HD2016 LED Display controller operation manual

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LED Editor Operation Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Function Feature

The “LED Editor Version 2” has been upgraded to offer wider range of control and satisfy requirement of multi functions come from current market. It supports Excel, flash, video, text, clock function, counter, calendar, humidity/ temperature, and animations etc. The controller is also able to work with multiple serials port (232 and 485), Ethernet port, Wi-Fi, U-disk etc.

Main advantages

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1. Control level of gradation

2. Control layer overlay, areas override

3. Add WordArt, animation characters

4. Smart settings

5. Custom combinations of effects

6. Multiple backgrounds

7. Add button chronograph (cyclic time), button count

8. Support Live Partition (secondary development)

9. The higher brightness and faster speed left. Higher refresh rates

10. The new text rotation supports 90°, 180°and 270°rotation

11. The increase in receivables function, parameter lock screen function

12. Support Temp, humidity, brightness, remote control (up to 1 -999 programs)

13. Support 485 and 232

14. Support direct connection, LAN, inter-network multi-connection

15. Support WIFI wireless connection, or insert to route r to cluster management;

16. Support group management.

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1.2 Operating Environment

Operation system: English

Software supports input languages

Windows 2000/XP/Win7/Win8/Win10 etc.

Chapter 2: Installation

First of all, find the file LEDEditor_2.0.zip from the CD and extract the file. Double click on LEDEditor_V2.0. exe, the software installation set up will be showed. Click on

“NEXT” and browse the path you want to be installed the program.

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Note: if the operated system is Win7 or V ista, please put the installation path to non-system disk

Click “INSTALL”, you will successfully install our program.

Chapter 3: TOOL DETAILS INSTRUCTIONS

3.1 The Software Main Interface

The toolbar can be divided into two columns, can also be shown as one row.

Info window can show the command status if send successfully, also can show current online device.

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Menu

Tool Bar

Display Screen

Simulation Tool

(preview, zoom in/out, alignment etc.)

Parameters

3.2 Title Bar

This part is used to show software name.

3.3 Menu Bar

This part contains file-settings-operation-tools-view-language-help etc.

3.3.1 File Function

It contains the functions for creating new screen, saving files, exporting screen, importing screen etc.

New screen (Ctrl+N): Creating a new screen without limitation, also it provides the function for grouping management by selecting group option in system setting).

Save (Ctrl+S): Save current screen file.

Export screen file: export current screen file to user-defined path.

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Import screen file: Load screen file to software directly, we don’t need to make the program again.

3.3.2 Settings

It contains screen parameter setting and system setting.

1. Screen setting is used to bind parameter of device and screen.

1) First step, if control card displays normally, it only needs to set screen’s width, height, color and gray level. Please check it from description bar (describe device name, device ID, maximum range, maximum region, maximum width and communication) to make sure it is the correct “Card Model” that you have been chose.

2) Otherwise, we need to set hardware setting. Please choose default common smart setting for common screen.

For example: P10 mono color requires selecting A6.

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Note: For abnormal LED module, please select “Additional settings”.

(For smart setting: it requires finding the de vice first, U-disk controller cannot process smart setting.)

3.3.3 Operation Function

1. Device manage: modify device name, IP address and manage time, brightness and screen test etc.

2. Multiple sending: send multiple led screen files. There are two modes: multiple - screen mode and copy mode. All found device can be used including Ethernet port card, serial port card and Wi-Fi card.

(1) Multiple-screen mode: it requires the device name has already been selected from parameter setting; also every singer screen has to be binding with one device.

(2) Copy mode: select the screen file that need to be send, and send this screen file to all found devices.

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Time setting: set up time of led control card, it also can be system time.

Brightness setting: There are 3 modes including Custom, Automatic adjustment and By time period regulation.

Time switch: set up control card on/off time.

Boot Animation: showing start up image by selecting enable and choosing image

(bmp, jpg, png).

Display screen testing: test LED display

Clear display data: clear control card programs

U-disk import screen parameter: when display showing normal, it can read the parameters of current LED display by inserting U-disk to computer. Click “import parameter from U driver”, then the current parameter will import to the LED Editor.

