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1. 45 6 2 FACTORY REPAIRS be 45 TOTAL CONTROL 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 INTRODUCTION QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Marquee Displays can display alphanumeric messages received from a host The host may be a Marquee Controller SM1000SMC programmable logic controller computer or a master Allen Bradley Bulletin 2706 Dataliner DL20 display Either RS232 or RS422 485 multidrop serial communication can be used All message attributes and storage of messages is performed by the host Marquee Displays operate in a Slave mode The slave mode allows up to 123 displays to have a unique address when using an RS422 network Also RS232 can be used Serial commands are described later in this manual 1 2 DISPLAY CONFIGURATIONS Catalog Number Description tortines Chars tine_ Char Height LED Color SM1202FOA QM1104ROA 1 10 4 8 2 20 2 1 QM1204ROA 20 4 8 40 2 1 QM2204ROA 20 4 8 40 2 1 QM4204ROA 20 4 8 40 2 1 QM1104COA 1 10 4 8 TRICOLOR 2 20 251 QM1204COA 1 20 4 8 TRICOLOR 2 40 2 1 QM2204COA 20 4 8 TRICOLOR 2 1 QM4204COA 4 8 TRICOLOR 2 1 Displays capable of 4 8 characters are also capable of twice as many lines and characters in a 2 1 character height 2 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 1 3 DIMENSIONS WIDTH 74 DEPTH ADJUSTABLE 1 3 4 TO 2 1 2 inches inches ETA 558 cova _ eme m sov2. a f TYPICAL TYPICAL DISTANCE DISTANCE THIS SIDE THIS SIDE FLOOR Now the unit should be suspended with chains from the ceiling or building support structure When selecting a mounting location be sure that there is sufficient support for your back to back Marquee Display Check the weight of your Marquee Display from the specification table and multiply by 2 11 2 8 MULTIPLE UNIT BRACKETS When you order a QM4204ROA Display you will get two QM2204ROA units permanently stacked together The display is hung using a stacked hanging bracket SM1001SHB A back to back configuration of two QM4204ROA Displays is hung using a back to back stacked hanging bracket SM1001BSB These two brackets are ONLY for hanging QM4204ROA Displays 4 075 22 4 22 4 1 1 23 9 23 9 SINGLE BRACKET SM1000HWB 1 1 0 0 2 50 S 81 AY STACKED HANGING BRACKET BACK TO BACK STACKED FOR SM4204FOA DISPLAY HANGING BRACKET FOR SM1001SHB 2 SM4204FOA DISPLAYS SM1001BSB 12 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 2 9 ADJUSTABLE GLARE VISOR QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY The adjustable glare visor allows the user to compensate for ambient light conditions The darker the area in which the Marquee Display is mounted the greater the visibility Keep in mind that direct sunlight
3. Note that text contained in the text field will not be displayed when either 0 48 1 49 or 2 50 are used in the line number field QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 4 8 FIELD 6 CARRIAGE RETURN 4 9 EXAMPLES QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD5 FIELD6 The carriage return defines an end of message and tells the Marquee Display to execute it and defines a starting point so that the Marquee Display can interpret each byte sent The following examples are intended for use with a Marquee Display set to the default character mode of 2 1 amp 4 8 characters 4 9 1 STANDARD FORMAT MESSAGES The following format used by a Marquee Display is the simplest format and uses only four fields as shown below Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 mesei crua creea cree In the above sample information packet the device address is 1 decimal or ASCII CTRL A The character line selected to display the message is line 1 decimal or ASCII CTRL A The end of packet character is a CARRIAGE RETURN or ASCII CTRL M Another information packet may contain a single optional control character such as a control code
4. CLS INPUT Communications Port 1 or 2 A IF A 1 THEN OPEN COM1 9600 N 8 1 AS 1 IF A 2 THEN OPEN COM2 9600 N 8 1 AS 1 IF A lt gt 1 AND A lt gt 2 THEN CLS END REM REM Get users name CLS INPUT Enter your name NAME REM REM Display name as simple line mode message REM Format name for output to display using address 127 and line number 1 PRINT 1 NAME CHR 127 CHR 1 CHR 13 REM REM Pause for 10 seconds T TIMER 10 WHILE TIMER lt T WEND REM REM Display message using auto repeat REM Stop and clear buffer PRINT 1 CHR 19 CHR 127 CHR 1 CHR 13 REM REM Load name into auto repeat buffer set display mode to smooth scroll set REM line number to 1 and wait time to 2 PRINT 1 CHR 25 CHR 27 T1102 NAME CHR 127 CHR 1 CHR 13 REM REM Start buffer PRINT 1 CHR 23 2 CHR 127 CHR 1 CHR 13 REM END QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 5 3 MARQUEE CONTROLLER UP TO 32 DISPLAYS MARQUEE DISPLAY ADDR 2 MARQUEE DISPLAY ADDR 127 MARQUEE DISPLAY ADDR 1 ONTROLLER Marquee displays can be connected to the Total Control Products host device called a Marquee Controller SM1000SMC The Marquee Controller stores up to 1022 unique messages each with their own unique message attributes in its 31K of user memory The Marquee display s will be connected to the SMC and SMC terminals of the Mar
5. User Manual QUICKMARQUEE By Total Control Products Inc QUICKMARQUEE 900 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY User Manual 800 0300 013 Revision B This manual was produced by the QUICKMARQUEE team of Total Control Products Inc Melrose Park Illinois Copyright 1993 Total Control Products Inc All rights reserved Manual Design and Implementation by Patrick Ward The following are trademarks of Total Control Products SMART SCREEN SMART MC SMART AT SMART VT SMART PANEL SMART PANEL Plus SMART TOUCH QUICKMARQUEE QUICKPANEL and QUICKPANEL Plus Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Total Control Products Inc The software described in this document is provided under a license agreement The software may be used or copied only under the terms of the agreement Only one copy of the software may be made for a backup Total Control Products Inc makes no warranty either expressed or implied including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose regarding these materials and makes such materials available solely on an as is basis In no event shall Total Control Products Inc be liable to anyone for special collateral incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of purchase or use of these materials The sole and exc
6. 00 00 00 00 00 00 D OO OO 00 010 010 01 01 100 100 10 10 110 110 11 11 00000 00000 0000 0000 00010 00010 0001 0001 00100 00100 0010 0010 00110 00110 0011 0011 000 000 00 00 010 010 01 01 100 100 10 10 110 110 11 Teh 10000 10000 1000 1000 10010 02090 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Printed Character Code Control 3 m O DJ gt V A O DK lt QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Printed Control Decimal Oct Hex Binary Character Code 01 45 65 0110010 02 46 66 01100110 03 47 67 01100111 04 50 68 01101000 h 05 51 69 01101001 i 06 52 6A 01101010 j 07 53 6B 01101011 k 08 54 6C 01101100 1 09 55 6D 0110110 m 0 56 6E 01101110 n 1 57 6F 011011 2 60 70 0 0000 p 3 61 71 01110001 4 62 72 01110010 5 63 13 01110011 5 6 64 74 0 0100 t 7 65 75 0 010 8 66 76 0 0110 9 67 77 01110111 20 70 78 01111000 21 71 79 01111001 22 72 7A 01111010 Zz 23 3 7B 0 101 24 74 7 0 1100 25 75 7D 0 110 26 76 7E 0 1110 27 74 7 0 11 DEL QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY
