Planar EP4650 User manual

EP4650/EP5550 RS232
User Manual

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Part Number: 020-1227-00A

EP4650 and EP5550 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 (1 byte) + IDT (1byte) + Type (1byte) + CMD (3bytes) + [Value/Reply (1byte)] +
ETX (1 byte)
STX: Start byte = 07
IDT: 00 (Hex Num) for broadcast mode (no announcing, only for video wall),
01~19 (Hex Num) for single control mode.
Type: Read or Write command, 01: read/action, 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/Action command: 07 IDT 01 CMD 08 (7bytes)
Write/Setting command: 07 IDT 02 CMD VAL 08 (8 bytes)
Return from Monitor: Return CMD is the same with received CMD, the return
command will be sent after action. In broadcast mode, no return will be sent.
Return command: 07 IDT 00 CMD REP 08 (8 bytes)
2Serial Port Setting
Note: Baud rate can be set to 38400, 19200 or 9600 to match the monitor baud rate setting.
Baud Rate Data Bit Parity Bit Stop Bit
115200 8 None 1

RS232 Codes
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Main Item Control
Item CMD Type Value (DEC)
Reply
(DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Notes
Power
Control and
Input Source
Power
Control
POW W/R
00 00 Off (soft power)
50 4F 57
See
Note 1
01 01 On (soft power) See
Note 1
Input
Source MIN W/R
00 00 VGA
4D 49 4E
01 01 Digital DVI
02 02 S-Video
03 03 Composite 1
04 04 Component 1
05 05 HDSDI 1
06 06 HDSDI 2
09 09 HDMI 1
10 10 HDMI 2
13 13 Displayport
Display
Adjustment
Display
Adjustment
BRI
W/R
0~100 Current value Back Light Brightness 42 52 49
BRL 0~100 Current value Digital Brightness Level 42 52 4C
BLC
00 00 Off (Back Light) 42 4C 43
01 01 On (Back Light)
CON
W/R
0~100 Current value Contrast 43 4F 4E
HUE 0~100 Current value Hue 48 55 45
SAT 0~100 Current value Saturation 53 41 54
COT W/R
00 00 User
43 4F 54
01 01 6500K
02 02 9300K
03 03 3200K
06 06 5000K
07 07 7500K

RS232 Codes
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Main Item Control
Item CMD Type Value (DEC)
Reply
(DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Notes
Display
Adjustment
Display
Adjustment
GAC W/R
00 00 Off (Gamma)
7 41 43
01 01 2.2 (Gamma)
PHA
W/R
0~63
Current value
Phase 50 48 41
CLO 0~100 Clock 43 4C 4F
HOR
RCurrent value
Horizontal Position 48 4F 52
VER Vertical Position 56 45 52
ADJ W00 00 Auto Adjust 41 44 4A
Video
Mode
SHA W/R 0~24 Current value Sharpness 53 48 41
Other
Control
PIP Adjust PSC W/R
00 00 PIP OFF
50 53 43
01 01 PIP Small
02 02 PIP medium
03 03 PIP large
04 04 PIP side-by-side
PIP source
selection
PIN W/R
00 00 VGA
50 49 4E
01 01 Digital DVI
02 02 S-Video
03 03 Composite 1
04 04 Component 1
05 05 HDSDI 1
06 06 HDSDI 2
09 09 HDMI 1
10 10 HDMI 2
13 13 Displayport
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

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Main Item Control
Item CMD Type Value (DEC)
Reply
(DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Notes
Other
Control
PIP/Main
Swap
SWA W00 00 Swap main and PIP 53 57 41
Scaling ASP W/R
00 00 Native
41 53 50
01 01 Fill
02 02 PILLAR Box
03 03 Letter Box
ZOM W
00 00 Zoom in
5A 4F 4D
01 01 Zoom out
Baud Rate
Adjustment
BRA W/R
00 00 115200
42 52 41
01 01 38400
02 02 19200
03 03 9600
Other
Control
RCU W
00 00 MENU Key
52 43 55
01 01 INFO Key
02 02 UP Key
03 03 DOWN Key
04 04 LEFT Key
05 05 RIGHT Key
06 06 ENTER Key
07 07 EXIT 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
R
13 bytes Read Serial Number 53 45 52
MNA 13 bytes Read Model Name 4D 4E 41
GVE 6 bytes Read Firmware Version 47 56 45
RTV Current value Read RS232 table
Version
52 54 56

