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2. Fig 5 33 The Send by Topology page Shown in Fig 5 33 is the Send by Topology page The sketch of the receiver cards layout is show in this page Select the receive cards from the sketch To select multiple scan boards press the left button and drag the mouse gt Step 3 Click Send button and the parameter settings will be sent all or the specified receiver cards 5 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate If the resolution or refresh rate of the input DVI video is different from that saved in the sending board which the DVI video is input into the related LED display may not be able to work normally For example the image shown could be zoomed in or out overlapped or flashing To avoid these problems the resolutions and refreshed rates of the input AVI video and the sending board must be the same Following are steps to adjust the sending board resolution and refresh rate for the case that it is inconvenient to change the AVI video resolution and refresh rate Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 50 NQVA S TAF NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Stepl Open the Sending Board page in the Screen Config window Shown in Fig 5 34 is the Sending Board page Adjust the parameters in the Set the sending board display mode panel as required Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Display Mode Current Display Mode sending Board Graphics out
3. Height 256 emaa mane eee Fig 5 82 The page for uploading calibration coefficients in Pixel way Select Upload Area al Screen 1 Location z 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 256H O Screen O Fixel Topology or List ull Select Area On Screen Fig 5 83 The page for uploading calibration coefficients in Topology or List way Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 108 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click Next to open the page for Step 3 gt Step 3 Shown in Fig 5 84 is the page for Step 3 Upload Coefficients Oret wnat O state pea aS hee Beck rams Return Fig 5 84 The upload calibration coefficients Step 3 page Fast Upload The uploading speed will be set as maximum thus the time required for uploading is minimized if this option is selected Stable Upload The uploading process is more stable and reliable for this option But the time required is longer than the Fast Upload option Upload Click this button to upload the selected calibration coefficients to the hardware Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 109 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Save Save the selected calibration coefficients to hardware FLASH The saved data won t be lost even the system is powered off 5 8 2 2 Save Coefficients to Database This operation is to read back the cal
4. parameters being monitored when it fails in doing so Refresh Status The status here refers to the working status of the receiver cards If this option is selected the working status of the receiver cards will be under monitoring Refresh Temperature If this option is selected the temperature within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh power of scan board If this option is selected the power supplies of the receiver cards will be under monitoring Connect Monitor Board Monitor Boards are required for certain status and parameters monitoring Select this option to get those status and parameters under monitoring Refresh Humidity If this option is selected the humidity within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh Smoke If this option is selected the smoke within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh cabinet status If this option is selected the working status of the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh status of Cabinet Door If this option is selected the open close status of the cabinet doors will be under monitoring Refresh Fan If this option is selected the fans status will be under monitoring Every cabinet has same number of fan Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 87 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd If for every cabinet the number of fans to be monitored is the same select this option and set the fan
5. 1 CONS Display 20 1 0 W15 Sereen Apply Cancel Delete COMS Displayl 20 Y 0 W 10 Correction sw sam Chromaticity cc Mark all regions of the current batch If there is a need to change the color temperature r Please open operation of LOT brightness function Save the file Fig 7 16 Adjust application of effect 12 Save the file Click Save the file and save the adjustment parameter into Ixy file next time directly import the file for adjusting the cabinet of the same batch 8 Receive card relay For the receiving card supporting the relay module the parameters of relay can be set here The relay can be set as disconnected closed or automatic when the relay is set as automatic the temperature of closing and the temperature of disconnecting shall be designated Timing of receiving card is the accumulated using time of the receiving card when Clear timing the time will be recorded from 0 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 169 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd After finishing the setting click Send to send the parameters to the receiving card OO a Setting of receiving Serial port selection Serial por Screen1 Parameter of receiving card relay Disconnected C Connected C Auto Receive Card Timing cleared Record Time Unknown i Timing cleared Fig 8 1 Setting of receivi
6. Click Manitor to enter the monitoring interface and click _Montorngrenesn to check hardware status data of all screens of this system Then click Contguraton perform monitoring configuration NovaLCT Mars V4 2 5 52 T2 ejn E Systemi Toolstl Plug in ToolfP Useri LanguagefLangifL HelpiHi screen Config SPET Calibration Display Control elon 2 Local System Into Control System Other Device LnkAow View Detail Monitor Info Server Status Sener YVersion 3 0 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 84 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd H Monitor Sending Board Status T a IVI Exception ze Undnown Refresh Feriod The time to next refresh 2012 6 7 11 46 28 COMS IGS Bs 2012 6 7 11 48 28 FE RIE EDIE 9012 6 T 11 48 28 fEIRS Bt Fault Alarm Information Meinitis B25 Fig 5 63 the Monitor page Refresh This button is used to update the monitored data Monitor Setting This button is used to edit the contents to be monitored and set rules for alarm Email Setting This button is used to set the email notification Email Log Click this button to check the log of the report email sent by NovaLCT Mars monitoring subsystem Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 85 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 6 1 Monitor Setting 5 6 1 1 The Monitor Setting P
7. Fig 5 6 Smart Setting Step 3 gt Step 5 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 3 window to access Smart Setting Step 4 Shown in Fig 5 7 is the Smart Setting Step 4 window Enter the number of LED light rows that are on in a module Smart Setting Step 4 Lighting rows for columns in the modules Jim E om Fig 5 7 Smart Setting Step 4 gt Step 6 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 4 window to access Smart Setting Step 5 Shown in Fig 5 8 is the Smart Setting Step 5 window Enter the number of LED light columns that are on in a module Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 19 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 5S Lighting rows for columns in the modules P Column y ime ces Fig 5 8 Smart Setting Step 5 gt Step 7 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 5 window to access Smart Setting Step 6 Shown in Fig 5 9 is the Smart Setting Step 6 window Use Auto Switch Status or Manual Switch Status to switch the module status automatically or manually And then select the option corresponding to the module statuses 1 or 2 under which all lights are on If all lights are on under both statuses then any of the two options 1 and 2 will be OK Smart Setting Step 6 Auto Switch Status Manual Switch Status Please look at the modules a E Thich state can fully light the
8. Refresh One Scan Board 1 E V3 7 0 6 Total 1 Remarks 2013 12 14 for test all EPTHL G PEE EAH EE EAER A 10 gmach Scan Board FPGA Communication Info 20134216 14 59 30 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 20134216 14 59 31 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 12 16 14 59 32 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Fig 11 2 the Load Program page with no Sending Board Current Operation Communication Port Select the serial port or Network port through which the hardware to be updated is connected to the computer Program Path Select the program to be loaded to the hardware here Sending Board MCU Select this option if the MCU program of a sending board is to be updated Sending Board FPGA Select this option if the FPGA program of a sending board is to be updated Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 178 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Scan Board FPGA Select this option if the FPGA program of a scan board is to be updated Change Click this button to load the selected program to the selected hardware Refresh All If this option is selected the version information of all sending boards and scan boards connected to the current serial port will be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh One If this option is selected only the version i
9. 1 Hardware failure a It may be caused by the screen inconsistent with the actual situation b It may be caused by the configuration of arrangement diagram inconsistent with the actual situation 2 Communication error it may be caused by a hardware connection error 3 Abnormal Flash arrangement no configuration of Flash arrangement or no hardware Flash arrangement embodies physical connections of all Flashes and it needs to be configured in the Display Configuration Please see the specific operation Memory On Module Manage _ _ Flash Flash Sending Width Heian Errorlype abel Scam Flash i Flash Y Board Fig 6 4 Flash check Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 154 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 Multi Batch Adjustment Quickly adjust the chromaticity of each batch of cabinet to achieve the effect of reference model After adjusting well save the adjustment parameter into a file next time load the file to finish adjustment quickly without manual adjustment In the main interface click Tools gt MultiBatch of Adjustment start multibatch adjustment The operation steps are as follows NovaLCT Mars V4 2 5 2 T2 Systeri Tools t Plug in Tool P User Language Lang L Help H Screen Config s Pi Brightness B eomencont Calibration C3 Local System Display Control
10. Being connected with the MRV220 MRV300 Receiving card MRV320 MRV330 screen to deliver control MRV340 MRV350 information to the screen MRV360 MRV365 wees Monitoring the status of Selectable Monitoring card the hardware MFR Monitoring temperature Selectable humidity and the light sensor Photoelectric Selectable Remote transmission converter Accessories Light sensor Detecting environmental brightness Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Multifunctional card Website www novastar led com 3 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 2 System architecture The system is under two situations with sending board or no sending board when it has no sending board the computer is directly connected with the receiver card through the Ethernet cable DVI en Ethernet cable ba p afl eS USB RS232 7 Computer Sending Board LED Display Fig 1 1 Diagram of system architecture Ethernet cable aag Computer LED Display Fig 1 2 Diagram of system architecture with no Sending Board 2 Working environment requirements In order to guarantee stability and safety during system operation process the working environment is provided with the following advices Hardware environment Client minimum configuration requirement Celeron LGabove and internal storage of 256Mor above Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755
11. Nova M3 LED Display Control System User Manual m LLLARAALAAARAALARAAS TELL ere Laat i 16960100 haa 5 LOINYrE IM K oor auw fE yerr et EELS This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication Nova may make improvements and or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this publication at any time without notice Copyright 2012 by Xi anNovaStar Technology an NovaStar Tech Co LTD Company Limited All right reserved NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Content 1 INTRODUCTION TONOVAECT IVIARS ircre evaneucew canons near eecgvessunsevnse ones centodescenneapausoars 1 1 1 CONFIGURATION LIST arsane a E sense nase sciensauieeanboteetndetema neste taba edaegunsseeuieaceuscdsnesuecaesoneane 3 1 2 VEMA CAITE TURE res sects cie sere E E E so T EE E A E EE ameneeae 4 2 WORKING ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS sssssessssosecsssoseosesossosessssosecsesosecsecoseosecsssosecsesosecsesossosecsssosessesoseosee 4 S INSTALLATION OF NOVALCT MARS eroirips ipii E E E A T O a 5 4 MAIN INTERFACE OF NOVALCT MARS ssesseoseossossoseossossossosesseseoseoseoseossossoseoscosessoseoseoseossossoscoscosesscseossossossossoseo 6 4 1 UPDATE FA WORD anr E T E A E T E T careeesatsaceetnc ene 7 4 2 AA a O E E EE P E T A S EE A 7 4 3 TOOL DAR eee e EE EE E
12. Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 159 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd switched at the same time the brightness can be set manually When there is a colorimeter and the effect of initial adjustment is perfect there is no need to make fine adjustment so one can directly click satisfactory and click Next Kultiple batch control View the effect of initial adjustment View the effect of initial adjustment Ca E E c o o Bright 30 4 Automatic switching Interval second swit Fig 7 6 View the effect of initial adjustment 4 Select the target batch and processing batch if the step 1 sets a reference model the target batch could not be modified here Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 160 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Eultiple batch control Select sample batches Select the targ Sample batches wt Select the proc Sample batches v Fig 7 7 Select the target and pro 5 View the effect of display screen and make a fine adjustment of monochrome for the processing batch Here click Re select Target to re select the target batch click Switching Batch to select new batch processing the previous processing batches will be placed in the processing list for processing at the next
13. row of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on gt Step 3 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 1 window to access Smart Setting Step 2 Shown in Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 17 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 5 5 is the Smart Setting Step 2 window Select All Black or Has Contents according to the module status Smart Setting Step 2 Current Module is Black Showing Fig 5 5 Smart Setting Step 2 Note This step will be skipped if module polarity is known and set in Step 1 gt Step 4 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 2 window to access Smart Setting Step 3 Shown in Fig 5 6 is the Smart Setting Step 3 window Select the color for each module statuses 1 2 3 and 4 For example if the module shows green in statuses 2 choose Green in the corresponding com box The software will switch the module statuses automatically if Auto switch status is selected Select Manual switch status to switch the module statuses manually E T Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 18 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 3 Auto switch status O Manual switch status Please choose the module color in each status O1 Reda O2 Green Blue Red B Or Black Ment Cancel
14. Fig 5 18 Example 1 Configuration of internet access Example 2 Internet access 1 of sending board 2 is set as one and port 2 is directly connected with scan board The internet access model of port 1 of sending board 2 is set as one and the internet access model of port 2 is set as None Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 32 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen Type Simole Screen Standard Screen Comolex Screen Basic Information 3 Location x 0 Virtual Mo Enable ee e Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board Sending Board index Columns Rows w aA a g l Sending Sending Sending 5 Al 2 4 Port Port ort Port Port index of of of geconc ntrator deconcentrator deconcenirator Sending Sending Se nding Port Port Port internet access Iniernel access internel access of of of ceconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator Sending Sending Port Port Po internet access Internet access intemet access of Internet access number of Jeconcentrstor deconcentrator deconc deconcentrator Geconcentrator Sending Sendinge None One Por Port Internet access inteme access of of ceconcentrator Geconcentatior Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 33 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd yal eio bel Screen Type Simple Screen Sta
15. Write For special pemissions or advanced settings click Advanced Leam about access control and permissions Fig 13 5 Bin properties 4 Inthe group or username check whether there is current user or Everyone if not skip to step 5 If there is click to check whether the allow corresponding Permissions below has been checked if not check it and then click OK to finish Permissions setting 5 Add Everyone user for the directory Click to enter the following interface Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 189 NOOSA u Object name C Program Files amp 66 Nova Star NovaLlT Mars Group or user names ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES amp CREATOR OWNER SYSTEM Administrators bo Administrators S Users bo Users amp Trustedinstaller Pennissions for ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES Full control Modify Read amp execute List folder contents Read Leam about access control and permissions Fig 13 6 Permissions for Bin 6 click Add From this location Enter the object names to select examples Check Names Fig 13 7 Add User 7 Click find Everyone in the search result select it and click OK Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 190 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Common Queres Name Starts with w Description Start
16. the corresponding signal of each monitoring data line can be adjusted manually Adjustment of Honitoring Data Line _ Enable Adjustment of Monitoring Data Line Line ita Line 3 Line 4 Fig 5 29 Monitoring Card Data line Adjustment gt Additional Function eliminate the afterglow of the insolated points and shut down the indicators of the receiving card Shorten the synchronization time Brightness slowly brighten and EMC Function Additional Function Isolated PointAfterglow L Clear Indicator Light of Rec F Close shorten the synchroni E Open Brightness slowly brig Enable EMC Function E Enable x k 5 hy OK Cancel Fig 5 30 Additional Function Refresh Rate This is the rate that images shown on a LED display are update The higher the refresh rate is the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 45 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd more stable the video is for watching Gray Scale Normally 256 levels of gray scale is enough for two color LED displays 4096 levels enough for indoor full color LED displays and 16384 levels enough for outdoor full color LED displays And apparently the more levels the gray scale is divided into the more exquisite the shown images will be Gray Mode There are four options for Gray Mode Brightness First Refresh Rate First Gray Firsthand Performance balance Br
17. 33592492 Website www novastar led com 4 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Software environment Client operating system Win2000 PRO 98 XP win7 etc Network environment The screen shall be connected with internet to perform on line correction 3 Installation of NovaLCT Mars The installation of NovaLCT Mars is the same as other common software applications One thing need to be mentioned is that if the installation process is blocked by any anti virus or firewall application please select the option that allows the installation operation to do what it needs to do Because what is blocked is usually the installation or update operation of the serial ports driver E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 5 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 Main Interface of NovaLCT Mars After running NovaLCT Mars Click User Advanced Login the User login window will appears shown in Fig 4 1 o User Login r Fig 4 1 Advanced Login Input the initial password admin for first and then enter the NovaLCT Mars main interface for advanced users Shown in Fig 4 2 The main interface does not display monitoring data system s Tools C Plug in ToolfP User Language LangyiL HelpfH o Ss o Ss Screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control Local System Info Control System Other Device Unknown View Detail Mo
18. 3DE Fig 5 20 Complex screen configuration page Add Click Add to access the window for receiver cards information setting such as index of its host sending board Ethernet output ports mapping areas pixel array sizes and so on The setting will be shown in the list Edit To edit the information that has been set for receiver cards Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 36 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Delete To delete the selected receiver card from the receiver cards list Clear To delete all receiver cards from the list 5 1 3 Set the Cabinet Info Select Scan Board page in the Screen Config window Fig 5 2 Shown in Fig 5 21 is the Scan Board page HS Screen Config COM19 Sending Board Scan Board SSS Module Info Chip Common Size S2W x32H scan Type 4 16 scan Direction Horizontal Decode Type f4HCO138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Pixel Width hail make sure Pixel Height a7 5 the width dule Casc Construct View Cabinet Accelerate R Gray Mode Data Duty 0 19 Brightness Effi 92 37 Min OE Smart Seting LoadFie SaveFile Read From HW Send To HW savecomigriie Sae close Fig 5 21 The Scan Board page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 37 NOVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Ca
19. 420 x 600 resolution 1440 x 900 Set the sending board display mode Fesolution B40 x 460 px S W Custom aJ y 600 Refresh Rate aU Set 3D contig Hot Backup Setting Cat the current device Set Waster Device Set Slave Device Master Device Slave Device Master Sending yer ence ea Slave Sending Board Index Board Index slave Port Index HOM Cards Settings Auto Select Video Input Selection Dl Audio Input Selection External Bit Of Input Source o Bit Send Save conigFile Sae Close Fig 5 2 The Screen Config window for manual configuration of the LED displays Note Make sure the resolutions of the sending board also named sending board and the computer video card are the same otherwise the LED display may not be able to work normally Reset the video card resolution or change that of the sending board if their resolutions are not the same Refer to 5 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate for details about how to change the sending board resolution Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 14 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Step 2 Switch to the Scan Board page and click Smart Setting button to open the Smart Setting dialog Shown in Fig 5 3 is the Smart Setting dialog Smart Setting Note 1 Pption 1 click Next to begin smart setting 2 Option 2 or 3 load m
