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File Operation Manual of the HD 2014 LED C ontrol Sys tem


Version English
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HD2014
Operation Manual

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Contents

Contents............................................................................................................................ 2

Appendix 1 Types of Con trol Card ................................................................................. 4

Appendix 1.1 Types of control card.................................................................................... 4

Chapter 1 Ov erv iew......................................................................................................... 6

1.1 Features ...................................................................................................................... 6

1.2 Operating environment................................................................................................. 7

Chapter 2 Installation and Uninstallation ....................................................................... 7

2.2 Uninstallation............................................................................................................... 8

Chapter 3 Tools Help ...................................................................................................... 9

3.2 Title bar ....................................................................................................................... 9

3.3 Menu bar..................................................................................................................... 9

3.3.4 Tool......................................................................................................................... 15

3.3.5 View........................................................................................................................ 15
3.3.6 Language menu.................................................................................................. 15

3.3.7 Help menu.............................................................................................................. 16

3.4 Toolbar....................................................................................................................... 16

3.5 Analog display ........................................................................................................... 16

3.6 Display attribute column............................................................................................. 17

3.7 The use of remote control .......................................................................................... 18

Chapter 4 Creation Process of Screen Program......................................................... 18

4.1 Create new screen (the first-level content) ................................................................. 18

4.2 Create new program (the second level content, a screen can create 200 programs.).. 20

4.3 Create new area (the third-level content, each program can be set to 8 areas.).......... 20

4.4 Finished programs ..................................................................................................... 21

Chapter 5 Display Different Co ntent................................................................................. 21

5.1 Single-line text display ............................................................................................... 21

5.2 Multiline text display................................................................................................... 23

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5.3 Hypertext display ....................................................................................................... 23

5.4 SWF........................................................................................................................ 24

5.5 Time display (calendar time) ...................................................................................... 24

5.6 Clock display (analog clock)....................................................................................... 25

5.6 Clockw ise / counter-clockwise count display............................................................... 26

5.7 Temperature display (Sensor is required to buy.)........................................................ 26

5.8 Animated character display ........................................................................................ 27

Chapter 6 Communicatio n Settings ................................................................................. 28

6.1 Production of Serial line............................................................................................. 28

6.2 Communication settings (serial port) .......................................................................... 28

6.3 Production of netw ork line.......................................................................................... 29

6.4 Communication settings (netw ork interface)............................................................... 30

6.5 Communication settings (WIFI)............................................................................... 31

Appendix 2 Commo n Settings during Use ....................................................................... 31

Appendix 2.1 How to remotely upgrade the control card?................................................. 31

Appendix 2.2 How to restore the controller card to factory settings?................................. 32

Appendix 2.3 How to test screen w ith the control card?.................................................... 32

Appendix 2.4 Time sw itch for screen................................................................................ 33

Appendix 2.5 Play screen at a specified time ................................................................... 33

Appendix 2.6 How to set subtitles to be stationary?.......................................................... 33

Appendix 2.7 Export to U disk.......................................................................................... 34

Appendix 2.8 Common solutions to uneven luminance on the screen............................... 34

Appendix 2.9 Operation of buttons on the control board................................................... 35

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Appendix 1 Types of Control Card

Appendix 1.1 Types of control card

Single color: 1024*32 2 of HUB12


HD-S3
Serial port Dual color:512*32 1024*16 1 of HUB08

Controller Single color: 768*64 1024*48 1536*32 4 of HUB12


HD-M3
Dual color:384*64 512*48 768*32 1536*16 2 of HUB08

Single color: 768*32 1024*16 2 of HUB12


HD-A40
Dual color:384*32 768*16 1 of HUB08

Single color: 512*64 1024*32 1536*16


4 of HUB12
USB port HD-Q40 Dual color:256*64 512*32 768*16
2 of HUB08
Controller Tri color : 128*64 256*32

Single color: 640*128 1280*64 2048*32


8 of HUB12
HD-U40 Dual color:320*128 640*64 1280*32
4 of HUB08
Tri color : 416*64 832*32

Single color:1024*32 2 of HUB12


HD-A41
Dual color:512*32 1024*16 1 of HUB08
USB+Serial
Single color:768*64 1024*48 1536*32
port 4 of HUB12
HD-Q41 Dual color:384*64 512*48 768*32
Controller 2 of HUB08
Tri color : 512*32 512*16

