Chapter 4
Settings
—
[PROJECTOR SETUP] menu
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5 Display the status by color.
Green: There is an allo
w
ance for brightness correction.
Yello
w
: There is little allo
w
ance for brightness correction.
Red: There is a brightness control error.
6 Display error detailed messages.
7 Display error messages.
When the
m
essage [Failed to apply BRIGHTNESS
C
ONTROL to so
m
e projectors.] appears, it
m
eans that synchronization
w
ith the
projector displayed in red has failed.
Press
as
to select the projector displayed in red, and press the <
执行
> button to display the error details.
8 Update to the latest status information.
r
Error details
Error message
Measures to take
[Exceed
m
axi
m
u
m
nu
m
ber of
projectors.]
f
Li
m
it the nu
m
ber of projectors in one group to eight.
f
To synchronize nine or
m
ore projectors, use a co
m
puter and “Multi Monitoring &
C
ontrol
Soft
w
are
”
*
1
.
[Please check the
C
OMMAND
C
ONTROL setting.]
f
Set the pass
w
ord of the ad
m
inistrator account.
f
Set [NETWORK
C
ONTROL]
→
[
C
OMMAND
C
ONTROL] to [ON] for the projector in error.
f
Set [NETWORK
C
ONTROL]
→
[
C
OMMAND PORT] of all linked projectors to the sa
m
e
v
alue.
[Please check the USER NAME
and PASSWORD in the
C
OMMAND
C
ONTROL setting.]
f
Set the ad
m
inistrator account
(
user na
m
e and pass
w
ord
)
of all linked projectors to the sa
m
e
setting.
[
C
annot apply BRIGHTNESS
C
ONTROL. Please check projector
status.]
f
The projector is in standby. S
w
itch on the po
w
er.
[Brightness Sensor Error]
f
There is a proble
m
w
ith the brightness sensor. If proble
m
s persist e
v
en after s
w
itching on the
po
w
er, consult your dealer.
*
1
“Multi Monitoring &
C
ontrol Soft
w
are
”
can be do
w
nloaded fro
m
the
w
ebsite
(
https:
//
prosyste
m
.panasonic.cn
/
ProjectorDo
w
nload
)
.
Note
f
If the synchronized projectors are not displayed in the list, check the follo
w
ing:
g
Are there de
v
ices
w
ith the sa
m
e IP address on the net
w
ork?
g
Are the LAN cables connected correctly?
(
x
page
22
6
)
g
Are the subnets of the projectors the sa
m
e?
g
Are the sa
m
e [LINK] settings applied to a group?
f
Refer to [PROJE
C
TOR NAME]
(
x
page
21
6
)
or “[Net
w
ork con
fi
g] page
”
(
x
page
242)
on ho
w
to change the projector na
m
e.
Brightness control adjustment procedure example
The steps exe
m
plify an adjust
m
ent to link the brightness of eight projectors connected in a net
w
ork.
1) Connect all projectors to a switching hub using LAN cables. (
x
page 226)
2) Switch on all projectors and start projection.
3) Set [CONSTANT MODE] of [BRIGHTNESS CONTROL SETUP] to [OFF], and select [APPLY], and then
press the <
执行
> button.
4) Set [OPERATING MODE] of each projector to the same setting. (
x
page 178)
5) Set [SUBNET MASK] and [IP ADDRESS] in each projector.
f
To be able to co
mm
unicate o
v
er the net
w
ork, set the sa
m
e
v
alue in [SUBNET MASK] for all projectors and
set a different
v
alue in [IP ADDRESS] for each projector.
6) Wait for at least eight minutes after projection has started until the light source brightness becomes
steady.
7) Set all items in the [PICTURE] menu of all projectors to the same values.
8) Adjust [COLOR MATCHING] to match colors.
9) Display the internal test pattern “All white” in all projectors.
10) Set [LIGHT OUTPUT] of all projectors to 100 % or the maximum value that can be set.
f
Depending on the [OPERATING MODE] settings, [LIGHT OUTPUT]
m
ay not be able to be set to
100
%.
11) Set [LIGHT OUTPUT] of the projector with the least brightness to 90 % or 10 % lower than the
