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AppendixB:Remotelymanagingyour
systemthroughanRS-232
serialinterface
ConnectingyourroomcontrolsystemtotheSMART UX80projector54
Pinconfigurationontheprojector’sRS-232connector54
Serialinterfacesettings54
Projectorprogrammingcommands55
Projectorpowerstatecontrols55
Powerstatecontrols57
Displaycontrols58
Audiocontrols59
Systemcontrols60
Serviceandsupportcontrols61
Networkcontrols63
Advanceddisplaycontrols65
3Dfunctioncontrols67
Adjustingprojectorsettings67
Thisappendixincludesdetailedinstructionsonhowtosetupyourcomputerorroomcontrol
systemtoremotelymanageyourSMARTBoardM685ix2interactivewhiteboardsystemsettings
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Connectingyourroomcontrolsystemtothe
SMART UX80projector
ByconnectingacomputerorroomcontrolsystemtotheRS-232serialinterfaceofthe
SMART UX80projector,youcanselectvideoinputs,startuporshutdownyourinteractive
whiteboardsystemandrequestinformationsuchasprojectorlampuse,currentsettingsand
networkaddresses.
Pinconfigurationontheprojector’sRS-232connector
ThefollowingtableprovidesthepinconfigurationontheSMART UX80projector.Thispin
configurationfollowsathree-wireconnectionsothatastraight-throughmale-to-femaleRS-232
serialcableconnectstotheprojector’sserialinterfaceinthefollowingarrangement:
PinnumberProjector’sfemaleRS-232connector
2Receivedata(Rxyf
3Transmitdata(Txyf
5SignalGround(GNDyf
Serialinterfacesettings
Tobeabletomakeuseoftheprojector’scontrolport,yourcomputerequipmentorroomcontrol
systemmustbeconfiguredtomatchtheseserialdatacommunicationssettings.
SettingValue
DataRate19.2kbps
DataBits8
ParityNone
StopBits1
FlowControlNone
N O T E S
lAsynchronousmodeisdisabledbydefaultintheprojector.
lAllcommandsshouldbeinASCIIformat.Terminateallcommandswithacarriagereturn.
lAllresponsesfromtheprojectorareterminatedwithacommandprompt.Waituntilyou
receivethecommandpromptindicatingthatthesystemisreadyforanothercommand
beforeyoucontinue.
lTheroomcontrolfeatureoftheprojectorisalwayson.   
						

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Toconfigureyourcomputer’sserialinterface
1.Turnonyourcomputerandthenstartyourserialcommunicationsprogramorterminal
emulationprogram.
2.Connectyourcomputertotheserialconnectioncableconnectedtotheprojector.
3.Configureyourserialinterfacesettingsusingthevaluesintheprevioustableandthenpress
ENTER.
The>characterappearsasacommandprompt.
N O T E
Ifnomessageappearsoranerrormessageappears,yourserialinterfaceconfiguration
isn’tcorrect.Repeatstep3.
4.Typecommandstoconfigureyoursettings.
N O T E S
oToseealistofcommandsavailableinthecurrentoperatingmode,type?andthen
pressENTER.
oIfyou’reusingaterminalemulationprogram,turnonyourprogram’slocalecho
settingtoseecharactersasyoutypethem.
Projectorprogrammingcommands
Thissectiondocumentstheprojectorprogrammingcommands.
Projectorpowerstatecontrols
Yourprojectorrespondstocommandsonlyatcertainpowerstatesandtimes.
Therearesixprojectorpowerstates.
CommandControlbasics
?Commandstheprojectortooutputalistofcommandsthatareavailableinthe
projector’scurrentoperatingmode.Notethatsomeavailablecommands
mightnotappearintheresultinglist.
onCommandstheprojectortoexitStandbymode,toignitethelampandtobegin
projectinganimage.
offCommandstheprojectortostopprojectinganimage,tocooldownthelamp
andtoenterStandbymode.Theprojectordoesn’tdothisimmediately;
instead,itrespondswitharequestforconfirmation,whichmustbefollowed
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CommandControlbasics
offnowCommandstheprojectortoimmediatelystopprojectinganimage,tocool
downthelampandtoenterStandbymodewithoutrequiringanyfurther
confirmation.
get[parameter]Commandstheprojectortoallowyoutoretrieveinformationfromthe
projectoraboutthecurrentstateofoneoftheprojector’soperating
parameters.
set[parameter]
=[value]
Commandstheprojectortoallowyoutochangethecurrentstateofoneofthe
projector’soperatingparameters.Fornumericvalues,the“set”commandcan
alsouseaplus(+yforaminus(-yfoperator,inadditiontoanequals(=yfoperator.
