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1. created 29 1 appears again 26 Type the letter M SESS Se Press FONT until 5557 A B 27 appears again 1oviet SRETN SS5 28 Type ews EES E Press RUN twice to 29 watch the marquee you Y Foure __ 36 Graphics BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 12 Mixing text and graphics In this example we ll create a graphic and combine it with text Graphics Step When you do this You see this These triangle graphics which is just a single DOTS file will be combined with the text Graphics CH 5 eee H 09000 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the display See Clearing a displays memory on page 6 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 20 Cl I 2 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A 3 Press BACK The name of your DOTS graphics file will be A The blinking DOTS cursor keeps track of where you re drawing 4 Press ADV Press X to move a W moves this line left X moves this line right vertical line across the increases drawing area reduces drawing area display This reduces the size of the drawing area Bue EE DEE eit Kee2. DEL TEXT Y N Press Y to delete the file PROG TEXT A then Press RUN twice E then E amc H SSS EE BUT NOW IT S then A D LONGER L WE Basic text messaging BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Advanced text messages Before attempting the following make sure you re familiar with the previous examples in the Beginning text messaging section of this manual Example 6 Showing the time and date Step When you do this You see this In this example we ll create a message that continuously shows the current time and date for Rosco Advertising then Advertising then The time will be shown in extra wide letters then Jan 1 2000 Delete all the messages currently stored in the display press 1 for ROLL See Clearing a displays memory on page 6 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 20 2 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A d D ra 3 Press SELECT PROG TEXT Hold down SHIFT and fret This stands for Roll mode Advanced text messages 21 BETAbrite Window Display User anual Press SELECT until the Roll direction changes to down Press SELECT o RLT Roll a message up
3. BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 13 Deleting a graphic If you want to delete an entire DOTS graphic file use this example as a guide Step When you do this You see this This is a continuation of the previous example This example assumes that the following graphic is in DOTS file A e id LI e d 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A 2 Press BACK PROG DOTS A d D 3 Press SELECT PROG DOTS e vpv amp Type the letter of the 4 graphic you want to 7 delete In this case type id A Press Y to delete the 6 graphic Or N if you don t want to delete it Press RUN fourtimes to return to normal 7 operation This will run message file A but the fat ar DOTS file A won t show s eerie because you just deleted it Graphics 39 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Appendixes Appendix A Modes and fonts available Modes determine the way text and graphics move on a display For example the ROTATE mode moves a message across a display from right to left Fonts are the size and shape of text characters The letters in brackets like AUT and SS7 are what will appear on the display Modes available Automode AUT SHIFT 7 Flash
4. Wall mounting 1 Attach two wall brackets in the mounting kit PN 1038 9003 to a wall 46 3 4 118 7 cm apart measured from the center of each bracket 2 Attach the mounting brackets to the display as shown Wall mounting distance a a Lock washers H Cie e jJ 1r CL 504 J Top view Side view Ceiling mounting Using the mounting kit PN 1038 9003 and a chain not supplied in the kit mount the display from the ceiling as shown Counter mounting The display will stand up if placed on a counter However for greater stability use the mounting kit PN 1038 9003 Display installation BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Programming messages into your display You can operate a BETAbrite Window Display in two ways e by using a hand held Remote Control e by using a computer with appropriate software See Appendix C Connecting a display to a computer on page 42 Using a Remote Control to operate your display A Remote Control is a hand held keyboard used to operate a BETAbrite Window Display Most of this manual shows you how to program messages on your display using a Remote Control A Remote Control needs four AAA batteries to operate Point this end of the Remote Control at a display Press RUN twice to exit Press PROGRAM to put the REMOTE CONTROL programming mode display into programming er cud