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21. C Load Configuration File E on the main interface L NovalCT Mars V4 2 5 52 T1 SystemiS Toolsi Plug in ToolfP Userfly LanguagefLangif L HelptH Screen ConfigtS Pi Brightness B Tan ig Screen Conf calibration Function Card Display Controli F Monitor Function GardtFh Hardware Information H Local Syste Control Sy View Detail Monitor Info Multiple Screen ManagementiAy Error Dot Detect T Prestore PicturerR Color Restore Memory On Module ManagetL Server Status Receive Card relaytl Multibatch of Adgustmentiht Load Configuration FilefE Dark or Bright Line Adjustment for Cabinet ere to confio Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 171 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 The following figures i e 9 2 and 9 3 show the common controller and the configuration file loading interface of Pro A Rename function has been added for Pro Fig 9 2 Send Board load Configuration File Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 172 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Set sending card name Enable naming asdadadsadsadsasfdst Fig 9 1 NovaPro load Configuration File Name setting of Sending Board Select Pro and then click change the name of the sending board in the popped up renaming window Click OK after the name is change
22. Config in the combination page and a sketch map will be shown in the combination page as shown in Fig 5 60 Here Screen Count is 3 thus there are 3 colored rectangles labeled 1 2 and 3 respectively in the sketch map Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 80 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Combination Display Config Seles Combination Display Count 1 Sereen Count Zoom Fig 5 60 Combination display setting page 1 gt Step 2 Click left button of the rectangle labeled 1 to Screen information window as shown in Fig 5 61 Appoint one of the three LED displays as Display 1 the rectangle labeled 1 represent Display 1 by specifying the serial port it connects to the computer and the its index in the screen list Note that listed in the screen list are the LED displays that are connected to the computer through the specified serial port Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 81 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd if Sereen information _ Serial port i The screen lists i Fig 5 61 The Screen information window Serial ports This is the serial port that the target LED display is connected to the computer The screen list This is the index of the target LED display in the screen list of the specified serial port gt Step 3 Do the sa
23. DPE semn sora E 5 2 1 0 Total 1 Remarks 2012 05 25 ne Posi Vien sendin Sending Board MCU Sending Board FPGA Scan Board FPGA Communication Info 2012 68 12 19 32 15 Current control system address 1 port 3 Read FPGA program version of sca cp 2012 6 12 19 32 15 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of sca Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of sean board Fig 5 58 The Hardware Information page Current Serial Port If more than one Mars serial LED display control system is connected to the computer set the serial port through which the Mars serial LED display control system to be configured as the current serial port Time of Hardware Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 78 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd This is the date and time of the current Mars serial LED display control system Click Read button to update the hardware time shown in the Time panel Click Set button to set the time of the current Mars serial LED display control system as that of the computer Note The date information has been set for the Mars serial LED display control systems when produced Only time hour minute and second is set here for the control system hardware Hardware Version This includes the version information of the MCU sending boards and receiver cards Note
24. P Monitori Control Sy Function Card F at vi fal l Monitor Info Hardware Information H Ba Multiple Screen Management A Error Dot Detect T C Prestore Picture R Color Restore Q Memory On Module Manage l Server Status Recee Card relayi _ MultiBatch of Adgustmentih Load Configuration File E Dark or BrightLin AdjustmentforCabinet Fig 7 1 Multi Batch Adjustment 7 1 Applications Adjustment File 1 Directly load the adjustment file previously saved as shown in Figure 7 2 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 155 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Multiple batch contral b Type of Operation Manual adjustment 4pplications Adjustment File File Path Please adjust the load multiple batches to save the file on completion of adjustment is used to adjust the effect quickly applied to other cabinet Fig 7 2 Applications Adjustment File 2 Select the batch then sick nee and add the region of the same batch on the screen preview to check the adjustment effect if the effect is Ok click Apply and apply the adjustment effect to the screen Solidify Solidify the adjustment effect to the hardware Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 156 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tec
25. Screen Basic Information a o Location yO y virtual Mode Enable 3DE The current network port operations Scan Board Scan Board Z A Columns Rows 2 Hide Line Sending Board Index Sending 1 gending 1 Sending 1 Port REGE tet S Part Index idth EN ane width 128 p 2 3 wee Height1 26 Height1 26 Bending 1 Sending 1 Sending 1 Port Port P fa Connectto d P 2 See see Width 1 28 Width 1 28 width 128 Height 128 Height 128 Height 128 scan Board Size width 128 Height 128 Fig 5 42 The Screen Configuration page gt Load a LED display configuration file To load a LED display configuration file click the Read File button at the bottom of the Screen Configuration page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Save a system configuration file To save settings to a system configuration file click the Save Config File button at the bottom of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Load a system configuration file Please refer to 5 1 1 Start with System Configuration Files for details Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 61 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 2 Adjust the brightness display quality Gamma and Current Gain Click Brightness button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Brightness from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars appl
26. Send by address Send by topology Select the receiving card in accordance with the topology select the full screen i e all connected receiving card or select one or more receiving cards in accordance with the arrangement diagram E T Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 152 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a Memory On Module Manage r eo Serial Port COM3 Screen 1 Location 0 Y 0 Size soa x 128H Screen Screen Pixel amp Topology Or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels tanemteminintem Check coeficients in Modul Save coeficients on Scan Save coeficients to Modules Flash Check Fig 6 3 Send by Topology Check coefficients in Scan Board Check the effect of calibration coefficient saved in receiving card at LED screen Check coefficients in Modules Check the effect of calibration coefficient saved in light panel Flash at LED screen Save coefficients on Scan Board Save the calibration coefficient currently being checked to receiving card Save coefficients to Modules Save the calibration coefficient currently being checked to light panel Flash Flash test test whether Flash is normal Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 153 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Types of error in Flash test and its reasons
27. The sending board version information is that of the first sending board connected with the current serial port Sending Board SN Listed are the SNs of all sending boards of the current serial port To update the listed SNs click Refresh button 5 5 Manage the LED Displays To make brightness control and monitoring easier multiple LED displays can be combined together The combined is called a combination display Select Tool gt Multiple Screen Management to open the Combination Display Config window for combination display configuration Shown in Fig 5 59 is the Combination Display Config window Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 79 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Combination Display Config Combination Display Count 1 Fig 5 59 The Combination Display Config window Combination Display Count This is the number of combination displays to be configured Following are the steps for combination display configuration gt Stepl Set the Combination Display Count as required and click the Config button The combination display pages will be shown on the Combination Display Config window There is only one combination display page because the Combination Display Count is set as 1 Set the Screen Count as required in the combination display page Screen Count is the number of LED displays that will be combined into the combination display Click
28. ad Screen Config COM4 sedi hale Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Graphics output Resolution seal B SILL resolution 1440 x 900 Set the sending board display mode Resolution B40 x 480 px Custom Refresh Rate Si Set 3D Conia g Hot Backup Setting Cat the current device Set Master Device Set Slave Device Master Device Slave Device Master Sending slave Sending Board Index Master Port Index TR Slave Port Index Retesh Send Add Eat Delete HOM Cards Settings Auto Select Video Input Selection Dl Audio Input Selection E _ Bit Of Input Source amp Bit Send Resresh Factory Restore Save ConfigFile Sae Close Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 53 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Configure 3D parameters Enable 3D Video parameter Video mode Top and Button l Phase control W Left eye first Right eye first minnn Fig 5 35 Configure 3D parameters 5 1 7 Set Hot Backup for Receiver Cards The hot backup setting makes the connection of relating the receiver cards into a loop In the case that some Ethernet cable within the loop is disconnected by accident a slave device will take over the receiver cards behind the disconnection point and keep the LED display working normally Shown in Fig 5 36 is panel on the Sending Board page for Hot Back
29. an existing library Create Click this button to create a new library gt Step 2 1 Module Management Shown in Fig 5 115 is the page for module management Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 143 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd H Fodule and Cabinet DatabBase Module Operation Cabinet Operation o e L Import Module Export Module Refresh Module Delete Module Clear Module 1 ATPT TREA Module Cabinet Name Pixel Columns Pixel Rows Data Direction Chip Scan Type Show All MBISO3S6 32 B orizonta MBISO36 1 8 Search by Condition Search Condition Select All Data Direction Chip Scan Type oon Ah4h4ah eh ane eh sh oh glass Rocca ED WN GS Me li WR al ad Bed Bd kd oh od Encoding Mode OE Polarity Module Width Module Height Data Groups D 0 y nua amp wv WH Search Now Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settings Administrator mM itempDD mel Fig 5 115 The page for module management Import Module Click this button to import the module configuration files generated during the Smart Setting procedure to a cabinet library Export Module Click this button to export the module configurations from a cabinet library to a module configuration file Module configuration files help in speeding up the Smart Setting procedure Show All Select this option to requ
30. image If the extended operation is ticked color vividness can be enhanced The differences between batches may be increased with higher vividness If one batch is selected as reference in the step 2 here the extended effect could not be operated Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 167 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Kultiple batch control selection of best solution Adjustment has been completed Please select better effect according to the image Current fine adjustment effect O Priority effect of white Extended effect of operation MEARE TAR E E COCO o Bright 30 3 Automatic switching Interval second swit The users view each effect according to the selection of different solutions and select the best effect Fig 7 15 Selection of best solution 11 Select the batch and then add one or more unadjusted areas with the same batch on the screen click on the screen to see the effect on the screen and click Apply to apply the adjustment effect to this area Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 168 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Re batch control Qumu asm m Adjust application of effect cample batches Sample batchesl amp sample batches2 ine eta Serial Regional information Scr een Applicati Revocatio Deletion
31. light sensors are 60 seconds and 5 times respectively Thus the auto brightness time interval is 300 seconds or 5 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 76 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd i minutes by default 5 3 Display Control Click Display Control button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Display Control from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Control window ay Screen Control Self Test Normal Fig 5 57 The Screen Control window Kill Show nothing on the LED display Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock Self Test Show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 77 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 4 Check Hardware Info Click Tool gt Hardware Information from the main menu to open the Hardware Information page Shown in Fig 5 58 is the Hardware Information page BH Hardware Information Time Time of Hardware 7012 06 12 Select Serial Fort Current Serial Port COM4 Ww Sending Board SH a Serial Number SW Number b 1 1202 1000 0000 0199 Hardware Yersion Info oe eal Refresh ALI C Refresh One Sending Boara pert
32. number in the box to the right of this option Ever cabinet has different number of fan If the numbers of fans to be monitored are different from one cabinet to another select this option and click the Setting button to set the fan numbers for each cabinet Refresh power of monitor board If this option is selected the power supplies on the monitor board will be under monitoring Every cabinet has same number of power If for every monitor board the number of power supplies to be monitored is the same select this option and set the power supplies number in the box to the right of this option Every cabinet has different number of power If the numbers of power supplies to be monitored are different from one monitor board to another select this option and click the Setting button to set the power supplies numbers for each cabinet Single Setting Click this to set the monitoring options for each display individually Shown in Fig 5 70 is the Monitoring Setting page for individual display monitoring option setting The Ever cabinet has different number of fan and the Every cabinet has different number of power are available in this page To return to the Monitoring Setting page that all displays can be set together click Uniform Setting at the lower left corner of the page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 88 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Honitor Setting A
33. remove maximum and Average of all light sensor ainin dm Adjustive Relationship afAuto Brightness Environment Bright Screen Brightness Above 12000 Linear adjustment between mininum and maxinum Mumbers of amp Fig 5 48 The Auto Brightness page The LED display control system uses light sensors to get the environment brightness Click button and NovaLCT Mars will automatically detect light sensors that are connected with sending boards and add them to the lightness sensor list as shown in the upper light sensor list on Fig 5 49 Light sensors connected to multifunction cards can be configured through the function card management page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 69 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Light Sensor Light sensor of sending board Index Address Operate ii COMB Sending Board I Light Sensor o0 Read Light sensor of function card Tou can config light sensor of function card in Function Card page Index Address Operate Fig 5 49 light sensor lists page The retry number when adjustment failed If NovaLCT Mars fails in auto brightness adjustment it will retry the adjustment again The number set here is times NovaLCT Mars try to adjust the brightness before it give up Calculate Type of Lux This is to specify how the final result is calculated from the measurement results of all light sensors Enable
34. scan Direction Horizontal Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width 2 Please make sure Pixel Heiaht the width Module Casc Right to Left v and height vw Construct l View Cabinet j Performance Setting Group Swap More Seting Refresh Rate 240 Accelerate R 4 Gray Scale Normal 16384 Gray Mode Gray First Data Clock 125 Data Duty 50 v 25 75 Clock Phase 3 Low Gray Co Blanking Time 25 2 00us Ghost Contro 20 Line Change T 3 0 19 Brightness Effi Fig 5 41 The Scan Board page gt Load a receiver card configuration file To load a receiver card configuration file click the Load File button at the bottom of the Scan Board page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Save a LED display configuration file To save settings to a LED display configuration file click the Save File button at the bottom of the Screen Configuration page of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 5 42 is the Screen Configuration page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 60 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Sending Board Screen Connection Screen N Screen Type O Simple Screen Standard Screen O Complex
35. the background Is very bright Gamma Adjustment If Fixed Value is selected the Gamma coefficient can be any value between 1 and 4 And the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 63 NOVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd default value is 2 8 Select Custom to manually define the Gamma table Brightness Adjustment Brightness can be adjusted by the slide bar All together there are 256 levels of brightness If the Bright Mode Table was configured and Enable Bright Mode Table was checked the software will adjust the brightness of the screen by the Bright Mode Table when pull the slide bar Color Temperature Adjustment Color temperature adjustment can be done in two ways Advanced mode and color Normal mode Choose one as you want Select Advanced mode and the color temperature can be adjusted through the brightness and current gains of Red Green and Blue components Click Normal mode button to open the dialog for color temperature table configuration Color temperature can be adjusted by dragging the bar of RGB brightness or modify the value directly Click Normal mode to pull the bar to adjust the color temperature Check the option Custom to adjust RGB current gain and RGB brightness Note Current gain adjustment option won t be available if the LED light driver chips do not support current gain adjustment If the color temperature table h
36. the second road extended to 32 sets of data can t be selected at the same time Twenty Four data group mode If selected the scan board will provide 24 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data can t be selected at the same time Twenty Eight data group mode If selected the scan board will provide 28 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data can t be selected at the same time D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data If selected the scan board will provide 32 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and Twenty Data Group Mode can t be selected at the same time gt Ghost Control Signal Signal Switch the On or Off could be selected Signal Polarity the polarity of the signal could be selected according to the design of the afterglow circuit gt Hub Mode select the Hub mode of the receiving card which could be divided into normal 20 groups 24 groups or 28 groups gt Graphics Output the output in the scanning direction or the output in the reverse direction could be selected Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 44 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Monitoring Card Data Line Adjustment If the monitoring corresponding signals are mismatched when the monitoring card HUB is connected to the receiving card
37. time Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 161 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd BEultiple batch control Eg Fine adjustment of monochrome 1 3 Sample batches Fine adjustment of red Fine adjustment of green Fine adjustment of blue Target CY Sample batchesl Processing Sample batchese BEultiple batch control Fine adjustment of monochrome 1 3 Sample batches Fine adjustment of red Fine adjustment of green Fine adjustment of blue Target C3 Sample atchesi HE Reselect the target batch Processing Current target Sample batchesl Select a new ta Sample batches w Fig 7 9 Reselect the target batch Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 162 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Kultiple batch control Fine adjustment of monochrome 1 3 AE BHI Switch processing batch Current process Sample batches adjustment of blue Target Poa TSA A ae Processing Pel Baek HY sample batches2 Fig 7 10 Switch processing batch 6 View the effect of display screen if you are satisfied with the effect of current batch of white process to the next step if you are dissatisfied you should make a fine adjustment of white for the processing batches Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novast
38. two type of adjustment Simple and Advanced Shown in Fig 5 91 and Fig 5 92 are the pages for Simple and Advanced adjustment respectively Adjust Coefficients Simple GA Aa Red lt 7 56 Green S 69 Blue lt S 27 Advanced Back Mart Return Fig 5 91 The Simple adjustment page Red Use the slide bar to adjust the red brightness of the calibration coefficients Green Use the slide bar to adjust the green brightness of the calibration coefficients Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 117 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Blue Use the slide bar to adjust the blue brightness of the calibration coefficients Advanced Click this item to switch to the advanced adjustment page Adjust Coefficients Advanced Color Adjust Brightnes lt Saturation lt Hue Color Temperature Adjust E Yellow O Cyan E Magenta O White Green Blue Note Display different color for observing the effect Fig 5 92 The Advanced adjustment page Color Adjustment The brightness hue and saturation of red green and blue can be adjusted in the Color Adjust panel Color Temperature Adjustment Use the slide bars to adjust the red green and blue components for yellow cyan magenta and white in the Color Temperature Adjust panel Simple Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Web
