User Manual and Operating Guide

2. The Barco Projection Protocol
Typically, the following strings will be returned:
• h ostname=value; the hostname of the dev ice
• ip-address=value; the IP address of the device
• m ac-address=value; the MAC address of the NIC on the device
• type=value; the device type (not for D P90/DP100 projectors)
Remarks:
• The broadcast does no t follow the typical Barco Projection P rotocol formatting: the request is just one byte (not marked up
as Barco Projection Protocol command) a nd the de vices a nswer back without s ending an A CK and without formatting their
response in the Barco Projection Protocol format.
• The size of the array is undeterm ined, but in m ost c ases it will contain 4 strings. H owever, this is open to future expansion, so
more strings can be added later.
• The strings normally appe ar in this order: hostname, ip-address, mac-address and type, but this cannot b e guaranteed.
The used broadcast is a limited bro adcast. This means that the broadcast messag e is transmitted to all NIC’s
which a re on the same IP seg men t as the client. This type of broadcast is n ot forwarded by ro uters so it will
not detect d evices w hich are on another segment.
NIC
Network Interface Card
2.3 RS232/RS422/USB-B communication
RS232
An Electronic Industries Association (EIA) serial digital interface standard specifying the characteristics of the comm u-
nication path between two devices using either D-SUB 9 pins or D-SUB 25 pins connectors. This s tandard is used for
relatively s hort-range communications and do es no t specify balanced control lines. RS-232 is a serial control standard
with a set number of conductors, data rate, word length and type of connector to be used. The standard specifies com-
ponent connection standards with regard to computer interface. It is also called RS-232-C, which is the third ver sion
of the RS -232 standard, and is functionally identical to the CCITT V.24 standard. Logical ’0’ is > + 3V, Logical ’1’ is < -
3V. The range between -3V and +3V is the transition zone.
RS422
An E IA serial digital interface standard that s pecifies the electrical characteristics of balanced (differential) voltage,
digital interface circuits. This standard is usable ov er longer distances than RS-232. T his signal governs the asy n-
chronous transmission of computer data at speeds of up to 920,000 bits per second. It is also used as the serial port
standard for Mac intosh computers. W hen the difference between the 2 lines is < - 0.2V that equals with a logical ’0’.
When the difference is > +0.2V that equals to a logical ’1’..
Settings
Baud rate:Defines the speed of the data transfer. The baud rate can be set using the local user interface on the device. Consult
the user m anual of the device for more detailed information.
Data bits: Eight ( 8) data bits are used for eac h character of the data transfer.
Parity: T here is no parity b it used to perform error c hecking.
Stop bit: O ne (1) stop bit is used to define the end of a character.
Hardware
RS232/422 input (Sub-D) port
Pin Description
1
DCD : Data Carrier Detect
2RXD-:ReceiveData
3 TXD- : Transmitted Data
4
DTR : Data Terminal Ready [RS232]
TXD+ : Transmitted Data [RS422]
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