Imposa Tools software For User`s Manual
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1. www pledco com Professional LED Displays M PLEDCO Tic execs Cn wl TAT Tire Eestor che FP34 of T 1 gt Reztor che Ganta Data 27 Tila gt Restor che Drive Briard data gt Raztor thea Contig File of Tila Co Ecstor Single Tile UBCratiot Mode Fig 7 23 Window of Restore in Maintenance Tile Address choose the address of the Tile which needs to be repaired FF means choosing all control cards Hall ilag Choosing this is equal to choosing FF address it means choosing all control cards Selection in Operation mode Restore The repairing work begins in the selected object for operation The operation mode of Tiles The config file of Tiles Restore the FPGA of Tile Restore the Gamma data of Tile Restore the Drive board data Restore the Config file of Tile Restore single Tile Restore single Tile does not support the simultaneous operation to more than one Tile 7 3 Guide to Repairing Select the Tool Maintenance and the Guide will read back the configurations automatically as shown in Fig 7 24 The repair interface is as shown in the following Fig 7 25 Progress Reading Data Plensa wait Fig 7 24 Guide reading back the configuration parameters 32 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M Carige ad LOL PRGA For LOU 0000 Configuee Ci Tiles d FP For Tiles i 0000 Dire Board Cate Garin Chata Computer HUB Address FO IF Ho2. End Time box and brightness value into the ia C3 Brightness box Press oats to save and close the window Press Ee to close the window without saving It divide a day into two phases one is from 8 00 to 17 00 The other is from 17 01 to 07 59 Both of their brightness is 100 Start Time End Time Brightness m foo fro fo j Fig 6 22 One schedule bar The schedule time is 24hour mode 6 6 4 Power ON OFF Open or close the display according to the pre set schedule time When it is default it on the function of OFF So for the usage of this function click to start the function See Fig 6 23b Phase 1 Phase 1 Power Off Eos ower pia PIC 6 22a Power ON OFF being OFF PIC 6 22b Power ON OFF being ON e i nes Power On meee Input the start time into the box behind Power On The time should be 24 hour mode tower Off 3 tl Power Uff K 20 00 Input the close time into the box behind Power Off The time should be 24 hour mode 6 6 5 Restore to Factory Setting and Read Back Festore to Fac tory Settings Recover the content in Screen Setting window to factory setting and read back the display s parameter This function is the same with that in LDU Setting 16 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO 6 6 6 Smart Send in Screen Setting Send lun Press Send in Screen Setting and the software will check automatically if there are files going with the current configuration
3. FPGA program J Fan O O On Off status of fans in cabinet ______ Fan Current mA Power Voltage1 V Power Voltage2 V Ethernet State State of Ethernet Time in high Temperature Working duration of cabinet in high temperature Cd SN Serial number of cabinets Gamma Index Gamma data index of control board TABLE 6 2 Information for Pledco cabinet 6 7 3 Basic colors adjustment In outlay viewgraph select espe srg yine to adjust basic colors This can t be operated in List viewgraph 6 7 3 1 Select the cabinet going to be adjusted first Click the green pane under Position of Tiles using mouse left key When more than one cabinet is chosen users can press Ctrl and click the cabinets Or one can click to open the selecting window See Fig 6 28 m 2 e e e e e e E Choices Dialog Selected Tiets Fig 6 28 Cabinet selecting window Available Tile s Address of the cabinets that are available Selected Tile s Address of the selected cabinets The selecting and deleting of cabinets are operated by the following buttons in the table ee Matec ee ese B S lt m Delete the selected cabinets in Selected Tile cl Delete all the cabinets in Selected Tile s TABLE 6 3linstructions for buttons 20 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO om Reflect the selected cabinets to Position of Tiles and close the window OB lan c
4. and Fig 6 33b 5 ILI Stop Device Check Sent the testing result to a LOG file Click Export and name the file then save it The suffix of the sent Device Check result is LOG Onde sten ndi IF ticked in the box Message window will show only wrong information HUB Addr FO LPL Version AFUE FFGA Version 808 Bright Sensor MA Temperature sensor NA PIC 6 33a LDU testing information in Device Check Message window Tile Adar 00 Communication OF Ethernet State UK CPJ Version 2600 FFGA Version 0083 PIC 6 33b Testing information of control board in Device Check Message window 7 Explanations on Advanced Operations Advanced operation is reserved for those people who have some knowledge about the Pledco system Improper operation may cause abnormalities on the display 7 1 Backup and Restoration It is highly recommended that you save a backup of the key data in the LDU at a safe place in your LDU or computer so that when some accident happens you can restore the key data from that safe place in the LDU or from your computer to the LDU After restoration the settings in the LDU will be exactly the same as the backup data This will save the trouble of re setting the parameter 23 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M i PLEDCO data Contents for backup FPGA data Configuration files Driven files Gamma data files J Operation is done only to the LDU that is currently in the LDU management
