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1. 71 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board 75 4 8 2 4 Set coefficients for a new module 80 4 8 2 5 Adjust Coefficients 83 4 8 2 5 Erase COBITICIGFIES ERE 87 4 9 Function Card Management 88 4 9 1 Function Card Configuration 89 4 9 2 Power Management s u LLL 90 4921 Manual Power Control 92 4 9 2 2 Automatic Power Control iis elia 92 492 3 Software Power Control 93 4 9 3 c ata 96 4 9 4 96 4 9 5 Load 97 4 10 Cabinet Library Management 99 uM oisi d 101 ie 103 Hardware Program updating 105 6 Problem and SOTTO u 108 6 1 NovaLCT Mars shows No Hardware on corresponding pages _ 108 6 2 NovaLCT Mars shows No Screen on uu 108 6 3 The LED display doesnot show the im
2. 2 Main Interface of NovaLCT Mars rei 3 S T WV IV iti E 3 3 2 Tool Bar 33 ella 6 Main Functions OT NovaLCT Mars 1 4 1 Start the LED Displays uuu ka aoni sis YES LUN 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 1 4 4 1 5 4 1 6 4 1 7 4 1 8 4 1 9 4 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 3 Start with System Configuration Files 1 SL t NI piulillu uuu CRA RR AC TROTA 2 4 1 2 1 SMISE lara 2 4 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration r 10 Cabinet INTO 17 Adjust the Performance Parameters i 19 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate 24 Set Hot Backup for Receiver Cards nennen 26 HDMI 960 an 28 Save Settings to FLASH RE 28 Save Load Configuration Files i 29 Adjust the brightness display quality Gamma and Current Gain 33 Manual Adjustment ucc ases cusa 33 4 2 1 1 Configure Color Temperature Table 35 4 2 1 2 Configure Brightness Mode 36 Schedule Adjustment pria 36 AUO AGU I 06 E snai ara 38
3. Fig 4 1 19 the dialog for specifying receiver cards to send the parameter settings to Scan Boards When this option 15 selected parameter settings will be sent to all receiver cards scan boards that are connected to the current serial port through the transmitter cards that are connected with the current serial port Reset the start position of scan boards This option is available when Scan Boards is selected When this option is checked start positions of all relating receiver cards receiver cards that are connected to the current serial port through the transmitter cards that are connected with the current serial port will be set as 0 0 Thus all relating receiver cards will show on their pixel arrays the upper left corner image of the computer display Specified Scan Boards This option is for sending parameter settings to specific receiver cards There are two ways for sending parameter settings to specific receiver cards by address and by sketch map Corresponding pages are shown in Fig 4 1 20 and Fig 4 1 21 E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Send Parameters to Scan Board 11 Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards Specified Scan Boards Send By Address 5 Sending end By Topolopy Index start from 1 means all 1 If the position of scan board 15 1 1 means all the scan boards of the f
4. gt Step2 Double click the selected cabinet to open the page for specifying the new module Shown in Fig 4 8 16 is the page for specifying the new module Select the New Module Scan Bo 0 0 0 Location 192 0 Size 64X64 Screen Pixel 9 Topology or List Select Area On Screen Module Size x Display Mode Modules Pixels Fig 4 8 16 the page for specifying the new module Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Module Size Set the pixel array sizeof a module here NovaLCT Mars divides a cabinet into modules according to the module pixel array size and the cabinet pixel array size gt Step3 Select the calibration coefficients source Calibration coefficients generated according to those of the surrounding modules are used for the new module because the coefficients saved in the receiver card or the database are not suitable for the new module Shown in Fig 4 8 17 is the page for selecting the coefficients source Select the source of Coefficients Refer to Surrounding Modules Select Reference Module Reference Zone t3 8 Adjusted m Reference UD Module Module tect itum Fig 4 8 17 the page for selecting the calibration coefficients source Note One or more surrounding modules can be selected for generating the calibration coefficients for the new module The calibration coefficients are generated accor
5. program updating Note l There isn t any place to view the typing when typing the passcode Just type 1 the passcode directly Just type in the passcode again if the one input before 1s wrong It not recommended changing the program unless there are problems with the hardware n G A m O M M Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales 29acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Load Program Load Program Choose Serial Port Operation Current Serial Port cone i Device Count 1 Select Program Program Name Program Version Program Path Select Items To Load Sending Board MCU Sending Board FPGA Scan Board FPGA Hardware Version Info O Refresh 11 Refresh One Sending Board 1 v Port E Scan Board r _ _ _ ms V3 1 0 0 Total 1 Remarks 2012 2 17T Position Sendinz l PFort 1 Scan 1 Sending Board MCU Sending Board FPGA Scan Board FPGA Communication Info 2012 4 18 09 17 26 Current control system address 1 Read MCU program remark Succeed 2012 4 18 09 17 29 Current control system address 1 Read program remark of FPGA Succeed i2012 4 18 09 17 29 Current control system address 1 Read FPGA program remark of scan board Succeed Current control system address 1 Read FPGA program remark of scan board Succeed Fig 5 1 1 the Load
6. which the calibration coefficients are to be erased Note The calibration coefficients will be their default values after the erase operation Make a copy of the calibration coefficients save to a database file for safety 4 9 Function Card Management Management operations of the function card also named multifunction card such function card configuration program loading external device configuration monitored data updating and power supply management will be given in this section Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Shown in Fig 4 9 1 is the Function Card Management page when it is opened for the first time Function Card Management Add Remove Refresh Rename m NEAN Set card count of port Succeed Fig 4 9 1 the Function Card Management page 4 9 1 Function Card Configuration Use the menu or tool bar in the panel on the left of the Function Card Management page to configure the function card Add gt Serial Port adda function card which is connected to a serial port of the computer gt Ethernet Port add a function card which is connected to a Ethernet port of the transmitter card controller Remove This 1 to remove the selected node The selected node could be a function card Ethernet port transmitter card or a serial port Rename eU Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR m
7. Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Graphics output Resolution 14401 900 resolution 1440 x 900 Setthe sending board display mode Resolution 1440 x 900 px v Custom Refresh Rate 160 Hz Hot Backup Setting Master Device Slave Device Master Sending Board Index Slave Sending Master Port Index Board Index Slave Port Index _______ _ ie fi Video Input S DVI Audio Input 8 External v HDMI Settings BitOfinoutS 8Bit Fig 4 1 2 the Screen Config window for manual configuration of the LED displays Make sure the resolutions of the sending board also named transmitter card and the computer video card are the same otherwise the LED display may not be able work normally Reset the video card resolution or change that of the transmitter card if their resolutions are not the same Refer to 4 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate for details about how to change the transmitter card resolution Step2 Switch to the Scan Board page and click Smart Setting button to open the Smart Setting dialog Shown in Fig 4 1 3 1s the Smart Setting dialog Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Smart Setting Hote 1 Pption 1 click Next to begin smart setting 2 Option 2 or 3 load module information to software 9 Option 1 Smart setting
8. Point Detect Parameters Detect Type Open Circuit And Short Circuit Threshold Current 1 2 Current Gain Enable Change Setting Fig 4 7 1 the Point Detect window Serial Port Selected Specify the serial port through which the LED display to be operated is connected to the computer Point Detect Parameters gt Detect Type this is the LED lights status type can be checked gt Threshold Current set the current threshold for point detect here by selecting an Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn index gt Current Gain current gain can be enabled disabled here To modify the current gain settings click the Change Setting item Detect Screen Click this button to perform point detect on the whole display Detect Selected Click this button to perform point detect on the pixel array of the selected receiver cards Pause Click this button to pause the ongoing point detect operation Stop Click this button to stop the ongoing point detect operation Zoom Drag the slide bar to zoom in or out of the LED display sketch map Notification panel The information of the ongoing point detect operation will be shown in this panel Colors of the LED display sketch map gt Gray the point detect operation result is unknown It may be dueto hardware communication failure or receiver card setting error gt Red Error LED light
9. Option 2 Load module from file File Path O Option 3 Load module from database Cabinet Database Browse Path sN O P P Selected Module Vi ew Module de Fig 4 1 3 the Smart Setting dialog Select Option 1 Smart setting and click Next to activate smart setting wizard The Smart Setting Step 1 window will appear as shown in Fig 4 1 4 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 29acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Chip Type Common Chip Polarity Module Info Module Type r 1 Actual Pixel Data Group Decoding Type 4HC138 Decoding Scan Type Module in one scan board Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Down To Right Left Down O Up rr ee LS A Fig 4 1 4 Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Select the driver chip type from the list according to what 1 actually used for the cabinets OE Polarity This option can be High Effective Low Effective or Unknown Module type The option can be regular module or irregular module If it 1 set to be irregular module the counts of driver chips for one data set and one color should be given Actual Pixel This 1s the size of the real pixel array of a module X represents the width and Y the height Decoding type The options can be St
10. 2 NovaLCT Mars shows No Screen on corresponding pages If the LED display has been configured already then try reading the configurations from the display by click the Read from HW button on the Screen Configuration page as shown in Fig 6 1 If the display has not been configured yet configure it Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Screen Config COR17 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screent Screen Type Simote Screen 9 Standard Screen O Comolex Screen Basic Information _ Location x 500 Virtual Mode Real Pixel Operate Pon Scan Board Scan Board 14 Rows 2 Sending Board index index s s s Bade Gear Pont Scan Board Size width 128 E Heioht 128 Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to sens mamsen monasi Dmm See Fig 6 1 the Screen Configuration page 6 3 The LED display does not show the image correctly during the Smart Setting procedure Check whether the transmitter card resolution and the graphic card output video resolution on the Sending Board page are the same Set them to be the same if they are not Shown in Fig 6 2 is the Sending Board page Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Display Mode Cu
11. 4251 Sat DB E ER CRM EU 38 4 2 3 2 Auto Brightness Time Interval nennen 42 44 Che Hama pi u mM 45 Manage the LED DISD e 47 Monitor the System 50 4 6 1 4 6 2 4 6 3 4 6 4 Monit r ui 52 4 6 1 1 Monitor Setting Page nennen nennen nnns 52 4 6 1 2 Display with Cabinets Varying in Fan Power Supply Number 55 Email Notification Setting nnns 56 Notification Email Log 56 MOAEOFCONtHtolsssir uuu usa pusa q 57 4 6 4 1 Configure Control Schemes 57 4 6 4 2 Monitor Control Log 60 4 6 4 3 Recovering Of Monitor Control 60 4 7 Check the LED Lights Status 61 4 8 Brightness Color Calibration rire 65 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 8 1 ORNATO ai 65 4 8 2 Manage Coefficient i 66 4 8 2 1 Upload Coefficients RSS Eva VOS Ua ea Der c Ried 67 4 8 2 2 Save Coefficients to Database
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13. Board page Pixel array size and module cascade direction can be set in this panel Note that the Regular panel is for regular cabinets parameters setting and the Irregular panel is for irregular cabinets Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn parameters setting Shown in Fig 4 1 17 is the Regular Cabinet Info panel which is circled and marked as area 1 in Fig 4 1 16 Regular Pixel Width Pixel Height Module Cascade Fig 4 1 17 the Regular Cabinet Info panel Width Height These two items specify the width and height of the cabinet pixel array Note that the two numbers circled in Fig 4 1 17 are the maximum values that can be set which is also named as Maximum Width and Maximum Height Maximum Width Maximum width varies with parameters of refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency Normally the higher the refresh rate is and the finer the gray scale levels are the smaller the maximum width will be while the higher the shift clock frequency is the larger the maximum width can be But as the shift clock frequency 1s limited by driver chips and module design the maximum width 1s also limited Maximum Height The Maximum Height depends on the module design Note Note If the module cascade direction is from left to right or from right to left then mentioned above the Maximum Width depends onthe parameters such as refresh rate gray scale
14. Click this button to export the cabinet configurations from cabinet library to a cabinet configuration file Show All Select this option to shown in the list all cabinets configurations in the library Search by Condition Select this option to shown the configurations of the cabinets that meet the requirements set in the Search Condition panel in the list 4 11 Prestore Picture User can store a picture as the screen s prestore picture in Prestore Picture Setting Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR form and than use as boot logo cable disconnected logo and no DVI signal logo Click the submenu Prestore Picture of the Tools in the main menu and than it is show as follow Prestore Picture Settings Select Serial Port Serial Fort COMS Prestore Picture Settings Select Picture Effect Settings Screen Effect Stretch O Cabinet Effect Function Settings Boot Screen Enable Cable Disconnect Black O Last Frame No DVI Signal o Black Q Last Frame BE D A Fig 4 11 Prestore Picture Setting 1 Prestore Picture Setting Browse Select the picture s path of prestore picture Screen Effect The selected picture will be stretched tiled or centered to the screen Acronn Each cabinet will show part of this picture and they matching to be the whole picture Cabinet Effect Th
15. cabinet ID 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Stepi Specify the LED display area that the new receiver card scan board works for Shown in Fig 4 8 9 is the page for specifying the area Select Area of New Scan Board in Screen Screen 1 Location X 0 Y 0 Size 512F X 256H Screen Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen ee Fig 4 8 9 the page for specifying the working area of the new receiver card Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn gt Step2 Select the calibration coefficient source The coefficients could be from a database the Database option or generated according to those of the surrounding receiver cards the Refer to Surrounding Scan Board option Fig 4 8 10 and Fig 4 8 11 show the pages for two option respectively Select the source of Coefficients Database Refer to Surrounding Scan Board Select Database Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription Lied e lens aterm Fig 4 8 10 the page for getting calibration coefficients from a database Browse Click this button to select the database that the calibration coefficients for the new receiver card are from If the selected 15 a cabinet database the cabinet ID should also be specified from the Cabinet ID drop list Cabinet ID If the selected database is acabinet database the IDs of the cabinets of which the cal
