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    DA T A PROJECT OR VPL-EX100 VPL-EX120 VPL-EX145 VPL-EX175 VPL-FX30 VPL-FX35 VPL-FX500L VPL-F400X VPL-F500X VPL-F700XL PRO T OC OL M ANU AL 1st Edition (Revised 1)[...]

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    VPL-FX30 ! 警告 このマニュアルは，サービス専用です。 お客様が，このマニュアルに記載された設置や保守，点検，修理などを行うと感電や火災， 人身事故につながることがあります。 危険をさけるため，サービストレーニングを受けた技術者のみご使用くだ?[...]

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    1 (T) VPL-FX30 T able of Contents 1. Overview 1-1. Introduction ........................................................................ 1 1-2. Glossary of T erms .............................................................. 1 1-3. Protocol Stack Structure ..................................................... 1 2. Common Commands 2-1. Sub Commands[...]

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    1 VPL-FX30 1. Overview 1-1. Introduction The projector is remotely controllable over RS-232C as well as Ethernet. It is useful for setting up the projector away from the operator . This protocol manual describes the speci fi cations such as packet format and procedures for controlling the projector . In the following sections below , the term “C[...]

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    2 VPL-FX30 RS-232C Simplified Command Asynchronous Sub Command AMX Device Discovery SDAP SDCP Specific Command SNMP DDDP PJLink HTTP UDP/IP Ethernet TCP/IP SDCP (PJ T alk) Sub Command Simplified Command (1) RS-232C Fig. 1-1 RS-232C Protocol Stack “RS-232C” layer is physical portion and “Asynchronous” is the traditional protocol layer as sho[...]

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    3 VPL-FX30 2. Common Commands 2-1. Sub Commands Sub Command is the value which is used by Simpli fi ed Command. V alue is assigned for executing func- tion. For example, if you want to change the picture mode, the appropriate value assigned for the desired picture mode should be chosen. 2-1-1. ITEM List Item lists are described below . T ables are[...]

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    4 VPL-FX30 ITEM List For Screen <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte ASPECT 00h 20h FULL 0000h Set/Get NORMAL 0001h ZOOM 0003h FULL1 0007h FULL2 0008h 4:3 0009h 16:9 000Ah OVER SCAN 00h 23h OFF 0000h ON 0001h ITEM List For Setup <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Ite[...]

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    5 VPL-FX30 ITEM List For Status <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte ST A TUS ERROR1 01h 01h NO ERROR 00h Get only LAMP ERROR 01h F AN ERROR 02h COVER ERROR 04h TEMP ERROR 08h D5V ERROR 10h POWER ERROR 20h W ARNING TEMP 40h NVM DA T A ERROR 80h ST A TUS POWER 01h 02h ST ANDBY 00h ST ART UP [...]

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    6 VPL-FX30 VPL-FX500L/F700XL ITEM List For Picture <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte PICTURE MODE 00h 02h DYNAMIC 0000h Set/Get ST ANDARD 0001h PRESENT A TION 0002h CONTRAST 00h 10h V ALUE 0000h-0064h(0-100) BRIGHTNESS 00h 1 1h V ALUE 0000h-0064h(0-100) COLOR 00h 12h V ALUE 0000h-0064h(0[...]

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    7 VPL-FX30 ITEM List For Setup <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte INPUT TERMINAL 00h 01h VIDEO 0000h Set/Get SVIDEO 0001h INPUT A 0002h INPUTB 0003h INPUTC 0004h PIC MUTING 00h 30h OFF 0000h ON 0001h AUDIO MUTING 00h 31h OFF 0000h ON 0001h INPUT A SIGNAL-SEL 00h 32h AUTO 0000h COMPUTER 00[...]

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    8 VPL-FX30 ITEM List For Status <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte ST A TUS ERROR1 01h 01h NO ERROR 00h Get only LAMP ERROR 01h F AN ERROR 02h COVER ERROR 04h TEMP ERROR 08h D5V ERROR 10h POWER ERROR 20h W ARNING TEMP 40h NVM DA T A ERROR 80h ST A TUS POWER 01h 02h ST ANDBY 00h ST ART UP [...]

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    9 VPL-FX30 VPL-EX100/EX120/EX145/EX175 ITEM List For Picture <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte PICTURE MODE 00h 02h DYNAMIC 0000h Set/Get ST ANDARD 0001h PRESENT A TION 0002h GAME 0003h LIVING 0004h CINEMA 0005h CONTRAST 00h 10h V ALUE 0000h-0064h(0-100) BRIGHTNESS 00h 1 1h V ALUE 0000h-[...]