5. project file Select File Save Project to a file Project1 for example and press Save The suffix is cp www pledco com Professional LED Displays I Save As My Recerd Documents E Deskhop as My Documents hy Compule My Medwork MIT Projeen Places Saveastypa Project Filel cpil Fig 6 10 Name the project file 6 2 2 To open a saved project file Select File Open Project and you will see a prompt as shown in Fig 6 11a Open the new project file and the current project will be overwritten You may press Yes to continue or No to exit 1 Loading the new project the current project would be covered continue or not Yes Fig 6 11a Whether to continue opening a new file or not Choose the saved project file say Project1 and press Open it The suffix is cpj www pledco com Professional LED Displays M Fe My Recerd Documents Desktop oy My Documents er ui hy Computer dea N by Nelvik Place l Fier of type Project File cpi PIC 6 11b To open a saved project file 6 3 Adjusting Time Select Tool Adjust time and there will appear a window as shown Fig 6 12 Adius Fare 00E 11 23 10 39 GMT 08 00 2 Read Adjust fl tiss Fig 6 12 Window of adjusting time The software will read the date time and time zone of the connected LDU and show them in the Display bar The date time and zone of the computer will be shown in the C
6. the files which need to be upgraded For example SCHFQS40_V01 RBF the information of the file will appear in Update file information area Like Fig 7 18 this is a FPGA for LDU file its Version is 01 Modification Time is 2006 11 22 11 47 37 File Size is 72 27KB 29 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO File Style FFG For LDU Modify Time 2006 11722 11 47 57 Version aia File Size ita af KB Fig 7 18 Window of information for an Update file Only when upgrading the files in the control card can Tile Address and All Tiles be selected when upgrading LDU file those two can not be selected as Fig 7 19a and b Tile Address oo A l Tiles Fig 7 19a Tile Address cannot be selected Fig 7 19a All Tiles can not be selected Tile Address when upgrading the control card files please choose the address of the control card which need to be upgraded FF means choosing all control cards a Choosing All Tiles is equal to choosing FF address it means choosing all control cards Update Update the open files to LDU or the selected control card 7 2 2 Read back the data Click Read Back and switch to Read Back as Fig 7 20 Various data in the control card the Configuration Files and all data in LDU can be read back m E Tze Tonfi File of Tila Te Femra Dala OF Tl PRIA Del a 22 Tile Drive 2Lal Dala Co The Peomtiz dala 17 1 l 241 iata of LDU rat Far
7. to switch to different setting windows The functions are the same with View Setting window is in area 4 in Fig 5 1 Tile Information LDU Setting Device Check 2 Fig 5 8 Pledco Tools 5 4 LDU Management Bar LDU Management Bar is in the area 3 in Fig 5 1 One can add or delete LDU set LDU s communication parameters and even refresh them 5 5 Status Bar i LUL DF Giron __ _7 1t m o epr 3 Fig 5 9 LDU Management Bar Status Bar is in the area 5 in Fig 5 1 www pledco com i Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO IL LDU CPU Version AF22 FPG4 Version 8081 5 Fig 5 10 Status Bar Status Bar illustrates the firmware version of LDU CPU Version is CPU s version number and FPGA Version is FPGA version number In Fig 5 10 CPU s version number is AF22 and FPGA version number is 8081 The window is refreshed only after Status Bar is switched to Screen Setting 6 Explanations on Basic Operations 6 1 Managing the LDU Through LDU Management Bar one can add or delete LDU set LDU s communication parameters and even refresh them NOTE What is shown in LDU Management Bar is the LDU corresponding address If it is the first time to operate the Pledco Tools there will be no LDU in LDU Management Bar as is shown in Fig 6 1 In this case one should press A to add the LDU HUBs according to the actual screen composition One display can be made up of severa
8. www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO Ba zust time out 2002 _1 25 11 05 53 Resugt Tima out 2005 14 23 11 08 64 Telusl sms vul 2007 11 23 11 08 04 Fe zust Time out 2002 23 22 10008255 Kennst on mt Sai 4 FA dI Ie_uxl l uul 2007 1 23 11 08 57 Foquet ziaz out 2002 11 25 11 08 6 x Fig 6 15 Message window of Check Serial Port Press it to stop the test 7 Delete the information in Message window ee Close the testing window 6 4 3 Meanings of the results Requst tine o 2208 11 22 11 08 25 it means the serial port works abnormally 6 5 Setting the Parameters for the LDU Select L LOLI ba clin Fig 6 16 LDU Setting window 6 5 1 Basic Setting Set the X and Y coordinates of LDU Only valid for synchronous displays 11 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M PLEDCO LOL vvicth LOU Height Set the size of the display controlled by the LDU HUB The setting should be on the basis of the display s actual composition When setting one can press the number keys on the keyboard directly or click sl at the right of the input box to add or decrease the number 6 5 2 Communication Setting I 69 20d 10 43 Set the IP address of LDU HUB when using Ethernet to communicate B AL T ate 118200 baud Rate Set the baud rates of COM1 and COM2 on LDU HUB Baud Rate 1 should correspond with COM1 and Baud Rate 2 with COM2 The default baud rate is 115200Bps 6
