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  • Page 1 Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 2 Planar employees. When you purchase a Planar product, you get more than a display, you get the service and support you need to maximize your investment. To find the latest warranty and service information regarding your Planar product, please visit http://www.planar.com/support...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Sending RS232 Commands Via TCP or UDP........
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 5: Rs232 Communication

    Planar® UltraRes™ Series 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. RS232 connections are made with standard straight-through cables.

  • Page 6: Rs232 Protocol

    • ‘^NAK’ indicates that the message is a negative acknowledgment (NAK) to a command. This indicates that the command was received but cannot be processed at this time. • [No operator] denotes an action. In this case, there’s no operator and no operand. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 7: Protocol Encoding

    ‘;’ termination character instead of [CR]. The response uses the same termination character. 200=100 [CR] 200:100 [CR] “200” is the numeric command code for “BRIGHTNESS” brightness+ [CR] BRIGHTNESS:101 [CR] Increments the current Brightness value Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 8 The name will appear on the remote and \\” and \\” monitor as Name containing “ and \ power.on.delay = .1 POWER.ON.DELAY:0.1 Example of a fixed point operand. Sets the Power On Delay to 0.1 seconds. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 9: Rs232 Codes

    CURRENT, so the following two commands are identical: • ASPECT(CURRENT)=AUTO • ASPECT=AUTO • ‘!’ in the Operators column indicates that the command accepts the execute operator, which uses no operator symbol. The ‘!’ symbol is not included in the command. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 10: Zone

    4 = BLUE.X 5 = BLUE.Y 6 = CYAN.X 7 = CYAN.Y MAGENTA.X MAGENTA.Y 10 = YELLOW.X 11 = YELLOW.Y 12 = WHITE.X 13 = WHITE.Y [None = Set all 14 values at once] Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 11: Zone

    12 = WHITE.X 13 = WHITE.Y Allow Pop OSD.ALLOW. 1300 =?+- 0 = NO OSD.ALLOW.POPUP=YES See Main -> Advanced POPUP 1 = YES OSD.ALLOW.POPUP:YES Settings -> Menus and Messages Messages -> Allow Pop Up Messages Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 12: Zone

    INTENSITY BACKLIGHT.INTENSITY:75 Settings -> Backlight -> Backlight Intensity Balance AUDIO.BALANCE 1000 =?+- 0-100 AUDIO.BALANCE=50 See Main -> Audio -> Balance AUDIO.BALANCE:50 Bass AUDIO.BASS 1001 =?+- 0-100 AUDIO.BASS=50 See Main -> Audio -> Bass AUDIO.BASS:50 Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 13: Zone

    0 = ZONE.1 COLOR(ZONE.1)=50 Color 1 = ZONE.2 COLOR(ZONE.1):50 2 = ZONE.3 3 = ZONE.4 [For the current zone] 253 = COLOR=55 ALL.INPUT COLOR:55 254 = ALL 254 = ALL.ZONE 255 = CURRENT [None = CURRENT] Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 14: Zone

    Information -> Image [Reading the actual Color Space for the ALL.ZONE current zone] Information -> Color Space. 255 = COLORSPACE(CURRENT, ACTUAL)? CURRENT COLORSPACE(CURRENT ACTUAL):RGB Mod 2: Value Type 0 = SETTING 1 = ACTUAL Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 15: Zone

