Zektor HDA604, User Manual

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Page 3: ...ss plugged into a UL rated battery backup and or surge protection device 13 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power sup ply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or mois ture does not operate normally or has been dr...

Page 4: ... panel paging triggers Added a description of the pDSW command Version 0 9 09 29 2015 Added Bit 12 to the SS and FS commands to save and reset paging parameters Version 0 8 08 19 2015 Fixed source descriptions in the DSZ command Fixed the description of the pTIME command Fixed some typos Version 0 7 05 26 2015 Added paging description Added XIO flag Extended I O in the XS command Changed the numbe...

Page 5: ...rdware 25 TCP IP Overview 25 Setting a static IP address vs DHCP 25 TCP IP settings used by the Zektor Switch 26 RS 232 Pinout and Baudrate Settings 26 Pin definitions 26 Port settings used by the Zektor Switch 26 Timing information unless specified otherwise by a command s description 26 Command Syntax 27 Command Syntax 27 Command Responses 27 Type of Responses and Timing Information 27 The Ackno...

Page 6: ...56 LI Lighting Mode and Intensities 57 TCP IP Control 58 IPSET Set the IP operation mode DHCP or STATIC 58 IPA Set View the static IP Address 59 IPM Set View the static IP Mask 59 IPG Set View the static IP gateway address 59 IPAX Retrieve the current IP address in use 60 IPMX Retrieve the current IP mask in use 60 IPGX Retrieve the current IP gateway address in use 60 HDMI Control Settings 61 EDL...

Page 7: ...Z Set the Muting of a Zone during a Page 81 pVZ pVPZ Set the Volume of a Zone during a Page 81 pVMZ Set the Volume Mute level of a Zone during a Page 82 pADNDZ pDDNDZ pHDNDZ Set the Do Not Disturb flags 82 pDSW Setup the back panel doorbell paging switches 83 pTIME Set Initial Delays and Minimum Paging Times 83 pSET Initiate or End a Page 84 ...

Page 8: ...8 Switch Serial Protocol Version 0 16 5 13 16 ...

Page 9: ...warranty repair work is needed we request that you hold on to the original packaging materials Please take this time to verify the contents of the Switch box The following should be included HDMI Matrix and or Audio Switch Power Cord USB Drive Quick Start User Guide If anything is missing please get in touch with us as soon as possible so that we can correct the sit uation Features Serial TCP IP c...

Page 10: ...depending upon the screen selected For instance when one of the source zone switching display is being used these buttons will allow switching between the sources BACK and NEXT Screen dependent buttons SELECT This is a multifunction button Twisting the knob allows scrolling between menu options or the changing of a parameter depending upon the current selection state Pressing the SELECT knob will ...

Page 11: ...e outputs use a mono jack The sleeve is ground and the tip is 5V HDBaseT These are the HDBaseT outputs and will drive up to 330ft of Cat5 6 cable to the HDBaseT receivers Power is also sent over the Cat5 6 cable and the HDBaseT receiver does not need a separate power supply Local Out These are local HDMI outputs They are not mirrored outputs plugging in an HDMI monitor to one of these outputs will...

Page 12: ...ff Through out the manual the above sequence would be shortened to Setup Off Pressing the SELECT knob performs two functions The first is to select a menu option as shown by the OFF example given above The second is to switch between the selection mode and the update mode The selection mode is indicated by the left right arrow characters Whenever the are displayed twisting the knob to the right CW...

Page 13: ... User Guide Version 0 16 5 13 16 13 Using the Front Panel Mapping an input to an output zone To map any source input to any zone output If the LCD display is not at showing the main menu press the MENU button ...

Page 14: ...the new source The switch will switch the given zone to the new source and the mode will change back to the selection mode Zone A represents the ALL zone Setting zone A to a source will set all the zones to the given source Setting a source to 0 disconnects it from all sources no audio blanked video Shortcuts The ZONE buttons will move between the zones and set the update mode to allow easy use of...

Page 15: ...llowing you to change the static IP address the IP mask and the IP gateway parameters To change any of the parameters select the parameter you want to change address mask or gate way and press the SELECT knob Scroll to the octect you want to change select it and change it Hint The selection knob uses acceleration to allow faster updating of values To make large changes in the values spin the knob ...