16. com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn operation is finished And don t forget to resend the parameters settings on the Sca Board page 4 1 6 Set Hot Backup for Receiver Cards The hot backup setting makes the connection of relating the receiver cards into a loop In the case that some Ethernet cable within the loop is disconnected by accident a slave device will take over the receiver cards behind the disconnection point and keep the LED display working normally Shown in Fig 4 1 23 is panel on the Sending Board page for Hot Backup Setting Hot Backup Setting Master Device Slave Device Master Sending Slave Sending Board Index Master Port Index Board Index Slave Port Index iti Len Fig 4 1 23 the Hot Backup Setting panel Master Device Master Sending Board Index this 15 the index of the transmitter card which 15 to be set as a master device Master Port Index thisisthe index of the Ethernet port of a master device transmitter card that 1 used to output data Slave Device Slave Sending Board Index this is the index of the transmitter card which is to be set as a slave device Slave Port Index this is the index of the Ethernet port of a slave device transmitter card that is used to output data Refresh Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn To update the current hot backup information Send To
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18. measure the environment brightness every 10 second this 1 the Detect Period and NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors for 5 times this 15 the Read times of light sensor before adjusting the LED display brightness the auto brightness time interval will be 50 seconds rr e A x 4x eng Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn Note The default values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors are 60 secondk and 5 times respectively Thus the auto brightness time interval 1 300 seconds or 5 minutes by default 4 3 Display Control Click Display Control button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Display Control from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Control window Shown in Fig 4 2 1 15 the Display Control window a Screen Control fertili adios m Self Test Normal L Fif 4 3 1 the Screen Control window Kill Show nothing on the LED display Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock Self Test Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting 4 4 Check Hardware Info Click Tool gt Hardware Information from the main menu to open the Hardware Information
19. of the screen will be adjusted by the Bright Mode Table and the environmental luminance if the Enable Bright Mode Table option 1s checked Fix Color Temperature If this option is selected the LED display brightness will be adjusted according to the color temperature table and the environment brightness Number of Segments Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Thresholds need to be set for automatic brightness adjustment When the environment brightness is higher than the high side threshold a high brightness level will be set for the screen for example 100 And while the environment brightness is lower than the low side threshold a low brightness level isset The interval between the high and low thresholdof environment brightness is linearly divided into subsections with subsection number equals the Number of Segments So does the interval between the high and low LED display brightness levels If the environment brightness is in certain subsection the corresponding brightness level will be set for the LED display The maximum number is 10 Note 1 The information of the multifunction card light sensor list isfrom th multifunction card configuration settings NovaLCT Mars first generates the environment brightness value from measurement results of all available light sensors according to the calculpting type And then NovaLCT Mars uses the generated environment bright
20. page Shown in Fig 4 4 1 1s the Hardware Information page HH Hardware Information Time Time of Hardware 2012 06 12 Select Serial Port Current Serial Port COMA Sending Board SN Serial Number SN Number 1 1202 1000 0000 0199 Hardware Version Info Refresh All O Refresh One Sending Board Port Scan Board Refresh V5 2 1 0 Total 1 Remarks 2012 05 23 Position Sendingil L N T Sending Board MCU Sending Board FPGA Scan Board FPGA Communication Info 2012 6 12 19 32 15 Current control system address 1 port 3 Read FPGA program version of sca 2012 6 12 19 32 15 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Fig 4 4 1 the Hardware Information page Current Serial Port If more than one Mars serial LED display control system is connected to the computer set the serial port through which the Mars serial LED display control system to be configured as the current serial port Time of Hardware De U Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn This is the date and time of the current Mars serial LED display control system Click Read button to update the hardware time shown in the Time panel Click Set button to set the time of the current Mars serial LED display control system as tha
21. send the hot backup settings to hardware New To add a new record into the hot backup info list Edit To edit a record in the hot backup info list Delete To delete a record in the hot backup info list gt Stepi Click Add button to open the dialog for adding a hot backup record The dialog is as shown in Fig 4 1 24 Hot Backup Setting Master Sending Slave Sending Board Index Board Index Master Port slave Port Index Fig 4 1 24 the Hot Backup Setting dialog gt Step2 Enter the indexes as required and click the Add button on the dialog Note Only for the transmitter cards that are in the same cascade chain can master slave hot backup relation be set Ethernet ports of the same transmitter card can also be set as hot backup of each other As in Fig 4 1 24 the Ethernet port 2 is the hot backup of the Ethernet port 1 Hot backup can be set between the Ethernet ports of a transmitter card Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR 4 slave device cannot beset as amaster device when it isthe hot bapkup of another transmitter card To clear the slave status of a transmitter card delete the record indicating it as a slave device and click Send button in the Hot Backup Setting panel to change the hardware settings The transmitter card that is used for LED display configuration refer to 4 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration cannot set as asl
22. setting Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 6 2 Email Notification Setting Shown in Fig 4 6 5 is the page for email notification setting Set the email notification according to the instructions given on the page Setting Of Email Notification About Honitor Fault Notification Setting Enable Email Notification Email Sender Email Address NovaStarTech 126 com Email Password SMTP Server smtp 126 com Port 25 Modify Sender Recipient Email Address abedig126 com Email Information Email From g Neighborhood Square B Log Setting Enable Log Saving Time Of Log Days Fig 4 6 5 the email notification setting page 4 6 3 Notification Email Log Shown in Fig 4 6 6 is the History window for checking the notification emails Information about the notification emails such as date error display index email recipients and so on can be Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR checked through this window dai History Email History Error Screen Notification Notify Date Content EmailState Recipients Fig 4 6 6 the History window for notification emails checking 4 6 4 Monitor Control 4 6 4 1 Configure Control Scheme Contig Bonitor Control Information v Enable Bonitor Control Control information list 1 Temperature gt 32 C brightn
23. the error blue LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch Red B This 18 number of the error virtual red LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch ESES Phone 39 0432 52521 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR T 4 8 Brightness Color Calibration 4 8 1 Online Calibration In online calibration NovaCLB connects with NovaLCT Mars through network Data and instructions for LED display calibration are exchanged through the network Shown in Fig 4 8 1 is the page for online calibration EE screen Calibration Iure Serial Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Network Setting aan Local IP MAENE Current Screen Communication Log Screenl Enable Disnable ibraion Enable FI Calibration mem Fig 4 8 1 the page for online calibration Current Serial Port This is the serial port through which the LED display to be calibrated 1s connected to the computer Current Screen The LED displays connected to the computer will be list in this panel Select the LED display to be calibrated from the list Local IP This is the IP address that NovaLCT Mars listens to It is actually an IP of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running Port E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn
24. the place of a cabinet has been changed the corresponding coefficients can also be correctly uploaded to the cabinet gt Step2 Select the display area for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved to a database Shown in Fig 4 8 8 is the page for Step 2 Select Area Screen 1 Location X 0 Y O Size 512WX 256H Q Screen Q Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen Fig 4 8 8 the page for specifying the display area for coefficients saving Screen Check this option if the calibration coefficients for the whole display are to be saved If the database for saving the coefficients 15 a cabinet database this option will be unavailable Pixel Check this option to select the pixel area for which the calibration are to be saved the Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database this option will be unavailable Topology or List Check this option to select the cabinets for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved Note that if the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database one cabinet should be selected at one time for coefficients saving Save Click this button to save the calibration coefficients of the selected display area to the specified database If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database a dialog will appear for users to input the
25. volta l anno per garantire l affidabilit dell apparecchio e Quando si utilizza un cavo di rete non connettersi a una periferica il cui collegamento potrebbe avere una tensione eccessiva e sistema di distribuzione dei cavi deve essere messo a terra in base alla direttiva ANSI NFPA 70 il National Electrical Code Scollegare immediatamente il prodotto dalla presa a muro e fare riferimento a personale di manuten zione qualificato se si verificano le seguenti condizioni Il cavo di alimentazione o la presa sono danneggiati E stato versato del liquido o sono caduti oggetti nel prodotto Il prodotto stato esposto a pioggia o acqua Il prodotto stato fatto cadere o la carrozzeria danneggiata Se si notano danni strutturali quali incrinature o sfarfallamento innaturale Il prodotto non funziona regolarmente seguendo le istruzioni d uso Uso consigliato e Al primo utilizzo avviare con luminosit al 20 per 30 minuti cosi da permettere la deumidificazione delle componenti interne e Per ottenere prestazione ottimali attendere 20 minuti per il riscaldamento e Riposare periodicamente gli occhi concentrandosi su un oggetto lontano almeno 1 5 metri Chiudere sovente gli occhi e Fare regolarmente esami della vista 1 Sicurezza Pulizia della scocca e Scollegare l alimentazione e Spolverare la scocca delicatamente con un panno morbido e Per pulire la scocca inumidire il panno con un detergente neutro e acqua strofi
26. while a cabinet database contains calibration coefficients for one or multiple cabinets Cabinet ID The cabinet ID s will be shown here if the selected is a cabinet calibration coefficient database Columns This is the column number of the calibration coefficient array of the selected database Rows This is the row number of the calibration coefficient array of the selected database Click Next button to open the page for Step 2 after all settings gt Step2 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn This step is to specify the LED display area for which the calibration coefficients are to be uploaded There are three options Screen Pixel Topology or List Screen If this option is selected calibration coefficients for the whole display will be uploaded Pixel Select this option to upload calibration coefficients to the specified pixel area Topology or List Selected this option to upload calibration coefficients to the cabinets selected in the cabinet array sketch map or the cabinet list If the current LED display is a simple or a standard display the sketch map of the cabinet array will be shown after this option is selected Otherwise if the current is a complex display the shown is the cabinet list Zoom The zoom slide bar is for zoom in or out the cabinet array sketch map Shown below are the pages for the three options Select Upload Area Screen 1 Loca
27. working status cabinet door status open close and temperature humidity smoke fans status and power supply The monitoring subsystem can also report error by email when fails detected Shown below 15 the Monitor page The status and parameters mentioned above can all be watched here Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn NOVASTAR 2 8 Monitor Sending Board Status ms H om Exception DI Unknown E ii a w Refresh Period The time to next refresh 2012 6 7 11 48 28 COM3 2012 6 7 11 48 28 FIREWIZENIGRE 2012 6 7 11 48 28 E 8 aul t Al arm Inform ati eu Communi enis A Li 2 wa BSR Fig 4 6 1 the Monitor page Refresh This button is used to update the monitored data Monitor Setting This button is used to edit the contents to be monitored and set rules for alarm Email Setting This button is used to set the email notification Email Log Click this button to check the log of the report email sent by NovaLCT Mars monitoring subsystem e ety Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 6 1 Monitor Setting 4 6 1 1 The Monitor Setting Page Shown in Fig 4 6 2 is the Monitor Setting page Honitor Setting Auto Refresh Auto Refresh Retry times Setting Retry times after read status failed Refresh and Alarm Setting Ref
28. Group 8 Cabinet Info Regular Q Irregular Pixel Width 16 Pixel Heiaht 16 lt 32 es sn COMETE Module Casc Rightto Left width and Z Construct View Cabinet lt 1054 Performance Setting O Symmetrical Output Group Swap C D clock signal as the second road extends to 32 group data Enable twenty dat Refresh Rate 480 w HZ en 4 v Gray Scale Normal 409 m Gray Mode Refresh Rate Fir v Data Clock 1125 Data Duty 150 25 75 7 Clock Phase 2 v Low Gray Co 0 Blanking Time 0 40us Line Change B F 0 3 Brightness Effi 69 25 Min OE 1312 ns Smart Seting Load File SaveFile Read From HW Send ToHW Save ConfigFile Save Close Fig 4 1 28 the Scan Board page gt Load a receiver card configuration file To load a receiver card configuration file click the Load File button at the bottom of the Scan Board page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions SaveaLED display configuration file To save settings toa LED display configuration file click the Save File buttonat the bottom of the Screen Configuration page of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 4 1 29 1 the Screen Configuration page Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn E
29. List Select Area On Screen 2 1 2 e 2 3 2 4 Fig 4 8 18 the page for selecting the area to be adjusted gt Step2 Select the adjustment type If Adjust Own Effect option 1s selected the color adjustment of selected area is independent to the other areas of the LED display If Effect As Other Selected Area option is selected the color of the selected area will be adjusted according to the reference area color The selected area color will look similar to the reference area color after the adjustment operation Shown in Fig 4 8 19 1 and Fig 4 8 19 2 are the page for the two adjustment type respectively re a 4 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Select The Adjustive Mode Adjust Own Effect O Effect As Other Selected Area Adjust own effect esisto Fig 4 8 19 1 the page for Adjust Own Effect option Select The Adjustive Mode O Adjust Own Effect Effect As Other Selected Area Select Reference Area Screen 1 Location X 100 Y 100 Size 256FX 128H Screen O Pixel Topology or List F Select Area On Screen E Fig 4 8 19 2 the page for Effect As Other Selected Area ee T U T aaly ccoc coee a aIl a l j Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Note 1 If Adjust Own Effect option is s
