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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................ 1
Product Description ........................................................................................................................................ 3
EasyVR features ............................................................................................................................................ 3
New features on EasyVR ............................................................................................................................... 3
Technical specifications ................................................................................................................................. 4
Physical dimensions and pin assignment ...................................................................................................... 4
Recommended Operating Conditions ............................................................................................................ 5
Power Supply Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 5
Communications ............................................................................................................................................ 5
Protocol and Interface ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Basics ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Arguments Mapping ....................................................................................................................................... 7
ARG_MIN................................................................................................................................................... 7
ARG_MAX ................................................................................................................................................. 7
ARG_ZERO ............................................................................................................................................... 7
ARG_ACK .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Command Details ........................................................................................................................................... 8
CMD_BREAK ............................................................................................................................................ 8
CMD_SLEEP ............................................................................................................................................. 8
CMD_KNOB............................................................................................................................................... 8
CMD_LEVEL ............................................................................................................................................. 8
CMD_LANGUAGE ..................................................................................................................................... 8
CMD_TIMEOUT ........................................................................................................................................ 9
CMD_RECOG_SI ...................................................................................................................................... 9
CMD_TRAIN_SD ....................................................................................................................................... 9
CMD_GROUP_SD .................................................................................................................................... 9
CMD_UNGROUP_SD ............................................................................................................................... 9
CMD_RECOG_SD .................................................................................................................................... 9
CMD_ERASE_SD ..................................................................................................................................... 9
CMD_NAME_SD ..................................................................................................................................... 10
CMD_COUNT_SD ................................................................................................................................... 10
CMD_DUMP_SD ..................................................................................................................................... 10
CMD_MASK_SD ..................................................................................................................................... 10
CMD_RESETALL .................................................................................................................................... 10
CMD_ID ................................................................................................................................................... 10
CMD_DELAY ........................................................................................................................................... 10
CMD_BAUDRATE ................................................................................................................................... 11
CMD_QUERY_IO .................................................................................................................................... 11
CMD_PLAY_SX ....................................................................................................................................... 11
CMD_DUMP_SX ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Status Details ............................................................................................................................................... 12
STS_MASK .............................................................................................................................................. 12
STS_COUNT ........................................................................................................................................... 12
STS_AWAKEN ........................................................................................................................................ 12
STS_DATA .............................................................................................................................................. 12
STS_ERROR ........................................................................................................................................... 12
STS_INVALID .......................................................................................................................................... 12
STS_TIMEOUT ........................................................................................................................................ 12

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STS_INTERR .......................................................................................................................................... 13
STS_SUCCESS ...................................................................................................................................... 13
STS_RESULT .......................................................................................................................................... 13
STS_SIMILAR ......................................................................................................................................... 13
STS_OUT_OF_MEM ............................................................................................................................... 13
STS_ID .................................................................................................................................................... 13
STS_PIN .................................................................................................................................................. 13
STS_TABLE_SX ...................................................................................................................................... 13
Communication Examples ............................................................................................................................ 14
Recommended wake up procedure ............................................................................................................. 14
Recommended setup procedure .................................................................................................................. 14
Recognition of a built-in SI command .......................................................................................................... 14
Adding a new SD command ........................................................................................................................ 15
Training an SD command ............................................................................................................................ 15
Read used command groups ....................................................................................................................... 16
Read how many commands in a group ....................................................................................................... 16
Read a user defined command .................................................................................................................... 17
Use general purpose I/O pins ...................................................................................................................... 17
Use custom sound playback ........................................................................................................................ 18
Read sound table ......................................................................................................................................... 18
Built-in Command Sets ................................................................................................................................. 19
Error codes ..................................................................................................................................................... 21
How to get support ........................................................................................................................................ 21

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Product Description
EasyVR is the second generation version of the successful VRbot Module. It is a multi-purpose speech
recognition module designed to easily add versatile, robust and cost effective speech recognition capabilities
to virtually any application.
The EasyVR module can be used with any host with an UART interface powered at 3.3V 5V, such as PIC
and Arduino boards. Some application examples include home automation, such as voice controlled light
switches, locks or beds, or adding hearing to robots such as ROBONOVA-I and POP Bot.