HD-U41 Single color:1280*128 1696*96 2048*64 8 of HUB12

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Dual color:640*128 848*96 1280*64 4 of HUB08

Tri color : 800*64 1600*32

Single color:640*256 1280*128

HD-X40 Dual color:320*256 640*128 1 of 50PIN

Tri color: 416*128 832*64

Single color:1024*256 2048*128

HD-X41 Dual color:512*256 1024*128 1 of 50PIN

Tri color: 672*128 1344*64

Single color:1024*512 2048*256 4096*128

HD-G3 Dual color:512*512 1024*256 2048*128 2 of 50PIN

Tri color: 680*256 1360*128

Single color:2048*64 2048*32


4 of HUB12
HD-E40 Dual color:1024*64 640*32
2 of HUB08
Tri color: 1360*32

Single color:2048*128 2048*64


8 of HUB12
USB+Ethernet HD-E41 Dual color:1024*128 1024*64
4 of HUB08
port Tri color: 1360*64

Controller Single color:1024*256 3072*128

HD-E42 Dual color:512*256 1536*128 1 of 50PIN

Tri color: 672*128

Single color:1024*512 2048*256 4096*128


HD-E43 2 of 50PIN
Dual color:512*512 1024*256 2048*128

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Tri color: 672*256 1344*128

Single color:2048*512 4096*256 8192*128

HD-E53 Dual color:1024 *5 12 40 96 *1 28 81 92 *6 4 2 of 50PIN

Tri color: 1344 *2 56 2 720 *1 28

Single color: 640*64 832*48 1280*32


4 of HUB12
HD-W40 Dual color:320*64 416*48 640*32
2 of HUB08
Tri color: 416*64 848*32
WIFI
Controller
Single color:416*256 832*128 2048 *48

HD-W42 Dual color:208*256 128*416 832*64 1 of 50PIN

Tri color: 272*128 544*64

HD2014 add new functi ons:


1.T he contr oller recog nized s erial port automaticall y
2.Support animati on font,holl ow font,des cribe font border(str oke)
3.District boarder and bac kground
4.Ti me,Cloc k,Count,Temper ature font of free siz e
5.Add Ti me zone,s how different countr y ti me
6.Abundant Cloc k functions and bac k ground
7.Add R emote contr ol funti ons of t he c ontroller
8.T he contr oller its elf have single dual col or and tric olor fir mware
9.Add larg er Et hernet por t c ontroller and WIFi Contr oller and U SB port

Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 Features

"HD2014" Contr ol System is a larger adjus tment made by H uidu C omp


any to stri p screen mar ket in 2014. F or the c onvenienc e of c ustomers’ c
hoic es, some of the r epetiti ve c ontroll ers ar e integr ated, and the contr ol r
ang es are updated more flexi bl y besides, pric es are more r easonabl e. S
o it is enough to meet the tr end of higher and longer s trip scr een.
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The overall s oftwar e interfac e is si mple, powerful, eas y to learn and us e.


it Support Single col or and dual c olor l ed modul es, als o full c olor mo
dul es (s howi ng 7 col or effects)
Support func tions as si ngle-line text, mul ti-line text, Exc el.hypertext (JPG
/JPEG/BM P/GIF/PNG etc .),s wf, ti me、cloc k、 c ount (count down / c ount up),
temper ature, temperatur e and humi dity, ani mated charac ters ,Excel.

1.2 Operating environment

HD2014 s oftware support all language showing


Operating s ys tem:
Chines e/English ( multi-lingual) Windows2000/XP/ Win7/Vista/WIN 8, etc .;
Hardware configur ation: no s pecial r equirements.

Chapter 2 Installation and Uninstallation

2.1 Installation

Software Name HD 2014 ( ). Double clic k the softw


are and i nstall as bel ow steps:

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Click the prompt (Next) on the screen to c ompl ete the ins tall ation.
After the "HD 2014" s oftwar e is s ucc essfull y i nstalled, the "HD2014" pr o
gram group will be s hown i n the [Start] / [Programs], then clic k “HD 201
4” to run it, you c an also clic k the HD2014.exe s hortcut on the des ktop
to enter the operating i nterfac e.

2.2 Uninstallation

"HD2014" s oftware pac kag e provi des a complete unins tall ation functi on,
so that us ers c an easil y del ete all documents, pr ogram groups and shor
tcuts in the "HD 2014". Us ers c an s elec t “Uni nstall HD2014” i n the [St art]
/ [ Programs] / HD 2014 program groups to c ompl etel y remove HD 2014 a
nd all of its components.

