Hello, i'm attempting to interface our HD 1022 units with an external show controller. I've had success with triggering UDP input for my units with a simple package sender that sends things like "pon".
My show controller however sends packets of the form <STX>pon<CR> with STX and CR referring to start and carriage returns. Is there anyway to program triggers so that the look for "<STX>pon<CR>?
Would that be the equivalent of <0x02>pon<0x0D> ?
I'm not sure whether that has became available out of the box, but you should be able to accomplish that, by use of a custom BrightAuthor plugin.
Correct, is there anyway to specify the units to look for hex? The program I had been using successfully appears to convert ascii to hex and send it.
What are your current building blocks?
Show controller?
The program you had been using?
Can you use Serial RS232?
BrightSign support receiving binary commands over serial.
Not sure what you mean by building block, the controller is Daktronics Display Studio, the program i have been using is packet sender. The triggers i am sending to the units are to move between states within my presentation, and i am currently using the serial port to interface with the projector units.
Excellent! Those are your building blocks :)
Which projector is it? Can it be controlled over network with UDP instead of RS232? HDMI CEC maybe?
Other than waking the projector up, what other commands are you sending to it?
If that makes sense, you could add a second serial port with a USB to RS232 adapter...
They are sony units VPl-SW630, they do not support CEC but could be controlled over network, but are not currently. The serial commands i am currently using are solely for waking and shutdown as you noted. If i were to implement another serial port, i'm not sure how i would get that data to the 1022s as such a long distance.
Is that a permanent installation?
How far is the projector from the show controller?
I'm assuming that the BrightSign is currently close to the projector, correct?
You could use HDBaseT to extend HDMI and RS232 over CAT cable. Something like that one:
secure.libertycable.com/products/Intelix/DIGI-HDE/HDBaseT-HDMI-Ethernet-RS232-and-Bi-Directional-IR-Extender-Transmitter
Unfortunately i believe serial from the controller won't be an option, we had to have a quote done just for it to send UDP strings. But yes the projectors are in a fixed location far from the control computer. I'll see if i can find anything on the software sending serial commands, may be able to witch some things around with the packages they gave us.
Hi, Did you resolve this? Couldn't quite work out if you are just trying to get your BS to listen to your show controller or you want to power control some projectors across the network. Either way not all too difficult, I probably have plugin that will do what you need.
Yes i did, i ended up getting in further contact with the show controller provider and they were able to provide a solution that fit my needs.
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