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RV-5/MV-5
Serial Protocol Definitions
Software Version: V4.0x
Document Revision: July 2007
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RV-5/MV-5 Serial Communications Protocol
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1 Documents
The following documents should also be used with this document to understand how this protocol can be
used with an RV-5 Receiver and the MV-5 Processor.
070-18144
RV-5 User Guide
070-18137
MV-5 User Guide
1.1 Change List
No changes have been made.
2 General Description
The intention of the RV-5/MV-5 serial port and protocol communication is for an external connected PC to
control and obtain status from the RV-5/MV-5.
Lexicon RV-5/MV-5
PC
RS-232 Serial
38,400 bps
8-bit Data, 1 Stop, non-parity
2.1 DB-9 RS232 Connector
RV-5/MV-5
Transmit Data
Receive Data
Ground
Host
Receive Data
Transmit Data
Ground
2
3
5
2
3
5
9 Pin D-Shell (female)
9 Pin D-Shell (male)
2
3
5
2
3
5
9 Pin D-Shell (male)
9 Pin D-Shell (female)
2.2 Command Block Map
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1. AVR Control Data by
PC keyboard or mouse
PC
2. The data for AVR status
and display
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3 Data Communication Format
Start Code
Data Type
Data Length
Information Field
3.1 Start Code
PC -> AVR:
“0xFF”
AVR -> PC:
“0xFE”
3.2 Data Type
Remote Control through PC:
0x02
AVR Display Status:
0x03
AVR Ram Status:
0x04
AVR Flag Status:
0x05
3.3 Data Length
Information Field’s Byte
Remote Control through PC:
4byte
AVR Status Display on PC: variable
3.4 Information Field
In
hex
code’s Data
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4 Command Data
PC -> AVR, Data length: 4 byte
Information Field (HEX )
Selected
Input
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Standby Power On
82
0B
9A
65
Standby Power Off
82
0B
9B
64
Main MUTE (toggle)
82
0B
15
EA
Main HD select
82
0B
20
DF
Main DVD select
82
0B
21
DE
Main Game select
82
0B
34
CB
Main SAT select
82
0B
24
DB
Main CABLE select
82
0B
23
DC
Main DVR select
82
0B
25
DA
Main CD select
82
0B
26
D9
Main Dock select
82
0B
38
C7
Main PC select
82
0B
39
C6
Main Tuner select
82
0B
2A
D5
Main Aux1 select
82
0B
2B
D4
Main Aux2 select
82
0B
32
CD
Main Volume + (cw)
82
0B
17
E8
Main Volume - (ccw)
82
0B
16
E9
√
Mode <
82
0B
1B
E4
√
Mode >
82
0B
1A
E5
√
Video Status (toggle)
82
0B
5C
A3
√
Audio status (toggle)
82
0B
1C
E3
MENU
select
82
0B
09
F6
(Menu)
UP
82 0B 01 FE
(Menu)
DOWN
82
0B
1D
E2
(Menu)
LEFT
82
0B
0A
F5
(Menu)
RIGHT
82
0B
08
F7
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Information Field (HEX )
Selected
Input
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
(Menu)
SELECT
82 0B 3A C5
(Menu)
Exit
82
0B
95
6A
Main
Z1:OFF
82 0B 06 C9
FPD Brightness (toggle)
82
0B
31
CE
√
LOGIC 7
82
0B
0D
F2
√
STEREO 82
0B
1F
E0
√
DOLBY 82
0B
0C
F3
√
DTS 82
0B
0F
F0
√
DSP 82
0B
90
6F
√
ANALOG/DIGITAL IN (toggle)
82
0B
9E
61
√
TONE ON/OFF (toggle)
82
0B
9F
60
EQ ON/OFF (toggle)
82
0B
0E
F1
EQ PRESET 1
82
0B
D7
28
EQ PRESET 2
82
0B
D6
29
EQ PRESET 3
82
0B
D5
2A
√
TREBLE -1dB
82
0B
AA
55
√
TREBLE +1dB
82
0B
A7
58
√
BASS -1dB
82
0B
A9
56
√
BASS +1dB
82
0B
A6
59
(Tuner RV-5 only) PRESET -
82
0B
3B
C4
(Tuner RV-5 only) PRESET +
82
0B
3C
C3
(Tuner RV-5 only) TUNE -
82
0B
3F
C0
(Tuner RV-5 only) TUNE +
82
0B
3E
C1
(Tuner RV-5 only) AUTO/MAN (toggle)
82
0B
33
CC
(Tuner RV-5 only) SAVE
82
0B
35
CA
(Tuner RV-5 only) ST/MONO (toggle)
82
0B
36
C9
(Tuner RV-5 only)FM/AM (toggle)
82
0B
3D
C2
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Information Field (HEX )
Selected
Input
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
iPOD |◀ ◀
(IPOD-)
82
0B
4F
B0
iPOD ▶ ▶ |
(IPOD+)
82
0B
4E
B1
iPOD CCW (CLIK◀ )
82
0B
0B
F4
iPOD CW (CLIK▶ )
82
0B
10
EF
iPOD MENU
82
0B
81
7E
iPOD SELECT
82