7. 2 6 WALL MOUNTING 10 2 7 BACK TO BACK MOUNTING BRACKET 11 2 8 MULTIPLE UNIT BRACKET 12 2 9 ADJUSTABLE GLARE VISOR L u 13 2 10 POWER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS CABLE ACCESS PLATE 14 3 ELECTRICAL 15 3 1 GROUNDING Las Sis Mia A Ga 15 3 2 WIRE RUNS AND WIRING aor 15 3 3 I SEESE SE 15 3 4 CONNECTING AC POWER TERMINALS L 16 3 5 SERIAL COMMUNICATION TERMINALS 1 7 16 3 6 RS232 CONNECTIONS TERMINALS 1 3 16 3 7 RS422 485 CONNECTIONS sisisi 17 3 8 OPEN COLLECTOR OUTPUT Slates 18 3 9 DISPLAY CONFIGURATION Switch A 18 3 10 BAUD RATE SELECTION Switch 19 3 11 CHARACTER SIZE SELECTION Switch 20 3 12 PROTOCOL SELECTION Switch A eee 21 3 13 SELF TEST SELECTION Switch eese 21 3 14 ADDRESS SELECTION Switch 22 315 FINAL CHECKS EEE
8. gt lt slave address gt lt don t care gt carriage return This command can be used in conjunction with the stop command that is discussed next Control X This command will stop the auto repeat mode without destroying the buffer s content which will allow the unit to start up using CTRL W This command is useful when an alarm message is to be posted The auto repeat can be stopped and 27 28 a regular message can be sent via the standard protocol Then the auto repeat mode can be restarted The format is CTRL X lt slave address gt lt don t carriage return 4 3 1 REPEAT TEXT FIELD FORMAT CTRL lt text field gt lt slave address gt lt don t care gt carriage return The text field that is sent to the display has it s own format to allow the display mode line number and wait times to be changed throughout the message program If the user simply sends text without any mode control codes the display will default to line mode line and wait time of one second To change the modes the following sequence must be sent before the text string in the text field 1 An ESC Escape code and a ASCII T will tell the slave that the following data is meant to be a text string with attributes 2 The line number will tell the slave what line the text is to be displayed on Line number is an ASCII character in the range of 0 49 to lt 60 79 ASCII Decimal 2 1 4
9. j siue 542 70 250 _ QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 1 4 SPECIFICATIONS DISPLAY MEDIA Type Contiguous LED matrix Color Red or Tricolor red green amp amber Viewing Range 125 ft for 2 1 characters 275 ft for 4 8 characters Viewing Angle 60 left right up down Display Life 50 000 Hours ELECTRICAL Input Voltage 115 VAC 10 60 Hz Input Power See table above Fuse Type 3AG See table above for rating Open Collector Output 5 to 24 VDC 250ma sinking Communication RS232 RS422 485 Addressable Baud Rate 300 1200 9600 19200 ENVIRONMENTAL Operating Temperature 0 to 55 C Storage Temperature 40 to 85 Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing Enclosure Type NEMA 12 4 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 1 5 OPERATING TEMPERATURE QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY As listed above the operating temperature of the display is 0 to 55 C The display is capable of operating at these temperatures because of thermal management incorporated into its design When operating at temperatures close to 55 C the display will automatically dim itself to prevent it from overheating If the internal temperature of the display exceeds 70 C the unit will shut down and display OT at 5 second intervals until the internal temperature falls below 68 C Since the dimming feature is based on the internal temperature of the display the ambient temperature at which each stage of dimmin
10. of formatting an ASCII character string that has either an RS232 or RS422 port is a suitable host device Host devices can be divided into two categories devices already designed to communicate with the Marquee Display and devices requiring additional programming An example of a device that would require programming to allow it to communicate with a Marquee Display is a personal computer or PC A PC has the hardware necessary for communicating to a Marquee Display but lacks the user program to format and send the text strings With a PC a user is required to write a program in a language such as BASIC or C using the information provided in the Communications section of this manual Devices currently available that are capable of communication with the Marquee Display are listed below 1 MARQUEE CONTROLLER This product is design specifically for the Marquee Display and may be used with all models of Marquees 2 SMART MC amp SMART SIM Series Displays These are panel mount displays that are capable of sending messages to a Marquee Display Only certain models of the Marquee Displays may be used with these products 3 ALLEN BRADLEY DL20 amp DL40 Series Displays These Allen Bradley products are very similar to the SMART MC and SMART SIM products Only certain models of Marquee Displays may be used with these products These devices are mainly designed for interfacing to PLCs programmable logic controllers The advantage to these dev
11. or factory lighting that is at the same height as the Marquee Display will wash out the display and cause poor visibility LOOSEN NUT AND ADJUST FROM 1 3 4 TO 2 1 2 we 13 2 10 POWER CABLE COMMUNICATIONS CABLE ACCESS PLATE The power cable communications cable access plate cover should be removed and then punched to accept raceway fittings that will terminate your cable runs If your local plant electrical codes allow this fitting will terminate a flexible whip from your rigid power communications wire runs The power cable must be installed according to local codes Make sure your power source can support the total electrical load connected to it Provide proper circuit protection and mechanical raceways To make installation easier plan on using a flexible raceway for the last three feet or longer if allowed by code Also leave at least three feet of wire pulled past the final fitting to allow dressing when connecting to the Marquee display terminal To gain access to the connection terminals there are two cover plates a large one and a small one on the top of the Marquee Display Power Cable Communications Cable Access Plate Terminal Cover Plate QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 3 ELECTRICAL 3 1 GROUNDING IMPORTANT When connecting a host device to one or more Marquee Displays it is very important to have each device connected to a common ground and common power supply Good grounding cannot be over stressed
12. potest 22 4 COMMUNICATION 25 4 1 INTRODUCTION Sede el ee Rea a EL 25 4 2 SLAVE PROTOCOL FORMAT E E reSt 26 4 3 FIELD 1 HEADER CONTROL CHARACTERS FOR AUTO 27 4 3 1 AUTO REPEAT TEXT FIELD 28 TOTAL CONTROL 4 3 2 AUTO REPEAT TEXT FIELD 2 0000 30 4 4 FIELD 2 DISPLAYABLE CHARACTER 31 4 5 FIELD 3 OPTIONAL TRAILER CONTROL CHARACTER 22222 22 32 4 6 FIELD 4 DEVICE ADDRESS n 33 4J FIELD 5 EINE NUMBER 34 4 8 FIELD 6 CARRIAGE RETURN 35 49 EXA MP ES St tic is Bie open A IN ok 35 4 9 1 STANDARD FORMAT 55 5 35 492 AUTOTREPEATMESSAGES Z 36 5 APPLICATIONS 39 SL TOS E DEVICES ss kilatan 39 5 2 HOST COMPUTER ois a sua ovis a bh eG Bava ei Anis 40 5 3 41 5 4 ALLEN BRADLEY DL20 amp DL40 COMPATIBILITY 2 02 200000 41 5 5 SMART SIM amp SMART MC COMPATIBILITY 42 6 MAINTENANCE 45 6 1 CLEANING THE LENS 5 suche