RS232 Codes
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Main Item Control
Item CMD Type Value (DEC)
Reply
(DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Notes
Other
Control
Wake Up
From Sleep
WFS W/R
0 0 Set VGA_ONLY
57 46 53
1 1 Set
VGA_DIGITAL_RS232
2 2 Set Never_Sleep
Audio
VOL
W/R
0~100 Current value volume 56 4F 4C
MUT
00 00 Mute Off 4D 55 54
01 01 Mute On
Scheme
Selection
SCM W/R
00 00 User
53 43 4D
01 01 Sport
02 02 Game
03 03 Cinema
04 04 Vivid
Multi-
Display
VWS
W/R
00 00 Video Wall Switch Off
56 57 53
01 01 Video Wall Switch On
VWF
00 00 Video Wall Frameless
Off 56 57 46
01 01 Video Wall Frameless
On
MAT X: 1-5
Y: 1-5
Current value
Matrix X, Y value
High quarter is X: 7-4
bit
Low quarter is Y: 3-0 bit
4D 41 54
DIV X: 1-5
Y: 1-5
Current value
Divisions X, Y value
High quarter is X: 7-4
bit
Low quarter is Y: 3-0 bit
44 49 56 Note 1
DID
00 00 DVI Indemnity Off
44 49 44
01 01 DVI Indemnity On
POD 0-30 Current value Integral part of Power
On Delay (0-30 sec.)
50 4F 44

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Main Item Control
Item CMD Type Value (DEC)
Reply
(DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Notes
RTC
Current
Time
Adjustment
RTY
W/R
0~99 0~99 Year 52 54 59
RTM 0~12 0~12 Month 52 54 4D
RTD 1~31 1~31 Day 52 54 44
RTH 0~23 0~23 Hour 52 54 48
RTN 0~59 0~59 Minute 52 54 4E
Timer
Mode
TMS W/R
0 0 All
54 4D 53
1 1 Work Days
2 2 User
Alarm
Mode AEN W/R
1 1 Sunday
41 45 4E
2 2 Monday
4 4 Tuesday
8 8 Wednesday
16 16 Thursday
32 32 Friday
64 64 Saturday
Alarm
Disable
AEF W/R
1 1 Sunday
41 45 46
2 2 Monday
4 4 Tuesday
8 8 Wednesday
16 16 Thursday
32 32 Friday
1 1 Sunday
Sunday
SNH
W/R
0~23 0~23 Sunday On Hour 49 4E 48
SNM 0~59 0~59 Sunday On Minute 53 4E 4D
SFH 0~23 0~23 Sunday Off Hour 53 46 48
SFM 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 0~59 0~59 Monday On Minute 4E 4E 4D
NFH 0~23 0~23 Monday Off Hour 4E 46 48
NFM 0~59 0~59 Monday Off Minute 4E 46 4D

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※: The RS232 transition will be blocked for around six seconds after a power on/off
command has been performed.
Note 1: In broadcast setting mode, this command is used to auto arrange the Division X/Y.
(The Value Byte needs to be 0x11.)
Main Item Control
Item CMD Type Value (DEC)
Reply
(DEC) Content CMD (HEX) Notes
RTC
Tuesday
ENH
W/R
0~23 0~23 Tuesday On Hour 45 4E 48
ENM 0~59 0~59 Tuesday On Minute 45 4E 4D
EFH 0~23 0~23 Tuesday Off Hour 45 46 48
EFM 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 0~59 0~59 Wednesday On Minute 44 4E 4D
DFH 0~23 0~23 Wednesday Off Hour 44 46 48
DFM 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 0~59 0~59 Thursday On Minute 55 4E 4D
UFH 0~23 0~23 Thursday Off Hour 55 46 48
UFM 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 0~59 0~59 Friday On Minute 49 4E 4D
IFH 0~23 0~23 Friday Off Hour 49 46 48
IFM 0~59 0~59 Friday Off Minute 49 46 4D
Saturday
TNH
W/R
0~23 0~23 Saturday On Hour 54 4E 48
TNM 0~59 0~59 Saturday On Minute 54 4E 4D
TFH 0~23 0~23 Saturday Off Hour 54 46 48
TFM 0~59 0~59 Saturday Off Minute 54 46 4D

Accessing Planar’s Technical Support Website
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Accessing Planar’s
Technical Support
Website
1Go to www.planarpartners.com
2Once you enter your login and password, you can access downloadable utility
software, new firmware and user manuals.
Downloading Utility Software
1Go to www.planarpartners.com.
2Enter your login and password information.
3Navigate to the section that contains software updates and then look for
EP4560/EP5550.
4From the list of available software, click on the tool you need.