Samsung SyncMaster P63F User manual

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Ver. 2.1
2008-06-26
Multiple Display Control Protocol
for SyncMaster 42TS/42PS P50Hn
P50F(n) P63F(n)
320MX(n) 400CX(n)
400MX(n) 460CX(n)
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SEC-VD-DSW Multiple Display Control - 0008
Ver. 1.0
2008-06-26
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Contact Information
Display S/W Group, VD Business Division
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Address : 416, Maetan-3Dong, Paldal-Gu,
Suwon City, Kyungki-Do, Korea
442-742
Telephone : [phone]
E-mail : [email protected]
Prepared by : Display S/W, Video Display Division.
Status : Prepared
Subject : Technical Writer, Programmer, Developer
Outline : Protocol type document of Multiple Display Control 1.0
History :
Version Date Content Prepared by Compared by
1.0 2005. 01. 05. Protocol for Multiple Display Control S. Jang
1.1 2005. 01. 07 Add Safety Lock S. Jang
1.2 2005. 01. 18 Add Video Wall J. Lee
1.3 2005. 01. 26 modify Maintenance Control S. Jang
1.4 2005. 03. 11 modify Baudrate, PIP Control J. Lee
1.5 2005. 07. 04 Add Commands S. Jang
1.6 2005. 11. 11 Add Command ( Screen Scroll On) S. Jang
1.7 2006. 02. 01 Add Commands H. Park
1.8 2006. 10. 02 Add Commands H. Park
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1.9 2006. 12. 18 Add Commands ( New Video Wall ) H. Park
Version Date Content Prepared by Compared by
2.0 2007. 04. 17. Add Commands H. Park
2.1 2008. 06. 26. Add Commands J. Choi
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1. INTERFACE
1.1. Connecting Method
1) Connecting method
-As of Figure 1-1, connect RS232-In(9Pin) to Personal Computer, connect thenext
TV of Display to be connected from RS232-Out (9Pin).
-In doing so, each TV or Monitor ID can be given from 0 to 99.
-ID cannot be given duplicated.
-When granting ID, it does not need to be given out in the connecting order.
Figure1-1 PC,TV or Monitor connecting method
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LCD 1
OUTIN
UART LCD 2
OUTIN
UART LCD 3
OUTIN
UART LCD 4
OUTIN
UART
Personal
Computer
RS232
LCD 1
OUTIN
UART LCD 2
OUTIN
UART LCD 3
OUTIN
UART LCD 4
OUTIN
UART
Personal
Computer
RS232

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1.2. Connection Spec.
1) Connection Spec.
-Interactive communications using RS232.
-Of RS232 standards, three signals TxD(No.2), RxD(No.3) and GND(No.5) are used →
Refer to Figure 1
-Limit the distance between devices to less than 4m.
- Currently, out of 9 PIN RS232 terminal, PINS in use are numbers 2, 3 and 5.
-ID should show hexadecimal value of assigned ID, but ID 0 should be 0xFF.
-Every communication will be made in hexadecimals and Checksum is the sum of all
remainings. If it exceeds two digits, for example, it is 11+FF+01+01=112, discard the
number in the first digit like below.
example) Power On & ID=0
Header Command ID Data Length Data 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0x11 1 Power
→
Header Command 0xFF Data Length Data 1 12
0xAA 0x11 1 1
-If you want to control every mechanism connected with Serial Cable regardless of its
ID,setIDpartto"0xFE"andsendcommands.Atthetime,eachSETwillfollow
commands but it will not respond with ACK.
