BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector User’s Manual For Controller Firmware Revision 0.73 and Motor Control Firmware Revision 2.0 7 July 2008 BOXLIGHT, Inc. NE 151 Highway 300, Suite A PO Box 2609 Belfair, WA 98528 For Controller Firmware Revision 4B/6.3 2007.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 1. Introduction The Boxlight PRO80S3 Projector is a three-chip DLP projector with a native resolution of 1280x720 pixels (16:9 aspect ratio). The projector accepts 720p video through a DVI-D connector on the rear panel. 1.1 Controllers The projector is controlled by a pair of MTV312M64 microcomputers. The first is the main controller and is responsible for lamp ballast and formatter initialization.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 1.3 Power Sequencing 1.3.1 STANDBY When the main power switch is turned ON, the projector comes up in STANDBY mode. It may be left in this state indefinitely. Both controllers and the RS-232 circuitry are powered so that the unit can respond to serial commands, the IR Remote Control or the rear panel switch. The ballasts, fans and formatters are not energized. Note: The IR Remote POWER button is always active but the other buttons may be disabled.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual Power and Shutter Operation Current State Power LED STANDBY RED POWER ON GREEN 5 MINUTE POWER DOWN 1.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 1.7 Ambient Light Compensation Commands have been included to utilize Texas Instruments’ Dgamma table selection. There are three Entertainment Experience dgamma tables provided to compensate for low, medium and high ambient room light levels. For low light levels use dgamma table 5. For medium light levels use dgamma table 9/10. For high light levels user dgamma table 14. See the command GAMMA for more details. 1.
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BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 1.9 Filter Replacement If the air filter is clogged with dust it can cause the projector to overheat , cause component failure or even catch on fire. The filter should be replaced when clogged or when 10,000 hours of use has occurred. Contact the dealer to order a new filter, never reuse an old filter. To replace the filter follow the steps that are provided in the following pages. STEP 1: Remove the 2 screws.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual STEP 2: Lower the cover.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual STEP 3: Remove the filter. STEP 4: Install the new filter, replace the filter cover and insert the 2 screws.
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BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 2. Human Command Interface The receive routine masks bit 7 of all characters received and buffers and echoes all printable ASCII characters. s are converted to s.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 2.3 ZOOM, FOCUS and Lens Shift Commands ZOOM, FOCUS and Lens Shift Serial Commands The following commands turn on the specified motors. The motors will stay energized until an character is sent to the projector. The last character of each command is an ASCII digit from 0 to 3 with no intervening whitespace. This determines motor speed with 0 being the slowest and 3 the fastest.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 2.4 User Commands Command CLOSE DGAMMA FPOL Gamma GETP IR+ IRLH LAMPON1 LAMPON2 LAMPOFF1 LAMPOFF2 M+ MOFF ON ONS OND OPEN P ID SIZE SETP STS V+ VVER 2.
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BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 3. Human Command Descriptions 3.1 Lens Shift, ZOOM and FOCUS Commands The following commands turn on the specified motors. The motor will stay energized until an character is sent to the projector. The last character of each command is an ASCII digit form 0 to 3 with no intervening whitespace. This determines motor speed with 0 being the slowest and 3 the fastest. If an N prefix is appended to the command mnemonic the command is a NUDGE.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 3.2 User Commands Control Characters Several ASCII Control Characters are recognized to control Brightness, Contrast, Display Mode, Patterns and Orientation. These are hot keys – i.e., no need to press ENTER.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual DGAMMA Download to De-gamma Mailbox DGAMMA Download de-gamma tables to the formatter’s degamma mailbox. DGAMMA takes three parameters. The first is a single letter (r, g, b or a) specifying which formatter (or all of them) gets the table. The second is also a single letter (b or w) specifying whether the table is formatted as bytes or words (16 bits).
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual NOTE: When the projector is in power control mode, the External Interlock has absolute control over the projector power. It locks out the other power on/off methods – serial port commands (on and off), the rear panel rocker switch and the IR remote. To control the power or enable the IR remote during setup or testing, a terminal must be connected to the serial interface and serial commands (fpol, ir+, etc.) must be issued.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual Index 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SETP GETP Name Graphic Enhanced NTSC NTSC Enhanced PAL SECAM PAL SECAM Enhanced EE Ambient Light Compensation #1 – for low light level EE Ambient Light Compensation #2 EE Ambient Light Compensation #3 EE Ambient Light Compensation #4 EE Ambient Light Compensation #5 – for medium light levels EE Ambient Light Compensation #6 – for medium light levels EE Ambient Light Compensation #7 EE Ambient Light Compensation #