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Chapter 3 Tools Help

3.1 The main interface of software


Open the main interfac e of t he "HD2014" softwar e, s ee bel ow:
Title Bar
Men u Ba r
Tool ba r

Ana log Scre en


Progr am Ar ea
Previ ew W in do w

Scree n P aram eters


Time Sw itch

Comm un icat ion setti ngs port, d ou bl e-cl ick it to o pe n t


he c omm uni cati on s ettin gs.

3.2 Title bar

It is us ed to dis play the name of the softwar e.

3.3 Menu bar

It i ncludes these opti ons : File, Settings, Oper ation, Tools, View,, Langu
age and H elp.

3.3.1 File m enu

The fil e menu c onsis ts of fi ve options: New Scr een, Open, Save, Save
As, Exit, as follows :

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New Screen (Ctr l + N): It is us ed to create a new scr een, HD2014 soft
ware c ould set up more s creens and do not per mit the quantity.
Examp le: You can s et up as examples.
Open (Ctrl + O): It i s us ed to open the rec entl y used documents;
Save (Ctrl + S): It is used to s ave the c urrent fil e and s ave it i n the Pr
ojec t file under the install ati on path by default;
Save As ...: T he curr ent file can be saved i n another s pecified position;
Exit (E): Cl ose HD2014.

3.3.2 Settings menu

This menu i ncl udes Screen Settings, Communic ati on Settings, Sys tem
Setti ngs, Readbac k, local IP Settings , as follows :

Scr een Setting s: It us ed to set the basic parameters of the contr ol c ard
and Sel ect the l ed c ontr ol c ard types , Date and OE Pol arity、 Scan、 Wi
dth and Heig ht of l ed dis play, i mporti ng and exporti ng parameters 、Adva
nced s etting etc) s ee bel ow photo:

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Note: If user do not know the led c ontrol car d types, j ust sel ect H D-E43
it is ok( our s oftware default types HD-E43,do not need sel ect types)
First, s elec t the modul e type, whic h one you us ed ;
The second step, the basic s ettings, sel ect the par ameters for the LED
screen, col or scr een, data polarity, OE polarity, screen size, sc an mode;

Help

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Communication Settin gs: he bel ow us ed Serial port of RS232 c ommuni


cati on . T he communic ati on dis tanc e it is 70meters .
After connected the s erial li nes ,the software its elf r ec ogniz ed the por t a
utomaticall y, no need by hand
:

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Sen d br oa dcast mess ag e Vario us IPs of the c ontr ol c ard ca n b e s


s an d u pd ate fir mw are et in t his m od e, b ut they ar e co ntrol le d r
esp ective ly; firm war e c an not b e u pd ate d.

Detect s ucc essful ly after the wir el ess netw ork emitt
ed by WIFI card is c on nect ed an d tran smits wir ele
ssly.

System Setting s: T hey are us ed to set the s ys tem par ameters (not r eco
mmended to chang e).

When t he bl ue an d gr ee n
is co ntrary, yo u ca n c ho os
e this to ch an ge

When com mun icat io n is go


od,softw are cal ibr ate ti me f
or five mi nutes

Readb ack: If you need to alter the parameters to those of the c ontrol c
ard, thes e par ameters can be directl y read bac k, s o c onvenient and dir e

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ct.
Local IP Setting s: U sers c an alter the s ystem's l oc al IP.

3.3.3 Operation m enu

It c ontai ns Send Pr ojec t, M ultipl e Send, Clear displ ay data, Export to


U dis k, IP M anag ement tools, Ti me Setting, Luminanc e Setti ng, Time Swi
tch, Scr een Tes t, Fir mwar e U pdate, See below:

Multiple Send: It’s for networ k car d's exclusi ve us e, and us ed for sendin
g mul tipl e screen fil es. X Firstl y, s et the par ameters of eac h scr een to c
ustom IP, then as soci ate with the c orres ponding scr een. Pleas e refer to t
he oper ati on of IP manag ement tools:
After fi nishi ng the as soci ati on, users can s end the c ontent of multi ple
screens to contr ol c ard thr ough multi ple send, s ee bel ow:
Multi-screen mod e: communication must us e a cus tom setti ng mode, an
d associated with eac h IP address on a displ ay s creen;
Cop y m ode: Sel ect to s end the dis pl ay, the dis play is s ent to all the c o
ntrol car d, r equires current IP addr ess PIN G is good.