Table 2-1 RS232 Network spec
Bits Rate 9600 bps
Data Bits 8 bits
Parity None
Stop Bits 1 bit
Flow Control None
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Figure 2-1 RS-232 pin out DB-9 pin used for Asynchronous Data
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2. Commanding words
No Command Type Command Value Range
1 Status Control 0x00 -
2 Time Control 0x01 -
3 On Time Control 0x02 -
4 Off Time Control 0x03 -
5VideoControl 0x04 -
6AudioControl 0x05 -
7RGBControl 0x06 -
8PIP Status Control 0x07 -
9Maintenance Control 0x08 -
10 Serial Number Control 0x0B -
11 Display Status Control 0x0D -
12 Software Version Control 0x0E -
13 Model Number Control 0x10 -
14 Power Control 0x11 0~1
15 Volume Control 0x12 0 ~ 100
16 Mute Control 0x13 0 ~ 1
17 Input Source Control 0x14 -
18 ImageSizeControl 0x15 -
19 Direct Channel Control 0x16 -
20 Screen Mode Control 0x18 -
21 Screen Size Control 0x19 0 ~ 255
22 Red Offset Control 0x1A 0 ~ 100
23 Green Offset Control 0x1B 0 ~ 100
24 Blue Offset Control 0x1C 0 ~ 100
25 Contrast Control 0x24 0 ~ 100
26 Brightness Control 0x25 0 ~ 100
27 Sharpness Control 0x26 0 ~ 100
28 Color Control 0x27 0 ~ 100
29 Tint Control 0x28 0 ~ 100
30 Red Gain Control 0x29 0 ~ 100
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31 Green Gain Control 0x2A 0 ~ 100
32 Blue Gain Control 0x2B 0 ~ 100
33 Treble Control 0x2C 0 ~ 100
34 Bass Control 0x2D 0 ~ 100
35 Coarse Control 0x2F 0 ~ 1
36 Fine Control 0x30 0 ~ 1
37 H-Position Control 0x31 0 ~ 1
38 V-Position Control 0x32 0 ~ 1
39 Clear Menu Control 0x34 0
40 Remote Control 0x36 0 ~ 1
41 RGB Contrast Control 0x37 0 ~ 100
42 RGB Brightness Control 0x38 0 ~ 100
43 PIP On/Off Control 0x3C 0 ~ 1
44 Auto Adjustment Control 0x3D 0
45 Color Tone Control 0x3E 0 ~ 4
46 Color Temperature Control 0x3F 0 ~ 10
47 PIP Source Control 0x40 -
48 Main-PIP Swap Control 0x41 0 ~ 1
49 PIP Size Control 0x42 -
50 PIP Locate Control 0x43 0 ~ 4
51 Sound Select Control 0x47 0 ~ 1
52 Pixel Shift Control 0x4C -
53 Video Wall Control 0x4F -
54 Auto Lamp Control 0x57 -
55 Manual Lamp Control 0x58 0 ~ 100
56 Safety Screen Run Control 0x59 0 ~ 6
57 Safety Screen Control 0x5B -
58 Video Wall Mode Control 0x5C 0 ~ 1
59 Safety Lock 0x5D 0 ~ 1
60 Panel Lock 0x5F 0 ~ 1
61 OSD On/OFF 0x70 0 ~ 1
62 P. Mode Control 0x71 -
63 S. Mode Control 0x72 0 ~ 4
64 NR Mode Set 0x73 0 ~ 1
65 PC Color Tone Control 0x75 0 ~ 3
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66 Auto AutoAdjustment 0x76 0 ~ 1
67 All Keys Lock 0x77 0 ~ 1
68 SRS TSXT Control 0x78 0 ~ 1
69 Film Mode 0x79 0 ~ 1
70 Signal Balance 0x7A 0 ~ 1
71 SB Gain 0x7E 0 ~ 100
72 SB Sharpness 0x7F 0 ~ 100
73 Panel On Time 0x83 -
74 Video Wall On 0x84 0 ~ 1
75 Temperature Control 0x85 0 ~ 125
76 Brightness Sensor 0x86 0 ~ 1
77 Dynamic Contrast 0x88 0 ~ 1
78 Safety Screen On 0x88 1 ~ 5
79 Video Wall User Control 0x89 -
80 Model Name 0x8A -
"-" indicates multiple setting items-refer to "2.1. Command Detailed Explanation" for more
details.
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2.1. Command Detailed Explanation
* Status Control
●Function
Personal Computer shows current setting condition of TV / Monitor.
●Get Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x00 0
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 9 'A' 0x00 Power Volume
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6 Val 7 Check
Sum
Mute Input Aspect NTimeNF FTimeNF
Power : Power code to be set on TV / Monitor
Volume : Volume value code ( 0 ~ 100 ) to be set on TV / Monitor
Mute : Mute code to be set on TV / Monitor
Input :InputSourcecodetobesetonTV/Monitor
Aspect : Image Size code to be set on TV/Monitor
NTimeNF: OnTime ON/OFF value of time to set TV/Monitor
FTimeNF : OffTime ON/OFF value of time to set TV/Monitor
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x00 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
0 Check Sum Error
1etc.