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual LAMPON1 LAMPON2 LAMPOFF1 LAMPOFF2 LAMP On/Off LAMPON1 LAMPON2 LAMPOFF1 LAMPOFF2 Turn ON/OFF the lamp, when system is powered on. LAMPON1 is turn lamp 1 on; LAMPOFF1 is turn lamp1 off. LAMPON2 is turn lamp 2 on; LAMPOFF2 is turn lamp2 off. In dual-lamp mode, user turn off one lamp, the system will switch to single lamp mode, and store the mode to EEPROM.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual System boot up will reload the settings, as below: a. b. c. d. e. f. Gamma setting P7 setting MCGD & TCGD Lamp mode Brightness & Contrast Image Orientation Syntax: ON OFF ONS OND → → → → Main Power On and Turn On lamp which last power off select lamp mode. If lamp mode is Single lamp mode, then turn on the lamp which lifetime is small, then the other one. Main Power Off.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual P_ID Show Projector ID P_ID Display Size SIZE Read Projector ID. Syntax: p_id > p_id Projector Serial Number=123456 SIZE Native image size on the HD2+ engine is 1280 x 720. Parameters are entered in decimal. Syntax: size {HSIZE} {VSIZE} - 640 ≤ HSIZE ≤ 1280, 480 ≤ VSIZE ≤ 720 > size 1280 720 Size: 1280X720 STS Display Shutter Status STS VERBOSE Mode Control V+, V- Display Shutter Status.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual %01$ %02$ %03$ %04$ %05$ %06$ %07$ %08$ %09$ %0A$ !80$ !81$ !82$ !83$ !84$ !85$ !86$ !87$ !88$ !89$ !8A$ !8B$ !8C$ !8D$ !8E$ !8F$ !90$ !91$ !92$ !A0$ !E0$ !E1$ !E2$ !F0$ !F1$ !F2$ !F3$ !F4$ !F5$ !F6$ Non-Verbose Message Codes Non-critical (Informational) Messages [M+ and V-] LAMP Door Closed and Lamp TEMP OK FANS OK Film Projector ON – During Power-up Film Projector OFF – During Power-up Video Signal Detected – During Power-up Striking Lamp – During Pow
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 3.3 Enhanced Color Correction (P7) Commands ECC Select P7 TARGET DATA ECC Select the Target Color Data. This command takes a parameter – the target index – between 0 and 13. The following table lists the GRBW CIE color coordinates for the selected ECC index. Note that indicates 1 through 9 do not specify the Magenta, Cyan or Yellow CIE values.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual Syntax: mdnld > mdnld Enter Gx,Gy,Rx,Ry,Bx,By,Wx,Wy,Bx,By,WB,BB(x100) 12 datas: .323,.649,.664,.334,.146,.041,.291,.307,.310,.000,3000,123 GREEN = .323,.649 RED = .664,.334 BLUE = .146,.041 WHITE = .291,.307 BLACK = .310,.037 CONTRAST= 2439 RDMCGD Display Measured Color Gamut Data in Use RDMCGD Display the Measured Color Gamut Data that is currently in use.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual > rdtcgd 8 GREEN = .337,.642,.000 RED = .642,.353,.000 BLUE = .140,.034,.000 MAGENTA = .000,.000,.000 CYAN = .000,.000,.000 YELLOW = .000,.000,.000 WHITE = .287,.326,.000 TOLBOX0 = .277,.336 TOLBOX1 = .297,.336 TOLBOX2 = .297,.316 TOLBOX3 = .277,.316 Use TOL BOX Notice: 'P7 TCGD Data - 6300K - Copyright (c) 2006 Delta Products Corp.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual Syntax: tdnld {5 ≤ target index ≤ 8} > tdnld 5 XMIT EXACTLY 140 bytes of hexadecimal data Download TCGD 5 down !! GREEN = .265,.690,.513 RED = .665,.312,.150 BLUE = .140,.070,.078 MAGENTA = .373,.178,.270 CYAN = .176,.337,.659 YELLOW = .457,.522,.916 WHITE = .314,.351,.:00 TOLBOX0 = .309,.355 TOLBOX1 = .318,.362 TOLBOX2 = .319,.347 TOLBOX3 = .311,.341 Use TOL BOX Notice: 'c)Copyright 2002 Texas Instruments Inc.' > > > 3.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 33 RO Color Space Matrix Read 34 RW De-Gamma Table Select 35 RW De-Gamma Dnld Dest 36 WO De-Gamma Dnld Mailbox 40 RO System Configuration 41 RW DMD Bin Voltage Method Sel 42 RW DMD Bin Voltage Level Sel 43 RW Convergence 44 RW Formatter Color 45 RW Processing Path Select 46 RW Sequence Set Select 47 RO Sequence Sets Available 48 RO Sequence Set Data 49 RW Select LAMPSYNC Output 4A RW Flash MEM Access Time Sel 4C RW Command Sync ENABLE 50 RO System Status
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual FW, FWR FWG, FWB FORMATTER Register Write FW, FWR, FWG, FWB Write formatter registers: FW FWR FWG FWB - Write all formatters - Write RED formatter - Write GREEN formatter - Write BLUE formatter The first parameter is the hexadecimal register number. One or more additional parameters are required – the data to be written. See the TI document – Product Specification for DDP1000, DDP1010, DDP1011 Based Modular Formatter Component Set [Dwg #2503986, Rev.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual R/G/B Contrast: Fw {Contrast} {Green-Contrast}{Red-Contrast}{Blue-Contrast} >fw 0 8000 9000 7000 RED Formatter Contrast Register : 7000 8000 9000 GREEN Formatter Contrast Register : 7000 8000 9000 BLUE Formatter Contrast Register : 7000 8000 9000 OCMD Ballast Communications OCMD This command is used for sending commands to the Osram Lamp ballast. The first parameter determines which of the two ballast ports is addressed.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual 4. Infrared Remote Control Interface An IR interface is included for Lens Positioning, Zoom and Focusing adjustments. The IR remote control that is handled by the firmware is Model T320L by Umate Corp., Taipai, Taiwan.
BOXLIGHT PRO80S3 Projector Preliminary User’s Manual Continuous changes are generated by a number of quick presses followed by a hold. Motor speeds are determined by the number of quick button presses – up to three – before holding the button down. H PH PPH PPPH PP..PH – very slow – slow – medium – fast – fast Release the button to stop the motor. Note that there is about a 0.25 to 0.35 second delay between button release and motor off.
