Serial Terminals Connection - Panasonic TH-42PHW5 Operating Instructions Manual

Connections
SERIAL Terminals connection
The SERIAL terminal is used when the Plasma Display is controlled by a computer.
COMPUTER
o3ol
Ferrite core _I,,,_
R.S-232C ,. (large .size) _
/ ,
Less than
D-sub 9p 3" 15/16
(10cm)
Notes:
(1) Use the RS-232C cable to connect the computer to the Plasma Display.
(2) The computer shown is for example purposes only.
(3) Additional equipment and cables shown are not supplied with this set.
®®®® /
J
Pin layout for RS-232C
J
Installing the ferrite core
(Large size)
Open
The SERIAL terminal conforms to the RS-232C interface specification, so that the Plasma Display can be controlled by
a computer which is connected to this terminal.
The computer will require software which allows the sending and receiving of control data which satisfies the conditions
given below. Use a computer application such as programming language software. Refer to the documentation for the
computer application for details.
Communication parameters
Signal level
Synchronization method
Baud rate
Parity
Character length
Stop bit
Flow control
RS-232C compliant
Asynchronous
9600 bps
None
8 bits
1 bit
RS-232C Conversion cable
D-sub 9-pin female Details
RXD
_) TXD
_) GND
(_* @ Non use
(_) _ Shorted
(_0-@ NC
Command
Command Parameter Control details
PON None Power ON
POF None Power OFF
AVL ** Volume 00 ~ 63
0 Audio MUTE OFF
AMT 1 Audio MUTE ON
IIS None Input select (toggle)
VID VIDEO Mode
YP1 COMPONENT / RGBmode(processed a s
a Y/PB/PR or RGBsignals assetbythisunit)
RG1 PC mode
DAM None Screen mode select (toggle)
NORM NORMAL (4:3)
ZOOM ZOOM
FULL FULL
JUST JUST
SELF Panasonic AUTO
Basic format for control data
The transmission of control data from the computer starts
with a STX signal, followed by the command, the
parameters, and lastly an ETX signal in that order, if there
are no parameters, then the parameter signal does not
need to be sent.
/ LC°lon L Parameter(s) L End
tart • 3-character (1 - 5 bytes) (03h)
(O2h) command (3bytes)
Notes:
(1) if multiple commands are transmitted, be sure to wait
for the response for the first command to come from
this unit before sending the next command.
(2) If an incorrect command is sent by mistake, this unit will
send an "ER401" command back to the computer.
With the power off, this display responds to PON command only.
17