Extron Electronics VN-Matrix 250 User Guide: SIS Commands

SIS Commands

This section provides the following information about the SIS commands that can be used

to configure the VND 250 and VNE 250:

z Introduction to SIS

z Symbols used in this Guide

z Error Messages

z Command and Response Table for SIS Commands

Introduction to SIS

Both the VND 250 and VNE 250 accept SIS commands from a host device such as a

computer running the Extron DataViewer utility or other control system. The control device

must be connected to the front panel USB Config port.

Host-to-Device Communications

SIS commands consist of strings (one or more characters per command field). No special

characters are required to begin or end a command sequence. Unless otherwise stated,

upper and lower case characters can be used interchangeably. Most responses from the

VNM250 device end with a carriage return and a line feed (CR/LF =

]

), which signals

the end of the response character string. When the VNM 250 device determines that a

command is valid, it executes the command and sends a response to the host device.

Symbols Used in this Guide

During programming in the field, certain characters are most conveniently represented by

their hexadecimal rather than their ASCII values. The table below shows the hexadecimal

equivalent of each ASCII character:

ASCII to HEX Conversion Table

.

Figure 95. ASCII to HEX Conversion Table

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]

— Carriage return with line feed (Hex: 0D0A)

}

— Carriage return without line feed (Hex: 0D)

This character can be used interchangeably with the pipe character (|)

• — Space character (Hex: 20)

E — Escape key (Hex: 1B)

This character can be used interchangeably with the upper‑case W character.

The X/ values defined in this section are the variables used in the fields of the command

and response table (see page 127).

X% — Status

0 = disabled, off, or undetected

1 = enabled, on, or detected

X^ — Port number (default = 5432)

X1$ — IP or Gateway address, in decimal format: four octets separated by periods.

For example 192.168.253.254 (default value for LAN 1)

or 192.168.254.254 (default value for LAN 2)

Leading zeros in any of the four fields are optional in setting values and are suppressed

in returned values.

X1* — Hardware (MAC) address

X1( — Subnet mask in decimal format: four octets separated by periods.

for example

255.255.0.0. The default value is 255.255.255.0.

Leading zeros in any of the four fields are optional in setting values and are suppressed

in returned values.

The subnet value is returned in standard format (255.255.255.0), not /24.

X57^ — NIC (Network Interface Card) Address for LAN 1 or LAN 2.

Error Messages

E10 — Invalid command

E13 — Invalid value (too large)

E14 — Invalid command for this configuration

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Command and Response Table for SIS Commands

Command ASCII Command

Response

Additional Description

(host to unit)

(unit to host)

Network

Set DHCP

EX57^*X%DH} IdhX57^*X%] X57^ = NIC card number

LAN1 = 1

LAN2 = 2

X% = DHCP status

0 = disabled

1 = enabled

Query DHCP

EX57^DH} X%]

Set IP address

EX57^*X1$CI} Ipi•X57^*X1$] X1$ = IP address

View IP address

EX57^CI} X1$]

Set Subnet mask

EX57^*X1(CS} Ips•X57^•X1(] X1( = Subnet mask

View subnet mask

EX57^CS} X1(]

Set gateway

EX57^*X1$CG} Ipg•X57^•X1$] X1$ = Gateway address

address

There is no gateway for

View gateway

LAN 1 (control port); E14

EX57^CG} X1$]

address

error is returned.

View MAC

EX57^CH} X1*] X1* = MAC address

address

Set Controller IP

EX1$SYSC} Sysc•X1$*X^] X1$ = IP address

X^ = Port number

Set Controller IP

EX1$*X^SYSC} Sysc•X1$*X^]

and port

View Controller IP

ESYSC} X1$*X^]

(Default value =

and port number

192.168.254.254*5432)

Set IP/Subnet/Gateway (at the same time)

Set IP address

EX57^*X1$CISG} Cisg•X57^*X1$*X1(*X1$] The first X1$ value is the IP

address and the second is the

Set IP/Subnet

EX57^*X1$*X1(CISG} Cisg•X57^*X1$*X1(*X1$]

Gateway address.

(IPv4)

Set IP/Subnet/

There is no gateway for LAN1

EX57^*X1$*X1(*X1$CISG} Cisg•X57^*X1$*X1(*X1$]

Gateway (IPv4)

(control port); E14 error is

returned.

View IP/Subnet/

EX57^CISG} X1$*X1(*X1$]

Gateway

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Command ASCII Command

Response

Additional Description

(host to unit)

(unit to host)

General

Query Firmware

Q

x.xx.xxx]

Firmware version as x.xx.xxx

version

(major.minor.build)

Query Part

N

Pno xx-xxxx-xx]

Part number

Number

60-1274-01 (encoder)

60-1275-01 (decoder)

Query Model

I

VNE•250•Matrix]

Model name

Name

VNE•250•Matrix

or

(encoder)

VNE•250•Matrix]

VND•250•Matrix

(decoder)

Absolute System

EZQQQ} Zpq]

Runs the sanitize feature (see

Reset

page 99) of the VNM250

Reboot System

E1BOOT} Boot1]

Saves and commits any

changes made to the network

settings

Restart Network

E2BOOT} Boot2]

Works in the same way

as Boot1. Currently, the

VNM250 does not support a

restart of network ports alone.

NOTES:

• Trying to set an IP address, subnet mask, or gateway address while DHCP is enabled, will result in an E14

(Invalid command for this configuration) error message.

• Using the CISG command (to set the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address at the same time)

while DHCP is enabled, disables DHCP.

• Any changes to the network settings require a reboot to enforce them.

• Currently, SIS implementation by the VNM 250 supports only Extron Verbose mode 0.

• To comply with industry standards, there cannot be any "1" bits to the right of a "0" bit in a subnet mask.

For example, 255.255.128.0 (11111111.11111111.10000000.00000000) is valid;

255.255.64.0 (11111111.11111111.01000000.00000000) returns an E13 (Invalid value) error message.

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