Daktronics AF-3400-133,171,216,260 - Manual (Page 11)

The Galaxy ® model numbers are described as follows:
AF-3400-RR-CC-MMM-X
AF-3400 = Outdoor Louvered Galaxy Display
RR = Number of Rows High (7)
CC = Number of Columns Long (48, 64, 80)
MMM = Pixel to pixel spacing. (133mm or 171mm)
X = LED Color, (Red or Amber)
A typical display system has a Windows
®
based personal computer (PC) running
Venus
®
1500 software. Venus ® 1500 is a software package that runs under
Windows ® 98, ME ™ , NT
®
4.0, 2000, or XP Home/Professional operating systems on
an IBM
®
-compatible computer.
The displays are offered as single-face units, which are single-sided, stand alone
displays. The 133mm/171mm displays are front accessible because the internal
components of the display can only be reached by opening module doors.
1.5 Component Identification
The following illustrations depict some of the more commonly accessed Galaxy ®
display components. Because Daktronics occasionally alters standard design to meet
customer needs, the actual display design may vary slightly from the illustrations
below.
This is only a brief overview. Refer to Section 4: for additional information on
maintaining the various display components. Additional definitions are given in the
communication manual provided with your display.
Controller: The display’s controller is the “brains” of the display (refer to Figure
4). The controller receives, translates, and activates the signal information from the
computer to the appropriate pixels on the display.
Introduction
1-5
Figure 4: Version 3 Controller