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Clear disp lay d ata: Cl ear the programs insi de the contr ol car d (res tor e t
o factor y s etti ngs);
IP M anag em ent tools: They are for networ k c ard’s excl usi ve us e, and u
sed for dis tributing the IP address es of differ ent networ k c ards and asso
ciating with the rel ated scr eens:
Import screen p ar am s from U disk:
First, U dis k on a g ood LED dis play
Sec ond, U dis k on the c omputer
Finall y, the operati on "Import screen parameters fr om the U dis k."
Time Setting: You can s et the time of c ontrol car d acc ording to your re
quirement or, to the s ystem time by default.
Lumin ance Settin g: You c an s et the lumi nanc e of s creen thr ough s erial
por t or networ k port, Luminance can also be updated by U dis k;
Time Switch : Set the time to power on and power off the scr een;
Scr een Test: Testi ng screen by s oftware;
Firm war e Upd ate: (First need got the firmware i nfor mation, if need upda
ted new versi on, it c oul d be, we s uggest do not updated

3.3.4 Tool

It i ncludes notepad, calc ulator, drawi ng tools , whic h are us ed to open t


he pr actic al tools on the s ys tem. The newl y added drawi ng tool c an s av
e the data by printscr een more conveni entl y.

3.3.5 View

It c ontai ns anal og screen’s Zoom out, Z oom in, Center, Output and Ap
pl y the pr ogram’s appearanc e.

Output W indow: When openi ng the output window, you can vi ew the ty
pe of the current connec ted c ontrol car d and the screen siz e, c ol or par
ameters of the program i n the c ontrol c ard; during s endi ng, you can vi e
w the proc ess and know whether the s ending is s ucc ess . It c annot oper
ate nor mall y until you update the fir mware that is r equired to be update
d; when you are i ndic ated that the sending is overtime, pl ease chec k w
hether the line is nor mal.

3.3.6 Language m enu

This menu i ncl udes ten l anguages: Simplifi ed C hi nes e, Tr adi tional C hi
nes e, English, R ussi an, T urkis h, Iranian, Polish, Spanish, J apanes e, Mon
golian, etc.. It is used for s witc hi ng among different l ang uag es.

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3.3.7 Help menu

It is used for vi ewing the version number of HD2014 softwar e;

3.4 Toolbar

Tool bar incl udes Programs , Text, H ypertext, Ti me, Temperatur e, Ani mat
ed charac ters , Send, Adj ust Ti me, U dis k and Previ ew tools, as foll ows:

Progr am: It is us ed to create a new program (This program is the subdi


rectory of the screen.);
Text: It is us ed to create a si ngle-line ar ea or a multi-line text area; onl y
pur e texts c an be edited in the si ngle-line text ar ea, whil e in the multi-li
ne text area both texts and tables can be edited;
H ypertext: It is us ed to create an image-text ar ea (Pictures and hyperte
xts c an be ins erted.)or s wf ar ea;
Time: Create a new time area or cloc k area, c ount ar ea. Time area is u
sed to dis pl ay the s ys tem time (c alendar mode); cl oc k ar ea is als o used
to dis play the s ystem ti me (multi ple r ound cl oc k for ms); c ount ar ea is u
sed to dis pl ay the cloc kwise/ c ounter-cloc kwi se count;
Temperatur e: Create a temper atur e area or temperatur e and humi dity ar
ea, and use i t to displ ay the c urrent envir onment temper ature (Temper atu
re sens or module is needed.);
Animat ion characters: Cr eate an ani mated c harac ter area, where you c
an build hollow c haracters, stroke font, and s et various s pecial effec ts, s
uch as waves , s wing, verti cal/horizontal rotati on, z oomi ng, c har acter rotati
on, scr olling, fl yi ng to left/right, fl ash, output c harac ter by c haracter, s wi n
g from one side to the other, elas tic c har acters.
Send: It is us ed to s end t he c urrent scr een fil e;
Expo rt: It’s f or U dis k c ard’s excl usi ve use, s ave the currentl y dis played
file and ti me i nto U di s k (U di s k is updated.);
Adjust Time: Adjus t t he s ystem ti me ( adj ust the ti me of c ontrol car d to
be s ynchr oniz ed with that of c omputer);
Preview: Preview the c urrent program (Note: You can previ ew onl y when
one program is s elected.).

