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1. Change Password from the main menu Then you will see a screen as below Change Login Password New Password Contin Password caro If you want to disable login password leave these password fields empty and click OK If you want to set password enter the new login password and enter the same new password on the Confirm Password field And Click OK Then exit WinEDT and run WinEDT again you will see a screen asking you to enter login password before starting to use WinEDT If you type wrong login passwords 3 times or click Cancel WinEDT program will be closed Password men View Report To view the send log report go to menu Options View Report Preferences Go to menu File Preferences to set some default preferences to run WinEDT Directory You can set the default directory to save EDT message S99 and EDL graphic files 28 ini xi Directory Connection Presentation Functions Set the default directory vou want to save WinEDT message and EDL Graphic files E Program Files wired Browse Connection Whenever you open an EDT S99 file the connection settings saved within the file can be loaded to replace the current connection settings of WinEDT or not Whenever EDT program starts automatically checking updates from internet can be enabled or disabled _ Preferences Miel ES Sector Connection Presentation Functions Load connection set2. Direct Link RS232 485 or others Use Internet Use Telephone modem Search Corn Part ml 1 To Preview how the message looks like on the sign by frame individually click on the El button right on above the frame 2 To preview the entire message click on Run on the menu bar then click on Preview All Sending a Message After previewing the message you may send the message to the sign Follow the steps below 1 Go to Setting communications and check if these settings are set correctly under Run menu before you send the message to the sign Click on Run Click on Goto Sign to send the message a er for ID 1 Choose the connection type Direct Link Use Internet or Use Modem If send OK for sign ID number 1 a message box will show you the transmission 1s successful 21 Opening an existing Message Open eee 21 xi Look ir Sy Winedt gcs de i Ex Desktop Ey My Documents Lal My Computer 34 Floppy Ea Local Disk C g3 Local Disk D Program Files Files of type EDT files 539 Cancel ZA Click on File on Menu Bar hen click on Open It might ask 1f you want to save your current message or not save it as needed Locate the folder that you stored your message in Double click on the file you want to open P Viewing Frame Inspector Frame Inspector shows smaller frames of the actual frames shown on the right side o
3. 1 12421704 14 25 04 05 00 4M 11 59PM Daily WOW RL RL ES VW ANA Bain 2 12 2304 1231 04 12 00AM 11 59PM Weekly Y YY Y BMS 6 12 23 04 127104 12004M 11 59 PM Weekly O default N93 Delete 9 01201405 01 06 05 06 004M 07 59 PM Continual Y Y VOY VY B wara N9 OS a cE ee Ay _Delete All pa sr ee eee Help 4 E Default Connection settings is shown below and do not change it Only when you want to send to multiple signs or locations you can change the settings below ID ar DirectLink Com COM Eaud 3600 C Telephone Modem C Internet 9 gt To schedule messages follow the steps below 1 Choose Schedule 1 schedule name from the menu 2 Then a MESSAGE RUN SCHEDULE window will appear and you can start editing this schedule Each schedule allows you to specify file the time and date of when your messages will appear 3 You can change the Schedule Name for example changing from 1 to Week 1 and the sub menu item 1 under Schedule will be updated to Week 1 4 To add a message to a row time slot double click the row under Messagel column and add WinEDT N99 file for example DEFAULT N99 You may schedule up to five messages to appear at the same time by adding files under Messagel to Message5 column For example if you have row 1 scheduled as Dec 16 2004 from 12 00 AM to 11 59 PM If you have default n99 on slot Messagel and 36b tr
4. Set Date Mame send Variables Full Brightness Direct adjust by Phokocell by Time of day Setting Full Brightness Go to Option Full Brightness It will start sending the Full Brightness signal to the sign Direct Adjust Brightness Direct Adjust Direct Adjust Brightness Reduced Level oS OF Cancel You can do direct adjust brightness of the sign anytime you want Set it to the level you want Go to Option Direct Adjust Like 80 of the brightness Preset Brightness Time ot day set Brightness by Time otday Reduced Level aa PES start Time stop Time OF Cancel You can adjust the brightness by the time of the day like every night Go to Option By Time of Day Set the Reduced level and a start and stop time like 80 18 00 23 59 27 Change Brightness by Photocell If you have a photocell built in the sign display this option will automatically set two brightness levels of the LED display with the display s built in photocell 1 Go to Option by Photocell 2 Change the brightness level from 1 to 100 3 This new brightness level will take effect when the photocell senses dusk and when dawn comes around the display will return to full brightness again Login Password Login password is to provide protection from unauthorized use of WinEDT program Default is disabled login password You can set or change login password go to Option