30. Module Click this button to import the module configuration files generated during the Smart Setting procedure to a cabinet library Export Module Click this button to export the module configurations from a cabinet library to a module configuration file Module configuration files help in speeding up the Smart Setting procedure Show All Select this option to request NovaLCT Mars to show module configurations of all cabinets in the list Search by Condition Select this option to shown all module configurations that meet the requirements set in the Search Condition panel in the list 2 Cabinet Management Shown in Fig 4 10 3 1s the page for cabinet management E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn 1 and Cabinet DatabBase Module Operation Cabinet Operation gt Q X i Import Cabinet Export Cabinet Refresh Cabinet Delete Cabinet Clear Cabinet Module Cabinet amp x Hame Cabinet Type Cabinet Width Show O Search by Condition Search Condition Regular Cabinet Irregular Cabinet Select All Cabinet Width Cabinet Might 0 Module Cascade Search Now Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settings Administrator 8 44 0 mel Fig 4 10 3 the page for cabinet management Import Cabinet Click this button to import a cabinet configuration file to a cabinet library Export Cabinet
31. NanoCast Installation manual ehhh SS ACRONN Indice INDICE 1 SICUREZZA 1 1 Informazioni Importanti 1 2 Precauzioni Manutenzione e Raccomandazioni per l uso 2 PANORAMICA Breve Introduzione del Sistema Specifiche del modulo NanoCast Sistema di controllo Appendimento Assemblaggio NNNNN Ol WN 1 Sicurezza 1 SICUREZZA 1 1 INFORMAZIONI IMPORTANTI PER EVITARE PERICOLO DI INCENDI O DI SCOSSE ELETTRICHE NON ESPORRE L UNITA PIOGGIA O UMIDITA INOLTRE NON USARE LA SPINA POLARIZZATA DELL UNITA CON UNA PRESA DI CAVO DI PROLUNGA O ALTRE PRESE A MENO CHE POLI DELLA SPINA SI INSER ISCANO COMPLETAMENTE NON APRIRE LA CARROZZERIA POICHE ALL INTERNO VI SONO COMPONENTI SOTTO ALTA TENSIONE PER LA MANUTENZIONE RIVOLGERSI A PERSONALE DI MANUTENZIONE QUAL IFICATO ATTENZIONE per ridurre il rischio di scosse elettriche assicurarsi che il cavo di alimentazione sia scollegato dalla presa di alimentazione a muro per togliere completamente alimentazione all unit scollegare il cavo di alimentazione dalla presa c a non togliere il coperchio o la parte posteriore all interno non vi sono parti manutenibili dall utente Per la manutenzione rivolgersi a personale di manutenzione qualificato Questo simbolo avverte l utente che tensioni non isolate all interno dell unit possono essere sufficientemente elevate da provocare scossa elettrica Pertanto pericoloso avere qualsiasi tipo d
32. Next on the Smart Setting Step 2 window to access Smart Setting Step 3 Shown in Fig 4 1 6 is the Smart Setting Step 3 window Select the color for each module statuses 1 2 3 and 4 For example if the module shows green in statuses 2 choose Green in the corresponding combox The software will switch the module statuses automatically if Auto switch status is selected Select Manual switch status to switch the module statuses manually Smart Setting Step 3 Auto switch status O Manual switch status Please choose the module color in each status O1 Red O 2 Green 3 Blue OA ER te NIA Fig 4 1 6 Smart Setting Step 3 gt Step 5 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 3 window to access Smart Setting Step 4 Shown in Fig 4 1 7 is the Smart Setting Step 4 window Enter the number of LED light rows that are on in a module Smart Setting Step 4 Lighting rows columns in the modules Fig 4 1 7 Smart Setting Step 4 gt Step 6 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 4 window to access Smart Setting Step 5 Shown in Phone 39 0432 523211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Fig 4 1 8 is the Smart Setting Step 5 window Enter the number of LED light columns that are on in a module Smart Setting Step 5 Lighting rows columns in the modules Column v Cancel Fig 4 1 8 Smart Setting Step 5 gt S
33. Program page Current Serial Port Select the serial port through which the hardware to be updated 15 connected to the computer Program Path Select the program to be loaded to the hardware here Sending Board MCU Select this option if the MCU program of a sending board is to be updated Sending Board FPGA Select this option if the FPGA program of a sending board is to be updated Scan Board FPGA Select this option if the FPGA program of a scan board is to be updated Change Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Click this button to load the selected program to the selected hardware Refresh If this option is selected the version information of all sending boards and scan boards connected to the current serial port will be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh One If this option is selected only the version information of the selected scan board will be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh Click this button to show the current version information of the hardware This can be used to check whether the hardware program has been updated eII Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR 6 Problem and Solution 6 1 NovaLCT Mars shows No Hardware on corresponding pages Check whether the hardware system 1 powered on Check whether the serial port cable connection 1 good 6
34. Screen Config CON17 Lo Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen1 Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen O Complex Screen Basic Information Location X v o Virtual Mode Real Pixel Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board Columns Rows sii Hid Sending Board Index 1 x Port 1 Port Index 2 3 Scan Board Size Width 128 Heiaht 128 C Set Blank Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to ca Fig 4 1 29 the Screen Configuration page gt Load a LED display configuration file To load a LED display configuration file click the Read File button at the bottom of the Screen Configuration page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Save system configuration file picea isi mie mine To save settings to a system configuration file click the Save Config File button at the bottom of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Load a system configuration file Please refer to 4 1 1 Start with System Configuration Files for details Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 2 Adjust the brightness display quality Gamma and Current Gain Click Brightness button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Brightness from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Display Adjustment window f
35. Time i Switch5 Switch 6 Porer Sritch 1 Preah Switch 8 Friday 17 34 03 16 34 03 Power Switch 2 Friday 17 34 03 16 34 03 Power Switch Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 09 02 15 09 02 15 Fig 4 9 6 the Power Custom List gt Delete click this button to delete the selected items in the Custom Edit Area gt Clear click this button to clear all existing settings gt Power Switch listed in the panel are the power supplies controlled by the function card Select the one to be edited here gt Date select the days for power control in this panel gt Time set the time for star and stop the power in this panel gt Add click this button to add the settings in the Custom Edit Area to the Custom Control List of Power Note The time standard for the software control mode is the time of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 9 3 Monitor Data Click Monitor Data button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for system monitoring Show in Fig 4 9 7 is the page for system monitoring di a 9 Power Management ata External Device Load Program Audio managemen Monitor Data of Function Card i Temperatu 29 D Humiditv 29 22 Voltaae 4 2V No monitor board Fig 4 9 7 the page for system monitoring Refr
36. acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Send to HW This 1 used to send the LED display configuration settings to the connected transmitter card Save This is used to save the settings to a FLASH chip The saved data won t be lost even the hardware 15 powered off Scree Type There are three options for the screen type which are simple screen standard screen and complex screen These options will be shown at the top of each screen page on the Screen Configuration page Choose a screen type before any configuration operation Configurations for different type of screen will be given as follow gt Simple Screen Configuration The page for simple screen configuration is shown in Fig 4 1 13 HE Screen Config CON17 bk Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen1 Screen Type 9 Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Note One sendina board for screen every scan board must have same loadina Basic Information Location x 0 v 0 Virtual M Real Pixel Connection Setting Scan Bo Colum 8 Scan Bo Width Scan Bo Rows 8 ScanBo Heia 128 Sendina 4 v Connecting Mode w ot of wa olf ell of otf Port 1 Lo 64 16 64 and must be integer multiples of the columns of scan boards Advance eiae an ems Saecmihe sae Fig 4 1 13 simple screen configuratio
37. advanced users Select this item to open the calibration page Details about calibration will be given in a later part of this manual Display Control e Kill Show nothing on the LED display e Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display e Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock e Self Test show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting Monitor This is used to open the page for system monitoring Details will be given in a later part of this manual Function Card This is used to open the page for multifunction card configuration Details will be given in a later part of this manual Hardware Information This is used to check the information about the current LED display control system Multiple Screen Management Only accessible by advanced users This is used to open the page for combination display configuration It makes the management of brightness control and monitoring of multiple LED displays easier when these LED displays are combined together Details will be given in a later part of this manual Point Detect This 1 used to open the page for point detection LED lights open short circuit status checking Prestore Picture Enter the restore screen booting screen and no signal including the disconnected network cable and no DVI signal screen settings can be conducted Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn co
38. age correctly during the Smart DICOM o 109 6 4 Only a of the modules of each cabinet work normally in Smart Setting 110 7 2018 2010 a es ps ees cai RO ZA A 112 li pelo 112 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com IV NOVASTAR Acronn 1 Introduction to NovaLCT Mars NovaLCT Mars is a professionally developed application for control and management of the Nova Mars series LED display control systems Functions integrated in NovaLCT Mars include LED display configuration LED display brightness control comprehensive cabinet status monitoring LED lights open short circuit status checking and etc NovaLCT Mars also plays an important role in the pixel level LED display brightness color calibration It works with NovaCLB to generate the calibration coefficients for a certain LED display and applies the calibration coefficients to the LED display fulfilling the calibration operation Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com 1 NOVASTAR mum 2 Installation of NovaLCT Mars The installation of NovaLCT Mars is the same as other common software applications One thing need to be mentioned is that if the installation process is blocked by any anti virus or firewall application please select the option that allows the installation operation to do what it needs to do Because what is blocked 15 usually the installation or update operation of the serial ports d
39. an Refresh power 9 Q Every cabinet has same number of power GU Every cabinet has different number of power Alarm Setting ti E Fahrenheit Temperture x C display alarm information Tn gt J display alarm information When speed lt 2 speed min display alarm information When voltage lt 4 V display alarm information Uni forn Setting emen Fig 4 6 3 the Monitor Setting page for individual display setting Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn Note The Monitor Setting page 15 in the Uniform Setting status by default 4 6 1 2 Display with Cabinets Varying in Fan Power Supply Number For adisplay of which the cabinets are different in fan power supply number use the individual display Monitor Setting page for monitoring option setting Click Single Setting at the lower left corner of the Monitor Setting page Fig 4 6 2 to open the individual display Monitor Setting page Fig 4 6 3 To set the fan power supply number for each cabinet click the Setting button to open the setting page after select Refresh Fan Refresh power of monitor board and Every cabinet has different number of fan Every cabinet has different number of power As an example shown in Fig 4 6 4 1s the page for fan number setting for each cabinet Advance Setting of Monitor Oo Fig 4 6 4 the Advance Setting of Monitor page for fan number
40. atic 74HC138 Code or Straight Decoding Scan Type The options could be any scan rate between 1 scan and 16 scan or unknown Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Rows and columns of the Module in one scan board also named receiver card This is the size of the module array inthe cabinet which is being configured by smart setting Module Cascade Type Select the corresponding option according to the module connection routing Note that the cabinet should be observed from the front when considering the cascade direction Note If the module array size is set as the default 1 column 1 row the modules 1 the first rows of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on Or if the module array size is set as the real numbers the last module of each first row of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on gt Step3 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 1 window to access Smart Setting Step 2 Shown in Fig 4 1 5 is the Smart Setting Step 2 window Select Black or Has Contents according to the module status Smart Setting Step 2 Current Module is Black Showing Fig 4 1 5 Smart Setting Step 2 Note This step will be skipped if module polarity is known and set in Step 1 gt Step 4 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Click
41. ave device unless the LED display configuration information on it has been deleted gt Step 3 Click Send button to send the hot backup settings to the hardware 4 1 7 HDMI Settings MSD600 Sending cards supporting HDMI interface need to set this option tudo Input S Enema w Fig 4 1 25 HDMI Settings Video input options DVI input or HDMI HD input can be opted Audio Input Options external audio or HDMI audio input can be opted The digits of input source 8 digits or 12 digits After setting the above options click on the Send to send the parameters to the hardware 4 1 8 Save Settings to FLASH Once data is saved in the FLASH chips of the hardware the saved data won t be lost even the hardware 15 powered off To save the settings to FLASH click the Save button at the lower right corner of the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 2 Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn Note Please save the settings to FLASH click the Save button after sending settings the LED display configuration performance parameters and hot backup to hardwafe 4 1 9 Save Load Configuration Files There are four types of configuration files at present the module configuration file the receiver card configuration file the LED display configuration file and the system configuration file Module Configuration File Saved in a module configuration file are the settings of mod
