Daktronics Data Manager (DDM) - Manual (Page 14)

8 Operation
1. Click Add to insert a new port.
2. Under the General header, adjust the following options to set up the new port:
 Format: Set to ERTD for outputting data to Daktronics displays.
 Name: Type in a descriptive name for the port.
 Protocol: Select the method of data transfer from Serial, Tcp, or Udp.
Note: Additional settings will appear based on the chosen connection.
Contact the network administrator to apply the appropriate settings.
 Suite: Assign a package suite if applicable (see Advanced Data Importing).
 Type: Select Tx if the port will be used to send out data or Rx if the port will
be receiving data.
3. Click Ok when finished.
Function Button Configuration
Click the Function Button Configuration button to open a window to set up buttons for
starting and stopping data output as well as advanced display control commands (Figure 9).
Note: Each DDM spreadsheet file has a corresponding “DDM.cfg” configuration file located
in the same directory. If a directory has multiple spreadsheet files, they will read from the
same configuration file and share the same buttons. It is recommended to keep each DDM
spreadsheet file in its own folder to prevent function buttons from being overwritten.
Figure 9: Function Button Configuration Window