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NovaStar Nova Pluto Control System Manual

1. 4400440 4 aes eu 2 17 fe ue 192 166 0 114 Time of getting current info Enable the timed restart restart in special time for every day Fig 10 91 Terminal unauthorized 192 168 0 44 192 168 0 39 Time source Network time 192 168 0 34 Time zone UC 0 DE SSC 192 168 0 92 OB Apply to client cs Read Apply d Apply Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 6 3 Server configuration Lal Client control Current group Client play program All group k Cent name P Current chent Piuto2012 Tixe 192 168 0 56 8 zKPLouT O sns 192 168 0 36 TER 192 168 0 43 snesi 10 n470 5 192 166 0 44 192 166 0 39 192 166 0 34 192 166 0 92 192 166 0 114 192 168 0 91 197 168 0115 Time of getting current info Sytem config Config server parameters 2014 2 8 Management platform Connection parameters F Server Domain Static IP Connection port Fig 10 92 server config Read read the current server configuration of the terminal G ff 7 peoe ss lasas eet Network config CH Server config two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 16 54 2T PlutoManager k Advanced Management platform select PlutoManager or MC go according to the actual plan
2. Fig 4 2 Search Pluto system 2 Select the client then click Connect System Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Search Pluto System Findow Search Progress Search complete WV Remaining time Os Searched pluto count 1 Chert List By nama By nama ascending By ip descending By ip ascending descending order Oo order O order Oo order Mame IP LG Fig 4 3 Connect System 3 Click on User Advanced user login to pop up the user login interface and then enter the password admin click on Login to enter advanced user interface D HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 2 System S Setting N Tools C CO UserU D Plug in TooKP Language ang Heem D Ea W gd Advanced Login A E Brightness Display Control Monitor Function Card Remote System info 7 User Login Remote Address ZXNoplutos 19 Henger info Server Status Server Version 1 0 Fig 4 4 Advanced login Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 2 System S Setting N Tools C User U Plug in Tool P Language Lang L Help H Bax i Screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control Monit
3. Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Adjust Coefficients l Advanced GO GN D Color Adjust Red O Green Blue Brightness lt 0 0 lv Saturation lt iv 0 0 Hue s 50 0 iv Color Temperature Adjust O Yellow Cyan O Magenta White Red Green Blue Note Display different color for observing the effect Simple Show Color Wi et en es Fig 7 65 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 Click this item to switch to the simple adjustment page The color bar under each slide bar indicates the color to be shown when adjusting Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 If the cabinet driven by the new scan board is only different from the surrounding cabinets in brightness simple adjustment is sufficient 2 If the cabinet driven by the new scan board is different from the surrounding cabinets in color adjust the brightness saturation and hue through the advanced adjustment page for better image quality 3 Use the test tools in Plug In Tool
4. Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd to input the password Current group Angroup e E urrent group Alligroup Network config Sytem config CH Server config Client play program Joie e ITT DEEN Puto2012 Txe 192 168 0 56 oon E zIKPLouT 192 168 0 115 Time of getting current info 2014 2 8 16 31 3T w Sn DS A 192 166 0 36 1 E Obtain an IP address automaticaly Recommended BI 192 168 0 43 F 192 68 sn651 10 192 168 0 4 Subai ink sn470 5 192 168 0 39 Gateway 192 168 0 34 d 21672 11 192 168 0 92 Geng OR nEEA 8 con 192 168 0 114 MAC address Wireless configuration Time of getting current info 2014 2 8 15 44 19 Wifi list Tip If you choose the wrong Wifi chent will disconnect Luss me tow com en mem me women pn me ro jee e ee E RE BEE Fig 10 84 Wireless configuration Click Other wifis to add the wifi that is too far away to be searched by the terminal if the wifi has a password it is necessary to input the password Advanced Security Fassword Fig 10 85 Add other wifis Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 6 2 System configuration 10 6 2 1 Time management The time error may occur on
5. Rend rm me Fig 7 75 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 TIP 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 7 8 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd power supply management will be given in this section 7 8 1 Power management Click the Power Management button in the Function Card Management page to open the page for power management The Power Management page is shown in Fig 7 76 Circled in the page is the Power Management button amp mL WA out vel k ma Function Card Time 2012 05 25 Friday 10 28 16 Manual Auto Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 3 Switch 4 Switch Switch 5 Switch 7 Switch 8 Fig 7 76 Power management page Function Card Time panel gt
6. pem EN EN E O Bak d See a O Return Fig 7 60 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 database If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database a dialog will appear for users to input the cabinet ID 7 7 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board Operating steps 1 Specify the LED display area that the new receiving card scan board drives Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Select Area of Hew Scan Board in Screen Screen l Location 2 0 Y 0 Size 2848 x
7. 6 Tick configuring asynchronous system information user can modify the system name Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Network Parameter Settings Findow p Cl Configure the asynchronous system information System information System Name F Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN Obtain an IP address automatically Recommended Fig 4 16 Setting system name 7 LAN parameter configuration Previously while deploying preparation work on the network Automatic IP acquisition has been selected and the advantages of this method are only one time of setting for the first use is required and later there is no need to set up and during the use IP conflict inside LAN shall not occur to ensure the normal work of system If the user requires respectively setting IP of each client he may set IP manually and cancel the ticked Automatic IP acquisition recommended After the manual setting of LAN parameters as shown in the following image Note IP shall not conflict with other devices in LAN click send to send the network parameters to the asynchronous system E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN System network
8. Light sensor of sending board Index Address Operate Light sensor of function card Tou can config light sensor of function card in Function Card page Index Address Operate m semi Fig 7 33 light sensor list page The retry number when adjustment failed If NovaLCT Pluto fails in auto brightness adjustment it will retry the adjustment again The number set here is times NovaLCT Pluto try to adjust the brightness before it give up Detect Period the time period the light sensors measure the environment brightness Read times of light sensors the times that NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors Auto brightness time interval 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd this is the Read times of light sensor before adjusting the LED display brightness the auto brightness time interval will be 50 seconds Calculate Type of Lux This is to specify how the final result is calculated from the measurement results of all light sensors Fix Color Temperature If this option is selected the LED d
9. Press left button and drag the mouse to accomplish quick routing drawing Use Automatic button to accomplish drawing routing lines of the same pattern 9 Click Next In Smart Setting Step O page to open 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 7 11 Saving the module settings to files module configuration files Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd or cabinet database files will make it easier to perform module configuration for another LED displays constructed by modules which require the same settings as the one just set Choose Option 2 or 3 in Smart Setting dialog Fig 7 4 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 Path L Fig 7 11 Save Module dialog The saved module settings can be used in Fig 7 4 of Step 2 by choosing option 2 or 3 to simplify smart setting process 7 1 2 2 LED Dis
10. Refer to Surrounding Scan Board Select Reference Cabinet Reference Zone fi l Adjusted E Reference Bi Cabinet Cabinet o en es Fig 7 63 Page for generating coefficients for the new scan board according to those of its surrounding scan boards 3 If the calibration coefficients from Step 2 are not satisfying they can be adjusted There are two type of adjustment Simple and Advanced Shown in Fig 7 64 and Fig 7 65 are the pages for Simple and Advanced adjustment respectively Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Adjust Coefficients Simple Red lt Zi on EE Green lt gt 0 0 PS SSSESSSSESESSESSSSSESESSCSESESESSRSSREER REE RERRSERSEESEEES Blue gji gt on e teem Fig 7 64 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 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 E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd
11. Server Domain Static E 192 168 0 162 Connect Port 31298 gt Senior Setting fared Fig 4 20 Configure server network parameters to connect to Wan Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 If the WAN where Control Computer A locates has a static and fixed IP please tick the option server static IP to directly fill in the static IP address owned by you Configure server network parameters to connect in Wan The Server Parameters Platform Select O Server Domain Connect Port 31298 all Senior Setting memegpgs mn me Fig 4 21 Set server static IP 3 If there is not static fixed IP address Check Server Domain input the domain obtained in 4 2 2 2 Preparation work Configure server network parameters to connect in Wan The Server Parameters Platform Select Server Domain novaxian vicp nef Static IP Connect Port 31298 S Senior Setting Fig 4 22 Internet parameters settings 4 Set connection port Adopt the default value and make sure it is different from other software ports Attention The connection port set here must be the same as the connection port set by playback control software 5 After completion of network parameter settings click Send to send the network Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450
12. Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Height Textbox height lt window height gt Left edge If the upper left corner of the window is 0 0 the left edge value is the distance between left edge of textbox and left edge of the window i e x coordinate Left edge lt window width textbox width gt Upper edge Upper edge value is the distance between the upper edge textbox and the upper edge of the window i e y coordinate Upper edge lt window height textbox height Play mode gt Loop times Set loop times of immediate notification gt Play duration Play duration of immediate notification Media type gt Scrolling text Editable text transparent background text effects text color font loop scrolling speed play duration etc gt Single line text Editable text transparent background text effect font entrance exit effect retention time etc gt Static text Editable text transparent background paragraph font play duration etc gt Complex text Text editor transparent background entrance exit effect retention time etc Operating steps of immediate notification 1 Edit textbox size coordinates content and text format in immediate notification page of Fig 10 75 2 Click Publish after editing Choose Video Conversion Quality window will pop up Select the Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar
13. 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 If Adjust Own Effect option is selected NovaLCT Pluto 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 2 If Effect As Other Selected Area is selected NovaLCT Pluto 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 3 Adjust the calibration coefficients This step is similar to that for a new scan board Please refer to 7 7 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt step 3 for more details 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 Apply and Save Coefficients i Apply The Effect To Other Area en Finish eme Fig 7 73 Page for the calibration coefficients saving 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 in Fig 7 73 to open the page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website
14. Ltd A window that is only for showing information from a time meter Weather Window A window that is only for showing weather information 10 2 2 Play Program Dispatch Rule If there are conflicts between the playing times of segments follow the below rules A The back one has the higher priority for the same type segments B If the timing inserted segment has the same playing time point as the cycle inserted segment play the timing inserted segment You can view the dispatching result between different dates in the Play Program Editing Area For example Common Segment Suppose time properties of segment A and segment B are set as follow From June 24 2012 to June 30 2012 From June 24 2012 to June 30 2012 Every day in a week Every day in a week From 8 00 00 to 15 00 00 in each day From 8 00 00 to 12 00 00 in each day If Bis at the back of A in the play program then B has the priority to be played on time confliction The dispatching results will be shown as Fig 10 10 In June 24 2012 El Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd N J J Play Progr am Edi ting Ar ea 1c SREE lay Program S ay ProgramEditingArea 42 a 012 6 24 2012 6 Si P 2 B 2012 6 24 2012 6 Date Range of Schedule From 2012 6 24 Lis To 2012 6 24 Lie E 2012 6 24 Common Play B 8 00 12 00 iA 12
15. Offline Total amount Server information Current edit mode of program C Play program Sign play list Fig 10 47 Config edit mode Begin to make Sign list according to the following steps Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd SI PlutoManager V4 4 0 Operate Configuration Language Lang Help Client management Create nii A Publish play program Play management Client control Client information Online 0 Lei Details Offline 26 A Total amount 26 Server information 192 168 0 134 e s dhe GA EE seg sssg 24848 Doenzeoz P ADONX H Qa CE Play duration 8 ET Edit play list NewList splpy a SR I A D i Hour 0 Min 10 Sec F Play effect 0 0 128x128 D Display Style Page to Page v 1 gt Stay Time 3 e E Has effect Apadoid Aed Random 9 4 Forder Back Ground Apadod epay Play Segment Select Sign F E Specific date m Fig 10 48 Sign play list edit page EE Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 3 1 Introduction of toolbar Open designated Play according to website click the Scheduled date button List edit and designated homepage to
16. dch Date Range of Schedule From 2012 6 24 Jy To 2012 6 26 ar EL 2012 6 24 E Inserted Play E 0 00 Next Day 0 00 Every 30 Minutes 2012 6 25 i Inserted Play iE 0 00 Next Day 0 00 Every 30 Minutes Play Program EditingAr ea St 2012 6 26 EI Inserted Play iF 0 00 Next Day 0 00 Every 30 Minutes Fig 10 15 E has higher priority than F Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Note If there is no confliction between two cycle inserted segments but they has the same playing time point still follow the same dispatch rule the back one has higher priority For Example suppose time properties of G and H are set as follow From June 24 2012 to June 25 2012 From June 24 2012 to June 25 2012 Every day in a week Every day in a week Play Interval 20 minutes Play Interval 10 minutes If H is at the back of G H will be played at 00 20 40 minutes of every hour Otherwise play G If one time point of timing inserted segment is the same as one playing time of cycle inserted segment play timing inserted segment For example suppose time properties of cycle inserted segment I and timing inserted segment L are set as follow it would play L when arrived at 10 30 From June 24 2012 to June 25 2012 From June 24 2012 to June 25 2012 Every day in a week Every day in a week
17. fe g k 2 Ae Vag aj lt 2 a SASS vA Tc AN d L gt gt lt KA CTOS I H lt gt we wg SC Ta aw e ze s C L m e in SES Play Progg W f Kg f gt f I 2 lt a 3 e 2 lt a Wa Z Vas LAT Yaa K we eenl E GA for X fc L ya soar M d L em san K x E 2 Ei Clock Window Inserted Seqment2 629 Inserted Segment3 een Common Windi E E Page Fi Play Program and Fig 10 22 20 Add segment Fig 10 You can edit the properties at the Segment Editing Area after adding the common segment or page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 inserted segment Shown in Fig 10 21 Fig 10 Website www novastar led com 2 Editing Properties of Segment NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Segment Editing Area lt Play Program a a RRN KE eee Segmenti lal Page Mamme Segmenti O Common Wind TT Clock Window Time Property ig Inserted Segment Effective Date Gi Inserted Segment3 CT No Date Limit rom dle lr Effective Day of the Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Effective Time Of the Day All Fig 10 21 Properties page of common segment Segment Editing Area 35 Play Program a alti ON OH m Gc3 Segmenti Ge Inserted Segment of Inserted Segment E
18. 1 Browse directory to select calibration coefficients database l Se6reen Calibrat pon Current Screen Owl ine SS CSS Banage Coeficiente Sereant Select Databaze Select Database Z Vieemantz and Settings Adeinistrater Wy Decuments Caliby Breese Type Serean Dn Cabinet ID Colwans Sib Rows Discription Enable Dixcnable Calitraiien Chr eai W Current Screen Fig 7 53 upload coefficients step 1 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 2 Click Next button to choose upload area there are three options Screen Pixel Topology or List a Screen E Screen Calibration Current Screen Online Calibration Offl
19. 7 DEI NW EOFT CEE Add media file Add digital clock Add Amplify the screen to pic video text wor temperature view pixels d etc and humidity E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd JOZ u Am Fig 10 52 Page adding media window Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd fF WOH y Ake ED CC ECH ED EE CC Fig 10 53 Screen after 3 times of amplification 3 Play and media attribute edit window When adding the media simultaneously set attribute of the media and the play effect at the window 4 Page review window After finishing page editing randomly select one page to preview the display effect of the page in the preview window 5 Scheduled select a client window a Check Scheduled date to set play date of list and click elt increase or decrease the time Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Time Segment Select Sign Scheduled date Start Time End Time April 27 2014 F 4F April 27 2014 BOB April 28 2014 F 4F April 28 2014 4A280 AMT Hash Fig 10 54 Set Scheduled date b Click TIME to set the play time of List available options are All
20. EE P d Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 Bright adjustment o Manual O Schedual Ci Auto Puto2012 Te 192 168 0 56 gn zIKPLoUT 192 168 0 115 O snige 192 168 0 36 Currect brightness 100 3 gp ense 192 168 0 43 gp enes1 10 192 168 0 44 niro 192 168 0 39 192 168 0 34 192 168 0 92 ssnes4sczg 192 168 0 114 two wiFisin 192 168 0 91 Fig 10 93 Manual adjust 10 6 4 2 Timing brightness The timing brightness adjustment of PlutoManager is simpler the user can configure more complex timing brightness adjustment scheme in the NovaLCT Pluto 7 2 2 Schedule Adjustment The timing brightness adjustment shall not be set on NovaPluto LCT and PlutoManager simultaneously if both software have been set with the timing adjustment then the system will perform the final setting E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com www telematcs ca NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd infig amp Network config Oy Server confir Fea Bright ai ib 1 Cientname pr g Serent eent two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 192 168 0 56 192 168 0 115 Schedual C Auto 192 168 0 36 192 168 0 43 192 168 0 44 192 168 0 39 192 168 0 34 192 168 0 92 192 166 0 114 Feb E May Aug E Sept Nov Fig 10 94 schedule adjustment Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www no
21. Help H Ea 7 Kdvanced Login A i Brightness Display Control Monitor Function Card Remote System Info Remote Address EE CS ET ae Losin Device Count 1 Monitor Info passwort L em Server Status Server Version 1 0 Fig 4 13 Advanced login D HovaLCT Pluto ga 0 2 System S Setting N Tools C User U Plug in Tool P Language Lang L Henn geek Screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control Monitor Function Card Remote System Info Remote Address ZXNpluto5 192 163 0 438 Net Connection Connected Device Count 1 Monitor Info Server Status Server Version 1 0 Fig 4 14 Advanced interface Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 Click on set terminal configuration network configuration to enter the interface as follows HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 2 System S Setting p Tools C User U Plug in TooP Language Lang L Help H Basen e EN San Remote System info K Resolution Config R Language Config L Remote Address ZXNplutoS 192 168 0 48 Net Connection Connected Device Count Montor Info O O Server Status Server Version 1 0 Hetwork Parameter Settings Findo C Configure the asynchronous system information Server Domain Static IP 1 read keen ege Fig 4 15 setting network parameter
22. NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select the corresponding option according to the module connection routing Note that the cabinet should be observed from the front when considering the cascading direction 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 If the module array size is set as the real numbers the last module of each first row of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on II 4 Click Next in Smart Setting Step 1 page to enter Smart Setting Step 2 page as shown in Fig 7 6 Select according to the module status Smart Setting Step 2 Current Module is Gi Black Showi G per Caneel Fig 7 6 Smart Setting Step 2 C This step will be skipped if module OE polarity is known and set in Smart Setting Step 1 i 5 Click Next in Smart Setting Step 2 page to enter Smart Setting Step 3 page as shown in Fig 7 7 En Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 3 Auto switch status Manual switch status Please choose the module color in each status O1 Bed A O2 Green 3 Blue EE Fig 7 7 Smart Setting Step 3 6 Click Next in Sm
