Brand:

• AMX

Models: 

• SC-N8002

Question:  

What is the recommended way to do serial control from N8002 Script Builder?

Answer:

Use tcpclient in N8002 N-Command Script Builder for serial commands. 

If you have the serial command saved on the encoder/decoder, then you can create a script:
tcpclient <ip address> <50001 or 50002> sendser:<name>

If you don't have serial commands saved on encoder/decoder, then you can create a script:
Using ASCII:
tcpclient <ip address> 50004 "hello world"
Note: Must include the quotes to do ASCII
or Using HEX:
tcpclient <ip address> 50004 68 65 6c 6c 6f 20 77 6f 72 6c 64
 

Additional Information:

Most commands (some commands are hidden) sent to ports 50001 and 50002 will show in encoder/decoder log.
Any commands sent to port 50004 do not show up in encoder/decoder log (Logs will not show anything over port 50004).
for example: 
sending this command - tcpclient <ip address> <50001 or 50002> sendser:<name> would show in decoder log.
sending this command - tcpclient <ip address> 50004 "hello world" would not show in decoder log.

Please see N-Series Controller Direct Control API documentation for more information:
N-Series Controller Direct Control API