5. Adjust Temperature Temperature Offset For Fahrenheit degree use 1F UF 1F 2F etc For Celsius degree use 0 5 06 066 1 or1 5L etc 10 You can use either Fahrenheit degree or Celsius degree To adjust temperature follow procedures below 1 Reset the temperature to be the same as the actual temperature The actual temperature will be read from the temperature probe on the actual sign itself Reset Temperature Offset as OF or OC in above dialog then press OK to send to the sign 2 Set the non zero temperature offset O O For Fahrenheit increment or decrement by an integer For Celsius increment or decrement by multiples of 0 5 3 Press OK to send Adjusting Date Names Set Date Name is to adjust the current weekday and month to different languages or space adjustments 1 e modifying the text display of the tokens for Day Name Month Name Week Abbr Month Abbr and the separator between hour and minute 1 Before setting date name you have to create an ASCII file with extension name DNS The file includes exact 241 characters bytes and its format is listed below You can copy DateName DNS in the program folder to DateName2 DNS and modify DateName2 DNS To modify value for Tokens O Month Abbr Character 0 to 35 starting from January each month has 3 characters E x Character 0 2 is JAN for January Character 33 35 is DEC for December Week Abbr Chara
6. COM Select baud rate which is data transfer rate default is 9600 4 Program has default modem initialization string is ATSO 0S37 9 and Use user defined modem initialization strings is unchecked If you want to set your own initialization string for modem Uy a Check the box Use user defined modem initialization strings b Change one line initialization string Note Program automatically saves the string to a file InitStr txt and loads it as the string c Click OK Then program will use your own initialization string for modem Internet Contact your network administrator to get an available Internet IP address and Internet Port before setting Internet communication To use internet choose Run Use Internet from the menu Then a communication settings dialog appears 1 Set Sign ID number default is 1 If you have more than one sign change it 2 Set Internet IP address such as 192 168 0 100 3 Set Internet IP port such as 4200 4 Click OK Tool Bar Font Type Font s Background Color Flashing European Mer Gota Font Character Frame Sign gt E 0 E gt e 6 4 l amp l v bl xl el ae A E elete som Standard Tool A Game 2 ei ao a e Standard tool provides easy access to access files and text editing See below for the function of each icon To enable it check View Standard Tool from the main menu To disable it unchec
7. 3 to 8 To send schedule for next 19 time slots in other schedule names like Week 2 you have to make sure the sign are running out of the last sent schedule Click SEND button under Week 2 Schedule name 11 To delete schedules e To delete a file click the file and click Delete button e To delete a row time slot in a schedule you should have at most one file on the row before deleting the row Click the row and Delete e To clear all 19 rows time slots in a schedule click Delete All button e To clear all 10 available schedules choose Schedule Clear All from the main menu 12 If you want to read modify and send an EDT schedule file for this version of WinEDT located on any directory choose Schedule Set Path from the menu and a screen will appear for you to choose a file with extension EDT like C edt3 74 Sched 01 edt Then click Open Thus whenever you modify or send the schedules these schedules will be saved to this file C edt3 74 Sched 01 edt Choose an EDT Schedule File Look in CO edt 74 SCHED_01 EDT File name ISCHED_01 EDT Files of type EDT Schedule files edt Cancel Note To get help on editing or sending schedules click Help button Changing Brightness of the sign 26 E WINEDT NEW 599 File Edit View Frame Logo Run Schedule Option About Change Password prar AUTO FORE IS SS AE Temperature
8. Number of Pixels High x Number of Pixels Wide 1 e H x W It is shown on the top of the winedt program title and the right side of the bottom of the screen The program title include Filename WinEDT program name and resolution For example HI S99 WinEDT 24x96 Setting Communication There are three types of communications to send to the sign use one type at a time l Direct Link use RS 232 serial port RS485 2 Dialing Telephone use a telephone modem 3 Internet use internet address and internet port to send Remember to check if the communication is set properly before sending to the sign Direct Link To use direct link choose Run Direct Link from the main menu Then a communication settings dialog appears 1 Set Sign ID number default is 1 If you have more than one sign like 1 and 3 change it to 1 3 2 Select a COM Port default is COM1 3 Select baud rate which is data transfer rate default is 9600 4 Click OK Dialing Telephone If you choose Run Use Telephone Modem from the main menu Then fill the telephone number below and click OK Phone number Then a communication settings dialog appears below Communication Settings ID i 1 2 3 5 8 Com Port COMI Baud Rate 9600 AT 50 0537 9 Cancel 1 Set Sign ID number default is 1 If you have more than one sign like 1 and 3 change it to 1 3 2 Select a COM Port default is
