Planar PS4660T User manual

PS4660T and PS5560T

RS232 User Guide

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PS4660T and PS5560T RS232 Codes User Manual 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 115200, 38400, 19200 or 9600 to match the monitor baud rate

setting. 19200 is the default baud rate setting.

Baud Rate Data Bit Parity Bit Stop Bit

19200 8 None 1

RS232 Codes

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Main Item Control

Item CMD Type Value

(DEC)

(DEC) Content CMD

(HEX) Notes

Power

Control and

Input Source

Power

Control POW W/R

00 00 Off (soft power)

50 4F 57

01 01 On (soft power) **

Input

Source MIN W/R

00 00 VGA

4D 49 4E

01 01 Digital DVI

Input

Source MIN W/R

09 09 HDMI 1

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

06 06 5000K

07 07 7500K

GAC W/R

00 00 Off (Gamma)

47 41 43

01 01 2.2 (Gamma)

Adjustment

PHA W/R 0~63 Current value Phase 50 48 41

CLO W/R 0~100 Current value Clock 43 4C 4F

HOR RCurrent value Horizontal Position 48 4F 52

VER Current value Vertical Position 56 45 52

ADJ W00 00 Auto Adjust 41 44 4A

Video

Mode

SHA W/R 0-8 Current value Sharpness 53 48 41

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Main Item Control

Item CMD Type Value

(DEC)

(DEC) Content CMD

(HEX) Notes

Display

Adjustment

Scaling ASP W/R

01 01 Full Screen

41 53 50

02 02 Pillar Box

04 04 Auto

Baud Rate

Adjustment

BRA

W/R

00 00 115200

42 52 41

WFS

01 01 38400

02 02 19200

03 03 9600

Other

Control

Wakeup

from Sleep

WFS W/R

0 0 Set VGA_ONLY

57 46 53

1 1 Set

VGA_DIGITAL_RS232

2 2 Set Never_Sleep

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

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

Audio

VOL

W/R

0~100 Current value Volume 56 4F 4C

MUT

00 00 Mute Off

4D 55 54

01 01 Mute On

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Main Item Control

Item CMD Type Value

(DEC)

(DEC) Content CMD

(HEX) Notes

Scheme

Selection

Scheme

Selection SCM W/R

00 00 User

53 43 4D SCM

01 01 Sport

02 02 Game

03 03 Cinema

04 04 Vivid

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

RTC

Timer

Mode

TMS W/R

0 0 All

54 4D 53

1 1 Work Days

2 2 User

Alarm

Enable

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

64 64 Saturday

RTC 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

RS232 Codes

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** Valid command on Power saving/off mode (The setting of “Wake Up From

Sleep” must be VGA, Digital, RS232.

Main Item Control

Item CMD Type Value

(DEC)

(DEC) Content CMD

(HEX) Notes

RTC

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

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

RS232 Codes

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The following are examples of different RS232 commands as shown in the previous

table.

Power Control and Input Source

Turn (01) monitor power off [CMD: POW]

[Transmit] : 07 01 02 50 4F 57 00 08

[Return] : 07 01 00 50 4F 57 00 08

Turn (01) monitor power on [CMD: POW]

[Transmit] : 07 01 02 50 4F 57 01 08

[Return] : 07 01 00 50 4F 57 01 08

Read Power Status from (01) monitor [CMD: POW]

[Transmit] : 07 01 01 50 4F 57 08

[Return] : 07 01 00 50 4F 57 XX 08

XX = 0, the set is off. XX = 1, the set is on.

Display Adjustment

Read back light from (15) monitor [CMD: BRI] (If the setting of back light is 80)

[Transmit] : 07 0F 01 42 52 49 08

[Return] : 07 0F 00 42 52 49 50 08

Set back light 80 to (15) monitor [CMD: BRI]

[Transmit] : 07 0F 02 42 52 49 50 08

[Return] : 07 0F 00 42 52 49 50 08

Set Contrast 30 to (02) monitor [CMD: CON]

[Transmit] : 07 02 02 43 4F 4E 1E 08

[Return] : 07 02 00 43 4F 4E 1E 08

Read Contrast from (02) monitor [CMD: CON] (If the monitor contrast setting is 50)

[Transmit] : 07 02 01 43 4F 4E 08

[Return] : 07 02 00 43 4F 4E 32 08

PIP and Scaling Adjustment

Set (25) monitor PIP to large [CMD: PSC]

[Transmit] : 07 19 02 50 53 43 03 08

[Return] : 07 19 00 50 53 43 03 08

Set (25) monitor to Pillar box [CMD: ASP]

[Transmit] : 07 19 02 41 53 50 02 08

[Return] : 07 19 00 41 53 50 02 08

RS232 Codes

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Other Control

Adjust up to (02) monitor [CMD: RCU]

[Transmit] : 07 02 02 52 43 55 02 08

[Return] : 07 02 00 52 43 55 02 08

Reset all to (02) monitor [CMD: ALL]

[Transmit] : 07 02 02 41 4C 4C 00 08

[Return] : 07 02 00 41 4C 4C 00 08

Read serial number (01) monitor [CMD: SER]

[Transmit] : 07 01 01 53 45 52 08

[Return] : 07 01 00 53 45 52 S(0) S(12) 08, S(0) ~ S(12): serial number in ASCII

Read firmware version (01) monitor [CMD: GVE]

[Transmit] : 07 01 01 47 56 45 08

[Return] : 07 01 00 47 56 45 S(0) S(5) 08, S(0) ~ S(5): firmware version in ASCII

Accessing Planar’s Technical Support Website

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Accessing Planar’s

Technical Support

Website

1Go to http://partners.planarcontrolroom.com

2Once you enter your login and password, you can access downloadable utility

software, new firmware and user manuals.

Downloading Utility Software

1Go to http://partners.planarcontrolroom.com

2Enter your login and password information.

3Navigate to the section that contains software updates and then look for PS4660T

and PS5560T.

4From the list of available software, click on the tool you need.

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