3.5 Analog display

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Note: the rational us e of anal og tools c an hel p you edit scr een file more
conveni entl y, i ncl udi ng zoom i n/out the anal og window, move around the
current area, tur n page of the screen c ontent, etc..

3.6 Display attribute column

In this c ol umn, you c an s et the scr een par ameters , c ommunication, ti m


e, l uminance, ti me s witc h and cl ear dis play data, , test scr een, turn on/of
f the s creen and so on.

Curr ent scr ee n p Functi ona l n avi gat io n


aram eters

Current screen p ar am eters: T hey ar e c hanged acc ordi ng to scr een par
ameter s ettings;
Function al n avig ation: It includes screen parameter s etti ngs, c ommunic a
tion setti ngs, cl ear displ ay data, ti me s etti ngs, l uminanc e s ettings, ti me s
witc h, screen test, turni ng on/off the scr een, etc..

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3.7 The use of remote control

An i nfr ared pr obe needs to be welded, pl ease oper ate the remote c ont
rol as foll ows:
Power: Switc h displ ay U P: Previ ous pr ogram
Down:next pr ogram Left: Decr ease brightness
Right: I ncr eas e brightnes s Play:Scr een tes t
1-99: C hoos e program

Chapter 4 Creation Process of Screen Prog

ram

4.1 Create new screen (the first-level content)

Methods: Clic k File - N ew s creen (T he pass word i s 168 or 188.), the


pop-up s ettings pag e is as bel ow:

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Module Selection : Sel ect the type of your contr ol c ard, and c
lick “N ext”;
Basic Settings: T hey ar e mai nl y us ed to set data pol arity, c ol
or, OE polarity, screen width, screen height, sc an mode and w
hether to use the 138 dec oder;
Befor e s etti ng, you need to know the c orrect attributes of eac
h parameter, or the error will caus e wr ong displ ay;
Troubleshooting :
Inc orrect setti ng of data pol arity will lead to bl ac k charac ters o
n a red bac kgr ound;
Inc orrect setti ng of the 138 decoder will caus e non-dis play or
wrong displ ay:
Inc orrect setti ng of col or may c aus e the value of s creen heigh
t or scr een wi dth retur n to the pr evious one;
Inc orrect setti ng of OE pol arity will lead to uneven l uminance,
namel y, s ome li nes ar e bright, while some lines are dar k;
Inc orrect setti ng of scan mode will c ause mess y c odes;
AfterAdvan
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Setting ngs, clic kar“OK”
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The new scr een

4.2 Create new program (th e second level cont ent, a s

creen c an cr eate 200 programs.)

Methods : Clic k the “pr ogram” on the s hortcut bar (Pr emise: s elec t a sc
reen first), as below:

New program is as below, i ncluding the bor der - s ub-period s etti ngs.

At most 2 00 ne w pr og rams ca n b e cre ate d h


ere.

Play at a
fixed ti me

Note: Eac h of the 200 pr ograms c an s et different attri butes, which i ncl ud
e pl ay mode, border s etti ngs (over 200 ki nds) and pl ay ti me (s peci fied ti
me period).

4.3 Create new ar ea (the t hird-level content , each prog

ram can b e set to 8 ar eas.)

Methods: First, s el ect the program, clic k text, hypertext, ti me, cl oc k, co


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unt, temper ature, etc., then cr eate different types of ar eas, s ee below:

4.4 Finished programs

After the three steps above, we’ ve created a screen file, if we need to
create mor e pr ograms, j ust repeat the s ec ond and thir d steps above (s
ever al programs c an be pl ayed on a same scr een); If you need a s oftw
are to contr ol multipl e s creens, you will have to create more screen fil es,
then jus t repeat thes e t hr ee steps;
Save the programs i nto dis k after c ompl eting them (T hey ar e stored i n
the Project fil e under the i nstallati on path by default, or i n the specifi ed
direc tor y thr oug h the file menu.). By pr evi ewing, you c an vi ew the dyna
mic i mage of each progr am at real-ti me and set the dis play mode; if sati
sfied, you c an send it to scr een thr oug h the “Send” button.