5. FLS SHIFT 4 Hold HLD SHIFT 5 Interlock SPC 3 SPECIAL 3 Roll RLT 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 O SPECIAL Wipe WIT SHIFT 2 Use SELECT to change wipe direction Fonts available All these fonts can also be displayed wider using WIDTH 40 7 row sans serif SS7 7 row serif SRF 5 row sans serif SS5 Appendixes BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Appendix B Display diagnostic test Your display can do a self test to determine if all the LEDs or incandescent lights are working properly Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A Press BACK until SET 2 TIME AND DAY or SET Il TIME appears SET W D H amp M 3 Press ADV then 2 29 Vi 4J Type TEST NOTE This test deletes all messages in 1 00 AMOO s RL he display 4 However if you then ype the letter A immediately after A series of test screens will appear yping TEST your mes
6. Press BACK to return to 1 PROG TEXT I PROG TEXT A 13 Press SELECT until a j uc question mark appears PROG TEXT 14 Press A Hold down SHIFT and press 4 for FLASH Hold down SHIFT and press 8 for SPEED 34 Graphics BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Press SELECT until the fastest speed a es 0 a eS eu 0 Insert the first DOTS SETS 48 graphic you created file A by holding down SHIFT and pressing The letter A is the name of the graphic file Insert the second DOTS fA DOT A graphic by holding down d SHIFT and pressing 19 again Press Then press SELECT until the letter B appears fA NHL J DOTJALDOT IB d D Insert the third and final DOTIA DOTS graphic by holding down SHIFT 20 and pressing again Press d Then press SELECT until the letter C appears JAJALDOTIBLDOTIC Now we ll add the message Movie News after the three graphics Press FONT until SRF 21 appears PAICDOTIBLDOTICLSRF 22 Type the letter M JAITIBLDOTICLSRF d os Press FONT until 555 555 appears SS5 is the smallest character font Type ovieand then press q n Ch Ree SS Graphics 35 BETAbrite Window Display User anual Press FONT until SRF
7. The 4 display will return to normal operation and show LEES AE 5 After setting the date and time press RUN twice to return to normal operation 6 Basic display operation Setting a display s password BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Some displays allow you to set a personal password to protect your messages and graphics from tampering by others NOTE DON T FORGET YOUR PASSWORD If you do you won t be able to operate the display However if you do forget the password see What to do when you forget a password on page 8 Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A 2 Press BACK until SET PASSWORD appears SET PASSWORD 5 A 3 ress ADV SET PASSWORD Y N ND 4 Press Y to set a password ENTER 6 CHAR S Type a 6 character password Only asterisks will appear on the display as you type peee then Re type the password when prompted f RE ENTER THE 6 then Pe then CORRECT will appear if you entered the same password then If you failed to type the same password ERROR will appear and you ll have to start over from PROG TEXT A Step 1 lc e SS eed 6 Press RUN twice PASSWORD RUN Y N Basic display operation BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Press Y to password protect the display el The display will return to nor
8. mode This mode is used to o set the date and time type in messages etc APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ROLL WIPE SCROLL FLASH HOLD ROTATE pac ete e Use one of the SHIFT keys to o ME access these white functions like ROLL and TIME 000006 D D amp p o o o 90 I and these white characters 00090a like and 1 o00000_ CR sur MA oe To turn the display off or on hold down SHIFT and then INSERT BACK ADV DELETE press PROGRAM 2 Programming messages into your display BETAbrite Window Display User Manual To program a display with a Remote Control e Stand at least 5 feet and no more than 30 feet from the display e Make sure nothing reflective is in front of the display Light from the display s screen that is reflected back can interfere with the Remote Control e If nearby fluorescent lights interfere with the Remote Control you may have to relocate either the lights or the display Front view Te le Top view ag If a display 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 Figure 1 Using a Remote Control with a display Using software You can use a software application BetaBrite Messaging Software to send messages to the BETAbrite Window Display Refer to 9701 0202 Messaging Software User Manual fo
9. then File A is shown 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 PROG TEXT GE 2 Press SELECT until 8 A appears PROG TEXT A Press ADV until the H This is your space after your appears We re going to delete your and replace it with the Press DELETE until 4 your and the space after LAUT This is it are erased d ere Viv Text you type now will be inserted here after the space following is 5 Press INSERT 6 Type the and then SPACE 7 Press INSERT to turn text insertion off T This is the Basic text messaging 17 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Press ADV until the first is is the sec 8 few letters of second appear the has replaced your ll Press APPEND to go to Condy message 9 the end of the message APPEND takes you to the end of a message PON TOMEI SIEP This way you won t cut off the end of the message after what shows in the prior step then then CO message ext we ll add text to the end of File A 11 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT B SSS 12 Press SELECT until appears on the display PROG TEXT A L E A IRST MESSAGE