23. Play Interval 30 minutes At 10 30 10 2 3 Display Window Setting Click New button in Fig 10 5 to enter Fig 10 16 to set the play window information Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Set play window information x Flay window mapping location Play window size Hote please fill out as per actual size Gei Customized size Width T20 4 Height 450 4 O Specified client Choose client mn zeg Fig 10 16 Play window information Play window mapping location X is x coordinate and Y is y coordinate They are usually set as 0 The screen begins mapping from 0 0 Play window size gt Customized size Must be set according to the actual size of the display gt Specified client Choose client from the client list to read the size of the client display directly Specific client operating steps a Select Choose Client in Fig 10 17 b Click Choose Client on the right to enter client list Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Choose client Client name LED dispaly size J Pluto 3 128 128 Pluto2012 FiGH 2046 256 an 106 WBL ood 255 A ta IM Be Pluto 126 126 plutoz 256 Pluto2012 C7G 284 Pluto2012 120 XN 01 400 4 5 e 7 E 9 pluto3
24. Select sign is not checked the page can be played on multiple clients Time Segmen Select Sign Select sign Select by client Select by group Name 1P 68 0 15 Djesa en Lan E amgese E Check al Fig 10 58 Sign e View Scheduled date Click 2 to view the Scheduled date Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Bapoemnsceonocoe rt Conditions ofthe query Twelve Twenty_Four e A A V VA A A A A A A A AAA AA AAAA Text2 VIS IV IVI V4 IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IV IY MY IVI VIII A CS Ca Fig 10 59 View Scheduled date by day ie EI Edit play list NewList splpy Ge Fe omreo0oo00e Conditions ofthe query Week Week 18 w 2014 04 27 www telemat Fig 10 60 View Scheduled date by week Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Leet j 977 O N EI Edit play list NewList splpy e e Ha bgemceo Conditions ofthe query h DateSegment StartDate 2014 4 28 GY End date 2014 4 28 Media name i Saturday Fig 10 61 View Scheduled date by time segment 10 3 3 Sending Play List Click So on the toolbar with the software prompting saving list first then sending User operates by followi
25. This is the rate that images shown on a LED display are update The higher the refresh rate is the more stable the video is for watching Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 Accelerate Rate This parameter is used to increase the refresh rate If N is selected the refresh rate will be increased by N times Gray Mode There are three options for Gray Mode Brightness First Refresh Rate First and Gray First Brightness First mode is for normal use and it has lower brightness loss In Refresh Rate First mode image refresh rate can be greatly increased but the cost is 8 of brightness loss And Gray First mode will cost 50 brightness to get a better gray when display with low bright Data Clock This is the shift clock frequency The shift clock frequency depends on the performance of drive chips and the circuit design of the modules The higher the drive chip performance is and the better the module circuit is designed the higher the shift clock frequency can be A higher shift clock frequency will results in a larger pix
26. display A sketch map of the scan board array as Fig 8 13 will be shown in this page after these two parameters are set Reset All This button is used to reset all cabinet settings and connection settings Back This button is used to clear all settings related to the last set card 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 drove by current scan board Apply to port Click this button to set the pixel array sizes of all scan boards connected to the current Ethernet port the same as that of the current scan board Set Blank Select this if the current position pixel array of the current scan board needs to be left unset Set Relay The current scan board sizeis 0 Standard screen configuration method The configuration operation is easy First set the index as 1 for the receiving card scan board directly connected to the asynchronous card through an Ethernet port and input values for other parameters And then set the index as 2 for the receiving card which is connected to the first Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd index 1 receiving card and also input values for other parameter for the No 2 receiving card Do the same configuration operation until all receiving cards are s
27. www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd for setting Apply and Save Coefficients sm Apply The Effect To Other Area Apply the Effect to Other Area Screen 1 Location zZ 0 Y 0 Size 400 X 400H Screen Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels eis Beck ah Return Fig 7 74 Page for Apply The Effect To Other area Apply Apply adjustment operations to the selected area 1 If the 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 2 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 7 7 2 6 Erase Reload coefficients Shown in Fig 7 75 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Select Scan Board Screen 1 Location SO TO Size 128 X128H Screen Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels
28. 00 15 00 Fig 10 10 B has higher priority than A Otherwise if A is at the back of B in the play program then A has the priority to be played on time confliction The dispatching results will be shown as Fig 10 11 In June 24 2012 K B 2012 6 24 2012 6 57 Y EE A 2012 6 24 2012 6 Date Range of Schedule From 2012 6 24 Lis To 2012 6 24 Jr E 2012 6 24 Common Play A 8 00 15 00 Fig 10 11 A has higher priority than B Timing Inserted Segment Suppose time properties of timing inserted segment C and timing inserted segment D are set as follow From June 24 2012 to June 30 2012 From June 24 2012 to June 30 2012 Every day in a week Every day in a week At 8 00 15 00 At 9 00 15 00 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd If Dis at the back of C in the play program then D has the priority to be played at the same time point 15 00 The dispatching results will be shown as Fig 10 12 In June 24 2012 ET Play Program Editing amp rea _________ B Y Date Range of Schedule From 2012 6 24 Lie To 2012 6 24 e 2 2012 6 24 CL Inserted Play Fig 10 12 D has higher priority than C Otherwise if C is at the back of D in the play program then C has the priority to be played at the same time point
29. 166 0394 Time zone UTC 06 00 rh SH E sne72 11 192 168 0 92 Time of selected zone 2014 2 11 21 00 54 OR ssnes4sczg 192 168 0 114 twowirisin 192 168 0 91 Restart client The timed restart Time of getting current info Enable the timed restart restart in special time for every day Restart time 11 00 14 Fig 10 88 Terminal Reset Restart now select the terminal and click Restart Now button to restart the current terminal timed restart Click Read to view whether the current terminal is set as clocked restart If yes the restart time can be altered if no please tick Enable the timed restart restart in special time for every day to set the restart time finally click Apply to send the restart command to the asynchronous card Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 6 2 3 Client password configuration Input admin at the interface of System Configuration to display the terminal password setting interface as shown in the following figure As no password has been set for the terminal input a password is displayed in the interface if the password has been set previously the password can be cancelled or changed Lal Client control Current group Client play program Client name All group IP 4 Piuto2012 Tixe zikrLouT Pa an4 e 4 w
30. 192 168 0 34 Time zone UTC 06 00 h2eH sne72 11 192 168 0 92 Time of selected zone 2014 2 11 21 79 59 ssne648 czg 192 168 0 114 n twowFisin 192 168 0 91 Restart client The timed restart Time of getting current info E Enable the timed restart restart in special time for every day Client password config Notice Password must be 6 to 16 characters o Cancel authorized Qld password yo Modit Fig 10 90 Cancel or modify password Note After the terminal is configured with a password an exclamation mark as shown in Fig 10 91 will be displayed on the terminal that is because no authorization has been given on PlutoManager in the main interface of PlutoManager click Configuration select Authorization Configuration check the Input the Authorize Password input the latest password click OK See 11 Client Authorization for the detailed descriptions for the authorization E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com CS Ca ie www telemat NOVASTAR R Cien conoi g i ee leM Sytem config amp Network config ei Server config Current group Client play program two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 192 168 0 56 Current Client time information 192 168 0 115 Client time zone 132 165 0 36 V Client time 192 168 0 43 Set client time information NovaStar Tech Co Ltd db
31. Blanking Time 25 2 00us 20 1 24 Line Change Time 3 0 19 Brightness Effici 68 75 Min OE 160 ns zsm G ReadFromHw Segen SaveContgfie Save cose Fig 7 2 Load configuration file The loaded performance parameters from the configuration file can be adjusted if they are not suitable Please refer to 7 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters for details about how to adjust Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR 7 1 2 1 Smart Setting Operating steps 1 2 Click Smart Setting button in Scan Board page and to open the Smart Setting dialog as Select Config Screen option in the Screen Config window Fig 7 1 and click Next enter screen config window as shown in Fig 7 3 Eee O A a e Scan Board Screen Config NovaStar Tech Co Ltd EE the performance parameters 7 1 2 Start Manually A Mark The current operation is no scan board cascaded mode Sender Mode Module Info Chip MBISO36 Size 32Wx16H Scan Type 1 2 Direction Horizontal Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width 32 Please a i Please a make sure make sure J Pixel Height 16 lt 128 the width E the width Module Casca Right to Left el andheight Construct CN and height J Performance Setting peres ae tn R
32. C Size 32ZW 32H scan Tvoe 1 8 Direction Horizontal Decode Tvpe T4HC138 Decodina Data Groun 2 Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width 32 lt 64 Please A make Pixel Heioht 32 w lt 256 sure the Module Casc Right to Left w width and w Construct View Cabinet O Symmetrical Output l D clock signal as the second road extends to 32 group data O Enable twenty dat Refresh Rate 960 v HZ BR Gray Scale Normal 409 w Gray Mode Refresh Rate Firs Data Clock MHZ Data Duty 50 w l 25 75 Clock Phase 2 Low Gray Co D 2 Blanking Time 2 00us Ghost Contro Line Change T 3 el 0 19 ha Brightness Eff 68 24 Min OE 80 ns Te Save File Send ToHW Load File SaveFile Read From Hiv Send To HW ee a oo V F i i d Fig 7 16 set the cabinet info Cabinet Info Pixel array size and module cascade direction can be set in this panel Note that the Regular panel is for regular shape cabinet parameters setting and the Irregular panel is for irregular shape cabinet parameters setting Irregular shape cabinet is not supported by this version Shown in Fig 7 17 is the Regular Cabinet Info panel which is circled and marked as area 1 in Fig 7 16 Regular rem 8 E s mimm vias Module Casc Right to Left v Fig 7 17 the regular cabinet info panel Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 845
33. Inserted Segment KE seg Time Point List x E Play Property When reachedthe Pay 2 minutes 0 lt seconds time point Play times Fause current play when playing inserted segment Show window name and index Fig 10 22 Properties page of timing inserted segment You can add one or more playing time point for the timing inserted segment For inserted segment if Pause current play when playing inserted segment is selected the current common segment play If has would be paused and hide if begin to play inserted segment otherwise the inserted segment and the current common segment would be played Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd together E Play P rogram 7 d Segment is OO 0 0 Play Property Play minutes 2A seconds Every minutes Gei Play times Pause current play when playing inserted segment Time Property Effective Date C No Date Limit From Effective Day of the Week a Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Effective Time Of the Day All Day From 09 00 00 To Show window name and index Fig 10 23 Properties page of cycle inserted segment Use the toolbar on the right or right click menu you can copy paste move or delete the selected segment The toolbar and menu is shown as Fig 10 24 Fe Play Program 4g Inse
34. 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 1 Click Tool gt Cabinet Library to open the library management page If it is the first time to open the page the dialog as shown in Fig 7 34will appear for open or create a library Open Or Create Library Please open or create a library Fig 7 34 the dialog for opening or creating a library Open Click this button to open an existing library Create Click this button to create a new library 2 Module Management Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a Hodule and Cabinet DatabBase Module Operation Cabinet Operation gt OQ RK D Import Module Export Module Refresh Module Delete Module Clear Module Pixel Columns Pixel Rows Data Direction Chip Scan Type Show All MBISO36 1 6 Search by Condition Search Condition Select All Data Direction Chip Scan Type Encoding Mode OE Polarity Module Width Module Height Tata Groups vw e a nana amp o ba Search Now me CH Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settings Administrator Sim itempDD mel Fig 7 35 Module management page Import Module Click this button to import the module configuration files generated during the Sm
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36. Power Management Monitor Data Load Program Refresh Fig 7 79 External device management page Refresh This is to refresh the information of the external devices 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 EE Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 8 4 Load Program Click the Load Program button in the Function Card Management page to open the page for loading program to the hardware as shown in Fig 7 80 SS Power Management Monitor Data Outer Device Fig 7 80 Program loading page Refresh Click this button to acquire the version information of the current function card Input admin directly to access the options for program loading as shown in Fig 7 81 E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Function Card Information Model ID FPGA Version FPGA Note selected function O Load program for all functi card frogram Version Pro am Path Fig 7 81 Page with program loading options Exit Click this button to go back to the page shown in Fig 7 80 Load program for selected function card Select this option to load program to th
37. Server domain name apply for a domain name mapping if the terminal and the control computer are not in the same local area network LAN input the domain name here Server static IP control the local IP of the computer Connection port adopt the default settings to ensure that the port can t be taken up by other software in the main interface of PlutoManager click Configuration Software Configuration Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd and then set the connection port Setting After the server parameter is set click Setting to apply that to the terminal 10 6 4 Bright adjust 10 6 4 1 Manual brightness Pull the bar can adjust the display brightness which will be automatically applied to the terminal display screen The manual adjustment here is simple the user can adjust the image quality Gamma color temperature in manual brightness of NovaLCT Pluto manually 7 2 1 Manual Adjustment Click Fix to fix the brightness setting to the hardware where the brightness will not be lost when the power is cut off E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Lal Client control seks Current group All group T Hnfig Network config CH Server config ges Bright adjust Client play program
38. Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 1 Configuration list PluotManager Accessories 1 2 System structure Program publishing and play status monitoring Configuration software Parameters configuration display calibration and NovaLCT Pluto hardware monitoring a LW Internet Playback control computer Fig 1 1 Architecture of server free system 2 System requirements In order to ensure the stability and security of the system operation following requirements are Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd recommended The computer of MC go mainly runs management software to achieve play program production remote release remote monitoring and other functions Requirements for computer hardware configuration CPU Dual core over 2 4GHz Hard disk drive SCSI interface with over 500GB capacity Video card Independent video card 3D hardware acceleration over 1G video memory MC go computer software 1 Operation system environment windows XP SP3 Windows7 32 bit Installation component Microsoft NET Framework MC go software NovaPluto Hardware introduction and connection PBOX100 control card interface R3 1 LIGHT SENSOR USB LAN WAN AUDIO OUT ON eme EH N 5 13 6 RESET 6 2 __16 3 PWR
39. Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 1 E Chip Type Data Tvpe Chio Tvoe MBI5036 v OE Polarity Unknown v Module Info Regul O Irregul Actual Pixel x y Data Group Module Tvoe Decodina Tvoe 74HC138 Decoding Scan Type Module in one scan Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Down O Right Left O Down O To Up ne Fig 12 2 Smart setting step 1 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 13 Document version statement Nova Pluto Asynchronous Control System User Sept 25 2012 Initial edition Nova Pluto Asynchronous Control System User Dec 25 2012 NovaLCT Pluto V3 4 2 Nova Pluto Control System User Manual V3 0 NovaLCT Pluto V4 0 0 hania Nova Pluto Control System User Manual V4 0 NovaLCT Pluto V4 0 2 PlutoManager V3 4 2 ManageCenterV3 4 1 Nova Pluto Control System User Manual V4 3 0 NovaLCT Pluto V4 3 0 Feb 17 2014 PlutoManager V4 3 0 Nova Pluto Control System User Manual V4 4 0 June 17th 2014 NovaLCT Pluto V4 4 0 PlutoManager V4 4 0 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com
40. Tvpe 74HC138 Decodina Data Group Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width sl lt 64 Please A E make Pixel Heiaht v lt 256 sure the Module Casc Rightto Left width and v Construct Performance Setting C Symmetrical Output C D clock signal as the second road extends to 32 group data CT Enable twenty dat Refresh Rate 960 vl Hz Accelerate R 4 Gray Scale Low 16384 w Gray Mode Refresh Rate Firs Data Clock 425 v Data Duty 50 25 75 Clock Phase 2 v Low Gray Co np Blanking Time 25 4 2 00us Ghost Contro 20 Line Change T 3 0 19 Brightness Effi 68 24 EE Loupe SaveFie ReadFiomHW SendToHW SaeconigFie sae ose Fig 7 24 Scan Board page 4 Load a scan board configuration file To load a scan board configuration file click Lead File at the bottom of the Scan Board page in the Screen Config window and follow the instructions 5 Save a LED display configuration file Ti To save settings to a LED display configuration file click See Tile at the bottom of the Screen Config page of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 7 25 is the Screen Config page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaS
41. Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Down To aka e OP Right Left Down Up Fig 7 5 Smart Setting Step 1 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Data Type Data type the options have parallel drive three color 1 dot series three color 8 dot series three color 16 dot series four color 1 dot series four color 8 dot series and four color 16 dot series Chip Type Select the drive chip type from the list according to what is actually used for the cabinets e g MBI5036 MBI5042 etc OE Polarity This option can be High Effective Low Effective or Unknown Module type The option can be regular module or irregular module Irregular module is not supported by this version Actual Pixel This is the size of the real pixel array of a module X represents the width and Y the height Decoding type The options can be Static 74HC138 Code or Straight Decoding choose according the type LED display module actually used Scan Type The options could be any scan rate between 1 scan and 1 16 scan or unknown Rows and columns of the Module in one scan board also named receiving card This is the size of the module array in the cabinet which is being configured by smart setting Module Cascade Type Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com
42. 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 LEDs of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error LEDs in the pixel array sketch The black points in the array are the error lights Green This is the number of the error green LEDs of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error LEDs in the pixel array sketch Blue This is the number of the error blue LEDs of the selected module Select this item to view the Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd locations of the error LEDs in the pixel array sketch Red B This is the number of the error virtual red LEDs of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error LEDs in the pixel array sketch 7 7 Brightness Color Calibration 7 7 1 Online Calibration In online calibration NovaCLB connects with NovaLCT Pluto through network Data and instructions for LED display calibration are exchanged through the network Shown in Fig 7 51 is the online calibration page ER Screen Calibration x Current Screen Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Network Setting Local IP 192 168 0 162 Port 8080 Reconnect Communication Log 08 41 25 Listening s Screenl Enable Disnable Calibraion Chr
43. com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Display Adjustment COM1 Screent Adjustment Mode Manual Sched Config Auto Config Schedual Adjust brightness Gamma and color temperature according to time table Please click Config Read Scan Board Parameters result Succeed The time of the computer on which NovaLCT Pluto 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd x Config Schedual File The retry mmber when Add schedule Edit Schedual Start Color Temperatur Brightness Adjust Gamma Gamma Fixed value he C Custom Gamma Table ee Canson Fig 7 30 the Config Schedule File page 7 2 3 Auto Adjustment Select Select Schedule in the Adjustment Mode panel to open auto adjustment page Then click Config button Display Adjustment COM1 Screenl Adjustment Mode Manual Schedule Auto Adjust brightness according to enviroment brightness Please click Config Send adjustment modeSucceed Fig 7 31 Auto Adjustment page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen
