Planar EP-Series User manual

EP-Series Ultra HD LCD
Displays RS232 User
Guide

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EP-Series Ultra HD LCD Displays RS232 User Guide 1
RS232 Codes
RS232 control is not necessary for operation, but is a convenient way to control
displays from a computer at a distance. Most things you can do with the remote, you
can do with RS232 commands. Plus, you can send inquiries to the displays and find
out the current settings and values.
1RS232 Command Format
STX(1byte) + IDT(1byte)+ Type(1byte)+ CMD(3bytes)+ [Value/Reply(1byte)] +
ETX(1byte)
STX: Start byte = 07
IDT: Don’t care
Type: Read or Write command, 01: read, 02: write; 00: return to host (from
monitor)
CMD: As shown in the table on the following pages
Value: Setting Value of “Write Command”
Reply: Return Value of monitor
ETX: End byte = 08
Transmit from PC (Host)
Read command: 07 IDT 01 CMD 08 (7bytes)
Write/Setting command: 07 IDT 02 CMD VAL 08 (8bytes)
Return from Monitor: Sent after receiving any valid command. The response CMD is
the same as the received CMD.
2Serial Port Setting
Baud rate can be set to 115200, 38400, 19200, or 9600 to match the monitor baud
rate setting.
Baud rate 19200 is the default setting.
Explanation of symbols
▲: Valid command on Power saving/ off mode (The setting of “Wake Up from Sleep”
must be “VGA, Digital, RS-232”).
Baud Rate Data Bit Parity Bit Stop Bit
19200 8 None 1

RS232 Codes
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Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark
Power
Control and
Input Source
Power
Control
POW W/R 00 00 Off (soft power) 50 4F 57 ▲
01 01 On (soft power) ▲
IPC Control IPC W/R 00 00 Off 49 50 43
01 01 On
Input Source MIN W/R 00 00 VGA 4D 49 4E
13 13 DisplayPort
14 14 OPS
9 9 HDMI1
10 10 HDMI2
11 11 HDMI3
12 12 HDMI4
Display
Adjustment
Color BRI W/R 0~100 Current value Back Light Brightness 42 52 49
BRL W/R 0~100 Current value Digital Brightness Level 42 52 4C
BLC W/R 00 00 Off (Back Light) 42 4C 43
01 01 On (Back Light)
CON W/R 0~100 Current value Contrast 43 4F 4E
SHA W/R 0~100 Current value Sharpness 53 48 41
HUE W/R 0~100 Current value Hue 48 55 45
SAT W/R 0~100 Current value Saturation 53 41 54
Noise
Reduction
NOR W/R 00 00 Off 4E 4F 52
01 01 Low
02 02 Medium
03 03 High