Chapter 5 Display Different Content

5.1 Single-line text display

For pure text displ ay, we c an simpl y us e the single-li ne text areas, but
this area does not s upport the Enter key.
Steps: Pleas e refer to 4.1 and 4.2 to cr eate screen pr ogram;
Click “Text”, then s elec t “singl e-line text”, a si ngle-line text area will ap
pear (The c oordi nates , length and width can be set freel y.)

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Note: F or pure text, we sugges t editi ng it in the si ngle-line text ar ea (Th


is is the si mples t s etti ng.). HD 2014’s s oftware editor is so powerful that
you can alter single text and adjus t it to c enter, and edit the c har acter s
paci ng as well as li ne s pacing.
If the dis play mode is “Conti nuous move to left”, and t he opti on “End t
o end” is s elec ted , the content displ ayed on the screen will be kept mo
vi ng to left; if you don’t sel ect “ End to end”, the c ontent will be output; it
will displ ay c ontinuousl y if there is a blank key.

The following s hortc uts are added in the text edit box, all of si ngle-line
texts, multiline texts and ani mated c harac ters are supported:
Ctrl + A: Sel ect All
Ctrl + Z: Canc el the c urrent operati on
Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + V: Pas te

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5.2 Multiline text display

In the mul tiline text area, you c an use the Enter key to s witc h to a ne
wline, open the * .hf file and add pic tur es, tables ar e also supported her
e.

Stroke is unavailable when it is the si ngle c olor.


As the green arr ow in the fig ure above s hows, you c an add pic tur es,
create tabl es and open the *. hf file by clic ki ng the edit box.

Clic k “T
abl e” to
creat e
a tab le

Insert: All of TXT doc uments , LOGO or pic tur e (onl y J PG, BM P, PNG a
nd GIF for mats), *. HF and RTF fil es c an be inserted.

5.3 Hypertext display

If you want LOGO or picture ( onl y JPG, BMP, PN G and GIF for mats) t
o be dis played on the scr een, how to s et? St eps are as foll ows:
Steps: Pleas e refer to 4.1 and 4.2 to cr eate screen- pr ogram;
After clic ki ng the “H ypertext”, a hypertext area (T he coordi nates, l ength
and wi dth c an be s et fr eel y.) will appear, then you c an add the pic tur es
to be dis pl ayed to the bottom file list, s ee bel ow:

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5.4 SWF

Steps: Pleas e refer to 4.1 and 4.2 to cr eate screen pr ogram;


Click “H yperText”, then s el ect “ SWF”, a SWF area will appear (T he co
ordi nates , length and width can be set freel y.)

5.5 Time display (calendar time)

Time dis play of screen is si milar to text and hypertext dis pl ay, jus t clic
k the ti me area, s teps are as foll ows:
Steps: Pl ease r efer to 4.1 and 4.2 to create scr een-pr ogram;
After clic ki ng “Time”, the ti me ar ea (T he c oor dinates, l ength and wi dth
can be fr eel y set.) will appear. J ust set the positi on, s o eas y! See bel o
w:

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Previ ew cal en dar


time

5.6 Clock display (analog clock)

The cloc k dis pl ay is si milar to text and hypert ext dis play, jus t clic k the
cloc k area, the s teps are as foll ows:
Steps: Pl ease r efer to 4.1 and 4.2 to create scr een-pr ogram;
After clic ki ng the cl oc k, a cloc k ar ea (The c oor dinates, length and widt
h c an be fr eel y set.) will appear. It’s ver y si mple to set, j ust set the posi
tion, as bel ow:

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5.6 Clockwise / counter-clockwise count display

The screen dis pl ays cl oc kwis e / counter-cl oc kwis e c ount.


Steps: Pl ease r efer to 4.1 and 4.2 to create scr een-pr ogram;
After clic ki ng “Count”, a count area (T he coordi nates, l ength and width
can be freel y s et.) will appear, as bel ow:

Previ ew cou ntd ow n

5.7 Temperature display (Sensor is required to bu

y.)

The screen dis pl ays the c urrent envir onment temper ature.
Steps: Pl ease r efer to the content of 4.1 and 4.2 to cr eate screen- pro
gram;
After clic ki ng the “Temper ature”, a temper ature area (T he coordi nates, l
ength and wi dth can be freel y set.) will appear, see bel ow:

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Through the 5.1-5.6 above, you can know that our s oftware can s et m
ulti-func tional as well as mul ti-regional c ontent, s o that it can be enough
to meet the applicati ons in vari ous sc enes.