9. be blink 2 Click on the H of Hello and while holding down the mouse button drag the mouse cursor to highlight Hello 3 To make Hello flash click on the Flash Button The word Hello show up with vertical gray lines going across it This signifies that Hello will flash when it is previewed or when it is shown on the sign Creating Dynamic Text Effect Line Presentation Functions AE Message In Functions Message Out Functions o alan Auto out Message In Function z Frame out gt gt aE TZ 1 select Message in function s first 2 Click speed of function ffastto slow Shift up I l l l Shift down 3 Select Fause or wait times between Full close functions Half close Right Window coom out 1 Message Out Function oom out 2 Zoom out 3 q Select Message out function s gt Sparkle off 5 Click speed of function fast to slow F For example Tt Tate T etc ast gt Siow a 2 a 4 sl El a a ol 7 a 1 6 to add more functions T Cancel Travelin lt Travel out lt lt 2 Auto in lt Frame in gt gt Scroll up scroll down Full Open Half Open zoom in room in 00m Zoom 1 SENTE ES a U D F H e Al Y E 1 Click on the Effect Box for line 2 Line presentation functions window would popup In this window you can determine how the text message appears on the sign 2 Click on the effect you like the message to appear under Message
10. in Functions For instant click on Travel In lt lt the text Hello will travel in from the right to left of the sign Note that there are approximately 22 text effects 3 After choosing an effect you choose a speed for the effect Click numbers on the bottom of the screen 1 1s the fastest For a sign with height equal to or larger than 16 you have 9 speed 12 dl 8 9 Usin levels 1 to 9 to select and 9 is the slowest For a sign with height equal to 7 or 8 you have 3 speed levels 1 to 3 to select and 3 is the slowest 1 to 0 only apply to certain effect which has either minutes or seconds Message out functions 1s how you want a message to disappear If you want your message to stay on the screen for a while after 1t has appeared You can use the pause or wait function For example you may want your message to stay on the screen for 5 seconds before 1t appears Click on Wait under the Message in Functions and then click on the number of seconds to wait For example click on 5 if you want it to wait for 5 seconds The highest number of seconds you can specify for a wait is 9 seconds If you need to wait for 10 seconds first wait for 9 seconds and then wait for 1 second If you want your message to stay on the screen for minutes choose Pause under the Message in Functions Then specify the number of minutes to pause on the screen The highest number of minutes you can specify for each pause is 9 minutes
11. it will be added to the message in winedt Select Yariables E For example the message shows on the Winedt screen as 15 6 Choose Run Go to Sign and the sign display will show message as below 7 To change the variable value Run step 1 through 3 but change the variable 1 value to 2 35 and run step 6 to send then sign display will show Using European Characters European 1 The European Characters button Ei 1s located on Tool Bar This Button let you choose from 48 different European characters 2 For instance click on the European Characters Button and a new window will appear displaying the 48 different characters 3 Click on any of the characters once then press Close The character that you have chosen will now appear in the frame 16 Creating Logo Select Logo Index 1 35 Logo File Default Lx Insert Cancel 1 You can show pictures in the middle of your text by using logos First click on Logo on Menu Bar A new window titled SELECT LOGO will appear 2 Left click on the Choose File button to choose your logo file Once you have selected the logo file you wish to use click on Open and you will be returned to the SELECT LOGO screen 3 Ifthere are more than one logos in the file that you have selected you will be able to choose the logo image you want by using the scrollbar A preview of the logo will be shown on the logo preview Once you have decided on the log
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13. wake up sign send default message C Use Telephone Modern to find serial port Search Result successfully found Sign ID 1 on COM Communication is now contigured please return to b YinEDT menu How to find a telephone modem If you don t know which com port the telephone modem is connected to choose Run Search Com Port from the main menu In the above figure Select Use Modem and click Search The Search result will show the found com port to which modem was connected and will be set up automatically in winedt or not found 32 Cannot wake up target displays 1 2 X 4 5 Please check 1f the sign is turned on All cables are connected properly no pin are banned try un plugging and re plugging them back Restart the Sign Check the com port setting Create a new message with just one line message Test 123 and goto sign again USB to serial converter win error code 6 If you don t have any available serial port on your computer then you will have to buy a USB to serial converter from us If you get it off the shelf from an electronic store we cannot provide support After you plug it on your computer with the serial cable you will have to install the driver that comes with the package on a floppy disk and then look for the com port Last sent message Last message sent by Go to sign is saved as TEMPSAV S99 in the program directory You can open this file to restore last sent