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* Time Control
●Function
Personal Computer controls current time of TV / Monitor.
●Get Time Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x01 0
●Set Time
Header Command ID Data Length Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4
0xAA 0x01 5 AP Time H Time M Time 0
Data 5 Check
Sum
0
AP Time :AM/PMvaluetobesetonTV/Monitor
1AM
0PM
HTime: Hour value ( 1 ~ 12 ) to be set on TV/Monitor
MTime: Minute value ( 0 ~ 59 ) to be set on TV/Monitor
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 7 'A' 0x01 AP Time H Time
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Check
Sum
MTime 0 0
AP Time, H Time, M Time :Sameasabove
H Time, M Time if current time was not set on Monitor, 0xFF
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x01 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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*OnTimeControl
●Function:
Personal Computer controls the time that TV / Monitor turns on.
●Get On Time Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x02 0
●Set On Time
Header Command ID Data Length Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4
0xAA 0x02 6 NAPTime NHTime NMTime NTimeVR
Data 5 Data 6 Check
Sum
NTimeNF NTimeSC
NAPTime: On Time AM/PM value to be set on TV/Monitor
1AM
0PM
NHTime: On Time Hour value ( 1 ~ 12 ) to be set on TV/Monitor
NMTime: On Time Minute value ( 0 ~ 59 ) to be set on TV/Monitor
NTimeVR:OnTimeVolumevalue(0~100)tobesetonTV/Monitor
NTimeNF: On Time ON/OFF value to be set on TV/Monitor
1OnTimeON
0OnTimeOFF
NTimeSC:On Time ON/OFF Control Source value (refer to
Input Source Control )
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 8 'A' 0x02 NAPTime N H Time
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6 Check
Sum
NMTime NTimeVR NTimeNF NTimeSC
NAPTime,NHTime,NMTime,NTimeVR,NTimeNF,NTimeSC:Sameas
above
N H Time, N M Time if On Time was not set on Monitor, 0xFF
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x02 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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*OffTimeControl
●Function
Personal Computer controls the time that TV / Monitor turns off.
●Get Off Time Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x03 0
●Set Off Time
Header Command ID Data Length Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4
0xAA 0x03 6 FAPTime F H Time F MTime 0
Data 5 Data 6 Check
Sum
FTimeNF 0
FAPTime : Off Time AM/PM value to be set on TV/Monitor
1AM
0PM
FHTime : Off Time Hour value ( 1 ~ 12 ) to be set on TV/Monitor
FMTime : Off Time Minute value ( 0 ~ 59 ) to be set on TV/Monitor
FTimeNF : Off Time ON/OFF value to be set on TV/Monitor
1OffTimeON
0 Off Time OFF
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 8 'A' 0x03 FAPTime F H Time
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6 Check
Sum
FMTime 0 FTimeNF 0
FAPTime,FHTime,FMTime,FTimeNF:Sameasabove
F H Time, F M Time if Off Time was not set on, 0xFF
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x03 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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*VideoControl(ATV, DTV, AV, S-Video, Component, HDMI Only)
●Function
Personal Computer shows the screen condition of TV / Monitor.
●Get Video Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x04 0
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 0x0A 'A' 0x04 Contrast Brightness
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6 Val 7 Val 8 Check
Sum
Sharpness Color Tint ColorTone ColorTemp 0
Contrast, Brightness, Sharpness, Color, Tint, ColorTone, ColorTemp :
Same as above
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x04 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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*AudioControl
●Function
Personal Computer shows the sounds condition of TV / Monitor.
●Get Audio Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x05 0
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 0x05 'A' 0x05 Treble Bass
Val 3 Check
Sum
Balance
Treble, Bass, Balance :Sameasabove
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x05 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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*RGBControl(PC,BNC,DVIOnly)
●Function
Personal Computer shows screen condition of TV / Monitor.
●Get Video Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x06 0
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 0x0A 'A' 0x06 Contrast Brightness
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6 Val 7 Val 8 Check
Sum
ColorTone ColorTemp 0 Red Gain Green Gain Blue Gain
Contrast, Brightness, ColorTone, ColorTemp,Red, Green, Blue :Sameasabove
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x06 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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* PIP Status Control
●Function
Personal Computer shows PIP setting state of TV / Monitor.