42. binet libraries or creating new cabinet libraries It helps in quick configuration of the cabinets and modules gt Stepl Click Tool gt Cabinet Library to open page for library management If it 15 the first time to open the page the dialog as shown in Fig 4 10 1 will appear for open or create a library Fl Open Or Create Library P Please open or create a library E 2 Fig 4 10 1 the dialog for opening or creating a library Open Click this button to open an existing library Create Click this button to create a new library gt Step2 1 Module Management Shown in Fig 4 10 2 1s the page for module management nz Phone 39 0432 523211 sales 29acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn Hl module and Cabinet DatabBase Module Operation Cabinet Operation i Import Module Export Module Refresh Module Delete Module Clear Module i Module Cabinet Hame Fixel Columns Pixel Rows Data Direction Chip Scan Type Show All d MBISO3SE 1 O Search by Condition Search Condition Select All Data Direction Chip Scan Type Hoth oh oh ah eh ely 5 Encoding Mode OE Polarity Module Width Module Height Data Groups 4 G Oo d WH mn m Search Now Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settinzs AdministratorAF tempDD mel Fig 4 10 2 the page for module management Import
43. blicazione pu contenere imprecisioni tecniche o errori tipografici qv AV SOLUTIONS AV SOLUTIONS Nova LED Display Control System X UCI E Udi opa gt AS eee gt vw G wal i Cali E 9 Jmm lid d nin Ld re cd LI i a ni Q H Sree Li w M la TN TP Z ex i pre TER BUR MII Ste SS sd This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication Nova may make improvements and or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this publication at any time without notice Copyright O 2012 by Xi an NovaStar Technology Company Limited right reserved NOVASTAR Acronn To achieve the best performance of the Nova products please update the Data package to the versions of V3 5 x before using NovaLCT Mars V3 2 2 to configure a LED display E GG q W iso _ Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com Il NOVASTAR N Acronn Content Introduction to NovalCcT MIars ee MEER 1 Installation of NovaLCT Mars nennen
44. carrozzeria n usare il prodotto vicino all acqua e Non inserire oggetti di alcun tipo nelle fessure dell armadio elettrico poich possono toccare punti attraversati da corrente causando scossa elettrica incendio o guasto dell apparecchiatura e Non appoggiare oggetti pesanti sul cavo di alimentazione Il danneggiamento del cavo pu provocare scosse o incendi e Il cavo di alimentazione utilizzato deve essere di tipo approvato ed essere conforme agli standard di sicurezza del Paese e Non posare alcun oggetto sul prodotto e non usarlo all aperto e Non piegare deformare o danneggiare in altro modo il cavo di alimentazione e Non coprire le prese d aria del prodotto e Non usare il prodotto in ambienti con alta temperatura umidit polverosi o oleosi e Lasciare spazio attorno al prodotto per un adeguata ventilazione per permettere la dissipazione del calore Non ostruire le aperture di ventilazione o mettere il prodotto vicino a radiatori o altre fonti di calore Non mettere nulla sopra il prodotto e I connettore del cavo di alimentazione il mezzo principale per scollegare il sistema dalla rete di ali mentazione Il prodotto deve essere posto vicino ad una presa di alimentazione facilmente accessibile e Non montare o fissare questo prodotto utilizzando la maniglia posta sul lato posteriore in quanto potrebbe cadere e provocare lesioni a persone e Maneggiare con cura durante il trasporto e Pulire i fori dalla polvere almeno una
45. com NOVASTAR Acronn This is the port that NovaLCT Mars listens to Reconnect Click this button to terminate the current listening process and start a new listen process using the settings of Local IP and Port Communication Log Records of the communication between NovaCLB and NovaLCT Mars are listed is this panel Enable Calibration This option is to enable or disable LED display calibration using calibration coefficients Save button in the Enable Disable Calibration panel Click this button to save the calibration switch status enable or disable to the hardware Save button in the communication log panel Click this button to save the communication log to a text file 4 8 2 Manage Coefficients This page 1 to adjust the calibration coefficients for better calibration performance Shown in Fig 4 8 2 1s the Manage Coefficients page Em Screen Calibration e coefficients to database coefficients for a new scan board Enable Disnable Calibraion Enable Calibration See Fig 4 8 2 the Manage Coefficients page e e a s s e Mga _ Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Upload Coefficients Upload a calibration coefficients database to the LED display Save coefficients to database This operation isto read back calibration coefficients form the LED displa
46. d drag the mouse to accomplish quick routing drawing Use Automatic button to accomplish drawing routing lines of the same pattern gt Step9 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 9 window to open the Save Module dialog which 1 for saving the settings set for the module through all the smart setting steps The Save Module dialog 1 shown in Fig 4 1 11 Saving the module settings to files module configuration files or cabinet database files will make it easier to perform module configuration for another LED displays constructed by modules which require the same settings as the one just set Choose Option2 or 3 in the Smart Setting dialog Fig 4 1 3 in Step 2 select corresponding files and modules and Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn smart setting is done Click Finish to finish smart setting after saving the settings Click Finish directly if you don t want to save the settings Save Module Note You can save module to file or cabinet database for later using Module Name Option 1 Save module to file File Path O Option 2 Save module to database Cabinet Database Change Database Path M e Fig 4 1 11 the Save Module dialog Note The saved module settings can be used in Step 2 of Smart Setting to simplify smar setting process 4 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration Select Screen Configuratio
47. ding to those of the selected surrounding modules and make the pixel array driven the new module card similar to its surrounding in brightness hue and saturation The generated Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn calibration coefficients are just substitution of those from NovaCLB and are nq as good as those from NovaCLB performance gt Step 4 Adjust the calibration coefficients if the generated coefficients are not satisfying The adjustment page is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details gt Step 5 Save the calibration coefficients to the hardware FLASH so they won t be lost when the LED display is powered off The operation is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 4 for more details 4 8 2 5 Adjust Coefficients If some parts of the LED display are different from the rest in color the color of these areas can be adjusted by modifying the corresponding calibration coefficients gt Step 1 Select the areas to be adjusted Fig 4 8 18 shows the page for area selecting ety Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Select The Adjustive Area Screen 1 Location X 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128 Screen O Pixel Topology or
48. e left and the right half of the cabinet pixel array respectively D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data If selected the scan board will provide 32 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and Twenty Data Group Mode can not be selected at the same time Enable twenty data group mode If selected the scan board will provide 20 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data can not be selected at the same time n A e ety Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Refresh Rate This is the rate that images shown on a LED display are update The higher the refresh rate is the more stable the video is for watching Gray Scale Normally 256 levels of gray scale 15 enough for two color LED displays 4096 levels enough for indoor full color LED displays and 16384 levels enough for outdoor full color LED displays And apparently the more levels the gray scale 1s divided into the more exquisite the shown images will be Gray Mode There are three options for Gray Mode Brightness First Refresh Rate First and Gray First Brightness First mode 1 for normal use and it has lower brightness loss In Refresh Rate First mode image refresh rate can be greatly increased but the cost 158 of brightness loss And Gray First mode will cost 50 brightness to get a better gray when display with low bright Accelerate Ra
49. e page for automatic power contaol Select the Auto option to set the power control mode Into auto control mode The time for start or stop each power supply canbeset through this page Click Send button to send the schedule to the hardware And the hardware system will automatically start stop the power supplies according to the schedule Note 1 In Auto mode the schedule will be disabled if the Emergency Stop button is clicked The schedule won t be enabled until the Start All button is clicked The time standard for automatic power control is the function card time Check Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR T the function card time before setting the schedule for auto power control T check the function card time click Read button in the Function Card Time panel To set the function card time click Set button and the function card tim will be set the same as that of the computer 4 9 2 3 Software Power Control The page for software power control 1 as shown in Fig 4 9 4 Function Card Time 2012 04 17 Tuesday 18 30 23 dedo Manual O Auto Software Control Custom Control List Week Start Time Close Time Power Sritch 1 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Power Sritch 2 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Power Sritch 8 Friday 17 34 03 16 34 03 Fig 4 9 4 the page for software power control Copy To copy the power control sch
50. e selected picture will be stretched tiled or centered to each cabinet of the screen Each cabinet will show this picture in its own region Test Effect Show the selected picture on the screen This operation will not save the n Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn picture to the hardware Save To Hardware User can click this button to save the picture as prestore picture to the hardware if he is satisfied with the test effect Check Store Picture In order to check the stored effect click this button to show the prestore picture which was stored in the hardware on the screen 2 Function Settings Boot Screen User can set whether enable boot screen or not and the boot screen time when power on The prestore picture is used as the boot screen Cable Disconnect User can select the display frame when cable disconnect No DVI Signal User can select the display frame when there is no DVI signal Send Send the settings to the hardware If Save To Hardware is not clicked the settings will lost after power off Save To Hardware Save current settings to hardware then the settings will not lost after power off 4 12 Color Restore Color restore is mainly aimed to solve and adapt to the gamut conversion at a different standard Interface Tools color restore to enter the interface color restore as shown below ga Ph
51. e shown E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Select Database Save to an Existing Database 9 Save to a New Database New Database 9 Screen Database Cabinet Database Select Database Type Existing Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription Fig 4 8 7 the page for saving calibration coefficients to a new database Screen Database Select this option if it 1s to save the calibration coefficients to a new screen database Cabinet Database Select this option if it 1s to save the calibration coefficients to a new cabinet database Create Click this button to create a new screen database or a cabinet database according to the settings Note 1 Screen database In a screen database the saved are the calibration coefficients and the positions pf they are to be uploaded to inthe LED lights array of the whole display In the uploading procedure the coefficients are uploaded according to the positions set for them Thus if the position of cabinet is changed the coefficients for this cabinet will not be correctly uploaded Phone 39 0432 523211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 2 Cabinet database In a cabinet database the calibration coefficients are arranged in the form o cabinets The coefficients for the same cabinets are grouped together and labeled with the cabinet ID Thus even
52. edule of the current function card so it can be applied to other function cards by pasting Paste To paste the copied power control schedule to the current function card View Log Click this button to check the log of the control operations on the power supplies Shown in Fif 4 9 5 15 the page of View Log er I Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn View Log Select the Log File 2012 6 4 Y Monday Log Information Address 1 COMB Sending Board 1 Port 1 0 15 00 Succeed Succeed Succeed Succeed Succeed Succeed Succeed Fig 4 9 5 the View Log page gt Select the Log File select the date of the log to be checked here To check the power control log select the date of the log to be checked in the box labeled Select the Log File and select the function card to be checked form the function card list the Address list at of the page The detail of power supply control will be shown in the panel at the right of the page Edit Click this button to open the page for editing the power supply control schedule Shown in Fig 4 9 6 is the page for editing the schedule Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn HE Power Custom List Custom Control List of power Custom Edit Area Delete Clear ex D i Switch2 Switch 3 Start Time Close
53. elected NovaLCT Mars will acquire th calibration coefficients of the selected area for the hardware Adjustment on these coefficients is independent to the other area of the LEDdisplay If Effect As Other Selected Area is selected NovaLCT Mars will adjust the calibration coefficients of the selected area according to those of the reference areas and make the selected area looks similar to the reference areas in color The nearer the reference areas are tothe area being adjusted the better the adjustment result will be gt Step3 Adjust the calibration coefficients This step is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details gt Step 4 Click the Save button to save the adjusted calibration coefficients to the hardware The save coefficients won t be lost even the system 15 powered off Shown in Fig 4 8 20 is the page for saving the calibration coefficients Apply and Save Coefficients Apply The Effect To Other Area radi onines Fig 4 8 20 the page to save the calibration coefficients Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn The adjustment operations in Step 2 and Step 3 can also be applied to other areas that need the same adjustment Click Apply The Effect To Other Area item onFig 4 8 20 to open the page for setting Shown in Fig 4 8 21 is the page for Apply The Effec
54. elete color temperature Edit Edit selected color temperature R Gain Color Temperature Brightness 100 Gain 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 Gain 100 00 100 00 100 00 100 00 101 100 00 100 00 100 00 Brightness 255 100 0 229 89 8 204 80 0 178 69 83 255 100 0 229 89 8X 204 80 0 178 69 8 Fig 4 2 1 1 Configure Color Temperature Table Brightness 1255 100 0 1229 89 8 1204 80 0 178 59 83 255 100 0 229 89 8 204 80 0 1178 69 8 Bright 1255 100 0 229 89 8 204 80 0 178 69 8 255 100 0 c Phone 39 0432 525211 Website www acronn com sales 2acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 2 1 2 Configure Brightness Mode Config Brightness Node Name Refresh Rate Gray Scale Gray Mode Max Load Area Cabinet ate Area Mode 480 4 Normal 4096 Refresh R 128 256 Normal 4096 Brightnes 163 256 32 32 sto me Fig 4 2 1 2 Configure Brightness Mode Standard If one option was set as standard the software will adjust the brightness of the screen when Enable Brightness Mode Table is unchecked in the Manual Adjust Page Edit Parameters Click and edit the information of the selected mode 4 2 2 Schedule Adjustment Select Schedule in the Adjustment Mode panel to open
