[PD] comport questions

[Pagano, Patrick]

The benq tech says it should work for commands. I am going to try with another projector, but I can't believe they would put in an rs232 port only for firmware upgrades? 

On Nov 28, 2012, at 3:47 PM, "Martin Peach" <martin.peach at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> It should work. You could try using a terminal program to manually connect. From skimming the manual for that projector it says the RS-232 is for firmware upgrades only...
> 
> Martin
> 
> On 2012-11-28 14:34, Pagano, Patrick wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> With the recent talk about comport I have tried to use it to control a
>> BenQ MX660P Projector and I am having no response from the machine.
>> 
>> RS-232 protocol
>> 
>> Baud Rate
>> 
>>    
>> 
>> 115200 bps (default)
>> 
>> Changeable(2400/4800/9600/14400/19200/38400/57600/115200)
>> 
>> Setting in OSD menu
>> 
>> Data Length
>> 
>>    
>> 
>> 8 bit
>> 
>> Parity Check
>> 
>>    
>> 
>> None
>> 
>> Stop Bit
>> 
>>    
>> 
>> 1 bit
>> 
>> The command to turn it on is:
>> 
>> <CR>*pow=on#<CR>
>> 
>> But I am getting no response from the machine.
>> 
>> I am using the ascii list of bites to send the message, maybe this is
>> incorrect?
>> 
>> Perhaps someone may shed some light upon this for me?
>> 
>> I am on Windows7, pd 42-5 extended
>> 
>> Patrick Pagano, B.S, M.F.A
>> 
>> Assistant in Digital Arts and Science
>> 
>> Digital Media Projection and Audio Design
>> 
>> Digital Worlds Institute
>> 
>> University of Florida, USA
>> 
>> (352)294-2020
>> 
>> 
>> 
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