[PD] comport questions

[Pagano, Patrick]

I tried 13, 10 and even 44 for < and 46 for >
Nothing
Will try with another projector :-(

At a loss

pp

-----Original Message-----
From: Py Fave [mailto:pyfave at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:22 PM
To: Pagano, Patrick
Cc: Martin Peach; pd-list at iem.at
Subject: Re: [PD] comport questions

just to be sure ..
CR means carriage return
beware with these on windows.





2012/11/29 Pagano, Patrick <pat at digitalworlds.ufl.edu>:
> Benq says the rs232 is for control
>
>  this is from the manual
>
> Type     Operation    ASCII
> Write /Power On/ <CR>*pow=on#<CR>
>
> Could the Type? Be preventing it?
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Peach [mailto:martin.peach at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:41 PM
> To: Pagano, Patrick
> Cc: pd-list at iem.at
> Subject: Re: [PD] comport questions
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>> (352)294-2020
>>>>
>>>>
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