[PD] comport questions
Hans-Christoph Steiner
hans at at.or.at
Thu Nov 29 18:57:51 CET 2012
Post your patch.
.hc
On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Pagano, Patrick wrote:
> Hello
>
> I have now tried with a projection Design f1 projector and I still cannot get comport to talk to the projector
> I can open the port, I see the device, it accepts settings but when I send the ascii it still has no effect.
> The f1 command is
> :POWR1'CR'
> [58 80 79 87 49 13[
>
> Is there some simple way to test this?
> It's got to be me doing something wrong
>
> In the cmd terminal I can type> mode com4:19200, N, 8, 1
> And I get the status for the device:
> Status for device COM4:
> -----------------------
> Baud: 192
> Parity: Non
> Data Bits: 8
> Stop Bits: 1
> Timeout: ON
> XON/XOFF: OFF
> CTS handshaking: OFF
> DSR handshaking: OFF
> DSR sensitivity: OFF
> DTR circuit: ON
> RTS circuit: ON
>
> pp
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner [mailto:hans at at.or.at]
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:42 AM
> To: Py Fave
> Cc: Pagano, Patrick; pd-list at iem.at; Martin Peach
> Subject: Re: [PD] comport questions
>
>
> Yeah, <CR> is most likely carraige return, which is 13 in ASCII:
>
> http://www.asciitable.com/
>
> So you need to send something like (ASCII values):
>
> [13 42 112 111 119 61 111 110 35 13(
> |
> [comport]
>
> .hc
>
> On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Py Fave wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----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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