Adaptive Beta-Brite, Programming Manual

Page 1: ...ual is for the 1026 and 1040 models of the BetaBrite sign To find the model of your BetaBrite sign turn it off and then on again The model number appears as follows 10404402d EZ95 The first four numbers 1040 are the model number Form No 9704 0001B 4 02 2001 ...

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Page 3: ... Displaying messages in time order 12 Example 4 Changing the text of an existing message 14 Example 5 Deleting messages 16 Advanced text messaging 17 Example 6 Displaying the time and date 17 Example 7 Using fonts and colors 20 Example 8 Speeding up and slowing down messages 23 Example 9 Special effects with modes Trailing modes 25 Example 10 International characters 26 Graphics 28 Example 11 Crea...

Page 4: ... by this warranty The purchase price of this product does not include from Adaptive Micro Systems Inc any on site support service or maintenance Local ordinances prohibiting the use of flashing signs may exist in some locations Compliance with local ordinances is the sole responsibility of the customer To obtain warranty coverage this product must be registered Please complete the enclosed warrant...

Page 5: ..._____________________ ________________________________ Return Instructions 1 Obtain an RMA number from Adaptive Micro Systems at 414 357 2020 Ask for Customer Service 2 Fill out this form and include proof of purchase receipt if product is under warranty 3 Pack this form the sign keyboard and transformer in the original carton or a suitable replacement Please write the RMA number on the outside of...

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Page 7: ...rol needs four AAA batteries to operate Y Z S T U V W X M N P Q R O G H I J K L A B C D E F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO SPEED TIME DOT ROLL WIPE SCROLL FLASH HOLD ROTATE APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ON OFF REMOTE CONTROL SOUND INSERT BACK ADV DELETE PROGRAM RUN SELECT SPACE RETURN SHIFT CAPS SHIFT Figure 1 Infrared IR Remote Control keyboard Use one of the SHIFT keys to access these white f...

Page 8: ...of the sign Light from the sign s display that is reflected back can interfere with the Remote Control If nearby fluorescent lights interfere with the Remote Control you may have to relocate either the lights or the sign 30 o 30 o 30 o 30 o If a sign is this far from the floor then hold a Remote Control this far away 10 feet from 10 to 30 feet 15 feet from 19 to 30 feet 20 feet from 25 to 30 feet ...

Page 9: ...OGRAM turns a sign off and on NOTE Messages that you have programmed into the sign will not be lost when you turn a sign off Messages will be retained for up to 30 days if the sign is not powered When a sign starts up the following will be displayed 8K RAM THEN WED 1 26 PM THEN This is the software or firmware inside the sign This is the amount of memory inside the sign Because the time and date a...

Page 10: ...see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK until SET TIME appears 3 Press ADV 4 Press D to set the day of the week Press H to set the hour Press M to set the minute NOTE Press SELECT to change from 12 hour AM PM to 24 hour mode 0 23 5 Press BACK until SET DATE appears 6 Press ADV 7 Press D to set the correct day Press M to set the month Press Y to set the year NOTE Press SELECT to display the date in d...

Page 11: ...l messages graphics and the password that have been programmed into the sign Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK until CLEAR MEMORY appears 3 Press ADV 4 Press Y to clear the sign s memory The sign will return to normal operation and display a series of demo messages PROG TEXT A CLEAR MEMORY WARNING THEN CLEAR ALL Y N ...

Page 12: ...s ADV 4 Press Y to set a password 5 Type a 6 character password Only asterisks will appear on the sign as you type Re type the password when prompted CORRECT will appear if you entered the same password If you failed to type the same password ERROR will appear and you ll have to start over from Step 1 6 Press RUN twice 7 Press Y to password protect the sign NOTE If you select N then a password wil...

Page 13: ...password To do this see Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 Sound control Normally when you press a Remote Control key while programming a sign the sign will beep If you want to turn the beeping off hold down SHIFT and then press RUN To turn the beeping on again repeat this Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Hold down SHIFT and press L six times 3 Enter a new password See Setting ...

Page 14: ...ADV 3 Type THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE Note If you make a mistake while typing press DELETE to erase a letter Your first message will look like this THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE THEN Your second message will use lowercase text This message must be shown on three displays because the words second message won t fit on a single line This is your second THEN THEN message PROG TEXT A A is the file name of...