5.8 Animated character display

Add an imat ed bac


kgro un ds

Custo m co mbi nati on effects

Ani mated bac kground s upport SWF, J PG, GIF and BMP. Image pac kag e
is one or mor e s till images , multi-fr ame image is a pictur e with ani matio
n, SWF is flas h fil es. M ulti-frame i mages and SWF type c an onl y add
a pic tur e, i mage pac kag e c an add multi ple pictur es.

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Chapter 6 Communication Settings

6.1 Production of Seria l line

Our s ystem us es the direc t RS232 communi cati on line, s ee bel ow for
the fi nished line:

6.2 Communication settings (serial port)

Methods: Setti ngs - Communication Settings ( Pleas e confir m the drive


installed c orrectl y when usi ng a USB instead of the s erial port.), s ee be
low:

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Clic k “Se arc h” to s earc h COM p ort,
if the l in e k eep s n orma l for a c ertai
n time, t he s earc h wil l a utom atica lly
succe ed.

When t he c omm u
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bau d r ate to 19 2
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If the c ommunic ati on is free of troubl e, the c har acters “Fi nish search”
will appear; i f it breaks down, the characters “Sending is overti me” will
be shown on the output wi ndow (c hec k whether the c ommunication line i
s normal, r e-pl ug the s erial li ne and searc h ag ain i f nor mal .).

6.3 Production of network line

Networ k li ne consists of two ki nds : overl apping li ne (C ontrol c ard con


nec ts with c omputer.) and dir ect li ne (C ontrol c ar d connects with r outer.).
Overlapping line:
The production of two cr ystal ends is different, one takes TIA/ EIA- 568
B as standard, the other TIA/EIA- 568A s tandar d. It is generall y us ed for
the s ame device, s uc h as PC networ k c ard and PC networ k car d, HU B
common por t and HUB common port.
Direct line:
The production of two cr ystal ends is the s ame, both of them take th
e accor dant standard, for exampl e, both use the T IA/EI A-568B standar d
or TIA/EIA- 568A standard. It is us ed between PC networ k c ard and HU B
common port, and HU B c ommon port and HU B cascadi ng port. Dir ect li
ne is us ed s o widel y that i t c an appli es to all common purpos es.
Pleas e us e the direct line if t he c ontrol c ard connec ts with a s witc h.

Use dir ect li ne w he n the co ntrol


card c on nects wit h a r out er or
switch.

Use over la pp in g l ine w he n the


contr ol c ard c on ne cts wit h P
C n etwor k car d.

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6.4 Communication settings (network interface)

6.4.1 Single network comm unication in LAN

Methods : Settings - C ommunic ation s ettings, pl eas e us e the Si mplify M


ode when onl y one c ontrol c ard is connected to LAN, s ee bel ow:

6.4.2 Multiple network card comm unication in LAN

Methods : Settings - C ommunic ation s ettings, when ther e ar e multipl e n


etwor k c ards to communic ate, pl ease us e the Customiz e M ode ,as below:

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After c ompl eti ng thi s s etti ng is, you need to r es et the IP of eac h c ontr
ol car d i n LAN, the methods are as follows: Clic k the Oper ati on menu-IP
Management tools, s ee bel ow:

6.5 Communication settings(WIFI)

Methods: C onnect to wir eles s networ k emitted by WIFI car d, and s et


the scr een par ameter t o W40/W42, then detect wireless networ k thr oug h
communic ati on settings ; if the detec ting is s ucc ess ful, you c an c ommuni
cate with c ontrol c ard. See bel ow:

Appendix 2 Common Settings during Use

Appendix 2.1 How to remote ly upgrade the control


card?

Remote upgrade of c ontr ol car d is mainl y us ed for updati ng the pr odu


ct’s featur es, or dealing with maj or bugs, while nor mal us e does not nee
d to be updated, the s peci fic methods are as foll ows:
Downl oad the c orres ponding c ontrol c ar d fir mwar e (Eac h pr oduc t has a

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corres ponding. Bi n file.);


Click Operation> U pdate Fir mwar e (The c ode is 168.) >Operati on Interf
ace, s ee below:

View the
versi on of Upd ate t
contr ol c he c ontr
ard ol c ard

Click “U pdate Fir mwar e” on the i nter fac e, sel ect the c orres pondi ng bin
file, now the oper ati on is completed (Fir mwar e upgrade onl y c an be c arri
ed out vi a R S232 or networ k port, U dis k c annot be updated in this wa
y.).
Note: Keep the power on and do not pull out the s erial line duri ng th
e upgrade.

