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TASCAM HD-R1 

 
 
 

Serial Control port 

RS-232C Protocol Specification Document 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ver. 1.00 

September 2008   

 

TEAC Corporation 

 

Summary of Contents for RS-232C HD-R1

Page 1: ...TASCAM HD R1 Serial Control port RS 232C Protocol Specification Document Ver 1 00 September 2008 TEAC Corporation ...

Page 2: ...age 3 3 or less Signal discrimination Logic 1 2 V or more Logic 0 0 8 V or more Transmission specifications Circuit format Three wire half duplex Transmission format Digital binary serial transmission Data signal speed 9600 bit sec Character length 8 bits Parity bit None Stop bit 1 bit Note The settings are fixed for the data signal speed character length parity bit and stop bit The control device...

Page 3: ...rings are ignored Unless otherwise indicated character strings are not case sensitive and do not contain equal signs question marks or exclamation points Command One character defines what the command does This is the same for queries Commands include set value and query Value Strings are of 1 to 24 characters including query values Spaces before and after character strings are ignored Unless othe...

Page 4: ... this function the HD R1 will return an error message Otherwise it will respond with the current value of the parameter The following is an example of a command that requests the current value of a parameter and the response from the HD R1 Input Source Input Source Analog Mic Set parameter When the input message contains an equal sign in the command field the message is a set parameter command Whe...

Page 5: ...arameter set command for a valid parameter but the value is invalid the HD R1 will respond with exclamation point added to the command field Input Source Blah Input Source Blah If the HD R1 receives a parameter set command for a valid parameter but the value is missing the HD R1 will respond as follows Input Source Input Source Missing Value Some parameters can be applied only when the transport i...

Page 6: ...password is hdr1 The login password can be changed through the front panel Login hdr1 Login Succeeded Logging Out By sending the following command after logging in you can log out of the session Logout Logged Out Software Version Sending this command causes the HD R1 to reply with the current software version number Version Version 1 0 4 Command details 4 1 Direct transport commands Since the pote...

Page 7: ...ort Play Starts playback Record Starts recording Ready Puts unit in ready to play mode Monitor Puts unit in ready to record mode First Track Moves to first track Next Track Moves to next track Prev Track Moves to previous track Last Track Moves to last track Next Track Marker Moves to next track or next marker Prev Track Marker Moves to previous track or previous marker ...

Page 8: ...s folder or previous playlist in playback mode Last Folder Playlist Moves to last folder or last playlist in playback mode The following are examples of transport state queries Value character string Meaning Transport Asks for the transport state Transport Record Example HD R1 response The following are examples of other state queries Value character string Meaning Current Track Number What is the...

Page 9: ...y as shown The format for setting commands is the same as for others as shown in the example below Parameter ID Command Setting value End Marker Character string Auto Cue example set value query Value as necessary LF or CR LF The following can be set and queried at any time Parameter ID Valid values Num Of Folders Total number of folders query only Num Of Playlists Total number of playlists query ...

Page 10: ...s 112 kbps 128 kbps 160 kbps Stereo MP3 Bit Rate 64 kbps 80 kbps 128 kbps 160 kbps 192 kbps 224 kbps 256 kbps 320 kbps Mark Audio Overs Off On Mark Time Interval Off 1 minute 2 minutes 3 minutes 4 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes Auto Track 512 MB 1 GB 1 5 GB 1 8 GB 2 GB 5 Min 10 Min 15 Min 30 Min 1 Hour ...

Page 11: ... characters including _ and Mark Base Name Base name up to 20 alphanumeric characters including _ and Shuttle Mode Track Mark Only Hours Minutes Seconds Tenths Time Display Total Elapsed Total Remaining Event Elapsed Event Remaining Keyboard Type English Japanese Overload Threshold 0 2 dBFS 0 dBFS Overload Hold Flash 3 Sec 6 Sec 10 Sec Infinite Peak Decay Rate Hold Fast Decay Medium Decay Slow Dec...

Page 12: ...ecording Finished Ducking CF Door Media Full Busy2 Polarity Normally Open Normally Closed System Time Hours minutes seconds System Date Day month year The following settings can be queried at any time but can only be changed when the transport is stopped Attempting to change them while the transport is not stopped will result in an error command being sent back with an asterisk Parameter ID Valid ...

Page 13: ... Off Input Source Analog Mic S PDIF WAV Sample Rate 44 1 kHz 48 kHz 82 2 kHz 96 kHz MP3 Sample Rate 44 1 kHz 48 kHz File Format WAV MP3 Pre Record Off On Ref Level 20 dBFS 4 dBu 18 dBFS 4 dBu 16 dBFS 4 dBu 14 dBFS 4 dBu 9 dBFS 6 dBu Ducking Mode Off Attenuate Input Attenuate Playback Ducking Threshold 6 dBFS 12 dBFS 18 dBFS 24 dBFS 30 dBFS ...

Page 14: ... 232C Protocol Specifications 14 TEAC Corporation Ducking Attenuation 3 dB 6 dB 9 dB 12 dB 18 dB 24 dB Infinity Ducking Hold Time 0 1 Sec 0 5 Sec 1 0 Sec 1 5 Sec 2 0 Sec 2 5 Sec 3 0 Sec 3 5 Sec 4 0 Sec 4 5 Sec 5 0 Sec ...

Page 15: ... playlists are in alphabetical order Query HD R1 response Command Playlist Name 1 Playlist Name Jazz This shows that the name of the first playlist is Jazz Use this command to check the name of the second playlist Query HD R1 response Command Playlist Name 2 Playlist Name Rock This shows that the name of the second playlist is Rock 3 Name a playlist Input a command like the following to set the na...

Page 16: ...at the name of the first folder is Monday Use this command to check the name of the second folder Query HD R1 response Command Folder Name 2 Folder Name Tuesday This shows that the name of the second folder is Tuesday 7 Name a folder Input a command like the following to set the name of the folder Command character string Folder Name Tuesday The setting will be made unless there is an error 8 Add ...

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