44. gt Test Tool to require the LED display to show the color that is being adjusted 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 7 66 is the page for saving the coefficients to the hardware Click the Save button to save the coefficients to the hardware Save Coefficients ges rn fren mes Fig 7 66 Page for saving calibration coefficients to the hardware 7 7 2 4 Set coefficients for a new module 1 Specify the cabinet where the new module locates Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select the New Module Screen 1 Location X 0 Y 0 Size 400 X400H Screen Pixel Topology or List Fj Select Area On Screen 1 gt z Fig 7 67 Page for specifying the cabinet where the new module locates 2 Double click the selected cabinet to open the page for specifying the new module Select the new module position in the cabinet Select the New Module Scan Bo 0 0 1 Location 0 0 Size 200X200 Screen Pixel Topology or List C Select Area On Screen Module Size x Display Mode Modules Pixels wwwtelematics ca Fig 7 68 Page for specifying the new module in the cabinet Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR N
45. led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd quality you want to convert 3 After conversion is completed the page will be as shown below Total play program amount to be converted 1 Current play program name TempEmergencyinfo play program location 1 Media amount in play program 1 Current media 13 in Conve Convert play program complete 2013 4 9 11 19 51 Fig 10 76 Instant notification convert to Play Program 4 Click OK to enter the online publish page The following steps are same to online publish 10 5 Play management Play management includes play control log management and storage management to help users know the current play status and external storage condition of client timely 10 5 1 Play control Enter the play control page directly by clicking Play Management in the main interface as shown below On the left is client list Select a client to control play status of it Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd OC t 3 oe S 1 r iii iii WEG Da Play control Ko Log mangement Client play program r oentvone e Puto2012 Te 192 168 0 56 Current client two VWiFi slm 192 168 0 91 Play control Current play information Time of getting current info 2014 27 12 10 36 19 E Play program name 12 phem A zikrLouT 192 168 0 115 inise 192 168 0 36 192 168
46. play information 0 0 400 400 Analog Clock Time Segment Select Sign d Scheduled date Start Time End Time 20145 49259 20144 49259 e Name Name Analog Clock Duration 1 Hour 0 Duration Apadoid seld Awadouid epa Border NoBorder e l Background Backgroupe ay and medi la C_D Scheduled selecte a client window attribute edit Fig 10 50 Page function distribution 1 Page adding or deleting sorting layout window window Click to add the page select Page Layout at the drop down box at the right of the screen and amend the proportion by clicking the buttons Up Down Left and Right based on requirements Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select page layout d Amend the BEE of layout by click the buttons Up Down Left and Right Fig 10 51 Page adding or deleting sorting layout window 2 Page adding media window Select one window of the page and then click button on the toolbar to add media to the window Click Q to simulate the real display screen to view the distribution situation of pixels Add countdown Add text Add analog clock Add weather report clock
47. point detect setting Shown in Fig 7 49 is the Point Detect page As shown in the figure the LED display under point detecting has a scan boards array of 2 rows and 4 columns one scan board corresponds to a cabinet And the drive chips used are MBI5036 TENER Screen1 Screen Topological Graph Unknown Error m D m Normal x No Monito Current Gain V Enable Chanae Settina Sasa Sasasa vase so 2013 04 09 02 12 56 B 1 Bhi 1 1 2 o se te Ait dats EE 2013 04 09 02 13 11 BF1 issehk RRRA RRE 1B CDEN 2 Information Fig 7 49 the Point Detect page Point Detect Parameters gt Detect Type this is the LED lights status type can be checked gt Threshold Current set the current threshold for point 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 Detect Screen Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click this button to perform point detect on the whole display Detect Selected Click this button to perform point detect on the pixel array of the selected scan boards Pause Click this button to pause the ongoing point detect operation Stop Click this button to stop the ongoing point detect operation Zoom Drag the slide bar to
48. terminal after a long time work or the time shall be adjusted after the asynchronous card is replaced Under system control interface users can read the current client time and time zone check out the time of selected zone apply the time zone to the terminal For example select a time zone Central America To show the time of this time zone click Read button to read client time and client time zone and the window is as follow Lal Client contral urrent group All group g CH Sytem config Oy Server config Client play program l GEES P d Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 94 Gute 2011 Tee 192 168 0 56 Current Client time information gp zIKPLouT 192 168 0 115 l Genine zome sns 192 168 0 36 Client time sn456 3 192 168 0 43 Fa 21651 10 192 168 0 44 Set client time information amp sn470 5 192 168 0 39 re gp snc 192 168 0 34 I UTC Oe Dh SH EEN 192 168 0 92 j Time of selected zone 2014 2 11 20 59 28 ssn6648cz0 192 168 0 114 A two WiFisim 102 1680 01 Restart client The timed restart Time of getting current info E Enable the timed restart restart in special time for every day Fig 10 86 Time management page Clik Apply to client The message of Set client system succeed indicates client time Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd corre
49. terminals specified IP terminals or partial LAN terminals and add the searched terminals to the specified groups For detailed steps of searching clients and grouping clients please refer to PlutoManager Manual After adding in the main interface of Pluto Manager and terminal management interface the added terminals can be seen 4 2 2 Small WAN solution server free The communication principle is LED control card connects to PlutoManager control platform running in playback control computers actively by domain parameters to establish communication links At present the common ways to access the network include network cable access to a WAN 3G Wifi The following text shall introduce the configuration of WAN to users in details Hardware gt Nova asynchronous control card PSD100 gt ADSL router Software gt NovaLCT Pluto gt PlutoManager gt Static IP or Dynamic domain 4 2 2 1 Hardware network architecture Internet remote control network structure is shown as below Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 4 19 Internet remote control network structure 4 2 2 2 Preparation work If there is not static fixed IP address please firstly apply domain name and then configure virtual server For specific operating method please refer to Dynamic Domain Name Configuration M
50. the 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 Color Temperature Adjustment Color temperature adjustment can be done in two ways customization and color temperature table Choose one as you want Select Custom and the color temperature can be adjusted through the brightness and current gains of Red Green and Blue components Click Color Temperature button to open the dialog for color temperature table configuration Color temperature can be adjusted by changing the items in the table 1 Current gain adjustment option won t be available if the LED drive chips do not support current gain adjustment 2 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 so that if the color temperature table has been set NovaLCT Pluto will adjust the LED display settings according to the current brightness setting and keep the color temperature unchanged Configure the Color Temperature Table Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR Configure color temperature Operate Note Selected color temperature is yellow Add Add color temperature Delete Delete color temperature Edi
51. the controlled information list as it show in Fig 7 48 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Finished Control Finished Control Fig 7 48 View The Control Information List Recover Control If the control scheme is performed View 7 5 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 7 6 Check the LED Status The LED status checking function also known as point detect is to check the working status of each LED on a LED display NovaLCT Pluto can detect and locate LEDs that are in open circuit or short circuit status 1 Point detect is only available for LED displays of which the LED drive chips support LED lights open short circuit status checking 2 Drive chips supported by Mars serial LED display control systems and good for point detect at present are MBI5036 MBI5034 MBI5040 DM13H and MBI5030 3 Monitor boards for Pluto LED display control systems are required for point detect Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Operating steps 1 Select Tool gt Point Detect from the NovaLCT Pluto main menu to open the Point Detect page for
52. to avoid failure of sending or loss of media due to lack of space user shall maintain storage Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd device space regularly Space utilization of media storage devices of each client can be viewed in storage management page All media expired media and all lists can be deleted Please manage the remaining space of storage devices timely EI Play management wall alata amp gt Play control Kap Log mangemen kl Storage management dh Client play program s KH foie F Gr Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 Puto2012 Te 192 168 0 56 lt Di Media storage device information i i a Ziel le Time of getting current info zni 192 168 0 36 Pa en4563 192 1680 43 Current media storage device L en651 10 197 168 0 44 Integrated memory information sns70 5 192 168 0 39 Total storage space Free space uer 6 192 168 0 4 1672 11 192 168 0 92 a OR ssnoseeezg 192 168 0 114 n twowFisin 192 168 0 91 Total storage space Free space SS m pal P a m U disk information Total storage space Media operate 4 Im Total client amount Fig 10 81 Storage management page Read read total storage space and available space of client storage devices Delete all media Delete all the media files of the current media s
53. 0 43 gp e An 192 168 0 44 L sn470 5 EECHER G Common segment Playing Global page Ed snasss 192 168 0 34 l Common page Playing Op 1572 11 192 168 0 92 192 168 0 114 Di lt ii lt D lt ii lt D EY E EY Kai Play image i 2 Total chent amount Fig 10 77 Play control page Play control gt Play Enable the client display start to play gt Pause Pause the current playing gt Stop Stop the current playing gt Cancel Emergency insert play Cancel the inert play task gt Cancel notice Cancel the immediate notification Current play information User can refresh to get the current playing status of current client Just select a terminal and click Read button the current play information of the selected terminal will be shown Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Current play information Time of getting current info 2014 27 12 10 36 19 2 Flay program name 12 pkym Common segment Playing z Global page m Common page Playing Fig 10 78 current play information View client play image Click to get the real time play image of the current client Just select a terminal and click Read button the current play image of the selected terminal will be shown click for a larger view Play image Fig 10 79 play image 10 5 2 Lo
54. 0 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Width Height These two items specify the width and height of the cabinet pixel array Note that the two numbers circled in Fig 7 17 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 higher 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 drive chips and module design the maximum width is also limited Maximum Height The Maximum Height depends on the module design 1 If the module cascade direction is from left to right or from right to left then as mentioned above the Maximum 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 2 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 7 1 4 Adjust the Performance Param
55. 126 Fig 10 17 Read display size of specific client c Select specific client and click OK The software will read the size of the client display directly 10 2 4 Configure playlist directory After clicking save in playlist creating page the playlist will be automatically saved to default directory factory default My Documents NovaPluto PM PlayList The user can configure the directory of playlist Re configuration of playlist directory might cause unsuccessful playlist publishing therefore users are recommended to read the contents of this section carefully Operating steps of configure playlist directory 1 Click Configuration button in the main interface of PlutoManager The following window will POP Up Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Configure playlist save path x Default path Fig 10 18 Configure playlist directory Saye direct 2 Click warning window will pop up Serious warning x i Previously saved playlist cannot be used again after changing directory continue Fig 10 19 Playlist directory changing warning Previously saved playlist cannot be used again after changing directory means after the directory is changed clicking Open button will lead to the new directory to search for playlist The playlists previously saved in the default directory will no lon
56. 15 00 The dispatching results will be shown as Fig 10 13 In June 24 2012 Play ProgramEditinghrea EF nde 9 C Date Range of Schedule From 2012 6 24 Jy To 2012 6 24 EY 2012 6 24 CL Inserted Play C 15 00 Fig 10 13 C has higher priority than D Cycle Inserted Segment Suppose time properties of cycle inserted segment E and cycle inserted segment F are set as follow Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd From June 24 2012 to June 25 2012 From June 25 2012 to June 26 2012 Every day in a week Every day in a week Play Interval 30 minutes Play Interval 30 minutes IfFis at the back of E in the play program then F has the priority to be played on time confliction The dispatching results will be shown as Fig 10 14 PlayProgramEditing rea ASD F Date Range of Schedule From 2012 6 24 Jy To 2012 6 28 Ev c 2012 6 24 E Inserted Play iE 0 00 Next Day 0 00 Every 30 Minutes 201276725 E Inserted Play P 0 00 Next Day 0 00 Every 30 Minutes 2012 6 26 Inserted Play iF 0 00 Next Day 0 00 Every 30 Minutes Fig 10 14 F has higher priority than E Otherwise if E is at the back of F in the play program then E has the priority to be played on time confliction The dispatching results will be shown as Fig 10 15 B
57. 2 168 0 113 tits 192 168 0 42 Od sn703 14 192 168 0 159 En hit 192 168 0 35 En ug 192 168 0 54 O sn347 12 192 168 0 37 n zue 9 PRT 192 168 0 40 tii 192 168 0 55 eo at d Les mt Total client amount Fig 10 82 Synchronous broadcast Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 6 Client control The terminal control includes terminal network configuration system configuration server configuration and terminal brightness adjustment In addition The order of the sub options can be adjusted for example click Network Configuration and press left click to drag around 10 6 1 Network config Modify the current terminal network parameters set terminal IP under Wired Configuration if the terminal is connected with the control system network by cable carry it out under Wireless Configuration if the terminal is connected with the network through wifi Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 6 1 1 Wired configuration gl Sn So fg Client control _ wem SS elleng GER e Network config Sytem config CH Server config Client play program Clonal name P d Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 Pwito2012 Tie 192 168 0 56 a gn up Our 192 168 0 115 J Time of gett
58. 3840 Sereen Fixel Gei Topology or List Fi Select Ares On Screen egen S Fig 7 61 Page for specifying the working area of the new scan board 2 Select the calibration coefficient source The coefficients could be from a database the Database option or generated according to those of the surrounding receiving cards the Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Refer to Surrounding Scan Board option Select the source of Coefficients Database Refer to Surrounding Scan Board Select Database Type Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription ra In Return Fig 7 62 Page for getting calibration coefficients from a database Browse Click this button to select the database that the calibration coefficients for the new scan board 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 selected database is a cabinet database the IDs of the cabinets of which the calibration 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select the source of Coefficients O Database
59. 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd parameters to the Asynchronous Card Hetwork Parameter Settings Findo F Configure the asynchronous system information on C Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN Obtain an IP address automaticaly Recommended Configure server network parameters to connect in Wan The Server Parameters Platform Select Gi Server Domain novaxian vicp net Static IP EEN NH Fig 4 23 Send Network parameter 4 2 2 4 Playback control software PlutoManager setting 1 Run PlutoManagerin Control Computer A Click Configuration Software Configuration in main interface as shown below Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd D PlutoManager V3 4 2 ae x E Operate figuration D Language Lang Help lt Software configuration gt Play program save directory Play management Auth fi uthorization configuration program Client information Online 6 Lei Details Offline g Le Total amount 14 Server information IP 192 168 0 162 o Software configuraton x 192 168 0 162 5 connai eee Anaa configuration Fig 4 24 Software settings Connect IP IP corresponding to the network card currently used by computer Connection po
60. 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Auto Brightness Light Sensor for Auto Brightness Stat Index Address Adjust the parameter Settings The retry number when adjustment failed Detect Period Read times of light sensors b Notice Before doing every auto adjustment 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 Caculate Type of Lux Average after remove maximum and Average ofall light sensor minimum Adjustive Relationship of Auto Brightness Fixed Color Temperature Environment Screen Rrinhtnass 12000 Siu gt 80 Linear adiustment between mininum and maxinum Numbers of S P al i x lux E Fig 7 32 the the Auto Adjustment settings The LED display control system uses light sensors to get the environment brightness Add light sensor Click button in Fig 7 32 and NovaLCT Pluto will automatically detect light sensors that are connected to asynchronous cards and add them to the lightness sensor list as shown in the upper light sensor list in Fig 7 33 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Light Sensor
61. LAN client View client information Delete offline client New Add a page Add a window Preview Save Play Program conversion Online publish Offline publish Instant notification Emergency insertion View and manage current play info Play log management External storage device management Time management It can be set as time synchronization through PlutoManager or the Cloud server or auto time synchronization through the terminal Read the current font of the terminal Update the font of the terminal Readback the current language of the terminal Update the language of the terminal Read and set the time zone and time of the terminal Immediately timing to restart the terminal Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Set the terminal password The terminal IP settings for wired configuration or terminal Wifi settings and access for wireless configuration Brightness adjustment of terminal display screen manual timing automatic Configuration and access of terminal parameters connected to the server IP configuration Software configuration l l l Connecting port configuration Play Program directory l l l Play Program storage directory configuration Configuration configuration Authorization Load terminal authorization document configuration Input terminal authorization pas
62. NOVASTAR Document number NOVA2012 Pluto HB 01 Version V 4 4 0 Nova Pluto Control System User Manual Xi an NovaStar Tech Co Ltd NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Statement Dear users Welcome to use Pluto control system We are pleased to offer this manual to help you understand and use the product In the preparation of the manual we try to make it accurate and reliable Nova may revise and alter the contents of the manual at any time without notice If you have any problems in the use or you have any suggestions please inform us in accordance with the contact provided in this manual For the problems you encounter in the use we will do our best to provide support For your suggestions we would like to express our thanks and make assessment as soon as possible for adoption Copyright Copyright of this manual is reserved to Xi an NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Any individual or organization is not allowed to copy or extract all or any part of the contents in any form without written approval Trademark NOVASTAR wa IS the registered trademark of Nova Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Definition of document mark ATTENTION Identifies information that requires special consideration TIP Identifies advice or hints for the user Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar S
63. Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com www telematics ca NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Gi History afk Email History Notification Content Error S EmailState creen Recipients Notify Date Fig 7 41 the History of notification emails 7 5 4 Monitor Control 7 5 4 1 Configure Control Scheme Contig Konitor Control Information Enable Honitor Control Control information list 2 Temperature gt TOW brightness decrease 50 Temperat ALL Fig 7 42 Configuration Of Monitor Control Enable Monitor Control The functions of Monitor Control will work only when the option is checked Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Valid days of logs Set the valid days of logs One control information can be added by clicking the button In Fig 7 42 As it show in Fig 7 43 is to add one temperature control information as it show in Fig 7 44 is to add one smoke control information Add One Control Information Control Information Control Type Temperature Control When temperature gt 70 C Brightness decrease 50 i o LJ Restore brightness after temperature decrease When lt fo restore brightness temperature LC Open Cooling Device Power Off Fig 7 43 Tem
64. 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 Refresh This button is to refresh 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 is 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
65. Sn 3 ee 10 sn4705 snssos 1672 11 e 55n664 0 czg Zanen ALE ike _in A L L T i 192 168 0 56 192 168 0 115 192 166 0 36 192 168 0 43 192 168 0 44 192 168 0 39 192 168 0 34 192 168 0 92 192 166 0 114 192 168 0 91 Sytem config ei Server config Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 Current Client time information Client time zone Client time Set client time information Time Source Time zone Time of selected zone 2014 2 11 21 27 46 Restart client The timed restart Time of getting current info F Enable the timed restart restart in special time for every day Client password config Notice Password must be 6 to 16 characters Password Repeated input Fig 10 89 Client password Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Lal Client control E A d e we D ll E EE eaS a fig Current group All group MM CH Sytem con Network config ei Server config Client play program p ees P d Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 gp Pito2012 Tixe 192 168 0 56 Current Client time information amp zIKPLoUT 192 168 0 115 se ee ini 192 168 0 36 VUEN n n5653 192 168 0 43 Set client time information 1651 10 192 168 0 44 l DUTCE Network time WC Ia ue a Time source Networktime si Nep 6
66. Star Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The other way is to click gt button in the Module Info panel of the Scan Board page The module settings can be saved to a module configuration file through the opened dialog Shown in Fig 7 23 is Module Info panel of the Scan Board page that the button is on Scan Board Screen Config Hark The current operation in cascading scan board mode Module Info SE Chio Common C Size 3AWx 32H Scan Tvpe 18 gt Direction Horizontal Decode Type 7T4HC138 Decodina Data Group 2 A Fig 7 23 Module Info panel 2 Load a module configuration file In smart setting step 2 Please refer to 7 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt 2 select Option 2 Load module from file in the Smart Setting dialog and follow the instructions 3 Save a scan board configuration file To save settings to a scan board configuration file click Seve Tile at the bottom of the Scan Board page in the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 7 24 is the Scan Board page EE Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd H Screen Config COM1 SE Scan Board Screen Config Hark The current operation is no scan board cascaded mode Module Info Chip Common C Size 32Wx32H Scan Tvoe Direction Horizontal Decode
67. Star Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The play type is only Cycle for global page The global page will be always playing during the segment playing Use the toolbar on the right or right click menu you can copy paste move or delete the selected page The toolbar and menu is shown as Fig 10 28 EI fe Play Program Gi E Segment er pD e 0 atl on eer kinds sai media 54d Scrolling Text Window Add Clock Window oon bar 42 Inserted E 3 Inserted Add Countdown Timer Window Add Weather Window Copy Delete Clear Window Right click Save Window Layout of ze Rreview Current Page menu Current Segment from Cyrfent Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Play Program E Segmenti cial Common Windi TT Clock Window Add Weather Window K Inserted Segment KN Inserted Segment Ee Common Window Tor Rinds of media Add Scrolling Text Window Add Clock Window Add Countdown Timer Window Copy Delete Clear Window Save Window Layout of Page Prewiew Current Page Review Current Segment on screen Fig 10 28 Menu of page 10 2 5 3 Window Editing 1 Create a new window After adding a page you should add windows to the page For example cl
68. Topology Or List IT Select Area On Sc ill gt KS Fig 7 21 the Send by Topology page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Shown in Fig 7 21 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 3 Click ni and the parameter settings will be sent to scan boards 7 1 5 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 Seve in the Screen Config page Fig 7 3 Please save the settings to FLASH click the Save button after sending settings of the LED display configuration performance parameters and hot backup to hardware 7 1 6 Save Load Configuration Files There are four types of configuration files at present the module configuration file the scan board 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 Module configuration files can be used for quick configuration of modules requiring the same kind of settings Scan board Configuration File Saved in a scan b
69. after LED display configuration Adjust color gamut Clocked immediate off on of terminal power Tool Calculator a A shortcut to the calculator application of Windows Language English En Chi PRO Switch to Chinese language of the People s inese P R Republic of China ranas emoten O o Switch to English View the version of software company name and other info Table 6 1 Menu Toolbar introduction Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 NovaLCT Pluto operation instruction 7 1 Start the LED Display 7 1 1 Start with System Configuration File The advantage of using system configuration file to configure LED display is that the configuration procedure is very simple and easy and no manual configuration operation is required Requirement Configuration file of same type LED display exists Operating steps 1 To configure a LED display with system configuration file click Screen Config button from the toolbar or select Tools Screen Config from the main menu of the NovaLCT Pluto application main interface to open the Screen Config window shown as below 2 HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 2 System S Setting N Tools C User U Plug in Tool P Language Lang L Help H LCE XK o ig Brightness Calibration Display Control Monitor Function Card Remote System Info Remote Add
70. anual 4 2 2 3 Client setting The following text shall take the display screen O as an example to explain the configuration operation steps and the configuration steps of other display screens are similar Run NovaLCT Pluto on the local computer and use network cables to directly connect the local computer and asynchronism card or connect them into one LAN 1 Inthe main interface of NovaLCT Pluto click onthe setting terminal configuration Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd network configuration to enter the network parameter setting window and then tick configure server parameters connected in the WAN HovaLCI Pluto 4 0 2 System S Beta P Tools C User U Plug in Tool P Language Lang L Help H Software Config S d P kel H d I Screen Coat Client Authorized K Resolution Config R Remote System Info Language Config L Remote Address ZXNoplutoS 192 168 0 48 Net Connection Connected Device Count Monitor info B i E s4 l O O O Server Status Server Version 1 0 Network Parameter Settings Findow 3 KM Configure the asynchronous system information Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN Obtain an IP address automatically Recommended Configure server network parameters to connect in Wan The Serve Platform Select
71. art 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 request NovaLCT Pluto 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 Search Condition panel in the list Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 3 Cabinet Management W Module and Cabinet DatabBase Sele Module Operation Cabinet Operation om i Import Cabinet Export Cabinet Refresh Cabinet Delete Cabinet Clear Cabinet en Module Cabinet Hame Cabinet Type Cabinet Width Show ALL O Search by Condition Search Condition Regular Cabinet Irregular Cabinet Select All Cabinet Width Cebinet Hight 0 Module Cascade Search Now Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settings Administrator itempDD mel Fig 7 36 Cabinet management page 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
72. art Setting Step 3 page after selection to enter Smart Setting Step 4 page as shown in Fig 7 8 Enter the number of LED rows that are lightened in a module Smart Setting Step 4 Lighting rows for columns in the modules 8 i R si os em Fig 7 8 Smart Setting Step 4 7 Click Next in Smart Setting Step 4 page to enter Smart Setting Step 5 page as shown in Fig 7 9 Enter the number of LED columns that are lightened in a module Smart Setting Step 5 Lighting rows for columns in the modules 2 EJ Column E par Geng Fig 7 9 Smart Setting Step 5 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 8 Click Next in Smart Setting Step 5 to enter Smart Setting Step 9 page as shown in Fig 7 10 Click the corresponding grids according to the position of the lightened LEDs until no LED is lightened any more A line of the lightened LEDs routing will be drawn at the same time A message indicating the finish of the Smart Setting Step 9 will be shown when enough LEDs have been processed Smart Setting Step 9 Boite Look at the lighting point in the modules and click the corresponding cells Unde to back or Clear to restart 1232 4S SC BS Ws 28 195 Wo 19 9 202 Re aS Bert Bs EEE HET HEH HEH hb ahehe Ro RO up Fig 7 10 Smart Setting Step 9
73. ate Bess Gray Scale Normal 8192 v Gray Mode Brightness First Data Clock MHZ Data Duty 50 25 75 Coot Prase Low cray om f a host Control Blanking Time 15 1 20us EEN 13 1 14 Line Change Time 3 0 12 Brightness Effici 90 87 Min OE 904 ns een omg pr ets eat sage ege msn Fig 7 3 Screen Config page for manual configuration of LED display shown below Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Note 1 Pption 1 click Next to begin smart setting 2 Option 2 or 3 load module information to software Gei Option 1 Smart setting Option 2 Load module from file File Path l Browse O Option 3 Load module from database Cabinet Database Path e Selected Module Select Module Fig 7 4 Smart Setting dialog 3 Select Option 1 Smart setting and click Next to activate smart setting wizard The Smart Setting Step 1 page will appear as shown in Fig 7 5 Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Data Type Concurrent Chip Type MBIS036 Ww OE Polarity Unknown Module Info Irregular Module Type Regular Module O E Actual Pixel x 22 y Di Data Group Decoding Type 74HC136 Decoding Scan Type C Over 16 Scans 1d wi Module in one scan boa Cols 1 ZC Ro 1 S Module Cascade
74. ath CADocuments and S Back Background NM SE Out Effect Fig 10 42 Apply properties to media Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Otherwise the media operation also provides the corresponding right click menu as shown in Fig 10 43 and Fig 10 44 Move Up Mowe Down Copy Insert Media Delete Fig 10 43 Right click menu of selected media hex vd EA el i 13 pg jingmediannaozhuomianbizhitiazal 367103_4 jpg 201011519352531011 jpg jN O File Complex Text Static Text Single Line text Scrolling Text Please select the item in toolbar ir Add Media to Analog Clock Digital Clock Countdown Timer Weather Fig 10 44 Right click menu of blank zone 10 2 5 5 Configure Play Program directory After clicking save in Play Program creating page the Play Program will be automatically saved to default directory factory default My Documents NovaPluto PM Play Program The user can configure the directory of Play Program Re configuration of Play Program directory might cause unsuccessful Play Program publishing therefore users are recommended to read the contents of this section carefully E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Operating steps of
75. aximum Width and Height shown in the Cabinet info panel Fig 7 17 are larger than the pixel array size of the cabinet Then click Send To itt In Fig 7 16 If the message as follows 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Those parameters will be in red Reset those parameters and click Send To HW button Ka The parameters in red color are unreasonable please adjust 2 If all parameter settings are acceptable the dialog as shown in Fig 7 19 will appear after clicking the Send To HW button Fa Send Parameters to Scan Board Gei All Scan Boards D Reset the start position of scan boards O Specified Scan Boards Send Cancel Fig 7 19 Send parameters to all scan boards All Scan Boards When this option is selected parameter settings will be sent to all scan boards scan boards 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 scan boards will be set as 0 0 Thus all relating scan boards 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 s
76. binet 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 7 5 2 Email Notification setting Operating steps 1 Click Email settings button in the Monitor Page of Fig 7 38 to enter the email notification setting page shown as below Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Setting Of Email Notification About Monitor Fault EJ Hotification Setting Enable Email Hotification Email Sender Email Address HovaStarTech 126 com Email Password Fkkkkkkkk SMTP Server smtp 126 com Port 23 Modify Sender Use Default Recipient Email Address Email Information Email From Kiel Le e Neighborhood A Square F Log Setting F Enable Log Saving Time Of Log Days Fig 7 40 Email notification setting page 2 To enable email notification email sender recipient and email info need to be set click Apply button after setting 7 5 3 Notification email log If email notification is enabled in the email notification setting page of Fig 7 40 user can view notification email log by clicking Email log in the Monitor Page of Fig 7 41 as show below User can search notification email log by date or delete overdue logs manually
77. cients If some parts of the LED display are different from the rest in color the color of these areas can be adjusted by modifying the corresponding calibration coefficients Operating steps 1 Select the areas to be adjusted Select The Adjustive Area Screen 1 Location SO Y 0 Size 400 X 400H Screen Pixel Topology or List O Select Area On Screen i 1 99 a Fig 7 70 Page for selecting the area to be adjusted 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select The Adjustive Mode Adjust Own Effect Effect As Other Selected Area Adjust own effect pre meon aterm Fig 7 71 Page for Adjust Own Effect option Select The Adjustive Mode Adjust Own Effect Effect As Other Selected Area Select Reference Area Screen 1 Location SO Y 0 Size 400 X 400H Screen O Pixel Gi Topology or List O Select Area On Screen Fig 7 72 Page for Effect As Other Selected Area Phone NovaStar Xian
78. client Open List Save ae List edit homepage return to the edit Stop play Send List window Ga mes Ja Bea e SG OO OO G Set coordinate a foe eee eat Fae List S any time f the and clic ist edi urin a rocess Create Save List ay E homepe el to return PEENIGW LISI Pause and then meee the to the edit window button to refresh to the latest Set play window o Click to set play window Method one check Auto click Choose client to select the client and direct read the size of the load display screen of the client and take it as the size of the play window Method two check Manual Custom size and fill in the size of the play window Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Set play window information Play window mapping location X 0 Y 0 Play window size Auto Width 400 Height 400 Manual Custom size 400 400 GC Choose client Fig 10 49 Set play window information 10 3 2 Edit Play List The edit homepage of Play List is divided into multiple windows and each window is named according to its function as shown in the following figure Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd o ET Edit play list NewList splpy Ha Ee nr e 0006 Current
79. configure Play Program directory 1 Click Configuration button in the main interface of PlutoManager The following window will pop up Configure playlist save path x Saye direct Fig 10 45 Configure Play Program directory 2 Click warning window will pop up Serious warning X Previously saved playlist cannot be used again after changing directory continue re nr Fig 10 46 Play Program directory changing warning Previously saved Play Program cannot be used again after changing directory means after the directory is changed clicking Open button will lead to the new directory to search for Play Program The Play Programs previously saved in the default directory will no longer be opened therefore cannot be used So users are recommended to configure directory before saving Play Program 3 Click Yes to choose a new directory And then click OK New directory will be configured successfully Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 3 Making Sign List Edit mode needs to be configured first the operating steps are clicking Configuration Config edit mode and checking Sign play list and clicking OK Software configuration Play program save directory Client manag Gg e configuration y program Play management Client control Chent information Online
80. ctly set Click Read button and you will see the terminal time is the same as that of the time zone clentcontrol tie ER a loer O ar zen Client play program Current group 8 Puto2012 Tke 192 168 0 56 amp ep Our 192 168 0 115 sn4ss 4 192 168 0 36 OR sn456 3 192 168 0 43 snesi 10 192 168 0 44 192 168 0 39 197 168 0 34 192 166 0 92 192 166 0 114 Time zone Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 Current Client time information UTC 06 00 FH SS Client time zone Client time 2014 2 11 20 59 53 Set client time information UTI C 06 00 FH SEH r 2014 2 11 20 59 55 Time source Time of selected zone J Restart client The timed restart Time of getting current info E Enable the timed restart restart in special time for every day Fig 10 87 Adjust time Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 6 2 2 Client Restart iento ThT as Sa ESCH Lal Client control e fe ee ee Client play program certneme je Wm SE Plutoz012 Te 192 168 0 56 Current Client time information zixeLout 192 168 0 115 Ieren UTC De 00 Eh SH snie 192 168 0 36 Were ES mamen n563 192 168 0 43 U Pa sn651 10 192 1680 44 Set client time information ce Network time S 504705 192 168 0 39 Tme Source Networktime T Ps 2n465 6 197
81. d Program Select Program Program Mame Ver Proaram Version Proaram Path Oooo Select ltems To Load Sending Board MCU Sending Board FRGA Scan Board FRGA Hardware Version Info RefreshAll RefreshOne Sending Board Port H Scan Board H E V0 0 0 0 Total 1 Remarks Position Sendina 1 Port 1 Scan Bo 1 Sending Board MCU Sending Board FPGA Scan Board FPGA Communication Info 2013 4 9 11 55 48 Current control system address 1 port Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 4 9 11 55 50 Current control system address 1 port 3 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 4 9 11 55 51 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Fig 8 1 Hardware program loading page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Program Path Select the program to be loaded to the hardware Scan Board FPGA Select this option to upgrade the FPGA program of a scan board Change Click this button to load the selected program to the selected hardware Refresh All If this option is selected the version info of scan boards connected to the current serial port will be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh One If this option is selected o
82. d for the position and size setting of a window Name Common Window 1 x D i Al width 147 el Height Fig 10 31 tools for window position and size setting En Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 10 32 a focused common window To show all the windows of a page just select the page from the page list This could be very helpful for windows layout adjustment Fig 10 33 showing all windows of a page 3 Delete a window To delete a specified window click the circled Delete button as shown in Fig 10 34 En Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd FS Play Program EF Segmenti Jo l Paget Common Wind P Gz Inserted Segment2 t b e x k t ei L E ae Page en Common Windi Fig 10 34 Delete window 4 Move a window For overlapped windows in the same page the one at front will cover those under it Suppose a common window and a clock window is added to a page at the same position of 0 0 200 200 The common window will cover the clock window when this page is on shown if the common window is in front of the clock window in the window list To avoid the clock window being covered by the common window move it to the front of the common window or move the common wi
83. day point in point or Time slot When Point in point play is selected click to select the point in time double click to cancel the default is to play for one hour from the selected point in time for example three points in time are selected in the following figure 12 AM 3 AM and 8 AM then the play scheduled dates are Play from 12 AM to 1 AM Play from 3 AM to 4 AM Play from 8 AM to 9 AM Time Segment Select Sign CC AllDay Point in time Time slot SIL Wid AT JAJAN F Check all Check invert Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 10 55 Set Point in time When Time slot play is selected click lk increase or decrease the time segments Time Segment Select Sign AllDay Point in time Time slot Start Time End Time 09 54 00 10 54 00 10 13 13 10 13 13 10 13 14 10 13 14 Fig 10 56 Set Time slot c Click WEEKDAY to set the day in the week to play List Select Sign F All days of a week F Sunday Monday Tuesday Thursday Saturday Fig 10 57 Set weekday d Select Sign Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Check Select sign and then select the clients of playing the page Note Every page can be played on different clients If
