PFM-42V1 series Protocol Manual

(Full access version)

Preliminary Ver. 1.1

1. Communication Parameters

Baud Rate 9600

Character length 8 bits
Parity none
Stop bit length 1 bits
Flow Control none

2. Pin Assignment

Monitor side : D-sub 9pin (Female) Host side : D-sub 9pin (male)

Pin number Function Pin number Function

1 NC 1 NC
2 RD 2 RD
3 TD 3 TD
4 NC 4 NC
5 GND 5 GND
6 NC 6 NC
7 NC 7 NC
8 NC 8 NC
9 NC 9 NC

( S t r a i g h t c o n n e c t i on is necessary)
3. Command Table

1. General Function.
(a) Mode Control
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Control 0x8C 0x00 Code Table (1-a)- 0x01 Code Table

[a] (1-a)-[b]

Enquiry 0x83 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x01 Limit Over

0x70 0x02 Limit Under

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x01 Code Table Completed

(1-a)-[b]

Execute Judge 0x70 0x00 Variable Code Table Completed with Enable

(1-a)-[b] Codes

0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code table (1-a)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x00 Power 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 ON

0x01 Input Select 0x08 MON RGB1 Yes Yes Disable Note Note

0x09 MON YUV1

0x0A MON RGB2

0x0B MON YUV2

0x0C MON VIDEO (COMPOSITE)

0x0D MON VIDEO (Y/C)

0x20 MON DVI

0x02 Force Status Display 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 ON

0x03 Audio Mute 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 ON

0x04 Auto Status Display 0x00 ON Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 OFF

0x05 Closed Caption 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Disable Disable Note

0x01 Caption1

0x02 Caption2

0x03 Text1

0x04 Text2

0x06 Color System 0x00 Auto Yes Yes Disable Disable Note

0x01 NTSC

0x02 NTSC 4.43

0x03 PAL

0x04 SECAM

0x05 PAL-M

0x06 PAL-N

0x07 PAL60

0x07 Auto Color System 0x00 NTSC/PAL/SECAM/NTSC443 Yes Yes Disable Disable Note

0x01 NTSC/PAL-M/PAL-N

0x08 Power Saving 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Note Note Note

0x01 ON

0x09 ON/OFF Timer 0x00 OFF Timer Yes Yes Note Note Note

0x01 ON Timer

0x02 ON/OFF Timer

0x03 OFF
Code table (1-a)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x0A Timer Repeat 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 ON

0x0B Picture Inversion 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Note Note Note

0x01 AUTO

0x02 ON

0x0C Picture Orbit 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 ON

0x0D Orbit Range 0x00 Small Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 Middle

0x02 Large

0x0E Orbit Cycle 0x00 10 sec. Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 30 sec.

0x02 1 min.

0x03 5 min.

0x0F Language 0x00 Japanese Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 English

0x02 Deutsch

0x03 Francais

0x04 Espanol

0x05 Italiano

0x10 Index Number 0x01 0xFF Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x11 Remote Mode 0x00 ON Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 ON

0x02 OFF

0x12 Remote Only 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 ON

0x13 Energy Saving 0x00 Standard Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 Reduce

0x14 Speaker Out 0x00 ON Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 OFF

0x16 HD Mode 0x00 1080i Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 1035i

0x17 RGB Mode 0x00 DTV Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 PC

0x18 Sync Mode 0x00 H/Comp Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Video
Code table (1-a)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x19 Menu Key 0x00 On/Off Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Return

0x1A Sleep 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Note Note Note

0x01 30 min

0x02 60 min

0x03 90 min

0x04 120 min

0x1B Clock Display 0x00 OFF Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x01 ON

0x30 PAP 0x00 ON Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 OFF

0x31 Active Picture 0x00 Left Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Right

0x02 Swap

0x32 Picture Size 0x00 0x0E Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable
 (b) Color matrix
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2 Data3

Control 0x8C 0x00 Code Table (1-b)- 0x02 Code Table Code Table
[a] (1-c) (1-b)-[b]

Enquiry 0x83 Code Table 0xFF

(1-c)

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x02 Code Table Code Table Completed

(1-c) (1-b)-[b]

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code Table (1-b)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x1D Color Matrix 0x00 YCbCr Yes Yes Disable Enable Enable

0x01 YPbPr

Code Table (1-c)

Format Select

0x00 480p

0x01 1080i

0x02 720p
(c) Time control
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2 Data3

Control 0x8C 0x00 Code Table (1-d)- 0x02 Hour: Minute:

[a] 0x00 0x17 0x00 0x3B

Enquiry 0x83 Code Table 0xFF

(1-c)

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x01 Limit Over

0x70 0x02 Limit Under

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x02 Hour: Minute: Completed

0x00 0x17 0x00 0x3B

Execute Judge 0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code Table (1-d)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

ON/OFF Timer

0x1E Power ON Time Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x1F Power OFF Time Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

Picture Inversion

0x20 Invert Start Time Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

0x21 Invert End Time Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

Time Set

0x22 Time Set Yes Yes Enable Enable Enable

2. Picture/Sound
(a) Picture/sound
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Control 0x8C 0x10 Code Table (2-a)- 0x01 Code Table