39. 048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 11 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd board operation page all the parameter setting related to the sending board shall be omitted and other operations are the same as having sending board 5 1 Start the LED Displays 5 1 1 Start with System Configuration Files The advantage of using system configuration files to configure LED displays is that the configuration procedure is very simple and easy and no manual configuration operation is required To configure a LED display with system configuration files click Screen Config button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Screen Config from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Config window Shown in Fig 5 1 is the Screen Config window ad Screen Config _ a ind select communication port Current operation Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller Confia Screen Load Config File Browse Fig 5 1 The Screen Config window Step 1 Set the Current Operation Communication Port This is the port that connects the sending board controller to be configured to the control computer If only one serial port of the computer is used to connect the LED display control system the used serial port will be automatically set as the current serial port Otherwise if multiple serial ports are used to connect control systems to the computer one serial port fo
40. 2492 Website www novastar led com 126 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Apply and Save Coefficients Sate Apply The Effect To Other Area menep emasa mete Fig 5 100 The page to save the calibration coefficients The adjustment operations in Step 2 and Step 3 can also be applied to other areas that need the same adjustment Click Apply The Effect To Other Area item on Fig 5 100 to open the page for setting Shown in Fig 5 101 is the page for Apply The Effect To Other Area Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 127 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Apply and Save Coefficients Apply The Effect To Other Area Screen 1 Location 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screen O Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels Apel Back Mimih Return Fig 5 101 The page for Apply The Effect To Other area Apply Apply adjustment operations to the selected area Note 1 Ifthe adjustment operations are to be applied to another area the problem of this area should be similar to the area selected in Step 1 Otherwise don t apply the operations to this area If the adjustment result of the new area is satisfying after applying the operations click Save button again to save the adjusted calibration coefficients to the hardware Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33
41. 3 Bit be Send Resresh Fig 5 38 HDMI Settings Automatic input mode Select Automatic Input Mode to enter into the automatic input mode and the system will automatically detect and select the corresponding port with video input Manual input mode gt Video input options DVI input or HDMI HD input can be opted gt Audio Input Options external audio or HDMI audio input can be opted gt The digits of input source 8 digits or 12 digits After setting the above options click on the Send to send the parameters to the hardware 5 1 9 Save Settings to FLASH Once data is saved in the FLASH chips of the hardware the saved data won t be lost even the hardware is powered off To save the settings to FLASH click the Save button at the lower right corner of the Screen Config window Note Please save the settings to FLASH click the Save button after sending settings of the LED display configuration performance parameters and hot backup to Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 57 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 1 10 Save Load Configuration Files There are four types of configuration files at present the module configuration file the receiver card configuration file the LED display configuration file and the system configuration file Module Configuration File Saved in a module configuration file are the settings of modules Mod
42. 492 Website www novastar led com 145 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select this option to shown the configurations of the cabinets that meet the requirements set in the Search Condition panel in the list 5 11Prestore Picture User can store a picture as the screen s prestore picture in the Prestore Picture Setting form and then use as boot logo cable disconnected logo and no DVI signal logo Click the submenu Prestore Picture of the Tools in the main menu and then it is show as follow Prestore Picture Settings Select Serial Fort Serial Port COMS Ww Prestore Picture Settings Select rc Pietre Effect Settings O Cabinet Effect ameniona Function Settings Boot Screen E Enable H Cable Disconnect Black O Last Frame O ee Ho DVI Signal Black O Last Frame O ee Fig 5 117 Prestore Picture Setting 1 Prestore Picture Setting Browse Select the picture s path of prestore picture Screen Effect The selected picture will be stretched tiled or centered to the screen Each 8 el _ _ _ EEE Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 146 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd cabinet will show part of this picture and they matching to be the whole picture Cabinet Effect The selected picture will be stretched tiled or centered to each cabinet of the screen Each cabinet will sho
43. 5 27 Physical connection schematic diagram of Flash Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 42 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd As shown in Fig 5 28 to set MOM Topology on the software firstly set FLASH row and column numbers and then click anywhere on the right side of the window select the corresponding BUS and based on the actual route click the left button of the mouse or press the arrow key to set each piece of Flash information according to the order control size and coordinates Select a BUS and set Flash control size and then click Apply to current BUS the size of Flash with BUS connection will be modified as the current value After Flash Control Size is set click Reset All and then all Flash Control Sizes will be reset as the size set currently ha ha ha _ ha a ha pes ha an ha d 2i m a a aang Bi aaa a aaa aonga a aaa a aag a aag ha nl oo i majo R Jl ab b E ae Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to cancel Fig 5 28 MOM Physical Setting gt Data Group Extension Twenty data group mode Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 43 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd If selected the scan board will provide 20 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as
44. 55 33592492 Website www novastar led com 120 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select the New Module Screen 1 Location z 0 Y 0 Size 256 X 128H Screen Pixel Topology or List El Select Area On Screen Fig 5 94 The page for specifying the cabinet the new module is in gt Step 2 Double click the selected cabinet to open the page for specifying the new module Shown in Fig 5 95 is the page for specifying the new module Select the New Module Scan Bo 0 0 0 Location 192 0 Size 64X64 Screen Pixel Topology or List C Select Area On Screen Module Size x Display Mode Modules Pixels Fig 5 95 The page for specifying the new module Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 121 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Module Size Set the pixel array size of a module here NovaLCT Mars divides a cabinet into modules according to the module pixel array size and the cabinet pixel array size gt Step3 Select the calibration coefficients source Calibration coefficients generated according to those of the surrounding modules are used for the new module because the coefficients saved in the receiver card or the database are not suitable for the new module Shown in Fig 5 96 is the page for selecting the coefficients source Select the source of Coefficients Refer to Surrounding Modules Select Refere
45. 592492 Website www novastar led com 128 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 8 2 6 Erase or reload Coefficients Shown in Fig 5 102 is the page for erasing reload calibration coefficients Erase coefficients erasing calibration coefficients of the whole display or any cabinets Reload coefficients reload the calibration coefficients lastly saved in hardware Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Select Scan Board Sereeni l Location z2 0 Y 0 51ize 1288 128H Sereen Fixel Topolozy or List Select Ares On Screen Operate all pixels _ c Reload Oo Erase Return Fig 5 102 The page for erasing calibration coefficients Screen Select this option to erase all calibration coefficients for the whole display Topology or List Select this option to select the cabinets from the cabinet array sketch or the cabinet list of which the calibration coefficients are to be erased Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 129 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Note The calibration coefficients will be their default values after the erase operation Make a copy of the calibration coefficients save to a database file for safety 5 8 3 Reset coefficients Reset correction coefficients of the full screen or the specified area in accordance with the size of light panel or pixel Complete all oper
46. Bright Mode Table The Brightness of the screen will be adjusted by the Bright Mode Table and the environmental luminance if the Enable Bright Mode Table option is checked Fix Color Temperature If this option is selected the LED display brightness will be adjusted according to the color Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 70 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd temperature table and the environment brightness Number of Segments Thresholds need to be set for automatic brightness adjustment When the environment brightness is higher than the high side threshold a high brightness level will be set for the screen for example 100 And while the environment brightness is lower than the low side threshold a low brightness level is set The interval between the high and low threshold of environment brightness is linearly divided into subsections with subsection number equals the Number of Segments So does the interval between the high and low LED display brightness levels If the environment brightness is in certain subsection the corresponding brightness level will be set for the LED display The maximum number is 10 As can be seen in Fig 5 50 the scope of the threshold is that if the environmental brightness is smaller than 10lux or 10lux 100lux the 5 screen brightness shall be selected If the environmental brightness is larger than 100lux the 80 screen brightness
47. Count Program Name Tx600 Data Mars V3 6 0 0 Program Version 3 6 0 0 Proaram Path D NovaL CT Mars Data Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 SendCardiTx600_Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 _ Select Items To Load E Sendina Board MCU El Sendina Board FPGA Scan Board FPGA Update t Jamanami Hardware Version Info RefreshAll RefreshOne Sending Board Scan Board Refresh 3 6 0 0 Total 1 Remarks 2013 09 11T Sending Board MCU Sending Board FPGA Communication Info 20131216 14 59 12 Current control system address 1 port 2 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 92 16 14 59 12 Current control system address 1 port 3 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 20134216 14 59 12 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Current control system address 1 port4 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Fig 11 1 The Load Program page Lee Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 177 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Load Program Load Program Select operation communication port Current operation communication port Device Count Select Program Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller Program Name Tx600 Data Mars V3 6 0 0 Program Version 3 6 0 0 Program Path D ANovaLCT Mars Data Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 SendCard Tx600_Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 Select Items To Load Scan Board FPGA Hardware Version Info RefreshAll
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49. File Fig 12 3 Number On Display Lock selection if selected bright dark side check it that will be locked to avoid accidentally cancel or multiple select Hide topological check it to hide the topological graph a It can also select multiple edges or multiple vertices by using the mouse If the user also checks row direction and column direction select the vertices and the edges in the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 183 NOVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd two directions of row and column in the box selection after it is completed and then click somewhere selected will cancel the selection b Double click edges that can select part of the points on the edge a Advanced options a a Tips Select by click or region 4 BE Fig 12 4 Select part of the points on the edge 4 Select the part that will be adjusted began to adjust bright and dark degree drag link adjustment by using the mouse There are two types of adjustment one is priority mode for red green and blue that can respectively adjust bright and dark of red green and blue the other is a priority mode for white adjust red green and blue synchronously 5 Adjust to the best effect click on Aaaa save the adjusting effect currently to the hardware click n S will save the adjusting data to a file a display screen is saved as a file which also can upload the file a
50. IE 1931 Chromaticity Diagram Original Cx Cy Lum gq 0 675 0o33 900 3 10 19 0 78 1800 i 0 13 0 04 300 a l Target Cx a Cy l Lum a1 ee betel a 0 3 fos i 0 15 0 06 7 a 0 3444 0 3388 34 PAL NTSC Custom Enable Color Restore Send SaveToHW Refresh Color Restore Serial Port Screen1 Original Cy 31 Chromaticity Diagram 3 E PAL NTSC Custom Enable Color Restore 2013 9 29 09 05 43 COM19 Screen1 Succeed to set 2013 9 29 09 05 43 COM19 Screen1 Succeed to set 2013 9 29 09 05 44 COM19 Screen1 Succeed to set z Fig 5 119 Change the scope of the color gamut Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 148 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Obtain original color gamut The light gun is recommended to obtain the current color gamut or the Original Color Gamut The accurate original color gamut could facilitate the adjustment of the target color gamut 1 Adjust the target color gamut If the original color gamut is accurate it could be directly transformed into the PAL or NTSC standard target color gamut or the four color target points could be dragged to change the scope of the color gamut and the color temperature of the white point See Fig 5 118 and 5 119 Click the lift button of the mouse and drag or directly en
51. NovaLCT Mars listens to It is actually an IP of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 102 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Port This is the port that NovaLCT Mars listens to Reconnect Click this button to terminate the current listening process and start a new listen process using the settings of Local IP and Port Communication Log Records of the communication between NovaCLB and NovaLCT Mars are listed is this panel Enable Calibration This option is to enable or disable LED display calibration using calibration coefficients Save button in the Enable Disable Calibration panel Click this button to save the calibration switch status enable or disable to the hardware Save button in the communication log panel Click this button to save the communication log to a text file 5 8 2 Manage Coefficients This page is to adjust the calibration coefficients for better calibration performance Shown in Fig 5 79 is the Manage Coefficients page 8 LLL E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 103 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a Screen Calibration Current operation communication port POU IDR MM COM3 Upload Coefficients Current Screen 2 Save coefficients ta database Screent 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board 4 S
52. Reference Area Screen 1 Location Z 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screen O Pixel Topology or List C Select Area On Screen 2 Ge G4 2 2 2 3 2 4 Fig 5 99 The page for Effect As Other Selected Area Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 125 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Note 1 If Adjust Own Effect option is selected NovaLCT Mars will acquire the calibration coefficients of the selected area for the hardware Adjustment on these coefficients is independent to the other area of the LED display If Effect As Other Selected Area is selected NovaLCT Mars will adjust the calibration coefficients of the selected area according to those of the reference areas and make the selected area looks similar to the reference areas in color The nearer the reference areas are to the area being adjusted the better the adjustment result will be gt Step 3 Adjust the calibration coefficients This step is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details gt Step 4 Click the Save button to save the adjusted calibration coefficients to the hardware The save coefficients won t be lost even the system is powered off Shown in Fig 5 100 is the page for saving the calibration coefficients Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359
53. Star Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 165 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Kultiple batch control After the completion of adjusting the current batch view the effect Sample batches Target F Display effect of all batches Cy Sample batches Have adjusted View the effect of adjustment Sample batches sere tices OR ON OM ONE Ol Clo Bright K a a0 Automatic switching Interval Second swit Select sample batches Select the targ Sample eee Select the proc Sample batches e Have adjusted the batch Sample Sample bat bat Fig 7 13 View effect of the current batch and select the next processing batch 9 Adjust other batches according to the same steps and click Finish all batches after the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 166 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd completion Eultiple batch control After the completion of adjusting the current batch view the effect Sample batches Target C Tisplay effect of all batches C Sample batches Have adjusted View the effect of adjustment h4 Sample batches sone sicher OS OM OM ON ON Ol Bright 4 F Automatic switching Interval cecond swit Fig 7 14 Complete all batches 10 Select the best solution according to the effect of
54. ToolfP Wserflh LanguagefLangiflLi HelpfHi User Documents 0O Pi gt Ta Configure information managementihi Screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control Monitor Fu Set initial positioniP Local System Into Ab outta Control System Other Device Unknown View Detail Monitor Info Serer Status Serer Yersion 3 0 a ConfigFile Management Tapert Corre amarem came Fig 10 1 Configure information management Import config Export all the configuration files in the configuration process and save in the computer in zip format Export config Import previously saved configuration files Cancel Exit the configuration file management 11Hardware Program updating Login as an advanced user and type in admin on the NovaLCT Mars main interface to open the page for updating the hardware program Shown in Fig 11 1 Fig 11 2 is the page for hardware program updating Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 176 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Note 1 There isn t any place to view the typing when typing the passcode Just type in the passcode directly Just type in the passcode again if the one input before is wrong It not recommended changing the program unless there are problems with the hardware Load Program Load Program Select operation communication port Current operation communication port COMS OMS Device
55. Website www novastar led com 132 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd tae 2 Monitor Data External Device Load Frogram Audio management Function Card Time 2013 02 20 Wednesday 10 10 Read Manual Auto Software Control Switch 1 Start Stop Switch 2 ostat Stop Switch 3 stat Stop Switch 4 stat stop Switch 5 Start Stop Switch 6 Start Stop Switch 7 Start Stop Switch 8 Start Stop 2013 2 20 10 11 28 Read the status of all the powers in function card Succeed 2013 2 20 10 11 31 5Start power Succeed 2013 2 20 10 11 33 Read the status of all the powers in function card Succeed succeed Fig 5 105 The page for power management Function Card Time panel gt Read to read the time from the function card and show in this panel gt Set to set the function card time as that of the computer Set Notes Set note for each of the power supply of the current function card Start Delay Set the delay time for starting power If the delay time is successfully set the stating of each of the power supply control by the function card will be delay for the delay time For example if the delay time Is set as 2 seconds then each power supply will delay 2 seconds when starts Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 133 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Refresh This button is to ref
56. age Shown in Fig 5 64 is the Monitor Setting page Honitor Setting Auto Refresh C Auto Refresh Retry times Setting Retry times after read status failed Refresh and Alarm Setting Refresh Setting Refresh Status Refresh Temperature Refresh power of scan board Connect Monitor Board Refresh Humidity Refresh Smoke Refresh cabinet status ae eed Se i Refresh Fan O Every cabinet has same number of fan 3 Setting cabinet has different number of fan ing Refresh power of monitor board Every cabinet has same number of power Every cabinet has different number of power Setting Alarm Setting Fahrenheit Temperture When UR A gt C display alarm information th 60 ae humi di ty E lt Z display alarm information When speed lt speed min display alarm information When voltage lt ingle Setting Fig 5 64 the Monitor Setting page for setting all displays display alarm information Auto Refresh If this option is check NovaLCT Mars will automatically check the status and parameters being monitored and update the monitored data periodically according to the period setting Retry times after read status failed This parameter determines how many time NovaLCT Mars will retry to check the status and Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 86 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd
57. age shown in Fig 5 112 Load program for selected function card Select this option to load program to the current function card Load program for all function card Select this option to load program to all function cards Program Path Select the program to be loaded here Change Click this button to load the selected program to the current function card or all function cards Note 1 There isn tany place to view the typing when typing the pass code Just type in the pass code directly and the page shown in Fig 5 112 will change to the one shown in Fig 5 113 Just type in the pass code again if the one input before is wrong It not recommended changing the program unless there are problems with the function cards 5 10Cabinet Library Management This is to manage the existing cabinet libraries or creating new cabinet libraries It helps in quick configuration of the cabinets and modules gt Stepl Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 142 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click Tool gt Cabinet Library to open the page for library management If it is the first time to open the page the dialog as shown in Fig 5 114 will appear for open or create a library HE Open Or Create Library P Please open or create a library Spm Greate o Camee Fig 5 114 The dialog for opening or creating a library Open Click this button to open
58. agement Monitor Data Please click Save button after modifv External device 1 Light Sensor External device 2 Light Sensor yt External device 23 No External Device External device 4 No External Device Cmanan nasa Fig 5 111 The page for external devices management 5 9 5 Load Program Click the Load Program button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for loading program to the hardware Shown in Fig 5 112 is the page of program loading EE Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 140 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Function Card Information Model ID 8101 FPGA Version Anan AN A FPGA Note SIGE F Appi hE SVA 2 0 2 Fig 5 112 The page for program loading Refresh Click this button to acquire the version information of the current function card Type in admin directly to access the options for program loading Shown in Fig 5 113 is the page with the program loading options Function Card information Model ID 8101 FPGA Version sta lai FPGA Note Erhi Fapt F ME SVS 2 0 2 artoT selected function Load program for all fu Fig 5 113 The page with program loading options Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 141 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Exit Click this button to go back to the p
59. ail notification setting page 5 6 3 Notification Email Log Shown in Fig 5 68 is the History window for checking the notification emails Information about the notification emails such as date error display index email recipients and so on can be checked through this window Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 91 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd History Email History oT ee i Error Notification Screen EmailState Notify Date Content Recipients Fig 5 68 the History window for notification emails checking 5 6 4 Monitor Control 5 6 4 1 Configure Control Scheme Config KNonitor Control Information Enable Honitor Control Control information list 1 Temperature gt 32 brightness decrease 50 Temperat ALL 2 Temperature gt TOU brightness decrease 50 Temperat ALL Fig 5 69 Configuration Of Monitor Control Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 92 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Enable Monitor Control The functions of Monitor Control will work only when the option is checked Valid days of logs Set the valid days of logs One control information can be added by clicking the button In Fig 5 69 As it show in Fig 5 70 is to add one temperature control information as it show in Fig 5 71 is to add one smoke contr
60. ar led com 112 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Area Screen 1 Location z 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 256H O Screen O Pixel Topology or List F Select Area On Screen Fig 5 87 The page for specifying the display area for coefficients saving Screen Check this option if the calibration coefficients for the whole display are to be saved If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database this option will be unavailable Pixel Check this option to select the pixel area for which the calibration are to be saved If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database this option will be unavailable Topology or List Check this option to select the cabinets for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved Note that if the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database one cabinet should be selected at one time for coefficients saving Save Click this button to save the calibration coefficients of the selected display area to the specified Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 113 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd database If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database a dialog will appear for users to input the cabinet ID Maintain Only full screen support The software saves by cabinet supports maintaining namely when network or other problems occur and cause saving suspended sele
61. ar led com 163 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Bultiple batch control Fine adjustment of white 2 3 sample batches Whether the effect of the current batch of white is Target satisfactory Sample batches Satisfied Dissatisfied Processing Sample heoo Fine adjustment of white Red co g Fig 7 11 Fine adjustment of white 7 If the magnitude of adjustment of monochrome and white is too large it will enter the following interface Please carefully check the color effect on the screen and operate according to the software prompts Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 164 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Bultiple batch control Automatical optimization and match of effect 3 3 Target ths Wee et Whether the current screen effect is satisfactory 1 oample batches 4s Processing FLS Sample batches F satisfied LJ Dissatisfied Please carefully check the color on the screen The system will carry out calculation optimizations based on the results of your selection so the sequence jumping 15 a normal phenomenon Next atep Fig 7 12 Automatically optimization and match of effect 8 After the completion of adjusting the current batch view the effect if you are dissatisfied you can back to Last step if you are satisfied you can continue to the next batch Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048Nova
62. ard through an Ethernet port if the deconcentrator is connected define the receiving card connected with the A1 internet access of the deconcentrator as the first one and input values for other parameters And then set the index as 2 for the receiver card which is connected to the first index 1 receiver card and also input values for other parameter for the No 2 receiver card Do the same configuration operation until all receiver cards are set The configuration is completed by then The pixel array sizes of the receiver cards can be different from each other select and then the pixel can be changed and can also be left unset After configuration click corresponding button to send the configuration information to the sending board or save it in the computer Note For different sending boards the background colors of the grids are different For different Ethernet ports the font colors are different The right button of the mouse can be used to clear the settings for the current sending board gt Complex Screen Configuration Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 35 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The page for complex screen configuration is shown in Fig 5 20 Screen Config CON19 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen Type Simole Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Scan Board Setting Virtual M enable
63. as been set NovaLCT Mars will adjust the LED display settings according to the current brightness setting and keep the color temperature unchanged Note Professional equipment is necessary to find out the current gains and brightness of red green and blue for different LED display brightness of certain color temperature Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 64 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 2 1 1 Gamma After the custom Gamma table is finished click send to send Gamma table to the receiving card and save it to the configuration file of the receiving card Gamma Adjustment Generating the gamma table fastly by You can edit certain value in Gamma adjusting the Gamma curves table M ANis b es Y Axis 0 655355 Gamma Value asal Recommended Gamma Original AMode BMode 4 3 3 4 5 3 a Fig 5 44 Gamma Adjustment 5 2 2 Schedule Adjustment Select Schedule in the Adjustment Mode panel to open schedule adjustment page Schedule adjust
64. ation of reset coefficient click on the Save To HW The correction coefficient reset will be effective O Current operation Onine Calibration Otfine Caibration Manage Coefficients communication iii as al port Choose to re set the coefficients of the region COM3 Screen 1 Location X 0 Y 0 Size 329 16H Current Screen Screen Pixel Topology or List Select Area On S Screent Screen Set Coefficients Enable Disnable Calibraion Disabile x The dete Fig 5 103 Reset coefficients Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 130 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 9 Function Card Management Management operations of the function card also named multifunction card such function card configuration program loading external device configuration monitored data updating and power supply management will be given in this section Shown in Fig 5 104 is the Function Card Management page when it is opened for the first time Function Card Hanagement Add Remove Refresh Rename Set card count of port Succeed Fig 5 104 The Function Card Management page 5 9 1 Function Card Configuration Use the menu or tool bar in the panel on the left of the Function Card Management page to configure the function card Add gt Serial Port add a function card which is connected to a serial por
65. aximum Width depends on the parameters such as refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency and the Maximum Height depends on the module design If the module cascade direction is from top to bottom or from bottom to top then factors affect the Maximum Width and Height are just switched The Maximum Height depends on the parameters such as refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency and the Maximum Width depends on the module design 5 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters To achieve the best performance performance parameters should be set properly Performance parameters setting can be through the performance setting panel Shown in Fig 5 23 is the Performance Setting panel which is circled and marked as area 2 in Fig 5 21 ee formance Setting a Refresh Rate 240 lt Hz Accelerate R Gray Scale Normal 15384 Gray Mode Data Clock MHZ Data Duty 50 w 25 75 Clock Phase Low Gray Co Blanking Time 2 00us EA 20 1 24 Line Change T 3 B 0 19 Brightness Effi 52 31 Min OE 24ns Smart Setting LoadFile SaveFile Read From HW Paaa Smart Setting Load File Save File Read From HW Send To HW Fig 5 23 The Performance Setting panel Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 39 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Clear Afterglow Some of chips are supporting the functions of elim
66. binet Info Pixel array size and module cascade direction can be set in this panel Note that the Regular panel is for regular cabinets parameters setting and the Irregular panel is for irregular cabinets parameters setting Shown in Fig 5 22 is the Regular Cabinet Info panel which is circled and marked as area 1 in Fig 5 21 Regular Pixel Width 30 lt Pixel Height 74 a lt Module Casc Right to Left we Fig 5 22 The Regular Cabinet Info panel Width Height These two items specify the width and height of the cabinet pixel array Note that the two numbers circled in Fig 5 22 are the maximum values that can be set which is also named as Maximum Width and Maximum Height Maximum Width Maximum width varies with parameters of refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency Normally the higher the refresh rate is and the finer the gray scale levels are the smaller the maximum width will be while the higher the shift clock frequency is the larger the maximum width can be But as the shift clock frequency is limited by driver chips and module design the maximum width is also limited Maximum Height The Maximum Height depends on the module design Note 1 If the module cascade direction is from left to right or from right to left then Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 38 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd as mentioned above the M
67. bration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients port COM3 Select Database Select Database Current Screen SelectAdjust Line Screent Type Unknown Cabinet ID Screen2 Columns Unknown Rows Unknown Discription Unknown Screen3 Display Screen Main Display Enable Disnable Calibraion Chroma v Fig 5 80 The page for upload coefficients step 1 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 105 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Browse Click this button to select the calibration coefficients database file to be uploaded Type The type of the selected calibration coefficients database is shown here There are two database types screen database and cabinet database A screen database contains calibration coefficients for a whole display while a cabinet database contains calibration coefficients for one or multiple cabinets Cabinet ID The cabinet ID s will be shown here if the selected is a cabinet calibration coefficient database Columns This is the column number of the calibration coefficient array of the selected database Rows This is the row number of the calibration coefficient array of the selected database Click Next button to open the page for Step 2 after all settings gt Step 2 This step is to specify the LED display area for which the calibration coefficients are to be uploaded There are three options Screen Pixel Topolog
68. cking Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 96 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 Driver chips supported by Mars serial LED display control systems and good for Error Dot Detect at present are MBI5036 MBI5034 MBI5040 DM13H and MBI5030 Monitor boards for Mars serial LED display control systems are required for Error Dot Detect Select Tool gt Error Dot Detect from the NovaLCT Mars main menu to open the Error Dot Detect window for Error Dot Detect setting Shown in Fig 5 76 is the Error Dot Detect window As shown in the figure the LED display under Error Dot Detecting has a receiver cards one receiver card corresponds to a cabinet array of 2 rows and 4 columns And the driver chips used are MBI5036 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 97 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Error Dot Detect i mE S Communication port selection Communic COM12 Screent Screen Topological Graph Unknown Error Normal No Monito Point Detect Parameters Detect Type Open CircuitAnd Short Circuit Threshold Current 4 2 Current Gain V Enable Change Setting Sk a ose O o Information Fig 5 76The Error Dot Detect window Serial Port Selected Specify the serial port through which the LED display to be operated is connected
69. creen Database Select this option if it is to save the calibration coefficients to a new screen database Cabinet Database Select this option if it is to save the calibration coefficients to a new cabinet database Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 111 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Create Click this button to create a new screen database or a cabinet database according to the settings Note 1 Screen database In a screen database the saved are the calibration coefficients and the positions of they are to be uploaded to in the LED lights array of the whole display In the uploading procedure the coefficients are uploaded according to the positions set for them Thus if the position of a cabinet is changed the coefficients for this cabinet will not be correctly uploaded 2 Cabinet database In a cabinet database the calibration coefficients are arranged in the form of cabinets The coefficients for the same cabinets are grouped together and labeled with the cabinet ID Thus even the place of a cabinet has been changed the corresponding coefficients can also be correctly uploaded to the cabinet gt Step 2 Select the display area for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved to a database Shown in Fig 5 87 is the page for Step 2 D Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novast
70. ct maintain to continue saving from the cabinet having error 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Stepl Specify the LED display area that the new receiver card scan board works for Shown in Fig 5 88is the page for specifying the area Select Area of New Scan Board in Screen Screen 1 Location 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 256H Screen Pixel Topology or List l Select Area On Screen ok i Fig 5 88 The page for specifying the working area of the new receiver card Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 114 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Step 2 Select the calibration coefficient source The coefficients could be from a database the Database option or generated according to those of the surrounding receiver cards the Refer to Surrounding Scan Board option Fig 5 89 and Fig 5 90 show the pages for two option respectively Select the source of Coefficients Database O Refer to Surrounding Scan Board Select Database Type Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription Beck ene Return Fig 5 89 The page for getting calibration coefficients from a database Browse Click this button to select the database that the calibration coefficients for the new receiver card are from If the selected is a cabinet database the cabinet ID should also be specified from the Cabinet ID drop list Cabinet ID If the select
71. current 1 wi module If both just w choose one a Fig 5 9 Smart Setting Step 6 gt Step 8 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 6 window to access Smart Setting Step 9 Shown in Fig 5 10 is the Smart Setting Step 9 window Click the corresponding grids according to the position of the lightened lights until no light is lightened any more A line of the lightened lights routing will be drawn at the same time A Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 20 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd message indicating the finish of the Smart Setting Step 9 will be shown when enough lights have been processed Smart Setting Step 9 Note Look at the lighting point in the modules and click the corresponding cells Undo to back or Clear to restart hstomatic Undo RP A ii igi gt a aa x Fig 5 10 Smart Setting Step 9 Note Hold the left button of the mouse and drag or use Tab and Enter to draw the routing line Use Automatic button to accomplish drawing routing lines of the same pattern gt Step9 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 9 window to open the Save Module dialog which is for saving the settings set for the module through all the smart setting steps The Save Module dialog is shown in Fig 5 11 Saving the module settings to files module configuration files or cabinet database files will mak
72. d Note The new name is only available after the Renaming enabling is ticked off Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 173 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select COM port WSE_FPRO Port_ 0007 Hub_ 01 w Fig 9 4 Naming setting of sending board 3 Click to select a controller for loading configuration files If no any controller is selected the configuration files by default will be loaded to all controllers connected to the system Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 174 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd bA Advanced Sending Board 1 Fig 9 2 Selecting a controller for configuration file loading 4 Click Sere to Mardeare all added configuration files will be saved to the selected controller s Select COM port USB_PRO Port_ 0007 Hub _ 0i w Set sending card name v Enable naming asdadadsadsadsastdst Fig 9 3 Selecting a sending board for configuration file loading Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 175 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10Configure information management Click Help gt configure information management to conduct configuration file management TE NovaLCT Mars V4 3 2 T4 __ system s Toolstl Plug in
73. d them to hardware by clicking Send To HW button if necessary Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 22 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd E Screen Config COnl7 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Sceen M GS Geaationna e560 SSS Screen No Screen please click Config Fig 5 12 The Screen Configuration page with no LED display configuration information Screen Number This is the number of LED displays that are to be configured Config This button is used to load the Screen Number to the NovaLCT Mars application Read form HW This is used for the application to read the LED display information from the hardware Detect Status This is used to check whether the communication within the current LED display is good Read File This is used for the application to load the LED display configuration settings from a file Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 23 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Save File This is used to save the LED display configuration settings to a scr file Send to HW This is used to send the LED display configuration settings to the connected sending board Save This is used to save the settings to a FLASH chip The saved data won t be lost even the hardware is powered off Screen Type There are three options for the sc
74. dex om ay Board Index Master Port Slave Port Index L Index Fig 5 37 The Hot Backup Setting dialog gt Step 2 Enter the indexes as required and click the Add button on the dialog Only for the sending boards that are in the same cascade chain can master slave hot backup relation be set Ethernet ports of the same sending board can also be set as hot backup of each other As in Fig 5 32 the Ethernet port 2 is the hot backup of the Ethernet port 1 Hot backup can be set between the Ethernet ports of a sending board A slave device can t be set as a master device when it is the hot backup of another sending board To clear the slave status of a sending board delete the record indicating it as a slave device and click Send button in the Hot Backup Setting panel to change the hardware settings The sending board that is used for LED display configuration refer to 5 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration can t set as a slave device unless the LED display configuration information on it has been deleted gt Step 3 Click Send button to send the hot backup settings to the hardware Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 56 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 1 8 HDMI Settings MSD600 MCTRL600 MCTRL610 Sending cards supporting HDMI interface need to set this option HOM Settings Auto Select Video Inputs DWI Bit Of Inout