N O T E S
lAttemptstosetaparametertoaninvalidvaluereturnan“invalid
command”response.
lForparametersthatusenumericvalues,attemptstosetthevalue
outsideofitsoperatingrangeresultinsettingtheparametertoits
maximumorminimumvalue.
N O T ES
lIfyousendtheprojectoraninvalidcommand,youreceivean“invalidcmd=[thecommand
sent]”messagefromtheprojector.
lProjectoroperatingparametersthatareaccessibleviathe“set”or“get”commandsare
listedinthefollowingsections.   
						

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Powerstatecontrols
ThesecommandsputtheprojectorinandoutofStandbymodeandrequesttheprojector’s
currentpowerstate.Theprojector’spowerstatedetermineswhethercertaincommandsare
availableatthattime.ThesesettingsareavailableevenwhentheprojectorisinStandbymode.
Usablecommand
bypowerstate
PropertyValidvaluesNotes
Standby
/idle
On
getgetpowerstate•on
•off
•confirmoff
•powering
•cooling
•idle
Thesestatesmaybe
reportedasynchronously,
precededbya#character,if
theprojector’s
“statereporting”functionis
enabled.
setor
get
setor
get
statereporting•on
•off(defaultyf
Causestheprojectorpower
statetobereported
asynchronously,withouta
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Displaycontrols
Thesecommandscontrolthevideodisplayoftheprojector.
Usable
commandby
powerstate
PropertyValidvaluesNotes
Standby
/idle
On
getgetvideoinputsReturnsatextlistof
availablevideosource
inputs,suchasVGA#,
HDMI#,Composite.
ThedefaultSMARTUX80
projectorwithno
accessorieswillreturnalist
ofVGA1,HDMI1,HDMI2.
getsetor
get
input•VGA#[#rangeof1~5]
•HDMI#[#rangeof1~5]
•Composite
•None
•Next(settableonly,not
gettableyf
AdefaultSMARTUX80
projectorwithnoadditional
accessorieshasVGA1,
HDMI1andHDMI2only.
setor
get
autosignal•on
•off(defaultyf
Causestheprojectorto
automaticallyrotatethrough
allavailablevideoinputs
untilavalidvideosource
signalisfound.
setor
get
signaldetected•true
•false
Indicatesifanactivesource
videosignalisdetectedby
theprojector.
setor
get
displayhide•normal(defaultyf
•frozen
•muted
setor
get
videomute•on
•off(defaultyf
setor
get
videofreeze•on
•off(defaultyf
setor
get
autopoweroff•on
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Audiocontrols
Thesecommandscontroltheaudiooftheprojector.
Usablecommand
bypowerstate
PropertyValidvaluesNotes
Standby
/idle
On
setorgetvolumecontrol•on
•off(defaultyf
Whenoff,preventsauser
fromchangingtheprojector
amplifiervolumeviathe
remotecontrolorany
attachedcontrolpanel.
setorgetvolumeNumericvalue.Range:
-20~20(default=0yf
Thismaybedisplayedtothe
userasarangeof0~40in
theprojector’son-screen
display.
setorgetmute•on
•off(defaultyf
setorgetsysoutputsw•line
•spkr
•line+spkr(defaultyf
Chooseswheretoroutethe
audiooutputsignaltothe
internalspeaker,tothe
externalaudiosystem(via
thelineoutconnectoryfor
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Systemcontrols
Thesecommandscontroltheintegrationpropertiesoftheprojector.