[a] (2-a)-[b]

Enquiry 0x83 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x01 Limit Over

0x70 0x02 Limit Under

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x01 Code Table Completed

(2-a)-[b]

Execute Judge 0x70 0x00 Variable (Data Code Table Completed with Enable
Size) (2-a)-[b] Codes

0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code table (2-a)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x00 Contrast 0x00 0x64 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Brightness 0x00 0x64 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x02 Chroma 0x00 0xC8 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x03 Phase 0x00 0x64 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x04 Color Temp 0x00 Cool Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Neutral

0x02 Warm

0x03 User1

0x04 User2

0x05 User3

0x09 Sharpness 0x00 0x14 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x0A NR 0x00 Off Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Low

0x02 Mid

0x03 High
Code table (2-a)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x0C Dynamic Picture 0x00 On Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Off

0x0E Gamma Correct 0x00 High Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Mid

0x02 Low

0x10 Picture Mode 0x00 Standard Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Vivid

0x02 User1

0x03 User2

0x04 User3

0x30 Volume 0x00 0x64 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x31 Treble 0x00 0x64 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x32 Bass 0x00 0x64 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x33 Balance 0x00 0x64 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x34 Surround 0x00 Off Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Hall

0x02 Simulate
(b) Color temperature
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2 Data3

Control 0x8C 0x10 Code Table (2-b)- 0x02 Code Table Code Table
[a] (2-c) (2-b)-[b]

Enquiry 0x83 Code Table 0xFF

(2-c)

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x02 Code Table Code Table Completed

(2-c) (2-b)-[b]

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Comma nd Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code table (2-b)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x05 Red Gain 0x00 0x1E Yes Yes Disable Disable Disable

0x06 Green Gain 0x00 0x1E Yes Yes Disable Disable Disable

0x07 Blue Gain 0x00 0x1E Yes Yes Disable Disable Disable

Code Table (2-c)

Format Select

0x03 User1

0x04 User2

0x05 User3
(c) Color temperature name
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2 Data3 to Data8

Control 0x8C 0x10 0x08 0x07 Code Table (2-c) 0x00 0xFF
Temp Select

Enquiry 0x83 Code Table (2-c) 0xFF

Temp Select

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 to Data6

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x01 Limit Over

0x70 0x02 Limit Under

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x06 Character Data (0x00-0xFF) Completed

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

3. Size/Shift
(a) 16bit register
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2 Data3

Control 0x8C 0x20 Code Table (3-a)- 0x02 Code Table Code Table
[a] (3-a)-[b] (3-a)-[b]

Enquiry 0x83 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x01 Limit Over

0x70 0x02 Limit Under

Enquiry 0x70 0x03 0x02 Code Table Code Table Completed

(3-a)-[b] (3-a)-[b]

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code table (3-a)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x0A H Total Pixel 0x0190 0x09C4 (default +/- 50) Yes Yes Disable Disable Disable

(b) 8bit register

Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Control 0x8C 0x20 Code Table (3-b)-[a] 0x01 Code Table

(3-b)-[b]

Enquiry 0x83 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x01 Limit Over

0x70 0x02 Limit Under

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x01 Code Table Completed

(3-b)-[b]

Execute Judge 0x70 0x00 Variable (Data Size) Code Table Command Disable
(3-b)-[b]

0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code table (3-b)

 Command Execute Judge ACK
[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x00 H Size 0x00 0x3C Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 H Shift 0x00 0x3C Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x02 V Size 0x00 0x3C Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x03 V Shift 0x00 0x3C Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x04 Zoom Mode 0x00 Expd. 4:3 Yes Yes Disable Disable Note

0x01 Letter Box

0x02 16:9

0x03 Subtitle

0x04 4:3

0x05 Zoom size 0x00 Standard Yes Yes Disable Disable Note

0x01 X2

0x02 X3

0x03 X4

0x06 Auto Pixel Adjust 0xFF Execute Yes No Disable Disable Enable

0x07 Dot Phase 0x00 0x1F Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x08 Auto Wide 0x00 Off Yes Yes Disable Disable Note

0x01 On

0x09 4:3 Mode 0x00 4:3 Yes Yes Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Expd. 4:3

4. Status Enquiry
(a) Model name enquiry
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Enquiry 0x83 0x30 0x00 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x01 Code Table Completed

(4-a)

Execute Judge 0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code Table (4-a)

Format Select

0x20 PFM-42V1

(b) Serial number enquiry

Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Enquiry 0x83 0x30 0x01 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2 Return Data3 Return Data4

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x04 Upper 8bit Middle Middle Lower 8bit Completed
Data Upper Data Lower Data Data

Execute Judge 0x70 0x04 Command

All Enable

Return Data1 Data4: 0x00000000 0x0098967F (0000000 9999999)

(c) Operation time enquiry

Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Enquiry 0x83 0x30 0x02 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2 Return Data3 Return Data4

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x04 Upper 8bit Middle Middle Lower 8bit Completed

Data Upper Data Lower Data Data

Execute Judge 0x70 0x04 Command

All Enable

Return Data1 Data4: 0x00000000 0xD693A3FF (0 sec. 3,599,999,999 sec.)

