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Command reference

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Command reference This chapter gives the information needed to send control commands to the display from your own programs. Use the RS-232-C port for transmitting and receiving commands. Connecting the cable Use this method if you want to connect several products to a single PC so that all displays can be controlled at once. Connect the RS-232-C cable as shown in the following illustration. The RS-232-C protocol is used for communication between the media player/computer and the display. You can turn the display on/off, select an input source or adjust the OSD menu from the media player/computer. Figure 1 Daisy chain RS-232C (CONTROL) OUT RS-232C (CONTROL) OUT RS-232C (CONTROL) OUT RS-232C (CONTROL) OUT IN IN IN IN 1 2 3 4 RS-232-C configurations 7-Wire configurations (Standard RS-232-C cable) media player/ computer Display RXD 2 3 TXD 3 2 GND 5 5 DTR 4 6 DSR 6 4 TXD RXD GND DSR DTR 3-Wire configurations (Not Standard) media player/ computer Display RXD 2 3 TXD TXD 3 2 RXD GND 5 5 GND DTR 4 6 DSR DSR 6 4 DTR ENWW Connecting the cable 1

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Command reference
This chapter gives the information needed to send control commands to the display from your own
programs. Use the RS-232-C port for transmitting and receiving commands.
Connecting the cable
Use this method if you want to connect several products to a single PC so that all displays can be
controlled at once.
Connect the RS-232-C cable as shown in the following illustration. The RS-232-C protocol is used for
communication between the media player/computer and the display. You can turn the display on/off,
select an input source or adjust the OSD menu from the media player/computer.
Figure 1
Daisy chain
RS-232C
(CONTROL)
OUT
IN
RS-232C
(CONTROL)
OUT
IN
RS-232C
(CONTROL)
OUT
IN
RS-232C
(CONTROL)
OUT
IN
1
2
3
4
RS-232-C configurations
7-Wire configurations
(Standard RS-232-C cable)
3-Wire configurations
(Not Standard)
media
player/
computer
Display
media
player/
computer
Display
RXD
2
3
TXD
RXD
2
3
TXD
TXD
3
2
RXD
TXD
3
2
RXD
GND
5
5
GND
GND
5
5
GND
DTR
4
6
DSR
DTR
4
6
DSR
DSR
6
4
DTR
DSR
6
4
DTR
ENWW
Connecting the cable
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