    180 = 180 ROTATE(ZONE.1):90 2 = ZONE.3 270 = 270 3 = ZONE.4 [For the current zone] 253 = ROTATE=NONE ALL.INPUT ROTATE:NONE 254 = ALL 254 = ALL.ZONE 255 = CURRENT [None = CURRENT] Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 16 20 = T.T.2 21 = T.T.3 22 = T.B.1 23 = T.B.2 24 = T.B.3 25 = T.M.1 26 = T.M.2 27 = T.M.3 28 = Q.1 29 = Q.2 30 = Q.3 31 = Q.4 Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 17 [Read the current DNS server 2 value] Selects a secondary DNS [None = NETWORK.DNS2? server Current (for NETWORK.DNS2:"172.16.0.191" reads only] [None = [Write the DNS server 2 for static IP] STATIC (for NETWORK.DNS2(STATIC)="8.8.4.4" writes only] NETWORK.DNS2(STATIC):"8.8.4.4" Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 18 ERROR.LOG(1):"Wed Sep 16 13:39:33 2015 - occurred in the system. Entry 1-65535 CRIT- Power supply 2 issue" #1 is the most recent. An empty string returned means that there are no more error log entries after that entry. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 19 ALL.ZONE Red Gain: 0-200 255 = Green Gain: 0- CURRENT [None = Blue Gain: 0-200 CURRENT] Mod 2: Color 0 = RED 1 = GREEN 2 = BLUE 255 = ALL [None = ALL] Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 20 No Modifiers\ following command: HELP(FIRST)? 1 Operand(s)\ Operand #1: Unsigned Integer\ DISABLE 0\ Then enter the following ENABLE 1\ command continuously until it OFF 0\ returns NAK: HELP(NEXT)? YES 1\ FALSE 0\ TRUE 1\ " Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 21 Mod 2: Parameter 0 = HACTIVE 1 = VACTIVE 2 = PCLK 3 = HTOTAL 4 = VTOTAL 5 = VREFRESH HREFRESH INTERLACE VFIELDRATE VREFRESH.X. 10 = COLORDEPTH 11 = TMDS [None = ALL] Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 22 Advanced Layouts [None = 6 = DUAL.T immediately apply the Multi-Source View CURRENT] 7 = TRIPLE.L and layout] 8 = TRIPLE.R LAYOUT=PIP.UL 9 = TRIPLE.T LAYOUT:PIP.UL 10 = TRIPLE.B 11 = TRIPLE.M 12 = QUAD Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 23 [For Zone 1] See IR remote control keys 0 = ZONE.1 SOURCE.NEXT(ZONE.1) ZONE 1/2/3/4 1 = ZONE.2 SOURCE.NEXT(ZONE.1)@ACK 2 = ZONE.3 3 = ZONE.4 [For the current zone] 254 = ALL SOURCE.NEXT 255 = SOURCE.NEXT@ACK CURRENT Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 24 ALL.ZONE Red Offset: 0- 255 = CURRENT Green Offset: 0- [None = CURRENT] Blue Offset: 0- Mod 2: Color 0 = RED 1 = GREEN 2 = BLUE 255 = ALL [None = ALL] Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 25 See Main -> Inputs and 1 = MEDIUM PIP.SIZE:MEDIUM Views -> Multi-Source View -> 2 = LARGE Advanced Layouts -> PIP Size PIP Swap PIP.SWAP PIP.SWAP See IR remote control key PIP PIP.SWAP@ACK SWAP Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 26 Preset Count command. Note: Unless you have more than 64 presets saved, sending this command one time will return a full list of all presets. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 27 Settings -> System Settings -> Location Restore All Settings from USB 0 = USB Save SAVE.DIAGNOSTICS 2314 Location SAVE.DIAGNOSTICS(USB) See Main -> Advanced Diagnostics 0 = USB SAVE.DIAGNOSTICS(USB)@ACK Settings -> System Settings -> Save Diagnostics to USB Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 28 0 = DB9 SERIAL.DEVICE(DB9 BAUD):"19200" for the various serial 1 = USB connections: 2 = OPS - "DB9" is the RS232 connector - "USB" is the USB-B connector Mod 2: - "OPS" is the serial connection Setting on the OPS connector...
  • Page 29 SMTP NETWORK.SMTP. 1225 String NETWORK.SMTP.PASSWORD="mypassword See Remote Monitoring Password PASSWORD " Software -> Notifications -> NETWORK.SMTP.PASSWORD:"mypassword" Password SMTP Port NETWORK.SMTP. 1223 Unsigned NETWORK.SMTP.PORT=465 See Remote Monitoring PORT Integer NETWORK.SMTP.PORT:465 Software -> Notifications -> Port Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 30 [Read the current subnet mask value] See Main -> Advanced [None = IPV4.NETMASK? Settings -> Network -> Subnet Current (for IPV4.NETMASK:"255.255.254.0" Mask reads only] [None = [Write the subnet mask for static IP] STATIC (for IPV4.NETMASK(STATIC)="255.255.255.0" writes only] IPV4.NETMASK(STATIC):"255.255.255.0" Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 31 5 = GREEN 6 = BLUE 7 = CYAN 8 = MAGENTA 9 = YELLOW 11 = GRAYBAR 12 = REDBAR 13 = GREENBAR 14 = BLUEBAR 16 = CHECKER- BOARD 18 = COLORBAR Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 32 ALL.ZONE 255 = CURRENT [None = CURRENT] Touch TOUCH.CONTROL 1903 =?+- 0 = OPS TOUCH.CONTROL=AUTO See Main -> Advanced Control 1 = EXTERNAL TOUCH.CONTROL:AUTO Settings -> System Settings -> 2 = AUTO Touch Control Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 33 [Set the wall width to 4] See Main -> Advanced 1 = WIDTH WALL(WIDTH)=4 Settings -> Tiling 2 = HEIGHT WALL(WIDTH):4 3 = COLUMN 4 = ROW 5 = FRAME. ENABLE 6 = FRAME. WIDTH 7 = FRAME. HEIGHT Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 34: Current Zone Layout