EasyVR features

A host of built-in speaker independent (SI) commands for ready to run basic controls
Supports up to 32 user-defined Speaker Dependent (SD) triggers or commands as well as Voice
Passwords. SD custom commands can be spoken in ANY language.
Easy-to-use and simple Graphical User Interface to program Voice Commands
Languages currently supported for SI commands: English U.S., Italian, Japanese, German, Spanish
and French. More languages could be available in future.
Module can be used with any host with an UART interface (powered at 3.3V - 5V)
Simple and robust documented serial protocol to access and program through the host board

New features on EasyVR

Two new SI languages: Spanish and French

3 GPIO lines (IO1, IO2, IO3) that can be controlled by new protocol commands
(Note: the GPIO are at nominal 3.0VDC level. do not connect 5VDC to these pins!)
Audio output that supports 8 ohm speakers
Firmware update capability with two additional lines (/XM, /RST)
Sound playback feature:
o You can make your own sound tables using Sensory QuickSynthesis4 tool
o The new EasyVR GUI includes a command to process and download custom sound tables
to the module (overwriting existing sound table)
o NOTE: default firmware has no sound table, but can Beep using sound index 0 always
available. Custom sounds start at index 1.
o The VoiceGP DevBoard (available separately) is required for programming the EasyVR
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Technical specifications
Physical dimensions and pin assignment

Connector

Number

Name

Type

GND

Ground

VCC

Voltage DC input

ERX

Serial Port Receive Data (TTL level)

ETX

Serial Port Transmit Data (TTL level)

J2

1-2

PWM

Differential audio output (can directly drive 8

speaker)

J3

1-2

MIC

Microphone input

/RST

Reset

/XM

Reserved leave unconnected

IO1

I/O

General purpose I/O (3.0 VDC TTL level)

IO2

I/O

General purpose I/O (3.0 VDC TTL level)

IO3

I/O

General purpose I/O (3.0 VDC TTL level)

J1

J4

Description

Note: the GPIO (J4.3/4/5) are at nominal 3.0VDC level. Do not connect 5VDC to these pins!

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Recommended Operating Conditions

Symbol

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

3.3

5.0

5.5

Ambient Operating Temperature Range

25

70

ERX

Serial Port Receive Data

VCC

ETX

Serial Port Transmit Data

VCC

Min

Typ

Max

Unit

VCC
Ta

Parameter
Voltage DC Input

Power Supply Requirements

Symbol

Parameter

ISleep

Sleep current

<1

mA

IOper

Operating current

12

mA

Audio playback current (with 8ohm speaker)

180

mA

ISpeaker

Communications
Adjustable Asynchronous Serial Communication:
Baud Rate: 9600 (default), 19200, 38700, 57600, 115200
8 Data bits
No parity
1 Stop bit

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Protocol and Interface

Basics
Communication with the EasyVR module uses a standard UART interface compatible with 3.3-5V TTL
logical levels, according to the powering voltage VCC.
A typical connection to an MCU-based host:

The initial configuration at power on is 9600 baud, 8 bit data, No parity, 1 bit stop. The baud rate can be
changed later to operate in the range 9600 - 115200 baud.
The communication protocol only uses printable ASCII characters, which can be divided in two main groups:

Command and status characters, respectively on the TX and RX lines, chosen among lower-case
letters
Command arguments or status details, again on the TX and RX lines, spanning the range of capital
letters

Each command sent on the TX line, with zero or more additional argument bytes, receives an answer on the
RX line in the form of a status byte followed by zero or more arguments.
There is a minimum delay before each byte sent out from the EasyVR module to the RX line, that is initially
set to 20 ms and can be selected later in the ranges 0 - 9 ms, 10 - 90 ms, 100 ms - 1 s. That accounts for
slower or faster host systems and therefore suitable also for software-based serial communication (bitbanging).
The communication is host-driven and each byte of the reply to a command has to be acknowledged by the
host to receive additional status data, using the space character. The reply is aborted if any other character
is received and so there is no need to read all the bytes of a reply if not required.
Invalid combinations of commands or arguments are signalled by a specific status byte, that the host should
be prepared to receive if the communication fails. Also a reasonable timeout should be used to recover from
unexpected failures.
If the host does not send all the required arguments of a command, the command is ignored by the module,
without further notification, and the host can start sending another command.
The module automatically goes to lowest power sleep mode after power on. To initiate communication, send
any character to wake-up the module.