10. 13 Press APPEND APPEND takes you to the end of a message so you can add more To type a comma hold 14 down SHIFT and press IRST MESSAGE W Press SPACE and then a n 15 type BUT NOW IT E BUT NOW IT To type an apostrophe 16 hold down SHIFT and m E BUT NOW IT 18 press V n Basic ext messaging BETAbrite Window Display User Manual 17 Type S LONGER A w IT S LONGER he This message E f FIRST MESSAGE f should appear he 18 Press RUN twice he B then This message appear between the ONand OFF then times you set in Example 3 Basic text messaging 19 20 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 5 Deleting messages To delete all the messages in a display see Clearing a display s memory on page 6 However if you only want to delete selected messages then use the method shown in this example Step When you do 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 display 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 PROG TEXT 9 Press SELECT until B ip appears on the display PROG TEXT Press DELETE
11. M to include the date in a message Twinkle Press SPECIAL Then press Sparkle Press SPECIAL Then press 1 Snow Press SPECIAL Then press 2 Interlock Press SPECIAL Then press 3 Switch Press SPECIAL Then press 4 Slide Across Press SPECIAL Then press 5 Spray Press SPECIAL Then press 6 Starburst Press SPECIAL Then press 7 Carriage return Press RETURN Half space Hold down SHIFT and then press SPACE Quick Reference Card 45 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Display graphics Thank You Press SPECIAL Then press S No Smoking Press SPECIAL Then press U Don t Drink and Drive Press SPECIAL Then press V Running Animal Press SPECIAL Then press W Fireworks Press SPECIAL Then press X Turbo Car Press SPECIAL Then press Y Cherry Bomb Press SPECIAL Then press Z Welcome Press SPECIAL Then press 8 Slot Machine Press SPECIAL Then press 9 How to create a graphic 1 Press PROGRAM and then BACK REMOTE CONTROL ON OFF SOUND APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ROLL WIPE SCROLL FLASH HOLD ROTATE AUTO SPEED TIME DOT ooo 009069 0900 eee cD s EE os 4 gt INSERT BACK DELETE Next press ADV The DOTS cursor will be in the upper left hand corner of the display Use the direction keys D E F etc to move the DOTS cursor in the direction indicated b
12. a display S PASSWOM cs icit eis cm etre mt es 7 What to do when you forget a D sawon 8 How to delete a display s posswond 8 Basic text messagimng E 9 Example 1 Using upper and lowercase in messages sss 9 Example 2 Showing messages in file name order B 12 Example Showing messages in time order 14 Example 4 Changing the text of an existing message 17 Example 5 Deleting MeSSageS ssc ENNEN 20 Advanced text messages 21 Example 6 Showing the time and date wal Example en USING Toll a cc p ee e eo EUG BUR 24 Example 8 Speeding up and slowing down messages 27 Example 9 Special effects with Modes Trailing Modes 20 Example 10 International cliaracters cete 30 CIERRE DIL 32 Example 11 Creating a movie Marquee sssssseeeennennnenenes 32 Example 12 Mixing text and graphics 37 Exarriple 13 Deleting a Org ssa ie ar tme tete 39 Appendixes EE 40 Appendix A Modes and fonts available 40 Appendix B Display diagnostic test 41 Appendix C Connecting a display to a computer 42 Appendix D Updating the display s firmware 43 Quick Reference Card EN 44 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Display installation
13. graphics see Display graphics on page 46 you can create your own custom graphics using DOTS files You can show a DOTS graphic that you create either by itself or with text NOTE After you create a DOTS graphic to show it on your display the DOTS graphic must be placed in a text file even if you just want to show 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 p First you ll create these three graphics files i called DOTS files B C Lbi tebibtebibidbibiibibtdsibbibibibi pip ipii php Then this text will vii RR Em bale afer Piovre Zeus three graphic files Delete all the messages currently stored in the display See Clearing a displays memory on page 6 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 20 2 Press PROGRAM PROG A 32 Graphics BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Press BACK Note If you don t see A PROG DOTS A PROG DOTS A 3 on the screen follow the steps in The name of your first DOTS graphics is A Clearing a The second one will be named B and the third one C display s memory on page 6 The blinking D
