Send Hex Commands
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this page / section pertains to brightsign author , our latest app for authoring and managing content and players for the legacy app, refer to our legacy docs docid\ i5zf53dx56wdwdfhlrot1 you can easily send hex values in a brightsign author presentation that is set to advanced for example, this is a "power on" command for a viewsonic projector these are hex values, indicated by the 0x prefix 0x06 0x14 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x34 0x11 0x00 0x00 0x5d to send this command to the projector using the serial port on a brightsign player media state create an advanced presentation select the media state where you want to send the hex command go to state properties > advanced add an entry command or exit command and set the c ommand to send and the parameters to serial bytes (comma separated) set the port to 0 (this is the case for most standard serial devices) enter the command in the byte field use a comma to separate each byte event state create an advanced presentation open the event where you want to send the hex command go to event properties > advanced click add command and set the command to send and the command parameters to serial bytes (comma separated) set the port to 0 (this is the case for most standard serial devices) enter the command in the byte field use a comma to separate each byte when sending serial bytes, you must use decimal values, not the hex values listed above for example hex values 06 00 04 00 34 11 00 00 5d equivalent decimal values 06 00 04 00 52 17 00 00 93 you can convert hex values to decimal values using any number of free websites