Control plasma TV 42PC1RR

Connect

  • Connect your TV to Carambola using serial cable

  • Setup your TV to known ID. To do this, use your remote.
    • Press MENU, select SPECIAL
    • Select Set ID
    • Adjust ID from 1 to 99. I left default, which is 1.

Setup carambola

  • Setup Carambola network. (I used Wireless as client (STA) mode). In this mode Carambola connects to my WIFI router automatically.
  • Install picocom to carambola
opkg update
opkg install picocom
  • I used USB 2 Serial converter, so I had to build custom firmware with enabled USB serial port support:

Under Kernel modules / USB support / kmod-usb-serial select all drivers if you are unsure which one you have or kmod-usb-serial-ftdi in our case.

  • Now you can test if it works. Run picocom.
picocom -f n -p n -b 9600 -i -r -l /dev/ttyUSB0
  • To power off your TV type (TV remains responsive, and you can turn it on remotely):
ka 1 0<cr>

Here is summary of commands

More details can be found on manufacturer web page