13. their addresses This allows you to efficiently route a message to all displays Multiple Marquee displays on an RS422 485 communication line can have the same address and they will all respond to a message sent to that address Remember this field must be a ASCII character not a decimal number For example DEVICE ADDRESS ASCII CHARACTER DECIMAL 1 CTRL A 2 CTRL B 11 CTRL K 48 0 ZERO 68 D Upper Case D 102 f Lower Case f 33 4 7 FIELD 5 LINE NUMBER 34 Optional Control 250 Characters Character FIELD 1 for Display FIELD 2 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Address Line Return Character Number FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 This is one byte ASCII character defined as 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 48 49 or 50 decimal The following table defines the line number results ASCII Decimal 2 1 4 8 4 8 SMC 2 1 amp 4 8 ONLY 1 Limi Control B Comic 3 Limes Control D Comore 5 Limes Control G Control H Control I Control K 2 3 4 5 7 Line 2 Line 3 1 Line 1 2 1 Line 22 1 Line 3 Wapa Line 1 4 8 Line 3 2 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Line 8 Line 4 2 Line 6 Ww Line 2 4 8 Line 7 al Line 5 2 1 Line 8 Lowe Line 6 2 1 Line 3 4 8 os 4 s o l Line 4 4 8 RELAY ON RELAY OFF BLANK ALL LINES
14. to the port 3 RS422 output using a 100 shielded twisted pair cable with drain wire Marquee address and baud rates must match those selected in the host display and the to slave and correct slave number must be programmed as message attributes Also be sure to select the correct character height on the Marquee See the chart at the end of this section for setting the character mode Additional Marquee Displays SMART SIM OR can be multidropped SMART MC SHOWN PORT 3 3 3 Rs422 4 f 6 185220 Rs422 4 4 7 PAH 7 88205 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Note that it is also possible to use the RS232 port 3 output of the SIM MC to connect to one Marquee Display however the distance limitation is 50 feet When slaving a Marquee Display from a SIM or MC Marquee selection is very important Below is a chart showing which Marquee can be used for each display configuration SIM MC MARQUEE MARQUEE OF LINES 2 CHAR MODE 4 8 CHAR MODE SMI202FOA QM1204ROA QMII04ROA QM2204ROA QM2104ROA QM4204ROA When using the SIM or MC with a Marquee avoid using scroll mode since this tends to slow the update time to the Marquee Display This page intentionally left blank 43 6 MAINTENANCE 6 1 CLEANING THE LENS The lens should be cleaned using a soft cloth or paper towel and a non abrasive cleaner Avoid
15. using industrial strength cleaners as they may react with the lens and cause the lens to blur the display 6 2 FACTORY REPAIRS QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY This equipment has been tested and burned in to reduce the occurrence of field failures In the event you experience a problem with this unit contact the customer service department for assistance The phone number is located on the front cover of this manual This unit is not field repairable and must be returned to the factory or authorized repair depot RETURN OF EQUIPMENT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS EQUIPMENT TO BE RETURNED WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING PERMISSION AND A RETURN MATERIAL AUTHORIZATION NUMBER This page intentionally left blank 45 46 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY APPENDIX A ASCII CHARACTER CODE TABLE Printed Control Decimal Oct Hex Binary Character Code 0 000 00 00000000 NUL CTRL 0 1 001 01 0000000 SOH CTRL A 2 002 02 00000010 STX CTRL 3 003 03 000000 ETX CTRD 4 004 04 00000100 EOT CTRL D 005 05 0000010 ENQ CTRL 6 006 06 00000110 ACK CTRL 7 007 07 000001 BEL CTRL G 8 010 08 00001000 BS CTRL H 9 011 09 0000100 HT CTRL I 0 012 OA 00001010 LF CTRL J 1 013 OB 000010 VT CTRL 2 014 oc 00001100 FF CTRL L 3 015 OD 0000110 CR CTRL 4 016 OF 00001110 50 CTRL 5 017 OF 000011 51 CTRL O 6 020 0 00010000 DLE CTRL P 7 021 1 0001000 DC1 CTRL Q 8 022 12 00010010 DC2 CTRL 9 023 3 000100 CTRL S 20 024 4 00010100 DC4 C
16. various fields are listed in each section Samples are shown at the end of this chapter The information packet that the host will transmit consists of the following packet Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD5 FIELD6 Field 1 optional control character header that establishes a functional command Not used with Field 3 Field 2 can consist of any printable ASCII character Field 3 optional control character trailer that establishes a display mode Not used with Field 1 Field 4 routes the message packet to the proper Marquee Display s Field 5 tells the Marquee Display on which line to display the message Field 6 signifies the end of a data packet QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 4 3 FIELD 1 HEADER CONTROL CHARACTERS FOR AUTO REPEAT QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD5 FIELD6 This field is not used with field 3 The following AUTO REPEAT MODE allows messages to be downloaded into the Marquee and then left to run continuously There is room for approximately 5000 bytes of message storage Control S This command followed by a slave address a don t care byte and a CR will clear out the auto repeat buffer and if i
17. 8 4 8 SMC 2 1 amp 4 8 ONLY ONLY Mode All Line All Line All Line All Line 2 1 Line 1 Line 2 1 Line 2 Line 2 2 1 Line 3 Line 1 4 8 Line 4 Line 3 2 1 Line 5 Line 4 2 1 Line 6 Line 2 4 8 Line 7 Line 5 2 1 Line 6 2 1 Line 3 4 8 Line 7 2 1 Line 8 2 1 Line 4 4 8 lines All Lines All Lines All Line 4 8 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 3 Display mode will tell how the text will be displayed Display mode is a ASCII value in the range of 0 48 to 9 57 and A 65 to C 67 o as ineme s2 serottupmode wipe left mode 6 wipe right mode roll up mode 4 Wait time will tell the slave how long in seconds it should wait before starting the next message or the time between updating the display for multiple display messages o s 7 5 7 Wait time is a ASCII two digit number that gives the delay time between updates of a line in a single line mode or all lines in all line mode It can range from 0 48 0 48 to 9 57 9 57 seconds The format of the text field data is ESCAPE T line number display mode two byte wait time The text is any printable ASCII character or variable field The color switch is also allowed for use with the tricolor displays In line mode the lines of text will automatically be broken up and c