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Arguments Mapping
Command or status messages sent over the serial link may have one or more numerical arguments in the
range -1 to 31, which are encoded using mostly characters in the range of uppercase letters. These are
some useful constants to handle arguments easily:
ARG_MIN
'@' (40h)

Minimum argument value (-1)

ARG_MAX
'`' (60h)

Maximum argument value (+31)

ARG_ZERO
'A' (41h)

Zero argument value (0)

ARG_ACK
' ' (20h)

Read more status arguments

Having those constants defined in your code, can simplify validity checks and the encoding/decoding
process. For example (in pseudo-code):
# encode value 5
FIVE = 5 + ARG_ZERO
# decode value 5
FIVE ARG_ZERO = 5
# validity check
IF ARG < ARG_MIN OR ARG > ARG_MAX THEN ERROR

Just to make things clearer, here is a table showing how the argument mapping works:
ASCII

'@'

'A'

'B'

'C'

...

'Y'

'Z'

'^'

'['

'\'

']'

'_'

'`'

HEX

40

41

42

43

...

59

5A

5B

5C

5D

5E

5F

60

Value

-1

...

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

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Command Details
Format of command strings accepted by the module. Please note that numeric arguments of command
requests are mapped to upper-case letters (see above section).
CMD_BREAK
Abort recognition, training or playback in progress if any or do nothing
'b' (62h)

Known issues:
In firmware ID 0, any other character received during recognition will prevent this command from
stopping recognition, that will continue until timeout or other recognition results.
Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS, STS_INTERR
CMD_SLEEP
's' (73h)

Go to the specified power-down mode

Sleep mode (0-8):
0 = wake on received character only
1 = wake on whistle or received character
[1]
2 = wake on loud sound or received character
3-5 = wake on double clap (with varying sensitivity) or received character
6-8 = wake on triple clap (with varying sensitivity) or received character
Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS
CMD_KNOB
'k' (6Bh)

[1]

Set SI knob to specified level

Confidence threshold level (0-4):
0 = loosest:more valid results
2 = typical value (default)
4 = tightest:fewer valid results

Note: knob is ignored for trigger words

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS
CMD_LEVEL
'v' (76h)

Set SD level
Strictness control setting (1-5):
1 = easy
[1]
2 = default
5 = hard
A higher setting will result in more recognition errors.
Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS
CMD_LANGUAGE
'l' (6Ch)

Set SI language
Language:
0 = English
1 = Italian
[1]
2 = Japanese
3 = German
4 = Spanish
5 = French
Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS

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CMD_TIMEOUT
'o' (6Fh)
[1]

Set recognition timeout

Timeout (-1 = default, 0 = infinite, 1-31 = seconds)

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS

CMD_RECOG_SI
'i' (69h)
[1]

Activate SI recognition from specified wordset

Wordset index (0-3)

Expected replies: STS_SIMILAR, STS_TIMEOUT, STS_ERROR

CMD_TRAIN_SD
't' (74h)

Train specified SD/SV command

[1]

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

[2]

Command position (0-31)

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS, STS_RESULT, STS_SIMILAR, STS_TIMEOUT, STS_ERROR

CMD_GROUP_SD
'g' (67h)

Insert new SD/SV command

[1]

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

[2]

Position (0-31)

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS, STS_OUT_OF_MEM

CMD_UNGROUP_SD
'u' (75h)

Remove SD/SV command

[1]

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

[2]

Position (0-31)

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS

CMD_RECOG_SD
'd' (64h)
[1]

Activate SD/SV recognition

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

Expected replies: STS_RESULT, STS_SIMILAR, STS_TIMEOUT, STS_ERROR

CMD_ERASE_SD
'e' (65h)

Erase training of SD/SV command

[1]

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

[2]

Command position (0-31)

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS

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CMD_NAME_SD
'n' (6Eh)

Label SD/SV command

[1]

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

[2]

Command position (0-31)

[3]

Length of label (0-31)

[4-n]

Text for label (ASCII characters from 'A' to '`')

