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T AS CAM HD-R1 Serial Control port RS-232C Protocol Specification Document V e r. 1.0 0 Septemb er 20 08 TEA C Corp oration[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 2 TEAC Cor poration 1. Overvi ew Y o u can cont rol th e HD -R1 from a comp ut er or othe r ext ern al devi ce u sin g its R S-23 2C p ort. In this d ocum ent, the HD -R1 is the con tro lled devi ce, and th e ext ernal d evice that control s it is the con trol d evi ce. 2. Sp ecificatio ns Electr[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 3 TEAC Cor poration Con trolled devi c e (this un it) Con trol devic e 3. Comm and forma t 3.1 Co mma nd forma t ov ervi ew The serial pro toco l w as d esig ned to b e able to fu n ction u sin g common term inal p rog rams. Th er efore, al l ma rkers ar e printab le 8 -bit AS CII ch aracter s, a[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 4 TEAC Cor poration The comm and forma t is as follow s. Paramete r ID Cmd Valu e End Marker Char acter st ring Input So ur ce = Ana log/Mic LF (or CR +LF) ASCII code s (decim al) 73 110 112 117 116 32 83 111 117 114 99 101 61 65 110 97 108 111 103 47 77 105 99 10 Con ventions In this do cum ent [...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 5 TEAC Cor poration Outpu t comma nd s Paramete r v alue re spon se When th e com m and field of a me ssage b eing set con tain s “=” (equ al sign ), the HD -R1is repo rting the cu rrent v alu e of the p aram ete r . U suall y, ch ar acter strings for pa rame ter IDs and thei r valu es m atch[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 6 TEAC Cor poration P r oto col wid th Since fix ed par ameter w idths for mes sages migh t be pref erabl e d epending on the devi c e, the H D -R1 ca n b e set to either f ixed o r v ariable p aram eter w idth u sing a m essage . Wh en set to fixed, bo th the pa rame ter ID and the va lue a re p[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 7 TEAC Cor poration The fol lowing is a list o f direct tran sport co mm ands. Valu e (char acter string) Fun ctions Stop Stops th e tran spo rt Play Starts play ba ck Record Starts record ing Ready Puts uni t in r eady to p lay mo de Monitor Puts uni t in r eady to r ecord mo de First Tra ck Mov[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 8 TEAC Cor poration The fol lowing ar e valid comm ands wh en the tran spo rt is stopp ed. Valu e (char acter string) Fun ction First Fold e r/Playl ist Mov es to f irst fold er or first p layl ist in pla yb ack mod e Next Fold er/Pla yl ist Mov es to next folder o r nex t p lay list in p layb ac[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 9 TEAC Cor poration 4.2 Set ting comman ds Most o f th e HD -R1 ’s settings can be conf igured r emote ly. Th eir p ar amet er ID s and a ccept able valu es a re defin ed in the follo wing table s. With som e except ion s, all p aram eters may bo th b e s et and qu eried with a comm and. A ltho[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 10 TEAC Cor poration Mono MP3 Bit Rat e 32 k bps 40 k bps 64 k bps 80 k bps 96 k bps 1 12 k bps 128 kbp s 160 kbp s Stereo MP3 Bi t Rat e 64 k bps 80 k bps 128 kbp s 160 kbp s 192 kbp s 224 kbp s 256 kbp s 320 kbp s Mark Audio Ov e rs Off On Mark Time In terva l Off 1 minut e 2 minut es 3 minut e[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 11 TEAC Cor poration Syn c Record Off -72 dB FS -66 dB FS -60 dB FS -54 dB FS -48 dB FS -42 dB FS -36 dB FS -30 dB FS -24 dB FS Aud io File Bas e N ame Base name (up t o 20 al ph anume ric chara cters, including ‘-’, ‘_’ and ‘ ’) Mark Ba se Nam e Base name (up t o 20 al ph anume ric c[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 12 TEAC Cor poration Meter D eca y Rate Fast D ecay Medium Decay Slow De cay Parall el Mod e Off Direct P lay Binary P lay P r og ram Play Input Po larity Active Low Active High Busy1 Sign al Play back Recordin g Finish ed Ducking CF Doo r Media Fu ll Busy1 Pola rity Normally Op en Normally C lo [...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 13 TEAC Cor poration Play back Mo de All Sing le Folder Play list Folde r Sortin g Time Name Ran do m On Off Input So u rce Ana log/Mic S/PDIF WAV Sa mpl e Rat e 44.1 kHz 48 k Hz 82.2 kHz 96 k Hz MP3 S amp le Rate 44.1 kHz 48 k Hz File Forma t WA V MP3 P r e-Re cord Off On Ref Lev el -20 dB FS = [...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 14 TEAC Cor poration Ducking At tenu ation -3 dB -6 dB -9 dB -12 dB -18 dB -24 dB -Infini ty Ducking Hold Tim e 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[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 15 TEAC Cor poration 4.3 Ch ecking play lists and folder s Thes e com mands a llow yo u to ch eck which p laylists and folders can b e u sed currentl y. Th e following are concrete exampl es. 1. Che ck the tot al nu mb er of p laylis ts Use thi s to ch eck h ow many pl aylis ts are on the curr en[...]
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TASCA M HD- R1 R S-23 2C Protoc ol Spec ifica tion s 16 TEAC Cor poration 5. Che ck the tot al nu mb er of fo lder s Query HD-R1 respon se Comm and Num Of Fo lders? Num Of Fo lders=3 This sh ows that th e tota l numb er of fold ers on th e CF c ard is 3 . 6. Fold er nam e que ry Please no te that play list s are in alph abeti cal ord er. Query HD-R[...]