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76. e combined together Details will be given in a later part of this manual Error Dot Detect This is used to open the page for Error Dot Detection LED lights open short circuit status checking Prestore Picture Enter the restore screen booting screen and no signal including the disconnected network cable and no DVI signal screen settings can be conducted Color Restore Gamut conversion Light panel Flash View correction coefficients of the receiving card and light panel Save correction coefficients in the receiving card and light panel Test whether Flash is normal Receiving card relay Set parameters for the receiving card relay Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 9 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Reset the time of the receiving card Multi batch of adjustment Adjust the brightness of the display according to the batches of cabinet Load Configuration File Add Delete configuration files Modify file name Save the configuration file in controller Dark or Bright line Adjustment for cabinet Adjust dark or bright lines caused by box splicing and recovery for cabinet m Plug in Tool Test Tool to open the page which all test tools test content for LED displays testing are In Calculator a shortcut to the calculator application of Microsoft Windows Click on this item will open the Microsoft Windows calculator Exter
77. e it easier to perform module configuration for another LED Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 21 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd displays constructed by modules which require the same settings as the one just set Choose Option2 or 3 in the Smart Setting dialog Fig 5 3 in Step 2 select corresponding files and modules and smart setting is done Click Finish to finish smart setting after saving the settings Click Finish directly if you don t want to save the settings Save Hodule Note You can save module to file or cabinet database for later using Module Name Option 1 Save module to file File Path O Option 2 Save module to database Cabinet Database ath z Fig 5 11 The Save Module dialog Note The saved module settings can be used in Step 2 of Smart Setting to simplify smart setting process 5 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration Select Screen Configuration page in the Screen Config window Fig 5 2 If no LED display has been configured the Screen Configuration page will be as shown in Fig 5 12 Enter screen number number of the LED displays to be configured and click Config button The default screen configuration page page for simple LED display configuration will open The configuration information will be shown on the Screen Configuration page if a LED display has been configured Modify the settings and sen
78. e light sensors for 5 times this is the Read times of light sensor before adjusting the LED display brightness the auto brightness time interval will be 50 seconds Note The default values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors are 60 seconds and 5 times respectively Thus the auto brightness time interval is 300 seconds or 5 minutes by default 5 2 4 Auto Adjustment By Hardware When the hardware and software NovaLCT Mars is not connected you can configure to auto adjustment by hardware and the operation are basically same with Auto adjustment 5 2 3 Auto the difference is the auto adjustment by hardware added Adjustable parameter Settings show Fig 5 55 and Fig5 56 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 74 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Auto Brightness Light Sensor forAuto Brightness Stat Index Address The retry number when adjustment failed More Settings Caculate Type of Lux Average after remove maximum and Average of all light sensor Pee ieee Adjustive Relationship ofAuto Brightness Fixed Calo Environment Bright Screen Brightness Above 12000 Linear adjustment between mininum and maxinum Numbers ofS 4 Fig 5 55 Auto adjustments by hardware Click Mote Settings j Fig 5 55 to open the Adjustable parameter Settings window as shown in Fig 5 56 Phone NovaS
79. e operating system is Win8 or above the user is suggested to install NovaLCT Mars in other drives than the system disk if user insists on installing the software in the system disk Permissions shall be given manually to the software otherwise part of the function of the software requiring Permission will not work normally Operating procedures to give Permissions to the software are as follows 1 After installing LCT find ON the desktop right click attribute to find the path of the document 2 Return to the previous level from the opened file directory i e the root directory of Nova Star Mars am Files Nova Star NovaLCT Mars s0 TET 85 H J Bin di Data dJ Help di Source unins000 dat i unins000 exe mM Fig 13 4 Enter into the root Nova Star Mars 3 Select Bin document right click attribute gt security Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 188 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Gener Shanna Securty Customize Object name C Program Files amp 6 Nova Star NovaLlT Mars Group or user names ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES amp CREATOR OWNER gA SYSTEM Adrminietratare fhe Sarninietredt are lt To change pennissions click Edit Pennissions for ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES Full control Read amp execute List folder contents Read
80. ech Co Ltd 5 2 3 2 Auto Brightness Time Interval The following steps are to set the time interval for auto brightness gt Stepl Click right button on the circled panel icon as shown in Fig 5 52 and select Advance Setting from the pop up menu as shown in Fig 5 53 to open the Advance Setting window as shown in Fig 5 54 Fig 5 53 The pop up menu Advance Setting Log effective days of adjustment Read times of light sensors Notice Before TAE aate iiS tment we will read the light sensor value N times and caculate the average value after removing maximum and minimum then we adjust screen brightness according to this average value and the linear straight which you set Fig 5 54 the Advance Setting window for auto brightness gt Step 2 Set the values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors Detect Period is the time Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 73 NOVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd period the light sensors measure the environment brightness Read times of light sensors is the times that NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors Thus the auto brightness time interval is the production of Detect Period and Read times of light sensors For example if light sensors measure the environment brightness every 10 second this is the Detect Period and NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of th
81. ed database is a cabinet database the IDs of the cabinets of which the calibration Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 115 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd coefficients are contained in the database will be list in the drop list If the selected database is a screen database the list will be unavailable Select the source of Coefficients O Database Refer to Surrounding Scan Board Select Reference Cabinet Reference Zone a k B Adjusted 4 Reference Ey Cabinet Cabinet Fig 5 90 The page for generating coefficients for the new receiver card according to those of its surrounding receiver cards Note One or more surrounding cabinets can be selected for generating the calibration coefficients for the new receiver card The calibration coefficients are generated according to those of the selected Surrounding cabinets and make the cabinet driven by the new receiver card similar to its surrounding cabinets in brightness hue and saturation The generated calibration coefficients are just substitution of those from NovaCLB and are not as Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 116 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a good as those from NovaCLB in performance gt Step 3 If the calibration coefficients from Step 2 are not satisfying they can be adjusted There are
82. esh power of monitor board and Every cabinet has Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 89 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd different number of fan Every cabinet has different number of power As an example shown in Fig 5 66 is the page for fan number setting for each cabinet Advance Setting of Monitor Fig 5 66 the Advance Setting of Monitor page for fan number setting 5 6 2 Email Notification Setting Shown in Fig 5 67 is the page for email notification setting Set the email notification according to the instructions given on the page If the sending system report e mail is enabled the regular sending could be set The date could be set by clicking E mail Setting E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 90 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Setting Of Email Notification About HBonitor Fault Notification Setting C Enable Email Notification Enable system Recovery Notice Enable Sending Svstem Report Email Set Reaular Sending of Svstem Operation Report Email Email Sender Email Addres NovaStarlechi i126 com Email Passw SMTP Server smtp 126 com Port 295 Modify Sender Recipient Email Address Email Information am Email From 2 e 9 Neighborhood A square B Log Setting Enable Loa saving Time Of Loa ee H Davs Fig 5 67 the em
83. est NovaLCT Mars to show module configurations of all cabinets in the list Search by Condition Select this option to shown all module configurations that meet the requirements set in the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 144 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Search Condition panel in the list 2 Cabinet Management Shown in Fig 5 116 is the page for cabinet management ES Module and Cabinet Database Baa Module Operation Cabinet Operation Q X D Import Cabinet Export Cabinet Refresh Cabinet Delete Cabinet Clear Cabinet a Rs Module Cabinet AAP T Cabinet Type Cabinet Width Show All O Search by Condition Search Condition Regular Cabinet Irregular Cabinet Select ALL Cabinet Width Caba Mieke 0 Module Cascade Search How Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settings Administrator EA itempllD mel Fig 5 116 The page for cabinet management Import Cabinet Click this button to import a cabinet configuration file to a cabinet library Export Cabinet Click this button to export the cabinet configurations from a cabinet library to a cabinet configuration file Show All Select this option to shown in the list all cabinets configurations in the library Search by Condition Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592
84. et coefficients for anew module 5 Adjust coefficients Color is ununiform on screen 6 Erase or reload coefficients T Reset coefficients Enable Disnable Calibraion Fig 5 79 The Manage Coefficients page Upload Coefficients Upload a calibration coefficients database to the LED display Save coefficients to database This operation is to read back the calibration coefficients form the LED display and save them to a database file Set coefficients for a new scan board This option is to set the calibration coefficients for a newly placed receiver card in the LED display Set coefficients for a new module This option is to set the calibration coefficients for a newly placed module in the LED display Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 104 NOVA STAR Adjust Coefficients NovaStar Tech Co Ltd This option is to adjust the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display area for better performance Erase or reload Coefficients This option is to erase or reload the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display 5 8 2 1 Upload Coefficients This is to upload the calibration coefficients and Adjust lines coefficients to the LED display thus the LED display control system can use the coefficients to improve the image quality of the display gt Stepl i a Screen Calibration a Current operation communication Online Cali
85. follows a Using the mouse to directly click the four edges or vertices of the box body selected click firstly to select click secondly to cancel Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 181 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd po Operation Instructions and Attentions Choose Display Topology Graph Tips Yellow means select all leds while green means select some leds Region optio Row Column ss Display Number Lock Selection Hide Topology Adjust Lines Method RGB Prior White Prior Color Red Blue White Fig 12 2 Click on the edge or vertex of the box body selected Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 182 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click to cancel all the part selected Enlarged topological graph B Reduce the topology map Display number If checked the number is displayed on the screen that is convenient for the user to find the bright dark lines Lod amp js Operation Instructions and Attentions a Quckly Adjust Lines Choose Display Topology Graph Tips Yellow means select all leds while green means select some leds Row Column Display Number F Lock Selection Hide Topology Adjust Lines Method RGB Prior White Prior Color Red Green Blue White Adjust amp 1 000 JEES Save To
86. fter uploaded to correction database Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 184 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 12 2Dark or Bright Lines Recovery for Cabinet All parameters will be recorded in the dark bright line configuration files once the dark or bright lines are adjusted The method for recovering dark or bright lines is to load the ark bright line configuration file to recover the display to the last dark or bright lines If this file is used for several times adjusted parameters of those previous recovering dark or bright lines will be recovered accordingly Method for recovering dark or bright lines Click Tools Dark or Bright Lines Adjustment for Cabinet Dark or Bright lines Recover for Cabinet on the LCT main interface Select the display for dark bright line reducing click Browse to load the dark bright line file in relation to the display and then click Reduce to reduce them to the last ones Choose Display Serial Port COME Display Humber Reduce Dark or Bright Lines Dari or C Wsers4lijiniDesktop COM3 1 gal Bright Lines 4 Fig 12 1 Dark or bright lines recovery for cabinet 13Problem and Solution 13 1 NovaLCT Mars shows No Hardware corresponding pages Check whether the hardware system is powered on Check whether the serial port cable connection is good on Ph
87. h Co Ltd Multiple Batch conri wT T Adjust application of effect Sample batches Sample batches amp Sample batches2 erial Regional information Screen Applicati Revocatio Deletion COM3 Displayl X 0 0 64 Seren Apply Cancel Delete Correction sw oes Chromaticity cc v Mark all regions of the current batch Somit sininhtemn meri Fig 7 3 Application of adjustment effect use the adjustment file If there is a need to change the color temperature please open operation of LOT brightness function 7 2 Manual adjustment 1 Check Manual adjustment if not using the adjustment file as shown in Figure 7 4 Select a colorimeter connected to the system If the system does not connect with the colorimeter tick No colorimeter and then click Next Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 157 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Multiple batch control B me Type of Operation Manual adjustment Applications Adjustment File Commonly used colorimeter O Other colorimeter No colorimeter Select colorimeter aii Cs2000 Using a colorimeter aided adjustment the adjustment quicker Fig 7 4 Select colorimeter information 2 Set sample batches Select screen and select the corresponding communication port click F toadda batch right click the batch t
88. h NovaLCT Mars is running is the base of the schedule If the computer time is not correct the adjustment operation will not be performed at the expected time 5 2 3 Auto Auto adjustment is to adjust LED display brightness according to the environment brightness Light sensors are used to determine the environment brightness 5 2 3 1 Light Sensor Setting Select Auto in the Adjustment Mode panel to open the page for auto adjustment Shown in Fig 5 47 is the auto adjustment page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 67 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Display Adjustment me COM4 Screeni COnMd Screen COMd Screen3 COnM4d Screend Adjustment Mode O Wanual O Sched Config Auto Config Auto adiust config Current Brightness Auto tAdjust brightness according to enviroment brightness Please click Config Hegin Read Scan Board Parameters Fig 5 47 The Auto Adjustment page Click Config button to open the Auto Brightness window Shown in Fig 5 48 is the Auto Brightness window Set the parameters for auto brightness through the Auto Brightness window Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 68 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Auto Brightness Light Sensor for Auto Brightness Stat Index Address Caculate Type of Lux SA fall light Average after
89. ibration coefficients form the current LED display and save them to a database file gt Stepl The calibration coefficients read back can be saved to an existing database or a new database Shown in Fig 5 84 and Fig 5 85 are the pages for saving coefficients to an existing database and a new database respectively Select Database Save to an Existing Database O Save to a New Database Select Database Type Existing Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription Fig 5 85 The page for saving calibration coefficients to an existing database Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 110 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Open Click this button to open an existing database to save the read back calibration coefficients The new saved coefficients will replace the old ones according to the position If the coefficients array size of the opened database is smaller than that of the current display the save operation will be failed If the opened is a cabinet database the ID list of the existing cabinets of the database will be shown Select Database ooo nm O Save to an Existing Database Save to a New Database New Database Type Screen Database O Cabinet Database Select Database Type Existing Cabinet ID Columns Rows Disecription ok er Fig 5 86 The page for saving calibration coefficients to a new database S
90. ication main interface to open the Display Adjustment window for brightness display quality Gamma and color temperature adjustment Among that the current gain setting page defaults to be hidden and this setting page can be displayed by click Advanced Set 5 2 1 Manual Adjustment Select Manual in the Adjustment Mode panel to open manual adjustment page Shown in Fig 5 43 is the manual setting page of the Display Adjustment window Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 62 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Display Adjustment COM4 Screenl COnMd Screen2 COMd ScreenS COM4 Screend Adjustment hlode Manual O Sched Config Auto Display Quality Soft Mode Enhanced Mode Brightness Adjustment _ BAT ET 1 Color Temperature Adjustment Custom Gain Synchronous Default value Hegin Read Scan Board Parameters Config Auto adiust Config Gamma Adiistmant Fixed Yalue Modes O Mode B F 29 camma Ta O Custom FGB brightness 4 E E 255 100 0 les 254 99 6 E B 255 100 0 Synchronous Fig 5 43 The manual adjustment page of the Display Adjustment window Display quality There are two modes for display quality soft mode and strengthen mode Use soft mode for the situation that the environment brightness is not very high Strengthen mode is better when
91. ightness First Brightness First mode is for normal use and it has lower brightness loss Refresh Rate First image refresh rate can be greatly increased but the cost is 8 of brightness loss Gray First Gray First mode will cost 50 brightness to get a better gray when display with low bright Performance balance Balance between gray scale and refreshing and promote refresh rate of low gray level Accelerate Rate This parameter is used to increase the refresh rate If N is selected the refresh rate will be increased by N times Data Clock This is the shift clock frequency The shift clock frequency depends on the performance of driver chips and the circuit design of the modules The higher the driver chip performance is and the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 46 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd better the module circuit is designed the higher the shift clock frequency can be A higher shift clock frequency will results in a larger pixel array more gray levels or higher refresh rate that a receiver card can support Data Duty This is the duty cycle for the shift clock The shift clock frequency can be increased by changing this parameter Normally the duty cycle should be set as 50 Data Phase By phase here refers to the time relation between the shift clock and the corresponding data to be shifted This parameter can be used to eliminate the er
92. in a later part of this manual Cabinet Database Only accessible by advanced users This is used for management of the existing cabinet libraries mcl files or creating new cabinet libraries e Calibration Only accessible by advanced users Select this item to open the calibration page Details about calibration will be given in a later part of this manual Display Control gt Black out Show nothing on the LED display gt Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display gt Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock Yy Self Test show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting Monitor This is used to open the page for system monitoring Details will be given in a later part of this manual Function Card This is used to open the page for multifunction card configuration Details will be given in a later Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 8 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd part of this manual Hardware Information This is used to check the information about the current LED display control system Multiple Screen Management Only accessible by advanced users This is used to open the page for combination display configuration It makes the management of brightness control and monitoring of multiple LED displays easier when these LED displays ar
93. inating afterglow and the software defaults to be ticked oJ Screen Contig COM5 e Scan Board Module Info Chip SUM 2017 Size 32 W 32H Scan Type 1 416 scan Direction Horizontal Decode Type T4HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Regular Pixel Width 126 Pixel Heiaht 256 Module Casc Performance Setting lt 128 lt 256 Right to Lett Refresh Rate Irregular Please make sure E the width and height JT Clear Afterglow Construct Please liust perform make sure T the width view Cabinet andheight 4 Hz Accelerate R Gray Scale orma Gray Mode Refresh Rate First Data Clock 12 5 MHz Data Duty 50 25 75 Clock Phase 27 a Of h 4 S Blanking Time 25 2 00us Ghost Contro 20 N iS a Line Change T 3 0 19 Brightness Effi 66 24 Min OE 80 ns Fig 5 24 Clear afterglow Data group exchange adjust the order of the data groups click Group Swap to compare with the original arrangement sequence of the screen Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 40 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd ca Goupsuap E O Fig 5 25 Data group exchange More settings Symmetrical Data Group Extension _ ea Output Mode E symmetrical Output E Three Doors Output Four Doors Output Data Group Extension E Twenty Data Grou Twenty Four Data E Twe
