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    DATA PROJECTOR VPL-PX35 DATA PROJECTOR VPL-PX40 DATA PROJECTOR VPL-FX51 PROTOCOL MANUAL 1st Edition (Revised 3)[...]

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    VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 ! W ARNING This manual is intended f or qualified ser vice personnel only . T o reduce the risk of electr ic shock, fire or injury , do not perf or m any ser vicing other than that contained in the operating instructions unless you are qualified to do so. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. ! W ARNUNG Die Anleitun[...]

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    1 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 Table of Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................. 1 2. RS-232C 2-1. Communication Specifications ...................................................................... 1 2-2. Command Block Format ......................................................[...]

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    2 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 Appendix A. Setup Method For VPL-PX35 and PX40 A-1. Command ..................................................................................................... 18 A-1-1. Setting ......................................................................................... 18 A-1-2. Display .........................................[...]

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    1 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 EVEN Parity.....Total number of “1”s from D0 to D7 is an even number. D4 D5 D6 D7 (MSB) (LSB) (EVEN) BIT PARITY STOP BIT START D3 D2 D1 D0 1. Introduction This protocol manual describes the basic configuration and basic operations of various commands used for projector. Projector can be controlled using the commands provide[...]

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    2 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 2-2. Command Block Format The code from B0 to B7 as described below are transmitted. START CODE : 0 x A9 B0 B1 B2 B4 B3 DATA ITEM NUMBER ACK / NAK ITEM NUMBER SET / GET ACK DUMMY DATA CHECK SUM END CODE : 0 x 9A DATA REPLY B5 B6 B7 Transmission from the Master side Reception in the Master side Reception in the Master side (With[...]

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    3 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 2-3. Block Format START CODE B0 B1 B2 B4 B3 DATA ITEM NUMBER SET / GET CHECK SUM END CODE B5 B6 B7 START CODE B0 B1 B2 B4 B3 DUMMY DATA ACK / NAK ACK CHECK SUM END CODE B5 B6 B7 START CODE B0 B1 B2 B4 B3 DATA ITEM NUMBER REPLY CHECK SUM END CODE B5 B6 B7 Transmission from the Master side Reception in the Master side Reception i[...]

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    4 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 2-5. Communication Procedure 2-5-1. 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. CO[...]

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    5 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 2-6. Communication Rules . When sending a command from CONTROLLER, the return Data from PROJECTOR should be received first before sending the next command. Even if the next command is sent before receiving the return Data, since PROJECTOR will not be able to receive that command, it does not return a response to CONTROLLER. Con[...]

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    6 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3. NETWORK 3-1. Introduction This section describes the specifications, performance and operations of the network service that is going to be installed in the target projector. 3-1-1. Advertisement The advertisement service is provided to facilitate development of a PC application that can automatically detect a projector on th[...]

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    7 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-1-2. Remote Control The remote control service is provided that can control the target equipment from remote location via network. The SDCP protocol that serves to acquire the basic information such as equipment name and serial numbers is installed in this projector. 3-1-2-1. Function This responds to the control command and [...]

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    8 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-2. SDAP Protocol This section describes the SDAP packet structure. Fig.1 Packet structure 1) Header The header consists of ID (16 bit), version (8 bit) and category (8 bits). Fig. 2 Header ID It is fixed to “ DA ” . Version This indicates the version number of protocol. It is fixed to 01h (version 1). Category Category nu[...]

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    9 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3. SDCP Protocol This section describes the packet structure of version 2. Fig. 1 Packet structure 3-3-1. Format 3-3-1-1. Header The header consists of Version (8 bits) and Category (8 bits). Fig. 2 Header structure Version This indicates the version number of protocol. It is fixed to 02h (version 2). Category Category number[...]

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    10 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3-1-3. Command This section describes the format of the request command and the response command. (1) Request This section describes the format of the request command that is issued from the host PC to the projector. Community This is the same alphanumeric characters as those of community that is set in the projector to whic[...]

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    11 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 00h Item No. n Set Data (n byte) Request Item No. Data Length Data OK (01h) Item No. 0 3-3-1-4. SET Request The SET request is used to set a new value in the specified item. Details of the request and the response are described below. Request Response 3-3-1-5. GET Request The GET request is used to acquire the value of the spe[...]

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    12 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3-2. Items Category Contents SET GET 00**h Used to control and to change the various setups. OO 01**h Used to acquire the status. O 03**h Used to reset memory. O 17**h Sircs (15 bit category) O 19**h Sircs (20 bit category) O 80**h Used to acquire equipment information. O 90**h Used to acquire network setup information. O 3-[...]

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    13 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3-2-3. Network Information Acquisition (90**h) Used to acquire the network setup information. Lower bytes Contents SET GET 00h MAC Address O 01h IP Address O 02h Subnet Mask O 03h Default Gateway O 04h DHCP O 0x9000 Mac Address 6 bytes 0x9001 IP Address 4 bytes 0x9002 Subnet Mask 4 bytes 0x9003 Default Mask 4 bytes 0x9004 DH[...]

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    14 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3-3. Error Code The error code list is shown below with a detailed description of each. Category Error Error Code Item Error (01**h) Invalid Item 01h Invalid Item Request 02h Invalid Length 03h Invalid Data 04h Short Data 11h Not Applicable Item 80h Community Error (02**h) Different Community 01h Request Error (10**h) Invali[...]

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    15 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3-3-1. 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 specified. Example 1: The unsupported category 0xA ** is specified. Example 2: The unsupported Item No. 0x8010[...]