RS232 Codes
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Display
Adjustment
Local
Dimming
LDM W/R 00 00 Local Dimming Off 4C 44 4D
01 01 Local Dimming On
MEMC MEM W/R 00 00 MEMC: Off 4D 45 4D
01 01 MEMC: Low
02 02 MEMC: Medium
03 03 MEMC: High
Scheme SCM W/R 00 00 User 53 43 4D
01 01 Sport
02 02 Game
03 03 Cinema
04 04 Vivid
Color
Temperature
COT W/R 00 00 User 43 4F 54
01 01 6500K
02 02 9300K
03 03 3200K
06 06 5000K
07 07 7500K
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Display
Adjustment
Gamma GAC W/R 00 00 Off (Gamma) 47 41 43
01 01 1.85 (Gamma)
02 02 1.9 (Gamma)
03 03 1.95 (Gamma)
04 04 2.0 (Gamma)
05 05 2.05 (Gamma)
06 06 2.15 (Gamma)
07 07 2.15 (Gamma)
08 08 2.2 (Gamma)
09 09 2.25 (Gamma)
10 10 2.3 (Gamma)
11 11 2.35 (Gamma)
12 12 2.4 (Gamma)
13 13 2.45 (Gamma)
14 14 2.5 (Gamma)
15 15 2.55 (Gamma)
16 16 2.6 (Gamma)
Gain & Offset USR W/R 0~100 Current value Red Gain (0~100) 55 53 52
USG W/R 0~100 Current value Green Gain (0~100) 55 53 47
USB W/R 0~100 Current value Blue Gain (0~100) 55 53 42
UOR W/R 0~100 Current value Red Offset (0~100) 55 4F 52
UOG W/R 0~100 Current value Green Offset (0~100) 55 4F 47
UOB W/R 0~100 Current value Blue Offset (0~100) 55 4F 42
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Display
Adjustment
VGA
Adjustment
PHA W/R 0~100 Current value Phase 50 48 41
CLO W/R 0~100 Current value Clock 43 4C 4F
HOR W/R 0~100 Current value Horizontal Position 48 4F 52
VER W/R 0~100 Current value Vertical Position 56 45 52
ADJ W00 00 Auto Adjust 41 44 4A
RTC Current Time
Adjustment
RTY W/R 0~99 0~99 Year 52 54 59
RTM W/R 1~12 1~12 Month 52 54 4D
RTD W/R 1~31 1~31 Day 52 54 44
RTH W/R 0~23 0~23 Hour 52 54 48
RTN W/R 0~59 0~59 Minute 52 54 4E
Timer Mode TMS W/R 0 0 Everyday Mode 54 4D 53
1 1 Workday Mode
2 2 User Mode
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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RTC Enable AEN W/R 0~127 0~127 In User Mode:
Set bit0 to 1: Sunday
Enable
Set bit1 to 1:
Monday Enable
Set bit2 to 1:
Tuesday Enable
Set bit3 to 1:
Wednesday Enable
Set bit4 to 1:
Thursday Enable
Set bit5 to 1: Friday
Enable
Set bit6 to 1:
Saturday Enable
In Everyday Mode:
Set any bit0~6 to 1:
Mon.~Sun. Enable
In Workday Mode:
Set bit0 to 1: Sunday
Enable
Set any bit1~5 to 1:
Mon.~Fri. Enable
Set bit6 to 1:
Saturday Enable
41 45 4E
Disable AEF W/R 0~127 0~127 In User Mode:
Set bit0 to 1: Sunday
Disable
Set bit1 to 1:
Monday Disable
Set bit2 to 1:
Tuesday Disable
Set bit3 to 1:
Wednesday Disable
Set bit4 to 1:
Thursday Disable
Set bit5 to 1: Friday
Disable
Set bit6 to 1:
Saturday Disable
In Everyday Mode:
Set any bit0~6 to 1:
Mon.~Sun. Disable
In Workday Mode:
Set bit0 to 1: Sunday
Disable
Set any bit1~5 to 1:
Mon.~Fri. Disable
Set bit6 to 1:
Saturday Disable
41 45 46
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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RTC Sunday SNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Sunday On Hour 49 4E 48
SNM W/R 0~59 0~59 Sunday On Minute 53 4E 4D
SFH W/R 0~23 0~23 Sunday Off Hour 53 46 48
SFM W/R 0~59 0~59 Sunday Off Minute 53 46 4D
Monday NNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Monday On Hour 4E 4E 48
NNM W/R 0~59 0~59 Monday On Minute 4E 4E 4D
NFH W/R 0~23 0~23 Monday Off Hour 4E 46 48
NFM W/R 0~59 0~59 Monday Off Minute 4E 46 4D
Tuesday ENH W/R 0~23 0~23 Tuesday On Hour 45 4E 48
ENM W/R 0~59 0~59 Tuesday On Minute 45 4E 4D
EFH W/R 0~23 0~23 Tuesday Off Hour 45 46 48
EFM W/R 0~59 0~59 Tuesday Off Minute 45 46 4D
Wednesday DNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Wednesday On Hour 44 4E 48
DNM W/R 0~59 0~59 Wednesday On Minute 44 4E 4D
DFH W/R 0~23 0~23 Wednesday Off Hour 44 46 48
DFM W/R 0~59 0~59 Wednesday Off Minute 44 46 4D
Thursday UNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Thursday On Hour 55 4E 48
UNM W/R 0~59 0~59 Thursday On Minute 55 4E 4D
UFH W/R 0~23 0~23 Thursday Off Hour 55 46 48
UFM W/R 0~59 0~59 Thursday Off Minute 55 46 4D
Friday INH W/R 0~23 0~23 Friday On Hour 49 4E 48
INM W/R 0~59 0~59 Friday On Minute 49 4E 4D
IFH W/R 0~23 0~23 Friday Off Hour 49 46 48
IFM W/R 0~59 0~59 Friday Off Minute 49 46 4D
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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RTC Saturday TNH W/R 0~23 0~23 Saturday On Hour 54 4E 48
TNM W/R 0~59 0~59 Saturday On Minute 54 4E 4D
TFH W/R 0~23 0~23 Saturday Off Hour 54 46 48
TFM W/R 0~59 0~59 Saturday Off Minute 54 46 4D
Audio Volume VOL W/R 0~100 Current value volume 56 4F 4C
Bass BAS W/R 0~12 Current value Bass (-6 ~ 6) 42 41 53
Treble TRE W/R 0~12 Current value Treble (-6 ~ 6) 54 52 45
Balance BAL W/R 0~12 Current value Balance (-6 ~ 6) 42 41 4C
Internal
Speaker
INS W/R 00 00 Internal Speaker Off 49 4E 53
01 01 Internal Speaker On
Mute MUT W/R 00 00 Mute Off 4D 55 54
01 01 Mute On
Audio Source
Select
CAS W/R 00 00 Line-In 43 41 53
01 01 HDMI1
02 02 HDMI2
03 03 HDMI3
04 04 HDMI4
05 05 DisplayPort
07 07 OPS
OSD Transparency OST W/R 0~4 0~4 OSD Transparency 4F 53 54
