STCBEACON STC SB

Description:

  Enables multiple ADTEC units play back synchronized.  One unit is designated as  'master'
  which is tracked synchronously by units that are designated as slaves.  The synchronization
  is transmitted over an ethernet connection using broadcast packets.

Form:

  Command Handler: DCMD
  STCBEACON|STC|SB [ARGUMENT]
  Argument List:
  Terse    Verbose      Description
      0        OFF      Turns STCBEACON off
      1       none      For single master/slave units.  Set STC group to slave.
    100       none      For single master/slave units.  Set STC group to master.
     X0       none      For multiple master/slave units.  Set STC group to slave, where X = 1-9
    1X0       none      For multiple master/slave units.  Set STC group to master, where X = 1-9

Response:

  MODIFY STCBEACON RESPONSE
    Verbose- "OK\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, or
             "ERROR- [Description]\r\n" if error, ending command
    Terse-   "0\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, or
             "[NON-ZERO NUMERIC VALUE]\r\n" if error, ending command
    "\r\n" concludes modify responses (empty line)

  DISPLAY STCBEACON RESPONSE
    Verbose- "OK\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, followed by
             "STCBEACON= [STANDARD]\r\n", or
             "ERROR- [Description]\r\n" if error, ending command
    Terse-   "0\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, followed by
             "[NUMERIC STANDARD]\r\n", or
             "[NON-ZERO NUMERIC VALUE]\r\n" if error, ending command
    "\r\n" concludes display responses (empty line)

Examples:

  Verbose command to retrieve current setting:
  *.DCMD STCBEACON <enter>
     Response is: OK\r\n
                  STCBEACON= OFF\r\n

  Terse command to retrieve current setting:
  *.DCMD SB <enter>
     Response is: 0\r\n
                  0\r\n

  Verbose command to change setting:
  *.DCMD STCBEACON 100 <enter>
     Response is: OK\r\n

  Terse command to change setting:
  *.DCMD SB 100 <enter>
     Response is: 0\r\n

Notes:

  STCBEACON uses the Ethernet port to communicate
  All Chase units REPEAT Mode will automatically follow the REPEAT setting of the Master Unit
  All Units (Master and all Chase Units) MUST have a LIST (even if it's only one clip)
  All Units (Master and all Chase Units) MUST have the same # of clips in their lists
  All Clips at the same position within the list(Master and all Chase Units)MUST be same length
  CLIP#   MASTER      CHASE #1        CHASE #2-X
  #1      30 sec          30 sec          30 sec
  #2      10 sec          10 sec          10 sec
  #3      1 hour          1 hour          1 hour
  #4      10 min          10 min          10 min

Products Supporting Command:

Created By: Adtec Digital Inc