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Hello,

after browsing the forums I have come across different posts about controlling Panasonic projectors by various means. Unfortunately I have run into some issues.

Usually when not working with PB I tend to use PJLink to control Panasonics but for some reason when I send a message to my projectors now via the TCPSend,ID,Message command I receive ERR 1 from the projectors as a response which means 'Undefined Control Command' according to the Panasonic manual.

The message I'm sending is '%1POWR 1[CR]' (Power On), according to sources that have used PJLink on PB/WD before that command should work. Am I doing something wrong here ?

Because of this I moved on to trying to use HTTPRequest,URL which didn't work properly even though the password had been removed from the projector. This is probably due to the fact that there is a user login present even though there is no password.

BUT, what DID work was using the following HTTPRequestWithLogin,Username,Password,URL in the following way.

HTTPRequestWithLogin,admin1,,http://[IP ADDRESS]/cgi-bin/power_on.cgi

A very helpful document can be found at http://www.andy-coates.com/catvx/panasonic-http-commands/http-commands.rtf which was created by Andy Coates.
There you can find HTTP commands that have been tried and tested throughout the years.

Hope this will help people that have found themselves in a similar situation.

Hi Ingi,

Did you try the following:

- remove the password from the projector
- set up a TCP connection with port 4352
- send a TCP command like:
TCPSend,[1],%1AVMT 30[CR] (shutter open)
TCPSend,[1],%1AVMT 31[CR] (shutter close)
where [1] is the connection number

I've seen this currently working on a production.

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When using HTTPrequest you can do the following:

HTTPRequestWithLogin,admin1,panasonic,http://192.168.50.200/cgi-bin/proj_ctl.cgi?key=shutter_on&lang=e&osd=off

HTTPRequestWithLogin,admin1,panasonic,http://192.168.50.200/cgi-bin/proj_ctl.cgi?key=shutter_off&lang=e&osd=off

Hi Pieter,

only thing I didn't try was that specific port. I used the default 1024, will try this one.

Thanks for the http requests but the ones I'm already using are working fine.

Best,

Ingi Bekk

Hi All,

Did anyone manage to control the lens with HTTPRequest ? I can open / close the shutter and bring up the cross hatch, but not much else.

I am using a Panasonic PT-D7700.

I cant use TCP, because I can not disable the password on this model.

THanks