94. iver cards by address and by sketch map Corresponding pages are shown in Fig 5 32 and Fig 5 33 H Send Parameters to Scan Board All Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards 8 Specified Scan Boards Oo smd Caneel Send By Address S Send By Topolopy Index start from 1 means all 1 If the position of scan board is 1 1it means all the scan boards of the first sending board 2 If the position of scan board is 1 1 it means all the scan boards of the first port in the first sending board 3 If the position of scan board is 1 1 1 it means the first scan board of the first port in the first sending board Fig 5 32 The Send by Address page Shown in Fig 5 32 is the Send by Address page The Sending Port and Scan Bo are used to Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 49 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd specify the receiver cards to which the settings will be sent Set these three parameters according to the instructions given at the lower half of the page a Send Parameters to Scan Board O All Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards Specified Scan Boards O Sed O Caneel Send By Address Send By Topolopy Select ii Screen 1 Location 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screenl O Sereen Pixel Topology Or List F Select Area On Si 2 1 2 3 2 4
95. k Send To HW button again R The parameters in red color are unreasonable please adjust gt Step 2 If all parameter settings are acceptable the dialog as shown in Fig 5 31 will appear after clicking the Send To HW button a Send Parameters to Scan Board All Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards O Specified Scan Boards O Sead Cancel Fig 5 31 The dialog for specifying receiver cards to send the parameter settings to All Scan Boards When this option is selected parameter settings will be sent to all receiver cards scan boards that are connected to the current serial port through the sending boards that are connected with the current serial port Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 48 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Reset the start position of scan boards This option is available when All Scan Boards is selected When this option is checked start positions of all relating receiver cards receiver cards that are connected to the current serial port through the sending boards that are connected with the current serial port will be set as 0 0 Thus all relating receiver cards will show on their pixel arrays the upper left corner image of the computer display Specified Scan Boards This option is for sending parameter settings to specific receiver cards There are two ways for sending parameter settings to specific rece
96. lect the Log File and select the function card to be checked form the function card list the Address list at the left of the page The detail of power supply control will be shown in the panel at the right of the page Edit Click this button to open the page for editing the power supply control schedule Shown in Fig 5 109 is the page for editing the schedule E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 137 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd HE Power Custom List Custom Control List of power Custom Edit Area Delete Clear i in Switch 2 Switch 3 Week Start Time Close Time i Switch 5 Switch 6 Power Switch 1 Preah Switch 8 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Power Switch 2 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 _ Por er Swi tch 8 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 09 02 15 09 02 15 Fig 5 109 the Power Custom List gt Delete click this button to delete the selected items in the Custom Edit Area gt Clear click this button to clear all existing settings gt Power Switch listed in the panel are the power supplies controlled by the function card Select the one to be edited here gt Date select the days for power control in this panel gt Time set the time for star and stop the power in this panel gt Add click this button to add the settings in the Custom Edit Area to the Custom Control List of Power Note The ti
97. lick Read button in the Function Card Time panel To set the function card time click Set button and the function card time will be set the same as that of the computer 5 9 2 3 Software Power Control The page for software power control is as shown in Fig 5 107 Function Card Time 2012 04 17 Tuesday 16 30 23 EZE O Manual Auto Software Control Custom Control List Teek Start Time Close Time Power Switch 1 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Power Swi tch 2 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Porer Swit ch 8 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Fig 5 107 The page for software power control Copy To copy the power control schedule of the current function card so it can be applied to other function cards by pasting Paste To paste the copied power control schedule to the current function card View Log Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 136 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click this button to check the log of the control operations on the power supplies Shown in Fig 5 108 is the page of View Log Bae lect the Log File 2O12 6 4 Monday Log Information Stop 1 10 15 00 Succeed so iaoo ieee sa e hoso eea OOOO 1 Fig 5 108 The View Log page gt Select the Log File select the date of the log to be checked here To check the power control log select the date of the log to be checked in the box labeled Se
98. me for the other displays of the combination display Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 82 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Combination Display Config Seles Combination Display Count 1 4 Sereen Count Zoom COM6 Screenl Fig 5 62 The combination display after configuration The layout of the displays in the combination display can also be arranged Use the mouse to drag the displays The same layout will also be used in the monitoring pages 5 6 Monitor the System Mars series control system provides monitoring function covering DVI signal of sending card hardware status temperature humidity smoke fan power supply cabinet and door status Register the screen of this system into NovaCare server if there is network log in NovaCare website or NovaCare mobile client at any time for remote monitoring of the hardware status of the screen and timely notify the user with the occurred fault through Email Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 83 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Register the screen of this system into NovaCare server if there is network log in NovaCare website or NovaCare mobile client at any time for remote monitoring of the hardware status of the screen and timely notify the user with the occurred fault through Email
99. me standard for the software control mode is the time of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars Is running Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 138 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 9 3 Monitor Data Click Monitor Data button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for system monitoring Show in Fig 5 110 is the page for system monitoring Qin ea amp Power Management External Device Load Program Audio management Monitor Data of Function Card i Temberatu 29 C ee Humidity 29 aaj Voltage A 2V No monitor board Fig 5 110 The page for system monitoring Refresh Click this button to acquire the monitored data from the current function card and the monitor board that connected to the current function card 5 9 4 External Device Click the External Device button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for external devices management Shown in Fig 5 111 is the page of External Device Refresh This is to refresh the information of the external devices Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 139 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Save Click this button to save the external device type settings to a file The Save button must be clicked after any modifying of the external device type settings 1 S Power Man
100. ment is to generate a time table and the LED display brightness Gamma color temperature and brightness mode will be adjusted according to the time table Shown in Fig 5 45 is the schedule adjustment page of the Display Adjustment window Click Config button according to the instruction and the Config Schedule File window will be opened Shown in Fig 5 46 is the Config Schedule File window Click EN add schedule time table for adjustment and NovaLCT Mars will perform the adjustment operations Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 65 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd automatically according to the schedule Display Adjustment move S COM4 Screenl COnMd Screen2 COMd ScreenS COM4d Screend Adjustment hlode Manual Sched Config Auto Auto adiust Current Brightness Brightn gt 55 lee 255 E 255 B 255 Schedual Adjust brightness Gamma and temperature according to time table Please click Config Hegin Read Scan Board Parameters Fig 5 45 The Schedule setting page of the Display Adjustment window Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 66 NOVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Contig Schedual File Brightness Edit Schedual Start Time Brightness Fig 5 46 The Config Schedule File window Note The time of the computer on whic
101. nal Program a shortcut to add frequently used programs m User Advanced Login This is for user login The initial password for advanced users is admin after login user can update the password Enter Demo mode The password is admin and user can experience a part of the function of LCT without connection to the hardware m Language This is used to switch the language of the NovaLCT Mars application Languages available now Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 10 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd are simplified Chinese and English Help Configure information management M Import Export config Set initial position Set the initial coordinates About to check the version information about the NovaLCT Mars application 4 3 Tool Bar screen config the same as Tools gt Screen Config in the main menu siy 9 Brightness ___ the same as Tools gt Brightness in the main menu Calibration_ the same as Tools gt Calibration in the main menu Display Control the same as Tools gt Display Control in the main menu Monitor the same as Tools gt Monitor in the main menu Function Card ___ the same as Tools gt Function Card in the main menu 5 Main Functions of NovaLCT Mars When in the mode with no sending board the control system software will have no sending Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507
102. nce Modul e m 28 r Reference Zone 1 A Adjusted w Reference we Module Module Hack Mant Return Fig 5 96 The page for selecting the calibration coefficients source Note 1 One or more surrounding modules can be selected for generating the calibration coefficients for the new module Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 122 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The calibration coefficients are generated according to those of the selected Surrounding modules and make the pixel array driven by the new module card similar to its surrounding in brightness hue and saturation The generated calibration coefficients are just substitution of those from NovaCLB and are not as good as those from NovaCLB in performance gt Step 4 Adjust the calibration coefficients if the generated coefficients are not satisfying The adjustment page is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details gt Step 5 Save the calibration coefficients to the hardware FLASH so they won t be lost when the LED display is powered off The operation is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 4 for more details 5 8 2 5 Adjust Coefficients If some parts of the LED display are different from the rest in color the col
103. ndard Screen O Comolex Screen Basic information lool Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board Restall F Hide Line Sending Board Index Cae init aa a ml op Boe a Port index J 3 4 Connect Internet access number of r None One o Back lear Pon L i o i Scan Board Size Width 128 Fig 5 19 Example 2 Configuration of internet access If the deconcentrator internet access has been configured before software will prompt To delete the current configuration information click OK and it is done Back This button is used to clear all settings related to the last set sending board Clear Port This button is used to clear all settings related to the current Ethernet port Width Height Scan Board Size These are the width and height of the pixel array of the current receiver card Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 34 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Apply to port Click this button to set the pixel array sizes of all receiver cards connected to the current Ethernet port the same as that of the current receiver card Set Blank Select this if the current position pixel array of the current receiver card needs to be left unset The configuration operation Is easy First if the deconcentrator is not connected set the index as 1 for the receiver card scan board directly connected to a sending bo
104. nformation of the selected scan board will be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh Click this button to show the current version information of the hardware This can be used to check whether the hardware program has been updated LLL E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 179 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 12Dark or Bright Lines Adjustment for cabinet When the user couples with the screen if it is found that there is a bright dark line after the box bodies jointed it can be adjusted by using this function which will adjust the four sides of the box body and bright dark degree of four points in order to improve visual abruption caused by the bright dark lines caused by visual abrupt All parameters will be recorded in the dark bright line configuration files once the dark or bright lines are adjusted The previous dark or bright lines can be reduced by the function of Dark or Bright Lines Recovery for Cabinet if necessary 12 1 Dark or Bright Lines Adjustment for Cabinet The method of operation is as follows 1 Click on tools to Dark or Bright Line Adjustment for Cabinet Dark or Bright Lines Adjustment for Cabinet enter the adjusting page NovaLCT Mars V4 2 5 2 T2 System S Tools C Plugin ToolP User U Language Lang L Help H Screen Configi lat Brightnessi B Screen Cont Calibration C Local System Display Con
105. ng card relay 9 Load configuration file The cabinet configuration files are imported to controller provided that the controller is connected to the control computer with the cabinet configuration files being saved in it if it does not have it the screen can be matched on the site then the configuration files can be saved The operations of saving the configuration files is as follows ees Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 170 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd kz kk ss a Screen Config COMS Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chip SUM2017 Size 32Wx32H Scan Type 1 16 scan Direction Horizontal Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width 128 lt 128 Please a Nidth 2 eiaht Please a 256 naa Loadina error Please adiust perform make sure Pixel Heiaht 7 lt 256 the width n the width Module Casc Rightto Left andheight Construct View Cabinet and height JT Performance Setting Clear Afterglow Refresh Rate Accelerate R Gray Scale Gray Mode Data Clock Data Duty 0 25 75 Clock Phase Low Gray Co Blanking Time 2 00us Ghost Contro Line Change T 0 19 Brightness Effi Fig 9 1 Save configuration file The steps for loading configuration file are shown as below 1 Click the Tools
106. nitor Info onitor Server Status Server Version 3 0 Fig 4 2 The main interface for advanced users Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 6 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 1 Update password User can modify the code after login as shown in the following figure Plug in Tool P User U Language Lang L Help H Change Password U g r nen Pi ows i Logout E a Monitor Function Card screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control system s Tools C Local System Info Other Device View Detail Control System wE vw Eo es ek a BB wo ooj ojo 0000 oO o Server Status Server Version 3 0 Fig 4 3 Update Password 4 2 Main Menu mE System Reconnect This is used to reconnecting the NovaLCT Mars to the LED display control system Tools Screen Config Only accessible by advanced users This is used for configuration of the LED display control Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd system Details about this operation will be given in a later part of this manual Brightness This is used for adjusting the LED display brightness There are three ways for brightness adjustment automatic brightness manual brightness and schedule brightness Details about brightness adjustment will be given
107. nty Eight Data rl D Signal is taken as the second way clock to Ghost Control Signal Signal Switch Open Close Signal Polarity High Low Hub Mode Normal 20 Gourps 24 Groups 28 Groups Graphics Output Scan Direction Reverse Sca Fig 5 26 More settings gt Output Mode Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 41 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Symmetrical Output If selected the two 50pin output ports of a scan board will work for the left and the right half of the cabinet pixel array respectively Three doors output being optional and after being selected the loaded box will be divided into three parts from left to right Four doors output being optional and after being selected the loaded box will be divided into four parts from left to right gt MOM Topology gt Fig 5 27 is the physical connection schematic diagram of Flash According to that diagram the sequence number of BUS is determinedly selector Users shall consult HUB board designer for connection of the flash module to confirm the sequence number of BUS One BUS can be cascaded with multiple modules The MOM Topology can be set on the software according to the actual order of connection Scan board aS INPUT OUTPUT aN l Flash f z N INPUT OUTPUT Module Flash Module 7 INPUT OUTPUT Flash Module Fig
108. o rename it and then click Choose region to set the corresponding coordinates and size of the sample batches when selecting in accordance with pixels area if there is a red box it shows that it is out of range If one selects a batch and tick as a reference only not adjustable only select one batch then this batch will be used as a reference target value which could not be further modified If you do not tick such a target value can be modified in the next step Click Next once setting is completed Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 158 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Set sample batches cample batches Screen imformation Communi cation CONS m Select i j ts display He Sample regional information a coordinates OQ Y coordinates sample batchesl Sample batches Sample batches Sample batches4 Width 32 Height Colorimeter measurement value Ser een Brightness Please maintain sample information of the batches can add or delete export and import Steps 1 first select a maintained sample batch 2 maintain the Screen l Location 0 Y 0 Size 324 16H Screen Pixel E Topology or List Select Area On Screen Start Columns Start Rows of Width Hei ght Fig 7 5 Choose region 3 View the effect of initial adjustment it can automatically switch each color or be manually
109. odule information to software Option 1 Smart setting Option 2 Load module from file File Path Browse Option 3 Load module from database Cabinet Database Al Browse Path i ss Selected Module Select Module 1 Fi ew iM o dul Hert Chere Fig 5 3 The Smart Setting dialog Select Option 1 Smart setting and click Next to activate smart setting wizard The Smart Setting Step 1 window will appear as shown in Fig 5 4 E T Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 15 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Data Type Concurrent Chip Type Common Chip OE Polarity Unknown Module Info niue Type Regular Module Irregular Module Actual Pixel x 32 E y 32 x Data Group Scan Type C Over 16 Scans Module in one scan Cols 2 Rows 2 Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Down Right Left 2 Down To Up scan Board Work Mode Hub Mode Normal 20Groups 24Groups 28 Groups Ghost Control Signal Polarity High Low o Not Cancel Fig 5 4 Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Select the driver chip type from the list according to what is actually used for the cabinets OE Polarity This option can be High Effective Low Effective or Unknown Module type The option can be regular module or irregular module If it is se
110. of the current sending board will be used for data output Connect to deconcentrator If the system is connected with deconcentrator tick this option to configure the deconcentrator internet access When deconcentrator is connected tick Connect to deconcentrator on the software screen and then click Config to popup the window for configuration of deconcentrator internet access as shown below E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 29 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen Type Simole Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information Location x j0 Virtual Mo Enable Scan Board Scan Board a Columns in ResetAl ian Sending Board Index ppa papapa Aa a S Port Index 2 3 4 of deconcentrato 9 CE ir M access A Internet access number of deconcentrator Internet access model None One One of deconcentrator Scan Board Size Width 128 Fig 5 17 Configuration of deconcentrator internet access Set the number of sending card number of sending card internet access and the internet access model respectively None directly connect the on load or off load receiving card One split to eight One port of sending board connect to input port of deconcentrator port A and split to eight ports Two split to four Two ports of sending board connect to input ports of deconcentrator po
