Chapter 4
Settings
—
[PROJECTOR SETUP] menu
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G
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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 BRIGHT
NE
SS
C
O
N
TRO
L
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
[
Ex
ceed
m
a
x
i
m
u
m
nu
m
ber of
projectors.]
f
L
i
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
OMM
AN
D
C
O
N
TRO
L
setting.]
f
Set the pass
w
ord of the ad
m
inistrator account.
f
Set [
NE
TWORK
C
O
N
TRO
L
]
→
[
C
OMM
AN
D
C
O
N
TRO
L
] to [O
N
] for the projector in error.
f
Set [
NE
TWORK
C
O
N
TRO
L
]
→
[
C
OMM
AN
D PORT] of all linked projectors to the sa
m
e
v
alue.
[Please check the
U
S
E
R
NA
M
E
and P
A
SSWORD in the
C
OMM
AN
D
C
O
N
TRO
L
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 BRIGHT
NE
SS
C
O
N
TRO
L
. Please check projector
status.]
f
The projector is in standby. S
w
itch on the po
w
er.
[Brightness Sensor
E
rror]
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
A
re there de
v
ices
w
ith the sa
m
e IP address on the net
w
ork?
g
A
re the
LAN
cables connected correctly?
(
x
page
22
5
)
g
A
re the subnets of the projectors the sa
m
e?
g
A
re the sa
m
e [
L
I
N
K] settings applied to a group?
f
Refer to [PROJ
EC
TOR
NA
M
E
]
(
x
page
21
5
)
or “[
N
et
w
ork con
fi
g] page
”
(
x
page
241)
on ho
w
to change the projector na
m
e.
Brightness control adjustment procedure example
The steps e
x
e
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 225)
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 175)
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 [S
U
B
NE
T M
A
SK] for all projectors and
set a different
v
alue in [IP
A
DDR
E
SS] 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 [OP
E
R
A
TI
N
G MOD
E
] settings, [
L
IGHT O
U
TP
U
T]
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