    T.M.1 Triple View Side-by-Side Zone 1 T.M.2 Triple View Side-by-Side Zone 2 T.M.3 Triple View Side-by-Side Zone 3 Quad View Zone 1 Quad View Zone 2 Quad View Zone 3 Quad View Zone 4 Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 35: Key

    Selects the top line in the current menu PRESETS PRESETS Opens the Presets menu PRESET1 PRESET 1 Applies Preset 1 PRESET2 PRESET 2 Applies Preset 2 PRESET3 PRESET 3 Applies Preset 3 PRESET4 PRESET 4 Applies Preset 4 Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 36 Selects OPS for the current zone WALL VIDEO WALL Opens the Tiling menu COLOR COLOR Not used MISC MISC Opens the Image Information menu  ARROW.LEFT Not used  ARROW.RIGHT Not used STAR.STAR Not used Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 37: Timezone

    UTCM0400.GEORGETOWN.LA.PAZ.MANAUS.SAN.JUAN (UTC-04:00) Georgetown, La Paz, Manaus, San Juan UTCM0330.NEWFOUNDLAND (UTC-03:30) Newfoundland UTCM0300.BRASILIA (UTC-03:00) Brasilia UTCM0300.CAYENNE.FORTALEZA (UTC-03:00) Cayenne, Fortaleza UTCM0300.CITY.OF.BUENOS.AIRES (UTC-03:00) Buenos Aires UTCM0300.GREENLAND (UTC-03:00) Greenland UTCM0300.MONTEVIDEO (UTC-03:00) Montevideo UTCM0300.SALVADOR (UTC-03:00) Salvador UTCM0300.SANTIAGO (UTC-03:00) Santiago UTCM0200.COORDINATED.UNIVERSAL.TIMEM02 (UTC-02:00) Coordinated Universal Time -02 Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 38 (UTC+02:00) Tripoli UTCP0300.BAGHDAD (UTC+03:00) Baghdad UTCP0300.KUWAIT.RIYADH (UTC+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh UTCP0300.MINSK (UTC+03:00) Minsk UTCP0300.MOSCOW.ST.PETERSBURG.VOLGOGRAD. (UTC+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, RTZ.2 Volgograd (RTZ 2) UTCP0300.NAIROBI (UTC+03:00) Nairobi UTCP0330.TEHRAN (UTC+03:30) Tehran UTCP0400.ABU.DHABI.MUSCAT (UTC+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat UTCP0400.BAKU (UTC+04:00) Baku Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 39 (UTC+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo UTCP0900.SEOUL (UTC+09:00) Seoul UTCP0900.YAKUTSK.RTZ.8 (UTC+09:00) Yakutsk (RTZ 8) UTCP0930.ADELAIDE (UTC+09:30) Adelaide UTCP0930.DARWIN (UTC+09:30) Darwin UTCP1000.BRISBANE (UTC+10:00) Brisbane UTCP1000.CANBERRA.MELBOURNE.SYDNEY (UTC+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney UTCP1000.GUAM.PORT.MORESBY (UTC+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby UTCP1000.HOBART (UTC+10:00) Hobart UTCP1000.MAGADAN (UTC+10:00) Magadan Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 40 (UTC+11:00) Solomon Is., New Caledonia UTCP1200.ANADYR.PETROPAVLOVSK.KAMCHATSKY. (UTC+12:00) Anadyr, Petropavlovsk- RTZ.11 Kamchatsky (RTZ 11) UTCP1200.AUCKLAND.WELLINGTON (UTC+12:00) Auckland, Wellington UTCP1200.COORDINATED.UNIVERSAL.TIMEP12 (UTC+12:00) Coordinated Universal Time +12 UTCP1200.FIJI (UTC+12:00) Fiji UTCP1300.NUKU.ALOFA (UTC+13:00) Nuku'alofa UTCP1300.SAMOA (UTC+13:00) Samoa UTCP1400.KIRITIMATI.ISLAND (UTC+14:00) Kiritimati Island Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 41: Sending Serial Commands Via Usb