0B
9D
62
iPOD ▶ ||
82
0B
89
76
PC |◀ ◀
82
0B
CC
33
PC ▶ ||
82
0B
CE
31
PC ▶ ▶ |
82
0B
CD
32
Z2:Volume + (cw)
82
0B
57
A8
Z2:Volume
–
(ccw)
82
0B
56
A9
Z2:OFF
82 0B 46 B9
Z2:MUTE
(toggle)
82
0B
55
AA
Z2:HD
select
82
0B
60
9F
Z2:DVD
select
82
0B
61
9E
Z2:GAME
select
82 0B 37 C8
Z2:SAT
select
82 0B 64 9B
Z2:CABLE
select
82 0B 63 9C
Z2:DVR
select
82
0B
65
9A
Z2:CD
select
82
0B
66
99
Z2:DOCK
select
82
0B
30
CF
Z2:PC
select
82 0B 4C B3
Z2:TUNER
select
82
0B
6A
95
Z2:AUX1
select
82
0B
6B
94
Z2:AUX2
select
82 0B 4D B2
Main Mute ON
83
0B
01
x
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Information Field (HEX )
Selected
Input
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Main Mute OFF
83
0B
02
x
Zone2 Mute ON
83
0B
03
x
Zone2 Mute OFF
83
0B
04
x
Auto EQ ON
83
0B
05
x
Auto EQ OFF
83
0B
06
x
√
Tone ON
83
0B
07
x
√
Tone OFF
83
0B
08
x
√
Analog IN
83
0B
09
x
√
Digital IN
83
0B
0A
x
2Line OSD time (toggle)
83
0B
0E
x
√
V-Process (toggle)
83
0B
0F
x
EQ HF Shelf +dB
83
0B
10
x
EQ HF Shelf -1dB
83
0B
11
x
(Tuner RV-5 only) FM Band
83
0B
12
x
(Tuner RV-5 only) AM Band
83
0B
13
x
(Tuner RV-5 only) STEREO
83
0B
14
x
(Tuner RV-5 only) MONO
83
0B
15
x
(Tuner RV-5 only) Tune Auto
83
0B
16
x
(Tuner RV-5 only) Tune Manual
83
0B
17
x
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Direct Setting Command
Information Field (HEX )
Selected
Input
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
2Line OSD time setting
84
02
0~6
x
Note: 0~1:2-Line OSD Off, 2,3:2-Line OSD 3 Sec, 4~6:2-Line OSD Off time(sec).
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
VFD Bright Setting
84
03
0~2
x
0:FULL 1:HALF 2:OFF
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
√
V-Process Setting
84
04
0~2
x
0:BYPASS 1:VIDEO CONV ON 2:FAROUDJA
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
Main Volume Setting
84
05
0~0x5A
x
0(-80dB) ~ 0x5A(+10dB)
Zone2 Volume Setting
84
06
0~0x5A
x
0(-80dB) ~ 0x5A(+10dB)
√
Bass Level Setting
84
07
0~0x0C
x
0(-6dB)~0x0C(+6dB)
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
√
Treble Level Setting
84
08
0~0x0C
x
0(-6dB)~0x0C(+6dB)
Note: Bass/Treble are not global parameters so they apply only to input selected
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
EQ HF Shelf Level Setting
84
09
0~0x10
x
0(-8dB)~0x10(+8dB)
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
(Tuner RV-5 only) FM Frequency Direct
84
0A
0x222E ~ 0x2A30
0000 x10kHz (ex 87.50Mhz :0x222E,100.00Mhz:0x2710, 108.00Mhz:0x2A30)
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
(Tuner RV-5 only) AM Frequency Direct
84
0B
0x208 ~ 0x6B8
0000 x1khz (ex 520khz:0x0208, 1000khz:0x03e8, 1720khz:0x06B8)
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
(Tuner RV-5 only) Preset Direct Access
84
0C
0~0x1E
x
0(Preset 1)~1E(Preset 30), 0 & 1 are same = 1
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
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Direct Setting Command
Information Field (HEX )
Selected
Input
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
FL Trim Level Setting
84
10
0~0x14
x
0(-15dB)~0x14(+5dB) CE,FR,SR
…
.SUB2 : same
Note: Device cannot be in menu item to accept direct setting
CEN Trim Level Setting
84
11
0~0x14
x
FR Trim Level Setting
84
12
0~0x14
x
SR Trim Level Setting
84
13
0~0x14
x
RR Trim Level Setting
84
14
0~0x14
x
RL Trim Level Setting
84
15
0~0x14
x
SL Trim Level Setting
84
16
0~0x14
x
SUB1 Trim Level Setting
84
17
0~0x14
x
SUB2 Trim Level Setting
84
18
0~0x14
x
Status Request Command
Information Field (HEX )
Selected
Input
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Display Status Request
83
0B
80
x
Ram Status Request
83
0B
81
x
Flag Status Request
83
0B
82
x
Display Status Auto ON
83
0B
90
x
Display Status Auto OFF
83
0B
91
x
Ram Status Auto ON
83
0B
92
x
Ram Status Auto OFF
83
0B
93
x
