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 August 13th, 2025

Procedure


Serial control of Q-SYS is not a native feature, but can be made possible by adding a script-based component to the design and add appropriate code.

Note

The following 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'. A network connection is required on the Core for this solution to work.

It can be downloaded here.