18. A complex system must have only one ground point for common power supplies and signal returns to prevent ground loops We recommend Belden 9463 wire or other quality 22 gauge twisted shielded pair wire and connecting the shields to common ground at both ends of the wire Proper grounding of the Display System will prevent symptoms that appear as malfunctions during normal RUN operation 3 2 WIRE RUNS AND WIRING DO NOT route control or data wires with power or high voltage wires other than Marquee power Always use twisted shielded pair wire or Belden 9463 which provides a very effective shield against electrostatic and magnetic coupling 3 3 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS This section describes the electrical connections to the Marquee Display The display should be tested prior to installing it in a permanent location The following drawing shows the bracket containing the terminals and dip switches This bracket if found inside the display under the large terminal cover plate 1234567 12 L G N BEEBE Use the information in this section to connect Power and host interface Make the appropriate switch settings for the address baud rate and character size Once you QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 15 are sure all connections and settings are correct turn on the power and watch the unit go through the self test cycle When the self test has completed the display will go blank and wait for commands f
19. LAVE 2 1 amp 4 8 CHARS VERSION 1 0 9600 BAUD ADDRESS 127 This page intentionally left blank 23 24 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 4 COMMUNICATION 4 1 INTRODUCTION This section of the manual covers the slave protocol The information in this section is presented using conventions that are defined as follows QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 1 The character is used to separate the fields of the protocol for the purpose of presenting the information and is not actually part of the protocol Words contained within the lt and gt symbols are not part of the protocol but references to the actual information to be substituted in place of the word and the symbols For example in place of lt text gt one would put the actual message to be displayed The ASCII code for Control CTRL characters Carriage Return and the ESCAPE character can be found in the Appendix section of this manual Wherever ESCAPE or Control is used in the protocol the equivalent ASCII code should be used Do not use the characters that make up the word ESCAPE or Control Whenever applicable the decimal representation of the ASCII code is provided in parenthesis For example A 65 The Appendix section of this manual contains a complete ASCII code table 25 4 2 SLAVE PROTOCOL FORMAT 26 All the information that creates a message must be formatted and sent by the host computer or programmable logic controller Restrictions for the
20. Marquee display Each end wall is reinforced with a 4 inch square 12 gauge steel plate with a welded nut to accept a 3 8 16 inch bolt 2 13 16 38215 8 THREADED MOUNTING HOLE 3 15 16 2 4 HANGING WALL MOUNTING BRACKET This bracket is an option which will allow hanging or wall mounting the Marquee Display The bracket is shown below 10 1 4 lt 2 SM1000HWB 5 5 8 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 2 5 CHAIN SUSPENSION PROBABLE VIEWING POINT FLOOR To suspend the Marquee Display from a chain use the Wall Mounting Bracket so that the display can be adjusted for the best viewing angle Mount the bracket so that the hole nearest the bend in the Mounting Bracket is used to attach the bolt to the threaded hole in the Marquee display end wall Select the required viewing angle and tilt the bracket to desired angle and tighten bolt Repeat the procedure for the other side lt CHAIN MOUNTING HOLE QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Now the unit should be suspended with chains from the ceiling or building support structure When selecting a mounting location be sure that there is sufficient support for your Marquee Display Check the weight of your Marquee Display from the specification table 2 6 WALL MOUNTING Each SM1000HWB Mounting Bracket can also be used to wall mount the Mar
21. OFF TEST 1 Controller board production test TEST 2 Display burn in test 1 Test Blocks 2 Display Internal Temperature 3 Output On 4 Output Off 5 RS422 loopback 6 RS232 loopback 7 Alpha port test 8 Failure report TEST 3 Trouble shooting test determined by switch bank B 1 Switch 1 Display character received on RS422 port Switch B 2 Send characters out RS422 port Switch 3 Display AtoD number Switch B 4 Turn output on Switch 5 Toggle output every 5 seconds QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 21 Switch B 6 Run dipswitch test Switch B 7 RS232 loopback Switch B 8 RS422 loopback Switch B 9 Alpha port test 0 Switch B 10 Watchdog test 0 3 14 ADDRESS SELECTION Switch B Upon power up the Marquee Display will read the address selected by switch B and display that address during the power up display cycle The Marquee display address can be set from 1 to 127 Note that addresses 0 6 10 13 and 18 are reserved and would be interpreted as address 127 Marquee display address 127 is a special slave address that will display all slave messages regardless of their address Marquee display addresses need not be unique a Marquee Display network may have two or more units with the same address as in the case of back to back units that display the same message on both sides The display label showing the address select table is shown below Starting at addre
22. R Optional Control Characters 250 Optional Control Character Device Display Carriage Address Line Return Number Character for Display FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 This field is not used with field 1 FIELD 4 FIELD5 FIELD6 This control character is optional and when sent to the Marquee display will be interpreted as a display mode The following table lists the display mode operations Control A Control B Control C Control D Control E Control H Control I Control K Control L Control N Control O Control Q Hold Flash Scroll Scroll Up Scroll Down Scroll Right Scroll Left Wipe Up Wipe Down Wipe Left Wipe Right Not Used If no control character is sent in field 3 then the Marquee display will default to line mode operation QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 4 6 FIELD 4 DEVICE ADDRESS QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 This is a one byte ASCII character ranging anywhere from 1 through 127 decimal 1 through 7F Hex It should be noted that addresses 0 6 10 13 and 18 are illegal addresses Any Marquee display addressed as 127 will understand any data that is transmitted regardless of what the address is in the packet In addition any packet containing the address 127 is understood by all Marquee displays regardless of