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS

CMD_COUNT_SD
'c' (63h)
[1]

Request count of SD/SV commands in the specified group

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

Expected replies: STS_COUNT

CMD_DUMP_SD
'p' (70h)

Read SD/SV command data (label and training)

[1]

Group index (0 = trigger, 1-15 = generic, 16 = password)

[2]

Command position (0-31)

Expected replies: STS_DATA

CMD_MASK_SD
'm' (6Dh)

Request bit-mask of non-empty groups

Expected replies: STS_MASK

CMD_RESETALL
'r' (72h)

Reset all commands and groups

'R' (52h)

Confirmation character

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS

CMD_ID
'x' (78h)

Request firmware identification

Expected replies: STS_ID

CMD_DELAY
'y' (79h)
[1]

Set transmit delay

Time (0-10 = 0-10 ms, 11-19 = 20-100 ms, 20-28 = 200-1000 ms)

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS

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CMD_BAUDRATE
'a' (61h)

Set communication baud-rate

Speed mode:
1 = 115200
2 = 57600
[1]
3 = 38400
6 = 19200
12 = 9600
Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS
CMD_QUERY_IO
'q' (71h)

Configure, query or modify general purpose I/O pins

[1]

Pin number (1 = pin IO1, 2 = pin IO2, 3 = pin IO3)

Pin mode (0 = output low, 1 = output high, 2 = input*, 3 = input strong**, 4 = input weak***)
* High impedance input (no pull-up)
[2]
**Strong means ~10K internal pull-up
***Weak means ~200K internal pull-up (default after power up)
Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS (mode 0-1), STS_PIN (mode 2-4)
CMD_PLAY_SX
'w' (6Eh)
[1-2]
[3]

Wave table entry playback

Two 5-bit values that form a 10-bit index to the sound table (index = [1] * 32 + [2])
Playback volume (0-31, 0 = min volume, 15 = full scale, 31 = double gain)

Expected replies: STS_SUCCESS, STS_ERROR

CMD_DUMP_SX
'h' (68h)

Read wave table data

Expected replies: STS_TABLE_SX, STS_OUT_OF_MEM

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Status Details
Replies to commands follow this format. Please note that numeric arguments of status replies are mapped to
upper-case letters (see the related section).
STS_MASK
'k' (6Bh)
[1-8]

Mask of non-empty groups

4-bit values that form 32-bit mask, LSB first

In reply to: CMD_MASK_SD

STS_COUNT
'c' (63h)
[1]

Count of commands
Integer (0-31)

In reply to: CMD_COUNT_SD

STS_AWAKEN
'w' (77h)

Wake-up (back from power-down mode)

In reply to: Any character after power on or sleep mode

STS_DATA
'd' (64h)

[2]

Provide command data

Training information (-1=empty, 1-6 = training count, +8 = SD/SV conflict, +16 = SI conflict)
Known issues:
In firmware ID 0, command creation/deletion might cause other empty commands training count
to change to 7. Treat count values of -1, 0 or 7 as empty training markers. Never train
commands more than 2 or 3 times.
Conflicting command position (0-31, only meaningful when trained)

[3]

Length of label (0-31)

[1]

[4-n]

Text of label (ASCII characters from 'A' to '`')

In reply to: CMD_DUMP_SD

STS_ERROR
'e' (65h)
[1-2]

Signal recognition error

Two 4-bit values that form 8-bit error code (error = [1] * 16 + [2], see appendix)

In reply to: CMD_RECOG_SI, CMD_RECOG_SD, CMD_TRAIN_SD, CMD_PLAY_SX

STS_INVALID
'v' (76h)

Invalid command or argument

In reply to: Any invalid command or argument

STS_TIMEOUT
't' (74h)

Timeout expired

In reply to: CMD_RECOG_SI, CMD_RECOG_SD, CMD_TRAIN_SD

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STS_INTERR
'i' (69h)

Interrupted recognition

In reply to: CMD_BREAK while in training, recognition or playback

STS_SUCCESS
'o' (6Fh) OK or no errors status
In reply to: CMD_BREAK, CMD_DELAY, CMD_BAUDRATE, CMD_TIMEOUT, CMD_KNOB, CMD_LEVEL,
CMD_LANGUAGE, CMD_SLEEP, CMD_GROUP_SD, CMD_UNGROUP_SD, CMD_ERASE_SD,
CMD_NAME_SD, CMD_RESETALL, CMD_QUERY_IO, CMD_PLAY_SX
STS_RESULT
'r' (72h)
[1]

