Controlling the Micro AMP 1 over RS-232

Modified on Fri, 2 Oct at 4:26 PM

The Micro AMP 1 RS-232 link can receive commands and send status information. 


Default settings

Baud rate19,200 baud
Start bits1
Data bits8
ParityNone
Stop bits1
HandshakeNone


Received command format

Each frame contains three bytes in this order: Status, Command, Data.

  • 80h: addresses all units.
  • 81h to FFh: addresses a unit with ID 001 to 127.
CommandFunctionDocumented data
03hSet the main volume (Volume 1)00h to 38h
04hRequest settings and general information40h
08hSet the RS-232 baud rate30h: 4,800; 31h: 9,600; 32h: 19,200 baud
09hActivate the secondary volume (Volume 2)01h
7FhSet the RS-232 unit ID01h to 7Fh


How the Volume 2 activation command behaves

The diagram shows that, when the command is received, the unit switches from Volume 1 to Volume 2 using the Fade time setting. It then maintains Volume 2 according to Trigger time before returning to Volume 1 using Fade time.

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