Sony VPL-PX15 manual

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    .............. ......... .................... PR O T OCOL MANU AL .............. ......... .................... MODEL DEST . CHASSIS NO. MODEL DEST . CHASSIS NO. VPL-PX15 WORLD LCD D A T A PR OJECT OR Network V ersion 1.0 VERSION 1.0[...]

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    VPL-PX15 ! W ARNING This manual is intended f or qualified ser vice personnel only . T o reduce the risk of electr ic shock, fire or injury , do not perf or m any servicing other than that contained in the operating instructions unless y ou are qualified to do so . Ref er all ser vicing to qualified service personnel. ! W ARNUNG Die Anleitung ist n[...]

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    1 VPL-PX15 Table of Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 2. PJCP 2-1. Communication Procedure ............................................................................. 1 2-1-1. Time-out Processing ................................................................[...]

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    1 VPL-PX15 ACK . . . Requests the connection. Opens the connection. Closes the connection. Requests to close. Command PJ Talk Control Application 1. Introduction This is the manual to control the projector from the network (LAN) using the PJ Talk. 2. PJCP This manual describes the PJCP (Projector Control Protocol) that the PJ Talk supports. 2-1. Co[...]

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    2 VPL-PX15 Local . media . header (Ethernet, etc.) Internet (IP) . header Datagram (TCP) . header 2 bytes 8 bytes PJCP header PJCP data 1 2 0 2 3 4567 1 1 0 2 3456 7 1 0 2 3456 7 1 0 2345 67 (Bit position) 34 Version CHECK SUM Reserved COMMAND END CODE START CODE ITEM NUMBER DATA 2-2. Format The PJCP is installed in the TCP. Datagram of the PJCP co[...]

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    3 VPL-PX15 ST AR T CODE (A9h) ITEM NUMBER COMMAND D ATA CHECK SUM END CODE (9Ah) 1 byte 2 byte 1 byte 2 byte 1 byte 1 byte 2-2-2. PJCP Data The PJCP data is the fixed length of 8 bytes. The PJCP data has the same format as the transfer block format that is described in the PROTOCOL MANUAL for the VPL-FX50. For details, refer to Appendix. START CODE[...]

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    4 VPL-PX15 DATA When the command is SET or REPLY, value of the specified item is set. When the command is GET or ACK, 0000h is set. For details, refer to Appendix of the PROTOCOL MANUAL. CHECKSUM CHECKSUM is the logical OR of ITEM NUMBER, COMMAND and DATA. END CODE This is fixed to 9Ah. 2-3. Data Flow Data flow of the PJCP is shown below. Fig. 4 Pr[...]

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    5 VPL-PX15 PJ Ta lk 123456 7891 0 11 12 A B 12x 6x 8x 2x 9x 3x 10x 4x 11x 5x 7x 1x Ethernet A 12x 6x 8x 2x 9x 3x 10x 4x 11x 5x 7x 1x C HUB LAN Control Application 3. PJ Talk The PJ Talk that is the network service of projector, is the application program that enables communica- tion control of the projector from the network (LAN) that has been prov[...]

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    6 VPL-PX15 OK Port Settings General PJ Talk Properties PJ Talk Properties Cancel 3-2. Functions 3-2-1. PJCP Installation The PJ Talk is the service that supports the PJCP protocol (projector Control Protocol) to control the projector from remote location on network. For details, refer to Section 2 PJCP. 3-2-2. Port Number The desired port number ca[...]

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    7 VPL-PX15 <Table 1> <Table 2> Item Number Data Remarks Item name Upper byte Lower byte Data Upper byte Lower byte INPUT 00h 01h VIDEO 00h Set/Get S VIDEO 01h INPUT A 02h INPUT B 03h CONTRAST 00h 10h 00h ~ 64h (0 ~ 100) BRIGHTNESS 00h 11h 00h ~ 64h (0 ~ 100) COLOR 00h 12h 00h ~ 64h (0 ~ 100) HUE 00h 13h 00h ~ 64h (0 ~ 100) SHARPNESS 00h[...]

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    8 VPL-PX15 <Table 1> <Table 2> Item Number Data Remarks Item name Upper byte Lower byte Data Upper byte Lower byte STATUSPOWER 01h 02h STANBY 00h Get only START UP 01h STARTUP LAMP 02h POWER ON 03h COOLING1 04h COOLING2 05h SAVING COOLING1 06h SAVING COOLING2 07h SAVING STABY 08h CONTROLMODESEL 01h 05h USER 00h SERVICE 01h LAMPTIMER 01h[...]

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    9 VPL-PX15 <Table 4> <15 BIT CATEGORY> POWER AUDIO MUTING HUE + PURPLISH HUE _ GREENISH SHARPNESS + SHARP VOL + VOL + SHARPNESS _ SOFT PICTURE MUTING STATUS ON STATUS OFF CURSOR → CURSOR ← CURSOR ↑ CURSOR ↓ CONTRAST + HIGH CONTRAST _ LOW COLOR + HIGH COLOR _ LOW BRITNESS + BRIGHT BRITNESS _ DARK MENU VIDEO INPUT A INPUT B POWER [...]

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    10 VPL-PX15 <20 BIT CATEGORY> x0 0x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF APA DOT PHASE FREEZE HELP DIGITAL ZOOM + KEYSTONE DIGITAL ZOOM – VIDEO MEMORY TOGGLE[...]

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    VPL-PX15 The material contained in this manual consists of information that is the property of Sony Corporation. Sony Corporation expressly prohibits the duplication of any portion of this manual or the use thereof for any purpose other than the operation or maintenance of the equipment described in this manual without the express written permissio[...]

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    Son y Cor poration B&P Company 9-870-304-61 English 01JS16-1 Printed in Japan ©2001.10[...]