55. ents Simple Red lt 3j 56 Green lt gt 69 TESE RETTE REA RETE TENTARE TENERA Blue lt gt 27 Advanced Code Hee Return Fig 4 8 12 the Simple adjustment page Red Use the slide bar to adjust the red brightness of the calibration coefficients Green Use the slide bar to adjust the green brightness of the calibration coefficients Blue Use the slide bar to adjust the blue brightness of the calibration coefficients Advanced Click this item to switch to the advanced adjustment page er d Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Adjust Coefficients Advanced Color Adjust Brightnes j Saturation lt Hue Color Temperature Adjust Yellow O Cyan Magenta O White Red Green Blue Note Display different color for observing the effect Simple E D am Fig 4 8 13 the Advanced adjustment page Color Adjustment The brightness hue and saturation of red green and blue can be adjusted inthe Color Adjust panel Color Temperature Adjustment Use the slide bars to adjust the red green and blue components for yellow cyan magenta and white in the Color Temperature Adjust panel Simple Click this item to switch to the simple adjustment page The color bar under each slide bar indicates the color to be shown when adjusting If t
56. er of combination displays to be configured Following are the steps for combination display configuration gt Stepl Set the Combination Display Count required and click Config button The combination display pages will be shown on the Combination Display Config window as shown in Fig 4 5 2 There 1s only one combination display page because the Combination Display Count is set as 1 Set the Screen Count as required in the combination display page Screen Count is RR Phone 39 0432 52521 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR e the number of LED displays that will be combined into the combination display Click Config in the combination page and a sketch map will be shown in the combination page shown in Fgi 4 5 2 Here Screen Count is3 thus there are3 colored rectangles labeled 1 2 and 3 respectively in the sketch map Combination Display Config Combination Display Count 1 1 Sereen Count Zoom Fig 4 5 2 combination display setting page 1 gt Step 2 Click left button of the rectangle labeled 1 Screen information window as shown in Fig 4 5 3 Appoint one of the three LED displays as Display 1 the rectangle labeled 1 represent Display 1 by specifying the serial port it connects to the computer and the its index in the screen list Note that listed in the screen list are the LED displays that are connected to t
57. esh Click this button to acquire the monitored data from the current function card and the monitor board that connected to the current function card 4 9 4 External Device Click the External Device button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for external devices management Shown in Fig 4 9 8 is the page of External Device Refresh This is to refresh the information of the external devices Save Click this button to save the external device type settings to a file The Save button must be E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn clicked after any modifying of the external device type settings External device 1 External device 2 External device 3 No External Device External device 4 No External Device dar m GAINAL L ZVIL c tome Fig 4 9 8 the page for external devices management 4 9 5 Load Program Click the Load Program button on Function Card Management to open the page for loading program to the hardware Shown in Fig 4 9 9 1 the page of program loading Function Card Information Model ID 8101 FPGA Version BERTO FPGA Note nnd MSN 2 0 2 Fig 4 9 9 the page for program loading E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Refresh Click this button to ac
58. ess decrease 50 Temperat All 2 Temperature gt TO C brightness decrease 50 Temperat All Fig 4 6 7 Configuration Of Monitor Control Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 29acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn NOVASTAR Enable Monitor Control The functions of Monitor Control will work only when the option is checked Valid days of logs Set the valid days of logs One control information can be added by clicking the patrol E in Fig 4 6 8 As it show in Fig 4 6 8 is to add one temperature control information as it show in Fig 4 6 9 is to add one smoke control information Add One Control Information Display Number Control Information Control Type When temperature Decrease the brightnes Brizhtness decrease 50 Restore brightness after temperature decrease When temperature G restore brightness lt Power Off Fig 4 6 8 Temperature Control Information Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Add One Control Information Display Number All Control Information Control Type Smoke Contr ol When the gt 1 Smoke Cabinet 9 Power Off Send e mail after power off Configuring email e Choose Power to Control Eficaicome Sending Board I Port 1 1 Switch 2 Switch Switch Switch v Switch E COME Switch Switch Switch Swi
59. expected time 2 Asit show in Fig 4 2 3 the Enable Bright Mode option can be selected only when the Bright Mode Table is configured in the Manual Adjust Page 4 2 3 Auto Adjustment Auto adjustment is to adjust LED display brightness according tothe environment brightness Light sensors are used to determine the environment brightness 4 2 3 1 Light Sensor Setting Select Auto in the Adjustment Mode panel to open the page for auto adjustment Shown in Fig 4 2 4 is the auto adjustment page Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Display Adjustment Soc Re COMB Screentl Adjustment Mode O Manual O Schedule Config 9 Auto Config Auto Adjust brightness according to enviroment brightness Please click Config Read Gamma value result Succeed Fig 4 2 4 the Auto Adjustment page Click Config button to open the Auto Brightness window Shown in Fig 4 2 5 is the Auto Brightness window Set the parameters for auto brightness through the Auto Brightness window Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Auto Brightness Light Sensor for Auto Brightness Status Index Address COM6 Sending Board 1 1 iii Outer Device 2 COMB Sending Board 1 Light Sensor The retry number when adjustment failed Caculate Type of Lux Average after remove maximum and minimum Average of all ligh
60. fresh rate of the input DVI video is different from that saved in the transmitter card which the DVI video is input into the related LED display may not be able to work normally For example the image shown could be zoomed in out overlapped or flashing To avoid these problems the resolutions and refreshed rates of the input AVI video and the transmitter card must be the same Following are steps to adjust the transmitter card resolution and refresh rate for the case that it is inconvenient to change the AVI video resolution and refresh rate gt Stepl Open the Sending Board page in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 2 Shown in F1g 4 1 22 1s the Sending Board page Adjust the parameters in the Set the sending board display mode panel as required Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Display Mode Current Display Mode sending Board Graphics output Resolution 1440 x 900 resolution 1440 x 900 Refresh Setthe sending board display mode Resolution 1440 x 900 px 1 Custom POTIS x 900 Refresh Rate 60 Hz Set Fig 4 1 22 the Sending Board page Sending Board Resolution This 1s the Image resolution saved in the transmitter card Graphics output resolution This is the image resolution of the output AVI video of the computer graphic card _ _ gt _nj Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Refresh Click t
61. gure the control scheme and the user can restart monitor control by clicking this button after dealing with the fault View Log Open the log window and view the stored logs 4 7 Check the LED Lights Status The LED lights status checking function also known as point detect 15 to check the working status of each LED light on LED display NovaLCT Mars can detect and locate LED lights that are in open circuit or short circuit status Note Point detect is only available for LED displays of which the LED lights driver chips support LED lights open short circuit status checking Driver chips supported by Mars serial LED display control systems and good for point detect at present MBI5036 5034 5040 DM13H and Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 5030 3 Monitor boards for Mars serial LED display control systems are required for point detect Select Tool gt Point Detect from the NovaLCT Mars main menu to open the Point Detect window for point detect setting Shown in Fig 4 7 1 1s the Point Detect window As shown in the figure the LED display under point detecting has a receiver cards one receiver card corresponds to a cabinet array of 2 rows and 4 columns And the driver chips used are MBI5036 Point Detect Serial Port Selected Serial Port COME Screenl Screen Topological Graph Monitor Card
62. he computer through the specified serial port Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Screen information I 4 Serial ports v The screen lists B m o Fig 4 5 3 the Screen information window Serial ports This 1s the serial port that the target LED display 15 connected to the computer The screen list This 1s the index of the target LED display in the screen list of the specified serial port Step3 Do the same for the other displays of the combination display ga S A S Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn Combination Display Config Combination Display Count 1 1 Screen Count Zoom COM6 Screen COMB Screen2 Fig 4 5 4 the combination display after configuration The layout of the displays the combination display can also be arranged Use the mouse to drag the displays The same layout will also be used in the monitoring pages 4 6 Monitor the System Monitoring is one of the key features of the Mars serial LED display control systems The monitoring subsystem performs comprehensive monitoring on the overall LED display The monitored parameters and status include system components
63. he cabinet driven by the new receiver card 15 only different from the surrounding cabinets in brightness simple adjustment is sufficient If the cabinet driven by the new receiver card is different from the surrounding cabinets in color adjust the brightness saturation and hue through the advanced Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR adjustment page for better image quality 3 Use thetest tools Plug In Tool gt Test Tool torequire the LED dipplay to show the color that is being adjusted gt Step 4 Save the calibration coefficients to the hardware FLASH so they won t be lost when the LED display is powered off Shown in Fig 4 8 14 is the page for saving the coefficients to the hardware Click the Save button to save the coefficients to the hardware Save Coefficients se Baci Hinis Rem Fig 4 8 14 the page for saving calibration coefficients to the hardwre 4 8 2 4 Set coefficients for a new module gt Stepl Specify the cabinet which the new module 15 in this can be done through the page shown in Fig 4 8 15 e Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Select the New Module Screen 1 Location X 0 Y 0 Size 256FX128H Screen Pixel 9 Topology or List Select Area On Screen f sas ass a Fig 4 8 15 the page for specifying the cabinet the new module is in
64. his button to update the Sending Board Resolution and the Graphics output resolution Resolution This isthe resolution that is going tobe set for the transmitter card Select one from the drop off list Refresh Rate This is the refresh rate that is going to be set for the transmitter card Select one from the drop off list Custom Check this option to customize the transmitter card resolution gt Step2 Click Set button in the Set the sending board display mode panel to send new set resolution and refresh rate to the transmitter card gt Step3 Switch the graphic card mode from duplicate or extend to single display and then switch back This operation 1 to avoid physical reconnecting DVI cable for the graphic card to update transmitter card info gt Step4 If refresh rate 1 changed parameters settings on the Scan Board page must be resent Note If the resolution of the final DVI video is different from that of the computer which is use to configure the Mars serial LED display control system the transmitfer card resolution must be set as that of the final DVI video when the configuration operation is finished If the refresh rate of the final DVI video is different from that of the compute which is use to configure the Mars serial LED display control system the transmitter card refresh rate must be set as that of the final DVI video when the configuration Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales 29acronn
65. i contatto con un componente interno all unit Questo simbolo avverte l utente che sono state incluse importanti informazioni relative al funzionamento ed alla manutenzione dell unit Pertanto esse devono essere lette at tentamente al fine di evitare l insorgere di problemi ATTENZIONE Utilizzare il cavo di alimentazione fornito con questo schermo secondo le istruzioni Europa Tipo di spina Nord America Dentinaniala Reg ito Cinese Giapponese S m nu X Eine p no Un 5 b 3 A Forma della spina LE FA NN A 8 SM NAS 7 NO gt UN d NS AND Le UE ad eccezione del Regione USA Canada Rogno Unito Regno Unito Cina Giappone riportate Se con questa apparecchiatura non viene fornito il cavo di alimentazione contattare il proprio fornitore Per tutti gli altri casi utilizzare un cavo di alimentazione adatto alla tensione alternata della presa di alimentazione approvato e conforme allo standard di sicurezza del proprio Paese NOTA L assistenza al prodotto viene fornita nel Paese in cui stato acquistato il prodotto 1 Sicurezza 1 2 PRECAUZIONI MANUTENZIONE E RACCOMANDAZIONI PER L USO e NON APRIRE IL PRODOTTO All interno non ci sono parti manutenibili dall utente e l apertura o la rimozione di coperture pu esporre a scosse pericolose o ad altri rischi Per la manutenzione fare riferimento a personale di manutenzione qualificato e Non versare liquidi nella
66. ibration coefficients are contained in the database will be list in the drop list If the selected database is a screen database the list will be unavailable a ety Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Select the source of Coefficients Database Refer to Surroundinz Scan Board Select Reference Cabinet Reference Zone Adjusted Reference Cabinet Cabinet Fig 4 8 11 the page for generating coefficients for the new receiver card according to those of its surrounding receiver cards Note One or more surrounding cabinets can be selected for generating the calibratio coefficients for the new receiver card The calibration coefficients are generated according to those of the selecte surrounding cabinets and make the cabinet driven by the new receiver card similar to its surrounding cabinets in brightness hue and saturation The generated calibration coefficients are just substitution of those from NovaCLB and are not as good as those from NovaCLB in performance gt Step3 If the calibration coefficients from Step 2 are not satisfying they can be adjusted There are two type of adjustment Simple and Advanced Shown in Fig 4 8 12 and Fig 4 8 13 are the pages E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn for Simple and Advanced adjustment respectively Adjust Coeffici
67. ime required 1s longer than the Fast Upload option Upload Click this button to upload the selected calibration coefficients to the hardware Save Save the selected calibration coefficients to hardware FLASH The saved data won t be lost even the system 1s powered off 4 8 2 2 Save Coefficients to Database This operation is to read back the calibration coefficients form the current LED display and SSS M MR M E E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn save them to a database file gt Stepl The calibration coefficients read back can be saved to an existing database or a new database Shown in Fig 4 8 6 and Fig 4 8 7 are the pages for saving coefficients to an existing database and a new database respectively Select Database Save to an Existing Database O Save to a New Database Select Database Type Existing Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription Fig 4 8 6 the page for saving calibration coefficients to an existing database Open Click this button to open an existing database to save the read back calibration coefficients The new saved coefficients will replace the old ones according to the position If the coefficients array size of the opened database is smaller than that of the current display the save operation will be failed If the opened is a cabinet database the ID list of the existing cabinets of the database will b
