UMX-OPT-TX150R
User’s Manual
Section 10. Programmers reference Page 69 / 107
10. Programmers reference
Users can connect to the extender through serial and USB port.
Lightware UMX-OPT-TX150R can be controlled with external devices which can
communicate according to the extender protocol.
10.1. Serial port settings
UMX-OPT-TX150R uses RS-232 communication port. D-SUB connector pin assignments
can be found in section 4.5 on page 19.
The device uses standard RS-232 interface with the following default settings:
57600 Baud, 8 data bit, 1 stop bit, no parity
The serial port baud rate can be changed with rear panel rotary switch (section 5.4.4 on
page 26) or protocol command - in case of #0 BAUD RATE rotary state (section 10.4.2
on page 73).
10.2. Protocol description
The protocol description hereinafter stands for Lightware protocol.
The devices accept commands surrounded by curly brackets - { } - and responds with
data surrounded by round brackets - ( ) - only if a command was successfully executed.
All input commands are converted to uppercase, but respond commands can contain
upper and lower case letters as well.
Legend for control commands:
<in> = input number in 1 or 2 digit ASCII format (01,5,07,16 etc.)
<out> = output number in 1 or 2 digit ASCII format
<in²> = input number in 2 digit ASCII format (01, 02, 10, 12 etc.)
<out²> = output number in 2 digit ASCII format (01, 02, 10, 12 etc.)
<loc> = location number in 1, 2 or 3 digit ASCII format
<id> = id number in 1 or 2 digit ASCII format
<id²> = id number in 2 digit ASCII format
<italic> = italic parameters are optional
CrLf = Carriage return, Line feed (0x0D, 0x0A)
● = space character (0x20)
→ = each command issued by the controller
← = each response received from the transmitter