Page 16: ...thenticate the source to each monitor Since there are more monitors than keys this must be done using smaller groups of keys If the source is capable of issuing 3 keys then the switch will authenticate 3 monitors at a time So the only real effect of indicating that a source has only 1 keys is that the authentication will take longer Once the authentication is done the keys will be cached Once the ...

Page 17: ...menu press the MENU button Use the SELECT knob to select the Assign EDID zones option Setup ESet Use the ZONE buttons to switch between sources Use the SELECT knob to scroll to a zone and the press the SELECT to assign or unassigned a zone A zone is assigned when the small square to the left of the zone number is filled in A source that has no zones assigned is the same as a source that has all of...

Page 18: ...f the EDID settings should be locked Once locked all EDID settings will be ignored and displays will not flicker when an A V receiver is powered cycled Note When the EDID settings are locked any EDID changes will be ignored this includes the addi tion of any new equipment If any equipment is to be added or removed from the current setup you must first unlock the EDID settings or the changes will n...

Page 19: ...DIDs currently read into cache All HDCP keys currently read into cache The HDCP count settings The EDID lock setting To save the EDID HDCP settings If the LCD display is not at showing the main menu press the MENU button Use the SELECT knob to select the EDID Save option Setup ESave The settings will be saved when you select the ESave menu selection If you add or removing any equipment from the sw...

Page 20: ...ideo can go blank or it can flash on and off or in some cases the source could even lock up and need to be power cycled If you suspect an HDCP problem you can verify this by Turning off the Switch Turn off all TVs and monitors connected to the Switch Turn on the Switch and set all zones to point to the source with the suspected HDCP problem Now start turning on zones If the display starts flickeri...

Page 21: ...e the EDIDs of similar devices and send the combined EDID to a source that will be associated with the devices For instance all receivers can be combined and sent to a Blu ray or Cable box that will be used mostly for those receivers This allows you to enable Dolby5 1 or Dolby TrueHD or any other features the receivers are capable of decoding Here are some common examples Scenario 1 You have a ded...

Page 22: ... are the coax inputs input 18 is the auxiliary coax input 65 80 These sources are the optical inputs input 27 is the auxiliary optical input 81 96 These sources are the audio extracted from the HDMI inputs 1 6 97 112 These sources are the audio return inputs on the HDMI receivers 113 128These sources are the audio extracted from the HDMI outputs This is the same audio that would be playing on a TV...

Page 23: ...he HDMI Switch s Audio Sources and Usage The HDMI audio switch has 37 possible sources of the audio 1 16 These are the audio from HDMI inputs 17 48 These sources are reserved and currently mute the audio 49 80 These sources are the coax inputs input 24 is the auxiliary coax input 81 96 These sources are the optical inputs input 33 is the auxiliary optical input 97 112 These sources are the audio r...

Page 24: ... that a picture can be seen on all zones There can be a lot of video blanking and flickering at this point and if you have sources that have manual HDCP key count settings this could take a while Verify that all sources can be seen on all zones You should now be able to switch a single zone between different sources without causing flickering on any of the other zones If you have a receiver attach...

Page 25: ...ch port s commands will be buffered until the ending is read at which time the commands will be exe cuted in the order received All responses will be sent to both Serial ports and TCP IP connections Setting a static IP address vs DHCP By default the Zektor Switch will use DHCP to retrieve a IP address an IP mask and the address of the router gateway The IP address can be set using the front panel ...

Page 26: ... used with USB to RS 232 conversion cables these are all typically straight through cables Be sure to install any drivers that come with the USB to RS 232 cable you are using The RS 232 port is a female type DE 9 connector sometimes mistakenly referred to as a DB 9 con nector with the following pinout Pin definitions 1 No Connect 6 No Connect 2 TX 7 No Connect 3 RX 8 No Connect 4 No Connect 9 No C...

Page 27: ...command P 1 Response from the A Vswitch for new setting to turn off the Zektor Switch send P 0 Command sent to the A V switch Acknowledgment indicating valid command P 0 Response from the A V switch for new setting NOTE Only the characters between and are valid any characters sent before the or after the will be ignored NOTE Space characters are optional For instance P 1 and P1 are the same comman...

