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Projector User Commands


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Communication System

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Specifications

Communication system

RS-232-C Start-stop synchronization Semi-duplex communication

Transmission speed

19.2 Kbps

Character length

8 bits/character

Stop bit

2 bits

Parity None

Transmission format

Variable-length record with terminal as delimiter

Maximum transmission
length

Maximum of 256 characters (bytes) including delimiters.

Delimiters are one of CR, LF, CR+LF, Null (0) (delimiters are identified automatically).

Delimiters

Response delimiters are identical to command delimiters.

ASCII code (General-purpose characters: 20h to 7Fh), Tab (09h)

(Codes other than those above and delimiters are considered “other separator codes”)

Uppercase and lowercase of alphabetic characters are considered the same character.

Transmission codes

Double-byte characters and single-byte characters are not distinguished. All are considered
single-byte characters.

Communication procedure No procedure
Flow control

None

Error control

None

Break signal

Not supported

Tc Character:

10ms

* For the SX50

5s (Timeout between CR and LF is
10ms.)

* For the SX6,

SX60 or X600

Time out

Tr Command/response interval: 10s


Control Mode

The projector has two control modes, the local mode and remote mode.
Most user commands are used in REMOTE mode.
The two modes are set by the REMOTE and LOCAL commands.



Initial mode of projector

The available user commands are limited.

Except for RC and MAIN, all user commands are

available in this mode.

None of the remote control and main unit panel
buttons except for POWER can be used.

Control is switched to this mode by the REMOTE

command.


PC

LOCAL MODE

REMOTE command

REMOTE MODE

LOCAL command