Native Commands (MDC)

Native Commands API allows you to control the device using native commands.

warning

• This API is supported only on Tizen devices.
• You can ensure that the device supports MDC commands via sos.management.supports("NATIVE_COMMANDS_MDC").

All methods

Method	Description	Supported since
sendOne()	Send MDC command on one IP address (or localhost)	6.5.1
sendOneRaw()	Send MDC command on one IP address (or localhost) with subcommands	6.7.1

sendOne()

Method sendOne() will send MDC command on one IP address (or localhost).

Param	Type	Required	Description
ipAddress	string	Yes	IP address or localhost
command	number	Yes	Command to send
data	array	No	Data for command/subcommands

Javascript example

await sos.native.mdc.sendOne('localhost', CodesMDC.BRIGHTNESS_CONTROL); // Promise<IMDCResponse>
await sos.native.mdc.sendOne('192.168.0.10', CodesMDC.VOLUME_CONTROL, [50]); // Promise<IMDCResponse>
await sos.native.mdc.sendOne('192.168.0.10', CodesMDC.PICTURE_CONTROL, [0x54, 0x03]); // Promise<IMDCResponse>

// You can also send custom number if we don't have predefined command in our enum
await sos.native.mdc.sendOne('192.168.0.10', 0x01, []); // Promise<IMDCResponse>

sendOneRaw()

Method sendOneRaw() will send MDC command on one IP address (or localhost) with subcommands .

Param	Type	Required	Description
ipAddress	string	Yes	IP address or localhost
data	number	Yes	Data for command/subcommands

Javascript example

await sos.native.mdc.sendOneRaw('localhost', [0x1B, 0x00, 0x01, 0x74]); // Promise<IMDCResponse>

Example of returned object

{
    "type": "ACK", // or NACK
    "commandType": 4,
    "result": 0, // Value what command returned
}

CodesMDC

CodesMDC is an enum with all predefined commands, it's useful if you are writing applet in JavaScript or TypeScript.

Example of few commands

import { CodesMDC } from '@signageos/front-applet/es6/FrontApplet/NativeCommands/MDC/CodesMDC';
export enum CodesMDC {
    STATUS_CONTROL = 0x00,
    VIDEO_CONTROL = 0x04,
    RGB_CONTROL = 0x06,
    PIP_STATUS_CONTROL = 0x07,
    MAINTENANCE_CONTROL = 0x08,
    SOUND_CONTROL = 0x09,
    // ...
}