? RS232 Module for Panasonic Profesional Plasma Display PF-series

bob

Hi there,

anyone has a Module to control over RS232 the Panasonic Professional Plasma Displays, like TH-50PF10, TH-65PF10, TH-103PF10? Please drop me a line. Thanks much in advance!

PhreaK

I haven't got a ready made module for you but the control protocol's pretty friendly for them. Comms are at 9600,N,8,1.

John Gonzales

Pretty sure there's a module for a TH-42PH10UKA on the AMX website which I think is the same protocol. It's a way big Duet module though. I remember writing something basic for a Panasonic 65PF10UK and a 50PZ850U to handle power, inputs, volume and channels (on the pz850u) and it didn't take very long. I was in a rush and I ended up just throwing it into _main.axs. How much functionality were you looking for?

--John

bob

I am looking for basic funcitonality like power on/off, input selection and thats pretty much it as it would be using for display only. No TV function, etc.Thanks!

John Gonzales

I wrote a this on-site at a project in Hawaii. The final version is mixed in with a lot of other code since I didn't write it as a module originally, but I think this was the one I used on one of my interim trips and was functioning. You'll want to implement a queue, parsing, and the rest of the features you want, but this should get you started. This was system 3, in a 3-master system. All of the TP button events were handled on System 1 so you'll need to add your routines to handle the button pushes from the Touchpanels and pulse the channels on the virtual device.

PROGRAM_NAME='MBR Main'
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DEFINE_DEVICE
(* REAL DEVICES *)
dvTVMBR		=	5001:1:0

(* VIRTUAL DEVICES *)

vdvTVMBR = 33001:1:0



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INTEGER nDebugMBRTV
INTEGER bBusy



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nDebugMBRTV = 0
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DEFINE_EVENT

DATA_EVENT[dvTVMBR]
{
  ONLINE:
  {
	 SEND_COMMAND dvTVMBR, "'SET BAUD 9600,N,8,1'"
  }
  STRING:
  {
	 IF(nDebugMBRTV)
		SEND_STRING 0, "DATA.TEXT"
  }
}


CHANNEL_EVENT [vdvTVMBR,0]
{
  ON:
  {
	 SWITCH(CHANNEL.CHANNEL)
	 {
		CASE 24:  {WAIT 5
	                     SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'AUU',$03"	//Volume Up
					 }
		CASE 25:  {WAIT 5
	                     SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'AUD',$03"	//Volume Down
					 }
		CASE 26:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'AMT',	 $03"	//Mute Toggle
		CASE 27:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'PON',	 $03"	//Power On
		CASE 28:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'POF',	 $03"	//Power Off
		CASE 56:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'AMT:1',	 $03"   //Mute On
		CASE 57:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'AMT:0',	 $03"   //Mute Off
		CASE 81:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'IMS:SL1',    $03"	//Input SL1
		CASE 82:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'IMS:SL2',    $03"   //Input SL2
		CASE 83:  SEND_STRING dvTVMBR,"$02,'IMS:SL3',    $03"   //Input SL3
	 }
  }
}


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Minimum time between commands is 250ms, TV doesn't respond for up to 15 seconds after a power command is issued, and the cable is straight thru 2,3,5

--John

bob

Guys, thanks much!