Sunfire TGP-5 Owners manual

RS-232 Protocol

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TGP-5

Technical Documentation

Version 1.1, 17 July 2006

Contact Information:

1920 Bickford Avenue • Snohomish, WA 98290 •

425) 335-4748

Revision History:

ersion Date Contents

1.0

1.1

Notes:

Version Check:

To check the version on the unit, please follow the procedure below.

1. Turn on the unit.

2. Press DISPLAY + STANDBY/ON buttons.

3. Two versions will be displayed sequentially. Check the first version "MSxxxxx".

17 November 2005 internal release 17 July 2006 first public release

Date ContentsModel

The version number shows the date (ymdd) in which the firmware was created. Here, X, Y and Z in month mean Oct

Nov and Dec respectively.

SUNFIRE RS-232 Protocol, v1.1

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1 Hardware Overview

3wire RS-232C protocol 19200 or 9600 baud / 8 data bits / 1 stop bits / no parity / no flow control (baud is selectable via OSD 9 pin female D type connector (pin 2 is transmit, pin 3 is receive, pin 5 is signal ground) Use a straight-thru cable to connect to your control system or PC.

9600 baud

GND

8 data bits No parity No flow control

RX TX

DB9 Male to plug

into Sunfire

2 Protocol Overview

Sunfire's RS-232 protocol is a very sophisticated, yet simple to use interface to 3rd party control systems such as Elan, Crestron, AMX, and others. Each command is structured as outlined below:

1st 2nd-4th 6th-Nth last

ONP W R [CR]*

End Character* [CR] = "0x0D" hex or "13" decimal

Command Parameter

(of variable length)

Start Character

The start character ("*") tells the Sunfire unit that a command is about to follow. The command + parameter instruct the unit to perform a certain operation. The unit will then execute that action upon receiving the [CR] string.

* Some control s

stems use a special character (such as "\r" or "\n") to represent a carriage return, [CR]. Please check with your control system provider if you are not sure what character or string they use.

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General Commands

MAIN ZONE

RS-232 Protocol, v1.1

Category - Code Description

Power

"*PWROF" Power Off (standby) "*PWRON" Power On "*PWRTG" Power Toggle "*PWRST" Gets Power Status

Returns "*PWROF" or "*PWRON"

Volume*

"*VOLABnnn" Sets Volume Level (0-100)

"*VOLUP" Volume Level Up "*VOLDN" Volume Level Down "*VOLST" Gets Volume Level

Returns "*VOLnnnn", where "nnnn" is decimal value

* Limited by Main Zone Max Volume Setting in Menu

Muting

"*MUTOF" Audio Muting Off

"*MUTON" Audio Muting On

"*MUTTG" Audio Muting Toggle "*MUTST" Gets Muting Status

Returns "*MUTOF" or "*MUTON"

Amp On/Off (Receivers Only)

"*AUXSB" Receiver Amplifier CH 6-7 to side backs "*AUXSD" Receiver Amplifier CH 6-7 to side axis

"*AUXZ2" Receiver Amplifier CH 6-7 to Zone2 out

"*AUXST" Receiver Amplifier CH 6-7 Status

Returns "*AUXSB", etc.

"*AMPON" Receiver Amplifier On

"*AMPOF" Receiver Amplifier Off "*AMPTG" Receiver Amplifier Toggle

"*AMPST" Gets Receiver Amplifier Status

Returns "*AMPON", etc.

OSD Operation

"*SETM2"

"*SETV2"

"*KEY00" "*KEY01" "*KEY02" "*KEY03" "*KEY04" "*KEY05" "*KEY06" "*KEY07" "*KEY08" "*KEY09" "*KEY10"

"*OSDMN"

"*OSDUP" "*OSDDN" "*OSDRT"

"*OSDLT" "*OSDEN" "*OSDEX" "*OSDST"

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