Page 15: ...e Step 3 the text of your message will be displayed in a variety of formats For example one of the formats or modes called Scroll moves your message from the bottom to the top of the sign THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE THEN PROG TEXT A The A changes to a question mark after pressing SELECT PROG TEXT B is now the file name of your second message If you pressed A instead of B you would have written over...

Page 16: ...his This example continues where Example 1 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the sign File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B This is your second message 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press RUN 3 If RUN appears on the sign go to the next step Otherwise press SELECT until RUN appears 4 Press B 5 Press RUN You have just programmed the sign to run only message file B Nex...

Page 17: ...thod you can program the order of some or all of the messages you ve entered on a sign RUN The order of these letters determines the order in which messages will appear on a sign In this case message B will appear first then message A RUN BA File B File A These two messages will keep being displayed in this order until a new file name order or a new message is entered This is your second THEN THEN...

Page 18: ...ple make sure that your sign s internal clock has been accurately set See Setting a sign s time and date on page 4 This example continues where Example 1 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the sign File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B This is your second message In this example we ll program the sign to display File A on Monday through Friday from 1 10 P...

Page 19: ...he display order of these two messages 14 Press RUN once Press D to set the day H for hour and M for minute in 10 minute increments A ON M F 0 00 Hours must be represented in 24 hour or military style So 1 00 PM 13 00 2 00 PM 14 00 etc A ON M F 13 00 Minutes are in increments of 10 A ON M F 13 10 After setting the ON time select the OFF time or when the message stops A OFF M F 0 00 TIME RUN or DEM...

Page 20: ...A is displayed In this example we ll change File A and File B to the following File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE BUT NOW IT S LONGER File B This is the second message your changed to the 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press SELECT until B appears 3 Press ADV until the space after your appears 4 Press DELETE until your and the space after it are erased 5 Press INSERT 6 Type the and then SPACE 7 Press INSERT to ...

Page 21: ... A appears on the sign 13 Press APPEND 14 To type a comma hold down SHIFT and press W 15 Press SPACE and then type BUT NOW IT 16 To type an apostrophe hold down SHIFT and press V 17 Type S LONGER 18 Press RUN twice B cond message File B This is the second THEN THEN message PROG TEXT B PROG TEXT A APPEND takes you to the end of a message A IRST MESSAGE A IRST MESSAGE A E BUT NOW IT A BUT NOW IT A W...

Page 22: ... this You see this This example continues where Example 4 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the sign File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE BUT NOW IT S LONGER File B This is the second message In this example we ll delete File B 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press SELECT until B appears on the sign 3 Press DELETE 4 Press Y to delete the file 5 Press RUN twice PROG TEXT A P...

Page 23: ...e time and date must be re programmed each time the sign is turned back on Step When you do this You see this In this example we ll create a message that continuously displays the current time and date 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 16 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press SELECT 4 Press A 5 Hold down SHIFT and...

Page 24: ... the right of the sign 13 Hold down SHIFT and press 1 for ROLL Then press SELECT to until the Roll direction changes to 14 Press WIDTH to turn off wide characters 15 Press SPECIAL Press SELECT until the Roll direction changes to down RL Roll up a message RL Roll down a message RL Roll a message to the left RL Roll a message to the right RL Roll a message in from both sides of the sign RL Roll a me...

Page 25: ...anced text messaging Example 6 Displaying the time and date 19 16 Press M 17 Press RUNtwice to see the message Pressing SPECIAL and M inserts the current date into a message A CT 14 2001 Rosco Advertising THEN 3 26 PM THEN THEN Jan 19 2006 ...

Page 26: ...lable on page 36 Colors Your sign can display up to eight colors GRN for green RED for red etc plus four special color combinations To determine what colors are available on your sign see Appendix A Modes fonts and colors available on page 36 The following examples demonstrate how to use fonts and colors on your sign Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in ...

Page 27: ...ppears 10 Press WIDTH to display wide text 11 Using CAPS and SHIFT when needed type SRF Wide 12 Press RETURN to start a new line of text 13 PressWIDTHagaintoturn wide characters off PROG TEXT A A A HLD Hold mode turns off Automode A HLD GRN We ll make the first part of the message appear in green A HLD GRN SRF As you type the font you selected will appear as it will actually be displayed on the si...