84. dia to Window Fig 10 37 Right click menu of window 10 2 5 4 Media Editing Media editing will be illustrated with a common window as an example 1 Adda media Media sources of a media type that is supported by NovaStudio2012 can be added to a common window for showing Refer to 1 3 Media Types Supported for information about the supported media types Click the circled button in Fig 10 38 to access the drop down menu of media types Select the corresponding item to add a media source of that type to the common window En Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd i ax gt et Add Media File Complex Text Static Text Single Line text Scrolling Text Analog Clock Digital Clock Please select the E l Countdown Timer item in toolbar Ly Add Media to Window Weather Copied Media Fig 10 38 Add media 1 Media properties setting Properties of a media source can be set is related to the type of the media source Refer to 1 3 Media Types Supported for information about the settable properties of a certain type of media Settable properties of the selected media item in the media source list will be shown on the property panel as shown in Fig 10 39 Modify the property settings of a media item through the property panel if required EE Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar She
85. e TT PBOX10 Be AC100 240V 50 60Hz Fig 3 1 PBOX100 interface diagram Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd LIGHT SENSOR Light sensor interface for LED display brightness adjustment according to environment USB Connect to common USB disks available in the market SD Insert SD card Audio Audio input interface LAN WAN Megabyte Ethernet port Connect to internet OUT Gigabyte Ethernet port Cascading to M3 receiving card scan board MRV 200 MRV210 MAR220 MRV300 MRV320 MRV330 MRV340 MRV350 MRV360 MRV365 or multi function card MFN300 2 PBOX100 control card dimensions Default IP 192 168 0 220 Fig 3 2 PBOX100 dimensions Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 Network deployment This section introduces several common network set up solutions so that users can deployment their network according to their specific requirement and the local network environment In order to ensure regular running of the system the operator is recommended to obtain some network knowledge before use 4 1 Requirements 4 1 1 Hardware connection The Pluto system default IP is 192 168 0 220 before the network connection set the network parameters of eac
86. e and it is better to cover the previous authorized file of this client Play Authorized Modify Findow Cancel Authorized Note Please save the password the same password need not keep many times Play Authorized Modify Findow Cancel Authorized Modify Authorized Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Play Authorized Modify Findow E Cancel Authorized Ce Modify Authorized New Password 6 16 digits or letters Repeated input rerrere Note Please save the password the same password need not keep many times gg Seier ze Cl T Fig 11 2 Modify Authorized 3 Generating authorization documents Once the password is set click on Save to File to save the authorized file to the specified directory it is recommended to set a name allowing rapid identification as per clients for the authorized file Play Authorized Setting Findow PN orreee New Password 6 16 digits or letters Repeated input ocean Note Please save the password the same password need not keep many times Fig 11 3 Saving Authorized File 4 Cancel authorized Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd In the NovaLCT Pluto main interface click on S
87. e 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd time before setting the schedule for auto power control To check the function card time click 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 7 8 2 Monitor Data Click Monitor Data button in the Function Card Management page to open the page for system monitoring as shown below Tea Outer Device Load Program EL Power Management E i P mb Refresh B Fig 7 78 System monitoring page 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 En Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 8 3 External Device Management Requirement light sensor connected Click the Outer Device button in the Function Card Management page to open the page for external devices management as shown in Fig 7 79 KT ES se Ges
88. e 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 1 There isn t any place to view the typing when inputting the password Just type in the password directly and the page shown in Fig 8 79 will change to the one shown in Fig 7 81 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 Just input in the password again if the one input before was wrong 3 Changing the program is not recommended unless there are problems with the function cards 7 9 Main Board Power Manage For the power control of asynchronous control card the figure below is the main menu of power management H Fain Board Power Manage Timing Adjustment List Start date End date Effective Time Expiration Time Current Power Status Status Unknown Immediately Open Fig 7 82 Power Management Window of the Board 1 Immediate On Off Clicking read back can read the current power state and the immediate on or immediate off nearby can make real time control over the asynchronous card power 2 Clocked On Off Click Add button 7 to set for example effective date effective days and effective time on the follow
89. e the pages for saving coefficients to an existing database and a new database respectively cern ne ee Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Database Gei Save to an Existing Database D Save to a Hew Database Select Database T E Type Uoknown Existing Cabinet ID Columns Uoknown Rows Undonown Diseription Unknown ee or E rgmmesc Fig 7 58 saving calibration coefficients to an existing database 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Database C Save ta an Existing Database Co Save to a Hew Database Hew Database Type Sereen Database O Cabinet Database dat tbese SSS G Type Unknown Existing Cabinet ID Columns Unknown Rows Diseription Undcnown Sa spe Fig 7 59 saving calibration coefficients to a new database Screen Database Select this option if it i
90. e to those of insert files Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 4 4 Immediate notification Immediate notification mainly releases some text information Once successfully published current information will be played on the client display immediately prior to all other tasks Return to Play Program publish main interface Click Immediate Notification The page is as shown below Play program publish X kend TIemediate notification 4 gt Upper edge window height textbox height Width 200 Textbox width window width Height 30 a Textbox height window height Play mode Loop times Ea Play d jo eil Hour 10 E Min 0 E Sec Media type Scrolling text Single line text Static text Complex text Text Property Back C Text Effect tot Beo LJIncgst C Cycle Interval of Cycles Pixel Go speed Normal e Text editing area Direction Right to Left Duration o SI Hour 1 10 B Min Fig 10 75 Immediate notification page Window size Must be the actual size of the client display User can click Choose client and read from the client Position Position of immediate notification textbox on the display gt Width Textbox width lt window width Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491
91. ection port avoid port conflict with other applications Client Authorized aa Encrypt the client and generate the authorized file Config edit mode Select to Edit Play program or Sign play list ey Configure the display Accessible to advanced Screen config Screen Config users only Tools Ea Adjust the brightness of LED display Three modes Brightness available manually scheduled and automatically Brightness Cabinet database Eeer Manage existing cabinet database or create a new Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd management Calibration Display control a Calibration E Monitor Co Plug in Display Contral Function card Function Card Hardware info Point detect Color Restore Main Board Power CN Mam Board Power Open Nova display test tools which contains all the Test tool contents of LED display test a one Accessible to advanced users only NovaCLB software for including Connect to display calibration calibration coefficients uploading and adjustment Accessible to advanced users only Show blank lock a image and continue the playing Enter the monitoring page to access monitor settings and results Enter the function card page to configure Enter point detect page to check LED open short circuit status working only
92. ed by one or more pages and each page is composed by one or more windows The window can be divided into Common Window Clock Window Scroll Text Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Window Countdown Timer Window Weather Window The Common Window can contain one or more different types of media One example of play program structure is shown as Fig 10 6 fS Play Program Common Segment Common Winde 22 Page2 M Clock Window M Common Winde liming Inserted Segment A wf Cycle Inserted Segment Fig 10 6 Example of play program Common Segment The segment has these time properties Effective Date Effective Days of the Week Effective Time of the Day For Example The common segment Segmentl1 from June 23 2012 to June 30 2012 every Monday Wednesday Friday played from 8 00 to 12 00 as shown in Fig 10 7 ar nn ee Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd g Ba ot Aw ooo E ar rra Program Segmenti 2012 6 23 ED Hame Segmenti Time Property k PA Effective Date P V No Date Limit From 2012 6 23 e T 2012 6 30 v Effective Day of the Week oo e og 5 F A11 J Monday Tuesday J Wednesday Thursday ei EN E 4 Friday Saturday S
93. egment Fig 10 24 Menu of segment Click the button on the toolbar at Segment Editing Area to add a Common Page or Global Page as shown in Fig 10 25 ES JS Play Program EE Segmenti sed ig Inserted Segment2 SE Inserted Segment3 2 Properties Setting NE ee Segment Edi tinghrea as Common Page Global Page ai a Fig 10 25 Add page The properties of the added page can be set through the property panel Shown in Fig 10 26 is the property panel Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd ooo Page Editing Area OS 8 t 4 v8 0800 Background Im Color Fig 10 26 Properties of page There are three options for Play Type Cycle Specific Times and Specific Duration If Play Type is set to be Cycle this page will be shown repeatedly if Specific Duration NovaStudio2012 will shift to the next page after showing this page for the time specified by Play Duration if Specific Times NovaStudio2012 will shift to the next page after all the play windows finish playing their media sources repeatedly for N times N is specified by Play Times Area of the page that is not covered by windows will show the background picture or color as shown in Fig 10 27 Play Window Background Picture Fig 10 27 background with background picture En gt Phone Nova
94. el array more gray levels or higher refresh rate that a scan board can support Clock 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 errors due to the phase such as image dislocation and flashing pixels Low Gray Compensation For drive 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 The steps of performance parameters adjustment are as follows 1 Adjust the parameters in the Performance Setting panel Fig 7 18 until the M
95. en 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select by group Publish Play Program by group If the size of terminal screen is different from playback program and the users still send this playback to the screen the system will adopt the self adapting window playback but this will lead to the terminal screen become deformed 5 Select target clients then press Next Online send x Related information Play control in sending files Pgusectient playing while sending media It may cause slow sending speed if client is playing while sending media Play program sawe path in client Gei Integrated memory SD card U disk Fig 10 66 Online publish settings 6 Pause client playing while sending media is suggested choose where to save Play Program in client then press Next to publish after successfully publishing below window will be shown Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Online send x Send play program Current send play program New List 2 phym Client list of recive play program Client name IP Publish result Operate 1 Pluto2012 FGH 192 168 0 238 WI Sms Resend E en108 WBL 192 168 0 5 ne 5 Resend Fig 10 67 Play Program publishing successfully 10 4 2 Offline export Offline export means
96. en click Modify g Client management x Search client in LAN Create Status Delete Refresh d 256 128 Refresh client 128 128 lt Default gt Search client Delete client 400 400 Pluto 3 Move to 128 Pluto2012 120 n 108 WBL 92 168 0 6 384 Pluto2012 CZG esch 9300090909 SZ SS HMMM HHS Pluto2012 FGH 192 168 0 220 QQQQQQQ C Modify client name Client name Fig 10 2 Modify client name 3 Client grouping 6 Click at group to create a new group and then group the clients That is to divide clients into groups Grouping can be done through the following two ways Methods one Select one or more clients use the right button to click move to then to choose one group in the window of choose client group and then click OK The clients will be moved to the selected group Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Client name 1P Screen size Status Delete Refresh gt wm Ox S w em ex Modify client name Refresh client Pluto2012 FGH Search client an 108 WBL Delete client Copy to sl Chooseclient group xX B All clients lt Default gt i Default gt Fig 10 3 Client grouping methods one Methods two Select one
97. et The configuration is completed by then The pixel array sizes of the receiving cards can be different from each other and can also be left unset After configuration click corresponding button to send the configuration information to the receiving card or save it in the computer The right button of the mouse can be used to clear the settings for the current scan board c Complex Screen Configuration Need to configure each scan board s starting Coordinates and pixel array respectively www telematics ca Fig 7 15 complex screen configuration page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Add Click Add to access the page for scan boards information setting such as 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 scan boards Delete To delete the selected scan board from the scan boards list Clear To delete all scan boards from the list 7 1 3 Set the Cabinet Info Switch to Scan Board page in Fig 7 16 EnO Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd ES Screen Contig COnl Scan Board Screen Config Hark The current operation is no scan board cascaded mode Module Info Chip Common
98. eters To achieve the best performance performance parameters should be set properly Performance parameters setting can be through the performance setting panel which is circled and marked as Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd area 2 in Fig 7 16 Performance Setting DW Symmetrical Output C D clock signal as the second road extends to 32 group data C Enable twenty dat Group Swap Ehe Raie H7 Accelerate R Gray Scale Gray Mode Refresh Rate Firs w Data Clock MHZ Data Duty 50 wl 25 75 Clock Phase Low Gray Co Blanking Time 25 lt 2 00us eee lop 1 24 Line Change T 3 zl 019 Brightness Effi 68 24 Min OE Bons Fig 7 18 the Performance setting panel 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 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 cannot be selected at the same time Enable twenty data group mode If selected the scan board will provide 20 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data can not be selected at the same time Group Swap Adjust the order of date group Refresh Rate
99. etting Client Authorized and at this moment it is required to enter password again and then tick Cancel Authorized and click on OK to cancel authorized HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 2 Sege Tools C User U Plug in ToolP Language Lang L Help H Software Config S Client Config C eo ge Client Authorized K p jppiay Control Monitor Function Card Remote System info Remote Address LYN 192 168 0 96 Net Connection Connected Device Cou Monitor info Server Status Server Version 1 0 Play Authorized Login Findow Old Password teere Random Code 776024841 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Play Authorized Modify Findow Gei Cancel Authorized Modify Authorized Play Authorized HNodify Findow Cancel Authorized Modify Authorized Rm e Fig 11 4 Cancel Authorized Way II PlutoManager terminal authorization See 10 5 2 3 Client password configuration for the specific operations Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 11 2 Authorized decryption 1 NovaLCT It shall be input the correct password when connecting the authorized terminal 2 PlutoManager authorization configuration If the
100. g management User can set valid days of log storage and view log of specific period of time in log management page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR EZ Play management Current group All group Client play program Client name E Puto2012 Tixe 192 168 0 56 zKPLouT 192 168 0 115 O snis 192 168 0 36 H snase 3 192 168 0 43 5651 10 192 168 0 44 RTE 192 168 0 39 O niss 192 168 0 34 gp ens72 11 192 168 0 92 OR ssnss4eczg 192 168 0 114 n twowiFisin 192 168 0 91 l Total client amount E Pi ay con trg Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 i Set valid days of log storage Time of getting current info Valid days H lt 31 days Log operation Start date 2014 02 12 E E Getting existing log again End date 2014 02 12 le Log list Fig 10 80 Log management page NovaStar Tech Co Ltd d em Set valid days for log storage The user can set freely but it shall not be more than 31 days After the setting click Apply to take effect Click Read to view the current setting Log operation User can set the start and end date check Getting existing log again and then Read to obtain log list of corresponding period of time 10 5 3 Storage management Media Play Programs are all stored in the hardware or removable storage devices of client In order
101. ger be opened therefore cannot be used So users are recommended to configure directory before saving playlist 3 Click Yes to choose a new directory And then click OK New directory will be configured successfully 10 2 5 Edit Play Program 10 2 5 1 Edit Segment 1 Create Click the button on the toolbar of Play Program Editing Area or right click on the Play Program Node or right click on the screen a menu pops up shown as Fig 10 20 for adding new segment Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 21 is the corresponding property NOVA STAR P z ce EOT Le al gt gt a CC A d is j sl Cas CEA fanaa flonase e 3 e ke al 7 lt lt ch fe A KL L A 5 Laf da Puss VI i x CTO 3 EVEN Play Program Editing Area envag va D AN All Lem D V d wu ke eg d JE WR Add Common Segment xN e VR f I X lt gt Avs g P I lt gt wa sg e v AS PUNS j Add Common Segment Add Inserted Segment mge em E avn 4 an ke 4 4 N f LG lt gt wa wgl 7 lt gt 3 e I 2 lt gt Wa y A vA AN kb vA AS vf s Le d K pmm T fe Ak ey gt f lt a DAYA G Kn A i GI i f a fm er K d V mge Di d K lt f
102. h asynchronism card on the software NovaLCT pluto it is recommended to adopt the direct network cable connection to connect local computer and clients Local computer In which NovaLCT Pluto run Netword cable PSD100 LED display Fig 4 1 Hardware Connection of NovaLCT Pluto Configuration Display Attention The local computer shall be directly connected to the 100Mpbs network port Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 1 2 Setting system IP Set ip of local computer to 192 168 0 100 Run Nova LCT Pluto on the local computer 1 Click on System search pluto system s LCT will search the Current Connected Pluto systems Searching results is shown as below HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 2 No Hardware ra User U Plug in TooKP Language Lang L Help H I 4 Search Pluto System S D 3 gt Kr 4 Remote System info Remote Address Unknown Net Connection Not Connected Device Count Unknown Monitor Info No Screen click here to config Server Status No Server Search Pluto System Findow Sel Search Progress Search complete Remaining time Os Searched pluto count 1 Search Se RNA Client List By name By name ascending By ip descending By ip ascending descending order O order O order O order Name IP pluto 192 168 0 220
103. he toolbar or select Tools gt Brightness from the main menu of the NovaLCT Pluto application main interface to open the Display Adjustment page for brightness display quality Gamma and current gain adjustment Shown in Fig 7 27 is the Display Adjustment page 7 2 1 Manual Adjustment Display Adjustment COM1 Screeni Adjustment Mode Gi Manual O Schedule Config CH Auto Contig Display Quality Gamma Adjustment Soft Mode Wi Enhanced Mode Fixed Value Mode A Mode B Brightness Adjustment lt 2 8 lt a 100 0 WEE Gamma Table Color Temperature Adjustment Custom Chip BEISO36 Fain F Resistor Setting P joa Me am SS RGB Brightness 100 0 ss BR ais SS 100 0 yo RB soo Genchr opnous 100 0 Synchronous Calor Tenperatura Read Gamma value result Succeed Fig 7 27 manual adjustment page of Display adjustment Display quality There are two modes for display quality soft mode and strengthen mode Use soft mode for the Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd situation that the environment brightness is not very high Strengthen mode is better when the background is very bright Gamma Adjustment If Fixed Value is selected the Gamma coefficient can be any value between 1 and 4 And
104. henzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com Table of Contents L SVS de TE 1 1 1 CONFI GUAT OIG EE 2 1 2 OY SES PGT KI 2 SEN Ca Sg ee AE EC 2 3 HARDWARE INTRODUCTION AND CONNECTION ccsccsscssccssccsccsscssccsccsscnscssccsscnsccsccnscnscossosscnscesscsscescssossooses 3 A NETWORK DEPLOYMENT wisscuicssserecesscatwscsncntsentnsatevinsuataunsseeseananssdncetnestawen suntauneusaamasntececderesseanenentpenensmimonianncuiesncess 5 4 1 REQUIREMENTS ee 5 411 TIGFAWGlE CONNCCUOM EE 5 Gide SSCL IIO SV SECT EE 6 4 2 NETWORK DEPLOY MENT SOLUTION nactscsinsccsinasccntacalnnnieuaesineatawasencsaiatsinaniaewannnasaasmaeiannancat see ETS 10 4 2 1 LAN configuration solution 10 422 Small WAN SOLUTION server free eegenen geed dE 17 5 SOFIWAREINSTALLATION ME 22 6 INTRODUCTION TO NOVALCT PLUTO ME 23 6 1 NOVA LC TAP LUTO IAIN INTERFACE ns a EEEE T T E A EEE E AOE ANETE 23 6 2 MENGA O EE 24 7 NOVALCT PLUTO OPERATION INSTRUCTION sscsscssscssccsccssccsccsscnsccsscnscnscosscsscnscosscnscescosscnscescossosscessosssesoess 26 7 1 START THE LED DISPLAY ET 26 7 1 1 Start with System Configuration Ee 26 P S T TE 28 P SEEC e EE 42 TA Adut ENC Per oman ee 44 Pa Ne e O A EE 50 Z466 Save Load Configuration Files sssrini ieni EE 50 7 2 ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS DISPLAY QUALITY GAMMA AND CURRENT DAIN 55 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com
