Manual LedSBmanager2012e
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1. 2 SETUP 2 1 Install Location The LedSBmanager application is portable which means it can be unpacked from it s archive file and then placed wherever the user desires The recommended location though is in the system s Program Files directory under TimeTronics e g C Program Files TimeTronics LedSBmanager 2012 To place the folder in the Program Files directory you might need elevated administrator privileges on your current host system In that case either install the application to your home folder e g C Users JohnDoe LedSBmanager 2012 or contact your company s IT administrator 2 2 Directory Contents In the folder you have just installed two subdirectories are available one called Datafiles and one called LedSBmanagersoftware The first folder contains an off line database used for storing collected application settings The second folder contains the actual LedSBmanager software used to control the LED boards In this fashion it is possible to back up your personalized LedSBmanager settings and rules by simply copying Datafiles to a secure directory Home Share View v e T m amp TimeTronics LedSBmanager2012 LedSBmanager2012e Search Le di TimeTronics em gt AthleticsManager Client p AthleticsManager Server Name di Datafiles d LedSBmanagersoftware ui FAST ui LedSBmanager2012 b di LedSBmanager2012e gt J MacFinish 2D gt J MacFinish 7 6 gt di MacFinish 7 72. Welcome to the LedSBmanager user manual May we recommend you to gently leaf through the entire manual first just to have an initial idea of how the book is structured As we cannot possibly explain all details simultaneously this might help you a bit in understanding and tracing things back Of course the table of contents will also help you in doing so Please note that all pictures are examples the delivered version can be different than shown in this manual please inform yourself before purchase Also take note that this software is a work in progress Not every option is fully developed yet The LedSBmanager software is available for Windows operating systems only We provide no working guarantee for running LedSBmanager using emulation tools like Wine If you after reading this document have any further question regarding the operation or service of this or any other TimeTronics equipment please contact your local distributor or TimeTronics directly by email info timetronics be or call us at 32 0 14 23 19 11 Please also contact us if you have any remarks or advise regarding this user manual info timetronics be Good luck with LedSBmanager and thank you for your confidence in the TimeTronics products and services The editors Copyright 2014 TimeTronics All rights reserved TimeTronics Lammerdries 23b B 2250 Olen Belgium Tel 32 0 14 23 19 11 Disclaimer Under no circumstances shall TimeTronics be liabl
3. 2 items 2 3 Running the Application The LedSBmanager executable is found in the sub folder LedSBmanagersoftware and is called f e LedSBmanager2012e exe If for some reason the exe part is not showing look for the file with the medal icon For easy access in the future you could add a shortcut to your desktop by right clicking the executable choose Send To and selecting Desktop create shortcut Tools iles x86 TimeTronics LedSBmanager2012 LedSBmanager2012e LedSBmanagersoftware C Search Le Name E Date modified Type Size 4dmsg dll 08 Jul 10 19 23 Application extens 41 KB 4DSLI dll 08 Jul 10 19 49 Application extens 17 KB ASIFONT FON 08 Jul 10 18 04 Font file 25 KB ASINTPPC dil 09 Sep 10 02 22 Application extens 918 KB _ ASIPORT RSR 08 Jul 10 18 04 RSR File 56 KB amp DB4D dll 03 Nov 10 03 32 Application extens 3 305 KB _ DiagRes rsc 08 Jul 10 18 04 RSC File 43 KB Graphics dll 03 Nov 10 03 29 Application extens 1 203 KB GUI dll 03 Nov 10 03 29 Application extens 1 394 KB icu dll 08 Jul 10 18 43 Application extens 1 751 KB icudt38l dat 08 Jul 10 18 07 dat files 6 954 KB Kernel dll 03 Nov 10 03 28 Application extens 1 120 KB amp KernellPC dil 03 Nov 10 03 28 Annlicat Bluetooth LedSBmana Open di Compressed zipped folder LedSBmana amp Run as administrator EX Desktop
4. IPport p DM SEND Daytime as TEST Xpos 0 Ypos D F 3 E t 3 3 1 Intensity Control the intensity of the LED board For debugging purposes settings as low as 1 are perfectly usable When in direct sunlight however an intensity setting of 100 is desired 3 3 2 Wired communication to led Scoreboard If the MacFinish software is installed on the same computer as the LedSBmanager software than the the MacFinish automatically communicates with the LedSBmanager software The only setting you have to make is to tell the LedSBmanager software over which serial port it can send the data to the TimeTronics Scoreboard In out example we do this through serial port 3 3 3 3 Wireless communication to Led Scoreboard To be added later on development 3 3 4 ResultDelay Sets the interval in milliseconds at which the LED scoreboard should switch between race results 3 3 5 Partic Layout Race Layout amp Result Layout Like the description says these fields define the layout IDs to which LedSBmanager should automatically switch when it receives the respective data types from the MacFinish application To disable this feature use 0 as layout ID 3 3 6 LED Display Testing Used to test if all LED s are working the buttons are self explanatory TimeTronics s 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 3 3 7 LED SB Node Programming When using a set up with multiple inter connected LED scoreboards next to each o
