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EP5804K/EP5804K-T,
EP6504K/EP6504K-T
RS232 User Manual
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Copyright © 21 Aug 2014 by Planar Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without permission of Planar
Systems, Inc.
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Part Number: 020-1273-00
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RS232 Codes
RS232 control is not necessary for operation, but is a convenient way to control
displays from a computer at a distance. Most things you can do with the remote, you
can do with RS232 commands. Plus, you can send inquiries to the displays and find
out the current settings and values.
1 RS232 Command Format
STX (1 byte) + IDT (1byte) + Type (1byte) + CMD (3bytes) + [Value/Reply (1byte)] +
ETX (1 byte)
STX: Start byte = 07
IDT: IDT is always set to 0x00. Monitor ID value can be used here.
Type: Read or Write command, 01 : read, 02 : write; 00 : return to host (from
monitor)
CMD: As shown in the table on the following pages
Value (VAL): Setting Value to be written (for write commands only)
Reply (REP): The current value for the setting represented by CMD
ETX: End byte = 08
Transmit from PC (Host)
Read command: 07 IDT 01 CMD 08 (7bytes)
Write/Setting command: 07 IDT 02 CMD VAL 08 (8 bytes)
Response from Monitor: Sent after receiving any valid command. The response
CMD is the same as the received CMD.
Return command: 07 IDT 00 CMD REP 08 (8 bytes)
2 Serial Port Setting
Baud Rate Data Bit Parity Bit Stop Bit
19200 8 None 1
Note: Baud rate can be set to 115200, 38400, 19200 or 9600 to match the monitor baud rate
setting. Baud rate 19200 is the default setting.
Explanation of symbols
▲: Valid command on power saving/off mode (The “Wake Up from Sleep” setting
must be set to “VGA, Digital, RS232”.)
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
Power
Control and
Input Source
Display
Adjustment
Control
Item
Power
Control
Input
Source
Color BRI W/R 0~100 Current value Backlight Brightness 42 52 49
CMD Typ e
POW W/R
MIN W/R 00 00 VGA 4D 49 4E
BRL W/R 0~100 Current value Digital Brightness Level 42 52 4C
W/R 00 00 Off (Backlight) 42 4C 43
BLC
CON W/R 0~100 Current value Contrast 43 4F 4E
Value
(DEC)
00 00 Off (soft power) 50 4F 57 ▲
01 01 On (soft power) ▲
01 01 Digital DVI
09 09 HDMI 1
10 10 HDMI 2
13 13 Displayport
14 14 OPS
01 01 On (Backlight)
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
SHA W/R 0~24 Current value Sharpness 53 48 41
HUE W/R 0~100 Current value Hue 48 55 45
SAT W/R 0~100 Current value Saturation 53 41 54
Flesh Tone FST W/R 0 0 Off 46 53 54
1 1 Low
2 2 Medium
3 3 High
Noise
Reduction
Local
Dimming
NOR W/R 0 0 Off 4E 4F 52
1 1 Low
2 2 Medium
3 3 High
LDM W/R 0 0 Local Dimming Off 4C 44 4D
1 1 Local Dimming On
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
Display
Adjustment
Control
Item
MEMC MEM W/R 0 0 Off 4D 45 4D
Scheme SCM W/R 00 00 User 53 43 4D
Color
Tem pe ra tu re
CMD Typ e
COT W/R 00 00 User 43 4F 54
Value
(DEC)
1 1 Low
2 2 Medium
3 3 High
01 01 Sport
02 02 Game
03 03 Cinema
04 04 Vivid
01 01 6500K
02 02 9300K
03 03 3200K
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
06 06 5000K
07 07 7500K
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
Display
Adjustment
Control
Item
Gamma GAC W/R 00 00 Off (Gamma) 47 41 43
CMD Typ e
Value
(DEC)
01 01 1.85 (Gamma)
02 02 1.9 (Gamma)
03 03 1.95 (Gamma)
04 04 2.0 (Gamma)
05 05 2.05 (Gamma)
06 06 2.1 (Gamma)
07 07 2.15 (Gamma)
08 08 2.2 (Gamma)
09 09 2.25 (Gamma)
10 10 2.3 (Gamma)
11 11 2.35 (Gamma)
12 12 2.4 (Gamma)