9. 5 3 Advanced Setting Tile Num Set the number of Pledco cabinet connected to the LDU HUB 6 5 4 Color Adjustment Adjust the color temperature of the display Set it to be 6500K 9300K or Preset The set value will be shown on the display immediately 100 ESM ico 100 si Set the color temperature when at 6500K When setting one can press the number keys on the keyboard directly or click sl at the right of the input box to add or decrease the number 1008 Set the color temperature when at 9300K 100 100 B 100 5 Set the color temperature when preset 6 5 4 Color Adjusting during operation Se color AGIUSt Set the color temperature of the display synchronously Press Color Adjust aiui to open the Dynamic Color Adjusting window see Fig 6 17 12 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M sa 100 2 Cia 100 2 US 100 20 Adjust the color dunng display Watone minute for the colorito return to the previous setting This value re not kept Save to 93900 keep this color to 9300 inthe configuration files The configuration tiles will be actrveated only after they have been sent to the display Save to S600 AVO ta S300 save to Customize Fig 6 17 DynamicColor Adjusting window The value of color temperature of the display set in this window can be shown forthwith but it can t be saved in config files One minute later after setting the display will return to the origi
10. Continue of not No Fig 7 13 Backup Config Files for All tiles Operation in progress as shown in Fig 7 14 Please wait Fig 7 14 Backup Config Files for All Tiles in progress After the operation is successful you will see the window as shown in Fig 7 15 Witarmauon Ly Backup Completed o Fig 7 15 Window for successful operation 7 2 Repair and Upgrading It can repair or upgrade the data in the control card or LDU and read back various data in the control card all the data and Configuration File in LDU n In Pledco Tools column choose or View Maintenance to switch to Maintenance as Fig 7 16 28 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M PLEDCO SS ee File Hame E File Style CFU Program For Tiles Tile Address 4 Modify Tena 20067 11 24 14 47 11 Varke OW File Sine o 64 KB Cali Tiles Update ii LDU CPU Version APOE FPGA Version S061 Fig 7 16 Maintenance Read Back User can switch to different setting windows by clicking Update Read Back or Restore 7 2 1 Upgrading software Click and switch to the window of Update as Fig 7 17 All the required files can be sent to the LDU or control card through the window of Update le lr mF Feye Tit tre co r weri T me FTADH 11411 Tiles piate hie intnrmaninn Aaner Fig 7 17 The window of Update in Maintenance Click behind the File name to choose
11. DU Press the button a O to save the backup file to the computer and press the button to exit backup operation The progress of saving a backup file from the LDU to a computer is shown in Fig ure 7 5 You can press the button anytime during the process to cancel the backup operation AM i Fig 7 5 Backup Progress window When the operation is successful you will see the window Fig 7 6 25 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I i PLEDCO Thformation ij Backup Completed Fig 7 6 Prompt window for successful backup operation 7 1 2 Recover To recover the backup data from the safe place in the LDU or from your computer to the LDU 7 1 2 1 Recovering from LDU To recover the backup data from the safe place in the LDU to the LDU Select Tool Recover Recover From LDU and you will see the confirmation window as shown in Fig 7 7 Press Yes to continue and press No to cancel m Restore all the configurated datalincludina configuration tiles FPGA files diyen files Gamma date etc from LOU The origina configuration will be covered Continue or not ves io Fig 7 7 Confirmation window for Recovering From LDU Operation in progress as shown in Fig 7 8 Please wait Fig 7 8 Recovering From LDU When operation is successful you will see the following window as shown in Fig 7 9 ij Restored successiully UR Fig 7 9 Prompt fo
12. Fig 7 20 Read Back window in Maintenance Choose L at the upper left corner of LDU or Tiles choose the operating object to be LDU or Tiles 7 2 2 1 Read back the LDU data In the window of LDU like Fig 7 21 choose the files which need to be read back Click behind Save as and choose the route of the saved file and name it Read Back Read back the selected files in the chosen operation object 30 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO i CH Dl C2411 dita of LET Fig 7 21 The LDU part in Read Back of Maintenance The data which can be read back from LDU The config file of LDU Alldata of LDU 7 2 2 2 Read back the data of Tiles In the window of Tiles As Fig 7 22 choose the files which need to be read back and choose the required Tiles in Tiles Address TI CACCICSO Tre Sinfi Fil of T21 Tie Femra D a OL Tile O FPGA Dela E Tile rise Flal z Tale Fig 7 22 The part of Tiles in Read Back of Maintenance Click behind Sawe as and choose the route of the file which need to be saved and name the file Read Back Read back the selected files in the chosen item for operation The data which can be read back from Tiles The config file of Tiles The Gamma data of Tile e FPGA data of Tile Drive plate date 7 2 2 Repairing Click Restore and switch to the window of Restore as Fig 7 23 The Repairing operation is valid only to Tile 31