105. ian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt PlutoManager time synchronization keep the time of terminal consistent with that of the PlutoManager computer i e control computer gt Cloud server time synchronization keep the time of terminal consistent with that of Cloud server if the Cloud platform is used gt Terminal automatic time synchronization time acquisition of terminal is from the network gt Readback the selected readback all readback the current mode of the selected or all terminals Update the selected update all Update the time hack of the selected or all terminals to current settings 2 Select the time synchronization mode for the terminal and apply to terminal CG 3 click Dutton for time setting click OK when finish TimeSyn setting Timesyn interval A gt Minute Time source Network time r UTC OS omdat A St FaH D Timesym zoon Fig 10 98 TimeSyn setting TimeSyn interval For setting the time period according to which terminals time will be checked and reset Time source Optional network time or computer time TimeSyn zone For time zone setting Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 9 Font Management Read and update current font of the terminal ao Font manageme
106. ick the button shown in Fig 10 29 to add a common window to the page Cl s ZS t we x Ss LC O O i On i Common Window for kinds of media SS Play Program B 42 Segmenti cil EE E Common Windi O Clock Window ES gz hnhaerted Segment 2 Inserted Segment3 Scroll Text Window Clock Window Countdown Timer Window Weather Window Fig 10 29 Add window to page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The newly added window will be shown on the computer display after the add operation as shown in Fig 10 30 UM Create play program NewList plpym SG HH Open Save Dave as on New Play Program S42 Segmenti E Paget Common Windi O Clock Window j Common Wind Gz Inserted Segment E Inserted Segment Fig 10 30 Added window 2 Window position and size setting The position and size of a newly added window may need to be reset as the default values are unlikely to meet the requirements These values can be reset directly by using the tool provided in NovaStudio2012 as shown in Fig 10 31 A more intuitive way to reset these values Is to use the mouse Click on the window to put focus on it and then set its position and size by drawing pulling and squeezing as shown in Fig 10 32 The arrow keys and their combination with Shift keys can also be use
107. ils SEET AN Show by status vA Quick search A Client name ip Screen size pluto3 192 168 0 66 128 126 ZXN 01 192 168 0 49 400 400 sn 106 WBL 192 168 0 89 384 256 pluto2 192 168 0 130 256 128 pluto 192 168 0 126 128 128 Total amount 6 amp Onne 3 O offic 2 QP 192 168 0162 Fig 9 3 PlutoManager main interface Menu Toolbar Please refer to Table 9 1 in the next section for details Client list Show clients by group LED display size and status respectively And also show client name IP corresponding LED display width and height and status Quick search Search client by IP or name Client sorting non sorting ascending or descending sort by name ascending or descending sort by IP IP View the IP of current computer Client info Shows the total quantity of clients online client quantity and of offline client quantity Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 9 2 Menu Toolbar rot 1 ren 1 Some operate Client management Client management Create Play Program Create play program Publish Play Program Publish play program x Play management Play management Online upgrade Terminal time synchronization Font management Language management Terminal control Version readback Online upgrade Import Export client Add group Add
108. ine Calibration Manage Coefficients Di Sereen Select Upload Ares Screen 1 Location X 0 To Size 248 J84H Gei Terin CH Fisel CH Topelogy er List Select Agen On Sereen Operate all pixels Calibrai on Chr oma Current Sor eer Sere 1 Fig 7 54 upload coefficients step 2 upload to screen Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd b Pixel E screen Calibration d F 1 Current Sereen Qeline Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Gei Zereepl Select Wplead Arti Screen 1 Location E 0 Y 0 Size 2048 3840 C Seram Pixel C Topology or List Select Ares n Screen Start Colmes Start Best of a Fidth EN Haight Enable Disnable Calibraion Chur een we Current Screen Fig 7 55 upload coefficients step 2 upload to specific pixel area c Topology or List Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Select Upload Area Screen 1 Location ZO Y 0 Size 384 X 384H Screen Pixel Topology or List F Select Area On Screen egal steer Fig 7 56 upload coefficients step 2 upload by Topology or List Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen If this option is selected calibration coefficients for the wh
109. ing current info 2014 2 8 16 31 37 w sn4od 4 192 166 0 36 C Obtain an IP address automatically Recommended sns56 3 192 168 0 43 i F ON snesi 10 192 168 0 44 pe aes sn470 5 192 168 0 39 i e De Gateway sn465 6 192 168 0 34 gp sn672 11 192 168 0 92 d ssns64sczg 192 168 0 114 MAC address 30 31 53 00 07 DA i Lal two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 Wireless con figuration Time of getting current info 2014 2 8 15 44 19 Wifi list Tip If you choose the wrong Wifi chent will disconnect WPASPSK Connected nowa WFAZPSE Not connected liuyanWifi WPAZ2PSK Not connected FlutoTest WPAZPSK Not connected NETGEAR WPASPSK Not connected TP LINK_ AFa2E Open Not connected 1 2 A rg 5 6 Fal ytl660 WPA SPSK Not connected Goo kamen Fig 10 83 Wired configuration Click Read to read the current IP Remote Change of Terminal IP Method 1 Tick Automatically Obtain IP Address recommended andthe click Apply Method 2 Change the parameter manually and then click Apply When IP is successfully set the terminal will automatically disconnect and then reconnect 10 6 1 2 Wireless configuration Click Refresh button to refresh the searched Wifi by the current terminal double click on a wifi then the current terminal can be connected to the wifi if the wifi has a password it is necessary
110. ing menu and then click Ok Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Power Setting Effective date Scheduled date From Sape 09 11 To 2013 09 11 Weekly effective days Monday Tuesday wednesday Thursday All Fri day Satur day sunday Effective time Enable Time 08 00 00 Close Time 22 00 00 Fig 7 83 Add Power Clocked Control Return to the main menu of power management and click Send to send the clocked control command to the asynchronous card a Main Board Power Manage Timing Adjustment List End date Current Power Status Status Immediately Open Fig 7 84 Send the clocked power control commend to the asynchronous card a Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 8 Hardware program upgrade Operation steps for updating hardware program in LCT Login as an advanced user and input admin in the main interface of NovaLCT Pluto to open hardware program loading page 1 There isn t any place to view the typing when inputting the password Just type in the password directly 2 Just input the password again if you typed the wrong password 3 Hardware program updating is not recommended if no problem occurs Load Program Loa
111. isplay brightness will be adjusted according to the color 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 1 The information of the multifunction card light sensor list is from the multifunction card configuration settings 2 NovaLCT Pluto first generates the environment brightness value from measurement results of all available light sensors according to certain calculating algorithm And then NovaLCT Pluto uses the generated environment brightness to adjust the LED display brightness according to the parameter settings such as brightness thresholds segment numbers Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 3 Cabinet
112. k the icon Import client 2 Select the path of the file and click OK Provided that prior the client has been previously exported Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 Click the icon 2 Select save path of the file Export client 3 Select the client group to be exported or choose export all clients 4 Click OK Delete offline Offline clients won t be shown after clicking this client button View client Press to view client group name group name Table 10 1 Client management toolbar 1 ADD Client in LAN Add client operation steps Method one Click Client Management Search client in LAN Search all clients in LAN PlutoManger will add all clients in LAN Method two Click Client Management Search client in LAN Search by IP the client IP must be known only client with specific IP will be added Method three Click Client Management Search client in LAN Search a part of client in LAN input IP scope After adding client by any of above three methods the client info can be seen in both main interface and client management page 2 Modify the client name Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select terminal click right button Modify Client name fill the new client name th
113. mation System Information System Name LYN F Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN Obtain an IP address automaticaly Recommended Fig 4 7 Setting System information Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 6 Tickthe option configuring system parameters connected on the LAN and obtain an IP address automatically and then click send Network Parameter Settings Findow TT Configure the asynchronous system information Civ Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN System network para Tip Change network parameters need to restart the network card the current Obtain an IP address automatically Recommended Fig 4 8 Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN Respectively set the network parameters of each asynchronous card according to the above mentioned steps 4 2 Network deployment solution 4 2 1 LAN configuration solution All LED displays and the control computer need to locate in the same LAN Requirements Hardware gt Nova asynchronous control card PSD100 gt Switch Software gt NovaLCT Pluto Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt PlutoManager Fig 4 9 All LED displays and control computers locate in
114. meters 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Refresh Fan If this option is selected the fans status will be under monitoring Every cabinet has same number of fan If for every cabinet the number of fans to be monitored is the same select this option and set the fan 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 ca
115. 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 Pluto Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 8 1 1 Manual Power Control Select the Manual option to set the power supply control mode in to manual mode And the power supplies of the function card can be controlled through the corresponding Start button or Stop button 7 8 1 2 Auto Power Control The page for automatic power control is as shown in Fig 7 77 Function Card Tise SE 2012 04 17 Tuesday 18 30 23 Bed ze Set Meter rer Delay D Getei psu iaon gea Bamna Start Step Switch 1 10 51 30 3 13 52 30 5 Switch 2 13 51 30 13 52 30 5 Switch 3 13 51 30 13 52 30 Switch 4 13 51 30 zl 13 52 30 6 Switch 5 13 51 30 gt 13 52 30 Switch 6 13 51 30 S 13 52 30 5 Switch 7 13 51 30 S 13 52 30 5 Switch 8 13 51 30 13 92 30 3 ss Fig 7 77 Automatic power control page 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 in 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 1 In Auto mode the schedule will be disabled if th
116. ndow to the back of it The circled arrow buttons in Fig 10 35 are use to move a window forward or backward L vy Laye gt i Play Program 44 Segment Es x Name Clock Window Lower Layer ig Inserted Segment2 En Inserted Segment3 Clock Type Analog C Back mp Stretch 3 H H Scale IB 5 gt Fig 10 35 Move window 5 Duplicate a window To duplicate a window select the source window click the Copy button and then click the Paste Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Circled in Fig 10 36 are the Copy button and the Paste button Window Editing rea ta Play Program 4 Segment x T Pagel S N C Clock Window CC Gere 0 eu x D Width 200 gt Height 200 Fig 10 36 the Copy button and the Paste button ame Common Windowl The right click menus on the window node and on the window zone in the screen are also supported to edit the window as shown in Fig 10 37 Window Editing Area HE Play Program GG Segment Add Media d I9l Paget Mame Add Media Clear Heda i Clear Media 4g Inserted Positon Il Page Positon Ane Og Size m cj 49 Inserted Down Layer CR zg Down Layer P Copy Copy Paste Paste Delete Delete Pas Select th D s gc te WEI Add Me
117. ne NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 System overview NovaPluto is a set of LED display centralized playback control program that can remotely release play programs monitor playback and screen body state and remote control This program has flexible network structure so that it can be easily deployed in the local area network and wide area network supports the server free single server and multi server architectures and suits different scale projects under different situations The NovaCloud software is required when a server is available For details see related materials about NovaCloud NovaPluto program mainly includes three parts which are the display configuration software NovaLCT Pluto centralized playback control software PlutoManager and asynchronous controller PBOX100 PluotManager is a play and management software for Pluto asynchronous control system it can connect to the asynchronous control card via LAN or internet The main functions include client management Play Program editing Play Program transmission play status remote monitoring etc NovaLCT Pluto software referred to as LCT hereinafter mainly controls the LED display s smart setting performance parameter setting brightness adjustment and calibration to achieve the best performance of it El Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar
118. nected Device Count Unknown Monitor Info Server Status No Server Search Pluto System Vindor Search Progress Search complete e Remaining time 0s Searched pluto count 7 Client List By name O By name ascending O By ip descending O By ip ascending descending order order order order Name IP ZXNpluto5 ZXNpluto3 192 168 0 105 ZXNpluto2 192 168 0 75 ZXNpluto1 192 168 0 57 wangbl 192 168 0 73 n 125 192 168 0 98 LYN 192 168 0 96 Fig 4 11 Search Pluto System Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 3 Select the client then click Connect System Search Pluto System Findow Search Progress Search complete WV Remaining time 0s Searched pluto count 7 meanen corong Client List By name By name ascending By ip descending By ip ascending descending order O order O order O order Name IP ZXNpluto5 192 168 0 48 ZXNpluto3 192 168 0 105 ZXNpluto1 192 168 0 57 wangbl 192 168 0 73 n 125 192 168 0 98 LYN 192 168 0 96 a Fig 4 12 Connect System 4 Click on User Advanced user login to pop up the user login interface and then enter the password admin click on Login to enter advanced user interface S NovaLCI Pluto 4 0 2 System S Setting N Tools UsectU Plug in TooK P Language Lang L
119. ng the software prompts 10 4 Publish Play Program 10 4 1 Online publish Online publish means publishing Play Program directly to the client who s online storage space through network Operation steps Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 Go back to the main interface of PlutoManager Click Publish Play Program button Or click send in the Edit Play Program window to enter the Play Program publishing page sl Play program publish R Sj Normal publish Vi Emergency insert play Ss Immediate notification Play program list Total amount m Lol Play program Screen size Convert result eg Export Delete NewList 2 400 400 Not converted f gt NewList 1 400 400 Not converted EI NewList 400 400 Not converted E NewList 400 400 Not converted Ei NewList 3 400 400 Not converted E Fig 10 62 Play Program publishing page Update press to view all finished Play Programs lciear delete all Play Programs and files F Delete once deleted all files related to Play Program will be gone no matter converted or not F Send send Play Program E Export export Play Program to USB disk 2 Select the Play Programs you want to convert press Ctrl at same time to select multiple right click and select Convert The following window will pop out click Advanced Yo
120. nit Refresh Humidity Refresh Smoke Refresh cabinet status Refresh status Refresh Fan Every cabinet has same number of fan Every cabinet has different number of fan Refresh power of monitor board Every cabinet has same number of power Every cabinet has different number of power Alarm Setting Vwhen tem T display alarm information Fig 7 39 Monitor setting page Auto Refresh If this option is check NovaLCT Pluto will automatically check the status and parameters being Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 Pluto will retry to check the status and parameters being monitored when it fails in doing so Refresh Status The status here refers to the working status of the scan boards If this option is selected the working status of the scan boards 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 scan boards 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 para
121. nly the version info of the selected scan board will be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh Click this button to show the current version info of the hardware This can be used to check whether the hardware program has been upgraded 9 Introduction to PlutoManager PluotManager is a play and management software for Pluto asynchronous control system it can connect to the asynchronous control card via LAN or internet The main functions include client management Play Program editing Play Program tranmission play status remote monitoring etc The software interface is simple and easy to learn Main features as follows Support a variety of media formats such as video images text weather clock countdown Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Word Excel Txt etc Support Play Program transmission via online or offline Support multi window playing Support hiding preview window Self adapting window display Multiple clients synchronous display Multi period display and support cycle inserted display timing inserted display Remote restart terminal Remote setting of terminal IP Support upgrading of word stock Support upgrading by service packs Support remote software upgrading Simple interface and easy operation Support multiple languages Support customi
122. nn nen Ten ee ener toe ene eee ere ers 124 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 2 2 Play Program Dispatch RUIE eebe 129 10 2 3 Ree TA ee ee E 133 10 2 4 Configure playlist directorn ONENERA ETEEN REEE R ETENN OEREN RDE RRENEN 135 10 2 5 Ea PV OG EE 136 a MANG IONLI EE 154 10 3 1 POTU LION ee 156 10 3 2 Eege 157 10 3 3 sendiho FOV EE 166 104 PUBLISH PLAY PROGRAM EE 166 10 4 1 B S E 166 10 4 2 AEDO E 171 10 4 3 er EEE e A E ee E E E A A A E N E A E A eee 172 10 4 4 mMimediate NOCO UON EE 177 TOs PILAY MANAGEMENT g ere AAA 179 10 5 1 EE 179 10 5 2 BOG TOMO CIN E 181 10 5 3 Sarge feet EE 182 10 5 4 lee ee ere GE 184 HOS CLIENT CONTRO ET 185 10 6 1 EE 185 10 6 2 EEN 188 10 6 3 Sern reon UG OI EE 194 10 6 4 geleiert 195 10 7 ONTINE UPGRADE EE 199 El Eege 200 109 FONT MANAGEMENT arrancan i ea aipenanntene mam E T a E eam aee nn R N 202 10 10 LANGUAGE MANAGEMENT oprise onani n E E E A EE E 202 Ty CLIENT AUTITMIGCRIZATION EEN 203 IEE AUTHORIZATION ERT 203 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 11 2 AUTHORIZED DECRYPTION BE 209 TZ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Zauber EENEG EEN 211 13 DOCUMENT VERSION STATEMENT sek ene KEN KEN NK ENKER ENKER ENKER EEN KK KEN KEE ENKER ENKER NEEN KKK ENKER ENKER ek 215 Pho
123. nt e Choose font to update Choose file to update Current font BEEN Be ee 12 168 0 33 Sn f 31264 192 166 0 112 sn661 13 1927 166 0 36 zan p01 sn065 PECE 192 168 0 108 Pluto2012 192 166 0 30 WiF LO 192 166 0 12 PCC 0 C 02 1927 166 0 220 Fluto P 192 168 0 13 Ly N PSD100 192 166 0 89 e ee eC eC ECE E zan P0S sni08 192 162 0 6 H om 192160068 Check all E T dt Fig 10 99 Font Management 10 10 Language Management Update the terminal s language Tick Uniform Setting of Terminal Language to select language type and then click Update All to update the language of all terminals Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gd Language management Language type is same of client Client name anengen Eege H_sn343_24 H_sn347_25 H_sn387_14 H_sn405_30 H_sn651_22 al H_sn660 18 ral H_sn661_26 al H_sn664_20 H_sn667_19 H_sn669_15 H_sn670_16 Check all IP 192 168 1 195 192 168 1 174 192 168 1 168 192 168 1 31 192 168 1 171 192 168 1 169 192 168 1 175 192 168 1 21 192 168 1 189 192 168 1 167 192 168 1 196 192 168 1 172 Language type English en v Group A CS Current lang Update result Operate Update E b Update Update Update Update Update Update Update Update Update Upda
124. nzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd F Window Editing Area Gg SR E E Any Times Ss pate Ge ER Cl outeffect p e Gest 0 18 Fig 10 39 Properties page of media 2 Set play times of media Select the media in the list then double click the Play Times Grid to change the play times You can manually enter a new number or select the existing number in the drop down as shown in Fig 10 40 2 jingmeidiannaozhuomianbizhttiazal 367103_4 jpg 3 201011519352531011 jpg 1 2 Fig 10 40 Change play times of media Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The media scheduling is related with the play type of current page described as follows lt If there is three media A B and C of one common window the corresponding play time is 1 2 and Any Times the play order is as follows The play type of page is Cycle ABCBCCCC The play type of page is Specific Times as2 ABCB ABCB The play type of page is Specific Duration ABCBCCCC lt If there is three media A B and C of one common window the corresponding play time is 1 2 and 3 the play order is as follows The play type of page is Cycle ABCBCC ABCBCC ABCBCC The play type of page is Specific Times as2 ABCBCC ABCBCC The play type of