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    10 VPL-FX30 ITEM List For Setup <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte INPUT TERMINAL 00h 01h VIDEO 0000h Set/Get SVIDEO 0001h INPUT A 0002h INPUTB * 0003h PIC MUTING 00h 30h OFF 0000h ON 0001h AUDIO MUTING 00h 31h OFF 0000h ON 0001h INPUT A SIGNAL-SEL 00h 32h AUTO 0000h COMPUTER 0001h COMPON[...]

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    11 VPL-FX30 ITEM List For Status <T able 1> <T able 2> Remarks Item Number Data Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Byte ST A TUS ERROR1 01h 01h NO ERROR 00h Get only LAMP ERROR 01h F AN ERROR 02h COVER ERROR 04h TEMP ERROR 08h D5V ERROR 10h POWER ERROR 20h W ARNING TEMP 40h NVM DA T A ERROR 80h ST A TUS POWER 01h 02h ST ANDBY 00h ST ART UP[...]

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    12 VPL-FX30 2-1-2. Infrared Remote Command Code VPL-FX30/FX35/F400L/F500X 15bit category x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF 0x BLACK LEVEL ADJ TOGGLE PICTURE ADJ TOGGLE 1x VOL LARGE VOL SMALL AUDIO MUTING POWER TOGGLE CONTRAST + CONTRAST _ COLOR + COLOR _ BRIGHTNESS + BRIGHTNESS _ 2x HUE + HUE _ SHARPNESS + SHARPNESS _ PICTURE MUTING S[...]

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    13 VPL-FX30 VPL-FX500L/F700XL 15bit category x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF 0x BLACK LEVEL ADJ TOGGLE PICTURE ADJ TOGGLE 1x VOL LARGE VOL SMALL AUDIO MUTING POWER TOGGLE CONTRAST + CONTRAST _ COLOR + COLOR _ BRIGHTNESS + BRIGHTNESS _ 2x HUE + HUE _ SHARPNESS + SHARPNESS _ PICTURE MUTING ST A TUS ON ST A TUS OFF MENU VIDEO INPUT A I[...]

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    14 VPL-FX30 VPL-EX100/EX120/EX145/EX175 15bit category x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF 0x BLACK LEVEL ADJ TOGGLE PICTURE ADJ TOGGLE 1x VOL LARGE VOL:SMALL AUDIO MUTING POWER TOGGLE CONTRAST + CONTRAST _ COLOR + COLOR _ BRIGHTNESS + BRIGHTNESS _ 2x HUE + HUE _ SHARPNESS + SHARPNESS _ PICTURE MUTING ST A TUS ON ST A TUS OFF MENU VIDEO[...]

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    15 VPL-FX30 2-2. Reply <T able 3> Item Number Data Item Data Upper byte Lower byte ACK Complete 00h 00h NAK Unde fi ned Command 01h 01h Size Error 04h Select Error 05h Range Over 06h Not Applicable 0Ah Check Sum Error F0h 10h Framing Error 20h Parity Error 30h Over Run Error 40h Other Comm Error 50h Error description Check Sum Error A check [...]

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    16 VPL-FX30 D4 D5 D6 D7 (MSB) (LSB) (EVEN) BIT P ARITY STOP BIT ST ART D3 D2 D1 D0 3. RS-232C 3-1. Connection Communication is enabled by the use of a D-Sub 9 Pin cross (reverse) cable. The pin assignment of D-Sub 9 Pin and D-Sub 25 Pin is as follows. D-Sub 9 Pin D-Sub 25 Pin Name Shell = FG 1 FG Grounding for safety protection or cable shield 3 2 [...]

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    17 VPL-FX30 3-3. Communication Procedure 3-3-1. Outline of Communication All communication between CONTROLLER (PC, etc.) and DEVICE (PROJECTOR) is performed by the command block format. Communication is started by the issue of a command at CONTROLLER and ended when the return data is sent to CONTROLLER after DEVICE receives the command. CONTROLLER [...]

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    18 VPL-FX30 ST ART CODE B0 B1 B2 B4 B3 DA T A ITEM NUMBER TYPE CHECK SUM * 1 END CODE B5 B6 B7 [A9h] Put the item number . Refer to the item list in the sections 2-1-1 and 2-1-2. SET : 00h (Set data) GET : 01h (Get data) SET : Put the Data value described in the item list in the sections 2-1-1 and 2-1-2. GET : Unused. Set Dummy data [00h, 00h] Chec[...]