23. RATION Switch A On power up the Marquee Display will perform a number of functions in order to properly configure itself The Marquee starts by displaying AUTO CONFIGURING at which point it is determining the number of displays that make up the complete sign For example a QM4204ROA is made up of 4 individual displays or lines Further configuration is done through DIP switches labeled A and B QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY A B 87654321 87654321 The Marquee reads each bank of switches and configures its baud rate character size protocol and address accordingly Below is the label that defines the settings for Switch A SWITCH A CODES BAUD RATE 2 1 CHAR SIZE 4 3 300 OFF OFF 2 1 ONLY OFF OFF 1200 OFF ON 4 8 ONLY OFF ON 9600 ON ON 2 1 amp 4 8 ON ON 19200 ON OFF 4 8 SMC MODE ON OFF PROTOCOL 6 5 SELF TEST 8 7 RSVD 1 OFF OFF TEST 1 OFF OFF RSVD 2 OFF TEST 2 OFF ON SLAVE ON ON DISABLED ON ON RSVD 3 ON OFF TEST 3 ON OFF Note All switches set to the ON position is the default setting as set by the factory This is the most common configuration The user is advised not to change the settings unless specifically required by the application 3 10 BAUD RATE SELECTION Switch A On power up the Marquee display will read the baud rate selected by switch bank A switches amp 2 and display the selected baud rate during the power up display cycle The baud rate is selectable for 300 1200 9600 an
24. TRL T 21 025 5 0001010 NAK CTRL U 22 026 16 00010110 SYN CTRL V 23 027 7 000101 ETB CTRL W 24 030 8 00011000 CAN CTRL X 25 031 9 0001100 EM CTRL Y 26 032 A 00011010 SUB CTRL Z 27 033 B 000110 ESC Escape 28 034 00011100 5 CTRL 29 035 D 0001110 GS CTRL 30 036 E 00011110 RS CTRL 31 037 F 000111 Us CTRL 32 040 20 00100000 SP 33 041 21 0010000 34 042 22 00100010 35 043 23 001000 36 044 24 00100100 37 045 25 0010010 38 046 26 00100110 amp 39 047 27 001001 40 050 28 00101000 41 051 29 0010100 42 052 2 00101010 43 053 2B 001010 44 054 2C 00101100 45 055 2D 0010110 46 056 2E 00101110 47 057 2 001011 48 060 30 00110000 0 49 061 3I 0011000 1 50 062 32 00110010 2 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 48 Decimal 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 7 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 Oct 063 064 065 066 067 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 10 11 12 1 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 40 41 42 43 44 Hex 33 34 35 36 27 38 39 3 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4B 4c 4D 4 4 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 SA 5B 5 5 5 SF 60 61 62 63 64 Binary 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
25. al 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD5 FIELD6 This field can contain up to 250 viewable characters Any valid ASCII character upper or lower case can be sent Control codes do not apply except for Control F Control R and Control U Control F will cause the characters of the entire string to flash A second Control F will cancel the flash mode Control R is interpreted as a reset command and all data registers in the Marquee Display are cleared and you will be required to transmit new characters for display In other words if you were to send 10 characters then a Control R your previous 10 characters are lost and any following characters would be accepted by the Marquee Display Control R also resets the flash status to not flashing It is recommended that a Control R be sent to all Marquee displays when the host controller powers up because when a serial port powers up it may inadvertently transmit erroneous data Control U has been added to allow changing the text color for tricolor displays The format is as follows Control U lt color character gt where lt color character gt R 82 for red G 71 for green and Y 89 for yellow The default color is red This command can be used multiple times within the same text string 31 4 5 FIELD 3 OPTIONAL TRAILER CONTROL 32 CHARACTE
26. ape sequence is QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 37 38 encountered If the variable has no characters nothing will be displayed when the escape sequence is encountered Optional 250 Characters Optional Device Display Carriage Control for Display Control Address Line Return Character Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD5 FIELD6 cTRLY creim Once the variable is entered in the buffer the variable can be updated anytime by sending the following command In this example variable 1 is the text 400 and the full message Temperature 400 will be displayed when the buffer encounters escapes sequence 1 Optional Variable 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control ID Characters Control Address Line Return Character 0 9 for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 1 ao crea creu Variables can be included with new messages and multiple messages can be included in one command string The last example shows two messages with different attributes each followed by a variable CTRL Y ESC 3303 MESSAGE ONE ESC 1 ESC 1101 MESSAGE TWO ESC V 2 CTRL A CTRL A CTRL M Remember ESC is the ESCAPE key Don t type the letters QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 5 APPLICATIONS 5 1 HOST DEVICES The Marquee Display can be a slave to many different host devices In general any device capable
27. d 19200 Baud as shown on the display label The Baud rate is selected by changing switches 1 and 2 of switch bank A The Baud rate table is shown below BAUD RATE 2 1 300 OFF OFF 1200 OFF 9600 ON ON 19200 ON QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 19 3 11 CHARACTER SIZE SELECTION Switch Four different character size settings exist for the Marquee Unless you are using a multilined Marquee such as a QM4204ROA the default setting 2 1 and 4 8 characters should be selected The character size settings are shown below CHAR SIZE 4 3 2 1 ONLY OFF OFF 4 8 ONLY OFF ON 2 1 amp 4 8 4 8 SMC MODE ON OFF Why different character size settings Their are two reasons for providing this feature First depending on the character size requirements of the application the 2 1 ONLY and 4 8 ONLY settings may simplify the programming in the host device Second the different character size settings allow specific models of marquee displays to be compatible with specific devices For example when slaving a QM4204ROA marquee from a 4 line SMART SIM MC or ALLEN BRADLEY DL20 DL40 it is necessary for the 4 8 ONLY character size setting to be selected Each character size setting affects the way the line number field in the slave protocol is interpreted Below is a table containing these differences See also the communications section of this manual FIELD 5 2 1 ONLY 4 8 ONLY 4 8 SMC 2 1 amp 4 8 LINE Mode Line 1 L
28. de a safe mechanical support system and proper electrical components for a safe electrical system Local codes and ordinances governing wiring and installation practices must be observed In order to install your Marquee Display you must 1 Survey the area where the display will be installed Make sure that sunlight will not fall directly on the display surface since the LED characters will be washed out by direct sunlight While the unit is rated as NEMA 12 it was not designed for continuous use under dripping liquids such as water pipes condensation lines or roof leaks 2 Locate a source of 115 power and determine how you will route the power to the Marquee Display Check the specifications tables for power requirements 3 Decide if you will use RS232 or RS422 communications from the host and how you will route the cable to the Marquee Display 2 2 MECHANICAL MOUNTING QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY This section describes the mechanical aspects of installing the Marquee Display It is a good idea to test the display and set the dip switches before installing it This can be done by installing a temporary power cord to the AC connections and attaching the host RS232 422 connections Refer to the Section 3 for instructions on connecting AC power and host cables 2 3 MARQUEE DISPLAY MOUNTING HOLE The Marquee Display system was designed to be mounted in several configurations There is a standard mounting hole in each end wall of the