H Position OSH W/R 0~100 0~100 OSD H Position 4F 53 48
V Position OSV W/R 0~100 0~100 OSD V Position 4F 53 56
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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OSD OSD
Rotation
OSR W/R 00 00 Landscape 4F 53 52
01 01 Portrait
OSD
Language
OSL W/R 00 00 English 4F 53 4C
01 01 Chinese
OSD Timeout OSO W/R 5~60 Current value OSD Timeout (5, 10, 20,
30, 60 sec)
4F 43 4F
Splash
Screen
SPS W/R 0 0 Off 53 50 53
1 1 On
Message Box MSB W/R 0 0 Off 4D 53 42
1 1 On
EDID DisplayPort EDP W/R 00 00 4K2K 45 44 50
01 01 1080P
HDMI EDH W/R 00 00 4Kx2K 45 44 48
01 01 1080P
Multi-Source Multi- Source
Views Adjust
PSC W/R 00 00 OFF 50 53 43
01 01 PIP Small
02 02 PIP medium
03 03 PIP large
04 04 Dual View
05 05 Dual View Portrait
06 06 Triple View
07 07 Quad View
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Multi-Source Multi-Source
selection
PIN W/R (refer to
MIN)
(refer to MIN) Select the input source
of sub window 1 (refer
to MIN)
50 49 4E
PIO W/R (refer to
MIN)
(refer to MIN) Select the input source
of sub window 2 (refer
to MIN)
50 49 4F
PIP W/R (refer to
MIN)
(refer to MIN) Select the input source
of sub window 3 (refer
to MIN)
50 49 50
PIP position PPO W/R 00 00 PIP Position Bottom-left 50 50 4F
01 01 PIP Position Bottom-
right
02 02 PIP Position Top-left
03 03 PIP Position Top-right
PIP/Main
Swap
SWA W00 00 Swap main and PIP 53 57 41
Multi-Source
Presets
Recall
PRC W/R 00 00 Preset1 Recall 50 52 43
01 01 Preset2 Recall
02 02 Preset3 Recall
03 03 Preset4 Recall
Other Control Scaling ASP W/R 00 00 Native 41 53 50
01 01 Full Screen
02 02 4:3
03 03 Letterbox
PAS W/R 01 01 Full Screen 50 41 53
02 02 4:3
03 03 Letterbox
ZOM W/R 0~100~10Adjust overscan ratio 41 53 50
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Other Control Baud Rate
Adjustment
BRA W/R 00 00 115200 42 52 41
01 01 38400
02 02 19200
03 03 9600
Power
Saving
Config
WFS W/R 0 0 Wake on VGA 57 46 53
1 1 Wake on All
2 2 Always On
Auto Scan ATS W/R 0 0 Off 41 54 53
1 1 Main
2 2 Multi
3 3 All
IRFM IRF W/R 0 0 Off 49 52 46
1 1 On
Smart Light
Control
SLC W/R 0 0 Off 53 4C 43
1 1 DCR
2 2 Light Sensor
Power LED LED W/R 0 0 Off 4C 45 44
1 1 On
DisplayPort
Version
DPM W/R 0 0 DP 1.1 44 50 4D
1 1 DP 1.2
HDMI EDID EDH W/R 00 00 4Kx2K 45 44 48
01 01 1080P
DisplayPort
EDID
EDP W/R 00 00 4Kx2K 45 44 50
01 01 1080P
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Other Control OPS Power
Down Check
OPC W/R 00 00 Disable OPS power
down check
4F 50 43
01 01 Enable OPS power down
check
HDMI RGB
Color Range
HCR W/R 00 00 Auto Detect 48 43 52
01 01 Full Range
02 02 Limited Range
Touch
Control
TOC W/R 00 00 Auto (Read Only) 54 4F 43
01 01 OPS
02 02 External
Remote
Control
RCU W14 14 MENU Key 52 43 55
0404INFO Key
02 02 UP Key
25 25 DOWN Key
0101LEFT Key
0303RIGHT Key
18 18 ENTER Key
0505EXIT Key
0707VGA Key
09 09 HDMI1 Key
12 12 HDMI2 Key
16 16 HDMI3 Key
22 22 HDMI4 Key
08 08 DISPLAYPORT Key
21 21 OPS Key
15 15 SOURCE Key
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Other Control Remote
Control
RCU W19 19 P-SOURCE Key 52 43 55
17 17 PIP Key
26 26 P-POSITION Key
06 06 SWAP Key
2020SCALING Key
67 67 FREEZE Key
00 00 MUTE Key
23 23 BRIGHT Key
24 24 CONTRAST Key
30 30 AUTO Key
29 29 VOLUME+ Key
27 27 VOLUME- Key
32 32 Preset1 Recall
33 33 Preset2 Recall
34 34 Preset3 Recall
35 35 Preset4 Recall
36 36 Audio Source Main Key
37 37 Audio Source 2 Key
38 38 Audio Source 3 Key
39 39 Audio Source 4 Key
ALL W00 00 Reset all 41 4C 4C
KLC W/R 00 00 Un-lock keys 4B 4C 43
01 01 Lock keys
SER R13 bytes Read Serial Number 53 45 52
MNA R13 bytes Read Model Name 4D 4E 41
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Other Control Remote
Control
GVE R6 bytes Read Firmware Version 47 56 45
RTV RCurrent value Read RS232 table
Version
52 54 56
Ethernet
Setup
Network
Enable
NWE W/R 0 0 No 4E 57 45
1 1 Yes
Dynamic IP DIP W/R 0 0 Disable 44 49 50
1 1 Enable
Default LDS W 0 0 Load default settings
(About 15 seconds.)
4C 44 53
E-Mail Alert PSA W/R 0 0 Off (Power Status Alert) 50 53 41
1 1 On (Power Status Alert)
SSA W/R 0 0 Off (Source Status Alert) 53 53 41
1 1 On (Source Status Alert)
SLA W/R 0 0 Off (Signal Lost Alert) 53 4C 41
1 1 On (Signal Lost Alert)
Static IP
Settings
IP1 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 1 49 50 31
IP2 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 2 49 50 32
IP3 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 3 49 50 33
IP4 W/R 0~255 0~255 Static IP Address 4 49 50 34
MK1 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 1 4D 4B 31
MK2 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 2 4D 4B 32
MK3 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 3 4D 4B 33
MK4 W/R 0~255 0~255 Subnet Mask 4 4D 4B 34
GW1 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 1 47 57 31
GW2 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 2 47 57 32
GW3 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 3 47 57 33
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