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    19 VPL-FX30 3-7. Packet Examples 3-7-1. Change “ASPECT” to “ZOOM” ST AR T CODE = A9h ITEM NUMBER = 0020h (ASPECT) SET/GET = 00h (SET) DA T A = 0003h (ZOOM) CHECK SUM = 23h END CODE = 9Ah Y ou will receive the packet below if the process is successfully completed. ST AR T CODE = A9h ACK/NAK = 0000h (Complete) ACK = 03h DUMMY DA T A = 0000h C[...]

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    20 VPL-FX30 4. Ethernet Ethernet corresponding model VPL-FX30, VPL-FX35, VPL-FX500L, VPL-F400X, VPL-F500X, VPL-F700XL, VPL-EX145, VPL- EX175 4-1. Service 4-1-1. Advertisement The advertisement service is provided to facilitate development of a PC application that can automatically detect a projector on the network. This function is achieved by broa[...]

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    21 VPL-FX30 4-1-2. PJ T alk By using PJ T alk, it is possible to communicate with PROJECTOR over Ethernet network. Both of set and get method are provided. This protocol is set to OFF by default. [Protocol] Item Description Protocol name SDCP (Simple Display Control Protocol) T ransport TCP Port number 53484 (Factory-shipments value) TCP connection[...]

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    22 VPL-FX30 CONTROLLER PROJECTOR SDCP SET/GET Request Response (OK/NG) The command is executed if it’s valid. Then, the receive command is sent to the CONTROLLER. SDAP Broadcast SDAP Broadcast 4-2. Communication Procedure Communication sequence is shown below . SDCP commands must be issued by CONTROLLER and PROJECTOR responses to it. On the other[...]

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    23 VPL-FX30 HEADER (4) COMMUNITY (4) PRODUCT NAME (12) SERIAL NO. (4) LOCA TION (24) POWER ST A TUS (2) VERSION (1) 4441h (2) CA TEGORY (1) COMMUNITY (4) 4-3. Protocols 4-3-1. SDAP This section describes the SDAP packet structure. The number in the brackets shows byte. Fig.4-2 Packet structure 1. Header The header consists of ID (2 bytes), version [...]

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    24 VPL-FX30 HEADER(2) COMMUNITY(4) COMMAND(4) DA T A(n) VERSION(1) CA TEGORY(1) 4-3-2. SDCP 1. Packet Structure The Fig. 4-5 shows SDCP packet format. The number in the brackets shows byte. The statement for each fi eld is described bellow . Fig. 4-5 SDCP Packet Structure 2. HEADER Field The HEADER fi eld consists of VERSION and CA TEGOR Y sub ?[...]

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    25 VPL-FX30 REQUEST(1) ITEM NO(2) DA T A LENGTH(1) 4. COMMAND Field There are 2 types of COMMAND fi eld, which are REQUEST and RESPONSE. REQUEST command is sent to the PROJECTOR from CONTROLLER. On the other hand, RESPONSE command is sent by PROJECTOR as a response to the REQUEST command. (1) REQUEST Command COMMAND fi led for REQUEST has 3 sub ?[...]

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    26 VPL-FX30 RESPONSE(1) ITEM NO(2) DA T A LENGTH(1) OK[01h] ITEM NO(2) DA T A LENGTH[00h] OK[01h] ITEM NO(2) DA T A LENGTH(2) NG[00h] ITEM NO(2) DA T A LENGTH(2) (2) RESPONSE Command COMMAND fi eld for RESPONSE has 3 sub fi eld shown as follows. Fig. 4-8 COMMAND Filed for RESPONSE 1) RESPONSE sub fi eld The response returns the result of the req[...]

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    27 VPL-FX30 5. DA T A Field The content to be fi lled in this fi eld depends on the COMMAND fi eld. For SET Request commands, appropriate DA T A value accompanied with ITEM NO should be chosen. ITEM NO (item number) and its data is shown in the section 2-1-1. For the GET REQUEST and OK RESPONSE, this fi eld should not be provided. In that case,[...]

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    28 VPL-FX30 0x8001 Model name Alphanumeric 12 characters If the number of characters is less than 12, the remaining digits are fi lled with 00h. 0x8002 Serial number 4 bytes n The serial number is in the range of 00000000 to 99999999. 0x8003 Installation location Alphanumeric 24 characters If the number of characters is less than 24, the remaining[...]

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    29 VPL-FX30 7. ERROR CODE ERROR CODE has 2 bytes long. The table below shows the error code. Each error category is explained in the subsequent sections. Category Error Error Code Item Error (01**h) Invalid Item 01h Invalid Item Request 02h Invalid Length 03h Invalid Data 04h Short Data 1 1h Not Applicable Item 80h Community Error (02**h) Different[...]

