FHCS_CheckPi User Manual
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1. Establish all communication settings whether for RS232 or TCP IP Establish all command strings to be used Try to connect either via the specified Comm port and it s parameters Baudrate Parity Databits Stopbits and Handshaking or try to connect via TCP IP via parameters provided IP address and projector TCP port depending on option chosen Note In connecting via TCP IP by default the program is using a PC local port number 0 This will automatically search for a free PC TCP port How to change this e g to bypass a Firewall is later discussed in this manual Note If a connection was already established this will be reported in the Direct line interface window In that case a new connection will not be made until you Close a previous connection More about this subject later in this manual 10 The Control window IE CheckPi Control ko l x The below command buttons will send the command strings to the connected projector as defined in the Setup form Power OFE UnMute i E Setup 4 ID 3K z T 5 Q Once you get into the Control window a communication link should be established and the buttons are programmed to send out the projector command strings Hitting one of the 6 buttons will send out the pre programmed command to the projector Note If a connection can NOT be made you will receive an error message such as the one below Later in this manual we will discus2. IP access Projector can be connected over LAN with a network adapter LAN RS232 if projector only has RS232 connection possibility You can pre program the buttons to send out Projector commands including Power On Power Off PC source input Video source input Audio mute and Audio un mute A direct command window is available to send receive commands and responses This window also allows you to monitor communication traffic From a simple file projectorsdef txt you can read in pre defined communication settings and projector commands The package is delivered with examples but with a simple text editor such as Notepad you can add entries or change them yourself Save any communication settings or projector commands to registry under your own manufacturer protocol name This is handy when you have to test multiple manufacturer protocol or models of the same brand and type Software installation Once you have received the software normally in the form of a ZIP file Un zip the file into an empty folder Then run setup exe to start the installation The following form will pop up es Welcome to the FHCS_CheckPi installation program T_T Setup cannot install system files or update shared files if they are in use Before proceeding we recommend that you close any applications you may be running Exit Setup Hit OK to proceed Next form will show up Click this button to install FHCS_CheckPi software
3. can define your own descriptions for the command keys and labeling in the Control window in your own language In the right listview selectthe key under Customer Defined Description for which you want to change the caption text Change the text in the text box above the listview and than hit the Preview button to get an impression how it will look in the Control window Original program description Key Nr Current customer defined description Default defined p Customer defined Enter Preview Button Description Button Description amp ON amp ON OF amp F OF amp F amp PC amp PC amp Video amp Video M amp ute Sai M amp ute U amp nMute U amp nMute Undo Selected ICON file None oO Zam In the left ListView you will see the Default defined button labeling The right ListView shows your own modifications In this case no modifications were yet made Note An amp in front of a character allows a keyboard input like Alt O In this example it will execute code under the amp ON button What is the main purpose of this form Within this form you can Define your own text labeling to the button in the control window in your own language examples will follow This way we can support multi lingual environments Select icons or pictograms to be added to the command buttons or remove them again Select photo s or other graphics to be added to your buttons or rem
4. input buffer routines Default is 6 increase or decrease depending on the length of projector feedback Depending on your communication speed baud rate length and quality of your RS232 cabling you can use any of these 3 parameters to adapt to the system setup and environment Manufacturer allows to specify a manufacturer name This name is saved to registry Protocol allows to specify a manufacturer s protocol or model The protocol name is saved to registry You can specify any name for manufacturer and protocol As all communication settings and the command strings are also saved to registry you basically specify an application setup If the AV installation uses the same projector in different rooms you dot have to fill in the communication settings and command strings again They are read back from registry Note Specifying a manufacturer name or protocol does not load anything it s only used for savings purposes Note After reading in the projectorsdef txt file you can select manufacturer and protocol model from a listview This will transfer communication settings and commands into the Setup window where it can be added if so desired Manufacturer name and protocol name will then be adapted See the chapter about the projectorsdef txt file and the menu description RS232 State will show the state of the RS232 connection to the projector or other large display Close will close the RS232 connection Use this if the co
5. now select over which Comm port in your laptop or PC you want to communicate with the projector The combo box will show all comm ports available on your Windows PC Via the BaudRate Parity Databits and Stopbits combo boxes you can adapt to projector requirements In projector documentation this would appear something like this 115200 N 8 1 Most projectors I know of do not use handshaking sometimes also called flagging but with the Handshaking combo box you can select hardware or software flagging or both or just simply None Note Most projector manufacturers only use the transmit receive and signal earth pins in their connectors without handshaking If you want to communicate over TCP IP then select the TCP IP option Now that you selected the TCP IP option the RS232 combo boxes just as the RS232 menu selection in the top are disabled In the Proj IP address and Proj TCP port you can now enter the values to reach the projector over a LAN or WLAN connection Note The Trail chars combo box is still enabled If the projector communication protocol requires a Cr Lf or combined CrLf you can select it here Setup command strings In the bottom part of the Setup window you will need to specify projector commands strings Whether you want to communicate over RS232 or TCP IP the specified command strings will be send out via the buttons in the Control window Defining the commands is possible in 4 ways E