5. directly in relation to the speed of the serial connection 4 1 1 Scale amp Speed Scale determines the scale at which the font is rendered This can be useful when connecting multiple scoreboards together A scale of 3 results in every pixel to correspond to a 3x3 LED matrix The minimum value is obviously 1 Speed sets the update speed at which LedSBmanager should send updates of this field to the scoreboard This is useful when displaying a race time that updates every 100 milliseconds and as a result is accurate to 100 milliseconds The allowed value of this field is 1 or 10 updates per second Any other value would simply has no effect since the speed of the serial connection is the limiting factor here This field is only used with a RaceTime datasource and only works in TimeTronics Led scoreboards with software version 3 21 or higher 4 1 2 Show The Show flag enables or disables the visibility of its datasource on the scoreboard 4 1 3 Datasource Type A datasource type is the blueprint of a datasource and determines which data is displayed in which manner In programming terms one could say the datasource type is a class and the datasource is an object an instantiation of a datasource type Several datasource types are available More on datasource types can be found in 3 5 File Menu Show types of Datasources 4 1 4 Prefix amp Suffix In the datasources types section again see 3 5 File Menu Show types of Data
6. of the capturing device CameraStatus The status of the capturing device Date The current date uses the LedSBmanager s host PC system date Daytime The current time uses the LedSBmanager s host PC system time FinishDistance The distance at which the finish line is located FinishSpeed The speed at which the finish line was crossed FinishTimeFirst The finish time of the first athlete FinishTimeNext The finish time of the latest athlete except the first to cross the finish line LapDistance The distance from the start at which lap time is registered LapSpeed The average running speed for the last passed lap on the specified lap distance LapTime The last completed lap time OfficialTime Official finish time Picture A picture not yet available RaceEventName The event name of a race RaceTime The current total running time of a race RaceWindSp The latest wind speed data captured by the TimeTronics Windspeed measuring device RaceWindType The measuring type of wind speed ResultAthleteInfo Additional info about the currently displayed athlete ResultAthleteName The name of the currently displayed athlete ResultEventName The event name of the currently displayed results ResultID The ID of the currently displayed athlete ResultLane The lane in which the currently displayed athlete competed ResultPlace The result place nu
7. scoreboard 4 5 Program SB with RaceTime Settings When your layout contains a datasource with a RaceTime datasource type indicated with a red background the scoreboard needs to be specifically programmed to use this datasource type Click this button to program such a datasource to the scoreboard NOTE If you have a problem with how your programming is displayed on the scoreboard there are a few steps to follow before you have to try it again Just close the software LedSBmanager on your computer and plug out the battery of your scoreboard for a few seconds Then plug back in your battery and restart the program LedSBmanager Jl 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 5 LAYOUT EXAMPLES The LedSBmanager contains several example layouts for you to try out and use as a base for your custom layout To illustrate the versatility of layouts some examples are described step by step in this chapter In these examples a scoreboard with a 64x24 pixel matrix is used 5 1 100m Demo Layout 5 1 1 Displaying 100m MEN on the Scoreboard Create a new layout by going to the Layouts section in the file menu and clicking the New Record button at the bottom toolbar Enter a layout ID We will be using an ID of 100 in this example Enter a layout name We will be using 100m demo layout in this example Start by adding a Text datasource o A Double click somewhere in the empty list of datasources o The
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9. Layout ID and Layout name fields are already filled in correctly These values link the datasource to the correct layout o Select a datasource type by clicking on the empty datasource field Choose Text and click OK The Type field automatically switches to the correct datasource type ID o Enable the Show check box o Make sure the Prefix and Suffix fields are empty We don t want this feature for our text string right now o Pick a font to render the text with Let s just use the standard A 5x7 pixels o A As colour choose Red o Leave the fields Xpos Ypos Width Height Zoom and Speed alone for now o In Text to show enter 100m MEN o Click Accept on the left toolbar e The datasource editor clears its fields to their default values so you can instantly add more fields We ll just start by testing out the text datasource we just added Click Cancel in the datasource editor We re done adding new datasources next click Accept in the layout editor Save the current layout You re now back in the layouts list e To test out your new layout just open it up If everything went correct you should now see 100m MEN on your scoreboard in the upper left corner 5 1 2 Displaying the Running Race Time on the Scoreboard Start by opening up our previously made 100m demo layout layout Create a new RaceTime datasource with these settings o Datasource Race