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    30 VPL-FX30 (1) Item Error This error occurs when the Item No. of a request is illegal or its data is illegal. The conditions for occur - rence of the respective errors are shown below . Invalid Item An unsupported Item No. is speci fi ed. Example 1: The unsupported category A**h is speci fi ed. Example 2: The unsupported Item No. 8010h is speci [...]

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    31 VPL-FX30 (3) Request Error This error occurs when header or command is illegal. The conditions of occurrence of the respective errors are shown below . Invalid V ersion The version of the header is other than 2. Invalid Category The category does not match. Example: 0Bh is speci fi ed in the device of category = 0Ah. Invalid Request An unsuppor[...]

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    32 VPL-FX30 (5) Comm Error Communication between Ethernet controller and main CPU has been failed. Timeout T imeout occurred. Check Sum Error A check sum error occurred. Framing Error A framing error occurred. Parity Error A parity error occurred. Over Run Err or An overrun error occurred. Other Comm Err or Another error occurred. Unknown Response [...]

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    33 VPL-FX30 4-3-4. PJLink The following model is equipped with the PJLink class1 protocol. For details about this protocol, refer to the PJLink speci fi cations published from JBMIA. Y ou can turn on or off the PJLink protocol and set a password from the W eb setting screen > Setup > Advanced Menu > PJLINK. When the authentication setting[...]

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    34 VPL-FX30 Command Data Remark ERST ? The following values are returned: 6th digit : Fan error 5th digit : Lamp error 4th digit : T emperature error 3rd digit : Cover open error 2nd digit : Filter error 1st digit : Other error The following values are assigned to each digit : 0 : No error , or detection impossible 1 : W arning 2 : Error occurring [...]

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    35 VPL-FX30 . Commands The following 14 commands are supported : (01) [Power control command] POWR (02) [Power status inquiry] POWR ? (03) [Input switch command] INPT (04) [Input switch inquiry] INPT ? (05) [A V muting command] A VMT (06) [A V muting status inquiry] A VMT ? (07) [Error status inquiry] ERST ? (08) [Lamp count/lamp time inquiry] LAMP[...]

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    36 VPL-FX30 (2) [Power status inquiry] POWR? This command obtains the projector ’ s power status. The projector responds as follows: Returns the following values when the power status is obtained: Standby or power-saving state : Returns “0”. Power ON state : Returns “1”. Cooling state, or cooling state during power-saving state : Returns [...]

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    37 VPL-FX30 (4) [Input switch inquiry] INPT? This command obtains the projector ’ s input status. The projector responds examples as follows: Returns the following values when the input status is obtained (The input channel varies depending on the model.): When the projector input is V ideo : Returns “21”. When the projector input is S-V ideo[...]

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    38 VPL-FX30 (7) [Error status inquiry] ERST? This command obtains the projector ’ s error status. The projector responds as follows: Returns the response for the error status in the following format. The error status is expressed with a six-digit number . 6th digit : Fan error 5th digit : Lamp error 4th digit : T emperature error 3rd digit : Cove[...]

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    39 VPL-FX30 (9) [Input switch list inquiry] INST? This command obtains the input switch list. The projector responds as follows: When normal : Returns a source No. whose input can be switched. The source Nos. examples are as follows : (The input channel varies depending on the model.) Source No. 21 : Projector input V ideo Source No. 22 : Projector[...]

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    40 VPL-FX30 (13) [Other information inquiry] INFO? This command obtains other information. The projector responds as follows: When normal : Returns a space. Projector error occurring (including warning) : Returns “ERR4”. (14) [Class information inquiry] CLSS? This command obtains the class information. The projector responds as follows: When no[...]

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    VPL-FX30 The material contained in this manual consists of information that is the property of Sony Corporation. Sony Corporation expressly prohibits the duplication of any portion of this manual or the use thereof for any purpose other than the operation or maintenance of the equipment described in this manual without the express written permissio[...]

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    Sony Corporation VPL-EX100 (CN) VPL-EX100 (SY) VPL-EX120 (CN) VPL-EX120 (SY) VPL-EX145 (CN) VPL-EX145 (SY) VPL-EX175 (CN) VPL-EX175 (SY) VPL-FX30 (SY) VPL-FX35 (SY) VPL-FX500L (SY) VPL-F400X (CN) VPL-F500X (CN) VPL-F700XL (CN) E 9-968-756-02 Printed in Japan 2010. 8 32 ©2010[...]