13. LDU Select the desired file in a window as shown in Fig 7 26 say Config file of LDU ini and then click Open 23 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M pen config File of tile ini My Recerd Documents DUsskto p oS Muy Documenta n T e by Compule a n by Network Fie rame eon hle of LOU ru Places LE POT Files of type Configure Fike MI Cancal Fig 7 26 Selecting a desired file Step 3 Select an operation Under Update click the box so that it shows M pd at Step 4 Press the button to run the operation you have selected and you will see the window as shown in the Fig 7 27 34 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I RETE TIT TEal Update Progress X Task State HUB Address F0 IP 169 254 10 49 UpdateConfigure of LOU sending Current Progress Main Progress eII IIIa Cancel Fig 7 27 Update Progress window After the operation is over you will see the window as shown in Fig 7 28 Press OK to exit o Wiformation OR Fig 7 28 Window showing Updated successfully 35 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I
14. User s Manual For Imposa Tools software Version v1 2 PLEDCO www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO Revision History oe ie ow www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO Table of Contents l TERMS AND DEFINITIONS reciso nedare aa SEESE 1 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SOFTWARE eeseeessssssssocesssssocsesesscso 1 5 OPERATION ENVIRONMENT alii rn 1 J System RK EQUITCIMEIUS nsissicinccsatccmactubabsssnuddanndandaluasendcanaad udu acida aaa datare 1 3 2 Connecting the Equipment i 1 4 DSIARIVE EE EEEa aE 1 4 1 Preparing for startup ne issniccecrsrosricsusesrersspucsessissciornenaninenematariies ao 1 4 2 SE JR A E E A EE A N l 5 INTRODUCTION TO THE SOFTWARE INTERFACE cccrrrererereeee erre eee reneeeeeneneeeezenene 2 5 1 Interface Introduction of the Imposa Tools 2 PALLI ARRIVI 3 RI RE ERA 4 5 4 LDU Management Bar 4 LECITE EEE PE TA iii 4 6 EXPLANATIONS ON BASIC OPERATIONS eeseccsssssssssssoocccccessssessssooocosseceeeesssssssssssssssee 5 CLM mime me LOU tea E E E 5 6 2 Savine or Opening a Project Pile 7 6 3 AGUSTIN TIME PRC RR RAR ET ETA 9 6 4 Testing the Serial POS eine rici 10 6 5 Setting the Parameters for the LDU i 11 66 Setting the Parameters of the Srei rina 14 6 7 Basic Information of the LDU Basic Color Adjustment and Display Test 18 6 8 Equipment TOS a
15. al l Close the window ALL TLlaL Iftickedinthe box then all the cabinets in Position of Tiles will be selected 6 7 3 2 Select modules in the selected cabinet Whole Tile Adjust the whole cabinet Adjust the modules in the cabinet Click one box using mouse left key to turn it to When more than one module is chosen users can press Ctrl and click them 6 7 3 3 Basic color adjustment a See f ticked in the box it means the adjustment can be synchronous and the display will reflect the result forthwith R m LE 255 c E LE ess B E m 255 Click the triangle button or input values directly into the box Observe the displaying effect of the screen until it meets the requirements I It is only valid after sending it to LDU Or one minute later the display will recover to the original value 6 7 3 3 Sending and recovering the default value Set Send the result of the basic color adjustment to LDU After sending the display will show it ourt Default Recover the default value of the selected cabinets or module s basic color adjustment When the following hint window appears press Yes to continue and No to cancel it Restore the default color value and update them ta the screen Continue or nat yas No Fig 6 29 Confirmation window for recovering the basic color adjustment The operation will take a longer time so be patient When the hint window as shown in Fig 6 30b appears the recovery w
16. an ON Temp_athalthtighmess 60 Hal bilghinass percentage 35 Phispley ol Proteciloni DFF Fowai otl Temp 70 Cisplay oll Percentage 45 MOanitorModa DEF Auto Backup OFF Retry Times Min Cumentoai Fan EM Wes Gumentot Far 00 Min Volatage ol Power 4 Meo Voletage of Power l3 Record Siza T Record literal 1 Nidih of Cine Board I teightal Dine Board Hai Tillers al Color Setting Crstomiee i PLEDCO Fig 6 25 Detailed information for Screen Settings Contents in the Detailed information for Screen Settings window can be sent to a LOG file Press Export select a saving path and name the saved file The suffix of the file is LOG eee Close the window 6 7 Basic Information of the LDU Basic Colors Adjustment and Display Test Tile Information Select or View Tile Information in the setting bar of Pledco Tools to switch to Tile Information window See Fig 6 26 18 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO TI ren TO Report oor finire na JT LDO T CPU Version AFOD FPGA Version 8061 Fig 6 26 Tile Information window Press LDU Management Bar a nu to make the appearance of a window as Fig 6 8 shows This means the software is reading back LDU s information After reading the information will be reflected in Tile Information setting window See the green pane in Fig 6 26 It represents a Pledco cabinet connected to LDU 6 7 1 Outlay viewgraph of cabinets Positi
