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Panasonic Plasmas ChUP/ChDN

SensivaSensiva Posts: 211
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I have noticed one various Panasonic plasmas RS232 command list, that it hasn't a channel up/down command.

Am I right??

Does this mean that I should control the plasma using both IR and RS232??

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  • DHawthorneDHawthorne Posts: 4,584
    Well, if you really must send a discrete channel every time, then you track it in code and increment/decrement it. I've had to do this with some other devices, usually for volume though, not channels. The only real difficulty is skipping channels not in the program list; you would have to track those too.

    Of course, it's possible the function is just hidden behind some other. For example, the arrow up on the menu control might also be the channel up ... that's not uncommon with set top boxes.
  • filpeefilpee Posts: 64
    Which plasma you using?

    the comercial ones dont have an in-built tuner and the plug in card is only IR control (bad panasonic, bad boy)

    The residential plasmas have in-built everything except rs232.

    But with new models released almost every year I could be wrong. Hard to keep up with it all. Leave that up to the sales team.
  • SensivaSensiva Posts: 211
    I don't think you guys got my point

    I meant that the RS232 protocol doesn't have any channels handling commands, either up/down or digits. so I had to use IR control , to handle channels changing.

    and I am still wondering , how could it be? a protocol without this essential function?
  • ericmedleyericmedley Posts: 4,177
    Sensiva wrote:

    and I am still wondering , how could it be? a protocol without this essential function?

    LOL! Isn't that the question of the century???
  • yuriyuri Posts: 861
    SEND_STRING dvPioneer, "$02,'CH',ITOA(WantedState.TVChannel),$03"

    that's how we do it. WantedState.TVChannel is an integer so it's 1 digit :)
  • SensivaSensiva Posts: 211
    yuri wrote:
    SEND_STRING dvPioneer, "$02,'CH',ITOA(WantedState.TVChannel),$03"

    that's how we do it. WantedState.TVChannel is an integer so it's 1 digit :)


    Thank You!
  • SensivaSensiva Posts: 211
    :(
    yuri wrote:
    SEND_STRING dvPioneer, "$02,'CH',ITOA(WantedState.TVChannel),$03"

    that's how we do it. WantedState.TVChannel is an integer so it's 1 digit :)

    Unfortunately , Not working... giving invalid command
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