14. message Step When you do this You see this fj SER 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A DENEN A is the file name of your message 2 Press ADV Basic text messaging 9 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Type THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE Note If you make a mistake while typing press DELETE to erase a letter pa oa AUT which stands for Automode will appear as you type your first character Automode automatically shows your message in different formats Your message should look like this when you re done typing IRST MESSAGE 4 Press RUN twice Now that the first message is done w Press PROGRAM again THis IS YOUR then Because Automode AUT was used in your message see Step 3 the text of your message will be shown 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 display e ll enter a second message which contains upper and lowercase characters PROG TEXT A 6 Press SELECT PROG TEXT The A changes to a question mark after pressing SELECT 7 Press B is now the file name of your second message If you pressed A instead of B you would have written over the first message 10 Basic text messaging BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Ty
15. 6 change the Roll direction RL Roll a message down to 4 down RL lt Roll a message to the left RL Roll a message to the right RL gt lt Roll a message in from both sides of the display RL lt Roll a message out from the middle of the display U H 7 TypeR m CRLJIR Using CAPS to switch between uppercase and a 89 lowercase letters type SE Advertising the following q osco Advertising We ll Roll the time in from the bottom to the top of the display Hold down SHIFT and A press 1 for ROLL a H Press WIDTH to show n 10 the time in wide characters This will show the time wide letters X j4 Hold down SHIFT and press 9 for TIME This will show the current time in wide characters Next we ll Roll the date in from the right to the left of the display Hold down SHIFT and 2 x press 1 for ROLL m 12 qie Then press SELECT to until the Roll direction We ll make the date roll to the left changes to lt Press WIDTH o ur of CS 13 wide characters SLM means the following characters won t be wide 22 Advanced text messages BETAbrite Window Display User Manual 14 Press SPECIAL SPECIAL ee 15 Press M 1 2000 Uu Pressing SPECIAL and M inserts the current date into a message Press RUN twice to see the message Note If you want th date in a different format you must change t
16. BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Copyright 1999 Adaptive Micro Systems Form No 9703 8008 12 28 99 NOTE Due to continuing product innovation specifications in this document are subject to change without notice Copyright 1999 Adaptive Micro Systems Inc All rights reserved The distinctive appearance of this product is a Trade Dress of Adaptive Micro Systems Inc BETA BRITE BIG DOT and SMART ALEC are trademarks of Adaptive Micro Systems Inc registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office Alec ALPHA AlphaLert AlphaNET AlphaNET p us AlphaNET plus Il ALPHAVISION Automode Director EZ KEY Il 295 PagerNET PrintPak PPD Solar and TimeNet are trademarks of Adaptive Micro Systems Inc Visit our Internet World Wide Web site http www betabrite com Contents Display installation 1 Programming messages into your 2 Using a Remote Control to operate your 015 2 USING SONWaLe reme ti ee on am eme d re nets 3 Basic display operation 4 T rtiing a diSplay otf and OT scr rette TRUE ET ere RR etse 4 Setting a display s time and date 5 Glearing a diSplay s Ielmoly a nete i a e tine n 6 Settirig
17. OTS cursor keeps track of where you re drawing 4 Press ADV Keep pressing Q until the DOTS 5 cursor moves here REMOTE CONTROL AUTO SPEED TIME DOT e SELECT 5 Press Q until the DOTS oBnapsoug cursor is on the bottom 00606 6 D 5 L 0009006 GO These keys move ee er the DOTS cursor 0090090 EN amp Also NE Le draw or erase dots when you 4 gt e hold down SHIFT INSERT BACK ADV DELETE and press one of these keys P Hold down SHIFT and press L to draw a line 6 across the entire bottom SE of the display SHIFT L Graphics 33 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Complete DOTS graphic A by using E J and Q SHIFT J keys SHIFT 7 SHIFT NOTE Remember hold 0 E down SHIFT with these keys to actually draw HS EMO HERET Then press Y to save graphic A PROG DOTS Type B as the name of 10 the next graphics file PROG DOTS DOTS graphic een steps to draw graphics and C Both are just eG smaller versions of graphic A DOTS graphic C EE NOTE In order to show a DOTS 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