6. previous page shows what happens once you hit Projectors in the menu For the 6 predefined command strings power on power off pc input video input mute unmute and for predefined communication settings RS232 and TCP IP it will read in a predefined text file projectorsdef txt and place the content in a Listview on a new window form Scroll down to see more manufacturers protocols or scroll right to see the command strings In the example you see that Manufacturer Vivitek and Protocol SIS are selected After you hit the Apply button and the Yes button in the message the Setup window will change accordingly Apply selected parameters r Overwrite current projector parameters in Setup No Cancel 22 n eea E EE CheckPi Communication Setup SB Extra RS232 TCP IP Projectors J Connect via Vi ithin this form you can setthe communication parameters and the R5232 command strings to be send to the connected projector On the right select whether you want to communicate over R5232 or TCP IP Below set the serial communication parameters or IP address and TCP IP TCP port ee Comm port BaudRate Parity r Databits Stopbits com 3600 7 None e 1 Handshaking Trail chars Proj IP address Proj TCP port 10000 None Y Cr v 192 168 1 15 Below enter command strings as ASCII and or Hex Hex example x50 for P These strings will be send to the projector via the command
7. to scale them accordingly Note PNG files can not be loaded with this software You may want to translate these images into bmp jpeg or other compatible sources 18 The below command buttons will send the command strings to the connected projector as defined in the Setup form Power UnMute In the image the PC button now has an image associated The PC labeling text is behind the graphic image because the image itself is bigger than 16 16 or 32 32 pixels Whether you want to change the text labeling or add graphics it s all possible via the Buttons form What else can be adapted and set in the Setup form is discussed in the next chapter 19 Setup additional settings and functions In the top of the Setup form you have access to menu s which provide means of further setting up your system environment Extra CommandDelay is the delay between sending commands A message box will pop up allowing setting command delay in milliseconds Setting command delay prevents that the projector is receiving a second command while still processing the first ReadDelay is the delay before reading a full reply from the projector ReadDelay makes sure enough time has passed before reading the entire input buffer after the number of bytes specified in RTreshold are received RTreshold allows to specify a minimum number of bytes characters to be received before triggering the read
8. to the connected projector On the right ae select whether you want to communicate over RS232 or TCP IP Below set the serial communication parameters or IP address and C TCP IP TCP port Comm port BaudRate y Parity Databits Stopbits com 115200 None 8 7 f m Handshaking m Trail chars Proj IP address Proj TCP port 168 0 2 50 for P These strings will be send to the projector via the command buttons in the Control form The set trail character s will be send to indicate end of command if required by the projector communication protocol PWR 0 SRC5 IMTE0 P aa F BME The Setup window is the heart of the application In here you determine how to communicate RS232 or TCP IP comm ports IP address etcetera how to name describe buttons in the control window which icons to use in input the buttons which commands to send to an attached projector or large display and much more Note Once all your Setup information is done you do not have to do this again at next start up all Setup information is saved in the PC Registry via the Save button or Exit button in Main answer Yes By default the program assumes you want to connect via a RS232 connection That s why the Connect via option for RS232 is true Also note that the TCP IP menu in the top of the window is disabled as are the Proj IP address and the Proj TCP port text boxes entries Via the Combo boxes you can
9. to the specified destination directory Directory D Program Files FHCS_CheckPi Change Directory Exit Setup Left mouse_Click the button to the left of Click this button to install Next form will be presented Setup will add items to the group shown in the Program Group box You can enter 4 new group name or select one from the Existing Groups list Program Group F lt Existing Groups Accessories Administrative Tools cous _ Select the Program Group under which you want to install the software Hit Continue It might be that an existing file is newer than the one FHCS wants to install Hit Yes A file being copied is not newer than the file currently on your system It is recommended that you keep your existing file File name D Windows System32 phipapi dll Description IP Helper API Your version 6 1 7100 0 Do you want to keep this file FHCS_CheckPi Setup was completed successfully Once all required files are copied and the installation is complete hit the OK button The License Agreement form will show FRITS HANDGRAAF CS SOFTWARE PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT for FHCS_CheckPi IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ENTERING THE LICENSE KEY This is a legal agreement between you the end user and Frits Handgraaf CS FHCS Please read the following terms and conditions before using this software In the event that you use this software you
10. xO2PON x03 which is a mixture of Hex and ASCII You can also enter an all Hex format Note As Hex values below 32 can not be presented in ASCII the Debug window may show IPON or other characters as sent out You can also enter a power off command for example in full Hex x02 x50 x4F x46 x03 Note Panasonic projectors may have an identifier Syntax would then be STX AD II2 C1C2C3 PIP2Pn ETX AD IIT designates the ID where AD can be ZZ for All Il and I2 1 64 and 0A 0Z Examples ADZZ for All ADO1 for ID1 ADOZ for group Z In that case a power On would look something like this x02ADZZ PON x03 or x0200 PON x03 Note As we did not have a Panasonic available for testing we are not 100 sure Other commands xO2TIS RG1 x03 Input device is RGB1 xO02S VID x03 Input device is Video x02A VL 000 x03 Audio volume level is 0 there is no Mute command x02AVL 032 x03 Audio volume level is 32 Some Panasonic projectors may have a RJ45 connector but we are not sure from the documentation which TCP port to address Epson ESC VP21 Serial communication setting 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking flagging None Trail Cr EMP projectors from Epson adhering to the ESC VP21 protocol have a syntax like command Cr In this case we call the Cr a trailing character Now there are different options You can enter PWR ON in ASCII while specifying in Setup trail charact
