The CIS-201 Control Interface is designed to allow both hardwired and infrared control of
Sony audio/video products from an RS232C serial communications device. It provides
four discrete control channels, each with parallel outputs of Control-S and Infrared.
Therefore any command sent via channel 1 will be output by both Control-S and Infrared
outputs 1. If different category products are connected in this way, i.e. a TV to Control-S
1 and a DVD to Infrared 1, that channel can be shared, as each product will only respond to
commands with its own product code.
The CIS-201 can be used either alone or in any combination of CIS-200 series devices, up
to a maximum of 16. Since RS232 is a single-ended data transmission method (between
only one transmitter and one receiver) only one CIS-200 can be used (since it is full two
way), but by utilizing a buffered ‘loop out’ from each unit, up to 15 additional one way
devices (CIS-201 and/or CIS-202) can reside on the the same bus. Each one way device
has its own ID number (1-15), selected by its front panel dip-switch. ID number 0 is
reserved for the CIS-200.
Parts Identification
Front Panel
1
ID Select DIP Switch
Selects the ID number for the unit, from 1 to 15. Works as a Binary Switch, i.e.
Switches add in any combination to equal values from 0 to 15
ID number 0 is reserved for the CIS-200.
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2
POWER on LED Indicator
1
Rear Panel
12345
1
POWER Connector
Input for 9VDC-500mA Power Supply (Supplied)
2
RS232 Connector - (Input)
2 pin Terminal Block Connection to User Interfaces RS232 Control System
Serial Port or Loop Out Connector of other CIS-200 Series Expansion Interface(s).
Typical Wiring Configurations:
CIS-201 I/O 9-Pin D-Sub
RX <Pin 3 - TX
GND -Pin 5 - GND
CIS-201 I/O CIS-200 Series Interface
RX <TX
GND -GND
3
RS232 Connector - (Loop Out)
2 pin Terminal Block Connection to Additional CIS-200 Series ExpansionInterface(s).
Typical Wiring Configuration:
RS232RS232
on CIS-201 I/O on expansion
TX >RX
GND -GND
4
CONTROL-S Connectors
Four 1/8” (3.5mm) mono mini phone jacks.
5
INFRARED Connectors
Four 1/8” (3.5mm) mono mini phone jacks. Accepts standard infrared emitters.
2
CIS-201 RS-232 Protocol
Overview
Transfer Format
Transfer Rate9600bps
Character Length8 bits
Parity CheckNone
Start Bit1
Stop Bit1
ID Number
CIS-201 ID Number = Selectable 1 through 15
(ID number 0 is reserved for the CIS-200).
Channel Number
Control-S / Infrared Channel Assignments:
Channel 1 = 01H
Channel 2 = 02H
Channel 3 = 04H
Channel 4 = 08H
Note: Multiple channels may be sent by ‘OR-ing’ channel numbers,.i.e,
00H = N/A04H = Ch 308H = Ch 40CH = Ch’s 3,4
Control-S channel(s) 1 through 4 (see ‘Channel Number’ on page 3 for format)
4th Byte: Product Code HI Byte
5th Byte: Product Code LO Byte
th
7
Byte
Terminating
Byte
6th Byte: Command
7th Byte: Terminating Byte
<FxH>F0H logically OR’d with ID number.
Example: <VCR3> <PLAY>
CIS-201 ID number 5 - Channels 1, 2 & 3
st
Byte
1
nd
2
Byte3
rd
Byte4
06H85H00H07H14H
Attention
Byte
Command
Number
Channel
Number
th
Byte
Product code: VCR3
th
5
Byte
LO ByteHI Byte
th
6
Byte
24H
Command:
PLAY
th
7
Byte
F5H
Terminating
Byte
4
Command Number 7
Send Control-S Data Continuous
st
1
Byte2
Attention
Byte
nd
Byte3
Command
Number
rd
Byte4
Channel
th
Byte
Product
code - HI
th
5
Byte
Product
code - LO
th
6
Byte
Command
1st Byte: Attention Byte
<8xH> 80H logically OR’d with ID number (80H for CIS-200).
2nd Byte: Command Number
<7>Send Control-S Data Continuous
3rd Byte: Channel
Control-S channel(s) 1 through 4 (see ‘Channel Number’ on page 3 for format)
4th Byte: Product Code HI Byte
5th Byte: Product Code LO Byte
th
7
Byte
Terminating
Byte
6th Byte: Command
7th Byte: Terminating Byte
<FxH>F0H logically OR’d with ID number.
Example: <TV> <CHANNEL UP (+)>
CIS-201 ID number 2 - Channel 3
st
Byte
1
nd
2
Byte3
rd
Byte4
07H82H00H04H10H
Attention
Byte
Command
Number
Channel
Number
th
Byte
Product code: TV
th
5
LO ByteHI Byte
Byte
th
6
Byte
15H
Command
CH UP (+)
th
7
Byte
F2H
Terminating
Byte
5
Stop All Data
This command stops all Control-S Continuous data being sent. This must be sent after any
continuous command has been initiated, otherwise the next command(s) sent will be
ignored.
HI byte LO byte PRODUCT
0010TV
0012VCR 1
0013VCR 2
0014VCR 3
0017LDP
001APROJECTOR
0040AMP
0041AUDIO TUNER
0042AUDIO SYS / PREAMP
0043SOUND ADAPTOR
0044CD 1
0045CD 2
0046CD 3
0047MD
0048TAPE
0049D AT
0060DS T
0061DSS
012BDVD
022BAC3 PROCESSOR
The following pages contain every available code for each product category. Since
features vary from model to model, not every command will work with every product.
6
HI - LO
Category: AC3Control-SProduct Code : 02 - 2B
6th byte CODE NAME
0BINPUT SELECT - NEXT
0CINPUT SELECT - PREV
0DMENU SELECT
13MASTER VOL - UP
14MASTER VOL - DOWN
1DREAR BALANCE - R
1EREAR BALANCE - L