111. of the error lights in the pixel array sketch Blue This is the number of the error blue LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch Red B This is the number of the error virtual red LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch 5 8 Brightness Color Calibration 5 8 1 Online Calibration In online calibration NovaCLB connects with NovaLCT Mars through network Data and instructions for LED display calibration are exchanged through the network Shown in Fig 5 78 is the page for online calibration D Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 101 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd HS Screen Calibration Current Serial Port Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Network Setting come Current Screen Communication Log TE H16 01 27 Listening succeed Screenl Enable Disnable Calibraion Enable CI Calibration iene Fig 5 78 The page for online calibration Current Serial Port This is the serial port through which the LED display to be calibrated is connected to the computer Current Screen The LED displays connected to the computer will be list in this panel Select the LED display to be calibrated from the list Local IP This is the IP address that
112. ol information Add One Control Information Display Number Control Information Control Type Temperature Control s Decrease the brightness Temperature The maximu The averao When the tem 60 a Brightness decrease Open Cooling Device Power Off Fig 5 70 Temperature Control Information prec Ser X i Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 93 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Add One Control Information 25 Display Number Control Information Control Type When the Smo Power Off E Send e mail after power off Configuring email infor l F Switch M Switch Switch oo x Sw teh n E Switch M Switch E Switch n C Switch of Switch oof Switch E Switch n E Switch of Switch C Switch mam on amp oo ho e Fig 5 72 Select The Controlled Power Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 94 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 6 4 2 Monitor Control Log Preview Konitor Control Log Pees mate pase Fim Date Wednesday April 14 2012 e E eR A R A T E r I Log Information 16 40 44 COMB Sereenl Temperature 327 brightness decrease 50 Succeed 17 41 06 COME Sereenl Temperature gt 327 brightness decrea
113. omatic Power Control The page for automatic power control is as shown in Fig 5 106 Function Card Time 2012 04 17 Tuesday 18 30 23 Read Set Set Notes Start Delay 0000 00 pun pi Beeese QO Manual O Software Control Start Stop Switch 1 10 51 30 13 52 30 K Switch 2 13 51 30 13 52 30 8 v Switch 3 13 51 30 13 52 30 1 Switch 4 13 51 30 13 52 30 5 v Switch 5 13 51 30 13 52 30 4 Switch 6 13 51 30 13 52 30 Switch T 13 51 30 13 52 30 Switch 8 13 51 30 4 13 52 30 18 Fig 5 106 The page for automatic power control Select the Auto option to set the power control mode into auto control mode The time for start or stop each power supply can be set through this page Click Send button to send the schedule to the hardware And the hardware system will automatically start or stop the power supplies according to the schedule Note 1 In Auto mode the schedule will be disabled if the Emergency Stop button is clicked The schedule won t be enabled until the Start All button is clicked 2 The time standard for automatic power control is the function card time Check the function card time before setting the schedule for auto power control To Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 135 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd check the function card time c
114. one NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 185 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 13 2NovaLCT Mars shows No Screen on corresponding pages If the LED display has been configured already then try reading the configurations from the display by click the Read from HW button on the Screen Configuration page as shown in Fig 13 1 If the display has not been configured yet configure it Ses Screen N 1 M Conio Sending Board I Scan Board Screen Connection EI Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information ee Location X yo Virtual Mo Enable me Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board 1 Reset All Hide Line Sending Board Index Columns Rows E 7 PS a Sending 1 Port Port Index E 2 aj a Height 128 tee ieee Scan Board Size wan 2 a C Set Blank Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to ca Fig 13 1 The Screen Configuration page 13 3The LED display does not show the image correctly during the Smart Setting procedure Check whether the sending board resolution and the graphic card output video resolution on the Sending Board page are the same Set them to be the same if they are not Shown in Fig 13 2 is the Sending Board page eT Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website w
115. or of these areas can be adjusted by modifying the corresponding calibration coefficients gt Step 1 Select the areas to be adjusted Fig 5 97 shows the page for area selecting D Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 123 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select The Adjustive Area Screen 1 Location Z 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screen O Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen e U a Fig 5 97 The page for selecting the area to be adjusted gt Step 2 Select the adjustment type If Adjust Own Effect option is selected the color adjustment of selected area is independent to the other areas of the LED display If Effect As Other Selected Area option is selected the color of the selected area will be adjusted according to the reference area color The selected area color will look similar to the reference area color after the adjustment operation Shown in Fig 5 98 and Fig 5 99 are the page for the two adjustment type respectively Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 124 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select The Adjustive Mode Adjust Own Effect O Effect As Other Selected Area Adjust own effect Jamie tite emt Fig 5 98 The page for Adjust Own Effect option Select The Adjustive Mode O Adjust Own Effect Effect As Other Selected Area Select
116. put i Resolution 1440 x 900 resolution 1440 x 900 set the sending board display mode Resolution 1440 x 900 px we C Custom iaso X oo Refresh Rate 60 Ww Hz Set Fig 5 34 The Sending Board page Sending Board Resolution This is the image resolution saved in the sending board Graphics output resolution This is the image resolution of the output AVI video of the computer graphic card Refresh Click this button to update the Sending Board Resolution and the Graphics output resolution Resolution This is the resolution that is going to be set for the sending board Select one from the drop off list Refresh Rate This is the refresh rate that is going to be set for the sending board Select one from the drop off list Custom Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 51 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Check this option to customize the sending board resolution gt Step 2 Click Set button in the Set the sending board display mode panel to send the new set resolution and refresh rate to the sending board gt Step 3 Switch the graphic card mode from duplicate or extend to single display and then switch back This operation is to avoid physical reconnecting DVI cable for the graphic card to update sending board info gt Step 4 If refresh rate is changed parameters settings on the Scan Board page must be resent If it is not
117. r one Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 12 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd control system the serial port that is used to connect the control system which is to be configured should be set as the current serial port If it s the mode with no sending board please set the corresponding network port Step 2 Load system configuration file Select Load Config File option use Browse button to select the system configuration file to be loaded and then click Next The selected configuration file will be automatically loaded to the LED display system The LED display system will have been configured when the load operation is finished Note The loaded performance parameters from the configuration file can be adjusted if they are not suitable Please refer to 5 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters for details about how to adjust the performance parameters 5 1 2 Start Manually 5 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Stepl Select Config Screen option in the Screen Config window Fig 5 1 and click Next to open the window for manual configuration of the LED displays The window is as shown in Fig 5 2 E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 13 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a Screen Config COM4 Sal Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Graphics output Resolution
118. reen type which are simple screen standard screen and complex screen These options will be shown at the top of each screen page on the Screen Configuration page Choose a screen type before any configuration operation Configurations for different type of screen will be given as follow gt Simple Screen Configuration The page for simple screen configuration is shown in Fig 5 13 E A Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 24 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd aD Screen Config COM3 gt Sending Board Screen Connection _2 Screen N Conio Screen Type Simple Screen 5 Standard Screen O Complex Screen Mote One sending board for screen every scan board must have same loading Basic Information Location x 0 Yoo Virtual M 7 Enable pa Connection Setting Scan Bo tolum amp Scan Bo vidth 125 Scan Bo Rows 5 Scan Bo Heig 125 Connecting Mode Horizontal a ver imal LT ae L U G4 i 6sxs64 and must be integer multiples ofthe columns of scan boards Advance nce main Reeasiouti aaan SaecontaFle Sae cose Fig 5 13 Simple screen configuration page Location This is the upper left corner of a rectangular area of the computer display The rectangle area of the computer display is called mapping area Content inside the mapping area will be shown on the LED display The default location i
119. resh the power management information including the power control mode manual auto or software control the power supply status start or stop the function card time and the delay time Start All This button is to start all power supplies controlled by the function card Emergency Stop Click this button to stop all power supplied controlled by the function card For power supplies under auto control their schedules will be disabled when the emergency stop operation is executed The schedules won t be enabled until Start All button ts clicked Manual This is to set the power control into manual control mode Use the Start button or the Stop button to start or stop the corresponding power Auto This is to set the power control into auto control mode The hardware system will start or stop the power supplies according to the schedule automatically The schedule can be set and send to the hardware through NovaLCT Mars Software Control In this mode NovaLCT Mars controls the power supplies according to the schedule set for the power supplies 5 9 2 1 Manual Power Control Select the Manual option to set the power supply control mode in to manual mode And the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 134 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd power supplies of the function card can be controlled through the corresponding Start button or Stop button 5 9 2 2 Aut
120. rors due to the phase such as image dislocation and flashing pixels Low Gray Compensation For driver chips that cannot respond to narrow pulse signals the Low Gray Compensation parameter can be used to improve the image quality of low gray levels Blanking Time This is the line blanking interval This parameter can be used to weaken the decoy Increase the value of this parameter if decoy is serious Ghost Control This refers to the time to end the process for weakening decoy It is used in conjunction with Blanking Time and Line Change Time to weaken the decoy Line Change Time This parameter refers to the time to switch to the next row It is used in conjunction with Blanking Time to weaken the decoy of scan mode LED displays Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 47 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The steps of performance parameters adjustment are as follow gt Step 1 Adjust the parameters in the Performance Setting panel Fig 5 23 until the Maximum Width and Height shown in the Cabinet Info panel Fig 5 22 are larger than the pixel array size of the cabinet Then click the Send To HW button on Fig 5 21 If the message as follow appears after clicking the Send To HW button it means there are parameters not properly set in the Performance Setting panel or the Cabinet Info panel Those parameters will be in red Reset those parameters and clic
121. rt A and port B and split to eight ports each port split to four Example 1 Port 1 and Port 2 of sending board 1 are set as two then internet access model of port 1 and port 2 of sending board 1 shall be set as two After the setup is finished it shall be Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 30 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd like the following figure port 1 corresponds to A1 A2 A3 and A4 and port 2 corresponds to B1 B2 B3 and B4 Screen Type Simole Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information Location x 0 Virtual Mo Enable o Operate Port Scan Board Sending Board Index Pr 2 a mal s 5 onl i m Port index Connect intemmet access number of deconcentrator None A2 B2 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 31 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen Type Simole Screen Standard Screen Comolex Screen Basic Information ce Location xX 9 VirtualMo E Enable Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board Sending Board Index Rows p al Sl a Bl el oo Port Index Jay SEN Internet access number of deconcentrator Sending Sending Sendingr Sendinar One Two Port Po ort Pon None int mmet access infemetl eccess temet acces imtemmet access A1 B1 A2 B2 A3 B3 A4 B4 nf f P nf Scan Board Size Width 128 H
122. ry On Module Manage r lt remem Serial Port COM3 Send By Address Send By Topolopy Select Screen Screen 1 Location 0 Y 0 Size soa x 128H Select Area On 7 i Screen Pixel Topology Or List Screen Operate all pixels nesheratceninincamen Qeectenetsennindietsh tnnenetcennenqumm tummdesiindiotdee snbinshithenten Fig 6 1 Light panel Flash operation interface Serial Port Serial port of currently connected sending equipment Send by Address Double click the corresponding table and set the physical address the description is shown as follows stg et steeds Means all the Scan boards of the first sending board 1 1 Means all the scan boards of the first port in the first sending board Means the first scan board of the first port in the first sending board Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 151 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Index start from 1 means all Flash Check no support J 1 lfthe position of scan board is 1 it means all the scan boards of the first sending board 2 lfthe position of scan board is 1 1 it means all the scan boards of the first port in the first sending board 3 lf the position of scan board is 1 1 1 it means the first scan board ofthe first port in the first sending board Guimntinneten freeteminstets Seminye jmeiemteis amani Fig 6 2
123. s 0 0 which is actually the upper left corner of the computer display Virtual Mode Specify the pixel mode of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 lights or virtual 4 lights Select the Start to launch the virtual mode click ie to enter into the setting interface of the Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 25 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd virtual mode Select the layout type of the lights on the top right corner of the window and drag the mouse on the left side of the window to change the arrangement of the lights For example if the Erected Triangle Interaction is selected the changed positions are as follows Set Virtual Hode Layout Rectangle Erected Triangle Interaction Inverted Triangle Interaction Preview Prompt Inf Dragging round object with the mouse ca Red LED Me Swe LED I Viruaired LED aoe Cancel Get Virtual Bode Layout O Rectangle Erected Triangle Interaction Inverted Triangle Interaction Preview Prompt Infc Dragging round object with the mouse ca MM Red LED B Green LED a ns MM Swe LED I Virvalred LED aK Cancel Fig 5 15 Positions of the virtual lights after change Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 26 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 3D Enable Select this i
124. s with _ Disabled accounts _ Non expiring password Days since last logon Fig 13 8 Select User 8 Click OK again Fig 13 9 Add Everyone Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 191 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 9 Enter into the following interface select all of the allows and click OK Object name C Program Files amp 86 Nova Star NovaLCT Mars Group or user names ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES amp CREATOR OWNER amp SYSTEM lt Pennissions for Everyone Full control Modify Read amp execute List folder contents Read Leam about access control and pennissions Fig 13 10 Finish Permissions setting for Bin 10 Finish Permissions setting and begin to enjoy the convenience brought by LCT Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 192 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 14Appendix 14 1Update Info For NovaLCT Mars Ver 1 4 Add the sending board 2011 12 14 configuration 2012 3 8 For NovaLCT Mars Ver 2 2 1 i Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 193
125. se 50 Succeed Fig 5 73 Monitor Control Log 5 6 4 3 Recovering Of Monitor Control The latest control information will show in the bottom right corner in the main form and the monitor page As it show in Fig 5 74 is the information which comes from the last control 2 O O O O O 2012 6 6 15 43 53 COM6 Screenl brightness decrea Fig 5 74 Control Information In The Monitor Page Click this link label to view the controlled information list as it show in Fig 5 75 E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 95 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Finished Control Ed Finished Control _C_ Ferre tonerot gt Fig 5 75 View The Control Information List Recover Control If the control scheme is performed View 5 6 4 1 Configure Control Scheme to configure the control scheme and the user can restart monitor control by clicking this button after dealing with the fault View Log Open the log window and view the stored logs 5 7 Error Dot Detect The LED lights status checking function also known as Error Dot Detect is to check the working status of each LED light on a LED display NovaLCT Mars can detect and locate LED lights that are IN open circuit or short circuit status Note 1 Error Dot Detect is only available for LED displays of which the LED lights driver chips support LED lights open short circuit status che
126. sent the receiving card may self adapt to the refresh rate when the refresh rate is too high and exceeds the on load range the receiving card will not self adapt to the refresh rate then the new refresh rate must be sent to the receiving card If the resolution of the final DVI video is different from that of the computer which is use to configure the Mars serial LED display control system the sending board resolution must be set as that of the final DVI video when the configuration operation is finished If the refresh rate of the final DVI video is different from that of the computer which is use to configure the Mars serial LED display control system the sending board refresh rate must be set as that of the final DVI video when the configuration operation is finished And don t forget to resend the parameters settings on the Scan Board page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 52 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 1 6 3D Config As shown below click Config to allow the 3D parameter configuration The option will be shown when 3D sending board connect to the system The video modes are Side By Side Frame Packing and Top And Button The phase control covers Left Eye First and Right Eye First Click Send to send the parameters to the hardware Note The sent parameters are only available after the Enable 3D is ticked off
127. shall be selected Select the Advanced Setting to add several thresholds and respectively enter the environmental brightness and the screen brightness boundaries See Fig 5 51 the environmental brightness that is less than 20lux or between 20lux and 100lux corresponds to 30 screen brightness the environmental brightness that is between 100lux 200lux corresponds to 80 of the screen brightness and the environmental brightness that is larger 200lux corresponds to 100 of the screen brightness E A Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 71 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Environment Brighin Screen Brightness ewe joo lux Linear adiustment between mininum and maxinum Linear adjustment Numbers of 5 as gt 10 Below fo luk n Fig 5 50 Segment interval setting Screen Brightness Fig 5 51 Several thresholds test for segment intervals Note NovaLCT Mars first generates the environment brightness value from measurement results of all available light sensors according to the calculating type And then NovaLCT Mars uses the generated environment brightness to adjust the LED display brightness according to the parameter settings such as brightness thresholds segment numbers Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 72 NOVA STAR NovaStar T
128. site www novastar led com 118 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click this item to switch to the simple adjustment page The color bar under each side bar indicates the color to be shown when adjusting Note If the cabinet driven by the new receiver card is only different from the surrounding cabinets in brightness simple adjustment is sufficient If the cabinet driven by the new receiver card is different from the surrounding cabinets in color adjust the brightness saturation and hue through the advanced adjustment page for better image quality Use the test tools in Plug In Tool Test Tool to require the LED display to show the color that is being adjusted gt Step 4 Save the calibration coefficients to the hardware FLASH so they won t be lost when the LED display is powered off Shown in Fig 5 93 is the page for saving the coefficients to the hardware Click the Save button to save the coefficients to the hardware Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 119 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Save Coefficients i mesay aminini etna Fig 5 93 The page for saving calibration coefficients to the hardware 5 8 2 4 Set coefficients for a new module gt Stepl Specify the cabinet which the new module is in this can be done through the page shown in Fig 5 94 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 7
