Daktronics Venus 1500 Ver 2.x - Manual (Page 5)

Choosing the Type of Event ................................................................................ 6-3
Message......................................................................................................... 6-3
Brightness...................................................................................................... 6-3
Setting the Start Time/Stop Time ........................................................................ 6-3
Setting the First Date/Last Date........................................................................... 6-4
Setting the Days of the Week............................................................................... 6-4
Adding a Description ........................................................................................... 6-4
6.4 Naming & Saving the Schedule ................................................................................. 6-5
6.5 Printing ....................................................................................................................... 6-5
6.6 Exiting the Venus 1500 Schedule Studio ................................................................... 6-6
6.7 Venus 1500 Schedule Studio Keyboard Shortcuts ..................................................... 6-6
6.8 Sample Schedule ........................................................................................................ 6-6
Section 7: The Venus 1500 Display Manager ............................................................ 7-1
Display List.......................................................................................................... 7-2
Status Results....................................................................................................... 7-2
Control Area ........................................................................................................ 7-2
7.1 Message Control......................................................................................................... 7-2
Determining what Messages are Running on a Display ...................................... 7-3
Sending Messages to a Display............................................................................ 7-3
Running a Message.............................................................................................. 7-3
Stopping a Message from Running on a Display................................................. 7-3
Blanking the Display ........................................................................................... 7-4
Retrieving a Message from a Display.................................................................. 7-4
Deleting a Message from a Display ..................................................................... 7-4
7.2 Schedule Control ........................................................................................................ 7-5
Viewing the Available Schedule & Determining if a Schedule is Running on the
Display ................................................................................................................ 7-5
Sending a Schedule to the Display....................................................................... 7-5
Running a Schedule ............................................................................................. 7-5
Stopping an Active Schedule ............................................................................... 7-5
7.3 Diagnostic Control ..................................................................................................... 7-6
Set Time/Date ...................................................................................................... 7-6
Set Brightness ...................................................................................................... 7-6
Pixel Test ............................................................................................................. 7-6
Temperature Offset .............................................................................................. 7-7
Reset Display ....................................................................................................... 7-7
7.4 About the Display Manager ....................................................................................... 7-7
7.5 Exiting the Display Manager...................................................................................... 7-8
Appendix A: System Riser Diagram ............................................................................... A-1
Appendix B: Graphics & Special Characters ................................................................. B-1
Appendix C: Using the Venus 1500 Controller to Display Non-English Fonts ............ C-1
C.1 Compatible Languages .............................................................................................. C-1
C.2 Initial Settings............................................................................................................ C-1
Windows 2000 .................................................................................................... C-2
Windows NT....................................................................................................... C-2
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