For the Control surface of the Airlab you can use the Airence SDK (Service Development Kit) at the Airlab wiki page.
This SDK only works for the Control Surface of the Airlab.

The Airlab sends the Fader start trough RS232 / Serial port to a computer.
Some playout software have the option to read the information from a serial port.

The message format on the Serial port looks like this:
0xAAAAAAAA 0x0CCCCCCC 0x0DDDDDDD

AA = Action
CC = Channel
DD = Data

#define SERIAL_ON         0x80    // On Switch \\
#define SERIAL_CUE        0x81    // Cue Switch \\
#define SERIAL_START      0x82    // Start \\
#define SERIAL_STOP       0x83    // Stop \\

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It is possible to use the serial port of the Airlab. This communication port is compatible with the RS-232 standard that is used on PC and MAC. This makes it possible to write your own application for the Airlab. On this page you'll find settings and the protocol.

The Protocol:

The protocol is build up in a simple way, a message contains minimal 3 bytes. Which are defined as follows:

Here you'll find the message options:

Example 1: 0x80 00 01 :

Example 2: 0x85 00 01 :

Example 2: 0x93 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 :
Configuration per channel pushed 16 times on startup or on request!

ON-switch message, only to Airlab:

CUE-switch message, only to Airlab:

START & STOP message, only from Airlab (its possible you receive this message more than once):

ONAIR1 message, only from Airlab (its possible you receive this message more than once):

ONAIR2 message, only from Airlab (its possible you receive this message more than once):

TIMER START, STOP, RESET message, only to Airlab:

MODULE SETUP message, to and from Airlab:

MASTER SETUP message, to and from Airlab:

CONFIG message, only from Airlab:

EEPROM STORE message, only to Airlab:

CHIPCARD STORE message, only to Airlab:

CARD INSERTED message, only from Airlab:

IDSTRING message, only from Airlab:

GET MODULE SETUP message, only to Airlab:

GET MASTER SETUP message, only to Airlab:

GET CONFIG message, only to Airlab:

GET CARDINSERTED message, only to Airlab:

GET IDSTRING message, only to Airlab:

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As the Protocol doesn't have all functions we also added some source code with extended information.

This will also help to check how the functions work.

message format:
0xAAAAAAAA 0x0CCCCCCC 0x0DDDDDDD

AA = Action
CC = Channel
DD = Data

#define SERIAL_ON                                    0x80    // On Switch
#define SERIAL_CUE                                   0x81    // Cue Switch
#define SERIAL_START                                 0x82    // Start
#define SERIAL_STOP                                  0x83    // Stop
#define SERIAL_ONAIR1                                0x84    // OnAir1
#define SERIAL_ONAIR2                                0x85    // OnAir2

#define TIMER_START                                  0x90    // Timer Start
#define TIMER_STOP                                   0x91    // Timer Stop
#define TIMER_RESET                                  0x92    // Timer Reset
#define SERIAL_MODULESETUPDATA                       0x93    // ModuleSetupData

Byte 0: TIMERLINEA
Byte 1: TIMERLINEB
Byte 2: TIMERMIC
Byte 3: STARTLINEA
Byte 4: STARTLINEB
Byte 5: STARTMIC
Byte 6: STARTFADER
Byte 7: STARTON
Byte 8: STARTCUE
Byte 9: STARTPULS
Byte 10: REMLINEA
Byte 11: REMLINEB
Byte 12: REMMIC
Byte 13: DJMIC
Byte 14: ANNMIC
Byte 15: STUDIOMIC
Byte 16: ONAIR1LINEA
Byte 17: ONAIR1LINEB
Byte 18: ONAIR1MIC
Byte 19: ONAIR2LINEA
Byte 20: ONAIR2LINEB
Byte 21: ONAIR2MIC
Byte 22: POWERON
Byte 23: MICATLINEA
Byte 24: MICATLINEB
Byte 25: REMONMIC
Byte 26: REMONLINEA
Byte 27: REMONLINEB
Byte 28: SWITCHSTART

#define SERIAL_MASTERSETUPDATA                       0x94    // MasterSetupData

Byte 0: AUTOCUERESET
Byte 1: CUETOCRM
Byte 2: AUTOCOM
Byte 3: RS232

#define SERIAL_CONFIG                                0x95

BYTE 0: CHANNEL1
BYTE 1: CHANNEL2
BYTE 2: CHANNEL3
BYTE 3: CHANNEL4
BYTE 4: CHANNEL5
BYTE 5: CHANNEL6
BYTE 6: CHANNEL7
BYTE 7: CHANNEL8
BYTE 8: CHANNEL9
BYTE 9: CHANNEL10
BYTE 10: CHANNEL11
BYTE 11: CHANNEL12
BYTE 12: CHANNEL13
BYTE 13: CHANNEL14
BYTE 14: CHANNEL15
BYTE 15: CHANNEL16

#define STORE_EEPROM                                 0x96
#define STORE_SMARTCARD                              0x97
#define CARD_INSERTED                                0x98
#define SERIAL_IDSTRING                              0x9A

#define GETSERIAL_MODULESETUPDATA                    0xB3
#define GETSERIAL_MASTERSETUPDATA                    0xB4
#define GETSERIAL_CONFIG                             0xB5

#define GETCARD_INSERTED                             0xB8

#define GETSERIAL_IDSTRING                           0xBA

– Addition for V2.0 (Director)

message format:
0xAAAAAAAA 0x0CCCCCCC 0x0DDDDDDD

AA = Action
CC = Telco channel
DD = Data

#define TODIRECTOR_TELCO_CONNECT                     0xC0
#define TODIRECTOR_TELCO_RING                        0xC1
#define TODIRECTOR_TELCO_CUE                         0xC2
#define TODIRECTOR_TELCO_MUTE                        0xC3

#define TODIRECTOR_FUNCTION                          0xD0
#define TODIRECTOR_CRMMUTE                           0x00    // CRM Mute             0xD0 0x00 Data
#define TODIRECTOR_STUDIOMUTE                        0x01    // STUDIO Mute                 0xD1 0x01 Data
#define TODIRECTOR_CUE_BY_MIC_REMOTE                 0x02    // CUE_BY_MIC_REMOTE   0xD1 0x02 Data

message format:
0xAAAAAAAA 0x0CCCCCCC 0x0DDDDDDD

AA = Action
CC = Telco channel
DD = Data

#define FROMDIRECTOR_TELCO_ON_CONNECT                0xE0
#define FROMDIRECTOR_TELCO_MUTE                      0xE1
#define FROMDIRECTOR_TELCO_TB                        0xE2

#define FROMDIRECTOR_TB                              0xF0
#define TB_CONSOLE                                   0x00    //TB Console            0xF0 0x00 Data
#define TB_ALL                                       0x01    //TB All                0xF0 0x01 Data