125. o x Operate Configuration Language Lang Help Software configuration Play program save directory Play management Client contro Client information Online Offline Total amount Server information Import authorize file File path C Input authorize password Show password Fig 11 6 Configure Authorization Information Way I Select Import authorize file option then click on to import authorized file of LYZ and click on OK Way Select Imput authorize password option and click on OK After importing the authorized file the display status of this client is normal as shown below Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd lt 9 PlutoManager V4 3 0 so3 T01 EE E x Operate Configuration Language Lang Help o oF F B Client management Create play program Publish play program Play management Client control Show by status v A Client name P Screen size Online ZXNpluto3 192 168 0 105 384 256 ZXNpluto1 192 168 0 57 384 256 ZXNpluto2 192 168 0 75 126 128 wangbd 192 168 0 73 128 126 ZXNoplutoS 192 168 0 46 256 256 Offline Fig 11 7 Client Display after Authorization Configuration 12 Frequently asked questions 1 Software shows No Hardware Please check whether all the client
126. oard configuration file are the settings of scan boards Scan board configuration Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 scan boards 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 1 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 7 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt 9 for details Shown in Fig 7 22 is the dialog for saving module settings to a module configuration file Save Wodule 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 Save module to database Cabinet Database Path Fig 7 22 Dialog for saving module setting to a module configuration file Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 Nova
127. ole display will be uploaded Pixel Select this option to upload calibration coefficients to the specified pixel area 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 shown is the cabinet list Zoom The zoom slide bar is for zoom in or out the cabinet array sketch map 3 Choose Fast upload or Stable upload then press Upload button Online Datta Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Upload Coefficients Fig 7 57 upload coefficients step 3 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Upload Click this button to upload the selected calibration coefficients to the hardware Save Save the selected calibration coefficients to hardware FLASH The saved data won t be lost even the system is powered off 7 7 2 2 Save Coefficients to Database This operation is to read back the calibration coefficients form the current LED display and save them to a database file Operating steps 1 The calibration coefficients read back can be saved to an existing database or a new database Shown in Fig 7 58 and Fig 7 59 ar
128. oma VW Current Screen Fig 7 51 Online calibration page Enable Disnable Calibraion Disnable Chroma or Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 NovaLCT Pluto listens to It is actually an IP of the computer on which NovaLCT Pluto is running Port This is the port that NovaLCT Pluto 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 Pluto 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 7 7 2 Manage Coefficients This page is to adjust the calibration coefficients for better calibration performance Shown in Fig Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novasta
129. ommon page that it always stays on the front of all other common pages In the case that common pages of different window layout are needed while a window at a fix position is also required such like that for clock weather info or scrolling text putting the fix position window in a global page is the best way for the window layout design But if only one common page is needed a global page may not be necessary as the fix position window can be set directly to the position required Common Page A common page can have multiple windows and the layout of the windows can be customized A segment can have multiple pages And of course the window layouts of these common pages can be different from each other The common pages will be shown in the order they are listed in the segment Normally one common page is enough for a segment Window A window also named a play window Is an area of a page in which visible media sources will be show Note that any window must be affiliated to a page Common Window A common window could have its own media sources list and thus different types of media sources can be played in it in the list order Scroll Text Window A window that is only for showing scrolling text e Clock Window A window that is only for analog or digital clocks Countdown Timer Window Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co
130. ool P User U Language Lang L Help H Ha amp Screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control Monitor Function Card Remote System Info Remote Address 192 168 0 49 Net Connection Connected Device Count Monitor Info Server Status Server Version 1 0 Fig 6 1 NovaLCT Pluto main interface Title Shows software name and version info Menu Toolbar See the next section for detailed description Table 6 1 Remote system info Shows related information of the currently connected clients Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Monitor info Shows the overall monitoring results Red point indicates error detected and green indicates no error Click on the red point to access the alarm window which contains corresponding error info shown as below COMi Screenl Fig 6 2 Alarm window containing error info 6 2 Menu Toolbar Menu Toolbar Function Local system SS Connect to system System Search Pluto system i Search Pluto system through the network a connection tale neconnectihesiem View current IP of Pluto system and configure Net Config network parameters of it Resolution Client Config Config R Readback Configure current Resolution onfig Language Readback Configure current language Config L Settings Set connection IP current computer IP Software Config Set conn
131. option to shown in the list all cabinets configurations in the library Search by Condition Select this option to shown the configurations of the cabinets that meet the requirements set in the Search Condition panel in the list Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 4 Display control Click Display Control button from the toolbar or select Tools gt Display Control from the main menu of the NovaLCT Pluto application main interface to open the Screen Control page as shown below in Fig 7 37 Screen Control nm k Ru Fig 7 37 the Screen Control page 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 7 5 Monitor the System Monitoring is one of the key features of the Mars serial LED display control systems The monitoring subsystem performs comprehensive monitoring on the overall LED display The monitored parameters and status include system components working status cabinet door Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd status open close and temperature humidity smoke fans status and power supply The monitoring subsystem can also report er
132. or Function Card Remote System Info Remote Address ZXNoplutoS 192 168 0 48 Net Connection Connected Device Count Monitor Info Server Status Server Version 1 0 Fig 4 5 Advanced interface 4 Click on set terminal configuration network configuration to enter the interface as follows S NovyaLCT Pluto Y4 0 2 Tools C User U Plug in TooKP Language Lang L Heem ln oe Sak _ ge L ELE gt EE Screen Conf 3 Client Authorized K Resolution lt n 2 Remote System Info Language Config L Remote Address ZXNoplutoS 192 168 0 48 Net Connection Connected Device Count Monitor Info Server Status Server Version 1 0 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Network Parameter Settings Findow D Configure the asynchronous system information fm Fi Configure system network parameters to connect in LAN Obtain an IFP address automaticaly Recommended C Configure serwer network parameters to connect in Wan Static IFP Senior Settna ee Fig 4 6 Network parameter settings 5 Tick configuring asynchronous system information so that the user can modify the system name and an easily recognizable system name will bring convenience to your later operation Network Parameter Settings Findow Civ Configure the asynchronous system infor
133. or multiple terminal And drag it to the target group The following fig shows dragging three screens into the Defined group IP Screen size E a All clients Status_ Delete Refrest bel Default A gt SW a lt Defg x amp x amp mew eer es Ss G pumzorz cze eos mes zemmer nem ex ZG Fig 10 4 Client grouping methods two Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 2 Create play Program Click Create play program in the toolbar of PlutoManager main interface to enter the Play Program creating page shown in Fig 10 5 W Create play file Newlistplpym W i K amp ea H H XxX o oave New Open SES Play Program 49 General Segmenti Dave as Set Flay Fause Stop Play Program Editing Area Date Range of Schedule From 20140626 le To 20140626 ir Si Common Play i General Segmenti 0 00 Next Day 0 00 The latter segment has higher priority in the same type Show window name and The timing inserted segment has higher priority than the cycle inserted one Fig 10 5 Play Program creating page 10 2 1 Play Program Structure Play program can save as the file which extension is plpym it is composed by several common segments otherwise it can also contain one or more inserted segments The common segment and inserted segment is compos
134. ovaStar 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 3 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 scan board or the database are not suitable for the new module just could be used for calibration reference Select the source of Coefficients Database Refer to Select Reference Module Reference Z 1 za Adjusted E Reference E Module Module tet L m Fig 7 69 Page for selecting the calibration coefficients source of new module 4 Adjust the calibration coefficients if the generated coefficients are not satisfying The adjustment page is similar to that for a new scan board Please refer to 7 7 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt step 3 for more details 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 scan board Please refer to 7 7 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt step 4 for more details Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 7 2 5 Adjust coeffi
135. page is Specific Duration ABCBCC ABCBCC 3 Preview a media Click a media item in the media list to preview it in the current window in this case the current window is a common window New property settings will take effect immediately even they are set during the previewing The first media source in the media list of a window will be automatically previewed when the window is selected 4 Move a media item Use the t buttons to move a media item in the media list forward or backward and thus change the play order of the media sources Mouse can also be used to move media items The Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd red line in Fig 10 41 indicates the new position of the mouse item dragged by the mouse E Ba xy EA eis Any Times Fig 10 41 move a media item by mouse 5 The copy and paste of media Click button to copy the selected media and click button to insert the copied media after the selected media 6 Apply the media properties to others Select a media and then click button 2 choose the media to apply to in the pop up dialog Name Common Window 1 EAR ty Bi 4 5 1 pe Apply properties to d jingmeidiannaozhuomianbizhtxia 3 201011519352531011 jpg All other media of the same type Co Select media from list TT 201011519352531011 jpg P
136. parameters Tip Change network parameters need to restart the network card the current C Obtain an IP address automatically Recommended IP Address 192 168 0 73 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 1 DNS KSC Fig 4 17 LAN parameter configuration 4 2 1 2 Playback control software PlutoManager setting Run Pluto Manager on the playback control computer and click configuration server configuration on the main interface as shown below Le z D PlutoManager V3 4 2 xX Operate q on figuratic Language Lang Help Software configuration gt Play program save directory Authorization configuration Client information Online 6 Lei Detaits Offline 8 L Total amount 14 Server information IP 192 168 0 162 Software configuration x 192 168 0 162 192 168 0 162 25 26 59 116 Connect IP Connection por mee Fig 4 18 Server setting Connect IP IP corresponding to the network card currently used by computer Connection ports It is allowed to use the default value and make sure this port shall not be occupied by other software Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd In the main interface of PlutoManager click on the terminal management search LAN terminal to search all LAN
137. pecific receiver cards There are two ways for sending parameter settings to specific receiver cards by address and by sketch map Corresponding pages are shown in Fig 7 20 and Fig 7 21 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com el NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd HE Send Parameters to Scan Board All Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards Gi Specified Scan Boards O smd Send By Address Send By esap Pal Sending Index start from LS means all 1 If the position of scan board is 1 it 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 7 20 the Send by Address page Shown in Fig 7 20 is the Send by Address page The Sending Port and Scan Bo are used to 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 E Send Parameters to Scan Board ALL Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards Specified Scan Boards Send By Address Send By Topolopy Select Screen 1 Location 3 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screenl O Screen Pixel
138. perature Control Information Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Add Une Control Intormation Control Information Control Type Smoke Control When the 4 Smoke Cabinet Power Off L Send e mail after power off Boun informati ZA Fig 7 44 Smoke Control Information Choose Power to Control fig OM1 Sending Board 1 Port 1 0 y Switch 1 fv Switch 2 y Switch 3 Kl Switch 4 Kl Switch 5 fv Switch 6 e Switch 7 f Switch 8 Fig 7 45 Select The Controlled Power Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 5 4 2 Monitor Control Log Preview Honitor Control Log Date Wednesday Api 182012 e E Log Information COME Sereenl Temperature gt 32 brightness decrease DUR Succeed COME Sereenl Temperature gt 32 brightness decrease DUR Succeed Fig 7 46 Monitor Control Log 7 5 4 3 Recovering Of Monitor Control The lastest control information will show in the bottom right corner in the main form and the monitor page As it show in Fig 7 47 is the information which comes from the last control O QO O 2012 6 6 15 43 53 COM6 Screenl brightness decrea Fig 7 47 Control Information In The Monitor Page Click this link label to view
139. play Configuration According to the quantity of scan board there re two different modes for LED display configuration No scan board cascaded mode or cascading scan board mode 1 No scan board cascaded mode one PSD100 Asynchronous card only Switch to Screen Config page in Fig 7 1 interface of No scan board cascaded mode as shown below in Fig 7 12 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd H Screen Config CONI Scan Board Hark The current operation is no scan board cascaded mode Basic Information o Virtual Mode Real Pixel v Location Ke o Y i Scan Bo 8 Scan Bo ES Fig 7 12 Screen config in No scan board cascaded mode Read form HW This is used for the application to read the LED display configuration information from the hardware 2 Cascading scan board mode PSD100 Asynchronous card cascading MRV300 MRV320 scan board The mode of cascade receiving card is divided into sending card mode and multi display configuration The former is asynchronous card without box carrier equal to sending card Multi display configuration is usually used for dual panels Both panels play the same picture Multi display mode does not support correction Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co L
140. r led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 52 is the Manage Coefficients page H Screen Calibration E Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Select Operation 1 Upload Coefficients 2 Save coefficients to database Enable Disnable Calibraion Brightness Y Current Screen Fig 7 52 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 scan board 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 Adjust Coefficients This option is to adjust the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display area for better Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd performance Erase Coefficients This option is to erase the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display 7 7 2 1 Upload Coefficients This is to upload the calibration coefficients to the LED display thus the LED display control system can use the coefficients to improve the image quality of the display Operating steps
141. ress ZXNoplutoS 192 168 0 48 Net Connection Connected Device Count Server Status Server Version 1 0 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen Config Mode Select No receiving card cascaded O Cascading receiving card Config Screen Load Config File Fig 7 1 Screen config window 2 Click Next to enter Scan Board page as shown below press Load file to load rcfg format scan board config file ER Screen Config COKl Sle Scan Board Screen Config Hark The current operation is no scan board cascaded mode Module Info Chip MBISO36 Size 32Wx32H Scan Type 1 8 e Direction Horizontal Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 gt Cabinet Info Regular irregular Pixel Width 32 Please make sure Pixel Height 32 the width i i and height View Cabinet Module Casca Right to Left Performance Setting F Symmetrical Output F D clock signal as the second road extends to 32 group data F Enable twenty data Group Swap Refresh Rate 480 v HZ Accelerate Rate A v Gray Scale Normal 4096 v Gray Mode Refresh Rate First Data Clock 12 5 vw MHZ Data Duty 50 v 25 75 Clock Phase 2 v Low Gray Com H a a Ghost Control
142. ror by email when fails detected Shown below is the Monitor page The status and parameters mentioned above can all be viewed here E Monitor COM1 Screenl Status of Scan Board Sa COM1 Screen1 cr Zoom S al CS w 0 40 H Normal Z Fault Dai PS Voltage vfa E Unknown The time of monitor data 17 33 43 4 Statistics Information Wi Scan Board Count 9 Fault Alarm Information ollage Exception vount Ttor ca Fault Scan Board Count 8 Wat p R Refresh Period None The time to next refresh None Fault Alarm Information Communication Lisi Read monitor information finished Fig 7 38 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click this button to check the log of the report email sent by NovaLCT Pluto monitoring subsystem Monitor Control Configure the temperature and smoke monitoring control program Control Log Check control scheme acting result 7 5 1 Monitor setting Bonitor Setting Auto Refresh Retry times Setting Retry times after read st Refresh and Alarm Setting Refresh Setting Refresh Status Refresh Temperature C Connect Mo
143. rte 4S Inserte J Tuesday V Wednesday V Thursday J Saturday V Sunday Move Down Delete y 00 00 To 17 00 00 lear Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd fon 2 2 we G Ag Y Fe E Pa E i aga a Ai lt Eu a we i e R fe WK d ve os CEV 2 oA e OC s GTA ITA lt A Je KEN Et we T d GG CP env e Le vag Ce CT 10 2 5 2 Page Editing 1 Create a new page Le De P SAYA D D e mm E aYa e AN lt wa ow kl ay ag GTA Ee e Nan pYas a i al GTA j ai Ta e 2 y 2 2 A gt r i gt a h V wa mm farts e ke 3 ke Screenl Sox mg 7 empt GNA e 2 fz e a waj VAN J Le Play Program G23 Segmenti ors Inserted Segment2 Add Common Page d Inserted Sezgment3 Add Global Page Add Copied Page BN GA CC Co g 2 gt Coe a Ae 2 lt G L Sal TF Ge fe x Fae ed Copy Paste s k EYA Wal banne Move Up Naa Kaz G SA Move Down lt A wx Ge f m eg CA D e 2 od Delete wu Clear n Preview Current S
144. rts It is allowed to use the default value and make sure this port shall not be occupied by other softwares Connecting port here and Cmd port in 4 2 2 3 Client setting must be the same 2 After completion of the above setting in the main interface of Pluto Manager and terminal management interface the automatically connected terminal asynchronous system can be seen 5 Software installation Installation of NovaLCT Pluto PlutoManager is the same to other common software applications Operate according to the installation wizard Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR A 6 Introduction to NovaLCT Pluto NovaStar Tech Co Ltd If notification of anti virus software or firewall pops up please allow it because the installation process may require to install serial port driver NovaLCT Pluto software integrates functions of LED display configuration brightness adjustment comprehensive working status monitoring LED lights open short circuit status checking and etc NovaLCT Pluto also plays an important role in the pixel level LED display brightness chromaticity calibration by working with NovaCLB to fulfill the operation With cabinet database and configuration files in use it simplifies user s operation 6 1 NovaLCT Pluto main interface HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 0 T02 System S Setting N Tools C Plug inT
145. s Effective Date Effective Days of the Week Effective Time of the Day and Play Intervals For Example Cycle inserted segment Segment3 from June 23 2012 to June 30 2012 every Monday Wednesday Friday from 8 00 to 12 00 played one time every 30 minutes shown as Fig 10 9 Segment Editing rea BS Play Program E J z v OI Le i Segment1 2012 6 23 aj hett lil Pagel E a d ted 5 t3 Sen 1 Common Winde Fees Eet Se Page2 Play Property C Clock Unden Play 0 minutes 4 seconds cof Common Winde Every 30 S minutes Sr Inserted Segment2 Play 1 S times SS Ze J Pause current play when playing inserted segment Pie 54S KENE Time Property ERT Pagel Effective Date ES We V No Date Limit From 2012 6 23 v te SI 6 30 e GES wo Effective Day of the Week Fl all Z Monday Tuesday Vi Wednesday Thursday S 4 Friday l Saturday Sunday Effective Time Of the Day All Day From 12 00 00 To 18 00 00 4 TT t Show window name and index Fig 10 9 Cycle inserted segment Inserted Segment3 Page A page is an area on the computer display screen that is mapped to a LED display for showing visible media sources such as videos pictures and text on the LED display Global page Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Global page is a special c
146. s option can realize the switching between the synchronous and asynchronous systems For example when the asynchronous system is disconnected the display screen will show the synchronous system image when the synchronous system is disconnected the display screen will show the asynchronous system image and when neither is disconnected the firstly accessed image will be displayed Much Screen Tick this item to make configuration of multiple panels Read File This is used for the application to load the LED display configuration settings from a file 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 PSD100 Asynchronous card 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 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 LEDs or vir