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
Gain &
Offset
VGA
Adjustment
13 13 2.45 (Gamma)
14 14 2.5 (Gamma)
15 15 2.55 (Gamma)
16 16 2.6 (Gamma)
USR W/R 0~255 Current value Red Gain (128~383) 55 53 52
USG W/R 0~255 Current value Green Gain (128~383) 55 53 47
USB W/R 0~255 Current value Blue Gain (128~383) 55 53 42
UOR W/R 0~100 Current value Red Offset (-50~50) 55 4F 52
UOG W/R 0~100 Current value Green Offset (-50~50) 55 4F 47
UOB W/R 0~100 Current value Blue Offset (-50~50) 55 4F 42
PHA W/R 0~63 Current value Phase 50 48 41
CLO W/R 0~100 Current value Clock 43 4C 4F
HOR W/R
VER W/R
ADJ W 00 00 Auto Adjust 41 44 4A
-100~100
-100~100
Current value Horizontal Position 48 4F 52
Current value Vertical Position 56 45 52
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
RTC Current
Control
Item
Time
Adjustment
Timer Mode TMS W/R 0 0 All 54 4D 53
Alarm
Enable
CMD Typ e
RTY W/R 0~99 0~99 Ye ar 52 54 59
RTM 0~12 0~12 Month 52 54 4D
RTD 1~31 1~31 Day 52 54 44
RTH 0~23 0~23 Hour 52 54 48
RTN 0~59 0~59 Minute 52 54 4E
AEN W/R 1 1 Sunday 41 45 4E
Value
(DEC)
1 1 Work Days
2 2 User
2 2 Monday
4 4 Tuesday
8 8 Wednesday
16 16 Thursday
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
32 32 Friday
64 64 Saturday
Alarm
Disable
Sunday SNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Sunday On Hour 53 4E 48
Monday NNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Monday On Hour 4E 4E 48
AEF W/R 1 1 Sunday 41 45 46
2 2 Monday
4 4 Tuesday
8 8 Wednesday
16 16 Thursday
32 32 Friday
64 64 Sunday
SNM 0~59 0~59 Sunday On Minute 53 4E 4D
SFH 0~23 0~23 Sunday Off Hour 53 46 48
SFM 0~59 0~59 Sunday Off Minute 53 46 4D
NNM 0~59 0~59 Monday On Minute 4E 4E 4D
NFH 0~23 0~23 Monday Off Hour 4E 46 48
NFM 0~59 0~59 Monday Off Minute 4E 46 4D
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
RTC Tuesday ENH W/R 0~23 0~23 Tuesday On Hour 45 4E 48
Control
Item
Wednesday DNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Wednesday On Hour 44 4E 48
Thursday UNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Thursday On Hour 55 4E 48
Friday INH W/R 0~23 0~23 Friday On Hour 49 4E 48
CMD Typ e
ENM 0~59 0~59 Tuesday On Minute 45 4E 4D
EFH 0~23 0~23 Tuesday Off Hour 45 46 48
EFM 0~59 0~59 Tuesday Off Minute 45 46 4D
DNM 0~59 0~59 Wednesday On Minute 44 4E 4D
DFH 0~23 0~23 Wednesday Off Hour 44 46 48
DFM 0~59 0~59 Wednesday Off Minute 44 46 4D
UNM 0~59 0~59 Thursday On Minute 55 4E 4D
UFH 0~23 0~23 Thursday Off Hour 55 46 48
UFM 0~59 0~59 Thursday Off Minute 55 46 4D
Value
(DEC)
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
INM 0~59 0~59 Friday On Minute 49 4E 4D
IFH 0~23 0~23 Friday Off Hour 49 46 48
IFM 0~59 0~59 Friday Off Minute 49 46 4D
Saturday TNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Saturday On Hour 54 4E 48
TNM 0~59 0~59 Saturday On Minute 54 4E 4D
TFH 0~23 0~23 Saturday Off Hour 54 46 48
TFM 0~59 0~59 Saturday Off Minute 54 46 4D
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
OSD
Audio Volume VOL W/R 0~100 Current value volume 56 4F 4C
Control
Item
Transparency
H Position OSH W/R 0~254 0~254 OSD H Position 4F 53 48
V Position OSV W/R 0~254 0~254 OSD V Position 4F 53 56
OSD Zoom OSZ W/R 00 00 OSD Zoom Off 4F 53 5A
OSD
Rotation
OSD
Language
OSD
Timeout
Bass BAS W/R 0~12 Current value Bass (-6 ~ 6) 42 41 53
Treble TRE W/R 0~12 Current value Treble (-6 ~ 6) 54 52 45
CMD Typ e
OST W/R 0~15 0~15 OSD Transparency 4F 53 54
OSR W/R 00 00 Landscape 4F 53 52
OSL W/R 00 00 English 4F 53 4C
OSO W/R 5~120 Current value OSD Timeout 4F 53 4F
Value
(DEC)
01 01 OSD Zoom On
01 01 Portrait