10. RaceWinds W mis A Green 5 8 64 8 OM RH Mes Racerime E CONS ON os And like this on the scoreboard itself before and after wind measuring ALL is 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 5 2 800m Demo Layout This time around we will be taking on a different approach Say we have already envisioned what we want the scoreboard to look like when we re done Which steps do we need to undertake to realize that vision 5 2 1 The Envisioned End Result The goal this time is to have a scoreboard that displays data from a running MacFinish instance with these properties 1 Stage 1 Before the race e The race time should be displayed in green and at the top of the board At this point the race time is 0 e The race name should be displayed in red at the bottom of the board 2 Stage 2 During the race before the first finisher e The same as stage 1 3 Stage 3 During the race after the first finisher but before the next The race time should continue to tick even after the first athlete finishes The time of the first finisher should be displayed yellow in the vertical centre of the board 5 2 2 Preparations Create a new layout 800m demo layout with ID 101 and make sure your MacFinish is set up for testing 5 2 3 Stages 1 amp 2 Add a RaceTime datasource Show Speed 10 Font A Color Green Ypos 0 Add a Text datasource Show Font A Color Red Ypos 16 Text to display 800M Race The re
11. Time o Show yes enabled o Font A o A Color Green o Leave the other settings to their defaults Save changes to the layout o A Click Accept to save this datasource o A Click Cancel to exit the datasource editor o A Click Accept to save changes to the layout Now open up the 100m demo layout again What should immediately pick your attention is that the RaceTime datasource we just set up is nowhere to be seen on the scoreboard This is because a datasource with type RaceTime needs to be programmed into the scoreboard directly To do this click the Program SB with RaceTime settings button TimeTronics 5 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e Still no results huh That s because this datasource like MANY others require data send by the MacFinish application version 7 7 0 16 or higher Remember LedSBmanager is designed to parse data from MacFinish to a format the LED scoreboard can read So fire up a test race in MacFinish see the lt gt manual Now the seconds are displaying but something is flickering in the background This is the 100m MEN Text datasource we added earlier The RaceTime datasource is rendering at an overlapping location conflicting with the Text datasource To fix this simply reposition either one datasources Because the static Text is of lesser importance than the dynamically changing RaceTime it is good practise to place the static item on a less important location like th
12. Time Tronics i E D CR Di P A 4 E HX E p Manual LedSBmanager2012e sessezx A N gt T in gt in U Z 2 14 D L in Version 2014v1 TimeTronics NV Lammerdries Oost 23B B 2250 Olen Belgium www timetronics be info timetronics be Table of Contents PREFA See ae de QUNM RD eer errr errr ee MG RN NUM DON DM Sa IU NCC OR COND C DO DN 3 l INTRODUCTION Grenade 4 POM Ee re 5 TENNE 5 22 EON NNN 5 PRO ENN 5 OMME EP 6 SN PEN TN 7 Dad asic NENNE 7 MONSEN 7 3 3 File Menu Show general Settings arunnnnnrrvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnennrnnnnnnnnvunnunnnnernunuunruununnrnnnunere 8 EP SE EE EE EE NE ME acer 8 3 3 2 Wired communication to led Scoreboard xaxuuuuverrvnnnnnnnnnnnsnnnnnnenrnnnnnnnnrnnnnnrnnnnnunvenene 8 3 3 3 Wireless communication to Led Scoreboard 8 SCR X SUIL OD Clay M 8 3 3 5 Partic Layout Race Layout amp Result Layout ss 8 3 3 6 LED Display TENT 8 5 37 LED SB Node PO NG varene 9 Da FONE DI DIY TN 10 3 4 File Menu Show list of Layouts cece cere eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetsoaue 10 JAL Editing lt a EXSUDO Layo Uka a ea a or ca 11 TNS 11 TS PENT ANN 11 3 5 File Menu Show types of Datasources rrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnuuueeen 11 4 LAYOUT CONTROL ane ae a man ane NEE Ei 13 DEN 13 ES 02 ES D C NE EE 13 ES go EE
