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Daktronics Data Manager (DDM) User Manual

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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Section 1:Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1

1.1

System Requirements ............................................................................................................. 1

1.2

Software Conventions ............................................................................................................ 1

Section 2:Installation & Registration .................................................................................................. 3

2.1

Installation................................................................................................................................ 3

2.2

Opening & Exiting the Application ...................................................................................... 3

2.3

Registration .............................................................................................................................. 3

Section 3:Operation .............................................................................................................................. 5

3.1

Main Application Screen ........................................................................................................ 5

3.2

Document Actions Task Pane ................................................................................................ 6

Enabling Document Actions ........................................................................................... 6

View ................................................................................................................................... 7

Package Suite Editor ........................................................................................................ 7

Port Configuration ........................................................................................................... 7

Function Button Configuration ...................................................................................... 8

Creating Function Buttons ....................................................................................... 9

Paging Function Buttons .......................................................................................... 9

Scrolling Function Buttons..................................................................................... 10

Sorting ...................................................................................................................... 10

Grouping Function Buttons ................................................................................... 10

Select Current Function Buttons ........................................................................... 10

Start Sequence Function Buttons .......................................................................... 11

Blank Sign Function Buttons ................................................................................. 11

Start Schedule Function Buttons ........................................................................... 11

End Schedule Function Buttons ............................................................................ 12

Sign Dimming Function Buttons........................................................................... 12

Refresh Data Function Buttons ............................................................................. 12

Select Frame Function Buttons .............................................................................. 12

Capture RTD Function Buttons ............................................................................. 12

ITF Configuration .......................................................................................................... 13

Help ................................................................................................................................. 13

Columns .......................................................................................................................... 14

Data Range Location ...................................................................................................... 14

Highlight Color .............................................................................................................. 15

Input Mapping ............................................................................................................... 15

Row Count ...................................................................................................................... 15

Input & Output Monitors.............................................................................................. 15

3.3

Outputting Data .................................................................................................................... 16

3.4

Advanced Data Importing ................................................................................................... 17

Packages .......................................................................................................................... 17

Create a Package Suite ........................................................................................... 17

Create an Input Port ............................................................................................... 19

Input Mapping ........................................................................................................ 19

Final Note on Package Suites ................................................................................ 19

Web Queries ................................................................................................................... 20