SWP08 protocol support

You can control the audio, serial and MIDI matrix with the SWP08 protocol. This way you can easily integrate the device in a VSM setup, for example.

Connecting to SWP08

TCP/IP: Connect to the device on port 2323.

Serial connection: Make sure the serial variant of the SWP08 daemon is running (Configuration->Device->Plugins->SWP 08 (serial connection)). Make sure the input and output of the serial interface you want to use is connected to the controller (Routing->Serial Matrix) and the bitrates are identical on the controller and interface. The serial variant of the SWP08 daemon will follow any of the bitrates you configure.

SWP08 usage

You can use three matrices and configure all routing points, unless restricted by the local user managment for the swp08 plugin.

The fourth matrix, 'Ports', allow you to route complete ports in the same way as the port matrix. As it is not possible to signal a 'mixed XP configuration' per port, only the first audio channel is used to indicate the routing for a port to the SWP08 controller.

¹ SWP08 uses a 4-bit 'matrix' and a 4-bit 'level' value to identify what crosspoints ('tally') to change. The matrix IDs above are the 'matrix' values, the 'level' must be 0. If you use your own SWP08 implementation: The values are 0x00 (audio matrix), 0x10 (serial matrix) and 0x20 (MIDI matrix).

² The channel numbers above are the IDs used by the SWP-08 protocol, which start at channel 0. Some applications, e.g. VSM, may show you the channels starting with 1 in the control surface. If the latter is the case, use channels 1025/32/32 resp.

Compatibility

As of july 2013, the SWP-08 implementation in the M.1k2 has been tested with the following controllers:

• L-S-B Virtual Studio Manager (VSM)
• Evertz 7700R-SC-BRC system controller

SWP08 implementation

The implementation in the M.1k2 is based on the protocol version 23 as of december 10th, 2003. Not all commands of the SWP-08 protocol are implemented since some don't make much sense on the M.1k2. You can set and query crosspoints and locks, and you can query channel labels.