6Serial Communications

To interface the PlasmaView with a home theater automation/control system or a PC running terminal emulation software, connect it to your control system or PC as shown in Figure 3-13.

Configure the RS-232 controller or PC serial port as follows: no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and no flow control. Set its baud rate to 115200, to match that of the PlasmaView RS-232 port.

On the PlasmaView, confirm that the Baud Rate is set to 9600BPS and that the ID Number is set to 01. These settings are found in the Option menu in Installer Adjust mode (refer to Option (Installer Adjust Mode) on page 43).

Serial commands to the PlasmaView take the following form:

•You can send commands in either hexadecimal or ASCII format.

•ASCII commands are not case-sensitive.

•Commands begin with the “Start of Text” (STX) character (02h or <Ctrl> B in ASCII), followed by the display ID (2 bytes), the command data and command argument (3 or 6

bytes; refer to Table 6-1)and the “End of Text” (ETX) character (03h or <Ctrl> C in ASCII).

•You do not need to send a carriage return after the command.

•The default PlasmaView display ID is 01 (30h 31h). With most commands, you can also use the “wildcard” display ID of “**” (2Ah 2Ah) in place of any value for the ID. However, when requesting status via serial commands, you must use a specific display ID; “**” does not work in these cases.

6.1

RS-232 Connection and Port Configuration

6.2

Serial Command Syntax

Avoid sending excessive status requests (also known as “polls”) to the

Caution PlasmaView. Doing so may delay command execution or prevent a command from being executed at all. As a general rule, limit status requests to once every five seconds or only as needed to refresh a control system display.

For example, if the PlasmaView ID number is set to its default value (01 = 30h 31h), send the

Example

following sequence to set the contrast to its highest possible level (255):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STX

ID (2 bytes)

Command (3 bytes)

Argument (3 bytes)

ETX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

31

 

 

 

 

Hex

02

or

43 4E 54

32 35 35

03

 

 

 

2A

2A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

1

 

 

 

 

ASCII

<Ctrl> B

or

C N T

2 5 5

<Ctrl> C

 

 

 

* *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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VP-5000a, VP-5000, VP-4200, VP-6000, VP-6000a specifications

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