11. 1 and X2 indicate the command and P are parameters Power On V99S0001 Cr Set trail character to Cr or send V99SO001 xO0D with trail is None Power Off V99S0002 trail character set to Cr If you do not want to address all projectors change the ID accordingly Other commands V99S0201 RGB V99S0204 Video V99S0413 Mute Unmute Japan Inc PJLink In 2005 most Japanese projector manufacturers decided to adhere to 1 specific protocol definition for networked TCP IP communication They called it Projector Link PJLink Obviously the IP address is not standard but the TCP port to address was set to 4352 Trail Cr Note The projectorsdef txt file accompanying FHCS_CheckPi contains the entries for all so far listed projectors For coherence in this file communication setting for RS232 are set to 9600 N 8 1 with Handshaking set to None Commands 1POWR 1 Power On 1POWR 0 Power Off 1INPT 11 Input RGB1 INPT 21 Input Videol IAVMT 31 A V mute On 1AVMT 30 A V mute Off Note is the header character The 1 in the example above is indicating the class Change accordingly if required Mitsubishi Former Serial communication setting 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking flagging None Trail Cr Command structure 00 function data Cr where 00 is the header the function byte indicates the function and the data byte the parameter Set trail charact
12. FHCS_CheckPi User Manual Version 1 03 By Frits Handgraaf 19 July 2012 a Introduction This document is describing the FHCS_CheckPi software version 1 03 release This manual may not apply to earlier or later releases of the software The User manual is providing an overview of what is required in terms of system requirements It will further describe how to install the software describe supported functions the graphical user interface and the program features FHCS_CheckPi is licensed software against a license key fee Contact Frits Handgraaf CS FHCS for price information www fritshandgraafcs com Product and program features In Check Pi Pi stands for Projector interface As such CheckPi is a tool to check your interface to a projector or other intelligent product such as a controllable large display The program is not developed to support a specific projector Brand or Model It will support and allow you to test ANY projector display with either a serial RS232 interface a LAN Ethernet RJ45 or WLAN WiFi interface as long as you as user know the communication parameters and command string syntax for commands to send and receive replies Features of FHCS_CheckPi includes Testing of PC data signals either via VGA DVI HDMI or DisplayPort cable connections Testing of Video signals either via Composite S Video Component RGB or other cable connections Testing of audio signals via audio connect
13. This means that the program will use the first free available TCP port to reach the projector If you rather want to set a fixed port so that you can change settings in your Firewall and allow sending receiving via this port change it here If you keep it to 0 you may need to disable the Firewall In the bottom of the Setup screen there are buttons we did not discuss yet Save The Save button will save current communication and command settings to registry Once saved they will be automatically re loaded after next program re start Note Save will save to the HKLM HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE FHCS FHCS_CheckPi Public section so that more users on the same PC can use the program However you may need to have administrator rights to save these or even to run this program Print If you want a printed output of all communication settings hit the Print button If a default selected printer is connected to your PC it will print a paper copy If not a dialog will appear allowing you to save it as a digital xps document This file can later be printed via Explorer on another PC with printer attached Main Via the Main button you get back in the startup window In here you can decide to Exit the program or continue working When changes were made in the Setup form but not saved the Exit button will show a dialog still allowing to save your changes made This is good practice for leaving the program and closing all forms and connection
14. V controller programmer wants to add that to his or her program this is up to him or her In the first 2 lines the response has been translated to Hex values with a space between each of the bytes So in this case both ASCII and Hex translated response is shown Next Right to the Status frame is what we call the communicator indicator In this case the communication indicator is colored Dark Green If you send out a command to a connected projector the communication indicator will be Light Green If a response is received back it will color Dark Green This is in the Direct line interface window a simple indicator to show you connections and responses are okay Note You can bring up the direct line interface next to the Control window for monitoring How else can you tell the connection is okay Hitting the Return button in the Direct line interface form or Setup in the Control window form will you bring back into Setup 13 lite tion setup i Extra RS232 TCP IP Projectors J Connect via Vi ithin this form you can setthe communication parameters and the RS232 command strings to be send to the connected projector On the right select whether you want to communicate over R5232 or TCP IP Below set the serial communication parameters or IP address and C TCP IP TCP port n m Comm port BaudRiate Parity Databits Stopbits comt x 115200 None 8 j 7 N
15. aon Comm settings and command strings saved to registry under manufacturer protocol ViviTek SIS 24 Projector commands Note This chapter does not intent or claims to provide exact matching guidance for Projector manufacturers and or their models or to be precise and totally correct Depending on models the command syntax can be totally different Depending on models the serial RS232 or LAN TCP IP commands and syntax can be totally different too This paragraph is solely presented to give some hints If you do want to control a projector via this program refer to manufacturer documentation to get it right In Setup you can program the commands to Power On Power Off projectors switch PC or Video input or to Mute Unmute audio In the Direct Line interface you can test other projector commands Some manufacturers and their models allow to enter ASCII only commands some allow to enter Hex only commands others allow a mix of Hex and ASCII FHCS_CheckPi Setup and Direct Line allows to enter a mix It can differentiate a Hex byte versus an ASCII byte via a xwz input wz is the Hex number representative InFocus CLI Command Line Interface Serial communication setting 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking flagging None Trail None InFocus projectors adhering to the CLT protocol will accept ASCII commands For instance powering up the projector can be accomplished by entering PWR1 without the quotes In th