129. sketch map of a cabinet to show its information 2 Module specifications have effect on the Error Dot Detect result Please set the Error Dot Detect parameters according to the module type Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 99 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd In Fig 5 76 click on the cabinet in the sketch map to open the Error Dot Detect Result of Modules window for details about LED lights status information Shown in Fig 5 77 is the Error Dot Detect Result of Modules window showing the LED lights status of the red cabinet in Fig 5 76 Point Detect Result Of Modules F Red A 0 Green 8 Blue 0 Red E 0 E a Sd 5S 6 Tt 8 90 1 12 13 44 13 26 me pea 222 Ze Fig 5 77 the Error Dot Detect Result of Modules Shown on the left of Fig 5 77 is the module array of the cabinet and on the right the pixel array of the selected module in the module array Red A This is the number of the error red LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch The black points in the array are the error lights Green This is the number of the error green LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 100 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd the locations
130. sosesssssssssosocosesosososssssssssasosososesosososeseshe tae cit O o eosssssssssssosocosssosososssssssssssssososesosossssesssss 193 14 1 UPDATE INFO ere a a a a E E EE 193 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com IV NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 Introduction toNovaLCT Mars Nova M3 series LED screen control system taking the software NovaLCT Mars as operating platform cooperating with data transmitter receiver card monitoring card and multifunctional card realizes smart setting brightness control power control light point supervision screen calibration and hardware monitoring of LED screen so the user can easily control all the key information of the screen in front of a computer to perfectly reveal your screen at any time Nova M3 series control system has the important performances as follows gt High grey scale and high refresh rate universal chip with high grey scale high refresh rate and high performance gt Point by point chroma correction correct color of every lamp eliminate chroma difference among batches of LEDs gt Comprehensive status monitoring supervising work status temperature humidity smog supply voltage of switch fan rotating speed and single lamp open and short circuit of every cabinet gt Infinite area load unique cascade and synchronization technology and huge stable and reliable load without black out jitter or stu
131. t of the computer Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 131 NOVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Ethernet Port add a function card which is connected to a Ethernet port of the sending board controller Remove This is to remove the selected node The selected node could be a function card Ethernet port sending board or a serial port Rename This is to rename the selected function card Serial port Operation The corresponding menu item and tool bar button are only available when the following requirements are satisfied The selected node is a serial port the device connected to the serial port does not match the device type of the serial port or the serial port is disconnected gt Modify Serial Port set the selected serial port as one that no function card has been configured for it gt Replace Serial Port when the function card of the selected node is connected to a serial port other than that of the selected node click this button to replace the selected node serial port with the one that is connected with the function card 5 9 2 Power Management Click the Power Management button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for power management The Power Management page is shown in Fig 5 105 Circled in the page is the Power Management button Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492
132. t to be irregular module the counts of driver chips for one data set and one color should be given Actual Pixel This is the size of the real pixel array of a module X represents the width and Y the height Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 16 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Decoding type The options can be Static 74HC138 Code Decode595 LXY695x Straight Decoding Scan Type The options could be any scan rate between 1 scan and 16 scan or unknown Rows and columns of the Module in one scan board also named receiver card This is the size of the module array in the cabinet which is being configured by smart setting Module Cascade Type Select the corresponding option according to the module connection routing Note that the cabinet should be observed from the front when considering the cascade direction Working Mode of Receiving Card gt Hub mode Select the Hub mode of the receiving card which could be divided into normal 20 group 24 group and 28 group gt Afterglow control signal polarity the polarity of the signal shall be selected according to the design of the afterglow circuit Note 1 If the module array size is set as the default 1 column 1 row the modules in the first rows of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on 2 Or if the module array size is set as the real numbers the last module of each first
133. tar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 75 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd al Adjustable parameter settings p Failure to read the ambient brightness adjust brightness to Adjustable speed settings Enable brightness gradient Auto Adjustment information Detect Period BO Read times of light 5 Notice Before doing every auto adjustment we will read the light sengor value N times and caculate the average value after removing maximum and minimum then we adjust screen brightness according to this average value and the linear straight which you get Fig 5 56 The Adjustable parameter setting window Set the values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors Detect Period is the time period the light sensors measure the environment brightness Read times of light sensors is the times that NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors Thus the auto brightness time interval is the production of Detect Period and Read times of light sensors For example if light sensors measure the environment brightness every 10 second this is the Detect Period and NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors for 5 times this is the Read times of light sensor before adjusting the LED display brightness the auto brightness time interval will be 50 seconds Note The default values for Detect Period and Read times of
134. tem System will support the 3D products Scan Board Columns Rows These are the numbers of columns and rows of the scan boards receiver cards array of the LED display Scan Board Width Height These two parameters in the Scan Board Info panel refer to the width and height of the pixel array driven by a scan board receiver card They must be set the same as those set in the Scan Board page Sending This parameter is used to specify the current sending board sending Card The sending board of the chosen index is will be set as the current sending board And all relating settings are for this sending board Connecting Mode Select the connecting mode of cable Port 1 Loaded Set the number of scan boards that port 1 loaded Advance If the connecting mode of each port is different click the link to enter advance mode gt Standard Screen Configuration The page for standard screen configuration is shown in Fig 5 16 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 27 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a9 Screen Config COM3 7 Sending Board Screen Connection Screen N Comia Screen Type 5 Simple Screen Standard Screen 5O Complex Screen Basic Information Location yO gt D Virtual Mode E Enable Pa j Scan Board Scan Board a The current network port operations aa 5 5 _ ResetAll Hide Line Sending Board Index 1 Part Port Index 1 2 3 4
135. ter the parameters The display effect could be reviewed in real time after the adjustment 2 Check the Enable Color Restore 3 Click Send to send the information to the hardware 4 Click Save to HW and parameters can be saved to the hardware which cannot be lost in case of power failure Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 149 NOVA STAR 6 Memory On Module Manage NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click the option Memory On Module Manage in Tools and open the light panel Flash operation interface as you can see in the figure ay NovalCT Mars V4 2 2 T2 anm Systems Toolsi Plug in Tool P Useri Language LangjiL HelpiH Screen Config S n Pi Brightness B vA Se Screen Cont Calibration C itor Function Card Display Control P bonito rt ha Local System Control Sy Function Cardi F betel Hardware Information H Multiple Screen Management A Error Dot Detect T Prestore Picture R Color Restore Q Memory On Module Managed Monitor Info Server Status Receive Card relay MultiBatch of AdgustmentiM Load Configuration File E Dark or Bright Line Adjustment for Cabinet F Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 150 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a Memo
136. to the computer Error Dot Detect Parameters gt Detect Type This is the LED lights status type can be checked gt Threshold Current Set the current threshold for Error Dot Detect here by selecting an index gt Current Gain Current gain can be enabled disabled here To modify the current gain settings click the Change Setting item Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 98 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Detect Screen Click this button to perform Error Dot Detect on the whole display Detect Selected Click this button to perform Error Dot Detect on the pixel array of the selected receiver cards Pause Click this button to pause the ongoing Error Dot Detect operation Stop Click this button to stop the ongoing Error Dot Detect operation Zoom Drag the slide bar to zoom in or out of the LED display sketch map Notification panel The information of the ongoing Error Dot Detect operation will be shown in this panel Colors of the LED display sketch map gt Gray the Error Dot Detect operation result is unknown It may be due to hardware communication failure or receiver card setting error gt Red Error LED lights detected The number shown is the number of the error LED lights gt Green No error LED lights detected gt Yellow the receiver card cabinet does not connected with a monitor card Note 1 Put the curse on the
137. trol P Monitor h tor Function Card Control Sy Function Card F siew Detail wanitoRinda Hardware Information H Multiple Screen Management Error Dot Detect T Prestore Picture R Color Restore O Memory On Module Manage U Server Status Receive Card relayi MultiBatch ofAdgustment i Load Configuration File E Dark or Bright Line Adjustment for Cabinet Dark or Bright Lines Adjustment for Cabinet Dark or Bright Lines Recovery for Cabinet Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 180 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Operation Instructions and Attentions Choose Display Topology Graph Tips Yellow means select all leds while green means select some leds Region optio Row Column lS C Display Number F Lock Selection C Hide Topology Adjust Lines Method RGB Prior White Prior Color Red Blue White Fig 12 1 Quickly adjust bright dark line interface 2 Select the screen that will be adjusted currently and select the location that will play the screen which setting must be set the same as the computer display 3 After select screen it will display splicing topology corresponding immediately the user can quickly see the specific location that bright dark line shines upon the topological graph on the screen And then select to adjust It will introduce the method that select and cancel the edge or vertex as
138. tter gt Perfect anomalous type support arbitrary cabling arbitrary point extraction arbitrary point insertion anomalous plate anomalous cabinet anomalous screen and easy load gt Low grey scale with richness and smoothness first class build up of luminance and grey scale of 16bit which makes the image of the screen fine and smooth gt Green energy saving and environmental protection low voltage low power consumption low radiation and easily passing EMI EMC Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 1 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Overall chip supported support TI Toshiba MBI SITI ENE MY Ri yue cheng Microblock and other series of products and supportTLC59282 TLC5929 TLC5944 DM13A DM13H P2510 SUM2016 SUM2017 MBI5020 5024 5034 5035 5042 5050 5152 SUM2032 MY9221 9262 RT5924 16158 5122 5929 5266 5166and other IC gt No sending board mode supported being fit for small screen control Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 2 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 1 Configuration list Product name Type Version No Functions Remarks NovaLCT Mars V4 2 5 Operating platform Standard configuration eee Selectable MSD600 MCTRL300 Sending board Transmitting data MCTRL500 MCTRL600 MCTRL610 MRV200 MRV210 Standard configuration
139. ule configuration files can be used for quick configuration of modules requiring the same kind of settings Receiver Card Configuration File Saved in a receiver card configuration file are the settings of receiver cards Receiver card configuration files can be used for quick configuration of cabinets requiring the same kind of settings LED Display Configuration File Saved in a LED display configuration file are the information of how receiver cards are put together to construct a LED display The LED display configuration files can be used for quick construction of a LED display System Configuration File Saved is a system configuration file is the complete setting information of a LED display control system it can be used to quickly recover a LED display control system from error or to quickly start a LED display gt Save a module configuration file There are two ways to save a module configuration file The first is to save it at the last step of smart setting please refer to 5 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 58 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 9for details Shown in Fig 5 39 is the dialog for saving module settings to a module configuration file Save Hodule Note You can save module to file or cabinet database for later using Module Name Option 1 Save module to file File Path Option 2 Sa
140. up Setting Hot Backup Setting Master Device Slave Device Master Sending Master Port index Slave Sending Board Index Board Index Slave Port Index Fig 5 36 The Hot Backup Setting panel Master Device Master Sending Board Index this is the index of the sending board which is to be set as a Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 54 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd master device Master Port Index this is the index of the Ethernet port of a master device sending board that is used to output data Slave Device Slave Sending Board Index this is the index of the sending board which is to be set as a slave device Slave Port Index this is the index of the Ethernet port of a slave device sending board that is used to output data Refresh To update the current hot backup information Send To send the hot backup settings to hardware New To add a new record into the hot backup info list Edit To edit a record in the hot backup info list Delete To delete a record in the hot backup info list gt Stepl Click Add button to open the dialog for adding a hot backup record The dialog is as shown in Fig 5 37 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 55 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Hot Backup Setting Master Sending I Slave Sending Board In
141. uto Refresh Auto Refresh Retry times Setting Retry times after read status failed Refresh and Alarm Setting Refresh Status Refresh Temperature Refresh power of scan board Connect Monitor Board Refresh Humidity Refresh Smoke Refresh cabinet status Refresh status of Cabinet Door Refresh Fan Every cabinet has same number of fan Every cabinet has different number of fan Refresh power 9 O Every cabinet has same number of power Every cabinet has different number of power Alarm Setting Fahrenheit Temperture When NI C display alarm information When humidity display alarm information When speed lt speed min display alarm information When voltage lt 4 display alarm information Uni forn Setting m ea Fig 5 65 the Monitor Setting page for individual display setting Note The Monitor Setting page is in the Uniform Setting status by default 5 6 1 2 Display with Cabinets Varying in Fan Power Supply Number For a display of which the cabinets are different in fan power supply number use the individual display Monitor Setting page for monitoring option setting Click Single Setting at the lower left corner of the Monitor Setting page Fig 5 60 to open the individual display Monitor Setting page Fig 5 75 To set the fan power supply number for each cabinet click the Setting button to open the setting page after select Refresh Fan Refr
142. ve module to database Cabinet Database Change Database Path seed Fig 5 39 The dialog for saving module setting to a module configuration file The other way is to click button in the Module Info panel of the Receiver Card page The module settings can be saved to a module configuration file through the opened dialog Shown in Fig 5 40 is Module Info panel of the Receiver Card page that the button Is on Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chip Common C Size 46W 16H Scan Type Static gt Direction Horizontal Decode Type f4HO138 Decodina Data Groun 5 Fig 5 40 The Module Info panel gt Load a module configuration file In smart setting step 2 Please refer to 5 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step 2 select Option 2 Load module from file on the Smart Setting dialog and follow the instructions gt Save a receiver card configuration file To save settings to a receiver card configuration file click the Save File button at the bottom of the Scan Board page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 5 41 is the Scan Board page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 59 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd H Screen Config CON19 SE Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chip Common C Size 32W x32H Scan Type 1 16
143. w this picture in its own region Test Effect Show the selected picture on the screen This operation will not save the picture to the hardware Save To Hardware User can click this button to save the picture as prestore picture to the hardware if he is satisfied with the test effect Check Store Picture In order to check the stored effect click this button to show the prestore picture which was stored in the hardware on the screen 2 Function Settings Boot Screen User can set whether enable boot screen or not and the boot screen time when power on The prestore picture is used as the boot screen Cable Disconnect User can select the display frame when cable disconnect No DVI Signal User can select the display frame when there is no DVI signal Send Send the settings to the hardware If Save to Hardware is not clicked the settings will lost after power off Save To Hardware Save current settings to hardware then the settings will not lost after power oft 5 12Color Restore Color restore is mainly aimed to solve and adapt to the gamut conversion at a different standard Interface Tools Color Restore to enter the interface color restore as shown below Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 147 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Serial Port COM13 Screen C
144. ww novastar led com 186 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Graphics output Refresh Resolution 1440 x 300 resolution 1440 x 900 Refresh Set the sending board display mode Resolution 1440 x 900 px k LI Custom Refresh Rate 50 Hz Set Fig 13 2 The Sending Board page Check whether the settings in the Smart Setting procedure are correct 13 4Only a part of the modules of each cabinet work normally in Smart Setting Check whether the size of the module array is correctly set in the page of Smart Setting Step 1 Shown in Fig 13 3 is the Smart Setting Step 1 page Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Data Type Concurrent Chip Type Common Chip OE Polarity Module Info Module Type Actual Pixel Data Group Decoding Type T4HC138 Decoding scan Type Cl Over 16 Scans 116 scan w Module in one scan cos 2 E Rows CP ED Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Down O oa pr Right Left Down To Up scan Board Work Mode Hub Mode Normal 20 Groups 24Groups 28 Groups Ghost Control Signal Polarity High Low Fig 13 3 The page of Smart Setting Step 1 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 187 NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 13 5Permission error If th
145. y or List Screen If this option is selected calibration coefficients for the whole display will be uploaded Pixel Select this option to upload calibration coefficients to the specified pixel area E Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 106 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Topology or List Selected this option to upload calibration coefficients to the cabinets selected in the cabinet array sketch map or the cabinet list If the current LED display is a simple or a standard display the sketch map of the cabinet array will be shown after this option is selected Otherwise if the current is a complex display the show is the cabinet list Zoom The zoom slide bar is for zoom in or out the cabinet array sketch map Shown below are the pages for the three options Select Upload Area Screen 1 Location z 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 256H Sereen O Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels Back at Retorn Fig 5 81 The page for uploading calibration coefficients in Screen way LLL A Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 107 NQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Upload Area Screen 1 Location zZ 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 256H O Screen Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Start Columns J ean Start Rows of p0 Width 512
146. zl 5 2 ht 128 Sending 1 Port Connect to d CAN B Gajanan Height128 Scan Board Size width 128 Height fas A set lank iv toon Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right Fig 5 16 Standard screen configuration page Location This is the upper left corner of a rectangular area of the computer display The rectangle area of the computer display is called mapping area Content inside the mapping area will be shown on the LED display The default location is 0 0 which is actually the upper left corner of the computer display Virtual Mode Specify the pixel mode of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 lights or virtual 4 lights Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 28 NOQVA S TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Scan Board Columns Rows These are the numbers of columns and rows of the scan board receiver card array of the LED display A sketch map of the scan board array will be shown in this page after these two parameters are set Reset All This button ts used to reset all cabinet settings and connection settings Sending Board Index This parameter is used to specify the current sending board sending board The sending board of the chosen index is will be set as the current sending board And all relating settings are for this sending board Port Index This is to specify which Ethernet port

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