18. ary style So 1 00 PM 13 00 2 00 PM 14 00 etc 9 Press M for minute l A ON M F 13 10 until 13 10 appears Minutes in increments of 10 EL LASS A OFF 0 00 10 Press SELECT a RR RR After setting the ON time select the OFF time or when the message stops 11 Repeat Steps 7 8 and or 9 to set the OFFtime 2 30 or 14 30 in this example Press RUN once 12 If TIME does not appear press SELECT ntil it does RUN or DEMO may also appear here Press BA to set the 2 d 13 display order of these WO messages Basic text messaging 15 BETAbrite Window Display User anual Press RUN once This message should appear continuously This message should only appear between the ONand OFF times you set File B then A second then message then THIS 15 your then SES 16 Basic text messaging BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 4 Changing the text of an existing message After typing in a message you may want to add or remove text from it The following is an example of this common situation Step When you do this You see this This example continues where Example 3 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the display File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B This is your second message and that File B
19. date even if the display is unplugged or interrupted by a power loss since the display includes a real time clock chip Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A 2 Press BACK until SET TIME appears ll 3 Press ADV then MON 2 29 PM Press D to set the day of the week Press H to set the hour Press M to set the minute OTE Press SELECT to change from 12 hour AM PM to 24 hour mode 0 23 5 Press BACK until SET DATE appears iH SET WITH D M amp Y 6 Press ADV then DEC 31 1999 Press D to set the correct day Press M to set the month Press Y to set the year ee eee eee ee eee D 7 JAN 1 2000 NOTE Press SELECT to show the date in different formats for example JAN 26 2000 or 1 26 00 or 26 1 00 etc 8 After setting the date and time press RUN twice to return to normal operation Basic display operation 5 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Clearing a display s memory NOTE Clearing a display s memory erases all messages graphics and the password that have been programmed into the display Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A 2 Press BACK until CLEAR MEMORY appears CLEAR MEMORY ce 3 Press ADV then CLEAR ALL Y N J Press Y to clear the displays memory
20. e Display modes and special keys on page 45 FONT Changes the font SS7 SRF or SS5 used in a message See Example 7 Using fonts on page 24 Changes the width of a font Text that appears after WID will look bold WIDTH To return to normal text press WIDTH again and SLM will appear See Example 7 Using fonts on page 24 44 Quick Reference Card BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Display modes and special keys ROLL WIPE SCROLL FLASH HOLD ROTATE AUTO SPEED TIME DOT Hold down SHIFT a d press 1 to use the Roll mode in a message ROLL Use SELECT to change the direction of the roll WIPE Hold down SHIFT and press 2 to use he Wipe mode in a message Use SELECT to change the direction of the wipe SCROLL Hold down SHIFT and press 3 to use the Scroll mode in a message FLASH Hold down SHIFT and press 4 to use the Flash mode in a message HOLD Hold down SHIFT and press 5 to use the Hold mode in a message ROTATE Hold down SHIFT and press 6 to use the 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
21. e this For this example make sure that your display s internal clock has been accurately set See Setting a display s time and date on page 5 This example continues where Example 2 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the display File THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B This is your second message In this example we ll program the display to show File A on Monday through Friday from 1 10 PM to 2 30 PM We ll program the display to always show File B 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXTA ENS 9 Press SELECT until B appears PROG TEXT __ ON ALWAYS is the default setting for a ON ALWAYS 3 Hold down SHIFT and _ A message A message press 9 for TIME Since file B is already set up set to CAAT al we ll go on to file A run continuously 4 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT B Press SELECT until A appears PROG TEXT A EEES 14 Basic text messaging BETAbrite Window Display User Manual I A ON ALWAYS f 6 Hold down SHIFT and press 9 for TIME First we ll select the ON time or when the message starts Press D for day until 7 M F Monday through Friday appears Press D to set the day H for hour and M for minute in 10 minute increments CO D A ON M F 13 00 f 8 Press H for hour until 15 00 appears Hours must be represented in 24 hour or milit