16. are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement Should you not agree with these terms do not use this software GRANT OF LICENSE You are granted a non exclusive right to the use of this FHCS software program SOFTWARE Youmay NOT copy NOR distribute this SOFTWARE to any person firm corporation or other entity Documentation in electronic or other format accompanying the SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION may also be provided to you You may copy and distribute the DOCUMENTATION accompanying the SOFTWARE The software and its license are intended solely for use on individual computers workstations professional servers or personal It may be used on any supported WINDOWS computer under condition that a License Key per WINDOW S based computer is legally obtained against the License Key fee from FHCS COPYRIGHT This SOFTWARE and the DOCUMENTATION are owned by FHCS and are protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions No title to intellectual property is being transferred You may NOT modify reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the SOFTWARE except to the extent that the foregoing restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law NO WARRANTY The SOFTWARE is provided as is FHCS does not warrant that the SOFTWARE will meet vanr reonirements or that its aneration will he uninterminted or error free Agree do Not Agree Hit the I Agree button or enter Alt A from the keyboard A fo
17. buttons in the Control form The set trail character s will be send to indicate end of command if required by the projector communication protocol Projector Power On Command PN Off Command PF Projector Input Source PC Input SR Video Input y Projector 4udio Mute Audio T Un Mute Audio T If you at this point hit the Control button the program will try to make a new connection using the new communication settings Note If a previous connection was made you want to close that connection first via RS232 or TCP IP Close so that the RS232 or TCP IP connection parameters can be re programmed Next to the communication settings the command strings are re defined and go into effect once a new connection is made either via the Control button or RS232 or TCP IP Connect Note If you realize you made a wrong selection all together do not panic There are 2 ways to come out of this situation Leave the program WITHOUT saving current settings and re start it This will read in previous definitions from the registry Go back to the Projectors window and select and Apply another entry If you did not yet hit the Apply button hitting the Unselect button will bring you back to start up status The top right label will tell you whether the projectorsdef txt file was found and successfully loaded or not If the Listview remains empty this is an indication of an un successful load 23 The label beneath it wi
18. e can re present They too need to know whether a PC image or video is presented correctly on the projector can be reached They need to know whether RS232 cabling or LAN cabling is correct so that control commands are passed thru can be controlled After communication parameters are set they need to know whether control commands are actually executed correctly Given the fact that most software installers are programming A V controllers and programming the GUI touch panel via a laptop or PC windows based program this is exactly where FHCS_CheckPi fits in After all as a software installer you do not want to first program a touch panel program an A V controller to later find out that the communications settings are wrong or commands sent out are not understood FHCS_CheckPi allows to test before you finalize your programming The software will run on any normal standard PC or laptop with XP Vista or Windows7 Win7 operating system Projector checking specifics and settings savings You can select whether to make a connection via RS232 or TCP IP Under RS232 you can specify PC comm port baudrate parity databits stopbits and handshaking protocol Under TCP IP you can specify Projector IP address TCP port and local PC port to pass thru a PC Firewall Projector can be connected over LAN Ethernet TCP IP RJ45 or WLAN if it has the capabilities The program however is not supporting WEB based TCP
19. eo Component video RGBHS or other via FHCS_CheckPi you can test the commands required and see the result Audio cabling Though in actual practice not many projector speakers are used for audio reproduction you can test audio cabling anyway Whether to projector or audio amplification system 30 Still using HyperTerminal Still using HyperTerminal look alikes Try using FHCS_CheckPi instead Contact FHCS for more information www fritshandgraafcs com frits fritshandgraafcs com frits handgraaf gmail com 31
20. er to Cr or to None and add xOD Commands 00 Power On x30 x30 x2 1 00 Power Off x30 x30 x22 OO_rl Input RGB1 OO_v1 Input video OO0ra6 A V Mute Unmute Mitsubishi New Serial communication setting 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking flagging None Trail Cr 27 Command structure 00 ID function data N Cr with ID being projector identifier 00 63 or group identifier OA 02 Commands 00 01 N Power On 00 01 N Power Off 00 01 _r1 N Input RGB1 00 01 _v1 N Input Video 00 01 ra6 N A V Mute Unmute Projection Design F35 Serial communication setting 19200 N 8 1 Handshaking None Trail Cr Command structure 1 byte header separator 1 3 bytes address separator message body terminator The space separators are optional terminator is Cr header is Commands POWRI Power On POWRO Power Off IDVIL Input DVI1 IHDM Input HDMI1 MENU Toggle OSD menu on off F35 has no audio commands The F35 has a default IP address of 0 0 0 0 meaning that it expects an IP address to be assigned by a DHCP server TCP port is 1025 Projection Design F32F82 Serial communication setting 19200 N 8 1 Handshaking None Trail Cr Baudrate can also be set to 4800 or 9600 Command structure 1 byte header separator 1 3 bytes address separator message body terminator The space separators are optional terminator is C