68. in Fig 4 1 14 re a 4 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn FS Screen Config COE1T DER Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection screen 0 1 Screen Type O Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information Location X yo VitualMode Real Pixel Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board Columns a Rows Hid Sending 1 Sending 1 Sending 1 Port 1 Port Port 1 Port Index idth a Width 128 915428 Heighti28 Height128 igh i B 3 4 9n gh Lai Sending Board Index 1 indst 1 Sending 1 Sending 1 Port 1 Port 1 j _ ace e oar i Height 128 Height 128 Scan Board Size Width 128 Heiaht 128 C Set Blank Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to ca Fig 4 1 14 standard screen configuration page Location This is the upper left corner of arectangular area of the computer display The rectangle area of the computer display is called mapping area Content inside the mapping area will be shown on the LED display The default location is 0 0 which is actually the upper left corner of the computer display Virtual Mode Specify the pixel mode of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 lights or virtual 4 lights Scan Board Columns Rows These are the numbe
69. irst sending board 2 the position of scan board 15 1 1 it means all the scan boards of the first port in the first sending board 3 If the position of scan board 15 1 1 1 it means the first scan board of the first port in the first sending board Fig 4 1 20 the Send by Address page Shown in Fig 4 1 20 is the Send by Address page The Sending Port and Scan Bo are used to specify the receiver cards to which the settings will be sent Set these three parameters according to the instructions given at the lower half of the page Send Parameters to Scan Board A11 Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards Specified Scan Boards Send By Address Send By Topolopy Select Screen Screen 1 Location X 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screenl O Screen Pixel Topology Or List Select Area On S lii gt 1 2 1 3 Fig 4 1 21 the Send by Topology page Shown in Fig 4 1 21 15 the Send by Topology page The sketch of the receiver cards layout Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn NOVASTAR is show inthis page Select the receive cards from the sketch To select multiple scan boards press the left button and drag the mouse gt Step3 Click Send button and the parameter settings will be sent all or the specified receiver cards 4 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate If the resolution or re
70. levels and shift clock frequency and the Maximum Height depends on the module design If the module cascade direction is from top to bottom or from bottom to top then factors affect the Maximum Width and Height are just switched The Maximum Height depends on the parameters suchas refresh rate gray scale Phone 39 0432 523211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn levels and shift clock frequency and the Maximum Width depends on tHe module design 4 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters To achieve the best performance performance parameters should be set properly Performance parameters setting can be through the performance setting panel Shown in Fig 4 1 18 is the Performance Setting panel which is circled and marked as area 2 in Fig 4 1 16 Ferformance Setting C Symmetrical Output D clock signal as the second road extends to 32 group data Enable twenty data group mode Accelerat Refresh Rate 480 nice E 4 wi Gray Scale formal 4096 v Gray Mode Data Clock 12 5 MHZ Data Duty 50 v 25 75 Clock Phase 5 un Grey lt ompensation es ks x Ghost Blanking Time i 2 00us 20 1 24 Line Change Time L vj 0 19 Brightness 35 88 Min DE 80 ns Efficiency Fig 4 1 18 the Performance Setting panel Symmetrical Output If selected the two 50 output ports of a scan board will work for th
71. ly connected to a transmitter card through an Ethernet port and input values for other parameters And then set the index as 2 for the receiver card which is connected to the first index 1 receiver card and also input values for other parameter for the No 2 receiver card Do the same configuration operation until all receiver cards are set The configuration is completed by then The pixel array sizes of the receiver cards can be different from each other and can also be left unset After configuration click corresponding button to send the configuration information to the transmitter card or save it in the computer Ve A Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Note For different transmitter cards the background colors of the grids are different For different Ethernet ports the font colors are different The right button of the mouse canbe used to clear the settings for the current transmitter card gt Complex Screen Configuration The page for complex screen configuration 1s shown in Fig 4 1 15 HE Screen Config CON T Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen N M Config Read trom A Screen Screen Type O Simple Screen O Standard Screen 9 Complex Screen Scan Board Setting Virtual Mode Pixel eta ate LLL Fig 4 1 15 complex screen configu
72. m Website www acronn com 4 NOVASTAR Acronn Color Restore Gamut conversion gt Plug in Tool e Test Tool to open the page which all test tools test content for LED displays testing are in e Calculator a shortcut to the calculator application of Microsoft Windows Click on this item will open the Microsoft Windows calculator gt User This is for user login The password for advanced users is admin gt Language This is used to switch the language of the NovaLCT Mars application Languages available now are simplified Chinese and English Help Select Help gt About to check the version information about the NovaLCT Mars application 3 2 Tool Bar S Confi i 1 on the same as Tools gt Screen Config in the main menu P saa Brightness the same as Tools gt Brightness in the main menu Calibration the same as Tools gt Calibration in the main menu Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com 5 NOVASTAR X Display Control Acronn the same as Tools gt Display Control in the main menu x eap Monitor ___ the same as Tools gt Monitor in the main menu Function Card ___ the same as Tools gt Function Card in the main menu 3 3 Monitor Info Panel Shown in the Monitor Info panel is the current monitored result of the system Red dots indicate there are errors detected while green dot
73. n page Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Location This is the upper left corner of a rectangular area of the computer display The rectangle area of the computer display is called mapping area Content inside the mapping area will be shown on the LED display The default location is 0 0 which is actually the upper left corner of the computer display Virtual Mode Specify the pixel mode of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 lights or virtual 4 lights Scan Board Columns Rows These are the numbers of columns and rows of the scan boards receiver cards array of the LED display Scan Board Width Height These two parameters in the Scan Board Info panel refer to the width and height of the pixel array driven by a scan board receiver card They must be set the same as those set in the Scan Board page Sending This parameter is used to specify the current sending board transmitter card The transmitter card of the chosen index 1 will be set as the current transmitter card And all relating settings are for this transmitter card Connecting Mode Select the connecting mode of cable Port 1 Loaded Set the number of scan boards that port 1 loaded Advance If the connecting mode of each port is different click the link to enter advance mode Standard Screen Configuration The page for standard screen configuration 1s shown
74. n page in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 2 If no LED display has been configured the Screen Configuration page will be as shown in Fig 4 1 12 Enter screen number number of the LED displays to be configured and click Config button The default screen configuration page page for simple LED display configuration will open The configuration information will be shown on the Screen Configuration page a LED display has been configured Modify the settings and send them to hardware by clicking Send To HW button if necessary E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn sc reen Config CORl7 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen N Screen No Screen please click Config Fig 4 1 12 the Screen Configuration page with no LED display configuration information Screen Number This is the number of LED displays that are to be configured Config This button is used to load the Screen Number to the NovaLCT Mars application Read form HW This is used for the application to read the LED display information from the hardware Detect Status This is used to check whether the communication within the current LED display is good Read File This is used for the application to load the LED display configuration settings from a file Save File This is used to save the LED display configuration settings to a scr file Phone 39 0432 52521 sales
75. n the decoy Increase the value of this parameter if decoy is serious Ghost Control This refers to the time to end the process for weakening decoy It is used in conjunction with Blanking Time and Line Change Time to weaken the decoy Line Change Time This parameter refers to the time to switch to the next row It is used in conjunction with Blanking Time to weaken the decoy of scan mode LED displays The steps of performance parameters adjustment are as follow gt Stepi Adjust the parameters in the Performance Setting panel Fig 4 1 18 until the Maximum Width and Height shown in the Cabinet Info panel Fig 4 1 17 larger than the pixel array size of the cabinet Then click the Send To HW button on Fig 4 1 16 Note If the message follow appears after clicking the Send To HW button it means there are parameters not properly set in the Performance Setting panel or the Cabinet Info panel Those parameters will be in red Reset those parameters and click Send To HW button again C3 The parameters in red color are unreasonable please adjust Phone 39 0432 523211 sales 29acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn gt Step2 If all parameter settings are acceptable the dialog as shown in Fig 4 1 19 will appear after clicking the Send To HW button aJ Send Parameters to Scan Board 9 11 Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards O Specified Scan Boards x Sendo Cancel
76. nare la scocca e poi passare un panno asciutto NOTA NON pulire con diluente al benzene detergente alcalino detergente con alcol detergente per vetri cera detergente per smalti sapone in polvere o insetticidi Le gomme o le sostanze viniliche non devono rimanere a contatto con la scocca per un periodo prolungato di tempo Questi tipi di fluidi e materiali possono provocare il deterioramento la screpolatura o la spelatura della vernice Montaggio NON montare il prodotto da soli Per una corretta installazione si raccomanda di rivolgersi a personale qualificato e appositamente ad destrato Ispezionare la posizione nella quale l unit andr montata Il montaggio a parete o a soffitto responsabilit del cliente Non tutte le pareti e i soffitti sono in grado di sostenere il peso dell unit La garanzia non copre i danni provocati da un installazione non corretta Non seguire queste raccomandazioni pu causare l annullamento della garanzia NON bloccare le aperture di aerazione con accessori di montaggio o di altro tipo 2 Panoramica 2 PANORAMICA 2 1 BREVE INTRODUZIONE DEL SISTEMA Requisiti Hardware e Software CPU Pentium 2 GHz o superiori RAM 1GB e VGA 256 Mb o superiori uscita DVI e WindowsXP Win7 Win8 Per accendere il vostro display per prima cosa collegate tutta l apparecchiatura alla corrente assicuratevi che il voltaggio sia corrispondente ai requisiti del prodotto 220V x 1096 50 60HZzx
77. ness tq adjust the LED display brightness according to the parameter settings such as brightness thresholds segment numbers 4 2 3 2 Auto Brightness Time Interval The following steps are to set the time interval for auto brightness gt Stepi Click right button on the circled panel icon as shown in Fig 4 2 7 1 and select Advance Setting from the pop up menu as shown in Fig 4 2 7 2 to open the Advance Setting window as shown in Fig 4 2 7 3 Fig 4 2 7 1 brightness adjustment icon in the OS interface panel E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Regist to server again Fig 4 2 7 2 the pop up menu Advance Setting Log effective days of adjustment ET ment we will read the Hi sensor value N hd caculate the average value after removing maximum and minimum then we adjust screen brightness according to this average value and the linear straight which you set Fig 4 2 7 3 the Advance Setting window for auto brightness gt Step 2 Set the values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors Detect Period is the time period the light sensors measure the environment brightness Read times of light sensors is the times that NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors Thus the auto brightness time interval is the production of Detect Period and Read times of light sensors For example if light sensors
78. o database Cabinet Database Path Fig 4 1 26 the dialog for saving module setting to a module configuration file The other way isto ai B button in the Module Info panel of the Receiver Card page The module settings can be saved to a module configuration file through the opened dialog Shown in Fig 4 1 27 1s Module Info panel of the Receiver Card page that button 1s On poe 8 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chip Common C Size 16Wx16H Scan Static gt Direction Horizontal Decode 74HC138 Decodina Data Group 8 Fig 4 1 27 the Module Info panel gt Load a module configuration file In smart setting step 2 Please refer to 4 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step 2 select Option 2 Load module from file on the Smart Setting dialog and follow the instructions gt Saveareceiver card configuration file To save settings to a receiver card configuration file click theSave File button at the bottom of the Scan Board page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 4 1 28 is the Scan Board page s gt I a l laE p soc Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn H Screen Config CON17 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chip Common Size 16Wx16H Scan Static Direction Horizontal Decode Tvpe 74HC138 Decodina Data
79. one 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn n Bi 92 JEBE JE BE O 127 5834 0 3000 0 6000 429 1012 0 1500 0 0600 43 3154 0 3127 0 3290 600 0000 BH eim 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fig 4 12 Color restore First check the chromaticity correction otherwise other operations are unable to be carried out after checking the option examine whether the display screen is normal if there 1s a blurred screen it indicates the incorrect correction factor before at this time recalibrate or erasure correction coefficient Make use of a light gun to get the current gamut that is the original color gamut on the left of the window According to the needs check the options under the target gamut window make the color gamut converted to PAL NTSC standard target gamut if the customization is checked it requires manually entering each parameter Check the Enable color restore Click Send to send the information to the hardware Click Save to hardware and parameters can be saved to the hardware which cannot be lost in case of power failure Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Tm 5 Hardware Program updating Login as an advanced user and type in admin on the NovaLCT Mars main interface to open the page for updating the hardware program Shown in Fig 5 1 1 is the page for hardware
80. or brightness display quality Gamma and current gain adjustment Shown in Fig 4 2 1 is the Display Adjustment window 4 2 1 Manual Adjustment Select Manual in the Adjustment Mode panel to open manual adjustment page Shown in Fig 4 2 1 is the manual setting page of the Display Adjustment window Display Adjustment Adjustment Mode gt Manual O Schedule Config Auto Config Display Quality Gamma Adjustment Soft Mode Enhanced Mode Fixed Value Brightne daa Tu Mode Mode mA Enable Brightness Mode Table lt gt gt lt sess I Gamma Table og Custom Table anperature Adjustment CL custom 7 Chip 8815036 aln RGB Brightness Resistor Setting Synchronous Read Scan Board Parameters result Succeed Fig 4 2 1 the manual adjustment page of the Display Adjustment window Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Display quality There are two modes for display quality soft mode and strengthen mode Use soft mode for the situation that the environment brightness is not very high Strengthen mode is better when the background is very bright Gamma Adjustment If Fixed Value is selected the Gamma coefficient can be any value between 1 and 4 And the default value is 2 8 Select Custom to manually define the Gamma table Brightness Adjustment Brightness can be adj