RS232 Codes
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Ethernet
Setup
Static IP
Settings
GW4 W/R 0~255 0~255 Gateway 4 47 57 34
FD1 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 1 46 44 31
FD2 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 2 46 44 32
FD3 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 3 46 44 33
FD4 W/R 0~255 0~255 DNS Address 4 46 44 34
SNS W 0 0 Save Static IP Settings 53 4E 53
Main Item Control Item CMD Type Value
(DEC) Reply (DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Remark

Example
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Example
Power Control and Input Source
Turn monitor power off [CMD: POW]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 02 50 4F 57 00 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 50 4F 57 00 08 →PC
Turn monitor power on [CMD: POW]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 02 50 4F 57 01 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 50 4F 57 01 08 →PC
Read Power Status from monitor [CMD: POW]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 01 50 4F 57 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 50 4F 57 XX 08 →PC
XX = 0, the set is off. XX = 1, the set is on.
Display Adjustment
Read back light from monitor [CMD: BRI] (If the setting of back light is 80)
[Transmit] : PC →07 0101 42 52 49 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 42 52 49 50 08 →PC
Set back light 80 to monitor [CMD: BRI]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 02 42 52 49 50 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 42 52 49 50 08 →PC
Set Contrast 30 to monitor [CMD: CON]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 02 43 4F 4E 1E 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 43 4F 4E 1E 08 →PC
Read Contrast from monitor [CMD: CON] (If the monitor contrast setting is 50)
[Transmit] : PC →07 0101 43 4F 4E 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 43 4F 4E 32 08 →Monitor

Scaling Adjustment
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Scaling Adjustment
Set monitor to Pillar box [CMD: ASP]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 02 41 53 50 02 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 41 53 50 02 08 →PC
Other Control
Adjust up to monitor [CMD: RCU]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 02 52 43 55 02 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 52 43 55 02 08 →PC
Reset all to monitor [CMD: ALL]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 02 41 4C 4C 00 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 41 4C 4C00 08 →PC
Read serial number monitor [CMD: SER]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 01 53 45 52 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 53 45 52 S(0) … S(12) 08 →PC , S(0) ~ S(12): serial
number in ASCII
Read firmware version monitor [CMD: GVE]
[Transmit] : PC →07 01 01 47 56 45 08 →Monitor
[Return] : Monitor →07 01 00 47 56 45 S(0) … S(5) 08 →PC , S(0) ~ S(5): firmware
version in ASCII

Accessing Planar’s Technical Support Website
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Accessing Planar’s
Technical Support
Website
Go to www.planar.com/support to locate the following support documents and
resources:
• User Guide
• RS232 User Manual
• Touchscreen drivers
• Standard warranties
• Planar support hotline number and email