Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product ESC/VP Epson
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ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 1 of 20 ESC/VP Lev el 6 Serial Commun ication Manual (Abr idged Edit ion) Ver.3 Table of Contents REVISION S TATUS ... ................... ............. ................... ............. .
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 2 of 20 REVISION STATUS 1. OUTLINE This ma nual desc ribes the ESC/VP Level 6 protocol for comm unicatio n with p rojectors manufact ured by Sei ko Epson. The manu al is an abridged e dition which su mmarizes th e most c ommonly -used fun ctions.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 3 of 20 3. SERIAL COMMUNICATION SP ECIFICATIONS The projec tors can be co ntrolled by con necting a se rial cable to the projector (Mouse/Com port) and a comp uter so that ES C/VP comman ds can b e sent from the comput er to the pro jector.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 4 of 20 4. COMMAND TYPES The types of comm ands used can be di vided into apply co mmands and reply c ommand s. Both of the se comm and types ca n be further di vided into setting comma nds, acqui sition comm ands and ini tializ ation comma nds.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 5 of 20 5. COMMAND STRUCTURE • EComma nds are e xpressed as hexa decimal codes. • All c omm a nds s tart with an ID code an d en d wit h a chec ksum . When an ESC /VP comm and which is sent from the compute r is re ceived by t he proj ector, a reply is returne d.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 6 of 20 (4) FromTo : Specifie s the sending a nd receiv ing ends of the From To comman d. (1 byte) Indicate s sendi ng end bet ween 7th and 4th b it and r eceiving end betwee n 3rd to 0th bit.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 7 of 20 (6) Function (Item) : ESC/VP func tions and th e classifi cation c ode for thos e are as follows. (1 byte) : Valid f or Master p rojector o r Stand-alon e projecto r only : Valid f or Master p rojector o nly : Comma nds liste d in the a bridged m anual Table 5-7.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 8 of 20 (7) Paramete rs : Param eters diff er for each comman d, so refer the separate d escriptio ns for eac h command .
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 9 of 20 6. CONTR OL CODE 00 SPECI AL CONTR OL Command struct ure Ty p e Apply Reply STX Size Attrib u te From To Group Item Par a m eter.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 10 of 20 16 : Key codes Controls the key codes. [Paramet er] Key attribute length, key attribute, key code length, key code and reserv ed space are r eturned in order ( 12 bytes).
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 11 of 20 01 SCREEN CONTROL Command struct ure Type Apply Reply STX Size Attribu te Fro m To Group Item Para m eter Check- sum STX Size Attribu te From To Group Item Pa ram eter Check- sum 00 : Input Source Controls the input source [Paramet er] Data relating to input source.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 12 of 20 02 AUDIO CONTROL Command struct ure Type Apply Reply STX Size Attribu te Fro mT o Group Item Para m eter check- sum STX Size Attribu te Fro mT o Group Item Pa ram eter check- sum 00 : Volume Controls the volume for the current ly-selected audio input.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 13 of 20 03 PC CONTROL Command struct ure Type Apply Reply STX Size Attribu te Fro m To Group Item Para m eter Check- sum STX Size Attribu te From To Group Item Pa ram eter Check- sum 00 : Brightness Controls the screen brightness for the currently-selected PC input source.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 14 of 20 0E : Input Resolution Controls the screen input resolution for the currently-selected PC input source.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 15 of 20 04 VIDEO CONTROL Command struct ure Type Apply Reply STX Size Attribu te Fro m To Group Item Para m eter Check- sum STX Size Attribu te From To Group Item Pa ram eter Check- sum 00 : Brightness Controls the screen brightness for t he currently-selected video input source.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 16 of 20 05 : Vide o Mo de Controls the video m ode for the curr ently-selected video input sour ce. [Paramet er] Data relating to video mode * The video signal method will be automatically set up in the [Auto] mode, but do not use the [A uto] mode for the PAL system (60Hz).
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 17 of 20 05 DISPLAY CONTROL Command struct ure Type Apply Reply STX Size Attribu te Fro m To Group Item Para m eter Check- sum STX Size Attribu te From To Group Item Pa ram eter Check- sum 02 : Rear Pro j.
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 18 of 20 06 OPTION Command struct ure Type Apply Reply STX Size Attribu te Fro m To Group Item Para m eter Check- sum STX Size Attribu te From To Group Item Pa ram eter Check- sum 03 : Source Prompt Controls whether input sourc e name is displayed or not displayed .
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 19 of 20 11 : Message Controls the screen state when no signal is i nput. [Paramet er] Data relating to screen state when no signal i s .
ESC/VP Level 6 Serial Communic ation Manual (Abrid ged Edition) 20 of 20 07 CUSTOM Command struct ure Type Apply Reply STX Size Attribu te Fro m To Group Item Para m eter Check- sum STX Size Attribu te From To Group Item Pa ram eter Check- sum 08 : PinP Controls the input source which is input by PinP.
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