Install plasma TH
From xPL
The Panasonic plasma screens are controlled via a serial port.
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[hide]Install xPL serial port
Install the serial port driver.
Download the serial port xPL device script. Move it to xPL scripts directory:
su SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls mv xpl-serial_port.pl $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR chown control:users $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl chmod 775 $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl
Test the serial port device:
su control SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls ll /dev/tty* $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-serial_port.pl -v -n loungeScreen -b '\x02' -e '\x03' /dev/ttyUSB0 baudrate 9600 databits 8 parity none stopbits 1 handshake none
Open a 2nd terminal window and test the xPL RS-232 control:
su control SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-send.pl -v -d dspc-serPort.loungeScreen -c serPort.basic command=POF $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-send.pl -v -d dspc-serPort.loungeScreen -c serPort.basic command=PON
Install xPL screen controller
Download the screen controller script. Move it to xPL scripts directory:
su SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls mv xpl-screen-pana.pl $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR chown control:users $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl chmod 775 $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/*.pl
Test the serial port device:
su control SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls ll /dev/tty* $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-screen-pana.pl -v -n loungeScreen -s loungeScreen
Open a 3rd terminal window and test the screen control:
su control SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR=/home/control/Documents/Controls $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-send.pl -d dspc-scrPana.loungeScreen -c screen.basic power=off $SCRIPTS_BASE_DIR/xpl-send.pl -d dspc-scrPana.loungeScreen -c screen.basic power=on
Launch the scripts at startup
Ubuntu
Edit /etc/init/xpl-loungeScreenSerialPort.conf
:
# xPL serial port for Panasonic screen # description "xPL lounge screen serial port" version "1.0" author "Francois Corthay" #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Configuration variables # env SCRIPTS_DIR='/home/control/Documents/Controls' env SCRIPT_NAME='xpl-serial_port.pl' env PARAMETERS='-n loungeScreen -b \\x02 -e \\x03 /dev/ttyUSB0 baudrate 9600 databits 8 parity none stopbits 1 handshake none' #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Start and stop conditions # start on (filesystem and net-device-up) #start on xpl-hub_started stop on shutdown respawn setuid control setgid dialout #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Startup signalling # post-start script sudo initctl emit xpl-loungeScreenSerialPort_started end script #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Start daemon # exec $SCRIPTS_DIR/$SCRIPT_NAME $PARAMETERS
Start the serial port and test it:
su root service xpl-loungeScreenSerialPort start service xpl-loungeScreenSerialPort status initctl list | grep xpl
Edit /etc/init/xpl-loungeScreen.conf
:
# xPL Panasonic screen controller # description "xPL lounge screen screen controller" version "1.0" author "Francois Corthay" #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Configuration variables # env SCRIPTS_DIR='/home/control/Documents/Controls' env SCRIPT_NAME='xpl-serial_port.pl' env PARAMETERS='-n loungeScreen -s loungeScreen' #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Start and stop conditions # start on xpl-loungeScreenSerialPort_started stop on shutdown respawn setuid control setgid users #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Start daemon # exec $SCRIPTS_DIR/$SCRIPT_NAME $PARAMETERS
Start the screen controller and test it:
su root service xpl-loungeScreen start service xpl-loungeScreen status initctl list | grep xpl
Mac OS
Check the serial port device name:
ll /dev/tty.*
Edit /Library/LaunchDaemons/xpl-loungeScreenSerialPort.plist
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>xPL Lounge screen serial port</string> <key>OnDemand</key> <false/> <key>UserName</key> <string>control</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/Users/control/Documents/Controls/xpl-serial_port.pl</string> <string>-n</string> <string>loungeScreen</string> <string>-w</string> <string>25</string> <string>-b</string> <string>\x02</string> <string>-e</string> <string>\x03</string> <string>/dev/tty.PL2303-0022111D</string> <string>baudrate</string> <string>9600</string> <string>databits</string> <string>8</string> <string>parity</string> <string>none</string> <string>stopbits</string> <string>1</string> <string>handshake</string> <string>none</string> </array> </dict> </plist>
Edit /Library/LaunchDaemons/xpl-loungeScreen.plist
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>xPL Lounge screen controller</string> <key>OnDemand</key> <false/> <key>UserName</key> <string>control</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/Users/control/Documents/Controls/xpl-screen-pana.pl</string> <string>-n</string> <string>loungeScreen</string> <string>-s</string> <string>loungeScreen</string> <string>-w</string> <string>25</string> </array> </dict> </plist>
Load the daemons:
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/xpl-loungeScreenSerialPort.plist launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/xpl-loungeScreen.plist launchctl list | grep -i xpl ps ax | grep -i xpl | grep -v grep