Page 28: ...badly formed command 4 Reserved 5 Too many or too few parameters 6 Device busy cannot process command 7 Buffer overflow 8 The command is not valid if device is not powered on 1xx Error initializing the Audio subsystem 2xx Error initializing the HDMI subsystem And some more detailed descriptions of their meanings Error 1 The command given was not recognized as a Zektor Switch command Commands are c...

Page 29: ...f this command will always be 3 digits long This allows easier pars ing in some control systems Reference for Basic Control Commands Definitions The following terms are used through out this manual Zone An output Zone and Output are used interchangeably throughout the manual A single zone consists of the combination of a HDMI video channel and an HDMI audio channel for the HDMI switch For most com...

Page 30: ...ances if you want the bits ASY and IRS to be set to 1 and the rest of the bits set to zero the parameter s value would be calculated as 1 1024 ASY s value 1 IRS s value 1024 making the parameter value 1025 The command to set those two bits to ones and reset all the others would be XS 1025 Individual bits of a bitmapped parameter can be set or reset without affecting the other bits by prefix ing th...

Page 31: ...t have been written for our switches using the native mappings In an effort to keep from breaking old drivers the switches still support the native mappings by default when shipped from the factory To help with writing newer more universal drivers we have added an Extended I O mode In this mode all of our current line of switches will use the same source numbers We recommend supporting the Extende...

Page 32: ...l are 0 Disconnect video channel from any source blanks video 1 6 HDMI video from HDMI inputs The sources for the HDMI audio breakaway channel are 0 Disconnect HDMI audio from any source mutes audio 1 6 Digital audio extracted from HDMI inputs 7 15 Reserved Mutes audio same as switching source 0 16 24 Digital audio from coax inputs 25 33 Digital audio from optical inputs 34 37 Audio from the input...

Page 33: ...l are 0 Disconnect video channel from any source blanks video 1 8 HDMI video from HDMI inputs The sources for the HDMI audio breakaway channel are 0 Disconnect HDMI audio from any source mutes audio 1 8 Digital audio extracted from HDMI inputs 9 17 Reserved Mutes audio same as switching source 0 18 26 Digital audio from coax inputs 27 35 Digital audio from optical inputs 36 43 Audio from the input...

Page 34: ...l are 0 Disconnect video channel from any source blanks video 1 16 HDMI video from HDMI inputs The sources for the HDMI audio breakaway channel are 0 Disconnect HDMI audio from any source mutes audio 1 16 Digital audio extracted from HDMI inputs 17 32 Reserved Mutes audio same as switching source 0 33 48 Digital audio from coax inputs 49 56 Digital audio from optical inputs 57 72 Audio from the in...

Page 35: ...HDMI video channel are 0 Disconnect video channel from any source blanks video 1 16 HDMI video from HDMI inputs The sources for the HDMI audio breakaway channel are 0 Disconnect HDMI audio from any source mutes audio 1 16 Digital audio extracted from HDMI inputs 17 48 Reserved Mutes audio same as switching source 0 49 80 Digital audio from coax inputs 81 88 Digital audio from optical inputs 89 104...

Page 36: ...e 2 Only PCM stereo type audio can be down converted to analog audio You cannot down con vert Dolby5 1 or DTS The ProAudio32 ProAudio48 AUD3200 AUD3248 native source numbering In the native I O mode the sources for the analog audio zones are 0 Disconnect zone from any source 1 32 Analog audio from RCA left right inputs 33 64 PCM stereo audio from Coax inputs mutes if Dolby5 1 or DTS 65 72 PCM ster...

Page 37: ... 1 32 Analog audio from RCA left right inputs 33 64 PCM stereo audio from Coax inputs mutes if Dolby5 1 or DTS 65 80 PCM stereo audio from Optical inputs mutes if Dolby5 1 or DTS 81 96 PCM stereo extracted from HDMI inputs mutes if Dolby5 1 or DTS 97 112 Audio from audio return inputs on the HDMI receivers mutes if Dolby5 1 or DTS 113 128 PCM stereo extracted from HDMI outputs mutes if Dolby5 1 or...

Page 38: ...129 144 allow the digital outputs to mirror those of the analog outputs 129 Mirror analog output 1 130 Mirror analog output 2 etc For instance if you want the coax output 3 to mirror anything coming out of analog output 1 you would send the command DSZ 3 129 After this command anything playing on analog output 1 will be mirrored to coax output 3 Any input changes made to analog output 1 will also ...

