Apparatus and method for generating command and/or response frame for control of digital equipment

An apparatus for generating one of a command frame and a response frame of an audiovisual control frame for control of a digital device connected to an IEEE 1394 network, comprising:

• a first processor configured to output a code of the digital device and an operation control signal upon receipt of an input signal received from an input unit;
• a memory configured to store a plurality of identification values that identify a type of digital device and a plurality of code values of command frames and response frames corresponding to each type of a plurality of digital devices;
• a second processor configured to search an identification value of the digital device and a code value of the one of the command frame and the response frame corresponding to the digital device stored in the memory upon receipt of the code of the digital device and the operation control signal, and to generate the one of the command frame and the response frame corresponding to the searched code value;
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• a digital interface configured to receive and process the one of the command frame and the response frame, and transmit the one of the command frame and the response frame to the IEEE 1394 network.