HI Guys,

I know there are some guys (maybe girls too ) on this forum made scripts for some projector so they control them automatically (turn on and turn off) trough RS-232 or network port.

I wish here to start a topic regarding this matter and share the control commands for the projectors in use by the community.

So anyone have the control commands for ACER S1200 Projector?

Have a nice Day,

Goran

here you go man! Please keep this thread up-tdate if you have some results. It would be also very interesting for me. We have fiddled around with that (on OSX), but in lag of time i have stopped the work on that…

Cheers,

Thank you Sandor,

I will be working next on implementation, maybe not all but turn on/off commands at least and post it when done,

Also at this tread if anyone has already made apps/scripts for projector control over RS-232 please post because it will be of a huge help to many.

Cheers,

Goran

goran: would you consider making something platform independent like java, air, ofx, whatever? Tow ideas here:

1. I think it would be uebercool if you would have something like a TUIO input, so that you could shout-down the projector from within an App-Loader
2.  Also i think (imho) that the basic functionality would be more than enough…

Cheers,

I will go with scripts for now for windows and *nix as I need for scheduled turn on/of so can be used with cron or windows schedule. as I need faster.

But the idea 1. is good too and I will put effort to do it in java with api library so it can be used in any app or possible small touch app to load into the app loader.

thanks for the ideas

Cheers,

Goran

Hi Sandor,

Do you know the pin arrangement of the 3-wire RS232 Mini DIN which one is TX, Rx and GND?

Hello Everyone following this tread,

I had semi-successful control over my Acer S1200 projector over RS232.

I tested most of the commands and they work properly except the POWER ON commands “OKOKOKOKOK\r” and “* 0 IR 001\r” seams they don`t work.
The commands doesn’t turn on the projector for same reason and if I I send twice they give me Overflow

Data sent: * 0 IR 001\r (Nothing happens after this.)
Data sent: * 0 IR 001\r (I send it one more time...)
Data received: RS232Overflow

Update:

When the projector is on and I send the POWER ON command:
Data sent: * 0 IR 001\r
Data received: *001

but every other command return

Data received: *000

----------SOME COMMANDS--------------------------
Data received: *000Lamp1
Data sent: * 0 Src ?\r
Data received: *000Src0
Data sent: * 0 IR 035\r
Data received: *000S1200
Data sent: * 0 IR 036\r
Data received: *000Res
Data sent: * 0 IR 037\r
Data received: *000NameAcer

--------------------------------------------------------

I presume that powered off projector doesn’t receive rs232 commands for some reason?!?!?!?

I used the FREE version of 232Analyzer http://www.232analyzer.com

Any help will be appreciated,

Tx,
Goran

Hello Goran

Goran, could you tell me the pin connections for the 3pin MiniDin and the Baud, Data, Parity, Stop (Basically if they should by some reason not be 8, Even, 1)? Thank you in advance.

Im so desperatly to be abel to send on/off commands to 3 Acer P5370W projectors, that I have to use at a showcase in a bit over 1 week.
Here in Denmark I cant find any firm that can help me the sligtest, tryed Acer, resellers and there Service Center.
Not even the Spicial RS232 cabel the projector is using can they help me with, they simply dont have the faintest knowleged about it.
How hard can it be? apparently very!

What I got so far by reading this:
(Not sure I have the right pin connections or baud rate)

Data sent: * 0 IR 037\r <---Query company name
Data received: *< Space >0< Space >IR< Space >037\r <---That is what Im getting back!

Sending it 2-3 times and the projector stops responding and have to close and open the port.
Using 232Analyzer too.

Sincerely
Flemming

Hi Flemming,

Here you go,

The baud 9600, Data 8 bit, Parity none, Stop bit 1.
I didn’t have luck with the “power on” command for some reason, but all the other were working perfectly.

Have a nice day and keep us updated with the progress.

Goran

Flemming - 09 February 2010 05:08 AM

Hello Goran

Goran, could you tell me the pin connections for the 3pin MiniDin and the Baud, Data, Parity, Stop (Basically if they should by some reason not be 8, Even, 1)? Thank you in advance.

Im so desperatly to be abel to send on/off commands to 3 Acer P5370W projectors, that I have to use at a showcase in a bit over 1 week.
Here in Denmark I cant find any firm that can help me the sligtest, tryed Acer, resellers and there Service Center.
Not even the Spicial RS232 cabel the projector is using can they help me with, they simply dont have the faintest knowleged about it.
How hard can it be? apparently very!

What I got so far by reading this:
(Not sure I have the right pin connections or baud rate)

Data sent: * 0 IR 037\r <---Query company name
Data received: *< Space >0< Space >IR< Space >037\r <---That is what Im getting back!

Sending it 2-3 times and the projector stops responding and have to close and open the port.
Using 232Analyzer too.

Sincerely
Flemming

Hello Goran

Thank you so much for the pin connections, mine was all wrong.

But ya same problem here about the “power on” command, and that is the only most important one I have to get to work.

Sincerely
Flemming