Data Display Infineum, User Manual

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Page 2: ...1 Getting Started 6 5 2 Exiting from the Software 6 5 3 Accessing Help 6 5 4 Screen Layout and Symbols 7 5 4 1 The Caption Bar 7 5 4 2 The Speed Bar 8 5 4 3 The Menu Bar 8 5 4 4 The Canvas 8 5 4 5 The Status Line 8 5 5 The Menu Bar 9 6 Examples 28 6 1 How to Setup a Frame 28 6 2 How to create a simple animation and using effects 28 6 3 Adding text to a Graphics frame 28 6 4 Notes on importing Clip...

Page 3: ...isting local Ethernet network via an RJ45 connection The Display is 192 pixels high by 64 pixels wide and uses Ultra bright red LED technology Data Displays GRAFIT software is used to operate the Displays The user can create both text and graphic messages and subsequently change the messages at will The Display Board will show a combination of static and scrolling messages normal or large fonts as...

Page 4: ...ternal network card and an RJ45 socket installed in the Display enables the Display to connect to the Local Area Network LAN The Display becomes part of the network similar to the PCs and printers and must be given an IP address For further details please refer to the NetPrinter Port Setup section of this manual Use a networked PC to control the Display Mount the Board securely and connect the cab...

Page 5: ...r Memory 16MB Display VGA 15 inch or larger recommended 256 colors 16 bit color Software Microsoft Windows 3 1 running in 386 enhanced mode or later Disk Space 10MB minimum free space for GRAFIT plus space for database and event log storage Bitmaps Gifs Tiffs etc Comms COMM Port 1 9 Pin serial port must be available Other Mouse or other pointing device Since the Display system is normally connecte...

Page 6: ... the procedure outlined in your Microsoft Windows User Manual 3 3 2 Win 95 98 NT 4 0 If installing to run under Windows 95 etc click the Start button then select Settings Control Panel Double click the Add Remove Programs icon and follow the instructions shown on the screen Add GRAFIT to the Start menu or your Desktop by creating a short cut as described in your Windows 95 User Manual Executable t...

Page 7: ...log box opens requesting the user to enter the NetPrinters product name PN and its assigned static IP Address Click on the Set IP button to confirm IP Address set up Figure 4 1 NetPrint IP Setup Dialog Box 4 1 2 GRAFIT INI Set up The Display now has an IP address assigned to its NetPrinter This IP address must be listed in the GRAFIT ini file under the section titled NetPrinter The GRAFIT ini file...

Page 8: ...and F4 keys together and clicking on the Yes button of the dialog box Using Windows 3 x choose the Close option from the window menu accessed by clicking on the box in the top left hand corner of the screen Using Windows 95 click on the Close button in the top right hand corner of the screen and clicking on the Yes button of the dialog box 5 3 Accessing Help Help is available in the GRAFIT applica...

Page 9: ... window are the Caption Bar the Speed Bar the Menu Bar the Canvas the main area of the window and the Status Line at the bottom of the screen When selected many of the main menu items Display Dialog Boxes Figure 5 1 The Main GRAFIT editing screen 5 4 1 The Caption Bar The Caption Bar contains the name of the software application GRAFIT followed by the current view title and the resolution ...

Page 10: ...mmand is followed by an ellipsis choosing the command opens a dialog box If the command is followed by an arrowhead the command leads to another menu selection If the command has neither an ellipsis nor an arrowhead then the action occurs as the command is chosen or For further information on the use of windows icons mouse and menus refer to the Microsoft Windows User Manual 5 4 4 The Canvas The M...

Page 11: ...u produces a dialog box from which the user may select a BMP file or any of the file types listed FIELDS File Name To select a file click with the left mouse button on a BMP file listed under File Name in the dialog box or type in the name of the required BMP file in the space given under File Name List Files of Type Clicking on this option with the left mouse button pulls down a menu from which t...

