Sony Bznp-D1 User Manual

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By sending a control command to an NSP-1, the following 
types of controls are available:
• Control of an external device, such as a plasma display 

or projector, via an RS-232C connection.

• Control of the output audio level of an NSP-1.

Unlike other materials, these control commands are not 
specified in the playlists, but they can be included in the 
daily schedules together with the playlists. You can also 
send them to an NSP-1 to manually control the NSP-1 
itself or the connected device.

Some commands for the NSP-1 and Sony’s plasma 
displays whose operations have been confirmed in 
combination with the NSP-1 are provided with the BZNP-
D1 software. The following procedures add more control 
commands.

• Refer to the protocol manual of the plasma display for 

details on its control commands. Ask your supplier or 
Sony sales representative about the protocol manual.

• For information on the control commands of a third 

party’s display or other device, ask the sales 
representative of the device.

• Supplied control commands which have index numbers 

of x07999000 or greater, cannot be deleted. If you make 
modifications on such a control command, it is saved 
with a new index number.

Select the Control tab in the Content Management 
window.

Right-click any point on the Control tab, then select 
[New] on the popup menu.

The Edit Control dialog box appears.

Specify the following items in the Edit Control dialog 
box, then click [OK].

The Edit Control dialog box closes.
The new control command appears in the Content 
management window.

Right-click the line of the control command to be modified 
in the Content Management window, then click [Edit] on 
the popup menu. This opens the Edit Control dialog box 
containing the content of the selected control command. 
Modify the data, then click [OK].
To just modify the type and/or title, select the control 
command in the Content Management window, then click 
its Type or Title column. This makes the column editable. 

Type

Type of the control command (up to 20 
characters).

Title

Title of the control command (up to 40 
characters). You can identify the 
control commands by the type and 
title.

Target

Select the target from the following:
• NSP-1 Audio Output Level

Controls the audio output level of the 
NSP-1.

• Via RS-232C Port

Controls the device connected to the 
NSP-1 RS-232C connector, such as 
a plasma display or projector.

Parameter-1, 
Parameter-2

Specify a code corresponding to the 
desired control.
• NSP-1 Audio Output Level

Specify the desired audio level (0 
through 100(%)) in the Parameter-1 
text box. The Parameter-2 text box is 
not used.

• Via RS-232C Port

Specify the hexadecimal code of the 
command to be sent in the 
Parameter-1 text box. In the 
Parameter-2 text box, a hexadecimal 
code corresponding to “ACK” to be 
sent from the device as return data 
is specified. The NSP-1 records an 
error in its error log if the return data 
is not identical with the specified 
code.
The Parameter-2 text box should be 
blank if the connected device will not 
return any data. An NSP-1 will retry 
sending a command until it receives 
return data, hence a problem may 
occur if the device returns nothing.
Specify the code, in either text box, 
separated every two digits by a 
space character. Do not omit “0”s, if 
any.