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14. d settings font display test pm MmeTronics 3 4 File Menu Show list of Layouts The Layouts section is where most of the application operation will take place Layouts The listed layouts are actually database records hence the typical database controls at the bottom LayoutiD LayoutName By default some example layouts should be installed for you to test with Some advanced layouts will be discussed in chapter 4 LAYOUT CONTROL Welcome Participants RaceTime ResultTable Layout 4 Local time LedTimingb4xz4dats LedTimingb4x4O0dot5 Programmatie LEDTIMING 100m demolayout 5000m DEMOlayout ALLimesDEMO 0 1 2 3 4 5 B T q uo n ul D bi 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 3 4 1 Editing an Existing Layout To edit an existing layout simply double click it This takes you to the layout editor and automatically displays it on the connected scoreboard Each layout has an ID and a name both of which can be edited Save changes to it with the Accept button on the left tool bar or cancel changes with the Cancel button right above it 3 4 2 Adding a new Layout To add a new layout click the Add a New Record button on the bottom toolbar This takes you to the layout editor where you may specify a LayoutID and LayoutName and add new datasources to it 3 4 3 Deleting a Layout To delete a layout first start editing it see 3 4 1 Editing an Existing Layout the click the Delete Record button on th
15. e left tool bar trash bin icon 3 5 File Menu Show types of Datasources Displays the list of pre programmed datasource types At this point users can not yet create their own datasource types However it is possible to alter the prefix and suffix fields of each datasource type The real prefix and suffix values in the layout editor will default to the prefixes and suffixes set here depending on the datasource type In other words the prefix and suffix can be different for each layout x Application Mame Picture Text Date Daytime HaceE ventM ame RaceTime RaceDistance RaceSpeed D co OF c RR w Fi SplitT ime ce SplitDistance Splits peed LapTime 1 1 to f LapDistance Ix LapSpeed Finish T imeFirst FinishDistance Finish peed Official ime Finish T imeN ext ResultFlace BI Mi ru mm 1 uu c HesultLane Hesultl D HesultTime Tttttltl 1 AL L M Mi to Mi This is a list of all possible Datasource Types and their DEFA Types to Scie gt ee 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e List of Datasource Types with Descriptions NOTE The list in this manual is sorted alphabetically In the application the list is sorted by number ID Fields noted with an asterisk require a connection with MacFinish 7 7 0 16 Name Description CameralD The ID
16. e for any loss damage or expense suffered or incurred with respect to any defective product In no event shall TimeTronics be liable for any incidental or consequential damages that you may suffer directly or indirectly from use of any product Windows Windows XP and Windows VISTA are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation MD gt 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 1 INTRODUCTION Scoreboards are evolving A decade ago most still consisted of combinations of simple 7 segment displays Fast forward 10 years and LED matrix displays are the de facto standard TimeTronics offers a variety of boards differentiating in sizes colors and capabilities These boards are controlled by the LedSBmanager application This manual offers a guide through the different menu s and user interfaces the user is exposed to In later parts of the manual a more thorough look into layout control is provided describing every option available To further illustrate the functionality of layouts 2 example configurations are explained in detail Warning MacFinish data is used for several datasources To properly use them TimeTronics MacFinish II III Ethernet 2D 200 or 2D 300 version 7 7 2 4 or higher is required For MacFinish 2D 100 you need to use at least 8 0 0 34 or higher Warning The RaceTime datasource update speed of 10 Hz is only for TimeTronics Led scoreboards with software version 3 21 or higher MD 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e
17. e lower part of the scoreboard Change the Xpos and Ypos values of the 100m MEN Text datasource to 10 and 16 respectively Click Program SB with RaceTime settings and your scoreboard should not have display conflicts any more 5 1 3 Displaying a More Accurate Race Time Start by opening up our previously made 100m demo layout layout Alter the Speed field of the RaceTime datasource to 10 This causes the scoreboard to poll for race time updates from MacFinish every 100 milliseconds every 10 of a second Click Program SB with RaceTime settings 5 1 4 Displaying the Current Wind Speed Start by opening up our previously made 100m demo layout layout Add a new RaceWindSpeed datasource with these specific settings o Datasource RaceWindSpeed o Show yes enabled o Font A o A Color Green o Xpos 5 o Ypos 8 so it goes in between the two other datasources we set before o Prefix W o Suffix m s Now in MacFinish start a race and measure the wind speed It will display on the scoreboard 5 1 5 The End Result If you followed all steps correctly your layout should look like this in LedSBmanager LayoutiD f Update SB PROGRAM SB with RaceTime settings LayoutName 100m demo layout Display RaceTime also after first FINISH Zoom Speec Show Datasource Prefix Suffix TEXT to display Font Color Xpos Ypos Width Height 1 1 v Yes Text 100m MEN A Red 10 16 64 8 1 1 MyYes