Page 39: ... the Palladia8x8 33 41 Select coax inputs labeled 10 18 on the back of the switch 42 64 These will mute audio There are only 9 coax inputs on the Palladia8x8 65 73 Select optical inputs labeled 19 27 on the back of the switch 74 96 These will mute audio There are only 9 optical inputs on the Palladia8x8 97 104 Extract audio from HDMI inputs 1 8 105 112 Mute audio there are only 8 HDMI inputs on th...

Page 40: ...will mute audio There are only 16 analog inputs on the Proaudio16 33 48 Select coax inputs labeled 17 32 on the back of the switch 49 64 These will mute audio There are only 16 coax inputs on the Proaudio16 65 80 Select optical inputs labeled 33 48 on the back of the switch All the other inputs will mute since they don t exist on the Proaudio16 By using these values in your driver you can easily s...

Page 41: ... and P 1 commands to turn on and off the Zektor Switch This allows users to override the driver s logic by manually issuing the P 2 and P 3 com mands By issuing a P 3 command lock power on the Zektor Switch will be turned on and locked Only a subsequent P 2 command will turn off the Zektor Switch The P 0 and P 1 commands issued by the controller will be ignored SZ Set Zone s Analog Audio Switch Th...

Page 42: ... The response string is sent as a fixed length string using leading zeroes You can request the mapping of multiple zones with one command and still only one response string per zone will be returned for instance SZ 1 3 4 could return Indicates no errors in the command SZ 001 002 Source 2 mapped to zone 1 SZ 003 006 Source 6 mapped to zone 3 SZ 004 005 Source 5 mapped to zone 4 HSZ Set Zone s HDMI ...

Page 43: ...SZ command the command can also be used to breakaway the different channels HSZ 8 1 3 maps only the HDMI audio from HDMI input 3 to zone 1 The HDMI video on zone 1 remains unchanged The channel the 8 in the above example is a bitmapped number that indicates which channel or channels are to be affected by the command The channels are mapped as 1 HDMI video 8 HDMI audio By adding together the above ...

Page 44: ...oes You can request the mapping of multiple zones with one command and still only one response string per zone will be returned for instance HSZ 1 3 4 could return Indicates no errors in the command HSZ 001 002 All channels of source 2 mapped to zone 1 HSZ 009 001 All channels of source 1 mapped to zone 3 HSZ 1 004 006 HDMI video from source 6 mapped to zone 4 HSZ 8 004 003 HDMI audio from source ...

Page 45: ... outputs 18 32 can only mirror analog outputs 18 32 The zones for the digital audio switch are 1 128 Depending upon model The source numbers for the switch depend upon the switch s model number and the Extended I O set ting For a full listing of source numbers see The Default Native Source Numbering on page 31 and The Extended I O mode on page 37 The different forms of the DSZ command are DSZ zone...

Page 46: ...disconnected the sound is immediately switched off This command should not be used to simply mute audio on a zone This command is nearly equivalent to setting a zone to source 0 It disconnects the zone from anything The only difference between a MZ 1 1 command and a SZ 1 0 is that the MZ command remembers its source connec tion When using the MZ command you can reconnect to the current source When...

Page 47: ...er down Zone s HDMI Switch This is the command used to mute or disconnect a zone from any HDMI source When HDMI is dis connected video is blanked leaving a black screen This command is nearly equivalent to setting a zone to source 0 It disconnects the zone from anything The only difference between a HMZ 1 1 command and a HSZ 1 0 is that the HMZ com mand remembers its source connection When using t...

Page 48: ...DMI video and HDMI audio channels add the channel numbers together 9 1 8 the HDMI video channel and the HDMI audio channel and use that as the channel number HMZ 9 2 3 1 This would mute the HDMI video and HDMI audio channels on zones 2 and 3 and is equivalent to the HMZ 2 3 1 command HMZ Query Examples There are two forms of the query response string depending upon whether any channel breakaway op...

Page 49: ...tes the new XS settings HMZ 1 Request mute settings for zone 1 Acknowledge MZ command HMZ 9 1 0 Audio and video of zone 1 is not muted By setting the CHM even though all channels on zone 1 are the same the full channel bitmap is still returned DMZ Mute Disconnect Power down Zone s Digital Audio Switch This is the command used to hard mute or disconnect or power down a digital audio zone When dig i...