14. 2 DISPI ave o We WManud WinEDT 4 02 Copyright 2003 Optec Displays Inc WinEDT User Manual WINEDE USER MANU nt iaa 2 MOM CMON RS a E D en NS 4 INSTALLING CHE SOR TW ARE asa 4 S LUP SIGN CONFIGURATION Se et na tin Rain na te 4 STARTING THE PROGRAM tase ect cs dc dinde ne te T 5 RESOLUTION OP THE SION iia 6 SETTING COMMUNICATION caracte t in eeeteee diet sde tetes ads 6 DDT OL A ee ania Sen ah sce oa He gee ane ne acs a Ga Seen a es nea eee 6 IR ANA E usec ae sana o A icc ane 6 O IR 7 TOOL DAR t 8 STANDARD TOOL aiii diia 8 SAV TIN GAIN IES SG Sages estates cate a dd do cn 8 CORBA TING MESSAGES Sn aac iy acts atta etcetera adit cn dean aatals 9 Creatina TEX LAM CSS OCC AA A es de 9 CaNT ON RE scant saralae tna hate SE seam ngecate tons 9 Adame current Cale UM OP LTEIMPELALUTC 4 O ances 9 IN MA Sd a ia dde en tdi 10 AUS Une Date NIMES A NN cn At ae 11 Sm Doo o ide 12 MS A O a 12 Creatine Dynamic Text o cite 12 Usme Global ERE A da iaa 13 Tiere as m Line Had 13 LOT AUS RS ALAMOS ae be 14 Uso Vara Dr dd ios 14 Using European Adra td a is 16 C OUNO LO rd sti sto lada eee 17 Creatine GFODAICS SAA AA A AAA E A AA 17 A EE rte EEE 18 CAPE MIOS ia 18 TO ROL LL ELS Re RE ins 19 Credi no ana Helene FAMOSA Pieces die A ia 20 Creatine a New Mess ac rio 20 Mrono FIC eranan a lao Go 20 INDOOR ELA o a 20 PREVIEWING YOUR MESSAGES RS e od des th ales 20 SENDINGA MESSAGE A wea tema 21 OPENING AN EXISTING MESSAGE 4 n
15. If you need to wait for 10 minutes first wait for 9 minutes and then wait for 1 minute Click OK after you have selected Message in or and Message out functions g Global Effect A A A If you want both Line 1 and Line 2 to have the same effects click on button on the Menu Bar Then you click on the green area to bring up the LINE presentation functions As you recall from Creating Text Effects you can select from 22 effects After you have selected your desired effect click on OK Please note that Effects Box for Line 2 will always supersede Effects Box for Line 1 Increasing Line Height F NN l If you want the message that you have typed in to be two line high instead of just one line high You can accomplish this by using the Divider Button When the Divider Button is raised the Divider Button disappears and Line 1 becomes twice as high while Line 2 disappears When the Divider Button is pressed the Divider Button exists and there will be two lines 13 avallable for entering text 2 For instance in the example of this page we have typed Hello on Line 1 and the Divider Button is depressed If you left click on the Divider Button the Divider Button will become raised and the Hello text will be twice as high as it was before If you want Hello back to its original size just left click the Divider Button again and the button will beco
16. Sound video and game controllers nl AE TE E ll System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Click on the Plus sign on the left of Ports COM amp LPT it will expend the list The number next to COM is the number we use for winEDT 7 Ifyou have more than one communications port just try all the number shown on the list in winEDT 8 Make sure no exclamation mark or red cross X on top of the communication port ag 31 Communications Port COM1 Properties 2 JE General Port Settings Driver Resources Bits per second hd Restore Defaults 9 Double click on the com port you are going to use for wnEDT 10 At the general Tab make sure it states the device is working properly and this device is enabled 11 On the second tab Port Settings configure the setting shown on above You can also use Search Port tool to find com port Choose Run Search Com Port from menu In the Search Port box Select Use Direct Link to wake up sign with optional sending default message and click Search If the connection 1s ok the winedt will be automatically configured and the sign will display WELCOME default message or original displaying message search Port 1 3 0 x This program can automatically check the direct link to the sign or modem communication port betore sending variable messages to the sign Select Use Direct Link to