21. er to be Cr Or you can enter PWR ON x0OD with in Setup trail character to be None Via TCP IP the projector TCP port to address is 3629 Send ESC VP net x10 x03 This will invoke the Epson TCP IP interpreter After the command is sent the reply would read something like this ESC VP netESC VP net Note we have not been able to test the above TCP IP connection description Other commands PWR OFF SOURCE 00 Source 0 RGB VGA SOURCE 01 Source 1 Video MUTE ON MUTE OFF ViviTek SIS Serial Interface Specification Serial communication setting 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking flagging None Trail Cr ViviTek projectors applying to the SIS protocol will accept ASCI commands Command structure AB Cr Set trail character to Cr or end the command with a xOD trail character is None Power ON PN power off PF Other commands SR Source RGB 26 SV Source video rT Mute Unmute A network adapter such as Lantronix UDS1100 can be used for TCP IP connection ViviTek D8xx Many projector suppliers may also OEM from other manufacturers The D8xx series have another protocol Serial communication setting 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking flagging None Trail Cr Command structure V ID Type Group X1X2 P where V is the header ID is a 2 byte projector identifier 00 98 99 is All T is command type S or G Group is a 2 byte command group indicator 00 04 X
22. fore you start programming an AMX Crestron Extron or Creator controller and test via an attached Touch Panel you want to make sure that the projector is reacting to the commands you send precisely as you want and that you can react on the replies received back You may need to program some timing delays in the controller depending on system installation environment projector used cabling and cabling length Next to the 6 control window buttons which can be programmed to send out On Off PC Video Mute Unmute you can basically program it and change caption labeling and icons to send out any command And via the Direct Line interface you can send out any command via a few keystrokes Control cabling If a connection can not be made via this program chances are pretty high it can also not be made via the controller Via FHCS_CheckPi you can experiment adapt and test until you are very sure your RS232 or TCP IP cabling connections and required pin layouts in the cabling are correct Data cabling If your A V controller is to pass on graphics either from VGA DVI HDMI or Display Port sources you want to make sure the projector or other large display product is representing it correctly If the A V controller also embeds scaling or resolution settings you can emulate that on your PC or laptop Video cabling If your A V controller or A V switcher is to pass on video signals either from PC or other sources via Composite video S vid
23. fter startup the Main Window will appear oe Fi CS Check Projector Interface Check Projector Inferface CheckPi allows you ta connect and control an attached projector over a a serial R5232 or TCP IP network connection by mtns y pushing buttons The program will automatically detect which comm ports are available in the PC In the Communication window you can setup the communication parameters and the string commands to be send For command strings and pin layouts for the cable please refer to the applicable manufacturer documentation Press Control to move on if comm parameters were defined before Check Projector Interface version 1 03 on build20120719 f Control gt copyright Frits Handgraaf CS 2009 2012 waw fritshandgraafes com Hit picture for more info If an earlier connection was successfully made the Control button would be enabled If not hit the Setup button or Alt S to go to the setup form Setup communication parameters SE None 192 168 1 15 None 192 Below enter command strings as ASCII and or Hex Hex example x Projector Power On Command PWR Off Command Projector Input Source PC Input E RC1 Video Input Projector Audio Mute Audio MTE1 Un Mute Audio CheckPi Communication Set ip Extra RS232 TCP IP Projectors g Connect via Within this form you can setthe communication parameters and the RS232 command strings to be send
24. ions Testing projector control protocols either via RS232 LAN or WLAN connections Testing projector control string commands and receiving projector feedback Define your own GUI button captions label descriptions in your own language Add your own GUI button icons by importing graphic files in BMP or JPEG format Save your Setup to registry for auto load at startup under your own manufacturer protocol specification or Print out your setup to printer or file This way you can with the same laptop finalize multiple projector installations easily Frits Handgraaf CS FHCS specifically developed this program to assist professional Audio Visual A V installers Once an order has been received typically hardware installers prepare the boardroom classroom or presentation facility They install the projector ceiling mount or rear projection install all the cabling place the projection screen and may be other hardware If they have a PC or laptop video device or signal generator such as from Quantum Data they can verify whether an image is shown on the projector This is merely cabling testing Software installers after the hardware is in place come with programmable A V controllers and touch panel s to finalize the Graphical User Interface to the end user customer s liking Before they program the A V controller or other A V device switchers scalers etc they need to verify whether the projector or other devic
25. is program you can also enter x28PWR1 x29 to accomplish the same effect which is powering on the projector whether via RS232 or TCP IP Or alternatively enter x28 x50 x57 x52 x29 all Hex PWRO is powering Off Other commands depending on model source and build in speakers SRCO PC SRC1 Video MTE1 Mute enabled on MTEO Mute enabled off Most legacy InFocus projectors do not have a TCP IP RJ45 interface but can be addressed via a network adapter such as the Lantronix UDS 10 or UDS1100 In that case the TCP port is 10000 InFocus IN The settings and commands described here are specific for the IN3916 but may apply to other IN series models too The major difference is in the communication setting 115200 N 8 1 Next to that the protocol has the same syntax as the CLI protocol but source select may be different Handshaking None Trail None You can address the InFocus IN3916 via Telnet and as such set TCP port to 23 Adapt the IP address to the environment Commands PWR1 Power On PWRO Power Off SRC1 VGA 1 SRCS Composite video MTE1 Mute enable MTEO Mute disable 25 Panasonic PT Serial communication setting 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking flagging None Trail None Most Panasonic projectors models PT require a syntax such as STX 3Command bytes Parameters and ETX A power on example is like this