Page 50: ...ry request sent to the A V switch would respond with Indicates no errors in the command DMZ 1 1 Video and all audio channels are muted on zone 3 To make parsing the response strings easier only one response string is sent per zone The response string is sent as a fixed length string using leading zeroes You can request the settings of multiple zones with one command and only one response string pe...

Page 51: ...th commands function the same way With no delay in place when the Zektor Switch switches from one input to another the switching is immediate When a delay is added an extra step takes place when switching between inputs Instead of immediately switching to the new input the zone is first muted for the delay amount of time and is then switched to the new input For audio devices the sound is first mu...

Page 52: ... setting HDMI video can have a different delay than the audio The different command forms are HDZ zone zone delay Add a delay to all channels of a zone or zones HDZ ch zone delay Add a delay to only the selected channels of zones HDZ In polled mode reads current settings of all logged changes HDZ zone Read current settings of given zones HDZ ch zone Read current settings of the selected channels o...

Page 53: ... comma can be used to indicate a missing parameter XS settings2 Only settings2 is changed Since settings1 was not present on the command line it will not be affected The following paragraphs define each option in more detail ASY Send commands asynchronously any time a parameter changes With this bit set to a 1 anytime a parameter changes a response string is sent For instance any changes to the fr...

Page 54: ...ut if there are problems with this behavior they can be turned off by setting this bit to a 0 XIO Enable Disable Extended I O numbering If this bit is reset 0 the normal sequential number system is used for sources and zones If this bit is set 1 then an extended I O number system is used that is the same between all Zektor switches of the same family By setting this bit to one 1 during the initial...

Page 55: ...ngs will be set to their initial default values This command allows you to change those initial values To use this command the Zektor Switch should have the parameters to be saved set to the values that are to be used as the initial values Once the current settings are in place this command is issued to save the current settings as the initial values This command uses a bitmapped parameter to indi...

Page 56: ...ting should be reset a bit set to 0 indicates the setting should not be reset and the previous setting will remain unchanged Command formats FS settings Reset the parameters indicated by settings Response String There is no response string to the SS command this command is write only If the ACK bit is set in the XS command then a acknowledgement string will be sent to indicate the com mands was ac...

Page 57: ... brightened LEDs Range 0 100 off Intensity of the standby power LED Range 0 100 Response Example LI 3 020 090 010 Mode Auto dim 20 bright 90 off 10 The mode settings allow you to set the front panel LEDs to always be 0 off 1 Always at the dim intensity 2 always at the bright intensity or 3 auto dim from bright to dim when the front panel is not in use The intensities range for 0 which of off to 10...

Page 58: ...to Static mode the IP address IP mask and gateway address given by the IPA IPM and IPG commands will be used You can easily switch between the two modes without losing the static address setting In other words when switching to DHCP a new IP address values will be obtained from the router but the static IP address values of the IPA IPM and IPG commands are not lost and when returning to static mod...

Page 59: ...tely change the TCP IP mask It sets up the static mask that will be used the next time the IPSET 0 command is issued The command format is IPM xxx xxx xxx xxx Set new TCP IP mask IPM Read the current TCP IP mask Response String IPM xxx xxx xxx xxx Where xxx xxx xxx xxx IP mask in standard form Ex 255 255 255 000 The response string of the IPA command is not the current IP mask of the Zektor Switch...

Page 60: ...xx xxx xxx IP address in standard form Ex 192 168 001 200 IPMX Retrieve the current IP mask in use This command is read only and will return the IP mask being used by the Zektor Switch If DHCP is being used this will return the mask given to the Zektor Switch by the router If static mode is being used this will return the static mask currently in use by the Zektor Switch The command format is IPMX...

Page 61: ...s having it s HDCP keys read To prevent display flickering each time a receiver is turned on or off you should perform the proce dure titled Validating the Installation in the user guide Once your system is validated you should lock the EDID and then save the new HDMI settings in EEPROM so that they won t be lost when power is cycled See SS Save Default Power On Set tings on page 55 To turn on off...