22. es NOTE International characters can not be used with the small SS5 font The following table summarizes all the international characters that can be used __ Type Base Character like A Then press SELECT to choose an international character like g Use the CAPS button on the Remote Control for the lowercase letters E B A C E 0 U Y C fi 6 y i 1 N Y C y y A C 6 0 f So U 0 u Ee e 0 0 a A a The following example shows how to use international characters in a message Step When you do this You see this Delete all the messages cu rently stored in the display See Clearing a displays n nemory page 6 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 20 30 Advanced text messages BETAbrite Window Display User Manual 2 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT 3 Press ADV Using CAPS and SHIFT 4 when needed type Submit your re 5 Press SELECT until appears 6 Type sume Press SELECT until T appears Press RUN twice to see 7 8 yor Ties Submit your r sum Advanced text messages 31 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Graphics In addition to pre programmed or canned
23. he date format before including it in a nessage The format of a date time also is set in the message even if you change he date format in he sign later hen 3 Advertising D hen Advanced text messages 23 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 7 Using fonts Fonts are the way characters are shown on a display In the world of printing and publishing fonts are given names like Times or Helvetica and qualities like serif or sans serif font size like 12 point or 14 point bold or italic etc This is Times a serif font This is Helvetica a sans serif font On this display the following fonts called SS7 SS5 and SRF are available Upper and lowercase SS7 is Ms you with this font normally see on a display Only uppercase letters can be used with this font Upper and lowercase letters zum Also any of the display s fonts can be made bold or wider by using the WIDTH button To determine what fonts are available on your display see Appendix A Modes and fonts available on page 40 The following examples demonstrate how to use fonts on your display Step When you do this You see this Delete all the messages currently stored in the display See Clearing a displays memory on page 6 or Example 5 Deleting
24. mal operation NOTE If you select N then a password will not be needed when you press PROGRAM Now whenever you press PROGRAM you ll have to type the password you just entered What to do when you forget a password Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A then 2 Hold down SHIFT and press L six times fcorrecT l then a PROG TEXT A lte 3 Enter a new password See Setting a displays password on page 7 How to delete a display s password If you no longer want to be prompted to password protect a display you must clear the display s memory in order to delete the password To do this see Clearing a display s memory on page 6 8 Basic display operation BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Basic text messaging This section shows you how to start creating messages on your display Example 1 Using upper and lowercase in messages In this first example you ll show the text THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE like this THis 15 H then L FIRST MESSAGE and then the text This is your second message BEDENENTNEO then lowercase text Your first message will look like this p up 1 second This message must be shown SSS se on three displays because the then words second message pu MM NY won t fit on a single line
25. messages on page 20 2 Press PROGRAM i PROG TEXT A 24 Advanced text messages BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Hold down SHIFT and press 5 for HOLD mode Hold mode turns off Automode Press FONT to select SRF the serif font l LHLDI CSRF 6 when needed type This is SRF As you type the font you selected will appear as it will actually be shown on the display 7 Press RETURN to start a new line of text This symbol indicates RETURN Cl ND g Press WIDTH to show AIRE WID I wide text q WID wide text Using CAPS and SHIFT Wide Press RETURN to start 10 a new line of text I Wide Press WIDTH again to n H urn wide characters off SLM Lj 12 Press FONT to select the 555 font Type THIS IS SS5 13 character can be used with this font Advanced text messages 25 BETAbrite Window Display User anual Press RUN twice to see what you ve typed then then then VWV IDE 26 Advanced text messages BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 8 Speeding up and slowing down messages Messages can be sped up or slowed down using the SPEED mode Once you pick a mode like HOLD a speed can be selected by selecting SPEED on the Remote Control Then press SELECT to cha
26. nge the speed SP1 SP2 SP3 SP4 SP5 NHL Slowest Fastest speed speed Here s an example of how to vary the speed of the SCROLL mode of a message Step When you do this You see this Delete all the messages currently stored in the display See Clearing a displays memory on page 6 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 20 2 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT A 3 Press ADV Select SCROLL Hold 4 down SHIFT and press 3 SCR SCROLL mode which we ll use to demonstrate message speed Select SPEED Hold A LSCRILSP4 5 down SHIFT and press 8 E SP4 is the default speed setting Press SELECT until 6 SP1 very slow appears SP1 very slow 7 Type Scroll speed 1 speed 1 LI Advanced text messages 27 BETAbrite Window Display User anual 9 Select SPEED again I SCR LSP1 d D 10 NHL No Hold 7 appears NHL very fast 11 Type Scroll speed N speed N uc EE E CECI IP Press RUN twice to see Eum e E Scroll speed 1 scrolls up into the The message Scroll BE E speed 7 should scroll then EE 12 and pause SP However the message NAE the Scroll speed N should scroll up without pausing at all fastest speed the Scroll speed N message scrolls into aS ee nc qp a and
