Escient MP-100 - Manual (Page 116)

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F IRE B ALL -MP I NSTALLATION & U SER ’ S G UIDE - M21101-
A PPENDIX D- E XTERNAL C ONTROL P ROTOCOL
02 Event Format: ESCX02040060002aa0003bbbccccdddeeeefffgggghhhiiiijjj
aa = the play state
01 = Play, 02 = Stop, 03 = Pause
Radio only:
04 = Locating Station, 05 = Buffering data,
06 = Station Not Found
bbb = current track number (0 if Radio Mode)
cccc = length of artist name
ddd = artist name
eeee = length of title name
fff = title name (station name if Radio Mode [future])
gggg = length of track name
hhh = track name
jjj = current track time (0 if Radio Mode)
The current track, artist name, title name, track name, and current track time
are only returned for the play event. The stop and pause events just signify
that the state has changed.
02 05 Guide Mode changed (Playlist edit mode, Record mode, Delete mode, etc)
[future implementation]
02 06 Screen Mode changed (Guide, Player, Options, Setup, etc) [future implemen-
tation]
02 07 Database has changed. The external control system should re-read the
library information. [future implementation]
02 08 GUI to Movie. User switched to the Full screen movie.
[future implementation]
02 09 Movie to GUI. User switched back to the FireBall-MP GUI from a movie.
[future implementation]
The Remote Button / Keyboard commands are used when the video output of the FireBall-MP system is displayed on a TV or large screen
projector and it is desired to directly select the FireBall-MP control functions through an external control system.
The up, down, left, right, and select functions can be used to navigate objects on the screen and select them. The active FireBall-MP control