Usablecommand
bypowerstate
PropertyValidvaluesNotes
Standby
/idle
On
setorgetsetorgetusb1source•VGA#[#rangeof1~5]
•HDMI#[#rangeof1~5]
(default=vga1yf
AdefaultSMARTUX80
projectorwithnoadditional
accessorieshasVGA1,
HDMI1andHDMI2only.
setorgetsetorgetusb2source•VGA#[#rangeof1~5]
•HDMI#[#rangeof1~5]
(default=hdmi1yf
AdefaultSMARTUX80
projectorwithnoadditional
accessorieshasVGA1,
HDMI1andHDMI2only.
setorgetemergencyalertms
g
[textstring](41character
maximumyf
Containstexttobe
displayedwhenthe
“emergencyalert”functionis
turnedon.
setorgetemergencyalert•on
•off(defaultyf
Thiswillcausethe
“emergencyalermessaget”to
bedisplayedonthe
projectorinsteadofthe
normalimage.
setorgetlanguageArabic,Czech,German,
Danish,Greek,English
(defaultyf,Spanish,
Finnish,French,Korean,
Norwegian,Swedish,
Italian,Japanese,
SimplifiedChinese,
Polish,Traditional
Chinese,Dutch,Iberi,
Portuguese,Russian
•Matchesthelanguages
listedintheprojectoron-
screendisplay’slanguage
menu.
•Languageswithspacesin
thenamemustbeentered
withoutthespaces.
setorgetlampreminder•on
•off(defaultyf
Providesareminderwhen
it’stimetochangethe
projectorlamp.
setorgetstartupscreen•smart(defaultyf
•usercapture
•preview
Chooseswhatsplash
screentodisplayatprojector
startuporwhenthereisno
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Serviceandsupportcontrols
Thesecommandscontroltheintegrationpropertiesoftheprojector.
Usablecommand
bypowerstate
PropertyValidvaluesNotes
Standby
/idle
On
getmodelnum[modelnametextstring]Theprojector’smodel.
getprjserialnumB01#??##?####
(13-digits,#isany
number,?isanyletteryf
Theprojector’sserial
number.
getgetfwverddp#.#.#.#Firmwareversionforthe
projector’sdigitaldisplay
processor.
getgetfwvermpu#.#.#.#Firmwareversionforthe
projector’smicroprocessor
unit.
getgetfwvernet#.#.#.#Firmwareversionforthe
projector’snetworkmodule.
Ifthenetworkmoduleis
disabled,thiswillreportas
0.0.0.0.
getgetfwverecp#.#.#.#Firmwareversionforthe
attachedECP(extended
controlpanelyf.IfnoECPis
attachedtotheprojector,
thiswillbe0.0.0.0.
setorgetsetorgetlamphrs0~5000Currentrecordoftheageof
theprojectorlampinusage
hours.
getgetsyshrs0~20000Currentrecordoftheageof
theprojectorinusage
hours.
getdisplayhour0~20000Currentrecordoftheageof
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Usablecommand
bypowerstate
PropertyValidvaluesNotes
Standby
/idle
On
getresolutionlastknownvideoinput
resolutionintheformat
of###x###@##Hzor
###i/p
setorgethighspeedfan•high
•normal(defaultyf
Enablesthehighspeedfan
inhotenvironmentsto
preventoverheating.
getgetfailurelogReturnsatextlistof
failuresdetectedbythe
projectorandloggedin
theprojector'sfailurelog
(oranindicationof
“normal”yf.Thisisinthe
formatoffailure1,
failure2,failure3,etc.
Failuresdetectablebythe
projectorincludethe
following:overtemp,
fanlock,fanDMD,fanblower,
fansystem,lamperror,
colorwheelbreak,
lampignite,lampoverheat,
lampdriver,lampoverhours
getgetterror#Returnstextinformation
aboutthespecifiederror
numberintheprojector’s
errorlog.
Reporteddata:Errortype,
lamphours,systemhours,
systemtemperature,and
lampvoltagewhentheerror
wasdetected.
setsetrestoredefaultsThisimmediatelyresetsthe
projectoroperating
parameterstotheirfactory
defaultsettings.Ahard
power-cyclemaybe
requiredtocomplete.
setsetfactoryreset•true
•false
Settingthisto“true”resets
theprojectoroperating
parameterstotheirfactory
defaultsettings.Ahard
power-cyclemaybe
requiredtocomplete.