17. bar Operation towards multiple LDUs is not possible 7 1 1 Backup LDU data This operation saves key data in the LDU to a safe place in the LDU or to your computer 7 1 1 1 Saving to LDU To save the key data in the LDU to a safe place in the LDU Select Tool Backup LDU date Save to LDU and you will see the confirmation window as shown in Fig ure 7 1 Press Yes to continue and press No to cancel Backupallthe configurated detalincludina configuration 2 files FPGA files dnven files Gamma dete etc to LDU Continue or not Fig 7 1 Saving to LDU confirmation window Operation in progress as can be seen in Fig 7 2 Please wait Progress Fig 7 2 Saving to LDU After the operation is successful you will see the window as shown in Fig 7 3 i Backup hle saved successiulivi Fig 7 3 Prompt for successful operation 24 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M i PLEDCO 7 1 1 2 Saving to Computer To save key data in LDU to a designated place in your computer Select Tool Backup LDU date Save to Computer you will see the window as shown in Fig 7 4 Backup the LOU Data and Save to the computer Note The LOU date includes Contig Fila FPGA File Gamma File Orve Plate Data and s0 on e TT _ SeveTo i mA tacks senca Fig 7 4 Backup Data window Please press to select the place for saving the backup files And then name the file with the suffix L
18. ent of factory setting 6 6 Setting the Parameters of the Screen Screen Setting Select or View Screen Setting in the setting bar of Imposa Tools to switch to Screen Setting window see Fig 6 18 Just as Fig 6 19 shows the software can read back the display s parameters automatically Sisti Malling i Cis alc Norco A TEN b snua Ajust cle rl le Fig 6 19 Software read back the display s parameters automatically after entering Screen Setting 6 6 1 Type Screen Type Meee vith wax Height Max Height Set the width and height of the display according to the display s exact size 6 6 2 Display Display Mode Mf syrchronous A The displaying mode of the display There are two options 14 www pledco com Professional LED Displays IM PLEDCO Synchronous or Asynchronous Gray Mode 886 The gray mode of the display Two options 5 6 5 or 8 8 8 This can only be valid when the display is in the mode of off line displaying Gamma Index Gamma 1 w Gamma Index of the display Altogether there are 4 groups 1 4 This function is valid only when the display is in the mode of off line displaying 6 6 3 Brightness Bright Mode Manual v Set the brightness control mode of the display There are three modes Manual Auto and Schedule bian elaAcpust AIA Test doti ST Brightness setting when the mode is Manual One can select a va
19. ill be successful 21 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO adress Sending Data Please wait E Sel eucce ssluihy Ly al succe ssi DE PIC 6 30a PIC 6 30b 6 7 4 Basic test In the outlay viewgraph select Uricallest to have Basic test Basic test can t be operated in list viewgraph 6 7 4 1 Select cabinets need operating before Basic test The way is the same with 6 1 7 3 1 6 7 4 2 Select the mode of Basic Test in the mode box Fig 6 31 For instructions of each mode please consult TABLE 6 4 Wre caren E rega ca CBX iT see ime Lup Fig 6 31 Mode window of Basic test Mode button Mode button Black screen No display of the Show the switch on The whole display is blue Information of selected cabinets Ea White The whole display is white Test automatically Scan in P bottom to Stop test TABLE 6 4 Instructions for the mode of Basic test 6 8 Equipment Test Device Check Test the state of the connected equipments Select or View Device Check The setting bar of Imposa Tools to switch to Device Check window See Fig 6 32 22 www pledco com Professional LED Displays M PLEDCO Uewite Check esa E ka ion n Co CAD Fasiri AmE Ph Fate i ES LL Fig 6 32 Device Check window Sta Start Device Check The testing result will be shown in Message window The software will test the status of LDU and cabinets automatically See Fig 6 33a
20. in LDU and make hints There is no such LDU FPGA files in LDU then there will appear a confirmation window as Fig 6 23 shows Press Yes to continue the sending and No to cancel it 2 FPGA File lor LOU is not available Continue or not Yes No Fig 6 23 Hint window when there is no LDU FPGA files that go with the current configuration in LDU When there is no FPGA files of control board going with the current configuration in LDU there will appear a confirmation window as Fig 6 24 shows Press Yes to continue the sending and No to cancel it a _ F FAGA Fila lor Tilas is not eveulable Continue or mol te Yes J No Fig 6 24 Hint window when there is no control board FPGA files that go with the current configuration in LDU After sending LDU will recover automatically So computer and LDU will not communicate with each other for several seconds 6 6 6 More information More Infomation After selecting a window will appear as Fig 6 25 What displayed is the detailed contents 17 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I ee Detaled mrornauun LDU Mure Screen Type SF screen setngs EST 2 26 Tirri Screen Vidi rt Screen Height Pad gean Coordinate 49 0 Display Mode Aayo d ey Mode Haa GHghiwegs woga Manual adjust Manual Brightness 100 HalHulghness Protect