Appendix 2.2 How to restore the controller card to

factory settings?

Ther e are two ways to res tor e the contr ol c ard to fac tor y settings : har
dwar e rec over y and s oftwar e rec over y.
Hard war e R ecover y: Firstl y power off > manuall y pr ess t he T EST butt
on ( do not l et g o) > power on (do not l et go) > hold for si x seconds > l
et go to fi nish r ebooti ng.
Soft ware Recover y: Software oper ati on > Clear dis play data (T his ste
p is req uired to be done i n the nor mal c ommunic ati on state.);

Appendix 2.3 How to test screen w ith the control c


ard?

There are two ways to test screen: har dware tes t and s oftware test.
Hard ware Test: Adjus t the parameters firstl y, press t he TEST button of
the c ontrol c ard (power-on) and hol d it for seven s econds, l et g o after
enteri ng tes t status, then clic k eight ti mes for eight different tes t modes.
Soft ware Test: Software oper ati on> Scr een Test> Interfac e for testi ng,
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as bel ow:

Eight tes t
modes

Appendix 2.4 Time sw itch for screen

Pleas e refer to 4.1 f or scr een’s ti me s witc h s ettings.

Appendix 2.5 Play screen at a specified time

Pleas e refer to 4.2 for pl ayi ng screen in a s pecified period and at a fi


xed ti me.

Appendix 2.6 How to set subtitles to be stationary?

Setting the s ubtitles to be s tationar y mus t be done in the Text windo


w, s ee below:

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Appendix 2.7 Export to U disk

Expo rt Content: After the pr ogram is c ompl eted, plug the U dis k, then j
ust s el ect the " Export to U dis k" ; if the program c ontains a time area, y
ou need to adjus t the ti me before exporti ng in or der to ensur e the ac cur
ate ti me. See bel ow:

Adjust th e tim e for U disk: Selec t the “ Adj ust ti me” before exporti ng, y
ou can us e the s ystem ti me, or s et it by yours elf.
Lumin ance Settin gs: Set the lumi nanc e accor ding to your own r equirem
ent, the c urrent lumi nanc e will be dis played when you re-export the c ont
ent.

Appendix 2.8 Common solutions to uneven luminanc

e on the screen

1, C hange the frequenc y to 100% or other val ues under the advanc ed s
etti ngs of scr een par ameter s ettings, see bel ow:

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2, Set the val ue of s peed and lumi nanc e to 5,6,7,8, that is to say, dr ag
the pr ogress bar to the right, as the bottom red box in the picture abov
e s hows .
3, M odi fy the val ue of latc h polarity.

4, Switc h the val ue of O E pol arity.

Appendix 2.9 Operation of buttons on the control b

oard

Button S1 / test: 1, Test screen. Pr ess this button for about 3 s econds
when the scr een is bright, all the lights will tur n red,i t has entered scr
een tes t at this moment; if you pr ess it agai n, the r ed, green, bl ue and
white lights will be bright at the same ti me, s ee bel ow:

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2, Press this button and hold it for about 5 s ec onds after the c ontrol c ar
d is power on,all the c ontents i n the c ontrol c ard will be cleared.
Button S2 / RG B: 1, Switch to pr evious program:
AQ 0 c ard needs to s et the button 2 to “Switc h to previ ous program" und
er the advanc ed s etti ngs, and s end the c ontent to the contr ol c ard, now
it can be s witc hed normall y. See below:

E43/G3 car ds c annot s wi tch to the pr evious program normall y unl ess set
the button 1 is s et to "Pr ogram Swi tchi ng" under the advanc ed settings,
see bel ow:

2, If the S2 button can s witch progr ams nor mall y, pleas e turn the c ontr ol
card off, pres s and hol d this button to tur n the power on, thr ee lights o
f the c ontrol car d will be bright and one is dar k, now the firmware has
been cleared. If you want to use the contr ol car d again, you mus t updat
e the lates t fir mwar e.
AQ 0 c ard can use this function onl y when the button 2 is s et to " Swi
tch to previous program", whil e E43/ G3 car ds must s et the button 1 to
“Program Switc hing”, see above.

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