Page 62: ...d the values together to create the zmsk For instance in the above example we wanted source 4 to use the combined EDID of zones 1 and 3 Zone1 is included by setting Bit 0 and Zone5 is included by setting bit 4 Using the table we see the Bit 0 s value is 1 and Bit 4 s value is 16 To create the zmsk add these together to get 17 KSIZI Set the number of HDCP keys of a source For HDMI to work properly ...

Page 63: ...you have a source with a limited amount of keys use this command to limit the number of keys sent to the source To set the number of keys of a source KSIZI src 0 Sets the switch to the normal mode where key limits are not checked KSIZI src n Sets the HDCP key limit to n n 1 23 KSIZI src Query for current setting Response String KSIZI src n Where src The source number n Number of keys available in ...

Page 64: ...ange is 0 to 248 The volume command is given in 0 5dB steps and uses an offset of 200 to indicate a attenuation of 0 0dB 199 indicates 0 5dB of attenuation and so forth all way down to 1 which indicates an attenua tion of 99 5dB or a gain of 99 5dB depending on how you look at things The value 0 is special in that it indicates full attenuation or fully muted audio more than 115dB VZ Set Zone s Vol...

Page 65: ...uted value If the MJP flag is cleared reset then sending a VZ command with a or prefix will cause the zone to unmute but the volume of the zone will not be restored to the original unmuted level The or commands will increment or decrement the volume from the muted level If the UVL flag is set then sending a VZ command without a or prefix will cause the zone to unmute It will then be set to given l...

Page 66: ...p time given to the VRT command is 20 2 seconds then VZ 1 2 10020 will fade zones 1 and 2 to the a level of 20 Regardless of their current values zones 1 and 2 will both reach level 20 at exactly the same time If one zone is farther away from 20 than the other the fade speed will be faster so that both zones reach the new level at the same time To fade to a new level using a fixed fade speed add 2...

Page 67: ...h a or prefix will cause the zone to unmute and the volume will jump to it s previous unmuted value Subsequent or commands will increment or decrement from the new unmuted value If the MJP flag is cleared reset then sending a VZ command with a or prefix will cause the zone to unmute but the volume of the zone will not be restored to the original unmuted level The or commands will increment or decr...

Page 68: ... 0dB Values above 200 raise gain and values below 200 lower gain The minimum and maximum volume settings must have at least a 49 5dB 99 steps difference between them Any attempt to set the minimum volume closer than 99 steps of the maximum will result in a setting of exactly 99 steps below the maximum volume setting VMAZ Set Zone s Maximum Volume Each zone has a minimum and maximum volume setting ...

Page 69: ...equal a 20dB per second ramp speed The ramp speed is the value used when 20000 is added to a volume command setting The VRT command format is VRT time speed Set the ramp time and ramp speed VRT Reads current settings Response Strings VRT time speed Where time Volume ramp time in 1 10th increments 1 0 1 second 10 1 second etc speed Volume ramp speed in 0 5dB per second increments 40 20dB per second...

Page 70: ...ute fading has been previously set using the VMLZ command then sending the VMZ 1 1 command will cause the volume on zone1 to fade to the muted level To toggle the mute setting use the setting VMZ 1 Toggle the mute setting on zone 1 VMLZ Set a Zone s Mute Level The VMLZ setting is the value to be subtracted from the current volume when the mute command is enabled This value is the number of 0 5dB s...

Page 71: ... controlled ramp speed The VMT allows setting both of these The 1st parameter of the VMT command is the ramp time setting This indicate the amount of time needed to ramp or fade from one volume to the next and is given in 1 10th of seconds The setting of 10 would equal 1 second This is the value used when 10000 is added to the VMLZ command setting See VMLZ Set a Zone s Mute Level on page 70 The 2n...

Page 72: ...ls Each zone has a gain level that can be set from 24dB to 24dB The gain control allows you to match the volume levels of each zone to the sensitivity of the amplifiers used in each zone This allows vol ume settings to sound the same for each zone even when using different model brand of amplifiers or different model brand of speakers Zone gain is set in 0 5dB steps Command format GAZ zone zone ga...

Page 73: ...bands will not result in a 40 0dB but will be limited to 20 0dB The levels are set in 0 5dB steps Command formats BAZ zone zone level Set the bass level of a zone or zones BAZ zone step Add step number of 0 5dB steps to current bass level BAZ zone step Subtract step number of 0 5dB steps from current level BAZ zone zone Read current bass level settings of given zone s TRZ zone zone level Set the t...

