Daktronics BA-1518-11 Multi-Section Outdoor LED Scoreboard - Manual (Page 8)

Featuring large, highly visible digits 15, 18, 24, and 30" tall, the boards use light-emitting diodes to
power the scoreboard display. (Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, are tiny, solid-state lighting units.
They are low-energy, high intensity lighting components.) Scoreboards in this series use red-orange
LEDs for maximum outdoor visibility.
Because of their LED technology, the scoreboards consume little power. Power usage in this series
ranges from little more than a household lamp.
The scoreboards in this series are modular in construction, typically with a top and a bottom section,
but some with as many as four different sections. The units are shipped separately and joined at
installation. Unpowered sections, connected to the internal power and signal panels with cabling, are
referred to as slave sections, while those housing the electronic control components are masters.
Cabinets for the displays are of heavy-gauge aluminum construction. Mounting weights and
dimensions for each model are listed in Section 3 of this manual.
K Note: Some drawings and text in this manual refer to team name message centers, or TNMCs.
Team name message centers are scoreboard-mounted matrix LED units which electronically display
home and guest team names. TNMCs are available as a standard new scoreboard option with many of
the models in this series, and the message centers are also available for retrofit on existing
scoreboards. With some TNMC systems still in development, additional models will be added to
subsequent editions of this manual. Section 10 of this manual offers step-by-step information of
TNMC maintenance and troubleshooting.
1.5 Model Names
Daktronics scoreboards are differentiated by their model numbers: FB-1624, for example, designates
a specific football scoreboard. The two-letter prefixes for scoreboards in this manual include the
following: BA- baseball; FB-football; MS-multi-sport, and SO-soccer.
In the outdoor LED scoreboard series, the three or four numbers following the prefix typically
identify a specific model.
Most Daktronics scoreboards also carry a two-number suffix that refers to indoor-outdoor status and
power supply: -9 and -10 are indoor displays, 120 V and 230 V respectively; and -11 and -12 are
outdoor scoreboards, 120 V and 230 V. All of the LED displays in this manual carry the -11 suffix,
signifying that they have been designed and manufactured for outdoor use and have a 120 V AC
power requirement.
1.6 Product Safety Approval
Daktronics outdoor scoreboards and timing displays are ETL listed, tested to CSA standards and CE
labeled for outdoor use. Contact Daktronics with any questions regarding testing procedures
1-4 Introduction