18. mber of the currently displayed athlete ResultTime The time at which the currently displayed athlete crossed the finish line ResultType Type of contest ResultWindSp The wind speed data of the currently displayed athlete ResultWindType The measuring type of wind speed of the currently displayed result SplitDistance The distance to the next split point SplitSpeed The speed at the last passed split point SplitTime The race time at the last passed split point Text A user configurable line of text MUZE 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 4 LAYOUT CONTROL 4 1 Datasources When opening the layout editor the lower part of the interface contains the list of datasources Each datasource has a scale speed update rate show datasource type prefix suffix position x and y font colour and dimension width and height Adding a new datasource can be done by double clicking somewhere in the empty region of datasources Editing and deleting datasources works the same way as editing or deleting layouts NOTE The datasources are rendered in their added order so the last items are displayed on top When two datasources overlap though the scoreboard may show a flickering effect This is because for a brief second the underlying field is rendered again and is placed on top Then some milliseconds later the overlapping datasource jumps back on top The speed of this effect is
19. nd 2 pixels to the bottom Ypos of the top left most pixel of the board The A character is displayed starting at the white pixel and is 5 pixels wide and 7 pixels high font NOTE This example assumes that the datasource s width and height settings are above 5px and 7px respectively 4 1 9 Dimensions Width and Height Width and height can be used to achieve the crop effect If the width or height is smaller than the the amount of pixels required to generate a line of characters the remaining pixels will be cut off and not displayed as a result E g A single line text datasource with text TimeTronics and font A 5x7 has a width of 30 and a height of 8 The result is the LED scoreboard only displaying TimeT NOTE When a character can not be displayed fully the entire character is not displayed E g a cropped L will never display as I NOTE 2 These options will be more useful in the future when displaying pictures is supported 4 2 Display Racetime after First Finish When enabled a field with datasource type Racetime continues to be displayed even after the first contestant finishes Disabling this option can be useful to replace the running race time with the time of the first finisher For an example of this usage see 5 2 800m Demo Layout 4 3 Erase SB This button resets the scoreboard so any artefact LED s are now turned off 4 4 Update SB This button force updates any changes to datasources to the
20. rectory Contents Select the file datafileSBdriver4DD and click Open This warning should not show up again in future application starts 2 4 Connection Setup Start the LedSBmanager application see 2 3 Running the Application If you set up the cables correctly you are greeted by a message similar to The serial port nr 3 is now opened for SB communication The serial port nr 3 is now opened for SB communication If not you will have a message that warns you that the serial port could not open ERROR The serial port 3 could NOT be opened If this is not the case re check your cable setup see the corresponding cable manual or set the correct port in the General Settings section see 3 3 2 Wired communication to led Scoreboard Click OK The board should now display the first LED layout it has found Welcome ID 0 by default If everything check out okay we can now begin to start using the LedSBmanager application PTT s 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 3 OPERATION 3 1 Basic Principle LedSBmanager uses a defined set of rules called layouts By utilizing these layouts LED board operators can display different groups of information at different stages in the event For example Welcome message current time Listing of participants Wind speed data Race timing information like total race time time of first finisher time of next finishers Listing of race results Manipula
21. sources default values for these fields can be set So when creating a new datasource it automatically sets the Prefix and Suffix fields to what was set in the datasource types section These can be manually overridden for each layout separately In short the values here will be the ones actually used 4 1 5 Text to Display In case the datasource type equals Text you can input the desired string in this field Make sure the text fits on the LED scoreboard or excess characters will be trimmed off 4 1 6 Font Select a font to generate the characters with Click on the field to see a list of fonts To test out fonts please refer to 3 3 8 Font Display Test 4 1 7 Color Set the colour of the font with which the text is generated Currently three options are available red green and yellow red green CII 13 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 4 1 8 Position Xpos and Ypos Xpos and Ypos determine the starting position of a generated string relative to the top left pixel of the LED scoreboard Text is then rendered relative to the pixel selected with Xpos and Ypos E g This LED scoreboard is 10x10px in dimensions A datasource with font A 5x7 pixels and text to show A is created Xpos is set at 1 Ypos is set at 2 This is how it will be generated on the LED scoreboard the white square is also dark in real life The white pixel here signifies where the text will start 1 pixels to the right Xpos a