Flag Status Auto ON
83
0B
94
x
Flag Status Auto OFF
83
0B
95
x
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5 Status Data
AVR -> PC, Data length: 4 byte
5.1 Display Status
Data type: 3
Byte Content Code
type
1-20
FL UPPER (20byte)
ASCII
21-40
FL Down (20byte)
ASCII
The RV-5/MV-5 includes two custom characters:
Code Character
Definition
Comment
0x13
Pause symbol
Displays when the Dock/iPod input is paused
0x13
Roman numeral “II”
Displays when the Dolby PLIIx listening mode is
selected
The RV-5/MV-5 includes two custom characters that are defined as Dock/iPod pause symbol and Roman Numeral
II in PL
II
x displays in front panel and OSD. In data type 3 above these are both sent as control character 0x13. All
of display status (data type: 3) data is ASCII, except when dock is selected stings from iPod are displayed, those are
UTF-8 characters (U+0000 to U+00FF)
5.2 Ram Status
Data type: 4
Selected
Input Byte
Content
Code
type
1
Main
Input
Hex
2
Zone2
Input
Hex
See table below with values returned that correspond to setting since they do not map to
setting input values in other section above
Table: Values
returned byte 1-2
“
INPUT
”
MAIN ZONE2
HD
0x06
0x01
SAT
0x08
0x03
CD
0x03
0x07
TUNER
0x00
0x00
DVD
0x07
0x02
CABLE
0x09
0x04
11
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DOCK
0x0E
0x09
Selected
Input Byte
Content
Code
type
AUX1
0x0A
0x05
GAME
0x0B
0x0E
DVR
0x05
0x06
PC
0x0F
0x0C
AUX2
0x04
0x08
OFF
0x20
0x20
3
MAIN
Volume
Hex
4
Zone2
Volume
Hex
√
5 Bass
Level Hex
√
6 Treble
Level Hex
7
EQ HF Shelf Level
Hex
9
2Line OSD Time
Hex
Note: Values returned are 1 off, 3-6 sec
10
Front VFD Brightness
Hex
√
11 V-Process
Setting Hex
12
FL Trim Level Setting
Hex
13
CEN Trim Level Setting
Hex
14
FR Trim Level Setting
Hex
15
SR Trim Level Setting
Hex
16
RR Trim Level Setting
Hex
17
RL Trim Level Setting
Hex
18
SL Trim Level Setting
Hex
19
SUB1 Trim Level Setting
Hex
20
SUB2 Trim Level Setting
Hex
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5.3 Flag Status
Data type: 5
Selected
Input
Byte Content
Code
type
Power ON/OFF (bit set=on)
Bit7
Main Mute ON/OFF (bit set=on)
Bit6
Zone2 Mute ON/ OFF (bit set=on)
Bit5
Auto EQ ON/ OFF (bit set=on)
Bit4
√
Tone ON/ OFF (bit set=on)
Bit3
√
Analog/Digital (bit set=digital)
Bit2
unused
SPARE
Bit1
1
(Tuner RV-5 only) FM/AM (bit set=FM)
Bit0
(Tuner RV-5 only) ST/MONO (bit set=ST)
Bit7
(Tuner RV-5 only) AUTO/MAN (bit set=auto)
Bit6
Display status transfer auto (bit set=on)
Bit5
Ram status transfer auto (bit set=on)
Bit4
Flag status transfer auto (bit set=on)
Bit3
unused
SPARE
Bit2
unused
SPARE
Bit1
2
unused SPARE
Bit0
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6 Examples
6.1 FM Frequency Direct Example
The specification states that:
Information Field (HEX )
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
FM Frequency Direct
84 0A
0x222E ~ 0x2A30
0000 x10kHz (ex 87.50Mhz :0x222E,100.00Mhz:0x2710, 108.00Mhz:0x2A30)
Here are some examples:
Start
Code
Date
Type
Length
Data
Data Result
0xFF 0x02 0x04 0x84 0x0A 0x28 0xAA 104.10
0xFF 0x02 0x04 0x84 0x0A 0x24 0xEA 94.50
0xFF 0x02 0x04 0x84 0x0A 0x23 0x5A 90.50
If the direct FM frequency is 104.10
1.
Remove decimal from decimal number (10410)
2.
Convert to decimal 10410 to HEX (0x28AA)
3.
Send word as two bytes 0x28 0xAA in the last two bytes of 4 byte data
Others:
94.50 > 9450 > 0x24EA 0x24 0xEA
90.50 > 9050 > 0x235A 0x23 0x5A
6.2 Main Volume Setting Example
The specification states that:
Information Field (HEX )
COMMAND
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Main Volume Setting
84 05
0~0x5A
0(-80dB) ~ 0x5A(+10dB)
Here are some examples:
Start
Code
Date
Type
Length
Data
Data Result
0xFF 0x02 0x03 0x84 0x05 0x00
-80dB
0xFF 0x02 0x03 0x84 0x05 0x22
-46dB
0xFF 0x02 0x03 0x84 0x05 0x5A
+10dB
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