27. off the display without pausing 28 Advanced text messages BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 9 Special effects with Modes Trailing Modes Modes like ROTATE and ROLL are used to create special effects with messages Typically modes are used once at the beginning of a message for the entire message However a mode can also be placed at or toward the end of a message called a trailing mode to create a special effect when the first part of the message is leaving the screen NOTE The following 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 display See Clearing a displays memory on page 6 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 20 CO D 2 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT 4 Hold down SHIFT and press 4 for FLASH CO D 5 Type ATTENTION Al LS ATTENTION press 1 for ROLL Pd This is the trailing mode The ROLL mode trails the first mode FLASH 7 Type Trailing mode mode iw 8 Press RUN twice to see trailing mode in action ATTENTION should flash and then roll off the display Advanced text messages 29 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 10 International characters International characters like and can be included in messag
28. p pressing X until there 5 dots between the vertical line and the 5 end of the display The line should end up 5 dots from the end So our drawing area will be 5 dots wide by 7 dots high OTE If you don t reduce the a graphic area the 3 graphic would take up the entire S e area of the display ei 37 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Starting point y gp SS ec e Draw the following H coe Remember 6 graphic using the keys e SHIFT e indicated e To just move the cursor Sy ee don t hold down SHIFT e CO D 7 Press RUN twice PROG DOTS TEXT A appears PROG TEXT Lj 40 Hold down SHIFT and press 6 for ROTATE Hold down SHIFT and EA ROTILDOT A 11 press H to insert your DOTS graphic The A is the file name of your DOTS graphic Using CAPS and SHIFT 8 when necessary type Graphics 12 Graphics Gre Place a space before the word Graphics Place a space before TO Graphics Otherwise the first triangle will appear too close Hold down SHIFT and 13 press to insert your fA DOTIA DOTS graphic again d f 0009 D 4 L Press RUN twice to see 14 your graphic and text NOTE Ifyou had not placed a space after the first triangle message move across the display graphic the message would look like the following 38 Graphics
29. pe T D Press CAPS to switch to 8 8 lowercase letters g Type his is your second Your message should look like this when you re done typin message then 9 Press RUN twice then You should notice that first message doesn t appear at all We ll fix this in the following example Basic text messaging 11 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 2 Showing messages in file name order A B C etc Once vou ve programmed messages into the display you may want to set the order or sequence in which messages appear This method will show messages by their file name A B C etc or in alphabetical order Step When you do this You see this This example continues where Example 1 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the display File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B This is your second message 1 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXTB TIME or TIM or DEMO or CAN may also appear here 2 Press RUN If RUN appears on the display go to the next Otherwise press SELECT until RUN appears this is your then R EN 5 Press RUN second UT I then message You have just programmed the display to run only message file B Next we ll program the display to show message B first
30. r instructions for sending messages using this software Programming messages into your display BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Basic display operation Turning a display off and on When you plug in the display s power supply the display starts up automatically and unplugging the power supply turns the display off However instead of unplugging a display there is another way to turn display off Holding down SHIFT and then pressing PROGRAM turns a display off and on NOTE Messages that you have programmed into the display will not be lost when you turn a display off or remove power Messages will be retained for up to 30 days if the display is not powered When the display starts up the following will be shown f 1038 64030 ABD THEN THEN aopress OO This is the software or firmware nside the display This indicates that the display is equipped with a real time clock chip hat can keep track of the date and time This is the amount of memory inside he display The current time The display s address which can be used to identify individual displays on a network Basic display operation BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Setting a display s time and date The display must be initially programmed for time and date and occasionally you may want to re program the display Once set the BETAbrite Window Display will remember the time and
