I would like to display the current mute status on my Marantz receiver.
what am I doing wrong, the code needing to be sent is MU?\r

var s = CF.extender[A].serial[1];
s.bitrate = 9600;
s.databits = 8;
s.parity = 0;
s.stopbits = 1;
var line = s.match('MU?\r','\r',1000);
CF.widget("Mute_Status").label = line;

The RFX9600 firmware is on the latest. If I add commands to a RS232 component I have no problems sending RS232 commands out, and controlling my receiver, but I just can't seem to get things working from a script, this does not work either,

var e = CF.extender[A];
var s = e.serial[1];
s.bitrate = 9600;
s.databits = 8;
s.parity = 0;
s.stopbits = 1;
s.send(”MV50\r”);

A try/ catch debug statement around your code would have shown you errors that variable 'A' is not defined.

Extender 'A' is hexadecimal representation of extender ID. Character A is treated as a variable and not as a number.

Serial ports are referenced using 0 to 3.

var e = CF.extender[10]; // or [0x0A]
var s = e.serial[1];

This will reference Serial Port 2 on Extender A.

Note that every time you send to an extender port, the receive buffer is cleared so using RS232 to constantly receive events from equipment is problematic.

I know there are threads about this that I authored long ago. Search for 232 and UART and you can read up about it. IIRC, those were the keywords.

From what you are sending, you are talking with a Marantz or Denon unit. I'd highly recommend using TCPIP to port 22 vs doing the RS232 way.

Thanks, that works, hear is my code but can't seem to get the "if statement" to work properly,

var e = CF.extender[10];
if( e == null )
{
Diagnostics.log("Extender 0 is not defined");
}
else
{
var s = e.serial[0];
if( s == null )
{
Diagnostics.log("Extender 0 is not a serial extender");
}
else
{
s.bitrate = 9600;
s.databits = 8;
s.parity = 0; // None
s.stopbits = 1;
}
}
var status = s.match('MU?\r','\r',1000);
CF.widget("Mute_Status").label = status;
if (status === 'MUOFF')
{
s.send("MUON\r");
}
else
{
s.send("MUOFF\r");
}

The widget displays MUOFF so when I try the "IF Statement" it should execute the s.send("MUON\r"); line, but it is not

I am guessing there is something in the return string that is not viable in the widget, like a space or a carriage return or something, this line does work,

if (status.indexOf('MUOFF') > -1)

System.print and Diagnostics.log are your friend

Add a widget on your page with ProntoScript name _PS_DEBUG_ (see the dev guide)

System.setDebugMask(9);

for (var i = 0; i < status.length; i++) {
System.print('i:' + i + '=' + status.charCodeAt[i]);
}

What you will see is the the serial match also returns the carriage return at the end of the string (\r).

So status really is 'MUOFF\r' and not 'MUOFF'

That'ts why === does not work and your status.indexOf('MUOFF') > -1 does work.

:-)

Here's what I'd recommend. Download NodeJS as it is a wonderful playground for JavaScript development. It will really help you learn the JavaScript language and the APIs. Also note that the Mozilla website also lets you try out many things directly from a Web Browser.

[Link: developer.mozilla.org]

so thats why when I tried if (status == 'MUOFF') did not work, it should have been if (status == 'MUOFF\r')

so this is what I use to determine if my receiver is muted, then send out the appropriate commands..

var e = CF.extender[10];
if( e == null )
{
Diagnostics.log("Extender 0 is not defined");
}
else
{
var s = e.serial[0];
if( s == null )
{
Diagnostics.log("Extender 0 is not a serial extender");
}
else
{
s.bitrate = 9600;
s.databits = 8;
s.parity = 0; // None
s.stopbits = 1;
}
}
var status = s.match('MU?\r','\r',1000);

if (status.indexOf('MUOFF') > -1)
{
s.send("MUON\r");
}
else
{
s.send("MUOFF\r");
}

FYI, this is the thread where the UART is discussed. And it fits right into what you are trying to do on your remote.

[Link: remotecentral.com]

and another one too.

[Link: remotecentral.com]

thanks