Use of Serial Port

Use of Telnet

You can control the equipment connected to the serial port on the network board and control projector itself by using the telnet application*1 installed on your computer. The following is a control example of external equipment. The telnet application is required to use commands*2 which control the external equipment.

Preparation

1 Turn the projector off with the mains switch and connect an external equipment to the serial port with an RS-232C serial cable.

2Turn the projector and external equipment on.

3Display the setting page by clicking on the Serial Port linked text on the main menu with the web browser. ( refer to page 62).

4Change the serial port setting to be the same communication condition as the con- nected external equipment and then press the Set button.

The following example setting is for our projector communication condition. When controlling our pro- jector set as follows:

Control

Baud rate

19200

Parity

NONE

Stop

1

Flow Control

NONE

Data

8

Serial Control ....

External

Port

23

(For example, in case of using the Telnet application in the Windows 98.)

1 Select the Run... submenu from the Start menu on the computer. Type “telnet” onto the Open text area on the displayed window and press the OK button.

2 Launch the telnet application and the following window will be displayed. Select the Remote System from the Connect pulldown menu.

*1 For further instructions about the telnet application, please see the on-line guide on your computer. Macintosh does not provide the telnet application.

*2 The commands are defined by each product independently, so please consult the manufac- turer or sales dealer for further information of the commands.

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