How To | Control a Q-SYS Core via serial / RS-232

Learn how to configure and send instructions to a Q-SYS Core from a command line interface via serial/RS-232 connection.

Updated at July 30th, 2024

Procedure


Serial control of Q-SYS is not a native feature, but can be made possible by adding a script-based user component to the design.  This script-based component takes serial data and translates it to the native TCP-based control protocol (ECP), so serves as a serial to TCP 'adapter'. 

Download the user component.