    Sending Serial Commands via USB Sending Serial Commands via USB The USB-B connector accept the same serial command set as RS232. As most PCs no longer have RS232 connections, using the USB-B connector becomes a convenient method for performing serial communication with the display.
  • Page 42 Installing the UltraRes USB drivers The USB drivers will be automatically installed. When the installation completes, click “Finish”. The USB driver installation process is now complete. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 43 If driver installation succeeds, you will see a message like the one shown below. If so, driver installation is complete. If Windows’ attempt at installing the drivers fails, you will need to manually install the drivers using the steps below. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 44 Installing the UltraRes USB drivers Open the Start menu and select “Control Panel”. Select Hardware and Sound. In the following menu, under Devices and Printers, select “Device Manager”. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...
  • Page 45 Installing the UltraRes USB drivers In the Device Manager, there will be a “Planar UltraRes” item in the “Other Devices” section. Right-click on Planar UltraRes and select “Update Driver Software”. Follow the steps defined in the Update Driver Software wizard as follows.
  • Page 46 Make sure the “Include subfolders” checkbox is checked. The USB drivers are included on the USB flash drive in the accessory kit; they can also be obtained from http://www.planar.com/support. Use the “Browse” button to locate the directory where the USB drivers are located. Click “Next”.

  • Page 47: Using The Ultrares Usb Connection

    Once the USB drivers are installed, the PC will recognize the USB-B connection as a regular serial port. The USB-B connection will appear in the COM port list of each serial terminal program. Any terminal program such as Tera Term can be used to test the connection. Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

  • Page 48: Sending Rs232 Commands Via Tcp Or Udp

    Sending RS232 Commands Via TCP or UDP Sending RS232 Commands Via TCP or UDP TCP and UDP port 57 accept the same serial command set as RS232. It is convenient for IP control applications and can be tested with a TCP terminal program such as Tera Term or a UDP terminal program such as Hercules.
  • Page 49 Sending RS232 Commands Via TCP or UDP Notice the following in the UDP example below using Hercules: • The IP address is 10.15.0.67 • Port 57 is selected • “444953504C41592E504F5745523D310D” in the Send box is hex for “DISPLAY.POWER=1” Note: Most UDP terminal programs won’t automatically send the [CR] at the end of the command, so the hex command is used to do this manually.
  • Page 50 Sending RS232 Commands Via TCP or UDP Planar UltraRes Series RS232 User Manual...

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