Daktronics S-100/S-200 - Manual (Page 36)

Maintenance &
Troubleshooting 4-9
4.5 Troubleshooting
This section contains some symptoms that may be encountered with the LED displays. Possible
remedies are provided. This list does not include every possible problem, but does represent some of
the more common situations that may occur.
Symptoms/Conditions
Possible Cause/Remedy
Cannot communicate with the display. • Check flipped phone cable connections.
• Check display configuration.
• Check Venus 1500 configuration.
• Check signal converter TX & RX LEDs
• Contact Daktronics Customer Service
Display will not run. • Check power cord.
• Power down, then power up the display.
• Contact Daktronics Customer Service.
Entire display is garbled or a section of
the display is bad. • Power down and then power up the display.
• Contact Daktronics Customer Service.
Section of the display network is not
working. • Bad input on first bad display.
• Bad output on last good display.
• Switch the suspect display with a known good
display.
• Contact Daktronics Customer Service.
Note: The display configuration will be shown on power up and will contain the following information:
1. Output Test (DDD =s)
2. Display Model Number (i.e. S-100-12-24-0.7)
3. Firmware Version
4. COM1 Configuration (typically V1500)
5. COM2 Configuration (either DataView or RTD)
6. Power Line Frequency (i.e. 60 Hz)
7. Display Address--displayed in binary code (i.e. 001)
8. Sign Name
9. Modem (if present)