flolilo/PyPanaNTC

LAN control protocol "Protocol2" (projector)

Password has been set (protected mode)

Connection procedure

• Connect via TCP to correct IP, port 1024 (typically)
• Response from device is NTCONTROL 1 xxxxxxxx\r (NTCONTROL0x200x310x20xxxxxxxx0x0D); xxxxxxxx being a hexadecimal random code.
• Generate an 32b MD5-hash in the scheme of: <user>:<password>:xxxxxxxx; where <user> is typically admin1 or dispadmin, <password> is typically panasonic, and xxxxxxxx is the random code from above. This hash value will be used for sending commands.

Sending commands

Commands always start with the above mentioned hash followed by 00, then the command which can be found in your device's RS-232C--sheet, and end with 0x0d (carriage return, \r):

<32b MD5 hash from above>00<COMMAND>\r (<32b MD5 hash from above>0x300x30<COMMAND>0x0d)

Response

00<ResponseData>\r (0x300x30<ResponseData>0x0d)

Error responses

• ERR1: Undefined control command
• ERR2: Parameter out of range
• ERR3: Busy state or unavailable period
• ERR4: Time out or unavailable period
• ERR5: Invalid data length
• ERRA: Mismatching state of password
• ER401: Error occurred on processing command
• ER402: Invalid parameter (???)

Password has not been set (non-protected mode)

Connection procedure

• Connect via TCP to correct IP, port 1024 (typically)
• Response from device is NTCONTROL 0\r (`NTCONTROL0x200x300x0d)

Sending commands

Commands always start with 00, then the command which can be found in your device's RS-232C--sheet, and end with 0x0d (carriage return, \r):

00<COMMAND>\r (0x300x30<COMMAND>0x0d)

Response

00<ResponseData>\r (0x300x30<ResponseData>0x0d)

Error responses

• ERR1: Undefined control command
• ERR2: Parameter out of range
• ERR3: Busy state or unavailable period
• ERR4: Time out or unavailable period
• ERR5: Invalid data length
• ER401: Error occurred on processing command
• ER402: Invalid parameter (???)