Daktronics Venus DataStreamer - Manual (Page 47)

Creating Messages for a DAKTicker 41
8. Click the arrow next to Background to set the DAKTicker’s background color.
Note: This feature is available only for RGB displays.
9. Under the Item column, click into a
field to make the field active. Use the
down arrow to choose the
information that will show up in that
field. Repeat this step for to set Color,
Font, Format, and Conditional (if
applicable). Refer to Section 8 for
information on setting conditionals.
Note: The Justification field is set
by the layout that is chosen and
cannot be changed unless the
layout is set to a custom preset.
10. Under Image, click the cell containing
NO and click the … button that appears. Check the Replace Text with Image box to
replace text with an image. Venus DataStreamer will look for an image that has a tag
matching the text for that field. Please refer to Section 5 for further information
regarding configuring images with the Image Explorer. The size of the image
displayed on the ticker can be specified under Image Size. Click OK to confirm
changes. Yes will appear in the Image column. Note: When an image is used, the
color, font and format attributes are not used.
11. From the File pull-down menu, click Save As to save the message and information.
The message is now saved and ready to be sent to the display.
6.7 Adding a Sports Frame
A variety of sports information can be displayed with Venus DataStreamer. To add a Sports
frame, complete the following steps:
1. Click the Sports icon from the left
toolbar and the Sports dialog window
will open as shown in Figure 70. A new
frame is added to the message. Click the
down arrow next to Select a Query to
choose the query type.
Figure 69: News Preset Layouts
Figure 70: Choosing a Sports Frame