Lexicon MC-12 Mode D'Emploi

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Lexicon 
MC-12 Serial Communications Protocol 
 
Printed on: 07/13/05 
Software Type: 
An unsigned 8 bit value indicating the current configuration of the unit’s 
software.  The following table shows the values assigned to the available types: 
 
 
 
SW Type 
THX 1 
AC3 2 
DTS 3 
COMPLETE 4 
BOOTROM 5 
 
 
Software Level: 
The following table shows the values assigned to the possible software levels: 
 
 
SW Level 
RELEASED 0 
PRE_ALPHA 1 
ALPHA 2 
BETA 3 
GAMMA 4 
UNSUPPORTED 5 
 
 
*Note:  SW level indicates the status of the MC-12 internal application software. 
 
 
Software Major Revision:  An unsigned integer value indicating the unit’s major software version.  The 
host should use this information to determine if new effects, effect parameters, 
or system parameters have been added or removed.  
 
Software Minor Revision: An unsigned integer value indicating this unit’s minor software version.  
Indicates the units software operation has changed but effects, effect parameters, 
or system parameters have not changed. 
 
Protocol Major Revision:  An unsigned integer value indicating the serial communication protocol major 
version.  The host should use this value to determine if new commands, 
notifications, or response packets have been added or deleted from this 
specification.  
 
Protocol Minor Revision:  An unsigned integer value indicating the serial communication protocol minor 
version.  The host should use this value to determine if the existing commands, 
notifications, or response packets have changed in this specification 
 
Total Number of Effects:   An unsigned integer value indicating the maximum number of effects available 
for this version of software.  This should be used to determine the maximum 
EffectId used in the “Get Effect Definition Packet”, “Get Effect Parameter 
Definition Packet”,  “Set Effect Name Packet”, and  “Set Effect Parameter 
Values Packet”. 
 
TimeStamp: 
Is a null terminated ASCII text string describing the build date and time of the 
current software build.  The Format of this text string is: 
 “yy/mm/dd(sp)hh:mm” 
 
yy- is the last two digits of the year (i.e. year 1999 = 99, year 2000 = 00) 
 
mm - is the month 
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