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18. avell N99 on Message2 your sign will now show one message following the next message in a cycle 5 To preview a message just select the file and press Preview button 6 Select the type of schedule you want to run from the sample schedules in the picture above you can see three types e Daily T7 N99 message will run non 24 hours from Sam to 11 59 59pm everyday on 12 21 12 22 and 12 23 e Continual 64x gra N99 message will run from 6am 1 1 2005 to 7 59 59pm 1 6 2005 e Weekly T16 N99 message will run from 12am to 11 59 59pm on every Thursday Friday Saturday and Sunday between 12 23 and 12 31 However Default N99 message will run from 12am to 11 59 59pm on every Monday Tuesday Wednesday between 12 23 and 12 31 Select a type For weekly schedule at least one weekday Sun M T W T F Sat should be checked as V For daily or continual schedule ignore weekday fields 24 fe 9 10 11 The first column in gray background shows the number of accumulated schedules on the sign not the number of rows The maximum number of available schedules on the sign is 19 From the sample schedules you can see the more weekdays of weekly schedule you use the less available schedule you can add For a row with continual schedule 1t occupies one two or three schedules For a row with daily schedule 1t only occupies one schedule Now specify the date when your message will appear on the s
19. cter 36 to 56 starting from Sunday each weekday has 3 characters E x Character 36 38 is SUN for Sunday Character 54 56 is SAT for Saturday Month Names Character 57 176 starting from January each month has 10 characters For month names shorter than 10 characters surround the name with space characters so that it is 10 character field E x Character 57 66 is January for January Character 77 86 is March for March Day Names Character 177 239 starting from Sunday fixed 9 characters each For day names shorter than 9 characters surround the name with space characters so that it 1s 9 character field E x Character 177 185 is Sunday for Sunday Character 231 239 is Saturday for Saturday Character 240 is Hour Minute Separator like colon 2 Choose Option Set Date Name from the menu 3 Browse a file like DateName dns 4 Click OK 11 Using Bold 1 The Bold button is located on Tool Bar It allows your text to appear thicker For instance let say that you want the Hello to be bold 2 Click on the H of Hello and while holding down the mouse button drag the mouse cursor to highlight Hello 3 To make Hello bold click on the Bold Button The word Hello will now bigger and thicker Using Flash 1 The A Flash button is located on Tool Bar The Flash Button allows your text to blink on and off For instance let say that you want the Hello to
20. ente of pisels Le 16 24 etc Width is incremente of 8 pisels Le 16 24 etc Cancel 4 Set Resolution Height and Width matching the sign size Set Width as increments of 8 1 e 8 16 24 etc Set Color matching the sign color 6 If you have a single line sign f Normal 8 pels pixels Un 1 Ifthe Height of Sign is 7 pixels dots set Height of Resolution to 7 and go to Height for Single line to select 7 pixels for 1t 2 Ifthe Height of Sign is 8 pixels dots set Height of Resolution to 8 and go to Height for Single line to select 8 pixels for 1t 7 Ifyou have a multiple line sign ignore Height for Single line because default is 8 pixels per line For example if you have a 2 line sign set Height of Resolution to 16 pixels 1 e increments of 8 8 Ifyou have multiple signs and every sign has different size or color you can change the sign configuration for different signs when WinEDT is running Starting the Program Go to Start Program Files winEDT winEDT or the winEDT shortcut on your Desktop WinEDT 24x96 File Edit View Frame Logo Run Schedule Option About ier Bar A AA so e a gt E E 0 4 Bl Ef v x e e x aaa o Frame Inspector Resolution of the sign 1 1 Heights width 2 4x96 ou are on Frame 1 of 1 Resolution of the Sign Resolution of the sign is
21. f all frames You can copy or cut and paste a frame to another or new frame or delete multiple frames To use frame inspector Choose View from the menu and check Frame Inspector EE HOE To copy a frame in frame inspector click on the source frame in frame inspector and click use shortcut Ctrl B To paste a frame click on the frame which you want to append the copied frame then click Ror use shortcut Ctrl P 22 To cut a frame click on the frame to be cut and click Abr use shortcut Ctrl T To delete a frame click on the frame and click or use shortcut Ctrl Del To delete multiple frames Press Ctrl and select multiple frames Then click or use shortcut Ctrl Del To go up or down a frame click up or down Y To disable frame inspector choose View from the menu and uncheck Frame Inspector Scheduling Messages If you want your messages to appear at certain time you want to use schedule Go to Schedule 1 The submenus under Schedule from the main menu are schedule names like 1 2 to 10 A schedule has a schedule name including 19 available time slots There are up to 10 schedules to edit But you can send one schedule at a time Optic 1 2 3 4 a 6 7 a a 10 Clear All Set Path 23 Message Run Schedule Schedule Mame Po Browse Fie StatDate EndDate _ StartTime EndTime Type S M T w T F S Message Message2 Message3 Messaged Mes