29. entered Remember this is the format for the text field and is included as part of the whole message string 29 30 4 3 2 REPEAT TEXT FIELD VARIABLE The text field may also have an escape sequence embedded in it to signal that a variable is to be inserted there The sequence is a ESCAPE 27 to tell the slave there is a field coming up a V 86 to tell the slave a variable number is to follow and an ASCII number from 0 48 to 9 57 which is the actual variable number that will be inserted at this point in the message program The format is ESCAPE V lt digit 0 to 9 gt Where 0 to 9 is the variable number The slave marquee variable can be a string of 32 displayable ASCII characters There can be up to ten variables If the message is being displayed that is to have a variable embedded but no variable exists then nothing will appear in its place The slave can be loaded with these variables independent of the auto repeat mode To send over a variable the sequence is as follows CTRL lt variable number ASCII 0 to 9 gt lt up to 32 characters gt lt address gt lt don t care gt carriage return The variable feature allows users to send over messages that should remain constant but embedded with a message s that can change 1 time of day temperature parts count etc QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 4 4 FIELD 2 DISPLAYABLE CHARACTER FIELD QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Option
30. g occurs may vary between models The dimming criteria is listed below Internal Temp C Dimming Effect 0 49 100 None 50 59 Slight 60 64 Noticeable 65 60 Display OT only At 75 the dimming is very slight and hardly noticeable however as the internal temperature rises the dimming becomes more noticeable As the unit cools down the display will automatically increase its brightness until back to 100 A hysteresis is built into this feature to prevent any flickering effect 1 6 UNPACKING No special precautions other than careful handling are required during unpacking the display Care should be taken to avoid scratching the lens on the front panel 6 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 INSTALLATION Marquee Displays are fully inspected and tested before leaving the factory They are packed in specially designed cartons to protect them from damage during shipment They should however be inspected upon receipt at the destination for visible or concealed damage Claims for loss or damage should be filed with the carrier immediately A claim for concealed damage is required when damage is not externally visible Total Control Products will assist insofar as is practical in securing satisfactory adjustment of claims however all claims for loss and damage must be made by the purchaser to the carrier In the application of Total Control Products Marquee Displays every precaution must be taken to provi
31. ices is that they handle formatting and sending the text string to be displayed on the Marquee All the user has to do is enter the messages into the unit and trigger it when required Since these devices handle communications to the display the user can skip the Communication section of this manual but must be sure to setup the display correctly as indicated in Electrical section Specific applications involving this equipment are covered below QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 39 5 2 HOST COMPUTER 40 ANY INTELLIGENT UP TO 32 DISPLAYS _ PLC WITH AN ASCII MARQUEE DISPLAY MARQUEE DISPLAY MARQUEE DISPLAY ADDR 1 ADDR 2 ADDR PORT OR A BASIC SMART SCREEN WITH Many users choose to slave one or more Marquees from a host computer Typical host computers are PCs main frame systems or PLCs with a BASIC module or ASCII module When slaving a Marquee from a host computer it is required that the host computer store and format the messages to be displayed on the Marquee To do this a computer program must be created using the information presented in the Communications section of this manual Depending on how elaborate the application this may be accomplished with a simple BASIC program or may require a complex program in a more powerful programming language Below is a sample basic program for displaying messages on a Marquee display REM Sample BASIC program for sending messages to Marquee REM REM Select computers communication port
32. ine 1 Line 1 Line 1 2 Control A _ ines ines ine tines mimes Conor Pine 3 5 conor cowan ns coo When using the Marquee Controller only use either 2 1 amp 4 8 or 4 8 SMC MODE This will insure compatibility with the Marquee Controller Note The 4 8 SMC MODE is the equivalent of LARGE MODE on the SMART Marquee displays 20 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Refer to the applications section of this manual for further discussion on specific applications requiring the 2 1 ONLY and 4 8 ONLY character modes 3 12 PROTOCOL SELECTION Switch A Switches 5 and 6 control the protocol setting The SLAVE protocol is the only protocol currently available The remaining settings are reserved for future use Below is the table for setting the protocol PROTOCOL 6 5 RSVD 1 OFF OFF RSVD 2 OFF SLAVE ON RSVD 3 ON 3 13 SELF TEST SELECTION Switch A Switches 7 and 8 control the self test setting These switches must both be set to on in order for the SLAVE protocol to operate normally The table below shows the self test settings These tests are used by factory technicians to diagnose problems with the display Contact the factory for assistance using this feature SELF TEST 8 7 TEST 1 OFF OFF TEST 2 OFF ON DISABLED ON ON TEST 3 ON
33. lusive liability to Total Control Products Inc regardless of the form of action shall not exceed the purchase price of the materials described herein No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the express written permission of Total Control Products Inc The following logo is registered to Total Control Products Inc Operator Interface Specialists 2001 N Janice Ave Melrose Park IL 60160 USA Phone 708 345 5500 FAX 708 345 5670 Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 INTRODUCTION less coed exe aa sone shak 1 1 2 DISPLAY 6 2 13 DIMENSIONS rrie sasanqua 3 SPECIFICATIONS a vb ates Meee ede 4 1 5 OPERATING 5 16 UNPACKING iis u ie oon niet es atts 6 2 INSTALLATION 7 2A SINSTALEATION 2 l a ait ts GAIA ose OAT GAIL aid aoe ah ON 7 2 2 MECHANICAL 7 2 3 MARQUEE DISPLAY MOUNTING 8 2 4 HANGING WALL MOUNTING 8 2 5 CHAIN SUSPENSION wise 9
