Panasonic Projector Essentials Plugin (c) 2021

Overview

This plugin is designed to work with Panasonic projectors controlled via TCP/IP or RS-232. For config information, see the config snippets

Configuration

RS-232

{
  "key": "projector-1",
  "type": "panasonicProjector",
  "group": "display",
  "name": "Projector",
  "properties": {
    "control": {
      "method": "com",
      "comParams": {
        "protocol": "RS232",
        "baudRate": 9600,
        "dataBits": 8,
        "stopBits": 1,
        "parity": "None",
        "softwareHandshake": "None",
        "hardwareHandshake": "None",
        "pacing": 0
      },
      "controlPortDevKey": "processor",
      "controlPortNumber": 1
    },
    "id": "01",
    "warmupTimeInSeconds":1,
    "cooldownTimeInSeconds":2
  }
}

Notes

• Valid id values are ZZ, 01 to 64, and 0A to 0Z
• warmupTimeInSeconds and cooldownTimeInSeconds are optional. If they are omitted, the plugin will default to 1 second and 2 seconds respectively.

TCP/IP

{
  "key": "projector-1",
  "type": "panasonicProjector",
  "group": "display",
  "name": "Projector",
  "properties": {
    "control": {
      "method": "tcpIp",
      "tcpSshProperties": {
        "port": 22,
        "address": "0.0.0.0",
        "username": "",
        "password": "",
        "autoReconnect": true,
        "autoReconnectIntervalMs": 5000,
        "bufferSize": 32768
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes

• The username and password are required only if the projector has security enabled

License

Provided under MIT License

Contributing

Dependencies

The Essentials libraries are required. They are referenced via nuget. You must have nuget.exe installed and in the PATH environment variable to use the following command. Nuget.exe is available at nuget.org.

Installing Dependencies

To install dependencies once nuget.exe is installed, run the following command from the root directory of your repository: nuget install .\packages.config -OutputDirectory .\packages -excludeVersion. To verify that the packages installed correctly, open the plugin solution in your repo and make sure that all references are found, then try and build it.

Installing Different versions of PepperDash Core

If you need a different version of PepperDash Core, use the command nuget install .\packages.config -OutputDirectory .\packages -excludeVersion -Version {versionToGet}. Omitting the -Version option will pull the version indicated in the packages.config file.