Page 28: ... THIS IS SS5 NOTE Only uppercase character can be used with this font 17 Press RUN twice to see what you ve typed A e SLM RB1 SLM regular or slim text RB1 rainbow 1 colored text A SLM RB1 SS5 SS5 the smallest font A SS5 THIS IS SS5 THEN THEN THEN This is SRF SRF Wide THIS IS SS5 This text should appear in green This text should appear in amber This text should appear in rainbow 1 ...

Page 29: ...ge Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 16 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press ADV 4 Select SCROLL Hold down SHIFT and press 3 5 SelectSPEED Holddown SHIFT and press 8 6 Press SELECT until SP1 very slow appears 7 Type Scroll speed 1 8 Select SCROLL again 9 Select SPEED again SP1 S...

Page 30: ... see your message The message Scroll speed 1 should scroll up very slowly However the message Scroll speed N should scroll up without pausing at all A SCR NHL A croll speed N Scroll speed 1 Scroll speed N Scroll speed 1 Using SP1 slow speed the message scrolls up into the sign pauses then scrolls off the sign Using NHL fastest speed the message scrolls into and off the sign without pausing Scroll ...

Page 31: ...ing can not be used as a trailing mode CONDENSED ROTATE SCROLL SLIDE SNOW and SPRAY Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 16 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press ADV 4 Hold down SHIFT and press 4 for FLASH 5 Type ATTENTION 6 Hold down SHIFT and press 1 for ROLL 7 Type Trailing mode ...

Page 32: ...ers in a message Base Characters Use the CAPS button on the Remote Control for the lowercase letters A C E I N O U Y International Characters â Ç é ï ñ ô ü ÿ ä ç ê î Ñ ö û Y å C ë ì N ò Ü y Ä c è I n Ö ú ƒ Å É i ó U æ E o u Æ e O á o a A a Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages ...

Page 33: ...ual Advanced text messaging Example 10 International characters 27 5 Press SELECT until é appears 6 Type sume 7 Press SELECT until é appears 8 Press RUN twice to see your message satellite A ubmit your ré A your résume A your résumé ...

Page 34: ...nt to display the graphic all by itself Example 11 Creating a movie marquee Step When you do this You see this In this example we ll create three graphics or DOTS files and combine them with text to make a flashing marquee 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 16 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press BACK First you ll...

Page 35: ...lly draw The blinking DOTS cursor keeps track of where you re drawing Y Z S T U V W X M N P Q R O G H I J K L A B C D E F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO SPEED TIME DOT ROLL WIPE SCROLL FLASH HOLD ROTATE APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ON OFF REMOTE CONTROL SOUND INSERT BACK ADV DELETE PROGRAM RUN SELECT SPACE RETURN SHIFT CAPS SHIFT Keep pressing Q until the DOTS cursor moves here These keys move...

Page 36: ...OTS graphic it must be placed in a text message In the following steps we ll create a text message and add the three DOTS graphics just created 13 Press BACK to return to PROG TEXT 14 Press SELECT until a question mark appears 15 Press A 16 Hold down SHIFT and press 4 for FLASH 17 Hold down SHIFT and press 8 for SPEED 18 Press SELECT until SP5 appears This is the fastest speed 19 Insert the first ...

Page 37: ...ppears Now we ll add the message Movie News after the three graphics 22 Press FONT until SRF appears 23 Type the letter M 24 Press FONT until SS5 appears 25 Type ovie and then press SPACE 26 Press FONT until SRF appears again 27 Type the letter N 28 Press FONT until SS5 appears again 29 Type ews Press SELECT A DOT A A 4 DOT A DOT B Press SELECT A DOT A A A DOT B DOT C A T B DOT C SRF A B DOT C SRF...

Page 38: ...Remote Control Programming Manual 32 Graphics Example 11 Creating a movie marquee 30 Press RUN twice to watch the marquee you created ...

Page 39: ...n This reduces the size of the drawing area Keep pressing X until there are 5 dots between the vertical line and the end of the sign NOTE If you don t reduce the graphic area the graphic would take up the entire area of the sign These triangle graphics two copies of a single DOTS file will be combined with the text Graphics PROG TEXT A The name of your DOTS graphics file will be A PROG DOTS A The ...