21. isplay 2 4 To read back upgrade and repair the data on firmware GAMMA data configuration files data for driver boards 2 5 Advanced hardware backup and restoration 2 6 To test system communication and computer serial ports 3 Operation Environment 3 1 System Requirements Intel Pentium or Celeron MAX 500 MHz CPU or higher or compatible system RAM 128 M or more Available USB port or serial port RS232 10 100M Ethernet CD ROM drive Windows 2000 windows XP and windows 2003 operate system Displaying mode 1024X768 24 Byte at least 3 2 Connecting the Equipment 3 2 1 Offline Display LDU Pledco cabinets light sensor Unless one or more Pledco cabinets are connected some of the functions may not be able to perform normally 3 2 2 Synchronous Display When in synchronous mode the following equipment or instruments should be added to avail normal operation VPU3000 one pair of optic converters video source e g DVD player or other video equipment DVI input as computers have DVI outputs 4 Startup 4 1 Preparing for startup Properly connect the equipment and the computer If you want to connect a computer via USB to the VPU please refer to Universal converter winxp A3 20060901 pdf and install the driver software for converting USB to serial communication 4 2 Startup Choose Start All programs lImposa software Imposa Tools or double clickimposa Tool exe To the software you must log in The Login window is a
22. l LDUs but they should be added one by one at a time and can not be added all at once Fig 6 1 LDU Management Bar when Pledco Tools is operated for the first time 6 1 1 Add LDU Press i and there will appear a window as Fig 6 2 Set the communication parameters according to the actual connection of LDU Fig 6 2 Communication parameter setting for LDU When computer and LDU communicate with each other via RS232 485 or VPU choose RS232 485 and select the correct serial port and baud rate in Com Port See Fig 6 3 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO feta lt heqye La Fert CZA Bae Rave 2200 PIC 6 3 Selects serial port and the related baud rate When computer and LDU communicate with each other via Ethernet choose Ethernet and input the connect IP address 169 254 10 49 for example in IP bar See Fig 6 4 IF LES a34 13 4a PIC 6 4 Selecting Ethernet and input IP address Note If it is an off line display one can choose RS232 RS485 or Ethernet as the communication means between computer and LDU For baud rate can range from 2400Bps to 115200Bps When used as a synchronous display the communication between computer and LDU is realized by an optic fiber cable In this case only USB USB switch to RS232 or RS232 can be used The baud rate will be switched to 19200Bps automatically For the HUB Address the option varies from FO to F7 Set it according to the LDU
23. lue directly in the input the box or press __Test_ to set it synchronously The synchronous setting window is shown as Fig 6 20 dust Erigimneee Grightiess O 19 SE Agiut the brighiness during display atone minute tortie brightness to faturm to the previous setting Thie valve la not kepi Apply keep this brghtness in the configuration Mes The configuration filas will be activated only ater they have bean sentiothe display Fig 6 20 Adjust Brightness window Srigrincs ME mow hs Click the triangle button or input the needed value directly into the box The display will reflect the related brightness immediately Press gli 5 ae to close the window and save the value to the input box following Manual Adjust Press SLURS o close the window without saving I It is only valid after sending it to LDU Or one minute later the display will recover to the original value 6 6 4 Brightness schedule setting Lhd e Teledu ob Schedule the brightness of a whole day manually It is unvalid when the brightness schedule is default The window is as Fig 6 21 shows 15 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO spet pit fe ess DE mE ae Fig 6 21 Brightness Schedule window The schedule can be divided to 10 period of time maximum As Fig 6 22 shows only after ticking I in the box at the front of the schedule bar it can be valid Input the start time into the Start Time box end time into the
24. nal value A E Lal jo co m CE lion i u E im 100 moli When adjusting the ratio of the three colors so as to change the displays color temperature one can press the number keys on the keyboard directly or click sl at the right of the input box to add or decrease the number gt 870 Z6_0 387670 5_0 ara 10 Customize The place to save the color temperature after setting Press Save to 5600 to save the value to 5600K Or you may save it to 9300 in the same way Press Save to Customize to save it to a Preset place The saved value of color temperature should be sent to LDU Otherwise one minute later the display will return to the original one 6 5 5 Sending and resuming the parameter Send Send the set parameter to LDU After sending LDU will be reset automatically Therefore the computer will hault communication with LDU for several seconds Read back LDU s parameters 6 5 6 Restore to Factory Setting Restore to Factory Setting Recover the content in LDU Setting window to factory setting This doesn t include Advanced setting and Basic Setting Contents of the factory setting Communication IP 169 254 10 49 Baud rate 115200 Baud rate2 115200 Color Adjust 6500K R 100 G 100 B 100 13 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO yy 9300K R 100 G 100 B 100 R 100 G 100 B 100 TABLE 6 1 LDU Setting window for the cont