34. mple the green color switch will be used This information packet is intended for a tricolor display 250 Characters Optional Device Display Carriage for Display Control Address Line Return Character Number FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD5 FIELD 6 CTRL U G Green Message CTRL C CTRL B CTRL B CTRL M 4 9 2 REPEAT MESSAGES In this example the auto repeat buffer will be cleared Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 CTRL S es ss CTRL A CTRL A CTRL M The next example shows how to load the auto repeat buffer with a text message In this example the new message has no attributes sent with it so the default settings are line mode line 1 and wait time of 1 second QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 CTRL Y ee ee CTRL A CTRL A CTRL M The next example is used to enable the auto repeat buffer Once this command is sent the auto repeat buffer will start and continue to run Note that there is in FIELD 3 which in this case is the command modifier to indicate that the message is to resume where it stopped Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Cha
35. orrect character height on the Marquee See the chart at the end of this section for setting the character mode 41 Additional Marquee Displays MARQUEE can be multidropped ALLEN BRADLEY DISPLAY as shown DL20 3 3 RS422 5 f 6 6 RS422 ON RS422 4 17 H 1884220 Note that it is also possible to use the RS232 output of the DL20 to connect to one Marquee Display however the distance limitation is 50 feet When slaving a Marquee Display from a DL20 or DL40 Marquee selection is very important Below is a chart showing which Marquee can be used for each Dataliner configuration DATALINER MARQUEE MARQUEE OF LINES 2 CHAR MODE 4 8 CHAR MODE SM1202FOA QM1204ROA QMII04ROA QM2204ROA QM2104ROA QM4204ROA When using the Dataliner displays with a Marquee avoid using scroll mode since this tends to slow the update time to the Marquee Display 5 5 SMART SIM amp SMART MC COMPATIBILITY 42 Marquee Displays can be connected to the SMART SIM or SMART MC displays serial RS232 or RS422 on port 3 Up to 32 Marquee Displays can be connected to the RS422 output port of the display at a maximum distance of 10 000 feet without the use of in line amplification Using in line RS422 amplification allows up to 111 separately addressable Marquee Displays to be connected to the RS422 output without distance limitations Connect the Marquee Display
36. quee Display Use the middle hole to support the Marquee Display The bent angle on the bracket has two holes for wall mounting WALL TYPICAL VIEWING POINT TYPICAL DISTANCE FLOOR First fasten the brackets to the Marquee Display then locate the unit on the wall where it will be mounted and mark the holes that need drilling Make sure that the mounting anchors you use can support the weight of your Marquee Display Check the weight of the Marquee display in the specification tables Once your mounting anchors are in place reposition the Marquee Display and finish fastening the unit to the wall 10 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 2 7 BACK TO BACK MOUNTING BRACKET QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY This bracket is an option which will allow hanging a pair of Marquee Displays from a single set of chains at a single location The bracket is shown below 2 1 a gt ros X u 5 10 7 6 e l ER 1 1 2 1 1 2 6 11 32 1 2 1112 5 55 K 17 1 4 gt z SM1000BBB For back to back installations match up the hole in one end of the bracket with the hole in the center of the Marquee Display end wall Select the required viewing angle and tighten the bolt Repeat the procedure for the other side of the first Marquee Now repeat the entire procedure for the second Marquee Display Remember the viewing angle for each side may be different however typically they will be the same
37. quee Controller Up to 32 Marquee Displays can be connected to the SMC and SMC terminals with a maximum distance of 10 000 feet without the use of in line amplification Using in line RS422 amplification allows up to 123 separately addressable Marquee Displays to be connected to SMC SMC terminals Additional Marquee Displays MARQUEE MARQUEE can be multidropped CONTROLLER DISPLAY as shown RS422 a RS422 SMC 11 6 e SMC 011 7 7 88422 gt See the Marquee Controller User Manual SM1000MMC for more information 5 4 ALLEN BRADLEY DL20 amp DL40 COMPATIBILITY QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY Marquee Displays can be connected to the Allen Bradley Bulletin 2706 DL20 or DL40 Data Liner displays serial RS232 or RS422 port Up to 32 Marquee Displays can be connected to the RS422 output port of the DL20 display at a maximum distance of 10 000 feet without the use of in line amplification Using in line RS422 amplification allows up to 111 separately addressable Marquee Displays to be connected to the RS422 output of the Allen Bradley DL20 without distance limitations Connect the Marquee Display to the RS422 output of the DL20 using a 100 shielded twisted pair cable with drain wire Marquee address and baud rates must match those selected on the DL20 hardware and the out to slave and correct slave number must be programmed as message attributes Also be sure to select the c
38. racters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 CTRL W o CTRL A CTRL A CTRL M The next example shows how to stop the auto repeat buffer Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 CTRL X CTRL A CTRL A CTRL M In this next example a new text message is downloaded to the display The text field will have attributes that define the new message 4 8 text in scroll mode with a 3 second delay The ESC T in front of the message indicates that the following codes will be attributes of the new message The first 3 specifies 4 5 text size The next 3 specifies smooth scroll mode The last two characters 03 specifies a 3 second delay Optional 250 Characters Optional Device Display Carriage Control for Display Control Address Line Return Character Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 Creu crre crea creim lt ESC gt ESCAPE or the ASCII Character with a decimal value of 27 The next example shows how to enter a message with an embedded variable into the auto repeat buffer This variable is appended to the buffer Whenever the auto repeat buffer is enabled the variable will be displayed wherever the esc
39. rectly to a host controller s RS422 485 port 123 Marquee Displays can be addressed when line repeaters are used The Marquee Display s RS422 485 input port does not support any hardware or software handshaking functions The following diagram shows a typical RS422 485 connection to a Marquee display This example shows the connection to the Marquee Controller 5 10005 Additional Marquee Displays TYPICAL HOST MARQUEE Pin Designations DISPLAY multidropped 5422 3 3 83422 SMC 11 6 6 SMC 10 7 tH 7 1 54 7 RS422 NOTE Some devices require than certain hardware handshaking lines be asserted Refer to applicable host device product literature The shield should be connected at one end only either end is ok as shown in the above diagram NOTE The RS422 OUT port is not active and no connections should be made to this port 3 8 OPEN COLLECTOR OUTPUT The Marquee Display is capable of controlling an open collector circuit that can drive a relay with up to 150 ma at 24 VDC A two position pluggable terminal strip is used to facilitate the connection The relay should be connected to the terminal strip at terminal 1 A ground connection is provided at terminal 2 to establish a common ground with the power supply driving the relay OPEN COLLECTOR OUTPUT CONNECTOR 12 GROUND D OUT 3 9 DISPLAY CONFIGU
