Panasonic PT-TMZ400

Control commands via LAN
You can also control via the <LAN> terminal by using the control command format via the <SERIAL IN> terminal.
For examples of the available commands, refer to “Control command” (x page 150).
Note
f Setting the password of the administrator account is required (x page 98) for sending and receiving the commands via LAN.
When connecting in protected mode
Connection method
This is the connection method when [NETWORK] menu → [NETWORK SECURITY] → [COMMAND PROTECT]
is set to [ENABLE].
1) Obtain the IP address and port number (Initial set value = 1 024) of the projector and make a request
for connection to the projector.
f You can obtain both the IP address and the port number from the menu screen of the projector.
IP address
Obtain from the [NETWORK] menu → [NETWORK STATUS].
Port No.
Obtain from the [NETWORK] menu → [NETWORK CONTROL] → [COMMAND PORT].
2) Check the response from the projector.
Data section Blank Mode Blank Random number section Termination symbol
Command
example
“NTCONTROL”
(ASCII string)
‘ ’
0x20
‘1’
0x31
‘ ’
0x20
“zzzzzzzz”
(ASCII code hexadecimal
number)
(CR)
0x0d
Data length 9 bytes 1 byte 1 byte 1 byte 8 bytes 1 byte
f Mode : 1 = Protect mode
f Example: Response during protect mode (random number section is undened value)
“NTCONTROL 1 23181e1e” (CR)
3) Generate a 32-byte hash value from the following data using MD5 algorithm.
f “xxxxxx:yyyyy:zzzzzzzz”
xxxxxx
User name of the administrator account
yyyyy
Password of the administrator account
zzzzzzzz
8-byte random number obtained in Step 2)
Command data format
It is the data format used for sending and receiving commands.
r Transmitted data
Header Data section Termination symbol
Command
example
Hash value
“Connection method”
(x page 146)
‘0’
0x30
‘0’
0x30
Control command
(ASCII string)
(CR)
0x0d
Data length 32 bytes 1 byte 1 byte Undened length 1 byte
f Example: Transmission of power supply status acquisition command (hash value is calculated from the user
name and password of the administrator account, and acquired random number)
“dbdd2dabd3d4d68c5dd970ec0c29fa6400QPW” (CR)
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Chapter 7 Appendix - Technical information