I have seen some old posts and wonding if anything new to control Samsung via 232? Some of the new Sam models have a lan connection, any possibility of a IP control or am I dreaming?

I was able to control a new Samsung Plasma via RS232 exlink. More importantly I was able to turn it on.

How did you do it?

Yea, how?

[Link: remotecentral.com]

post 3 has the documentation. someone already did the conversion

Power Toggle : "$08,$22,$00,$00,$00,$00,$d6" *NOT WORKING WITH TV OFF*
Power On : "$08,$22,$00,$00,$00,$02,$d4" *NOT WORKING WITH TV OFF*
Power Off : "$08,$22,$00,$00,$00,$01,$d5"

Volume Up : "$08,$22,$01,$00,$01,$00,$d4"
Volume Down : "$08,$22,$01,$00,$02,$00,$d3"
Mute Toggle : "$08,$22,$02,$00,$00,$00,$d4"
Speaker On : "$08,$22,$0c,$06,$00,$00,$c4"
Speaker Off : "$08,$22,$0c,$06,$00,$01,$c3"

HDMI 1 : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$05,$00,$c7"
HDMI 2 : "$08,$22,$02,$00,$00,$00,$d4"
HDMI 3 : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$05,$02,$c5"
HDMI 4 : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$05,$03,$c4" *NOT WORKING*
VGA : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$04,$00,$c8"
Component 1 : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$03,$00,$c9"
Component 2 : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$03,$01,$c8"
A\V 1 : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$01,$00,$cb"
A\V 2 : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$01,$01,$ca"
S-Video : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$02,$00,$ca"
TV Tuner : "$08,$22,$0a,$00,$00,$00,$cc"

16x9 Aspect : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$00,$c0"
Zoom 1 Aspect : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$01,$bf"
Zoom 2 Aspect : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$02,$be"
Wide Fit : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$03,$bd"
4x3 Aspect : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$04,$bc"
Just Scan : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$05,$bb"
Wide TV (PC) : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$06,$ba"
Wide PC (PC) : "$08,$22,$0b,$0a,$01,$07,$b9"


I didn't do this with RTI because I am using the Samsung with an RP1 but wanted to see if it worked. So I just did it with a termina application. You obviously need the proper cable. [Link: dcables.net]. I had one from the Niles Art or you could wire it up yourself, it's outlined in the documentation. A nice thing in the Hotel mode is you can set the startup input. I did do this so it always turns to HDMI1 when it starts up.

You might be able to get it working via TCP/IP with a hacked firmware. These guys are doing some crazy stuff. I would turn the unit on and test the power off command i that works then test the power on command because people claim the power on command doesn't work with some of the Samsungs.

[Link: sourceforge.net]


I have access to the TV at the moment so I could walk through some stuff if you have any questions.

Alan has a friend who says you don't have to put it into hotel mode. But I just followed the documentation and it worked. also there is another way to get into service menu for some models.

[Link: sourceforge.net]