Daktronics Data Manager (DDM) - Manual (Page 25)

Operation 19
Create an Input Port
1. Click the Port Configuration button .
2. Click Add to insert a new port.
3. Adjust the following options to set up an input port:
 Format: Select ERTD if using an imported ITF. Select CUSTOM if the fields were
created manually.
 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: Select a package suite.
 Type: Select Rx.
4. Click Ok when finished.
Input Mapping
1. Click InputMapping, and
then click the button to
open the Data Mapping
Editor window.
2. Click Add to insert a new
Package Mapping List
(Figure 23).
3. Select a Package.
4. Select a Type:
 Overwriting: Used only
with a Select Current
button. Imported data
will be populated in a
selected row. Make
sure the previous row
also contains data.
 Mapping: Rows will be
populated with data from the input package based on a predefined Key.
5. Click the plus sign (+) next to Mappings to see a list of each column in the
spreadsheet.
6. Click the plus sign (+) next to the column number.
 Field: Select a data field from the chosen package that will go in the column.
 Key: Used only for Mapping. When a field key is set to True, the DDM application
will not create another row out of the incoming data, but will instead update the
other cells in the row containing data that matches the incoming data’s key fields.
7. Click Ok when finished.
Final Note on Package Suites
If the package suites do not seem to be working correctly, contact Daktronics to create custom
configuration files to suit the particular data importing needs.
Figure 23: Data Mapping Editor Window