Sherwood Newcastle P-965 User manual

-Sherwood RS232 protocol-
Application model : P-965/R-965/R-865
1. Connection
Pin 1 : NC
Pin 2 : TxD
Pin 3 : RxD
Pin 5 : Common(GND)
Pin 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 : NC
2. Communication format
Communication speed : 9600BPS
Character length : 8bits
Parity Bit : None
Error check : Checksum
Start bit : 1bit("0")
Stop bit : 1bit("1")
Bit length : 104us
1byte waveform
3. Message Structure
A. COMMAND :
The message sent to a system(P-965/R-965/R-865) from a controller.
It is consist of 4bytes.
a. SYSTEM ID : 0x8345
The message started with this code is a command for controlling our system.
b. CHECKSUM :
8bits beneath sum of all data from SYSTEM ID to DATA.
Bit7
MSB
Stop bit
LSB
CHECKSUMDATASYSTEM ID
CHECKSUM
Sherwood RS232 Communication Protocol
Start bit Bit0
104us
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-Sherwood RS232 protocol-
c. DATA :
Pro Logic II(x) Movie surround mode On
Pro Logic II(x) Music surround mode On
Dts Neo:6 Cinema surround mode on
Dts Neo:6 Music surround mode on
Tuner preset No. 1
OSD cursor return
"DTS" decoding mode select
"DOLBY" decoding mode select
OSD Cursor move down
OSD Cursor move left
Decoding mode change
System display dimmer, Off and On
OPERATION
8ch(or 7ch, 6ch) direct input select On/Off
Master volume down
Power On
Standby On
"AUX" input select
"VCR1" input select
"TUNER" input select
"PHONO" input select
"VCR3" input select
"TAPE MONITOR" input select On/Off
"CD" input select
"VCR2" input select
"VCR4" input select
"VCR5" input select
"VCR6" input select
Master volume up
Test tone On/Off
OSD On/Off
Sleep On, sleep time adjust and Off
Channel volume, adjust up
OSD Cursor move up
Channel volume, adjust down
Channel select
OSD Cursor move right
Surround speaker mode(A, B, A+B) select
0x23
0x2d
Stereo(Downmix) On
Digital/Analog input select
Pro Logic II(x) Music parameter adjust menu on and toggle
Surround mode select down
"MPEG" decoding mode select
"PCM" decoding mode select
Pure On/Off
Surround mode select up.
0x2e
0x24
0x2b
0x25
0x26
0x2a
0x29
0x17
0x18
0x19
0x1a
0x2c
0x0a
0x28
0x0b
0x0c
0x14
0x20
0x1c
0x0e
0x2f
0x03
0x12
0x0d
0x07
0x27
0x1f
0x02
0x15
0x1b
0x10
0x0f
0x11
0x1d
0x08
0x05
0x06
Surround back speaker mode(none, 1ch, 2ch) select
Main mute On/Off
0x13
0x16
0x09
0x22
0x21
0x1e
Tuner preset No. 0
DATA
0x01
0x04
0x30
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2

-Sherwood RS232 protocol-
B. EVENT :
The message sent to a controller from a system(P-965/R-965/R-865).
It includes most of system status
and is sent to a controller each time the status of system is changed.
It is consist of 28bytes.
a. SYSTEM ID :
0x8345.
0x56 Master Volume Level : High (+5dB)
CHECKSUM
STATUS11 CHECKSUMSYSTEM ID COUNT TEXT1 ⋯⋯⋯ STATUS1 ⋯⋯⋯
DATA
TEXT13
Room2 "VIDEO6" input select
Room2 "CD" input select
Room2 "VIDEO2" input select
Room2 "AUX" input select
Room2 volume up
Room2 volume down
EON PTY
Tuner preset No. 8
Tuner preset No. 2
OSD Enter or Memory
Reserved
Room2 "VIDEO5" input select
Room2 "VIDEO4" input select
Room2 mute On/Off
Room2 "PHONO" input select
Room2 "VIDEO1" input select
Tuner preset No. 9
Room2 On/Off
Tuner tune down
EON TA
RDS search
Tuner preset No. 7
RDS Display mode select
Tuner Preset scan
RDS Program type select
Tuner preset down
Tuner preset up
Room2 "VIDEO3" input select
Room2 "TUNER" input select
0x43
0x40
0x44
0x45
0x42
0x41
0x4d
0x49
0x46
0x4a
0x47
0x48
0x4c
0x4b
0x3e
0x3f
0x34
0x3c
0x36
0x35
0x52
0x32
0x50
0x39
0x4e
0x51
0x4f
0x3d
0x33 Tuner preset No. 4
Tuner preset No. 5
Tuner tune up
DATA OPERATION
0x37
0x3a
0x3b
Tuner preset No. 3
Tuner preset No. 6
0x38
0x31
0x55 Master Volume Level : Middle (-10dB)
0x53 EVENT request (In the case of check sum error, etc..)