26. ll show the currently selected manufacturer protocol Note When you select Projectors in the Setup menu the program will read in the projectorsdef txt file and the Apply button will be disabled until you make a selection in the Listview The label will show the manufacturer protocol which was read out of the registry at program startup If you made a selection the Apply button will be enabled Hitting the Unselect button will unselect and bring back the original status Note Only after hitting the Apply button the Setup window will be updated Hitting the Setup button will bring you straight back to the Setup window As stated before using the Projectors function is absolutely not required In some cases it may prevent to carry extra weight in paper describing communication and command syntax In other cases you can amend projectorsdef txt in the office or before you travel to the installation site to be prepared Surely next to the pre programmed communication settings and 6 command strings you may need other command strings for different functionality And you can test those via the Direct line interface window and verify the replies CheckPi is aimed to be a projector large display interface checking utility The combination of Projectors and the projectorsdef txt file is a tool to assist in that aim More about projector communication settings and command syntax for just a few suppliers in the next chapter Saved Settings
27. n label you can enter the text you want on your command button In this case we have entered Kein Audio but we did not yet confirm this via an Enter from the keyboard or hitting the Enter button in the window Via the preview button and the show button underneath it you can see it still displays Mute Either hit the Enter key on your keyboard or the Enter button in the window form to change your text accordingly After this the right ListView text has changed to Kein Audio and the show button has too The left ListView description has not changed still displays M amp ute At this point either hit the Apply button or the Undo button Undo will restore the original text labeling in this case M amp ute Apply will bind the new text Kein Audio to the button but will not close the window so that you can make other text labeling changes Note In this case the key nr is 5 FHCS_CheckPi is counting key numbers and labeling from left to right with the amp On key as 1 16 Note Apply will not change modifications made to the associated icon or graphics file This is done by a Add and Apply combination Note Some pre defined icon pictogram files are supplied with FHCS_CheckPi for free These can be found in the program folder where you installed FHCS_CheckPi You can make your own icon files or graphic files yourself with icon editors or obtain them e g jpg or photo s from the In
28. nnection is in error or to select another comm port Connect can be used to re connect to the projector e g after you changed communication parameters Note When going to the Control window the program will verify whether a connection was already established If so it will leave an established connection intact If not it will make a new connection Comm OpenDelay Depending on technology used in your Control PC you can set enough time for a comm port to open successfully Increase the timing if the comm port fails to open default is 500 milliseconds TCP IP State will show the state of the TCP IP connection to the projector This only applies when a projector is connected via TCP IP either directly or via a LAN RS232 adapter Close will close the TCP IP connection Use this if the windows socket is in error or keeps trying to connect When in error make sure the IP address and TCP port are okay 20 Connect can be used to re connect to the projector e g after you changed IP address projector TCP port or PC local port Note When going to the Control window the program will verify whether a connection was already established If so it will leave an established connection intact If not it will make a new connection Local Port Use this to change the PC TCP port number This may be required to get through a Firewall Select to change a local port for reaching the projector Note The default Local Port is 0
29. nter ASCII only from the keyboard if the projector accepts that For example PWR1 to power on an InFocus CLI coherent protocol projector Enter Hex only from the keyboard if the projector documentation describes that In that case enter each Hex value as x YZ with YZ being the Hex representative For example x28 represents ASCII x02 as STX x03 as ETX or xOD as Cr For example x02 x50 x4F x46 x03 may power on a Panasonic projector Enter a mix of ASCII and Hex For example an entry like x28PWR1 x29 will request power status of an InFocus CLI coherent protocol projector Hit the Projectors top menu right entry in the Setup window form This will allow you to select from a range of pre defined command strings and communication settings read in from a file called projectorsdef txt standard supplied More about that later in this manual Note Whatever method you use to enter the projector command codes via Save or Main Exit they will be saved to PC registry exactly as you specified and after program restart will appear the same again in the text fields Note The same applies to the Direct line interface Window In the Send text field you can use any of the methods above More about the Direct line interface Window later is this manual If all communication parameters are set and if all command strings are defined you may want to go to the Control Window Hitting the Control button will
30. one None 192 168 1 15 192 168 0 2 23 m Handshaking m Trail chars PCIF Proj IP address Proj TCP por Below enter command strings as ASCII and or Hex Hex example x50 for P These strings will be send to the projector via the command buttons in the Control form The settrail character s will be send to indicate end of command if required by the projector communication protocol m Projector Power OnCommand PWR1 Off Command PWRO m Projector Input Source PC Input ERCI Video Input SRC5 m Projector Audio Mute Audio MTE1 Un Mute Audio MTEO Note in the top right corner the option RS232 is true and the dashed line underneath it has changed to a solid line indicating a successful connection has been established Also note that the TCP IP menu top of window is disabled Under RS232 menu top of window hit State i Projector port 1 Comm port open is True All of this indicates you have a good connection 14 Adapting the GUI graphical User Interface So far this user manual the whole program and all program text is written in the English language Most A V professionals do not have any problem with that But may be they want to adapt this program to their own liking With FHCS_CheckPi that is possible Hit the Buttons button in the Setup window a FHCS_CheckPi Button descriptions and Icons EA In this form you
