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Author Topic: creating a user interface for Barco projectors Kris Verhanneman Expert Film Handler Posts: 182 From: Belgium Registered: Dec 2009 posted 02-20-2011 05:02 AM                     Hello, I want to creat an user interface for my Barco projectors. The idee is to have a page with lamp status, projector status, lamp runtime, ... per screen but on one singel page (23 screens on 1 page). Did anybody made such an interface or does somebody has some usefull advice how to extract the requested information from the projectors? Thank you in advance for all the replies. Kris  |  IP: Logged Olivier Lemaire Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Paris, Ile de France, France Registered: Jan 2010 posted 02-20-2011 05:06 AM                        SNMP is your friend: you can grab - using SNMP - the desired informations.  |  IP: Logged Kris Verhanneman Expert Film Handler Posts: 182 From: Belgium Registered: Dec 2009 posted 02-20-2011 05:10 AM                     I was hoping on a second choise... Programing in C++ / visual C has been a while (sinds high school ...) Anybody who has another way of getting to that information?  |  IP: Logged Jussi Siponen Film Handler Posts: 75 From: Mikkeli, Itä-Suomi, FINLAND Registered: Jan 2010 posted 02-20-2011 08:56 AM                     Hi Kris, You can do SNMP queries from other languages as well, not just C/C++. In less than 60 seconds I found SNMP client libraries / sample code for C# and Visual Basic and I know PHP has a SNMP module. I don't see any way to avoid programming completely, so Google "<your programming language of choice> +SNMP" and start tinkering. Reading SNMP values doesn't have to be any more complicated than: ---- //Read the name of the local computer (localhost) SNMPObject objct = new SNMPObject("1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0"); SNMPAgent agnt = new SNMPAgent("127.0.0.1"); string myValue = objct.getSimpleValue(agnt); Console.WriteLine("My value is : " + myValue);  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 02-20-2011 09:09 AM                     It is quite possible that via serial (or Ethernet) one might be able to poll for such information. Barco tends to have a uniform communication set. On my.barco.com they have the "short list" for the DCinema projectors (which does not list the commands you are looking for but it does list the communication protocol). Perhaps obtaining Barco's full command list you could obtain the full list of what you need. I recommend contacting Barco's technical support to see what is possible.  |  IP: Logged Kris Verhanneman Expert Film Handler Posts: 182 From: Belgium Registered: Dec 2009 posted 02-20-2011 03:14 PM                     I know there are people of Barco on this forum. They can always contact me by PM if they have some extra information. Thanks in advance.  |  IP: Logged Harold Hallikainen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 906 From: Denver, CO, USA Registered: Aug 2009 posted 02-27-2011 10:52 PM                        The USL Remote Theater Manager might be of interest. See http://www.uslinc.com/products-control-RTM100.html . Harold  |  IP: Logged Trevor Cable Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Hillsboro, OR, USA Registered: Jan 2011 posted 03-02-2011 12:36 PM                     Barco's support site has the RS-232 commands for use over serial or IP. I developed a basic tool to turn off the lamp over IP every night at a certain time. Barco's part of that was a very simple command. The harder part was the IP socket protocol. I use C but if you can script it would be even easier. If you were interested I can give you the C code that I used so you can see what's involved. I used basic C libraries so it can be compiled on any platform.  |  IP: Logged Kris Verhanneman Expert Film Handler Posts: 182 From: Belgium Registered: Dec 2009 posted 03-02-2011 01:31 PM                     Yes that would be great. Thank you.  |  IP: Logged Trevor Cable Film Handler Posts: 22 From: Hillsboro, OR, USA Registered: Jan 2011 posted 03-02-2011 01:46 PM                     You can expect an email from me with the c file that will open the shutter of a barco projector. EDIT: I was not allowed to send you an email address. Please email me at trevorc@laika.com and I'll be happy to send you the file.  |  IP: Logged

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