40. rom the host device 3 4 CONNECTING AC POWER TERMINALS L G N Connect the 115VAC hot lead to Terminal L The neutral lead should be connected to Terminal N Terminal G earth ground must be connected to a reliable low impedance path to protect the display from electrical noise This ground connection will also protect personnel from electrical shock in case of equipment failure The terminal strip is shown below POWER CONNECTION L GN 1234567 12 A B ele 0 BES EH Aad Dress wires to the proper length and connect to a 115VAC 10 47 to 63 Hz voltage source The 115VAC supply line to the Marquee Display should have a 15 amp branch short circuit protection maximum 3 5 SERIAL COMMUNICATION TERMINALS 1 7 The location of the serial communication connector is shown below This connector is a pluggable 7 position terminal block which may be removed to facilitate wire connections SERIAL COMMUNICATION CONNECTOR L GN 1234567 1 rele DIDO OOOO 3 6 RS232 CONNECTIONS TERMINALS 1 3 RS232 is the most common interface specification among controllers supporting serial communication This specification allows connection of only one Marquee display with a maximum recommended cable length of 50 feet Consider using RS422 485 for applications that exceed these limitations If you are connecting
41. ss 1 the switch settings are selected using a binary format with switch 7 being the most significant digit Switch 8 is not currently used SWITCH B CODES ADDRESS 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 127 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF z z OFF 2 z 126 OFF ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF 127 OFF ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ILLEGAL ADDRESSES 6 10 13 18 amp O WILL DEFAULT TO 127 IF PROGRAMMED 3 15 FINAL CHECKS 22 After all the connections are made including power and communications the power should be applied and the unit tested for proper operation If you change any switch setting the power must be cycled in order for the new setting to be read Once proper operation has been established the display is ready to install in a permanent location See Section 2 for mechanical installation details The terminal cover plate should be securely fastened to the top of the Marquee Display to re establish its NEMA 12 4 rating When the display is mounted in a permanent location turn on the power and view the display As part of the Marquee Display start up it will light up all display segments QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY and execute a self test The display will show which switch setting are selected It will then go blank and wait for commands from the host device A sample self test is shown below AUTO CONFIGURING 2LINEX20CHARX2 1INC S
42. t is in the auto repeat mode it will stop It is a good idea to always start out with this command before downloading a new sequence of messages CTRL lt slave address gt lt don t care gt carriage return Don t care bytes cannot be a CR CTRL R or CTRL F We suggest sending the address again Control Y This command will tell the slave marquee to add the following text field and mode control information to it s auto repeat memory This string can be no longer than 255 bytes and also must be terminated with a slave number a don t care byte and a CR This is part of the 255 byte limitation A particular message can also be added to the buffer without breaking up the display flow this is particularly useful for long scroll mode messages The format is CTRL lt text field gt lt slave address gt lt don t care gt carriage return Control W This command will enable the AUTO REPEAT mode There are three modifiers that are associated with this command ASCII DECIMAL DEFINITION 0 48 Resume where stopped even if its in the middle of a message The message must be a line type message not a roll or smooth scroll 1 49 Resume at the beginning of a message run previous to stopping 2 50 Start at the beginning of the buffer No modifier with this command is the same as using a 2 modifier Again the message must contain an address don t care byte and a carriage return The format is CTRL W lt modifier
43. the Marquee Display to a Marquee Controller the RS422 protocol will be used 16 QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY SERIAL COMMUNICATION CONNECTOR 1234567 m m m GROUND RS232 IN RS232 OUT The Marquee Display s RS232 port does not support any hardware or software handshaking functions Only the RS232 IN Receive terminal is used along with the ground terminal The following shows a typical connection between a host device RS232 port and the Marquee display TYPICAL HOST DEVICE MARQUEE DISPLAY Pin Designations RS232 TERMINALS 1 SHIELD 2 RS232 IN 7 Transmit 2 1 RS232 OUT Receive not used 3 3 GROUND Signal Common 7 Wy N NOTE Some devices require that certain hardware handshaking lines be asserted Refer to applicable product literature It is generally recommended that the shield be connected at the display end only as shown in the diagram above 3 7 RS422 485 CONNECTIONS Shown below are the location of the RS422 IN terminals on the serial communication connector SERIAL COMMUNICATION CONNECTOR 1234567 oo Lo L RS422 IN RS422 IN GROUND SHIELD Using an RS422 485 interface has the following advantages over 5232 specifications 1 Improved noise immunity 2 Marquee displays can be up to 10 000 feet 2 miles from the host QUICKMARQUEE DISPLAY 17 controller 3 Up to 32 Marquee Displays can be connected di
44. to pulse the relay CTRL G The format for this type of message is shown below Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 creu 35 36 In the above example the four control characters are sent out and cause the relay to pulse for 5 seconds Control G CTRL G is the command for pulsing the relay the device address is 1 decimal or CTRL A the display line number is 1 decimal or CTRL A and finally the end of packet character CTRL M Note that the display line number has no meaning in this message but is still required as part of the format Another information packet may contain a message and a control character that defines the display mode such as message flash or message scroll The format is shown below Optional 250 Optional Device Display Carriage Control Characters Control Address Line Return Character for Display Character Number FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 6 Message crec cree cree In the previous example the message would scroll on line 1 of display 2 CTRL C is the control character for scroll mode the device address is 2 decimal or ASCII CTRL B the display line number is 1 decimal or ASCII CTRL A and the end of the packet character is CARRIAGE RETURN or CTRL M In this exa
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