User Guide

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Button Press
=B<button><CR><LF>
<button> = A one digit ASCII value that indicates the last button pressed on the front panel.
1 - Switch to channel 1 button.
2 - Switch to channel 2 button.
3 - Switch to channel 3 button.
4 - Switch to channel 4 button.
5 - Power button.
Lamp Mode Setting
=L<setting><CR><LF>
<setting> = A one digit ASCII value that indicates the current Lamp Intensity setting.
0 - Dim setting.
1 - Bright setting.
2 - Automatic bright to dim setting.
3 - Front panel LEDs turned off.
Lamp Intensity Setting
=I<min><space><max><CR><LF>
<min> = Minimum (dim) intensity of front panel LEDs (Range: 0 - 255).
<max> = Maximum (bright) intensity of front panel LEDs (Range: 1 - 255).
Query Command Status String
=Q<PendingBits><CR><LF> Return buffered status state of the DVS5.1
<PendingBits> = A bitmapped value that indicates the pending status commands.
PS - Power status string is pending when set.
CS - Channel status string is pending when set.
LI - Lamp Intensity status string is pending when set.
KB - Keypress pending, waiting to be read, when set.
0 - Unused, always returned as 0.
If an ‘X0<CR>’ command has been issued and any of the above states have change, the command’s status will
be buffered awaiting the proper request to be issued by the controller. This command returns a status of which
DVS5.1 states have changed and need to be read by the controller.
If an ‘X1<CR>’ command has been issued to the DVS5.1, then the results of the ‘Q?<CR>’ command will always
be 0.
Version Status String
=V<version><CR><LF> Return the DVS5.1 version string.
<version> = A string of ASCII characters that identifies the DVS5.1 and its version.
Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0000KB LI CS PS