22. ign by entering the start and end date The Date format is mm dd yy e x 12 08 04 for Dec 8 2004 You can enter the start date by clicking on the StartDate grid on the same line as your default N99 in the schedule panel A down arrow will appear in that grid Click on the down arrow and a calendar will appear where you can select the date where your message will appear Click elsewhere on the screen to close the calendar Similarly to specify the EndDate just click on the EndDate grid on the same line as the default N99 A down arrow will appear in that grid Click on the down arrow and choose the end date by clicking on the calendar that appears To close the calendar click on somewhere that is not part of the calendar Note The sign only runs one year period schedule Do not send more than one year period schedule Follow all rules below when you edit schedules l EndDate is later than a StartDate but less than one year late For example if Start Date is 12 10 2004 then End Date is 12 9 2005 or earlier 2 Start Date or End Date cannot be one year later than the date of sending schedules For example if you want to send schedules on 12 15 2004 then you have to set Start Date and End Date which both are 12 14 2005 or earlier before sending 3 Delete old schedules before sending For example if you want to send schedules on 12 15 2004 delete schedules which have End Date as 12 14 2004 or earlier Next you must specify
23. ion file click Bon 19 Creating and Deleting Frames The D New Frame and the x Delete Frame are both located on Tool Bar The New Frame Button let you create an empty frame while the Delete Frame removes the current selected frame Creating a New Message If you are done with one message and want to create another one go to File on Menu Bar and click on New Merging File You can merge two S99 files together Go to File Merge from the menu Then the frames of added file will be appended to the current selected frame of the current opened file Importing Text File You can import text from a text file to the frames 1 Go to File Import Text File Select a text file TXT to be import from 3 Each line of text will be placed on a separate text line in a message frame starting from the top line working its way down When one message frame is filled a new message frame will be automatically added until the entire imported file is being displayed The point of insertion will take place directly below the currently selected message frame 4 You can also click on the CANCEL button or press the lt Esc gt key to cancel this command without importing a text file Previewing Your Message 20 E WINEDT NEW 599 File Edit View Frame Logo Run Schedule Option About Preview All Draft AUTO y g Il Goto Sign ID 1 Baud 9600 Com 1 Internet 192 166 0 1007 25 TEE
24. k View Standard Tool Saving Message Save your message when you change messages and prior to sending messages to prevent from data loss ME WINEDT NEW 599 File Edit View Frame Logo Run Schedule Mew Open Ctrl F Merge L t F ny Save S sign Size Import Text File Export Logo Files Exit My Documents Lal My Computer 23 3 Floppy amp Ea Local Disk C g3 Local Disk 11 Program Files Save as type EDT files 5399 Cancel E If you want to save it as a new file you do Save As If you want to replace an existing file please do save Click on File located on Menu Bar Click on Save A Save As window will pop up select the location you want to save Give a file name for the message at File Name text box Click Save PRA Creating Message Creating Text Message Creating Text 1 Click on anywhere within the black frame The White Mouse Cursor should either be on line 1 2 or 3 depending on which line you click Note When the program starts cursor begins at line 1 which is the bottom line 2 Type the message you will like to display on your sign For instance type Hello on Line 1 Adding current date time or temperature To show current day month year time or temperature click Token on toolbar Day Mame Day No Month Mame Month Wo Year Time 12H Time 4H Fahrenheit Celsius AM PM Week Abbr Mo
25. ll ask what folder you want it to save to Leave the default setting Click Next 1t will then ask what name you will like to use on your program menu Leave the default setting It will start the installation and give you a message telling you that it is successfully installed Then 1t will ask you 1f you want to search a port and configure WinEDT communication settings automatically a Choose a connection type e Select Direct Link if you are using RS 232 RS 485 etc e Select Use Modem if you are using telephone modem to dial up e Ifyou are using internet connection click Exit b Click Search to search which com port the sign is connected to and auto setup c Click Exit after you see search result finished Then it will give you a message telling you that it is successfully installed Next setup Sign configuration such as the resolution color and single line height before starting to run WinEDT setup Sign Configuration Go to Start Program Files winEDT winEDT or double click the winEDT EUA on your Desktop After opening WinEDT select File Sign Setup from the main menu Then you will see a screen below shortcut El Sign Setup Resolution Calor width FE uk f Red Monochrome C Yellow Monochrome Height 16 pinels te 4 Colors C 9 Colors Height for Single Line Sign Note Height for multiple line sign is increm