Page 12: ...map Send Send the current frame to the Display hardware as a single frame sequence Setup Selecting this option provides a dialog box so that the user may select a frame type an effect for the current bitmap frame being worked on and a pause rate i e how long the bitmap frame drawing will be left on the screen during animation FIELDS Type Click on the arrow to show the frame type options available ...

Page 13: ...ne a pause rate click the left mouse button in the space to the right of pause and type in your required value For the 192 x 64 Display a pause of 20 is equal to 1 0 second BUTTONS OK Accept configuration as entered CANCEL Exit dialog without altering bitmap effect or pause file Fixup Colors This option converts images to match the palette of the Display being used The result will depend on how mu...

Page 14: ...x or type in the name of the required FRM file in the space given under File Name List Files of Type Clicking on this option with the left mouse button pulls down a menu from which the user may choose what type of files he wishes to see in the File Name selection menu Directories Under this heading is provided an option to select the subdirectories from which the user will be able to view the file...

Page 15: ...es the user to define Display specific animation parameters FIELDS Frames The number of pages or picture frames in the animation Pause The pause allows the user to set the same delay between all frames in the animation sequence To define a pause click the left mouse button in the space to the right of Pause and type in your required value A pause of 20 1 0 second on the 64x28x2 Display BUTTONS OK ...

Page 16: ...delay until the user chooses to stop This option is also available as the seventh button on the speed bar Stop Clicking with the left mouse button on Stop will stop the animation This option is also available as the eight button on the speed bar Schedule This menu provides options for dealing with schedules of animation sequences Load Load a schedule setup from a SCH file on disk into memory Save ...

Page 17: ...can search for and select the file BUTTONS SETTINGS This button pops up the Animation Settings dialog for the selected file in the list You select a file in the Animation list by left clicking on it This dialog allows you to set the following parameters Cycle Which cycles the animation is to appear in all cycles or every second or third cycle or whatever Repeat How many times will the animation be...

Page 18: ...mensions are of the form W x H x C where W LED columns H LED rows C colors including LED off Update Test mode This is a drop down list of the modes available on the chosen type of Display The modes available are as follows Normal update Default mode whereby the Display just runs as usual Device test page This mode forces the Display to show device information such as the firmware version communica...

Page 19: ...anels When you add a Panel then you must also choose the Options Display COMs button and set its address To switch to select a Panel select the Options Display List menu option and click on the Panel in question Set Time Date Set Dimmed Time This menu option sends the current PC time date to the Display s at the next initial Frame Anim This is useful if wanting to schedule frames as well as displa...

Page 20: ... 01 Page 18 Ports This dialog provides facilities for setting up testing and monitoring the system communications ports For this software package the settings of COM1 must be set as shown below and be available on the Host PC Settings for COM1 Open ...

Page 21: ...out a particular sequence of bytes to the selected port You can send binary values as follows A 1 B 2 etc FIELDS Rx timeout This is the length of time the software will wait for device responses after polling sending on this port If this value is greater than 2000ms for the GRAFIT application then the software will popup an information dialog for each frame sent when sending one or more frames to ...

Page 22: ...ack rectangular border and you can only select one port at a time Modem Save Event Log This option is not available for this application This option provides the facility to save any changes to the configuration or system of this application This option provides a dialog box to show the event log day by day By entering a particular date the first 1000 events occurring on that day will be listed To...

Page 23: ...enu provides the option for altering complete bitmaps or sections of bitmaps selected with the grab tool Undo This option allows the user erase his last action on the bitmap If Undo is clicked a second time the result is that what was undone will be unerased Cut Cut the frame or selected section to the Clipboard Copy Copy the selected frame or selection of it to the Clipboard Paste Put copied fram...

Page 24: ...ant the text to appear A text cursor will then appear in the foreground color Next type the first character of the text if the character does not appear where you want it to then delete it with the backspace key and reposition the cursor By referring to the Co ordinates box you will soon be able to position the text cursor exactly where you want it whenever you are entering text When you are happy...

