Introduction¶

About This Document

The purpose of this document is to introduce the Symetrix Control Protocol for Composer. This document defines and illustrates the protocol used to communicate with Symetrix Edge, Radius, Radius AEC, xControl, or other compatible units via a third-party control interface using RS-232, TCP/IP, or UDP/IP.

Compatible units can be controlled by third-party controllers such as AMX or Crestron models, or any RS-232 or Ethernet equipped unit that can be adapted to the control protocol. The protocol consists of human-readable text commands and responses.

Control is achieved by using a scheme of user-assigned control numbers. Nearly anything that can be adjusted from the Composer control and configuration application can be controlled externally by referencing the appropriate control numbers that are defined using Composer.

Conventions Used In This Document

Values enclosed in [square brackets] are optional parameters and do not need to be included. If omitted, default values will be used as described for each command.

The term "control application" is used to refer to Composer software provided by Symetrix to configure and control Symetrix units.