31. sages will be preserved 5 Press PROGRAM to exit the self test mode PROG TEXT A EE 6 Press RUN twice to return to normal mode Appendixes 41 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Appendix C Connecting a display to a computer Though messages can be programmed into the display using the hand held Remote Control a more convenient method is to connect the display to a computer and use special software to send messages NOTE Contact Adaptive Micro Systems to order the software necessary to send messages to a display from your PC NOTE These displays cannot be networked together That is you can connect a single display to a computer but not multiple displays es M To the display s To one of the PC running RS232 connector PC s COM special software on back RS232 ports contact Adaptive Micro Systems to order Item Part Description A Ferrite ferrite end towards display 1088 8625 25 foot 6 conductor RS232 data cable 1088 8627 50 foot 6 conductor RS232 data cable 4370 0001C 25 pin sub D to 6 pos RJ11 adapter 1088 9108 9 pin sub D to 6 pos RJ11 adapter 42 Appendixes BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Appendix D Updating the display s firmware EPROM Your display has an internal chip or EPROM that is used to control the display From time to
32. then A 12 Basic text messaging BETAbrite Window Display User Manual 6 Press PROGRAM PROG TEXT If RUN appears on the display go to the next Press SELECT until RUN appears 9 Press B then A The order of these letters determines the order in which messages will appear on a display In this case message B will appear first then message A File B D z a gt Lo sage 10 Press RUN then File A These two messages will keep being shown in this order until a new file name order or a new message is entered e Using this method you can program the order of some or all of the messages you ve entered on a display Basic text messaging 13 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Example 3 Showing messages in time order In Example 2 you set the order of messages by file name However that method could not specify an exact time when a message would appear In this example we ll show you how to make a message appear and disappear at times you specify NOTE Unless a display has a battery backed clock showing messages in time order will only work as long as a display is powered When a display without a battery backed clock loses power its internal clock becomes inaccurate and must be reset See Setting a display s time and date on page 5 Step When you do this You se
33. time the firmware in this EPROM is updated and the EPROM must be changed NOTE Turn off the display s power before continuing 1 After removing power from the display slide the access panel on the back of the display up 2 Using the top and bottom tabs on the EPROM socket gently pull the EPROM out of the display Then place the new EPROM in the empty socket and replace the access cover EPROM Appendixes 43 BETAbrite Window Display User Manual Quick Reference Card Message control keys REMOTE CONTROL ON OFF SOUND APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR To turn the display on or off hold down SHIFT and then press PROGRAM To enter messages set the date and time clear memory etc press PROGRAM and then PROGRAM Press BACK to select one of the following Press ADV to enter a PROG DOTS A press ADV to create a graphic message in SET TIME press ADV to set the time file A SET DATE press ADV to set the date SET PASSWORD press ADV to set a password to prevent someone from changing the display s text CLEAR MEMORY press ADV to erase all messages RUN Press twice to exit PROGRAM mode APPEND When editing text this takes you to the end of a message CURSOR ot used SPECIAL Used to set various text modes Se
34. y the white arrows To draw a line hold down SHIFT while pressing one of the direction keys For example to draw a diagonal line hold down the SHIFT while pressing R When you re done press RUN twice Press BACK until this screen appears PROG TEXT A Press SELECT and then a letter like A Enter the DOTS file For example hold down SHIFT and press 6 for ROTATE Then hold down SHIFT and press for DOT eC D O a ex Press RUN twice to show the graphic Quick Reference Card
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