01 01 Chinese
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
Balance BAL W/R 0~12 Current value Balance (-6 ~ 6) 42 41 4C
HDMI
Audio
DisplayPort
Audio
Internal
Speaker
Mute MUT W/R 00 00 Mute Off 4D 55 54
EDID DVI EDD W/R 00 00 DVI Only 45 44 44
HDMI EDH W/R 00 00 4Kx2K 45 44 48
DisplayPort EDP W/R 00 00 4Kx2K 45 44 50
HAS W/R 00 00 HDMI 48 41 53
01 01 PC
DAS W/R 00 00 DisplayPort 44 41 53
01 01 PC
INS W/R 00 00 Internal Speaker Off 49 4E 53
01 01 Internal Speaker On
01 01 Mute On
01 01 Same as HDMI
01 01 1080p
01 01 1080p
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
Ethernet
Setup
Control
Item
Network
Enable
Dynamic IP DIP W/R 0 0 Disable 44 49 50
Default LDS W 0 0 Load default settings
Email Alert PSA W/R 0 0 Off (Power Status Alert) 50 53 41
Static IP
Settings
CMD Typ e
NWE W/R 0 0 No 4E 57 45
SSA W/R 0 0
SLA W/R 0 0 Off (Signal Lost Alert) 53 4C 41
IP1 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 1 49 50 31
Value
(DEC)
1 1 Ye s
1 1 Enable
1 1 On (Power Status Alert)
1 1 On (Source Status Alert)
1 1 On ( Signal Lost Alert)
Reply
(DEC)
Content
(About 15 seconds)
Off (Source Status Alert)
CMD
(HEX)
4C 44 53
53 53 41
Notes
IP2 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 2 49 50 32
IP3 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 3 49 50 33
IP4 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 4 49 50 34
MK1 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 1 4D 4B 31
MK2 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 2 4D 4B 32
MK3 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 3 4D 4B 33
MK4 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 4 4D 4B 34
GW1 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 1 47 57 31
GW2 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 2 47 57 32
GW3 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 3 47 57 33
GW4 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 4 47 57 34
FD1 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 1 46 44 31
FD2 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 2 46 44 32
FD3 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 3 46 44 33
FD4 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 4 46 44 34
SNS W 0 0 Save Static IP Settings 53 4E 53
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
Other
Control
Control
Item
Scaling ASP W/R 00 00 Native 41 53 50
Baud Rate
Adjustment
Wake Up
From Sleep
Auto Scan AT S W/R 0 0 Off 41 54 53
CMD Typ e
BRA W/R 00 00 115200 42 52 41
WFS W/R 0 0 VGA_ONLY 57 46 53
Value
(DEC)
01 01 Full Screen
02 02 4:3
03 03 Letterbox
01 01 38400
02 02 19200
03 03 9600
1 1 VGA_DIGITAL_RS232
2 2 Never Sleep
1 1 On
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
IRFM IRF W/R 0 0 Off 49 52 46
1 1 On
Smart Light
Control
Power LED LED W/R 0 0 Off 4C 45 44
Splash
Screen
DisplayPort
Mode
SLC W/R 00 00 Off 53 4C 43
01 01 DCR
02 02 Light Sensor
1 1 On
SPS W/R 0 0 Off 53 50 53
1 1 On
DPM W/R 0 0 DP 1.1 44 50 4D
1 1 DP 1.2
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RS232 Codes
Main Item
Other
Control
Control
Item
Other
Control
CMD Typ e
RCU W 00 00 MENU Key 52 43 55
ALL W 00 00 Reset all 41 4C 4C
KLC W/R 00 00 Un-lock keys 4B 4C 43
SER R 13 bytes Read Serial Number 53 45 52
MNA R 13 bytes Read Model Name 4D 4E 41
Value
(DEC)
01 01 INFO Key
02 02 UP Key
03 03 DOWN Key
04 04 LEFT Key
05 05 RIGHT Key
06 06 ENTER Key
07 07 EXIT Key
01 01 Lock keys
Reply
(DEC)
Content
CMD
(HEX)
Notes
MultiDisplay
GVE R 6 bytes Read Firmware Version 47 56 45
RTV R Current value Read RS232 table
Version
VWS W/R 00 00 Video Wall Switch Off 56 57 53