25. omputer bar Reed Read the date time and time zone of the connected LDU and show them in the Display bar Adjust time Send the computer s date time and time zone to the connected LDU If the adjusting is successful a window as shown in Fig 6 13 will appear Or if failed a failure prompt will come out www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO tnformation NES Tre asusid success _ly Fig 6 13 Time adjusted successfully Fl Cil fi Close the current window 6 4 Testing the Serial Ports Select Tool Serial Check to have Fig 6 14 to come out This test can check if the serial port of the computer is normal Before the test connect the red joint attached with LDU to the serial port that needs testing Prepare the universal adaptor switching USB to RS232 to check USB port Check serial Port x 1 Message window Check ifthe serial communication is DK when testing please connectthe pin lt and pin 3 ofthe CUM COM Port com Baud Rate 19200 Fig 6 14 Window of Checking a Serial Port 6 4 1 Select a serial port and set its parameters LOM Port COMI Choose the serial port to be tested Pete et 19200 Si Set the baud rate of the serial port to be tested 6 4 2 Starting and finishing testing Sia After selecting the serial port and baud rate press button Start to start the test The result will be shown in the Message window Fig 6 15 of Check Serial Port Fig 6 14 10
26. on Click the button Position in setting window to switch to outlay viewgraph From Fig 6 26 we can see that there are 25 cabinets connected to LDU These cabinets are arranged automatically according to the data flow So they are only having something to do with the connection between Pledco cabinets and LDU instead of address 08 is the cabinet s address The address is counted by hexadecimal system 0 1 is the cabinet s coordinates in the whole screen 0 is the line coordinate and 1 is the column coordinate So the cabinet is in 0 line and the first column 6 7 2 List viewgraph and the reflecting information Report Report Click the button Report in setting window to switch to list viewgraph See Fig 6 27 It shows the detailed information of cabinets connected to LDU in the form of list TaT andress 5 2 Aina bet dil Pailin ZED Teaoeraluve 03 CRU version FEEL ertini rn no Wi ee nn Se all ON 3 2E i UE Fig 6 27 List viewgraph window List viewgraph reflect the information of Pledco cabinets See Table 6 2 for details Address Cabinet s address Represented by hexadecimal system 19 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I Xs X coordinate of the cabinet in the whole screen Y Y coordinate of the cabinet in the whole screen J Height Height of the cabinet Pixel CPU Version Version of control board CPU program J o Z FPGA Version Version of control board
27. pen Project is to open the project file saved before Exit means exit from the Imposa Tools software 5 2 2 View menu includes Tile Information LDU Setting Screen Setting Device Check and Maintenance Choose different buttons to switch to different setting windows T ON EE e LOU SA 11 S res Sel Dim is tek Le Le Fig 5 4 View menu 5 2 3 Tool menu includes Maintenance Wizard Adjust Time Serial Check Backup LDU Data Recover Backup Config Files of All Tiles Tool wats WADE Dec sup CU Cars r zr B cup Tar y Pikes 1 All Ties Fig 5 5 Tool menu Maintenance Wizard Maintenance guide for operation Adjust Time To adjust the time of the display www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO Serial Check Serial port for check Backup LDU Data For Backup of LDU data Recover To recover LDU data Backup Config Files of All Tiles For backup of config files of all tiles 5 2 4 Help menu only comprise About Hels Fig 5 6 Help menu Select Help About and the instructions to the software edition will appear see Fig 5 7 Click anywhere of the window to exit the window 5 3 Setting Bar Imposa Tools Version 10 22 Buildin 2006 12 19 Copynght 2006 8 2006 12 Comments Tools For lmoosa Setting l1itiPOSH Fig 5 7 About window Area 2 in Fig 5 1 is just the Setting Bar Select different buttons
28. r successful operation 7 1 2 2 Recovering from Computer To recover backup data from your computer to the LDU Select Tool Recover Recover From Computer and you will see the window as shown in Fig 7 10 26 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I i PLEDCO Fiestota data restore the date from the computer to the LOU Note After restoring the original data ol the screen ineiuding FPGA dats Gamma data dive board data ill be covered E 2 Bae cna Fig 7 10 Window showing restoring Press to select a backup file in your computer with a name like Backup LDU LDU backup files all have the suffix LDU Press the button to start recovering backup files from computer to the LDU Press to exit recovering The progress window of recovering a backup file from the computer to the LDU is as shown in Fig 7 11 You may press the button Send Data i Resto Data Fig 7 11 Recovering From Computer When the operation is successful you will see the Fig 7 12 window a ij Restored successtully DK Fig 7 12 Prompt for successful operation 27 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO 7 1 3 Backup Config Files for All Display Tiles This is to save all configuration files to the LDU Select Tool Backup Config Files for All Tiles and you will see the window as shown in Fig 7 13 Press Yes to continue and No to cancel Save backup configuration files of all bles to the LOU