Update Firmware: used for updating firmware remotely.

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3.3.4 Tools

Including functions for network test, Animation background, info window and language Editor.

3.3.5 Language

Including 22 various input language (Arabic, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese,

English, French, German, Hindi, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, polish,

Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese,

Turkish, and Vietnamese).

3.3.6 Help

Checking version of LED Editor Software and updating latest version of the software.

3.4 Too l Bar

There are functions for Program, Hyper Text, Text, Animation, Excel, Time, Count, Digit,

Temperature/ Humidity, Adjust Time, U-Disk, Preview and Send.

Program: used to create a new program

Hyper Text: used to add new image-text area. It supports file formats such as .gif, animated characters, .swf, txt, video and Excel. When only add images, it can add effects to multiple images at the same time.

Text: text supports rotate 90°, 180° and 270° also supports region background

Animation: supports single or multiple effects. There are options for artistic fonts, image background, border and additional settings.

Excel: Excel area supports zoom in and zoom out, also it contains multiple effects.

Time: digital clock and dial clock can be showed at the same time, dial clock also can be added “AM/PM”

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Count: there are 4 types of count including count down, count up, button count down and button count up.

Digit: count number from up to down, down to up.

Temperature and humidity: temperature and humidity requires different type of sensors, being used for show current temperature and humidity.

Adjust time: correct system time

U-disk: special unit for only using U-disk. The current display file can be save d in U-disk.

Preview: Preview current program or led screen overall preview.

Sending: Sending current led screen file.

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3.5 Simulating Screen

Include tools: preview/pause preview, zoom in/ zoom out simulation window, current region right and left shift, region overall, display content paging, simulate display window top left corner display.

3.6 Screen Attributes Too l

This tool can set up brightness/ timer switch. Can be added new real time region, and display real time picture arbitrary area arbitrary size.

Current screen parameters will change by screen changes.

Navigation function includes navigation function such as screen settings, communication settings, real-time area, close screen, open screen, time switch, play and pause.

3.7 Remote control

The usage of remote controller is showed in the picture below:

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Chapter 4: Setting up screen and program file

4.1 Create Program

Click shortcuts Program as showed in picture below:

Note: 1000PCS Programs can be set in different attributes, these attributes includes:

Specified date, time and border.

4.2 Add Contents

First of all, select programs from tool bar (hyper text, text, animation, Excel etc.) Then it will be appeared under Program1.

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4.3 Edit Program

If you want to control several screens, please create several Screen Files and repeat 4.1 and 4.2.

The default saving location is:

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\HD2016\ProjFile, or through File saved to intended path)

Check all effects and other settings then click “Send”, the program will show in display.

Chapter 5: Display Contents

5.1 Display Text

Text area can be added by clicking on “Text” from tool bar. Text supports the effects such as rotate, moving effects, background etc.

The function of LED Editor is strong, even can modify single character and its position.

5.2 Display Hype r Text

If you want to show logo or picture on display screen, you will need to do this section.

(Support format is JPG、B MP、PNG、GIF only)

Click Hyper Text from tool bar, a Hyper Text area will be appeared. You can customize the area length and width etc.

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5.3 Display Animation

Click Animation and an animation area is appeared. Same as any other contents, the size of the contents area can be customized. You can choose an effect from Image

Background.

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5.4 Excel showing

An Excel sheet can be also showed and edited.

For Excel showing, it requires installing the full version of Microsoft, otherwise the loading may occur errors. It can be showed Horizontal screen-shot and Vertical screen-shot.

5.5 Time Display

Click “Time” from tool bar, a new area will be created. You can choose different display mode, specific date and time, background and font etc.

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5.6 Count Display

Our software can display count up/down. Click “Count” from tool bar, and set up its width and length. The circle Count is also allowed, in the other word, the program will automatically reset the count and run continuously.

