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CONCEPT1 RS232 COMMUNICATION

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Concept 1 RS-232 Communication

Communicaon with Concept 1 via RS-232 is done with simple ASCII Commands and Replies. The port sengs are

19200Baud, 8bits, no parity and 1 stop bit. The physical connecon is as described in the gure below:

Pin 2: TX data: data transmission output

Pin 3: RX data: data recepon input

Pin 5: GND: ground

Other pins are not used.

An instrucon has at least a command and an aribute. In many cases, there are extra values needed, like a zone

or a value. Please make sure that you’re familiar with the 3 modes (stereo, 2 zone linked and 2 zone unlinked) of

the Concept 1 because in some commands, there needs to be a zone specied depending on the mode. From

here we assume that the 3 modes are clear and understood. If not, please read the user manual rst. Instrucons

always have to be ended with <CR>, carriage return. Line feed <LF> characters will always be omied, however

Concept 1 can use (and echo) <LF> aer a <CR>. Instrucons are not case sensive!

Commands

The 4 possible commands are: SET, GET, INC and DEC. With the INC and DEC command, a “step value” can be

specied. This needs to be a posive number between 1 and 10. A step value bigger than 10, will be set to 10. If

no value is specied, default value 1 will be used.

Example: the music volume is -50 and the following instrucon will be given:

INC MSCLVL<CR>

The music level now will be -49. Now the next instrucon is given:

DEC MSCLVL 8<CR>

The music level now is -57.

Summary of content (6 pages)

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CONCEPT1 RS232 COMMUNICATION Concept 1 RS-232 Communication Communication with Concept 1 via RS-232 is done with simple ASCII Commands and Replies. The port settings are 19200Baud, 8bits, no parity and 1 stop bit. The physical connection is as described in the figure below: Pin 2: TX data: data transmission output Pin 3: RX data: data reception input Pin 5: GND: ground Other pins are not used. An instruction has at least a command and an attribute.
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CONCEPT1 RS232 COMMUNICATION Overview of Attributes Attribute Description Commands Zone Value* MULTIZONE ZONELINK Multi Zone Zone Link GET, SET No Binary MSCLVL MICLVL MAXMSCLVL MAXMICLVL Music Level Microphone Level Maximum Music Level Maximum Mic.
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CONCEPT1 RS232 COMMUNICATION Operating Settings MSCLVL is the music level. It can be OFF or a value between -79 and 0. If set at -80, it will be ”OFF”. If both MULTIZONE and ZONELINK are ON, the corresponding zone needs to be specified. MICLVL is the microphone level. It can be OFF or a value between -79 and 0. If set at -80, it will be ”OFF”. If MULTIZONE is ON, the corresponding zone needs to be specified. MAXMSCLVL is the maximum music level.
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CONCEPT1 RS232 COMMUNICATION RS-232 Settings All RS-232 settings are binary values, they can be ON or OFF. If ECHO is on, all received characters are echoed back. This can be handy when programs like hyperterminal are used. LF is Line Feed. Line feed is an ASCII character (0x0A) which is sometimes used to let the cursor jump to the next line. Concept 1 always omits the line feed character. However, when LF is on, there will be put character behind each character.
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CONCEPT1 RS232 COMMUNICATION Status Update VALFB stands for Value Feed Back. When this setting is on, all value changes are sent “autonomously” by Concept 1. This way it’s easy to keep the status synced. Default, VALFB is on. IPGAIN and SOURCENAME are NOT sent when they are modified. INFO can only be used with the GET command. The GET INFO instruction is replied with the current status of most variables. It will only work when VALFB is on.
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CONCEPT1 RS232 COMMUNICATION Restore Factory Settings The factory settings can be restored with the following instruction: “SET RESTORE ON”. The Concept1 will reply with “Please Cycle Power!”, the output will be muted and the display will show “RESET”. The user must power off and power on the amplifier. During power on, the factory settings will be restored. Standby The amplifier can be set in Standby mode with the (optional) IR remote control or with the SET STANDBY ON instruction.