(d) Software version enquiry
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Enquiry 0x83 0x30 0x03 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x02 Upper 8bit Lower 8bit Completed

Data Data

Execute Judge 0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Return Data1 Data2: 0x0000 0xFFFF

(e) H/V frequency enquiry

Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Enquiry 0x83 0x30 Code Table (4-b) 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 Return Data2

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x02 Upper 7bit Lower 7bit Completed

Data Data

0x70 0x03 Command Cancel

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Return Data1 Data2: 0x0000 0xFFFF H Frequency = Return Data X 10 [Hz]

V Frequency = Return Data / 100[Hz]

Code Table (4-b)

Execute Judge ACK

Function Setup Power
Standby
Sequence On

0x04 H Frequency Disable Disable Enable

0x05 V Frequency Disable Disable Enable

(f) Sync polarity enquiry
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Enquiry 0x83 0x30 0x06 0xFF 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x01 Code Table Completed

(4-c)

0x70 0x03 Command Cancel

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code Table (4-c)

Execute Judge ACK

Function Setup Power
Standby
Sequence On

0x00 H:Nega / V:Nega Disable Disable Enable

0x01 H:Nega / V:Posi Disable Disable Enable

0x02 H:Posi / V:Nega Disable Disable Enable

0x03 H:Posi / V:Posi Disable Disable Enable

0x04 SonG Disable Disable Enable

0x05 No H/V Sync Disable Disable Enable

5. User Memory
(a) Load/save
Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Control 0x8C 0x40 Code Table (5-a)-[a] 0x01 Code Table

(5-b)

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

(b) Memory name

Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2 Data3 to Data8

Control 0x8C 0x40 0x02 0x07 Code Table (5-b) Character Data
(0x00 0xFF)

Enquiry 0x83 Code Table (5-b) 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer Return Data Size Return Data1 to Data6

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x01 Limit Over

0x70 0x02 Limit Under

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Enquiry 0x70 0x00 0x06 Character Data (0x00 0xFF) Complete

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code table (5-a)

Command Execute Judge ACK

[a] Function [b] Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x00 Memory Load Execute Yes No Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Memory Save Execute Yes No Disable Disable Enable

0x02 Memory Name Execute Yes No Enable Enable Enable

Code Table (5-b)

Memory Number

0x00 User Memory 1 0x0A User Memory 11

0x01 User Memory 2 0x0B User Memory 12

0x02 User Memory 3 0x0C User Memory 13

0x03 User Memory 4 0x0D User Memory 14

0x04 User Memory 5 0x0E User Memory 15

0x05 User Memory 6 0x0F User Memory 16

0x06 User Memory 7 0x10 User Memory 17

0x07 User Memory 8 0x11 User Memory 18

0x08 User Memory 9 0x12 User Memory 19

0x09 User Memory 10 0x13 User Memory 20

6. User Reset

Syntax Header Category Function Data1 Data2

Control 0x8C 0x50 Code Table (6) 0x01 0xFF

Execute Judge 0x89 0xFF 0xFF

Answer Header Answer

Control 0x70 0x00 Completed

0x70 0x03 Command Canceled

Execute Judge 0x70 0x03 Command Disable

0x70 0x04 Command All Enable

Code Table (6)

Command Execute Judge ACK

Function Range/Switch Code Setup Power
Control Enquiry Standby
Sequence On

0x00 Picture Reset Yes No Disable Disable Enable

0x01 Audio Reset Yes No Disable Disable Enable

0x02 Size Reset Yes No Disable Disable Enable

0x03 PLL Reset Yes No Disable Disable Enable

7. Answer
(a) Normal message
Answer

Header 0x70 Normal answer header

Category 0xXX Code table (7-a): Normal code

Code table (7-a)

Normal code

0x00 Completed Normal response.

0x01 Limit over The packet was received normally, but the data value was over the upper limit.
Forcedly the monitor adjusted the data to maximum value.

0x02 Limit under The packet was received normally, but the data value was under the lower limit.
Forcedly the monitor adjusted the data to minimum value.

0x03 Command cancelled The packet was received normally, but the command was cancelled because

the function was not in adjustable mode, such as a function displayed as

in user menu.

0x04 Command all enable The packet was received normally.

The command function is all enable.

0x05 Fail The packet was received normally, but the command was cancelled.

Please retry.

(a) Error message

Answer

Header 0xE0 Error answer header

Category 0xXX Code table (7-b): Error code

Code table (7-b)

Error code

0x00 No function error Packet header, category or function codes do not exist in this protocol.

0x02 Data number error The data value in Data num area of received packet was different from the functions

own number

0x06 Mode error The monitor is already in the service mode via remote commander operation.
(The service mode through IR remote has priority over the serial remote command.)

0x07 Time out Packet communications are interrupted by some error, and did not return to normal
communication within 2 seconds.