Shutter control via Digital Link

[Erik Christoffersen]

Hi all.

I am on a setup going from my mac to a hdmi extender, then through cat6 to my projector (Panasonic PT-RZ970) via its' Digital Link input. 

I am wondering if it's possible to control the shutter via lab, since it's a bit of a PITA doing it manually with the remote. 

Any help is very welcome! 

Thanks in advance.

Erik

[Erik Christoffersen]

And by the way, I'm on Qlab 3, so I dont have the network cue option. I was thinking in terms of scripts or something similar. 

[aroom]

Hi

you can use a script cue

I used this script to control the shutter


tell application "Terminal" to activate
tell application "Terminal"
do script "telnet 192.168.100.100 4352" in window 1
do script "%1AVMT 30" in window 1
do script "EXIT" in window 1
delay 0.2
tell application "Terminal" to quit
end tell

This script will use Terminal app to send a PJLINK message to the VP's IP address, via port 4352

Settings :

VP's IP (here 192.168.100.100)
PJLINK message (here %1AVMT 30)

%1AVMT 30 - Open Shutter
%1AVMT 31 - Close Shutter
%1POWR 1 - Power On
%1POWR 0 - Power Off
%1INPT 11 - Switch to RGB Input (peut changer selon les modèles)
%1INPT 12 - RGB 2
%1INPT 21 - Video 1
%1INPT 21 - S-Video 1
%1INPT 31 - DVI



more info on this thread : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qlab/INxta94f3NE