0x54 Master Volume Level : Low (-40dB)
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TEXT1 ~ TEXT13 are ascii characters and
the very same characters displayed on fluorescent display of oursystem.
Bit7 Bit6 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0
System power on
Command Request(check sum error, etc..)
Room2 on
Main mute on
Roo2 mute on
Sleep mode on
Cinema EQ on
Tone defeat on
Bit7 Bit4 Bit3 Bit0
Bit7 Bit4 Bit3 Bit0
0x7 : VIDEO1 0x0 : FM
0x8 : VIDEO2 0x1 : AM
0x9 : VIDEO3 0x2 : TUNER
0xa : VIDEO4 0x4 : CD
0xb : VIDEO5 0x5 : AUX
0xc : VIDEO6 0x6 : PHONO
0xd : VIDEO DIRECT 0x7 : VIDEO1
0x8 : VIDEO2
0x9 : VIDEO3
0xa : VIDEO4
0xb : VIDEO5
0xc : VIDEO6
0xd : TAPE MONITOR
0xe : 8CH DIRECT
STATUS1
STATUS3 Current room2 video input Current room2 audio input
STATUS2
TEXT13TEXT1
Current main audio inputCurrent main video input
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-Sherwood RS232 protocol-
Bit7 Bit4 Bit3 Bit0
Bit7 Bit4 Bit3 Bit0
0x0 : Analog 0x0 : None
0x1 : Coaxial 1 0x1 : PCM
0x2 : Coaxial 1 0x2 : DOLBY DIGITAL
0x3 : Optical 1 0x3 : DOLBY DIGITAL EX
0x4 : Optical 2 0x4 : DTS
0x5 : Optical 3 0x5 : DTS 96/24
0x6 : Optical 4 0x6 : DTS ES MATRIX
0x7 : Optical 5 0x7 : DTS ES DISCRETE
0x8 : USB 0x8 : MPEG
Bit7 Bit6 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit0
00 : DH off 0x0 : Analog
01 : DH1 0x1 : Auto
10 : DH2 0x2 : Dolby Digital
11 : DH3 0x3 : DTS
Digital re-mastering on 0x4 : MPEG
Pure audio on 0x5 : PCM
Decoding mode mismatch
Bit7 Bit6 Bit5 Bit4 Bit0
Dolby Virtual Speaker On
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Movie On
Dolby Pro Logic IIx Music On 0x00 : Stereo(Downmix) 0x0d : Matrix
0x01 : Theater 0x0e : Dolby Pro Logic II Movie
0x02 : Movie 0x0f : Dolby Pro Logic II Music
0x03 : Hall1 0x10 : Bypass
0x04 : Hall2 0x11 : DTS Neo:6 Cinema
0x05 : Stadium 0x12 : DTS Neo:6 Music
0x06 : Church 0x13 : Dolby Digital
0x07 : Club1 0x14 : Dolby Digital EX
0x08 : Club2 0x15 : DTS
0x09 : Arena1 0x16 : DTS ES Matrix
0x0a : Arena2 0x17 : DTS ES Discrete
0x0b : Game 0x18 : MPEG
0x0c : 4Ch Stereo 0x19 : None
0x1a : DTS + NEO:6
Current main volume
Current room2 volume
STATUS6
STATUS4
STATUS8
STATUS5
Dolby Headphone
0 : -70dB, 1 : -69dB, ⋯⋯, 89 : 19dB, 90 : 20dB
Current digital input Current digital input signal
STATUS7 Decoding mode
Current surround mode
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-Sherwood RS232 protocol-
Bit7 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit0
Sub woofer yes
0x0 : None
0x1 : 1Ch - Large
0x2 : 1Ch - Small
0x3 : 2Ch - Large
0x4 : 2Ch - Small
L : Large
S : Small
N : None
Bit7 Bit5 Bit4 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0
Passive sub woofer on(Active sub woofer -> 0)
Surround speaker A on
Surround speaker B on
Room2 Volume Mode(0 : Variable mode, 1 : Fixed mode)
Power amp assignment(0 : Surr. Back, 1 : Room2)
0x0 : 40Hz
0x1 : 60Hz
0x2 : 80Hz
0x3 : 100Hz
0x4 : 120Hz
Bit7 Bit6 Bit3 Bit2 Bit1 Bit0
DVS mode(0 : Narrow, 1 : Wide)
DVS speaker layout
0x0 : 2speaker
0x1 : 3speaker
0x2 : 4speaker
0x3 : 5speaker
0x8 : S-S-S
STATUS9
0x3 : L-L-N
0x4 : L-S-L
0x5 : L-N-L
0x0 : L-S-S
0x1 : L-L-S
Surr. Back CH Front L/R - Center - Surr L/R
0x9 : S-S-N
0xa : S-N-S
0x2 : L-L-L
Crossover Freq.
0x6 : L-S-N
0x7 : L-N-S
Dynamic Range
Reserved
0x0 : 0.0 ~ 0xa : 1.0
STATUS11
STATUS10
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