81. quire the version information of the current function card Type in admin directly to access the options for program loading Shown in Fig 4 9 10 is the page with the program loading options Function Card Information Model ID 8101 FPGA Version EITENS FPGA Note RAS V3 2 0 2 Load programrfor selected function Mic cardi M7 O Load program for all f riction card sect Program Program Program Version Prooram Pat Fig 4 9 10 the page with program loading options Exit Click this button to go back to the page shown in Fig 4 9 9 Load program for selected function card Select this option to load program to the current function card Load program for all function card Select this option to load program to all function cards Program Path Select the program to be loaded here Change Click this button to load the selected program to the current function card all function cards ru U Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn Note There isn t any place to view the typing when typing the passcode Just type 1 the passcode directly and the page shown in Fig 4 9 9 will change to the one shown in Fig 4 9 10 Just type in the passcode again if the one input before 1s wrong It not recommended changing the program unless there are problems with the function cards 4 10 Cabinet Library Management This is to manage the existing ca
82. r of power If for every monitor board the number of power supplies to be monitored is the same select N Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn this option and set the power supplies number in the box to the right of this option Every cabinet has different number of power If the numbers of power supplies to be monitored are different from one monitor board to another select this option and click the Setting button to set the power supplies numbers for each cabinet Single Setting Click this to set the monitoring options for each display individually Shown in Fig 4 6 3 is the Monitoring Setting page for individual display monitoring option setting The Ever cabinet has different number of fan and the Every cabinet has different number of power are available in this page To return to the Monitoring Setting page that all displays can be set together click Uniform Setting at the lower left corner of the page Bonitor Setting int 2 ce i e n Yr s P Auto Refresh Retry times Setting Retry times after read status failed Refresh and Alarm Setting Refresh Status Refresh Temperature Refresh power of scan board Connect Monitor Board Refresh Humidity Refresh Smoke Refresh cabinet status Refresh status of Cabinet Door Refresh Fan Every cabinet has same number of fan Every cabinet has different number of f
83. ration page Add Click Add to access the window for receiver cards information setting such as index of its host transmitter card Ethernet output ports mapping areas pixel array sizes and so on The setting will be shown in the list wu gt I s s I IlrcC a a a s Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Edit To edit the information that has been set for receiver cards Delete To delete the selected receiver card from the receiver cards list Clear To delete all receiver cards from the list 4 1 3 Set the Cabinet Info Select Scan Board page in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 2 Shown in Fig 4 1 16 1s the Scan Board page ME Screen Config C0817 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chio Common Size Direction 16Wx16H 74HC138 Decodino Please A make Scan Horizontal Decode Data Grouo Cabinet Info Pixel Width gt v Pixel Heloht odule Casc Performance Setting Right to Left Enable twenty dat Accelerate R 4 Gray Scale Gray Mode Data Duty gy Normal 409 Refresh Rate Fir Data Clock 125 v Clock Phase 2 v Low Gray Co 0 0 40us Ghost Contro 0 3 Static 8 Brightness Effi Cabinet Info Min OE mastio tati sendo ConfipFile Fig 4 1 16 Scan
84. resh Setting Refresh Status Refresh Temperature Refresh power of scan board Connect Monitor Board Refresh Humidity Refresh Smoke Refresh cabinet status Refresh status Cabinet Door Refresh Fan Every cabinet has same number of fan Refresh power of monitor board Every cabinet has same number of power Every cabinet has different number of power Setting Alarm Setting When ae gt i C display alarm information When humidity Fahrenheit Temperture display alarm information When speed lt 11000 speed min display alarm information When voltage lt 4 ingle Setting Fig 4 6 2 the Monitor Setting page for setting all displays V display alarm information Auto Refresh If this option 1s check NovaLCT Mars will automatically check the status and parameters being monitored and update the monitored data periodically according to the period setting Retry times after read status failed This parameter determines how many time NovaLCT Mars will retry to check the status and parameters being monitored when it fails in doing so Refresh Status A S SES Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn The status here refers to the working status of the receiver cards If this option is selected the working status of the receiver cards will be under monitoring Refresh Temperature If this op
85. river Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com 2 NOVASTAR Acronn 3 Main Interface of NovaLCT Mars Shown in Fig 3 1 1 the NovaLCT Mars main interface for advanced users O Yer2 4 0 System 5 15 Plug in Tool User Language Lang L Help Y Screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control Monitor Function Card Local System Info Control System Other Device Monitor Info Server Status Server Version 1 0 Fig 3 1 the main interface for advanced users 3 1 Main Menu System Reconnect This is used to reconnecting the NovaLCT Mars to the LED display control system gt Tools Screen Config Only accessible by advanced users This is used for configuration of the LED display control system Details about this operation will be given in a later part of this manual Brightness This is used for adjusting the LED display brightness There are three ways for brightness adjustment automatic brightness manual brightness and schedule brightness Details about brightness adjustment will be given in a later part of this manual Cabinet Database Only accessible by advanced users This is used for management of the existing cabinet Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com 3 NOVASTAR Acronn libraries mcl files or creating new cabinet libraries Calibration Only accessible by
86. rrent Display N ending Board Resolution 1440 x 900 Set the sending board display mode raphics output esolution 1440 x 900 Resolution 1440x900px Custom 1440 3 x 00 3 Refresh Rate 60 v Hz S Hot Backup Setting Master Device Slave Device Slave Sending Board Index Master Sending Board Index Slave Port Index Master Port Index HDMI Settings Video Inout S DVI v Audio Input S External v mele BitOflnoutS 8 Bit v Fig 6 2 the Sending Board page Check whether the settings the Smart Setting procedure are correct 6 4 Only a part of the modules of each cabinet work normally in Smart Setting Check whether the size of the module array is correctly set in the page of Smart Setting Step 1 Shown in Fig 6 3 1s the Smart Setting Step 1 page Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Chip Type DE Polarity High Effective Module Info Module Type Regular Module Irregular Module Chip Count of each color in Actual Pixel Data Group Decodinz Type Scan Type Module in one scan board Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Right Left O Fig 6 3 the page of Smart Setting Step 1 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 7 Appendix 7 1 Update Info
87. rs of columns and rows of the scan board receiver card array of the LED display A sketch map of the scan board array will be shown in this page after these two parameters are set Reset All e Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn This button is used to reset all cabinet settings and connection settings Sending Board Index This parameter 15 specify the current sending board transmitter card The transmitter card of the chosen index is will be set as the current transmitter card And all relating settings are for this transmitter card Port Index This is to specify which Ethernet port of the current transmitter card will be used for data output Back This button is used to clear all settings related to the last set transmitter card Clear Port This button is used to clear all settings related to the current Ethernet port Width Height Scan Board Size These are the width and height of the pixel array of the current receiver card Apply to port Click this button to set the pixel array sizes of all receiver cards connected to the current Ethernet port the same as that of the current receiver card Set Blank Select this if the current position pixel array of the current receiver card needs to be left unset The configuration operation is easy First set theindex as 1 for the receiver card scan board direct
88. s detected The number shown is the number of the error LED lights gt Green No error LED lights detected gt Yellow the receiver card cabinet does not connected with a monitor card Note 1 Put the curse on the sketch map of a cabinet to show its information 2 Module specifications have effect on the point detect result Please set the point detect parameters according to the module type In Fig 4 7 1 click on the cabinet in the sketch map to open thePoint Detect Result of Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 29acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Modules window for detailsabout LED lights status information Shown in Fig 4 7 2 is the Point Detect Result of Modules window showing the LED lights status of the red cabinet in Fig 4 7 1 Point Detect Result Of Modules Blue 0 Fig 4 7 2 the Point Detect Result of Modules Shown on the left of Fig 4 7 2 is the module array of the cabinet and on the right the pixel array of the selected module in the module array This is the number of the error red LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch The black points in the array are the error lights Green This is the number of the error green LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch Blue This is the number of
89. s in function card Succeed 2013 2 20 10 11 31 Start power Succeed 2013 2 20 10 11 33 Read the status of all the powers in function card Succeed Succeed Fig 4 9 2 the page for power management Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Function Card Time panel gt Read to read the time from the function card and show in this panel gt Set to set the function card time as that of the computer Set Notes Set note for each of the power supply of the current function card Start Delay Set the delay time for starting power If the delay time is successfully set the stating of each of the power supply control by the function card will be delay for the delay time For example if the delay time is set as 2 seconds then each power supply will delay 2 seconds when starts Refresh This button isto refresh the power management information including the power control mode manual auto or software control the power supply status start or stop the function card time and the delay time Start All This button is to start all power supplies controlled by the function card Emergency Stop Click this button to stop all power supplied controlled by the function card For power supplies under auto control their schedules will be disabled when the emergency stop operation is executed The schedules won t be enabled until Start All button is clicked Manual This i
90. s mean no error Click a red dot to access the alarm window containing the corresponding error info An alarm window is as shown in Fig 3 2 Click the blue hyperlink in an alarm window to open the monitor page of the corresponding LED display Display Name COMS Screenl Fig 3 2 alarm window containing error info e rss Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com 6 NOVASTAR Acronn 4 Main Functions of NovaLCT Mars 4 1 Start the LED Displays 4 1 1 Start with System Configuration Files The advantage of using system configuration files to configure LED displays is that the configuration procedure is very simple and easy and no manual configuration operation is required To configure a LED display with system configuration files click Screen Config button from thetool bar or select Tools gt Screen Config from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Config window Shown in Fig 4 1 1 is the Screen Config window a Screen Config Select Serial Port Current Serial Port COM17 Config Screen Q Load Config File Fig 4 1 1 1 the Screen Config window Step 1 Set the Current Serial Port This 1s the serial port that connects the transmitter card controller to be configured to the control computer If only serial port of the computer 15 used to connect the LED display control system the used serial port will be automaticall
91. s to set the power control into manual control mode Use the Start button or the Stop button to start or stop the corresponding power Auto This is to set the power control into auto control mode The hardware system will start or stop the power supplies according to the schedule automatically The schedule can be set and send to the hardware through NovaLCT Mars Software Control In this mode NovaLCT Mars controls the power supplies according to the schedule set for the power supplies eer n _ _ _ _u is__oeeeeooeeeeoeoeeeee sSSj Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 9 2 1 Manual Power Control Select the Manual option to set the power supply control mode in to manual mode And the power supplies of the function card can be controlled through the corresponding Start button or Stop button 4 9 2 2 Automatic Power Control The page for automatic power control is as shown in Fig 4 9 3 Function Card Time 2012 04 17 Tuesday 18 30 23 Manual O Software Control Start Stop Switch 1 10 51 30 13 52 30 Switch 2 13 51 30 4 13 52 30 Switch 3 13 51 30 5 13 52 30 Switch 4 13 51 30 13 52 30 Switch 5 13 51 30 13 52 30 Switch 6 13 51 30 1 13 52 30 Switch 13 51 30 13 52 30 ww Switch 8 13 51 30 13 52 30 Fig 4 9 3 th
92. schedule adjustment page Schedule adjustment is to generate a time table and the LED display brightness Gamma color temperature and brightness mode will be adjusted according to the time table Shown in Fig 4 2 2 is the schedule adjustment page of the Display Adjustment window Click Config button according to the instruction and the Config Schedule File window will be opened Shown in Fig 4 2 3 1s the Config Schedule File window Create the schedule time table for adjustment and NovaLCT Mars will perform the adjustment operations automatically E Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn according to the schedule Display Adjustment COMB Sereenl Adjustment Mode O Manual Schedule p O Auto Schedual Adjust brightness Gamma and color temperature according to time table Please click Config Read Gamma value result Succeed Edit Schedual Enable Start 18 00 lt Brightness Col Tem Gamma Value Mode Table Color Temperatur 9600 Brightness 100 Adjust Gamma 2d Value 2 8 Gamma Fixed Value 2 Fig 4 2 3 the Config Schedule File window Phone 39 0432 5253211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Note 1 The time of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running is the base of the schedule If the computer time is not correct the adjustment operation will not be performed at the
93. t To Other Area Apply and Save Coefficients Apply The Effect To Other Area Apply the Effect to Other Area Screen 1 Location X 100 Y 100 Size 256 128H Screen O Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels EI Rinish Return Fig 4 8 21 the page for Apply The Effect To Other area Apply Apply adjustment operations to the selected area Note 1 Ifthe adjustment operations are to be applied to another area the problem of this area should be similar to the area selected in Step 1 Otherwise don t apply th operations to this area If the adjustment result of the new area 15 satisfying after applying operations click Save button again to save the adjusted calibration coefficients to the hardware 4 8 2 6 Erase Coefficients Shown in Fig 4 8 22 1s the page for erasing calibration coefficients of the whole display or Phone 39 0432 52521 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn any cabinets Select Scan Board Screen 1 Location 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screen Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels Fig 4 8 22 the page for erasing calibration coefficients Screen Select this option to erase all calibration coefficients for the whole display Topology or List Select this option to select the cabinets from the cabinet array sketch or the cabinet list of