31. onnection If you have any input about other projector protocols let us know Recap As you can tell from the descriptions above most projectors use Cr xOD as terminating character In this program set Trail to Cr and you can type and send the ASCII command strings as listed If trail is set to None make sure you add xOD to the strings Alternatively you can write all strings in Hex provided x is preceding each byte See Setup command strings earlier in this manual Projectorsdef txt As stated before we can not list any possible manufacturer and model and associated commands And we did not study specifically or purposely only the user guides and protocols of afore mentioned manufacturers Sure there are many more manufacturers and models that we can list or describe in this user manual but we want to keep it short in length But you as a user of FHCS_CheckPi may be do not want to carry all model specific commands and protocol manuals either Or carry this manual with you all the time As a simple but powerful solution a file called projectorsdef txt is distributed as part of the complete package This file embeds the same communication setup and string commands as listed and described in this document This file is placed in the program folder The file is named simply projectorsdef txt And this file can be read into FHCS_CheckPi via Setup top menu Projectors Can you adapt change modify or add manufacture
32. ove them again Preview labeling text and or graphics Undo text changes back to default or remove graphics Note No button was selected yet in the right ListView You can also tell by the Key Nr Which in this case is 0 15 In the next screenshot we selected the Mute button A E E e IE FHCS_CheckPi Button descriptions and Icons Ea In this form you can define your own descriptions for the command keys and labeling in the Control window in your own language In the right listview select the key under Customer Defined Description for which you want to change the caption text Change the text in the text box above the listview and than hit the Preview button to get an impression how it will look in the Control window Original program description Key Nr Current customer defined description Maute 5 Kein Audio Preview amp ON amp ON M OF amp F OF amp F amp PC amp PC amp Video amp Video M amp ute an M amp ute U amp nMute U amp nMute Mute Selected ICON file D My Serial CheckPi Mute ico La After we selected the M amp ute button in the right ListView and under the Preview button the button will show the labeling and the selected in this case icon or pictogram This represents the current setup In the left ListView you will see the default original labeling text These defaults will never change Under the Current customer defined descriptio
33. r header is Commands POWRI Power On POWRO Power Off IVGA Input VGA ICVP Input composite video MENU Toggle OSD menu on off F35 has no audio commands The F35 has a default IP address of 0 0 0 0 meaning that it expects an IP address to be assigned by a DHCP server TCP port is 1025 Note There is little difference between F35 on one hand and both F32 and F82 series except for input connectors Optoma General Serial communication settings 9600 N 8 1 Handshaking None Trail Cr Wit trail set to None add xOD to command string Commands XX00 1 Power On XX000 Power Off XX125 Input VGAI XX12 10 Input video composite XX03 1 Mute XX03 0 Unmute 28 Note According to the user manual for the TH7500 NL you can set an IP address and TCP port for a Crestron controller via web browser such as Explorer In principle you can also use that for this program The manual suggest 192 168 0 100 as example with TCP port being 41794 Eiki LC series Basic Serial communication settings 19200 N 8 1 Handshaking None Trail Cr With trail set to None add xOD to command string Commands COO Power On COl Power Off C05 Inputl C06 Input2 COB Mute COC Unmute Other projectors See their user manuals In principle you can use the PJLink protocol to address Japanese produced projectors over a network c
34. r button on the keyboard or hit the Send button or Alt S Next to the Received frame you can check Hex received Normally and when not checked the program will display the reply in ASCII Checking Hex Received will first display the ASCII response followed by a translated Hex response See example on next page The Clear buttons will clear the text fields so that you can concentrate on what is being sent and received back Note When the text boxes contain more then 65000 characters they will be automatically cleared 12 Here s an example of how it may look like after sending a lamp request command from an old laptop XP based computer CheckPi Direct line interface L Within this form you can send commands directly to the projector if you know the command syntax and command strings Enter the command in the Send textbox and hit enter on the keyboard or the enter command button to send out the command Send Ci Heeeiee Iv Hex Received 28 4C 4D 50 3F 29 28 30 2D 33 32 37 36 37 A 2C 31 39 35 30 29 LMP 0 32767 1950 from Port Commi v Clear Send LMP to port Comm Commi opened Init completed Clear In the Status frame you can see that the command sent was LMP In the Received frame 3 line you can see how the projector responded back LMP 0 32676 1950 which in this case means 1950 lamp hours Note CheckPi is not interpreting projector feedback If an A
35. r protocol description or model definitions yourself Yes off course With a simple text editor such as Notepad you can Just make sure the projectorsdef txt file name is not changing because that is the filename FHCS_CheckPi is looking for in the application path program folder You will also need to stick to the following format 29 Line 1 should read FHCS_CheckPi LITERALLY Line 2 should be empty just enter for the next line this indicates new definition Line 3 reads manufacturer Line 4 reads protocol or model Line 5 reads communications settings e g 9600 N 8 1 Line 6 reads handshaking flagging e g None Xon Xoff software Hardware RTS CTS Line 7 reads trail character e g None Cr Lf CrLf Line 8 reads projector IP address e g 192 168 0 2 Line 9 reads projector TCP port e g 10000 Line 10 reads power on command Line 11 reads power off command Line 12 reads PC input command Line 13 reads Video input command Line 14 reads Mute command Line 15 reads Unmute command Line 16 should be empty end of definition start of new definition repeat Line 17 reads manufacturer Line 18 reads protocol or model Etcetera etc complete the list with as many entries as you want not exceeding the text application editor capacity Conclusion FHCS_CheckPi is a low cost but powerful program to test your projector large display or other interfaced device over an RS232 or TCP IP connection It allows to test Commands Be
