Overview
:
This
mxm provides serial remote control to the Analog Way Graphic
Switcher device.
Product Features
The seamless GRAPHIC SWITCHER II™ inserts (PIP), cuts, fades,
wipes and instantaneously mixes (no glitch) between 16 high-resolution
and TV/Video sources which can range from 15 KHz to 130
KHz (Auto Sync & Auto Scan ), up to 1600x1280, with no synchronization
“dropouts”.
( See
"http://www.analogway.com/" for more details ).
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Installation
(MXM) :
No special
installation is required.
The MxM uses the Analog Way serial protocol.
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Creation
(Device) :
Device creation window :

The serial communication port is defined at the top of
the window.
On the top is the list of parameters that the device will export.
When the name of a parameter is checked, a corresponding Manager
variable is created. This variable can be an Integer or
an Enum, depending on the type of the checked parameter.
Note : M is for MAIN, P is for PREVIEW.
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Commands
(List Of) :
The
MxM contains all the commands of the protocol.
As there is a great number of commands, they have been divided
into ten groups, like in the documentation of the protocol.
In each command group, the first parameter is an Enum
that contains a list of all the contained commands.
A wizzard is available to select the value.
By clicking on it, you open a windows containing the list
of parameters available for the command selected in the
first parameter.
Depending on this command, the window is either a list of
values...
... or a window where you can enter an integer value.
By using this wizzard, the value of the parameter selected
cannot exceed the min and max values.
The
eleventh command id a "read" command, in complement
to the Variables mechanism (see Variables section).
Front
panel command:
Description
: Front panel command.
Parameters :
Front panel
command name: [Type : Enum] : Name of the command.
Value : [Type : Integer] : New value to send.
Input
command:
Description
: Input command command.
Parameters :
Input command name: [Type : Enum] : Name of the
command.
Value : [Type : Integer] : New value to send.
Output
command:
Image
command:
Effects
command:
Sequence
mode command:
Tally
outputs command:
Control
and other command:
Description
: Control and other command.
Parameters :
Control and other command name: [Type : Enum]
: Name of the command.
Value : [Type : Integer] : New value to send.
Note : In the protocol, you can find "Controls
commands", and "Other commands". Because
there is only three "write" commands in the
"Other commands", these commands are grouped
here under the "Control and other commands"
name.
The other commands, which are "read" commands
(like "status commands", can be accessed through
the variable mechanism (see Variables section).
Video
output command:
Add-on-1
command:
Read
parameter:
Description
: Read the value of a parameter, in case this parameter
is not exported (see Variables section).
Parameters :
Parameter name: [Type : Enum] : Name of the parameter.
Return Value: [Type : Integer] : A variable that
will contain the value in return.
Note : This command does not poll the device
for the value because all the values of the parameters
are maintained internally by the MxM as the hardware
device updates them each time they change.
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Variables
(List Of) :
Status
:
Type
: Enum.
Description : Current status of the device.
Available Values :
"Iddle" : No action.
"Busy" : Sending and waiting for a response
"Error : Port com used" : The com port could not be opened.
"Error : Timeout" : No response of the hardware.
"Polling device" : The MxM is busy trying to read the
parameters of the hardware.
"Take" : The hardware is busy, a transition is running.
Parameter
variables :
Type
: Enum or Integer.
Each parameter checked in the setup window has a corresponding
variable called DeviceName.ParameterName
Note : At each startup of the device, the MxM
polls all the values of the parameters, even those which
are not checked. The parameters are updated each time
they change.
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Support
(Difference with previous versions) :
V 1.0.1:
- Added: Support for Showmaster.
V 1.0.2:
- Modified: serial port is now opened when the device activity is enabled (i.e. when the project switches to Debug or Run mode).
V 1.0.3:
- Added: Support for Showmaster Pro.
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