Panasonic PT-DW5100L Serial connector, Pin assignments and signal names, Basic format

S P E C F I L E

DLP® Projectors

PT-DW5100/DW5100L

Serial connector

The serial connector complies with RS-232C. To control the projector from a personal computer, com- mands must be input through communication software, based on the format and satisfying the commu- nication conditions shown below.

Pin assignments and signal names

		No.	Signal name	Description
	1		–	NC	No.	Signal name	Description
		2	TXD	Send data	6	–	NC
		3	RXD	Receive data	7	CTS	Connected internally
	4		–	Connected internally	8	RTS	Connected internally
	5		GND	Ground	9	–	NC
D-sub 9-pin (female)
Serial input
Pin assignments and signal names
		No.	Signal name	Description
		1	–	NC	No.	Signal name	Description
	2		RXD	Receive data	6	–	NC
		3	TXD	Send data	7	RTS	Connected internally
		4	–	Connected internally	8	CTS	Connected internally
	5		GND	Ground	9	–	NC
D-sub 9-pin (male)
Serial output
Communication conditions (factory setting)
Signal level			RS-232C-compliant
Synchronization method			Start-stop synchronization
Baud rate			9,600 bps
Parity			None
Character length			8 bits
Stop bit			1 bit
X parameter			None
S parameter			None

Basic format

Transmission from the computer begins with STX, then the ID, command, parameter, and ETX are sent in this order. Add parameters according to the details of control.

STX

Start (1 byte)

A

D

I1

I2

;

C1

C2

C3

:

P1

P2

...

Pn

ETX

Semicolon

End

ID 2 characters

Colon

(1 byte)

Parameters

(1 byte)

(2 bytes)

Command

(1 byte)

(undefined length)

(3 bytes)

ID designator:

(Control and/or query commands)

01 to 64: Address number

0A to 0Z: Group ID

ZZ: All units (ID ALL)

CAUTIION

•It may not be possible to send or receive commands for about 10 to 60 seconds when the lamp is first turned on. If this occurs, wait for 60 seconds, then try sending or receiving again.

•When sending multiple commands, be sure to wait for at least 0.5 second after receiving a response from the projector before sending the next command.

•Additional time is sometimes required for response due to processing inside the projector. Set the time-out period for com- mand response to 10 seconds or more.

As of January 2009 < 14 >