36. rm will show up showing the calculated product code Provide the following product code to FHCS to obtain your license key for running FHCS_CheckPi on this machine P6Q9 6848XU TRPYSW Like stated before FHCS_CheckPi is licensed software A product code format ABCD EFGHIJ KLMNOP will appear in a message box This product code is required to obtain your license key Please with this product code contact FHCS Note The product code is depending on a number of characteristics embedded in the PC on which you want to run this software You can not duplicate this software and run it on any other PC So be careful to choose the PC where you want to run the software on Once the license key is obtained and starting the program up again the software will request to enter the license key If not obtained yet hit the Cancel button Enter License Key now or Cancel to obtain the product code and end the program Contact FHCS with the product code to obtain a license key for FHCS_CheckPi Cancel If obtained enter the license key Enter the License Key obtained from FHCS exactly OK including the hyphens and press OK to register the _ ox License Key for FHCS_CheckPi Cancel m Startup Main When starting up FHCS_CheckPi will try to interrogate which RS232 ports are available in your PC An Initialize form appears Initializing Please wait this can take several seconds A
37. s so that memory is freed and RS232 or TCP IP connections can be used by other programs Setup Projectors ia CheckPi Available projector parameters o3 23 Within this form you can select a manufacturer and protocol or model series to select D My required communication parameters and command strings to be send for testing to the Setial CheckPi CheckPi1 03 projectors tat z I attached projector Click or Double Click the manufacturer protocol or series to be loaded succosuly loaded in the Listview below Ifthe required file projectors can not be found or is not according to FHCS_CheckPi format the below Listview will remain empty and the right label will notify Current selected Manufacturer Protocol ViviTek SIS ii Manufacturer Protocol S232 setting Handshake Trailchar IP address TCP InFocus CLI 19200 N 8 1 None None 192 168 0 2 10000 InFocus IN 115200 N_8 1 None None 192 168 0 2 23 Japan Inc PJLink 9600 N 8 1 None Cr 192 168 2 22 4352 Mitsubishi Former 9600 N 8 1 None Cr 192 168 0 2 10000 Mitsubishi New 9600 N 8 1 None Cr 192 168 0 2 10000 _ Optoma General 9600 N 8 1 None Cr 192 168 0 100 41794 r Panasonic PT 9600 N 8 1 None None 169 254 100 101 10000 Projection Design F35 19200 N 8 1 None Cr 0 0 0 0 1025 Projection Design F32F82 19200 N 8 1 None Cr 0 0 0 0 1025 9600 N 8 1 192 168 0 2 ViviTek __D8xx 9600 N 8 1 None Cr 192 168 0 2 10000 vi 4 w 21 The image on the
38. s possible causes and solutions to fix it TCP IP Connect Error JI No network connection Projector IP address or port may be wrong Next to the 6 pre programmed buttons there is a VERY important button labeled Direct 11 The Direct button will bring up the Direct line interface window Pa E CheckPi Direct line interface o B 8 Within this form you can send commands directly to the projector if you know the command syntax and command strings Enter the command in the Send textbox and hit enter on the keyboard or the enter command button to send outthe command Send Received Checking available comm ports In the Status frame below in the form you can verify what has happened Any action you take and any command you sent will be registered here so that you can verify If you have send a command via 1 of the 6 control window buttons the Status frame will show what was sent The Received frame will record what was received back from the projector Combining the Status frame what was sent and the Received frame you can always monitor how the projector is responding to a command being send and the response being received In the Send frame textbox you can enter any other command not defined under any button directly Enter ASCII only Hex only or a combination such as earlier described under Setup command strings After you entered the command either hit the Ente
39. ternet Next to changing text associated with a command button or label you can also change graphics associated with a button In the next example we selected the PC button to add graphics associated with it Hit the File button to select a graphics file for the PC button FHCS_CheckPi Load icon graphics from file GU js Icons Equipment Photos gt v Organize v New folder 1 pi Downloads Z VER H Recent Places R G Libraries Item type JPEG image Documents Rating Unrated ka h97 Acer Aspire Dimensions 75x75 Apple_Archos_Ta a Music Pi Size 1 47 KB ai ie Pictures E Videos e Homegroup j Computer Apple IPAD_ Table camera Canon_HFM31_Ca Canon_HFM31_Ca cw Local Disk C t mera meraGreen amp Local Disk D CJ Elements G 7 ae C z File name FHCS_Graphics All Picture Files A Dialog will appear Browse to your folder and select the graphics you want Double click the file or the Open button to add graphics or icon to your button As an example we selected an image obtained via Internet 17 in your own language impression how it will look in the Control window Original program description Key Nr apc 3 Button Description In this form you can define your own descriptions for the command keys and labeling in the Control window In the right listview select the key under Customer Defined Description for which
40. you want to change the caption text Change the text in the text box above the listview and than hit the Preview button to get an Current customer defined description amp PC Preview Button Description amp ON amp ON OF amp F OF amp F amp PC amp PC amp Video amp Video M amp ute ion M amp ute U amp nMute U amp nMute Undo Selected ICON file D My Serial FHCS_Graphics Icons Equipment Photos Lim Note Hit Add to bind the icon If you are content with your selection hit the Add button This will bind your selection and make it appear it the control window If not content hit the remove button You can then select another image or do without Note As stated before make sure to hit the Apply button for text changes to go into effect hit the Add button for graphic images to go into effect Hit the Close button to go back to the Setup Window If at this point you want to go to the Control window without making any other changes the control window will appear as follows Note Because the graphic file added to the PC Button is larger than a 16 16 or 32 32 icon file the text labeling is not seen Note Some Backgrounds and Icons images photo s etc are included with the software Frits Handgraaf CS over time has collected these via Internet access As an end user you may do the same On request FHCS can provide the current collection Note Images nor button icons may fit You may have
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