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:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 5:41 PM To: Pagano, Patrick Cc: [email protected] 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" <[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 > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