26. me depressed 3 Please note that Line 1 has precedence over Line 2 If you have text on both Line 1 and Line 2 and you raise the Divider Button then the text on Line 2 will disappear while the text on Line 1 is twice as high 4 If you have a logo that is two lines high you can have the entire logo appear by inserting the logo on Line 1 and making Line 1 twice as high Left Adjusting Frame To left adjust lines use fix frame The Fix Frame Button is located on the Tool Bar This function allows your text to remain fixed on the left hand side of your sign For instance if you fix frame your current text of Hello World will be shifted to the left hand side Now 1f you create a New Frame a grey area will appear on the left hand side This grey area represents your text of Hello World Note that in order to utilize this function your text must not exceed the width of your sign Using Variables If you have a message below Hamburger is a static text but you want to change the price 1 99 to 2 35 sometime later Then you can use the variables function To use variables 1 Choose Option gt Send Variables from the main menu 2 Write up to 20 different variable values and optional hint text below 14 Send Variables Hamburger Price Click Send and then Exit Create a static text message for example Hamburger Click toolbar icon nd select a variable e x VARO1
27. nth Abbr For instance 1f you want to show the temperature in Celsius first click on the Token Button and a new Token screen will be shown in the above figure Click on Celsius from the Token screen and 25 C will appear in the frame The temperature shown in the frame does not reflect the actual temperature The actual temperature will be read from the temperature probe on the actual sign itself Description of 12 Tokens e Day Name current weekday exact 9 characters such as Sunday Day NO current day of month exact 2 characters such as 25 Month Name current month exact 10 characters such as September Month No current umber of Month exact 2 characters such as 11 for November Year Current year fixed 4 characters such as 2004 Time 12H current time in 12 hour format exact 5 characters such as 10 45 Time 24H current time in 24 hour format exact 5 characters such as 17 37 Fahrenheit current temperature in Fahrenheit degree exact 6 characters such as 75 F Celsius current temperature in Celsius degree exact 6 characters such as 25 C AM PM time in pm or am exact 2 characters Week Abbr abbreviation of current weekday exact 3 characters such as SUN for Sunday Month Abbr abbreviation of current month exact 3 characters such as OCT for October Adjusting Temeprature To adjust temperature shown on the sign display go to Option Adjust Temperature from the main menu
28. o you want left click on the Insert button to place the logo in the Black Frame 4 Ifthe logo is bigger than a line you can increase the line Height Creating Graphics File Edit View Frame Logo Run Sched P E Hl Functions Ctrl F Animation Ctrl prart auro M CONNU Add Frame Delete Frame 17 Text Box Font Type x f Left justify Text Color Center Background Color g gt Right justify MN If you need an exact placement for your text or graphics or you want use one those really nice font that you have in your window system you can use Graphic Frame Text Mode 1 Click on Frame on Menu Bar Graphic 2 A window will appear titled Graphic Frame 3 To enter text in the Graphic Frame click on New Text button Al A text box will appear in the Graphic Frame window 4 Type in any text in the textbox and whatever you type will appear in the black frame For instance if you type HELLO in the textbox of the graphic mode HELLO will appear in the upper left hand corner of the Black Frame 5 For different font face or size just click on the Font button on the Graphic Frame window and another screen will appear for you to select from various combinations of fonts and sizes 6 After you have typed in your message you can place the text box at a different position Position your mouse cursor to the center of the HELLO text box Left click and hold d
29. on Wi ait o Preview Speed b j Move 000 000 000 000 Step H Step 5 Insert File From lo To lo x X Cancel 1 After you have created your animation sequence with EDL you can import it to winEDT to display 1t on the sign 2 You must use an empty frame Click on Frame on menu bar and click on Animation A new screen will appear titled Animation 3 To import your animation click on the INSERT FILE button and locate your CX4 or CX9 file Your animation will be located in place indicated by a box on the preview screen To see how your animation would look like just click on Preview 4 If you think the animation is too slow you can increase the SPEED 1 10 1 is slowest 10 is fastest To position your animation click on move and select a location on the Preview screen 6 Ifyou want your animation to move across the screen like when you animate the wheels on a car but not the car and you want the car to move across the screen You can do so by clicking on move then clicking on MOVE Left click on starting location on the Preview screen but don t let go of the mouse button While holding down the left mouse button move the mouse to the ending position and then let go of the mouse button 7 Change the V STEP and H STEP to determine how fast the animation move across the screen The higher the number the faster the animation Un 8 To remove an inserted animat