22. static Text datasource with text R at position 1 0 To summarize Remove or hide uncheck the Show field the race name datasource Add a new FinishTimeNext datasource Show Prefix N Font A Color Red Ypos 16 Add a new Text datasource Show Font A Color Green Xpos 1 Ypos 0 Text to display R The end result should look like this board after at least the second finisher LayoutiD IB Update SB PROGRAM SB with RaceTime settings LayoutName 800m demo layout Display RaceTime also after first FINISH 1 1 v Yes FinishTimeFi F A Yellow 1 8 64 8 1 1 Yes FinishTimeN N A Red 1 16 64 8 1 1 ves Text 800M Race A Red 1 16 64 8 OM D ves Racerime CE CCE Gs 1 1 v Yes Text R A Green 1 0 64 8 Good Luck with your operation and use of the LedSBmanager application If you have whatever question or advise to us concerning this user manual Please contact us by email on info timetronics be TimeTronics 18 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e Copyright 2012 TimeTronics All rights reserved TimeTronics Lammerdries 23b B 2250 Olen Belgium Tel 32 0 14 23 19 11 Fax 32 0 14 23 20 24 TimeTronics 19
23. sult should look like this while running 5 2 4 Stage 3 Add a FinishTimeFirst datasource Show Prefix F Font A Color Yellow Ypos 8 Enable Display RaceTime also after first finish Modify the RaceTime datasource s Xpos value to 13 so it aligns up nicely with the first finisher time TimeTronics 17 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e The result should look like this after the first finisher TimeTronics 5 2 5 Finishing touches Say we want to show the finish times of the other athletes as well then a problem arises there is no more space on this scoreboard You could add an additional scoreboard but what if there is only one currently available The most logical solution is to remove the least essential piece of data off the scoreboard In this case that s the race name Now it s impossible to show the finish time of every athlete because again there is not enough room So we ll only show the finish time of the latest athlete to have crossed the finish line except the first finisher We can do that with a datasource called FinishTimeNext To signify this is the finish time of the next athlete we add an N prefix For completeness we should also signify what the green coloured time is Since this is the running race time we ll have to add an R prefix However the RaceTime datasource doesn t allow prefixes or suffixes How do we fix this Simply by adding a
24. ther each scoreboard node can be programmed individually Edit the first value before the slash sign to edit a node on the vertical axis and the second value after the slash sign to edit a node on the horizontal axis E g Node 0 0 Node 0 1 Node 0 2 Node 1 0 Node 1 1 Node 1 2 Warning Only insert one LED scoreboard at a time when programming because all connected and powered on scoreboards will be programmed with the indicated node number MOTE 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 3 3 8 Font Display Test Because a LED scoreboard works with a matrix of LED s it s resolution is limited As a result fonts need to be specially adapted to displaying characters using a minimal amount of pixels Use the FONT display test to try out how different fonts look on the board Options Option Description Font Select a font to use the test with Currently 15 different fonts are available Xpos Start generating the test text on this x position See 4 1 8 Position Xpos and Ypos Ypos Start generating the test text on this y position See 4 1 8 Position Xpos and Ypos Color Selects a color in which to display the font in default red Currently only red green and yellow are available Start char Starting character ASCII value default 64 meaning End char Ending character ASCII value default 100 meaning d The result of the standar
25. ting these layouts is what LedSBmanager was designed for 3 2 Intro Screen When you start LedSBmanager and successfully connected to a serial interface a sub windows Application is visible This is the container which will hold the user controls Using the File menu item different parts of the program can be accessed The majority of operation will be in the Layouts section and is further explained in 4 LAYOUT CONTROL For now the different sections are explained in order Show types of Datasources Quit When switching sections first close the Application window then select a different section TimeTronics 7 2014v1 Manual LedSBmanager 2012e 3 3 File Menu Show general Settings Save the settings using the Accept button floppy icon on the left side bar cancel your changes by using the Cancel button cross icon 3 File Edit Help Intensity Wired communication to Led Scoreboard ResultDelay 000 0 SerOutPort 3 Partic Layout These 3 fields define to which layout Use value 0 to disable the serial port i the program should automatically Race Layout SWITCH when data from MacFinish Wireless communication to Led Scoreboard is received with respective data type Result Layout 3 Use value 0 to disable the feature TTwip Serialnumber 0 LED display testing Find IPaddress by SerialNumber kek g a n mr IPaddress WARMING L J Connect only ONE LED panel
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