Level with an ASCII string
response of the format: ‘@14Kxx’, where: xx: 00 = 96 dB ... 50 = -48 dB ... 99 = 0 dB
GET MAIN ZONE
STATUS
‘@14M’ Returns Main Zone Status with an ASCII string
response of the format:
‘@14MPxSxDxPxxMxVxxIxxOxx’, where: P – Power
State, where ‘x’: 0=off, 1=on. S – Source, where
‘x’: 0=CD, 1=TAPE, 2=TUNER, 3=PHONO
4=8CHAN, 5=VCR, 6=VID2, 7=VID1, 8=SAT,
9=DVD. D – Active Decoder, where ‘x’: 0=Source
Direct, 1=Analog, 2=PCM Digital, 3=Dolby Digital,
4=DTS.
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P – Sound Processor Mode, where ‘xx’: 00=Source
Direct, 01=Mono, 02=Stereo, 03=Stereo 2, 04=Pro
Logic II, 05=Party, 06=Jazz Club, 07=NEO:6 Music,
08=NEO:6 Cinema, 09=DOLBY D, 10=DOLBY EX,
11=DTS, 12=DTS ES Matrix, 13=DTS ES Discrete. M
– Mute State, where ‘x’: 0=Unmuted, 1=Muted. V –
Volume Level, where ‘xx’: 00=-96 dB ... 50=-48 dB
.... 99=0 dB I – # of Channels in the Source
material, where ‘xx’: 20=2.0, 21=2.1, 41=4.1,
51=5.1, etc O – # of Output Channels, where ‘xx’:
20=2.0, 21=2.1, 41=4.1, 51=5.1, etc.
GET ZONE 2 STATUS ‘@14N’ Returns Zone 2 Status with an ASCII string response
of the format: ‘@14NPxSxDxPxxMxVxxIxxOxx’
Response values are the same as the Main Zone
Status, except: Source #4 is Main Copy instead of 8channel. Note that format is always two-channel.
PLII MUSIC ‘@14P’ Main Zone DSP Mode PLII Music
PLII CINEMA ‘@14Q’ Main Zone DSP Mode PLII Cinema
PLII MATRIX ‘@14R’ Main Zone DSP Mode PLII Matrix
NEO:6 MUSIC ‘@14S’ Main Zone DSP Mode Neo:6 Music
NEO:6 CINEMA ‘@14T’ Main Zone DSP Mode Neo:6 Cinema
DTS LFE MUSIC ‘@14U’ Main Zone DTS LFE Mode set to "Music"
DTS LFE CINEMA ‘@14V’ Main Zone DTS LFE Mode set to "Cinema"
SUB NORMAL ‘@14W’ Main Zone Subwoofer Mode set to "Normal"
SUB ENHANCED ‘@14X’ Main Zone Subwoofer Mode set to "Normal"
MAIN SPKRS LARGE ‘@14Y’ Main Zone Main Speakers set to "Large"
MAIN SPKRS SMALL ‘@14Z’ Main Zone Main Speakers set to "Small"
SUR SPKRS LARGE ‘@15A’ Main Zone Surround Speakers set to "Large"
SUR SPKRS SMALL ‘@15B’ Main Zone Surround Speakers set to "Small"
SUR SPKRS OFF ‘@15C’ Main Zone Surround Speakers set to "Off"
CENTER SPKR
‘@15D’ Main Zone Center Speaker set to "Large"
LARGE
CENTER SPKR
‘@15E’ Main Zone Center Speaker set to "Small"
SMALL
CENTER SPKR OFF ‘@15F’ Main Zone Center Speaker set to "Off"
SUR BACK
‘@15G’ Main Zone Surround Back Speakers set to "2 Large"
SPEAKERS 2 LARGE
SUR BACK
‘@15H’ Main Zone Surround Back Speakers set to " 2 Small"
SPEAKERS 2 SMALL
SUR BACK
‘@15J’ Main Zone Surround Back Speakers set to "1 Large"
SPEAKERS 1 LARGE
SUR BACK
‘@15K’ Main Zone Surround Back Speakers set to "1 Small"
SPEAKERS 1 SMALL
SUR BACK SPKRS
‘@15L’ Main Zone Surround Back Speakers set to "Off"
OFF
SUBWOOFER ON ‘@15M’ Main Zone Subwoofer set to "On"
SUBWOOFER OFF ‘@15N’ Main Zone Subwoofer set to "Off"
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