94. t of the computer Note The date information has been set for the Mars serial LED display control systems when produced Only time hour minute and second isset here for the control system hardware Hardware Version This includes the version information of the MCU transmitter cards and receiver cards Note The transmitter card version information is that of the first transmitter card connected with the current serial port Sending Board SN Listed are the SNs of all transmitter cards of the current serial port To update the listed SNs click Refresh button Hardware Version Info The user can refresh the version information of the MCU transmitter cards and receiver cards Note The transmitter card version information is that of the first transmitter card connected with the current serial port Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR T 4 5 Manage the LED Displays To make brightness control and monitoring easier multiple LED displays can be combined together The combined is called a combination display Select Tool gt Multiple Screen Management to open the Combination Display Config window for combination display configuration Shown in Fig 4 5 1 15 the Combination Display Config window Combination Display Config Combination Display Count 1 Fig 4 5 1 the Combination Display Config window Combination Display Count This is the numb
95. t sensor Adjustive Relationship of Auto Brightness Environment Screen Rri shtnecs Brightness 100 2 lw 80 Linear adjustment between mininum and maxinum Numbers of lt Segments 2d Fig 4 2 5 the Auto Brightness page The LED display control system uses light sensors to get the environment brightness Click button and NovaLCT Mars will automatically detect light sensors that are connected with transmitter cards and add them to the lightness sensor list as shown in the upper light sensor list on Fig 4 2 6 Light sensors connected to multifunction cards can be configured through the function card management page Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Select Light Sensor Light sensor of sending board Index Address Operate iv Be COMB Sending Board 1 Light Sensor ot Read Lizht sensor of function card Tou can config light sensor of function card in Function Card page Index Address Operate Fig 4 2 6 light sensor lists page The retry number when adjustment failed If NovaLCT Mars fails in auto brightness adjustment it will retry the adjustment again The number set here is times NovaLCT Mars try to adjust the brightness before it give up Calculate Type of Lux This is to specify how the final result is calculated from the measurement results of all light sensors Enable Bright Mode Table The Brightness
96. tch Switch Switch Switch Switch on Cn Cn 4 Co P3 Fig 4 6 10 Select The Controlled Power Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn NOVASTAR Acronn 4 6 4 2 Monitor Control Log Preview Honitor Control Log Date Wednesday April 18 2012 Log Information 16 40 44 COMB Screenl Temperature gt 32 C brightness decrease 50 Succeed 17 41 06 COMB Screenl Temperature gt 32 C brightness decrease 50 Succeed Fig 4 6 11 Monitor Control Log 4 6 4 3 Recovering Of Monitor Control The lastest control information will show the bottom right corner the main form and the monitor page As it show in Fig 4 6 12 is the information which comes from the last control m N o m D Fault Alarm Information OR Rast Ip eR 2012 6 6 15 43 53 COM6 Screenl brightness decre F1g 4 6 12 Control Information In The Monitor Page Click this link label to view the controlled information list as it show in Fig 4 6 13 Phone 39 0432 525211 sales 9acronn com Website www acronn com Acronn NOVASTAR Finished Control Finished Control cme gt K PERE RR COMB Screenl Temperature gt 32 C brightness decrease 50 Fig 4 6 13 View The Control Information List Recover Control If the control scheme is performed View 4 6 4 1 Configure Control Scheme to confi
97. te This parameter is used to increase the refresh rate If N is selected the refresh rate will be increased by N times For Traditional Gray mode 1 2 4 and 8 are available for And for Advanced Gray mode 1 2 4 8 and 16 are available for N Data Clock This is the shift clock frequency The shift clock frequency depends on the performance of driver chips and the circuit design of the modules The higher the driver chip performance is and the better the module circuit is designed the higher the shift clock frequency can be A higher shift clock frequency will results in a larger pixel array more gray levels or higher refresh rate that a receiver card can support Data Duty This isthe duty cycle for the shift clock The shift clock frequency can be increased by changing this parameter Normally the duty cycle should be set as 50 Data Phase By phase here refersto the time relation between the shift clock and the corresponding data to be shifted This parameter can be used to eliminate the errors due to the phase such as ere a Ss Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn image dislocation and flashing pixels Low Gray Compensation For driver chips that cannot respond to narrow pulse signals the Low Gray Compensation parameter can be used to improve the image quality of low gray levels Blanking Time This is the line blanking interval This parameter can be used to weake
98. tep7 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 5 window to access Smart Setting Step 6 Shown in Fig 4 1 9 is the Smart Setting Step 6 window Use Auto Switch Status or Manual Switch Status to switch the module status automatically or manually And then select the option corresponding to the module statuses 1 or 2 under whichall lights are on If all lights are on under both statuses then any of the two options 1 and 2 Smart Setting Step 6 Auto Switch Status O Manual Switch Status Please look at the modules E Thich state can fully light the current module If both just choose one Fig 4 1 9 Smart Setting Step 6 gt Step8 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 6 window to access Smart Setting Step 9 Shown in Fig 4 1 10 is the Smart Setting Step 9 window Click the corresponding grids according to the position of the lightened lights until no light 1 lightened any more A line of the lightened lights routing will be drawn at the same time A MM Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn message indicating the finish of the Smart Setting Step 9 will be shown when enough lights have been processed Smart Setting Step 9 Note Look at the lighting point in the modules and click the corresponding cells Undo to back or Clear to restart 2 ral n Pre am Gss Fig 4 1 10 Smart Setting Step 9 Note Press left button an
99. tion X 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 256H Screen O Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels metre Fig 4 8 4 1 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Screen way Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Select Upload Area Screen 1 Location X 0 Y 0 Size 512WX 256H Q Screen Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Start Columns 0 Start Rows of 0 4 ws Width 512 x Height 256 Y Fig 4 8 4 2 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Pixel way Select Upload Area Screen l Location X 0 Y 0 Size 512WX 256H O Screen O Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen Fig 4 8 4 3 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Topology or List way Click Next to open the page for Step 3 gt Step3 Phone 39 0432 523211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Shown in Fig 4 8 5 is the page for Step 3 Upload Coefficients Fast Upload Stable Upload Code Finish Fig 4 8 5 the upload calibration coefficients Step 3 page Fast Upload The uploading speed will be set as maximum thus the time required for uploading is minimized if this option is selected Stable Upload The uploading process is more stable and reliable for this option But the t
100. tion is selected the temperature within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh power of scan board If this option is selected the power supplies of the receiver cards will be under monitoring Connect Monitor Board Monitor Boards are required for certain status and parameters monitoring Select this option to get those status and parameters under monitoring Refresh Humidity If this option is selected the humidity within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh Smoke If this option is selected the smoke within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh cabinet status If this option is selected the working status of the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh status of Cabinet Door If this option is selected the open close status of the cabinet doors will be under monitoring Refresh Fan If this option is selected the fans status will be under monitoring Every cabinet has same number of fan If for every cabinet the number of fans to be monitored is the same select this option and set the fan number in the box to the right of this option Ever cabinet has different number of fan If the numbers of fans to be monitored are different from one cabinet to another select this option and click the Setting button to set the fan numbers for each cabinet Refresh power of monitor board If this option is selected the power supplies on the monitor board will be under monitoring Every cabinet has same numbe
101. ules Module configuration files can be used for quick configuration of modules requiring the same kind of settings Receiver Card Configuration File Saved in a receiver card configuration file are the settings of receiver cards Receiver card configuration files can be used for quick configuration of cabinets requiring the same kind of settings LED Display Configuration File Saved in a LED display configuration file are the information of how receiver cards are put together to construct a LED display The LED display configuration files can be used for quick construction of a LED display System Configuration File Saved is a system configuration file is the complete setting information of a LED display control system it can be used to quickly recover a LED display control system from error or to quickly start a LED display gt Save a module configuration file There are two ways to save a module configuration file The first is to save it at the last step of smart setting please refer to 4 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step 9 for details Shown in Fig 4 1 26 isthe dialog for saving module settings to a module configuration file gs o Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR m Save Bodule Note You can save module to file or cabinet database for later using Module Name Option 1 Save module to file File Path O Option 2 Save module t
102. um This 1s to rename the selected function card Serial port Operation The corresponding menu item and tool bar button are only available when the following requirements are satisfied The selected node 1 a serial port the device connected to the serial port does not match the device type of the serial port or the serial port is disconnected Modify Serial Port set the selected serial port as one that no function card has been configured for it Replace Serial Port when the function card of the selected node is connected to a serial port other than that of the selected node click this button to replace the selected node serial port with the one that is connected with the function card 4 9 2 Power Management Click the Power Management button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for power management The Power Management page is shown in Fig 4 9 2 Circled in the page is the Power Management button gt 9 Monitor Data Externa Devi e Load Progra Audio management Function Card Time 2013 02 20 Wednesday 10 10 Read set 9 Manual O Auto O Software Control Switch 1 tart stop Switch 2 Stop Switch 3 E top Switch 4 E Stop Switch 5 Sam Stor Switch 6 Start Stop Switch 7 Stop Switch top 2013 2 20 10 11 28 Read the status of all the power
103. usted by the slide bar All together there are 256 levels of brightness If the Bright Mode Table was configured and Enable Bright Mode Table was checked the software will adjust the brightness of the screen by the Bright Mode Table when pull the slide bar Color Temperature Adjustment Color temperature adjustment canbe done in two ways customization and color temperature table Choose one as you want Select Custom and the color temperature can be adjusted through the brightness and current gains of Red Green and Blue components Click Color Temperature button to open the dialog for color temperature table configuration Color temperature can be adjusted by changing the items in the table Note Current gain adjustment option won t be available if the LED light driver chips do not support current gain adjustment If the color temperature table has been set NovaLCT Mars will adjust the LED display settings according to the current brightness setting and keep the color temperature unchanged Note Professional equipment is necessary to find out the current gains and brightness of red green and blue for different LED display brightness of certain color tempera Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn 4 2 1 1 Configure Color Temperature Table Configure color temperature Operate Hote Selected color temperature is yellow Add Add color temperature Delete D
104. y and save them to a database file Set coefficients for a new scan board This option is to set the calibration coefficients for a newly placed receiver card in the LED display Set coefficients for a new module This option is to set the calibration coefficients for newly placed module in the LED display Adjust Coefficients This option is to adjust the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display area for better performance Erase Coefficients This option is to erase the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display 4 8 2 1 Upload Coefficients This is to upload the calibration coefficients to the LED display thus the LED display control system can use the coefficients to improve the image quality of the display gt Stepi e _ T gt amp FF s gt b a a s Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Select Database Select Database ID ScreenCoefficient mdb L Type Screen Database Cabinet ID Columns 512 Rows Discription mj rece m Fig 4 8 3 the page for upload coefficients step 1 Browse Click this button to select the calibration coefficients database file to be uploaded Type The type of the selected calibration coefficients database is shown here There are two database types screen database and cabinet database screen database contains calibration coefficients for a whole display
105. y set as the current serial port Otherwise if multiple serial ports are used to connect control systems to the computer one serial port for one control system the serial port that 15 used to connect the control system which is to be configured should be set as the current serial port p Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn Step 2 Load system configuration file Select Load Config File option use Browse button to select the system configuration file to be loaded and then click Next The selected configuration file will be automatically loaded to the LED display system The LED display system will have been configured when the load operation is finished Note The loaded performance parameters from the configuration file can be adjusted they are not suitable Please refer to 4 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters for details about how to adjust the performance parameters 4 1 2 Start Manually 4 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Stepi Select Config Screen option in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 1 and click Next to open the window for manual configuration of the LED displays The window is as shown in Fig 4 1 2 p a s essz gt a aq ca l s Phone 39 0432 525211 sales acronn com Website www acronn com NOVASTAR Acronn H Screen Config CON1T7 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection

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