Page 25: ...sed in conduction with the Palette With this tool chosen you can fill a bounded area on the frame with the chosen color in the palette simply by clicking within the area on the frame RECTANGLE This square tool allows the user to draw outlines of squares or rectangles Click down on the mouse button on the frame when the mouse is at the required start position and then drag the mouse which has the e...

Page 26: ...then mark a rectangle on the frame as if you were drawing a rectangle with the left mouse button Then drag this rectangle over the area to which you wish to copy it by clicking on the rectangle with the left mouse button and moving the mouse arrow as you keep the left mouse button down To change the size and position of the drawing area on the frame with the Grab Size tool selected right click on ...

Page 27: ...ground or left mouse button color Clicking on a color within the color box with the left mouse button will have the effect of changing the foreground color and clicking on a color with the right mouse button will change the background color Drawing operations will always be performed with the selected color Co ordinates Clicking on this option creates a co ordinates indicator box which indicates t...

Page 28: ...x A sample of the font will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the options box The scroll up keys adjacent to the font choice will give more font options for selection Font Style To change the font style click on the desired font type beneath the option font style in the box A sample of the font style will appear in the bottom right hand corner of the options box Font Size To change font si...

Page 29: ...effect to leave a mark in it An example of how the text will appear in the sample box To undo the effect click on the box again to clear the mark which selected it Colors The color option for text is not available through the fonts option box The color can only be altered using the color bar BUTTONS OK Accept configuration as entered CANCEL Exit dialog without accepting configuration Help This men...

Page 30: ...ou require Try 3 with a Pause of 10 3 Now you can create the frames by hand using the Tools and the Palette or load each one from an existing frame file BMP GIF etc are supported choose the Frame Load menu option 4 For starters just choose the RED Pen and scribble 1 on Frame 1 then click on the Anim Frame menu option or the equivalent speed bar button 5 Scribble 2 on Frame 2 and repeat the process...

Page 31: ...ext just click on the OK button and now your text is attached to the mouse pointer as a floating object which you can position exactly over your current graphics image see help of TEXT tool 6 4 Notes on importing Clipart Although GRAFIT has all the basic features required to create your own graphics images it usually makes more sense to import your graphics from a public domain Clipart library or ...

Page 32: ...ppear in DOS since it is not multi tasking iv If a serial mouse has ever been used on the computer or the computer is a lap top with a tracker ball then there is a possibility that there are software drivers loaded which may be conflicting with COMn v If you are unsure if a communications port is working or not then check it by running Windows HyperTerminal see Accessories select that port then sh...

Page 33: ...xt frame onto the Display in the direction relating to the WIPE effect selected i e Left or Down Use On and Off Command Close This command is the opposite to OPEN in that is closes the frame onto the Display screen from the edges to the center like a closing curtain Use On and Off Command Down This command is the opposite of VERTICAL in that it causes the next frame to be scrolled down vertically ...

Page 34: ...of equipment after maintenance 9 1 Maintenance Instructions 9 1 1 Cleaning the Display Routine cleaning of the Display Board is at the discretion of the operator and subject to local conditions Use damp non abrasive materials such as a sponge or lint free cloth to clean the Display Remove difficult stains or marks with a suitable solvent DO NOT USE sharp or metal objects 9 1 2 Preventative Mainten...

Page 35: ...Display Panel Type DB128UBR LED Diameter 5mm LED Color Ultra Bright Red Communication EPROM GB192X64 Protocol MATIF Baud Rate 9600 Addressing Dip Switch Data Format 8 bit 1 stop bit no parity Xon Xoff Character Set Extended ASCII set Software Text Graphics GRAFIT Ver 1 16c Electrical Main Power Supply 110 Volts Frequency 60 Hz Housing Dimensions HxLxD 818mm x 1544mm x 112mm Housing Material Housin...