[PD] comport questions

[Martin Peach]

On 2012-11-28 17:16, Pagano, Patrick wrote:
> 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?
>

Dunno. where did you get the command list from? (Stuff like 
<CR>*pow=on#<CR>)

Martin


> 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
>>>
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>>>
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