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Programming AMX Controllers for a Kaleidescape System

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Programming

Kaleidescape command protocol

Kaleidescape System control is based on bidirectional ASCII string commands. All

Kaleidescape components respond to commands from an AMX controller and

provide feedback in ASCII format. Although understanding the details of

Kaleidescape command protocol is not required for AMX programming, it is

important to understand how these commands are routed in the Kaleidescape

System.

The first field in the command string identifies the Kaleidescape component to

which the command is being sent or from which feedback is being received. This

device field can have two variables that also appear in module settings and settings

made in the browser interface.

 The first variable is the device id, which identifies the Kaleidescape

component. On Premiere line systems, this is usually the Control Protocol

Device ID(CPDID) or may also be the serial number of the component. Alto

and Cinema One (2

generation) do not support the use of CPDIDs and

must always use the serial number of the component.

 The second variable is Zone ID, which identifies the movie or music zone to

be controlled.

Note: There are a few commands intended for a 1U, 3U or 5U Server, but

these commands are generally limited to IP address recovery commands,

and are not useful for the AMX system.

Comment in

In the following instructions, comment in means to remove the two slashes.

//send_string 0, (This line is commented out)

send_string 0, (This line is commented in)

Device ID

Every command and response begins with a device ID which can be a Control

Protocol Device ID (CPDID) or the serial number of the component to be controlled.

The device ID is used to determine which Kaleidescape component the command is

intended for and to indicate which component a message was generated by.

All Kaleidescape components, including Alto and Cinema One (2

generation),

have a default CPDID set to None (01 in the ASCII command). This default CPDID

will always control the Kaleidescape component connected directly to the controller

regardless of the CPDID set on the component.

When a value other than the default CPDID is used (either an assigned CPDID or the

component serial number), the command is routed through the connected

Kaleidescape component to the Kaleidescape component with the matching CPDID

or serial number. The Kaleidescape module verifies receipt of a valid response from

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