Daktronics Data Manager (DDM) - Manual (Page 33)

Appendix A 27
Creating the ITF
Creating an ITF is not necessary to complete this particular exercise. However, an ITF will be needed
to see how the information would look using a display controller.
1. Click the ITF Configuration button to open a window to set up an Input Template File.
2. Select DDM - Range 1 in the Data Stream drop-down box.
3. Click OK and Save the ITF with an easy to remember name in an easy to remember location,
preferably the same folder as the DDM spreadsheet file or directly in the display controller
program folder.
4. Refer to the Daktronics display controller software for information on creating display
sequences using Real-Time Data (RTD) fields.
Entering & Sending Data
1. Type any ten random names into the spreadsheet, with the First Name and Last Name
corresponding to the blue headers.
Note: The column widths may be widened to see the whole names if necessary, but make
sure no name exceeds 25 characters per cell.
2. Click the Paging button to begin sending out the list of
names. Since there are ten names and the button is set up to
send five rows at a time, there will be two pages of
information switching back and forth. Watch the Output
Monitor to see the information appear.
3. Now click the Scrolling button. Each name will appear and
move up one at a time until the first empty row and then
start over from the top.