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1. 3. 6. Read User Setting Data
To read out the user setting value of the menu setting from the EEPROM, press the [Read User Setting] button. After finishing
the user setting data reading, the data saving window will appear. Name the text file and save it.
Initial text file format: (Model Name)_UserSettingReadData_(date).txt
The reading of the user setting value is executed by sending the command text file prepared for each model to read out the
user setting value only.
Command file name: (Model no.)_UserSettingDataCmd.txt
* The serial commands are described in the command file to read out the part of user setting value.
* The command file must be placed in the same directory of the software [NVReadWrite.exe]
Confirmation window appears
Saving the data
Press [Read User Setting
Data] button
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1. 3. 7. Write all data, write user setting data (after replacing A-P.C.Board)
To write down the all data or user setting data into the EEPROM, press the [Send Text File] button and select the all data or
user setting data which was saved as the text file by using the [Read All Data] or [Read User Setting Data] function in ad-
vance.
Press [Send Text File]
button
Select the Data File
* To write down the all data, select the saved data by using the [Read All Data] function, To write down the user setting data,
select the saved data by using the [Read User Setting Data] function.
Confirmation window appears
On writing
Finishing the writing
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1. 4. Color shading correction / gamma shipment data transfer
1. 4. 1. Required equipment
1. PC : Use for backup data transfer
2. Communication cable : D-sub 9pin (male/female RS-232C straight)
3. Software : Projector Service Tool software (Color shading correction/gamma shipment data transfer software)
(Download from the projector service homepage.)
1. 4. 2. Preparation
1. Projectro Service Tool installation
Move the folder "Projector Service Tool" to your favorite directly on your Computer. Double click the "Setup.exe" icon in the
folder to start the installation. Follow the installation window to install.
2. Take a memo of Baudrate and Parity set in the projec-
tor.
3. Connect the serial terminal of projector and PC with an
RS-232C cable.
[Note] Setup the projector not to enter the standby mode
or shutdown mode during the working.
Communication cable (straight)
D-Sub 9p (Male)
D-Sub 9p (Female)
Projector Connection terminals
Computer
1.4.3. Reading out the color shading correction data (be-
fore replacing A-P.C.B)
1. Power on the projector.
2. Start the software by selecting the [Projector Service Tool Ver x.x] with
the menu [Start] - [Program] - [Projector Service Tool].
Select [RS232C Port Setting] from the [Settings] menu on the Setting
dialog box to show the Property dialog window. Apply the default settings
as the figure below generally. Click [OK] after finishing the settings. The
Property dialog box disappears, and the Setting dialog window appears
again.
3. Select the communication port and click [Start]. The computer starts
to connect with the projector, and Adjustment Display appears when
the connection succeeds.
• If the Adjustment Display does not appear, or error messages ap-
pear, change the communication port or check the connection of the
computer and the LCD projector once again.
4. When the communication is established, the software will begin to read
out the color shading correction and gamma correction data from the
projector automatically.
Transfer speed
19200 or 9600
Data bit
8
Stop bit
1
Echo
Off
Parity
non
Flow control
N/A
Setting dialog window
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5. After completing of reading out the color shading correction data, the adjustment display appears as below.
(1)
(2)
(10)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(12)
(9)
(8)
(11)
(4)
(3)
(13)
(1) Tool Bar
(2) Adjusting Area
This part shows the data of the area projected by the
LCD projector. Select the parts of the area to be adjust-
ed.
(3) Adjusting Color
Select the color to be adjusted.
(4) Pitch Correction
Select the degree for adjustment. Set the degree lower
for fine-tuning.
(5) Reset (Zero) button
Click this button to set the value ‘0’ of “Adjusting Knob”.
(6) Adjusting Knob
Move this knob to increase or decrease the value.
(7) Adjusting Value
This window shows the color level of the part selected in
the Adjusting area.
(Adjusting value is -128 up to 127.)
(8) Loading button
Click this button to read out the data from the Color
Shading Correction Circuit in the LCD projector on to
this Adjusting display.
(9) Transfer button
Click this button to write the adjusting data in the
Color Shading Correction Circuit. The data adjusted
by this software is applied to the LCD projector by
pressing this button.
(10) Adjustment Selection Tab
Select the adjustment item. The gray-out tab appears
when the projector does not support.
(11) Gray Level Selector
Select the gray level selector.
(12) (All) Reset button
Click this button to set the value ‘0’ of all the color
shading correction data in the projector.
(13) End button
Quit application
1. 4. 4. Saving the color shading correction data
The data read out from the projector can be saved with computer.
Select [Save As] on the [File (F)] menu to save the data.
The initial file name is defined as the below.
Color shading correction data: CShadyymmdd.txt
ex.: CShad131216.txt
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