Recognised SD/SV command or Training similar to SD/SV command

Command position (0-31)

In reply to: CMD_RECOG_SD, CMD_TRAIN_SD

STS_SIMILAR
's' (73h)
[1]

Recognised SI word or Training similar to SI word

Word index (0-31)

In reply to: CMD_RECOG_SI, CMD_RECOG_SD, CMD_TRAIN_SD

STS_OUT_OF_MEM
'm' (6Dh)

Memory error (no more room for commands or sound table not present)

In reply to: CMD_GROUP_SD, CMD_DUMP_SX

STS_ID
'x' (78h)
[1]

Provide firmware identification

Version identifier (0)

In reply to: CMD_ID

STS_PIN
'p' (70h)
[1]

Provide pin input status

Logic level (0 = input low, 1 = input high)

In reply to: CMD_QUERY_IO

STS_TABLE_SX
'd' (64h)
[1-2]
[3]
[4-n]

Provide sound table data

Two 5-bit values that form a 10-bit count of entries in the sound table (count = [1] * 32 + [2])
Length of table name (0-31)
Text of table name (ASCII characters from 'A' to '`')

In reply to: CMD_DUMP_SX

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Communication Examples
These are some examples of actual command and status strings exchanged with the EasyVR module by
host programs and the expected program flow with pseudo-code sequences.
The pseudo-instruction SEND transmits the specified character to the module, while RECEIVE waits for a
reply character (a timeout is not explicitly handled for simple commands, but should be always implemented
if possible).
Also, the OK and ERROR routines are not explicitly defined, since they are host and programming language
dependent, but appropriate code should be written to handle both conditions.
Lines beginning with a # (sharp) character are comments.
Please note that in a real programming language it would be best to define some constants for the command
and status characters, as well as for mapping numeric arguments, that would be used throughout the
program, to minimize the chance of repetition errors and clarify the meaning of the code.
See the header file protocol.h for sample definitions that can be used in a C language environment.
Here below all the characters sent and received are written explicitly in order to clarify the communication
protocol detailed in the previous sections.

Recommended wake up procedure

# wake up or interrupt recognition or do nothing
# (use a timeout or max repetition count)
DO
SEND 'b'
LOOP UNTIL RECEIVE = 'o'

Recommended setup procedure

# ask firmware id
SEND 'x'
IF NOT RECEIVE = 'x' THEN ERROR
# send ack and read status (expecting id=0)
SEND ' '
IF RECEIVE = 'A' THEN OK ELSE ERROR
# set language for SI recognition (Japanese)
SEND 'l'
SEND 'C'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR
# set timeout (5 seconds)
SEND 'o'
SEND 'F'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR

Recognition of a built-in SI command

# start recognition in wordset 1
SEND 'i'
SEND 'B'
# wait for reply:
# (if 5s timeout has been set, wait for max 6s then abort

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# otherwise trigger recognition could never end)
result = RECEIVE
IF result = 's' THEN
# successful recognition, ack and read result
SEND ' '
command = RECEIVE 'A'
# perform actions according to command
ELSE IF result = 't' THEN
# timed out, no word spoken
ELSE IF result = 'e' THEN
# error code, ack and read which one
SEND ' '
error = (RECEIVE 'A') * 16
SEND ' '
error = error + (RECEIVE 'A')
# perform actions according to error
ELSE
# invalid request or reply
ERROR
END IF

Adding a new SD command

# insert command 0 in group 3
SEND 'g'
SEND 'D'
SEND 'A'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR
# set command label to ARDUINO_2009
SEND 'g'
SEND 'D'
SEND 'A'
SEND 'Q' # name length (16 characters, digits count twice)
SEND 'A'
SEND 'R'
SEND 'D'
SEND 'U'
SEND 'I'
SEND 'N'
SEND 'O'
SEND '_'
# encode each digit with a ^ prefix
# followed by the digit mapped to upper case letters
SEND '^'
SEND 'C'
SEND '^'
SEND 'A'
SEND '^'
SEND 'A'
SEND '^'
SEND 'J'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR

