Sharp LC-xxLE845U driver

[Bodshal]

I have an LC-60LE845U arriving Friday, which has RS232 and TCP control support, so I've been working on a driver for it. Based heavily on the existing Sharp LCD driver, but with appropriate tweaks.

I'll post it here when ready, of course. This is initially a ping to fish for interest in the community.

Chris.

[ControlFreak]

I've got a LC80LE632U coming this week, so yes, interested especially in tcp version.

Thanks!
Joe

[Bodshal]

I've got a LC80LE632U coming this week, so yes, interested especially in tcp version.

Well I have a first blush talking to my 845U over TCP, though it seems a bit unreliable. Need to dig into whether the TV doesn't cope with long-lived TCP sessions or I'm doing something to upset it. Once I get a serial cable to that room I'll be able to compare.

Reckon you could dig out a link to the users manual PDF for your model? By all accounts the protocol looks pretty static between versions, but there's been some subtle differences so far from the driver I based this on (which was from a much older TV).

Chris.

[ControlFreak]

Reckon you could dig out a link to the users manual PDF for your model?Chris.

LC80LE632U user manual:
http://files.sharpusa.com/Downloads/ForH...LE632U.pdf

see page 58 for control of the TV. Specifically it says that the tcp/ip connection will be cut off if there has been no communication for 3 minutes.

Note that there were firmware revisions in late July 2012 for all these models. Yours is here:
http://www.sharpusa.com/CustomerSupport/...C-60LE845U

[Bodshal]

Thanks. Will look at the PDF this evening.

And yes, first thing I did with the TV was let it do an upgrade. There was a big jump in version number and I'd read about various issues with the shipped version.