30. own the left mouse button while moving the mouse to position your Text Object at the desired location 7 You can also stretch your text by left clicking the yellow square at the lower right hand corner of the Text Object and dragging the mouse around 8 Another way to resize is to place your mouse cursor at the center of the Text Object and right click to bring up a menu where you can choose resize 9 To create another text object just click on the Text Object button again 10 To select between different object just click on the object desired on the black frame For example to select the CD on the Black Frame just click on the CD To select HELLO again just click on the HELLO The selected object will have a blue border around it 11 If you don t want a certain object and want to remove it Just select the object and press Delete key on the keyboard or you can right click on the selected object and click Remove Graphic Mode l If you want to put some graphics with your text click on the New Logo huton which will bring up a new window where you can choose your logo files 18 Note you can only insert CX4 or CX9 files created by winEDL 2 Logo objects can be positioned resized and removed in the same matter as text objects Creating animation mE WINEDT NEW 599 File Edit View Frame Logo Run Schedule Option About Functions Ctrl F Draft AUTO pre Ctra Graphic Animati
31. the StartTime and EndTime of your message Click on the grid under StartTime on the same line as default N99 in Schedule panel Highlight the hour portion by left clicking on 1t and use the up down arrow on the keyboard to change the hour Then highlight the minute portion and use the up down arrow on the keyboard to change the minutes Do the same with in the EndTime grid on the same line as default N99 to specify the EndTime You may also schedule different dates and different times under row 2 and more by scrolling down Note Make sure the slot that you don t need is all cleared before sending the schedule After finished editing schedules you can send the schedule with this schedule name such as Week 1 to the sign click on SEND button Then these 19 time slots under this schedule name will be sent to the sign A screen will appear saying Waking Up Target Display Note a Do not tamper with the default settings of DIAL BAUD COM or ID It will be set up to match your sign b Every time you click Send the last sent schedules in the sign will be replaced by the new sent schedule So make sure you don t need last sent schedule before clicking Send new schedule 25 c The out of date schedule date and time will not be sent to the sign to prevent from conflicting with the other valid schedule time and date 10 To add or change next schedule like Schedule 2 or next week click button Then do steps
32. tings from the file whenever opening a file Mote le may change the current connection settings of WinEDT Check updates from internet whenever WinEDT program starts Presentation Functions You can set default presentation functions for text frames or new frames Spin up or down to change the Line number and click Function button to select functions for each line Line 1 1s the bottom most line The selected functions will be shown in the right of the function button and below it iol xi Directory Connection Presentation Functions MW Use default presentation functions below for text frame or new frame Line Function Dd Presentation Functions from top line to bottom line Line 2 Trawelin lt x lt Travel out lt lt Line 1 Scroll down Shift down Check Updates To download updates from internet go to menu Help Check Updates If you have the latest version of EDT a message will tell you No updates found on internet If EDT found updated version on server 1t will download the file and please wait until 1t complete Then 1t will start update automatically 29 Get Sign Information You can see Sign information such as memory brightness mode adjusted brightness value and current temperature value from sensor and temperature offset Go to menu Options Get Sign Information Then information is shown in the screen below Sign Information Get Sign ID 1 information Ge
33. tting sign information i done Total Memory Size 131072 bytes Free Memory Size 1085644 bytes Brightness adjusted 18 by Tine of day from 06 30 to 17 53 Temperature adjust 4F Temperature value by sensor 2F Adjusted Temperature BSF FAQ Troubleshoot How to find a Com port System Properties Advanced Automatico Updates Remote General Computer Hame Hardware Add Hardware Wizard The Add Hardware Wizard helps you install hardware Add Hardware Wizard Device Manager The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed on pour computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties of any device Hardware Profiles 2 Hardware profiles provide a way for you to set up and store Bel different hardware configurations Hardware Profiles 30 Go to Start Control Panel System Click on the Tab where 1t says Hardware Click on Device Manager Shortcut for window 2000 or XP user right click on My Computer Manage Device Manager 1 Device Manager JE Action view Help al Fo E CSROZDO H Computer z Disk drives E Display adapters 2 DYDCO ROM drives EY Floppy disk controllers q Floppy disk drives 3 Human Interface Devices IDE ATAJATAPI controllers lt a Keyboards y Mice and other pointing devices F3 Monitors Network adapters y ace AE Seana COM port number 4 Printer Port LPT1 po Processors
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