theritz
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MrWes,
does the service manual give instructions on how to access the service menu of the AE100? And I mean the real service menu, not the one that just shows temperatures etc.
I'm sure many AE100 users would love to know how enter the service menu.
Regards,
Olaiho
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That is the "Service menu". ie holding the "enter" button for 30 seconds on the "option" menu. Selecting the last option on that menu will initiate the communication session over the RS232C. The AE100 uses a Hitachi RISC microprocessor, and you can communicate with it via a communication module on the I/O connector next to the "102 C" label (light bulb). The interface on the PC end is just straight RS232C. Panasonic has a Windows based application for calibration. The AE100 is design just like any other network device that communicate with the system firmware over Serial interface, kinda like a Cisco router If you install a little Linux based Serial to Ethernet server/module, you can talk to it over the Internet !! As for servicing, is just basic Multi-meter and scope
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Here is the full post : http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=172695
It has a number of hi-res photos of the innards of an AE 100 but if you scroll down the rst of the post is very interesting.
Maybe some of you guys conversant with RS232C communications would care to make observations on the practicality of using this to tweak the AE100, or is this territory for for the ISF pros ???
Sean G.
Copied the following from a thread over on AVSforum.....
Quote:
MrWes,
does the service manual give instructions on how to access the service menu of the AE100? And I mean the real service menu, not the one that just shows temperatures etc.
I'm sure many AE100 users would love to know how enter the service menu.
Regards,
Olaiho
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That is the "Service menu". ie holding the "enter" button for 30 seconds on the "option" menu. Selecting the last option on that menu will initiate the communication session over the RS232C. The AE100 uses a Hitachi RISC microprocessor, and you can communicate with it via a communication module on the I/O connector next to the "102 C" label (light bulb). The interface on the PC end is just straight RS232C. Panasonic has a Windows based application for calibration. The AE100 is design just like any other network device that communicate with the system firmware over Serial interface, kinda like a Cisco router If you install a little Linux based Serial to Ethernet server/module, you can talk to it over the Internet !! As for servicing, is just basic Multi-meter and scope
Last edited by MrWes on Yesterday at 07:02 PM
End Quote
Here is the full post : http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=172695
It has a number of hi-res photos of the innards of an AE 100 but if you scroll down the rst of the post is very interesting.
Maybe some of you guys conversant with RS232C communications would care to make observations on the practicality of using this to tweak the AE100, or is this territory for for the ISF pros ???
Sean G.