5.7 Digit Display

This function usually can be seen in a parking centre. You can create “Digit area” by clicking on “Digit” from tool bar. The initial setting is from Max to Min or from Min to

Max. Also it can add the picture of minimum and maximum values. The maximum value is

9999999, and the maximum decimal digits can be 3.

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5.8 Temperature and Humidity Display

This is optional function as it requires sensors to be installed to check the temperature and humidity. LED display shows current environment temperature by setting up

“Temp+Humi” function.

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Chapter 6: Communication setting

6.1 LAN Setting

6.1.1 Single LAN Card Communication

It doesn’t require any setting, after connecting the control card; it will automatically show up the devices that have been found.

Note: If current information window notices “selected screen cannot find any device”, the following settings may require. Go to Screen Settings and choose correct device name as showed in the picture below.

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6.1.2 Multiple LAN Card Communication

When control with multiple network cards, we can modify the IP of control card to be same as the current LAN Network segment.

Go to “Operation” name.

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“Device Manage”, it will revise the control card IP address and device

6.2 Wi-Fi Setting

6.2.1 Single Wi-Fi Card Communication

First of all, the Wi-Fi signal will come out automatically, the computer need to connect the Wi-Fi. The default password is “88888888”, however it doesn’t require when you connect it from HD Editor Software.

As showed in the picture below, click “LINK”, and the connection will be automatically occurred.

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If current Wi-Fi SSID showing “{}”, for example {W64_26882}, please check the password again.

After the Wi-Fi is connected, you can find the device in the software as showed in picture below.

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Go to “Settings”

Settings”

“Screen Settings”, select the current device.

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If Current display shows abnormal, go to “Setting”

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” Hardware Setting”

“Commonly Smart”, and choose correct device.

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”Additional

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6.2.2 Multiple Wi-Fi Card Communication

Multiple WI FI cards connection requires connecting with remote route r. The main method is as below:

1) The PC will recognize the Wi-Fi signal automatically and click to connect it.

2) Connect the Wi-Fi card to the remote router.

Open the Browser, and go to IP address 192.168.4.1, the password is

168. Insert the Remote Route r SSID and password

After the PC connects the WIFI signal, open LED Editor Software, it can find all connected Wi-Fi card.

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6.3 U-disk Controller Operation

This method is the simplest because it doesn’t require any set up for lines.

Note: If you first time use U-disk Controller to Export program, please select “Export

Setting Parameters”.

For example, to set up P10 Single color module, the method is as described below.

1) Open the software, go to “File”

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”New screen” the Width, Height, Color and Gray level etc.



”screen settings”. Set up

2) Hardware setting parameter

Note: If current display showing normal, no need any change in hardware setting.

3) Add contents to program such as text, Hypertext, Animation, Excel and Time etc.

Then click U-disk to export program.

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Appendix: The Common Settings

Appendix 1: How to Update the Remote Firmware

Remote firmware update is mainly used for function updates or revises bugs.

Normally we don’t need to update firmware. However, once it requires updates the method is as below.

1) Download firmware “. bin” file (each controller contains .bin file)

2) Go to “Operation”

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”Update firmware” (Password 168), select the .bin file.

3) Update firmware via RS232 or 485or LAN.

Appendix 2: How to Reset Control Card

There are two type of reset (hardware and software reset).

Hardware reset: power off

 loose the button

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press the TEST button

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power on

 hold on 6 seconds

 hardware reset complete.

Software reset: Go to “Operation”

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” clear display data” (Note: This step requires high communication status)

 software reset complete.

Appendix 3: How to Test Display

There are two type of test (hardware and software test).

Hardware test: power on

 press the TEST button

 the button when go to the test status

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hold on 6 seconds

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when into loose

Press 6 times to display 6 different testing modes

Software test: Go to “Operation”

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”Screen Test”.

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Appendix 4 How to Display the program at Specific Time

Please see 4.2 to get the method of how to display the program at Specified date and

Specified time.

Appendix

5 How to set Text static (no moving)

In Text-effect- select Display Static as showed in picture below.

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Appendix 6 How to Set Text Moving Continuously

Go to “Program”

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“Text”

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select “Continuous move”

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“End to end”

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