●Get PIP Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x07 0
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 6 'A' 0x07 P.Size P.Source
Val 3 Val 4 Check
Sum
00
P.Size : PIP Size value code set at TV / Monitor
0x00 PIP Off
0x06 Large
0x08 Small
0x04 Double 1
0x05 Double 2
0x09 Double 3
P.Source : PIP Source value code set at TV / Monitor
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x07 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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* Maintenance Control
●Function
Personal Computer shows maintenance state of TV / Monitor.
●Get Maintenance Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x08 0
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 0x15 'A' 0x08 Power P.Size
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6 Val 7 Val 8 Val 9 Val 10
P.Source LMax_H LMax_M LMax_AP LMaxValue LMin_H LMin_M LMin_AP
Val 11 Val 12 Val 13 Val 14 Val 15 Val 16
LMinValue LampValue ScreenInterval ScreenTime ScreenType V.Wall
Val17 Val 18 Val19 Check
Sum
V.WallFormat V.WallDivid V.WallSet
Power : Power code set on TV / Monitor
P.Size : PIP Size value code set on TV / Monitor
P.Source : PIP Source value code set on TV / Monitor
LMax_H : Auto Lamp Max Time Hour (1 ~ 12) set on TV / Monitor
LMax_M : Auto Lamp Max Time Minute (0 ~ 59) set on TV / Monitor
LMax_AP : Auto Lamp Max Time AM/PM set on TV / Monitor
LMaxValue : Auto Lamp Max value (0 ~ 100) set on TV / Monitor
LMin_H : Auto Lamp Min Time Hour (1 ~ 12) set on TV / Monitor
LMin_M : Auto Lamp Min Time Minute (0 ~ 59) set on TV / Monitor
LMin_AP : Auto Lamp Min Time AM/PM set on TV / Monitor
LMinValue : Auto Lamp Min value (0 ~ 100, 0xFF) set on TV / Monitor
LampValue : Manual Lamp Control value (0 ~ 100, 0xFF) set on TV / Monitor
ScreenInterval : Safety Screen Interval (Per Hour, 0(0ff)~10) set on TV / Monitor
ScreenTime : Safety Screen Time (Per Second, 0(off) ~5) set on TV / Monitor
ScreenType : Safety Screen Type (3 ~ 6) set on TV / Monitor
V.Wall : Video Wall Mode code set on TV / Monitor
V.WallFormat : Video Wall Format code set on TV / Monitor
V.WallDivid : Video Wall Divider code set on TV / Monitor
V.WallSet : Video Wall Set Number code set on TV / Monitor
Caution :IfLMinValueisReturned to 0xFF then Auto Lamp Control is OFF.
If LampValue is Returned to 0xFF then Manual Lamp Control is OFF.
●Nak
Header Command ID
Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x08 ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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* Serial Number Control
●Function
Personal Computer controls serial number of TV / Monitor.
●Get SerialNum Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x0B 0
●Ack SerialNum
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 0x10 'A' 0x0B Data1 Data2
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6 Val 7 Val 8 Val 9 Val 10
Data3 Data4 Data5 Data6 Data7 Data8 Data9 Data10
Val 11 Val 12 Val 13 Val 14
Data11 Data12 Data13 Data14
Check
Sum
Data1 ~ Data14 : Serial Number set on TV / Monitor.
●Nak
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x0B ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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* Display Status Control
●Function
Personal Computer shows display condition of TV / Monitor.
●Get Maintenance Status
Header Command ID Data Length Check
Sum
0xAA 0x0D 0
●Ack
Header Command ID Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Val 2
0xAA 0xFF 0x08 'A' 0x0D Lamp Temperature
Val 3 Val 4 Val 5 Val 6
Bright_Sensor No_Sync Cur_Temp FAN
Check
Sum
Lamp : Lamp Error code (0 : Normal, 1 : Error) to be set on TV / Monitor
Temperature : Temperature Error code (0: Normal, 1: Error) to be set on TV /
Monitor
Bright_Sensor : Brighte Sensor Error code (0: Normal, 1: Error) to be set on
TV/Monitor
No_Sync: Sync Error code(0: Normal, 1: Error, No Sync) to be set on TV / Monitor
Cur_Temp : Current temperature of TV / Monitor
FAN : Fan Error code (0 : Normal, 1 : Error) to be set on TV / Monitor
●Nak
Header Command ID
Data Length Ack/Nak r-CMD Val 1 Check
Sum
0xAA 0xFF 3 'N' 0x0D ERR
ERR : Error code that shows what occurred error is
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