Page 74: ...ve 168 20 0dB or below 88 20 0dB though it s perfectly valid to send a command that would attempt this EQ1Z EQ2Z EQ3Z EQ4Z EQ5Z Set the 5 Band Equalizers levels Each zone has a 5 Band Equalizer associated with it each of the five bands have levels that range from 20 0dB to 20 0dB Interaction between the Bass and Treble controls and the 5 Band Equalizer set tings are limited to a 20 0dB range Addin...

Page 75: ... 9dB you d take the gain 9dB multiply by 2 and add 128 So level 9 2 128 146 and EQ1Z 1 146 Boost EQ band s level by 9 0dB would set the EQ level on zone 1 to a 9 0dB boost You can also easily add or subtract from the current level in 0 5dB steps for instance EQ1Z 1 6 Boost EQ band s level on zone 1 by 3 0dB EQ1Z 3 9 Cut EQ band s level on zone 3 by 4 5dB When using the and prefixes to add or subtr...

Page 76: ...DSZ command is used to switch between all the digital sources All digital audio is passed through the switch untouched This includes Dolby5 1 and DTS audio You cannot switch the coax output to any analog audio sources When connected to an associated analog zone the setting of the DSZ command is ignored and all analog audio from the associated analog zone will be converted to PCM stereo and sent to...

Page 77: ...ommand which sets delays on a source by source basis Which one to use depends on what is causing the video delay and where it s connected in the video path If the source of a video processor or monitor that adds a video delay is connected to a zone then the LSZ command should be used to delay the audio by the same amount of time the video is being delayed Only audio that is being sent to the video...

Page 78: ...s no delay There are two forms of the lip sync delay commands the LSZ command which sets lip sync delay on a zone by zone basis and the LSI command which sets delays on a source by source basis Which one to use depends on what is causing the video delay and where it s connected in the video path If the source of a video processor or monitor that adds a video delay is connected to a zone then the L...

Page 79: ... command can be used to switch to a camera input taking into account that in general HDMI sources do not switch quickly Use the pVZ or the pVPZ commands to set the desired paging doorbell volumes for each zone By default each zone has it s DND Do Not Disturb flag set to Do Not Disturb 1 You must set the DND flag to 0 if you want the zone to switch to the doorbell paging input when the doorbell pag...

Page 80: ...doorbell system can be setup to mute or lower the volume of the audio during a doorbell press to allow the doorbell to be heard Doorbell and Paging Commands pASZ pDSZ pHSZ Set the Paging Source of a Zone Setup the source a zone will use during a page Each zone can be preset to switch to a given source This can be overridden using the do not disturb settings The pASZ command controls the analog aud...

Page 81: ...all three commands work the same way Command format pAMZ preset zone mute_flag Response Strings pAMZ preset zone mute_flag Where preset A preset level greater than 0 A preset of 0 is ignored zone Zone number mute_flag Mute flag 0 or 1 When a pSET x command is issued the zone s will mute based on these settings pVZ pVPZ Set the Volume of a Zone during a Page Paging volumes can be setup as absolute ...

Page 82: ... Do Not Disturb and must be changed before any pag ing commands will have an effect There are three levels of Do Not Disturb Level 0 Allow paging The zone will respond fully to all paging requests Level 1 Do Not Disturb All paging requests will be ignored by this zone Level 2 Allow paging requests but do not change sources Level 2 is useful when you want a source to mute or lower it s volume but y...

Page 83: ...rigger voltage present The time parameter is ignored Active off When the contact is open or trigger voltage is absent initiate paging Page will last as long as the contact is open or trigger voltage is absent The time parameter is ignored Momentary on When the contact is closed or a trigger voltage appears paging will start The paging will last until the time parameter amount of time has passed A ...

Page 84: ...in_time Response Strings pTIME preset init_dly min_time Where preset The preset level init_dly Initial delay before switching sources in milliseconds 1000 1 second min_time The minimum time of a page in milliseconds 1000 1 second pSET Initiate or End a Page A controller can use this command to initiate or end a page There are three 3 paging presets Paging preset 0 is the normal mode of the switch ...