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    16 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3-3-3. Request Error This error occurs when Header or Command is illegal. The conditions of occurrence of the respective errors are shown below. Invalid Version The version of the Header is other than 2. n When another version is supported, an error occurs in all versions other than the supported version. Invalid Category Th[...]

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    17 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 3-3-3-5. Comm Error This is an error in communication with the main control microprocessor of the display. Timeout Reception Data is not returned after Data is sent. Check Sum Error A check sum error occurred in the main control microprocessor of the display. Framing Error A framing error occurred. Parity Error A parity error [...]

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    18 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 Appendix A. Setup Method For VPL-PX35 and PX40 Establishing the network setup such as IP address can be implemented from the PC browser, and the information such as installation location can be viewed on the PC browser. A-1. Command A-1-1. Setting Enter the following command using the format shown below in a browser as URL, an[...]

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    19 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 A-1-2. Display Enter the following command using the format shown below in a browser as URL, and then value of the setting item is displayed. Format http://IP address/Item IP address The IP address that is assigned to the network block Item Name of the setup item Response The following HTML is returned. <HTML> <TITLE&[...]

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    20 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 A-2. Setting Command Each setting item is described below. Equipment information Item Description Default location Sets location of the equipment installation. (Maximum 24 alphanumeric characters) _ Community Sets the equipment community. (Maximum 4 alphanumeric characters) SONY n Location and community do not support Japanese[...]

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    21 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 <Table 1> <Table 2> Item Number Data Remarks Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Upper byte Lower byte VIDEO 00h 00h Set/Get S VIDEO 00h 01h INPUT 00h 01h INPUT A 00h 02h INPUT B 00h 03h INPUT C 00h 04h CONTRAST 00h 10h Setting value (0 to 100) 00h 00h to 64h BRIGHTNESS 00h 11h Setting value (0 to 100) 00h 00h to 64h C[...]

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    22 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 <Table 1> <Table 2> Item Number Data Remarks Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Upper byte Lower byte STANBY 00h 00h Get only START UP 00h 01h STARTUP LAMP 00h 02h POWER ON 00h 03h STATUS POWER 01h 02h COOLING1 00h 04h COOLING2 00h 05h SAVING COOLING1 00h 06h SAVING COOLING2 00h 07h SAVING STABY 00h 08h CONTROL MODE S[...]

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    23 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 (VPL-PX35, PX40) <Table 1> <Table 2> Item Number Data Remarks Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Upper byte Lower byte Input 00h 01h Video 00h 00h Set/Get S-Video 00h 01h Input-A 00h 02h Input-B 00h 03h Input-C 00h 04h Input-D 00h 05h Picture Mode 00h 02h Dynamic 00h 00h Standard 00h 01h Contrast 00h 10h Setting value[...]

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    24 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 <Table 1> <Table 2> Item Number Data Remarks Item Upper byte Lower byte Data Upper byte Lower byte STATUS ERROR 01h 01h NO ERROR 00h 00h Get only LAMP ERROR 00h 01h FAN ERROR 00h 02h COVER ERROR 00h 04h TEMP ERROR 00h 08h D5V ERROR 00h 10h POWER ERROR 00h 20h WARNING ERROR 00h 40h STATUS POWER 01h 02h STANBY 00h 00[...]

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    25 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 List of SIRCS CODE (1) 15BIT Category (VPL-FX51 only) <Table 4> POWER ON/OF HUE + PURPLISH HUE _ GREENISH SHARPNESS + SHARP SHARPNESS _ SOFT ADJ R ADJ G ADJ B W/B GAIN W/B BIAS PICTURE MUTING STATUS ON STATUS OFF CURSOR → CURSOR ← CURSOR ↑ LENS SHIFT ↑ LENS SHIFT ↓ CURSOR ↓ FOCUS F FOCUS N ZOOM L ZOOM S CONTR[...]

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    26 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 (2) 20BIT Category (VPL-FX51 only) <Table 5> x0 0x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF APA DOT PHASE LENS ZOOM LENS SHIFT LENS FOCUS FREEZE LENS TOGGLE DIGITAL ZOOM + KEYSTONE DIGITAL ZOOM –[...]

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    27 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 (3) 15BIT Category (VPL-PX35, PX40) <Table 6> POWER ON/OF AUDIO MUTING VOLUME- DOWN VOLUME+ UP HUE + PURPLISH HUE _ GREENISH SHARPNESS + SHARP ADJ G ADJ R ADJ B W/B GAIN W/B BIAS SHARPNESS _ SOFT PICTURE MUTING STATUS ON STATUS OFF CURSOR → CURSOR ← CURSOR ↑ INPUT D CURSOR ↓ CONTRAST + HIGH CONTRAST _ LOW COLOR +[...]

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    28 VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 (4) 20BIT Category (VPL-PX35, PX40) <Table 7> x0 0x 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7 x8 x9 xA xB xC xD xE xF APA DOT PHASE FREEZE LENS CONT TOGGLE DIGITAL ZOOM + V KEYSTONE DDE TOGGLE DIGITAL ZOOM –[...]

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    VPL-PX35/PX40/FX51 The material contained in this manual consists of inf or mation that is the proper ty of Sony Cor poration. Sony Corporation e xpressly prohibits the duplication of any portion of this manual or the use thereof f or any purpose other than the operation or maintenance of the equipment described in this manual without the e xpress [...]

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    Printed in Japan Son y Cor por ation 2003. 4 16 B&P Company ©2002 VPL-PX35 (SY) VPL-PX40 (SY) VPL-FX51 (SY) E 9-870-346-64[...]