Page 40: ...e a space before Graphics 13 Hold down SHIFT and press 0 to insert your DOTS graphic again 14 Press RUN twice to see your graphic and text message move across the sign Remember To just move the cursor don t hold down SHIFT SHIFT Q S H I F T F S H I F T D PROG DOTS PROG TEXT A A A ROT The A is the file name of your DOTS graphic A ROT DOT A A T A Graphics Place a space before the word Graphics Other...

Page 41: ... You see this This is a continuation of the previous example This example assumes that the following graphic is in DOTS file A 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK 3 Press SELECT 4 Type the letter of the graphic you want to delete In this case type A 5 Press Z 6 Press Y to delete the graphic Or N if you don t want to delete it 7 Press RUN four times to return to normal operation PROG TEXT A PROG DOTS A PR...

Page 42: ...ar on the sign Modes available Automode AUT SHIFT 7 Flash FLS SHIFT 4 Hold HLD SHIFT 5 Interlock SPC 3 SPECIAL 3 Roll RL SHIFT 1 Use SELECT to change roll direction Rotate ROT or CRT SHIFT 6 Use SELECT to change between the two Scroll SCR SHIFT 3 Slide SPC 5 SPECIAL 5 Snow SPC 2 SPECIAL 2 Sparkle SPC 1 SPECIAL 1 Spray SPC 6 SPECIAL 6 Starburst SPC 7 SPECIAL 7 Switch SPC 4 SPECIAL 4 Twinkle SPC 0 S...

Page 43: ...mming Manual Appendixes Appendix A Modes fonts and colors available 37 Colors available Red RED Light red LRD Green GRN Light green LGN Amber AMB Brown BRN Orange ORG Yellow YEL Rainbow 1 RB1 Rainbow 2 RB2 Mixed colors MIX ...

Page 44: ...ep When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK until SET TIME AND DAY or SET TIME appears 3 Press ADV 4 Type TEST NOTE This test deletes all messages in the sign However if you type the letter R immediately after typing TEST your messages will be preserved 56 Press PROGRAM to exit the self test mode PROG TEXT A SET TIME SET W D H M THEN MON 2 29 AM THEN A series of test displays wil...

Page 45: ...pply E 1102 9102 BetaBrite Messaging Software 1092 7827 AlphaNeT plus software A B C To one of the PC s COM RS232 ports To sign s RS232 jack behind cover PC running BetaBrite Messaging Software or AlphaNeT plus software NOTE A BetaBrite sign can only be connected to one computer It can not be networked to more than one computer or to another BetaBrite sign NOTE Use only the power supply Item D tha...

Page 46: ...our hand on sensitive components Put on a grounded anti static wristband or heel strap Until you re ready to handle them keep static sensitive parts in an anti static container Do NOT touch EPROM leads If they become bent use a tool to straighten them Do your work on a static free surface and always use grounded soldering test and assembly tools For more information refer to Adaptive Tech Memo 00 ...

Page 47: ... SRF or SS5 used in a message See Example 7 Using fonts and colors on page 20 WIDTH Changes the width of a font Text that appears after WID will look bold To return to normal text press WIDTH again and SLM will appear See Example 7 Using fonts and colors on page 20 COLOR Changes the color of text APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ON OFF SOUND PROGRAM RUN Press ADV to enter a message in file A...

Page 48: ...he Rotate mode in a message AUTO Hold down SHIFT and press 7 to use the Auto mode in a message SPEED Hold down SHIFT and press 8 to use the Speed mode in a message Use SELECT to set the speed NHL fastest SP1 slowest TIME Hold down SHIFT and press 9 to include the time in a message Date Press SPECIAL and then M to include the date in a message Twinkle Press SPECIAL Then press 0 Sparkle Press SPECIA...

Page 49: ...SOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ON OFF REMOTE CONTROL SOUND INSERT BACK ADV DELETE PROGRAM RUN SELECT SPACE RETURN SHIFT CAPS SHIFT 1 Press PROGRAM and then BACK 2 Next press ADV The DOTS cursor will be in the upper left hand corner of the sign 3 Use the direction keys D E F etc to move the DOTS cursor in the direction indicated by the white arrows 4 To draw a line hold down SHIFT while pressing one ...

Page 50: ...Remote Control Programming Manual 44 Quick Reference Card How to create a graphic ...