29. s actual connections LDU Address FO B Fig 6 5 Select LDU Address A Press to finish adding an LDU Then the LDU Management Bar will turn to the following window For the newly added LDU the address is FO serial port is COM3 and baud rate is 19200Bps ere io LOU oda FO COMI 8200 Fig 6 6 Adding one LDU 6 1 2 To delete an LDU Press yi to delete a LDU as shown in Fig 6 7 a confirmation window will appear Press ics to delete it and No to cancel the operation www pledco com Professional LED Displays I vo Are you sure you want to delete the LOU yes HO Fig 6 7 To confirm deletion 6 1 3 Setting the communication parameters for the added LDU Press E to have Fig 6 2 to come out Set the communication parameters according to actual connections of LDU Double click a certain LDU and there will also appear Fig 6 2 6 1 4 Rrefresh information of the added LDU Press bei aler to have Fig 6 8 to come out It means the software is reading LDU s information After reading the information will be shown in the setting window in area 4 as Fig 5 1 shows Progress Fig 6 8 Reading LDU s information 6 1 5 To minimize LDU Management Bar Press es to Minimize LDU Management Bar Press it again to resume full size The minimized LDU Management Bar is shown as in Fig 6 9 Fig 6 9 Minimized LDU Management Bar 6 2 Saving or Opening a Project File 6 2 1 Save the current
30. s the following Fig 4 1 www pledco com Professional LED Displays I i PLEDCO _ cs ee e User Login Password Fig 4 1 Imposa Tools Login Window Please input Password in the box after Password Fe embe b e pavad If this box is selected the software will remember the password you have input so that next time when you log in you don t have to input the password Ss conce RFI After logging in you will see the software interface as shown in the following Fig 5 1 5 Introduction to the Software Interface 5 1 Interface Introduction of the Imposa Tools After the software Imposa Tools have been started you will see the following See Fig 5 1 File View fool sip J basca Ted CALL Tiles Cum CPU versioni AFZ2 FPGA Verrion 8061 G www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO Fig 5 1 Main interface of Imposa Tools 5 2 Menu Bar As Fig 5 1 area 1 shows the Menu Bar has four menus File View Tool and Help File View Tool Help d Fig 5 2 Menu Bar Menu Bar supports the same shortcut operation with Windows One can press Alt the first letter of the menu name See Tab 5 1 Shortcut key Alt F Alt V Alt T Alt H Table 5 1 Shortcut key of Menu Bar 5 2 1 File menu includes Open Project Save Project and Exit cava Prod Dar Fig 5 3 File menu Save Project serves as saving the communication parameter and basic parameter on the current project O
31. sccainrtsnccdearinundtisenssthararatnatiacatiabienedeusonns iraniana ia pedinare ariani Z2 7 EXPLANATIONS ON ADVANCED OPERATIONS cccsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssees 23 7 1 Backup and Restoration sas sa cernia soa ncisia traaatitoc anna noel 23 Te Me MACE AD COU CMe eee atta pata A EE 24 TMZ TOC OV lia 26 7 1 3 Backup Config Files for All Display TIleS 28 7 2 Repair and Upgrading rinite riarrangiata dare 28 12 4 Upgrading SO MW Al nari 29 TZ ZARA OAC UNG ia 30 RZ E RR RR ee IA 31 ACI RR RR I A 32 2 i www pledco com Professional LED Displays I PLEDCO 1 Terms and Definitions VPU3000 Video Process Unit LDU3000 LED Distribute Unit Pledco cabinet The exterior dimensions of the cabinet are fixed Each cabinet is matched with 6 display modules Each module has various rows and columns of pixels that make up the resolution while the pixels are situated at certain distances which we call Pitches Different pitches lead to different specifications Display module The modules are made up of light emitting diodes driving circuits and front masks The modules are potted with high performance silicon The module is the basic element of an LED display 2 Introduction to the Functions of the Software 2 1 To detect and set the size display mode driver board type and color temperature etc of the LED display 2 2 To detect the status of various Pledco cabinets 2 3 To test the LED d
32. t Fai int Egr Hot Esisi Fiat Essai Mok Estai Hot Esa 169 254 10 43 E mil Eini Moi rd Emmi E eril Eini ATE EA oO a ae Full Coler Screen Restore Reloading te date in LDL bo the Ties Fig 7 25 Interface of repairing 7 3 1 Introduction to the interface screen Type E Lee El Show cabinet s type This value is read back automatically by the software Program items Repairable items are listed under the Program The repairable items Configure of LDU LDU configuration files FPGA For LDU 0000 LDU s FPGA files Configure of Tiles Cabinet configuration files FPGA For Tiles 0000 Cabinet configuration files Drive Board Data Cabinet driver board data table Gamma Data Gamma data ssi To select a file that corresponds a repairable item Computer and LU indicate the status of the repairable items The Computer column indicates the status of the items in the computer the LDU column indicates the status of the items in the LDU Exist means that the item exists Not Exist means that it does not exist Restore ang Upclate referto the operation to the items Restore means to restore and Update means to upgrade is to execute the operation and __ we to exit the Guide 7 3 2 Introduction to operation Step 1 Select Tool Maintenance and the Guide will read back the screen configurations The interface of the repairing is as shown in Fig 7 25 Step 2 Select a file Click the button E after Configure of
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