Panasonic PT AE2000 User Manual

Panasonic Projector RS-232C Control Specifications

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RS-232C Control Specifications PT-AE2000

As of October 2007 < 2 >

Serial connector

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

Pin assignments and signal names

Communication conditions (factory setting)

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.

No.

1

2

3

4

5

No.

6

7

8

9

Signal name

–

TXD

RXD

–

GND

Signal name

–

RTS

CTS

–

Description

NC

Send data

Receive data

NC

Ground

Description

NC

Connected internally

Connected internally

NC

D-sub 9-pin

CAUTIION

When sending multiple commands, be sure to send the next command after receiving a response from the projector.

Cable specifications

Signal level

Synchronization method

Baud rate

Parity

Character length

Stop bit

X parameter

S parameter

RS -232C-compliant

Start-s top synchronization

9,600 bps

None

8 bits

1 bit

None

None

STX ETXC1 C2 C3 : P1 P2 P3 P4

Start
(1 byte)

(3 bytes)
(Control and/or query commands)

Colon
(1 byte)

Parameter
(1-4 bytes)Command

End
(1 byte)

1

NC

2

3

4

NC

5

6

DSR

7

8

9

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

PC (DTE)Projector

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9