Training an SD command
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# train command 0 in group 3
SEND 't'
SEND 'D'
SEND 'A'
# wait for reply:
# (default timeout is 3s, wait for max 1s more then abort)
result = RECEIVE
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN
# training successful
OK
ELSE IF result = 'r' THEN
# training saved, but spoken command is similar to
# another SD command, read which one
SEND ' '
command = RECEIVE 'A'
# may notify user and erase training or keep it
ELSE IF result = 's' THEN
# training saved, but spoken command is similar to
# another SI command (always trigger, may skip reading)
SEND ' '
command = RECEIVE 'A'
# may notify user and erase training or keep it
ELSE IF result = 't' THEN
# timed out, no word spoken or heard
ELSE IF result = 'e' THEN
# error code, ack and read which one
SEND ' '
error = (RECEIVE 'A') * 16
SEND ' '
error = error + (RECEIVE 'A')
# perform actions according to error
ELSE
# invalid request or reply
ERROR
END IF

Read used command groups

# request mask of groups in use
SEND 'm'
IF NOT RECEIVE = 'k' THEN ERROR
# read mask to 32 bits variable
# in 8 chunks of 4 bits each
SEND ' '
mask = (RECEIVE 'A')
SEND ' '
mask = mask + (RECEIVE 'A') * 24
SEND ' '
mask = mask + (RECEIVE 'A') * 28
...
SEND ' '
mask = mask + (RECEIVE 'A') * 224

Read how many commands in a group

# request command count of group 3
SEND 'c'

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SEND 'D'
IF NOT RECEIVE = 'c' THEN ERROR
# ack and read count
SEND ' '
count = RECEIVE - 'A'

Read a user defined command

# dump command 0 in group 3
SEND 'p'
SEND 'D'
SEND 'A'
IF NOT RECEIVE = 'd' THEN ERROR
# read command data
SEND ' '
training = RECEIVE 'A'
# extract training count (2 for a completely trained command)
tr_count = training AND 7
# extract flags for conflicts (SD or SI)
tr_flags = training AND 24
# read index of conflicting command (same group) if any
SEND ' '
conflict = RECEIVE 'A'
# read label length
SEND ' '
length = RECEIVE 'A'
# read label text
FOR i = 0 TO length - 1
SEND ' '
label[i] = RECEIVE
# decode digits
IF label[i] = '^' THEN
SEND ' '
label[i] = RECEIVE 'A' + '0'
END IF
NEXT

Use general purpose I/O pins

# set IO1 pin to logic low level
SEND 'q'
SEND 'B'
SEND 'A'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR
# set IO2 pin to logic high level
SEND 'q'
SEND 'C'
SEND 'B'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR
# set IO2 pin as input with strong pull-up and read state
SEND 'q'
SEND 'C'
SEND 'D'
IF NOT RECEIVE = 'p' THEN ERROR
# ack and read logic level
SEND ' '

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pin_level = RECEIVE 'A'
# set IO3 pin as high impedance input (reading state is optional)
SEND 'q'
SEND 'D'
SEND 'C'
IF NOT RECEIVE = 'p' THEN ERROR

Use custom sound playback

# play a beep at full volume (works with any or no table)
SEND 'w'
SEND 'A'
SEND 'A'
SEND 'P'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR
# play entry 13 at half volume
SEND 'w'
SEND 'A'
SEND 'N'
SEND 'H'
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR
# play entry 123 (=3*32+26) at max volume
SEND 'w'
SEND 'A' + 3
SEND 'A' + 26
SEND 'A' + 31
IF RECEIVE = 'o' THEN OK ELSE ERROR

Read sound table

# dump sound table
SEND 'h'
IF NOT RECEIVE = 'h' THEN ERROR
# read count of entries and name length
SEND ' '
count = (RECEIVE 'A') * 32
SEND ' '
count = count + (RECEIVE 'A')
SEND ' '
length = RECEIVE 'A'
# read name text
FOR i = 0 TO length - 1
SEND ' '
label[i] = RECEIVE
NEXT