01 01 Video Wall Switch On
VWF W/R 00 00
01 01
MAT W/R X: 1-5
Y: 1-5
DIV W/R X: 1-5
Y: 1-5
POD W/R 0-30 Current value Integral part of Power
POE W/R 0~19 Current value Fractional part of Power
Current value Matrix X, Y value
Current value Divisions X, Y value
Video Wall Frameless Off
Video Wall Frameless On
High quarter is X: 7-4 bit
Low quarter is Y: 3-0 bit
High quarter is X: 7-4 bit
Low quarter is Y: 3-0 bit
On Delay (0-30 sec.)
On Delay (0, 0.05, 0.10,
..., 0.95 sec).
52 54 56
56 57 46
4D 41 54
44 49 56
50 4F 44
50 4F 45
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Example:
Power Control and Input Source
Turn monitor power off [CMD: POW]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 02 50 4F 57 00 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 50 4F 57 00 08 → PC
Turn monitor power on [CMD: POW]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 02 50 4F 57 01 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 50 4F 57 01 08 → PC
Read Power Status from monitor [CMD: POW]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 01 50 4F 57 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 50 4F 57 XX 08 → PC
Example:
XX = 00, the set is off. XX = 01, the set is on.
Display Adjustment
Read backlight from monitor [CMD: BRI] (If the setting of backlight is 80)
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 01 42 52 49 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 42 52 49 50 08 → PC
Set backlight 80 to monitor [CMD: BRI]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 02 42 52 49 50 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 42 52 49 50 08 → PC
Set Contrast 30 to monitor [CMD: CON]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 02 43 4F 4E 1E 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 43 4F 4E 1E 08 → PC
Read Contrast from monitor [CMD: CON] (If the monitor contrast setting is 50)
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 01 43 4F 4E 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 43 4F 4E 32 08 → Monitor
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Scaling Adjustment
Scaling Adjustment
Set monitor to Pillarbox [CMD: ASP]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 02 41 53 50 02 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 41 53 50 02 08 → PC
Other Control
Send an “up” key press [CMD: RCU]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 02 52 43 55 02 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 52 43 55 02 08 → PC
Reset all to monitor [CMD: ALL]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 02 41 4C 4C 00 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 41 4C 4C 00 08 → PC
Read serial number from monitor [CMD: SER]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 01 53 45 52 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 53 45 52 S(0) … S(12) 08 → PC , S(0) ~ S(12):
serial number in ASCII
Read firmware version from monitor [CMD: GVE]
[Transmit] : PC → 07 00 01 47 56 45 08 → Monitor
[Return] : Monitor → 07 00 00 47 56 45 S(0) … S(5) 08 → PC , S(0) ~ S(5):
firmware version in ASCII
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Accessing Planar’s Technical Support Website
Accessing Planar’s
Technical Support
Website
Go to www.planar.com/support to locate the following support documents and
resources:
• User Guide
• RS232 User Manual
• Touchscreen drivers
• Standard warranties
• Planar support hotline number and email
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Accessing Planar’s Technical Support Website
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