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" <[email protected]> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >> > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