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Built-in Command Sets

In the tables below a list of all built-in commands for each supported language, along with group index
(trigger or wordset), command index and language identifier to use with the communication protocol.
Language
0

English (US)

Italian

Trigger/Wordset

Command Index

robot

robot

robotto

action

azione

acution

move

vai

susu-me

turn

gira

magare

run

corri

hashire

look

guarda

miro

attack

attacca

kougeki

stop

fermo

tomare

hello

ciao

konnichiwa

left

a sinistra

hidari

right

a destra

migi

up

in alto

ue

down

in basso

shita

forward

avanti

mae

backward

indietro

ushiro

zero

zero

zero

one

uno

ichi

two

due

ni

three

tre

san

four

quattro

yon

five

cinque

go

six

sei

roku

seven

sette

nana

eight

otto

hachi

nine

nove

kyu

10

ten

dieci

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Rmaji

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Language
0

English (US)

German

Spanish

French

Trigger/Wordset

Command Index

robot

roboter

robot

robot

action

aktion

accin

action

move

gehe

muvete

bouge

turn

wende

gira

tourne

run

lauf

corre

cours

look

schau

mira

regarde

attack

attacke

ataca

attaque

stop

halt

para

arrte

hello

hallo

hola

salut

left

nach links

a la izquierda

gauche

right

nach rechts

a la derecha

droite

up

hinauf

arriba

vers le haut

down

hinunter

abajo

vers le bas

forward

vorwrts

adelante

en avant

backward

rckwrts

atrs

en arrire

zero

null

cero

zro

one

eins

uno

un

two

zwei

dos

deux

three

drei

tres

trois

four

vier

cuatro

quatre

five

fnf

cinco

cinq

six

sechs

seis

six

seven

sieben

siete

sept

eight

acht

ocho

huit

nine

neun

nueve

neuf

10

ten

zehn

diez

dix

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Error codes
In the table below a list of some (the most useful) error codes that may be returned by training or recognition
commands.
03h

ERR_DATACOL_TOO_NOISY

too noisy

04h

ERR_DATACOL_TOO_SOFT

spoke too soft

05h

ERR_DATACOL_TOO_LOUD

spoke too loud

06h

ERR_DATACOL_TOO_SOON

spoke too soon

07h

ERR_DATACOL_TOO_CHOPPY

too many segments/too complex

11h

ERR_RECOG_FAIL

recognition failed

12h

ERR_RECOG_LOW_CONF

recognition result doubtful

13h

ERR_RECOG_MID_CONF

recognition result maybe

14h

ERR_RECOG_BAD_TEMPLATE

invalid SD/SV command stored in memory

17h

ERR_RECOG_DURATION

bad pattern durations

4Ah

ERR_SYNTH_BAD_VERSION

bad release number in speech file

4Eh

ERR_SYNTH_BAD_MSG

bad data in speech file or invalid compression

80h

ERR_NOT_A_WORD

recognized word is not in vocabulary

The first group of codes (03h 07h) are due to errors in the way of speaking to the EasyVR or disturbances
in the acquired audio signal, that may depend on the surrounding environment.
The second group (11h 13h) indicate an insufficient score of the recognized word (from lowest to highest).
Acceptance of lower score results may be allowed by lowering the knob or level settings, respectively for
built-in and custom commands (see CMD_KNOB and CMD_LEVEL).
A third group of codes (14h 17h) reports errors in the stored commands, that may be due to memory
corruption. We suggest you check power level and connections, then erase all the commands in the faulty
group and train them again.
The fourth group (4Ah 4Eh) deals with errors in the compressed sound data, either because the wrong
TM
version of the QuickSynthesis tool has been used to generate the sound table or because a not supported
compression scheme has been selected (or data is generically corrupt).
The last code (80h) means that a word has been recognized that is not in the specified built-in sets. This is
due to how Speaker Independent recognition works and should be ignored.

How to get support

Please feel free to contact us with any questions, queries or suggestions.
If your question is about technical support or troubleshooting for one of our products, we kindly ask you to
first check our Forum for a possible solution: http://www.veear.eu
If you cannot find an existing solution on the forum, we strongly recommend posting your support request on
the forum for as quick a response as possible. The more detail you provide, the better support we can give.

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