147. s that currently connected are electrified 2 Software shows No Screen If the LED display has been configured already then try to read the configurations from the display by click Read from HW button in the Screen Configuration page as shown in Fig 12 1 If the display has not been configured yet please configure it first Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com www telematics ca NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Sg Screen Config CoNl Scan Board Screen Config Hark The current operation in cascading scan board mode Soreeni Screen Type Simole Screen Standard Screen O Comolex Screen Basic Information i i Location X 0 0 Virtual Mode Real Pixel v Operate Port Scan Board gt Scan Board mmm C Hid Sending Board Index Columns J Rows l l m Port Index i Scan Board Size Width 200 Heicht 200 C Set Blank Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to Anakata miam amia Fig 12 1 Read LEDdisplay info from hardware 3 Only part of the modules of each cabinet work normally in Smart Setting Please check whether the size of the module array is correctly set in the page of Smart Setting Step 1 as shown in Fig 12 2 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar
148. s 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 Create Click this button to create a new screen database or a cabinet database according to the settings 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 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 2 Choose upload area there are three options Screen Pixel Topology or List Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients _ Select Area Screen 1 Location ZO Y 0 Size 284 x 3840 CH Screen Fixel Gei Topology or List EI Select Area On Screen
149. serting media files click OK to return to the emergency insert play page as shown in Fig 10 70 Click Choose client to read the display size of client who need the insert play Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select insert play mode and duration 3 After setting of insert play options click Publish button at the bottom of the page Edit parameter of convert video window will pop up as shown in Fig 10 63 Choose the video effect to be converted to and click OK After conversion is completed the following window will pop up Total play program amount to be converted 1 Current play program name TempEmergencyinfo play program location 1 Media amount in play program 1 Currentoecia Conve Convert play program complete 2013 4 9 11 19 51 Fig 10 74 Insert play files converted to Play Program 4 Click OK to enter the online publish page as shown below Select the client who need the insert play who s also online Click Next 5 Check Play Program and client list to be published Make sure they are correct then click Publish When publish result shows Succeed it means insert play files have been successfully published to the client Operating steps of insert Play Program Select Play Program in Fig 10 70 Emergency insert play page and click L to insert Play Program The following steps are sam
150. size of Play Program is same to the size of the display If they are different need to edit first Operating steps of insert file 1 Click button to select the media files images video audio documents need to be inserted as shown below They are editing interfaces of insert pictures video and audio etc Please choose insert file x File path CADocuments and Settings Administratony DocumentsiMy Pictures pic_010 jpq File property Fath C Documents and Settings Administratonty Documents My Pictures pic_01 Back mm i Je In Effect Random Speed Dis CT Out Effect A speed 10 0 18 A Fig 10 71 Insert pictures E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Please choose insert file x File path CADocuments and Settings Administratonily Documents Music Becauze Of File property Path C Documents and Settings Administratonity Documents ily MusicibBecause Back Scale Volumn 100 el Position LE 00 00 00 Duration 00 03 19 782 Fig 10 72 Insert video Please choose insert file Se File path CA Documents and Settings Administratorniily Documentsitest docx File property Path Back wom C in Effect BEES Speed nis C outetfect Random Speed nis C Inverse Color J Inverse White and Black E Fig 10 73 Insert text file 2 After in
151. sword ae Language cee Francais Multi language switching TT een TI nie Im A E Table 9 1 PlutoManager toolbar 10 PlutoManager Operation Instruction 10 1 Client management Click Client Management on the toolbar of PlutoManager main interface to enter Client management page Fig 10 1 E Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd WO Client management P x lt gt Search chent pn LAN Create group import client Export client Group re ke Client name P Screen size Status dai _ Refresh ss ae 192 168 0 126 eg D Ca Z pluto2 192 168 0 130 256 128 a 23 eer pluto3 192 168 0 66 384 128 a ZXN 01 192 168 0 49 400 400 Ma Client group list sn 108 WBL 192 168 0 89 384 256 a Pluto2012 FGH 192 168 0 238 1024 128 ay lient online status Total client amount 6 7 Ps Online A vi oftine Cc Fig 10 1 Client management page The following management operations can be performed in Client management page Icon Name Function Operation Click the icon Search client in LAN Select Connect to All or Connect to specified IP Search client in LAN Click Connect 1 Click the icon 2 Add a group name and click OK Create group Rename In the client group list right click the group to be renamed In the right click menu click Rename and press ok after modification 1 Clic
152. t Edit selected color temperature Color Brightness 100 90 80 10 R Gain 193 85 161 54 133 85 106 15 G Gain 193 85 161 54 133 85 106 15 B Gain 193 85 161 54 133 85 106 15 R Brightness 255 100 0 229 89 8 204 80 0 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd G Brightness B Bright 255100 0 255100 0 229 89 8 229 89 85 204 80 0 204 80 05 178 69 5 1768 69 8 178 69 385 193 85 193 85 255 100 0 204 80 0 178 69 8 255 100 0 204 80 0 178 69 8 299100 1 22489 89 204 80 05 17869 39 161 54 133 89 106 15 161 54 133 85 106 15 161 54 133 85 106 15 Fig 7 28 Color Temperature Table configuration page 7 2 2 Schedule Adjustment Select Schedule in the Display Adjustment page to open schedule adjustment page Schedule adjustment is to generate a time table and the LED display brightness Gamma color temperature will be adjusted according to the time table Shown in Fig 7 29 is the schedule adjustment page of the Display Adjustment page Click Config button according to the instruction and the Config Schedule File page will be opened Shown in Fig 7 30 is the Config Schedule File page Create the schedule time table for adjustment and NovaLCT Pluto will perform the adjustment operations automatically according to the schedule Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led
153. tar Tech Co Ltd Screen Config Mark The current operation in cascading scan board mode Screen1 Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen D Complex Screen Basic Information Location x 0 y 0 Virtual Mode Real Pixel v Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board l Coums 5 ES E ee Line Sending Board Index Sending 1 Port 1 Scan Board Size Width 128 S Width 128 Height 128 Set Blank Set Relay Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to ca SaveConfigfie Save Ge Fig 7 25 Screen config page 6 Load a LED display configuration file To load a LED display configuration file click Sre Fide at the bottom of the Screen Config page in the Screen Config window and follow the instructions 7 Save a system configuration file To save settings to a system configuration file click Save Config File at the bottom of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Seve Confie File Save Chose Fig 7 26 Screen config window 8 Load a system configuration file Please refer to 7 1 1 Start with System Configuration Files for details Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 2 Adjust the brightness display quality Gamma and Current Gain Click Brightness button from t
154. td There are three LED display types which are simple screen standard screen and complex screen These options will be shown at the top of each screen page in the Screen Configuration page Choose a screen type before any configuration operation Configurations for different type of screen will be given respectively as follows a Simple Screen Configuration Simple screen means each scan board drives same pixel array edit items below according to LED display status a Screen Config COML e o D ER A s vr Ja atti Screen Config Sender Mode Deputy Channel Screen mun sereen en eem Screen Type 8 Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Note One sending board for screen every scan board must have same loading Basic Information Location x 0 Virtual Mo Connection Setting Scan Bo Columns 8 Scan Bo Width Scan Bo Rows 8 Scan Bo Height Connecting Mode Horizontal o vw of ef mm emm mmpa b eegzgeger C esel Fig 7 13 simple screen configuration page Sender Mode If asynchronous card carries no box carrier please tick this item Oo e Ee Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Deputy channel When the display screen is externally connected with an asynchronous system and a synchronous system check thi
155. te Update Update y a a SS Fig 10 100 Language Management 11 Client authorization Encrypt the specified client and the encrypted client cannot be connected at will by any other people so as to protect the play security of client display 11 1 authorization Authorization of the terminal can be conducted in two ways Way I NovaLCT Pluto terminal authorization 1 Password authorization In the NovaLCT Pluto main interface click on Setting Client Authorized and enter password in the Play Authorized Setting Window and then click on OK Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Function Card Monitor Remote System Info Remote Address LYN 192 165 0 96 Net Connection Connected Device Cou Monitor info Play Authorized Setting indoyr New Password ben 6 16 digits or letters Repeated put wef Note Please save the password the same password need not keep many times Play Authorized Setting Window Fig 11 1 Play Authorized Setting 2 Modify authorized In the Play Authorized Modify Window tick Modify Authorized enter the newest password Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd and click on OK And then save the authorized fil
156. terminal is set with a password or the password has been changed then the user has to input the latest password or import the corresponding authorization document into PlutoManager otherwise the connection error may occur For example previously authorization has been set for LYZ and in PlutoManager client list you may see that this client displays abnormal connection 3 PlutoManager V4 3 0 S03 TO1 Operate Configuration Language Lang Help sw D Client management Create play program Publish play program Play management Client control Show by status k A Cent name p Screen size LATIpI I iy IM 2 30s 20 dp wangbt 192 168 0 73 128 128 dp ZNpwto2 192 168 0 75 128 128 amp anze 192 168 0 98 128 128 dp Ziiputo3 192 168 0 105 384 256 EE 2 TC ng ege Pie 3 192 168 0 66 128 128 192 168 0 96 32 32 92 168 0 100 ZXNpluto7 C sn 64 192 168 0 107 128 128 fom a o e Piuto2012 F GH 192 168 0 220 2048 256 Piuto2012 192 168 0 220 120 120 J lt gt Total amount 14 amp Oniine 6 ote S P 192 1 1 Fig 11 5 Display Status of Client without Authorization Configuration Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Solutions In the software main interface click on Configuration Authorize file as shown below BY PlutoManager V4 3 0 S03 Tol 2 t
157. the client display during normal playing Instant play and delay play are optional by the degree of urgency Delay time can be set freely Return to Play Program publish main interface shown in Fig 10 70 Click the Emergency insert play to enter the emergency insert play page CS Play program publish Lr Emergency insert play a l Immediate notification Emergency insert play Inserted file ty File Play program Window size Width 200 gt Choose client Height 200 Insert play dur TE Min cec Insert play mode Gi Immediate One PS Hou PS win Rz i Fig 10 70 Emergency insert play page Inserted file type file Play Program Window size Size of the current client display Insert play mode gt Immediate Inserted media file or Play Program will be played immediately once successfully published gt Delay The playing will be delayed for a period of time after successful publishing the delay time can be set Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Insert play duration Total play time of inserted media file or Play Program 1 Window size must be the real size of the current client display so when media files are added and you don t know the size of the display it can be read directly by choosing client 2 For insert play it shall also be considered that whether the window
158. the same LAN 4 2 1 1 Client setting 1 Run Nova LCT Pluto on the local computer click onthe set software configuration to enter the interface as shown below The connected IP is the IP corresponding to the current computer network card the connection port can use the default values and it is not allowed to be same as other software port E HovaLCT Pluto 4 0 2 e oftware Config S gt ech Chent Config C gt _ lt nay os Client Authorized h play Control Monitor Function Card System S d settingi N TooB C User Plug in Tonkb Language Lang L Help H Remote System info Remote Address 2 NpluteS 192 168 0 48 Net Connection Connected Device Count 1 Honger bio Server Status Server Version 1 0 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd H Software Config Findow Network Config Connect IP 192 168 0 162 192 168 0 162 25 26 59 116 a Hote connections port with other software can t the same based re Fig 4 10 LCT software configuration 2 Click on System search pluto system s LCT will search All the Pluto systems within the scope of LAN Searching results is shown as below HovaLCT Pluto V4 0 2 No Hardware f em gt Setting N User Plug in TooiP Language Langy L Help H Remote System info Remote Address Unknown Net Connection Not Con
159. thout max and min Notice Calculate type of environment bright related to light sensor count Fig 10 95 Auto adjustment 10 7 Online upgrade Operating steps of online upgrade of Pluto client software 1 Press Operate in PlutoManager main interface select Online upgrade Refresh all to enter below page wW Client software online upgrade Version Path name Client name IP statu Ve Client version Upgrade result 192 168 0 49 ale 2n 108 WBL 192 168 0 39 a Getting version ee a amanan Fig 10 96 Online upgrade of Pluto client software Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 Click to select path of upgrade package 3 Upgrading of one client or all clients is optional 10 8 TimeSyn Keep the time of terminal consistent with that of the control computer server or terminal network through the time synchronization 1 Click operate in the main interface TimeSyn to open the Sync Play TimeSyn window A TimeSyn mode is same of all clients ry Pluto2012 Tixe e mor ex So e zem az Owns n From PlutoManager From MC op server From network Check all Fig 10 97 TimeSyn Terminal time synchronization unified setting Check the option to conduct the unified setting of all terminals Time synchronization mode Phone NovaStar X
160. to export current Play Programs to USB disk first and then connect to client and play Operation steps 1 Press P in Fig 10 64 to enter offline export setttings shown as below Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd r Offline export x Playlist information Playlist name Office plpst Export playlist to U disk TA w l Search After U disk connected client Play after copying to other storage devices O Integrated memory SD card Play without copying Fig 10 68 Offline export settings Play after copying Play Program to other storage device under this mode after connecting USB disk to client Play Programs and programs will be copied to selected storage device before playing Play without copying under this mode after connecting USB disk to client Play Programs and programs will be played directly without copying to other storage device 2 After setting press Export to export current Play Program to USB disk Export complete Fath G FPlutoClient PlayFile Fig 10 69 Export succeed 10 4 3 Emergency insert play Emergency insert play means to insert some media or Play Programs which need to be played Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd urgently on
161. torage device Delete invalid media media files not used by the current play program are considered as expired media Click on this button will delete all expired media files Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 5 4 Synchronous broadcast It will broadcast in strict accordance with the time quantum of broadcast scheme if the synchronous broadcast terminal is initiated The time synchronization generally shall be carried out on terminals in order to guarantee high time consistency See Terminal Time Synchronization in 10 8 for the specific operations for the time synchronization Select the terminal in terminal list and click Read to view whether the synchronous broadcast Is Initiated or not Initiate it by checking the Terminal initiates the synchronous broadcast and clicking Apply to activate the function Play managemen rend tn T HE Log mangement ki Storage manageme d Client play program ER Cieni name a Current client Puto2012 Tike 192 188 0 58 Client sync play Current group sn4o3 4 192 168 0 36 zKPLouT 192 168 0 115 Enable sync play snas6 3 192 168 0 43 sn65i 10 192 168 0 44 O sn4705 192 168 0 39 HR BE GR sne72 11 ER Puto2012 192 166 0 34 192 166 0 92 192 166 0 114 n Zumf ln an 192 188 0 9 O snes BTR 192 188 048 hits 192 168 0 95 1735867 19
162. tual 4 LEDs Scan Board Columns Rows These are the quantity of columns and rows of the scan boards receiving 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 receiving card They must be set the same as those set in the Scan Board page b Standard Screen Configuration Configure scan boards connection routing manually and each scan board could drive different pixel array Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd al Screen Config COM1 Fig 7 14 standard screen configuration page Location wwwtelematics ca 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 type of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 LEDs or virtual 4 LEDs Scan Board Columns Rows Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd These are the quantity of columns and rows of the scan board receiving card array of the LED
163. u can Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd set the parameters in detail if no advanced settings the video will be converted with the default parameters Convert parameter ffmpeg Target video format frame rate Buffer size Qscale Fig 10 63 Edit parameter of convert video 3 After the conversion is completed it will be shown as below Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Play program publish ee Wormal publish Emergency insert play Ki J Immediate notification Play program list Total amount 5 Lol KR Screens size T Convert result Delete 400 400 High 78 09K tie ae lc Pore x NewList 3 400 400 Not converted 8 P xX Fig 10 64 Play Program conversion result 4 Press 7 to publish successfully converted Play Program as shown below Online send Choose the client to send Ce Select by client Select by group Client name E Screen size Status Group name soot T Check all Online amount Fig 10 65 Play Program online publish page Select by client Directly check the client who s online which Play Program will be sent to Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzh
164. unday dg B Pagel Zem O Effective Time Of the Day e Sak F A1 Day From 08 00 00 LG To m op Fig 10 7 Common segment Segment1 Timing Inserted Segment The segment is started to play for specific times or duration at a specific time point in effective days of effective date It has these time properties Effective Date Effective Days of the Week and several Specific Time Points For Example Timing inserted segment Segment2 from June 23 2012 to June 30 2012 every Monday Wednesday and Friday played at 8 30 for 1 times as shown in Fig 10 8 Segment Editing rea o Se Play Program 42 Segment 2012 6 23 a Ba e E A we ss Oe o e o C el Ja Pagel Hame Inserted Segment Sm Page2 Time Point List Cl Clock Window T08 30 2012 6 23 To 2012 6 30 Monday Wednesday Friday ak Common Windc RE Play Property When reached the Play minutes U seconds time point m Play 1 rel times d loom J Pause current play when playing inserted segment EI Show window name and O index Fig 10 8 Timing inserted segment Inserted Segment2 Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Cycle Inserted Segment The segment is played for specific times or duration at regular intervals in effective time of effective days of effective date It has these time propertie
165. vastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 6 4 3 Automatic brightness Similar to operations of Lux automatic brightness adjustment of NovaPluto LCT please refer to 7 2 3 Auto Adjustment Current client two WiFi sim 192 168 0 91 8 Puto2012 Txe 192 168 0 56 Bright adjustment O Manual Schedual 9 Auto 8 zikrLouT 192 168 0 115 Light sensor list to detect brightness T RTE 192 168 0 36 IN snas6 3 192 168 0 43 sne51 10 192 168 0 4 amp sna70 5 192 168 0 39 L Adjust parameters Op nuer 6 192 168 0 34 amp sne72 11 192 168 0 92 Retry adjust times B 2 ZB sseoeeozn et Lont sensor elect eroa e Lh sensor detect times DR Light sensor calculate type Calculate average for all light sensor Adjust relationship Max lux Mm lux Max brightness Min brightness Segments Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Edit auto adjustment parameters Retry adjust times Light sensor detect period Light sensor detect times Light sensor calculate type Calculate average for all light sensor A Calculate average wi
166. zation I OOOO Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 9 1 Introduction to PlutoManager interface Cp PlutoManager v4 3 0 so3 To1 DM eso COOR Operate Configuration Language Lang Help i Client management Create play program Publish play program Play management Client control Client information There s no current client configuration method 2 I1f client is in Internet please configure in NovaLCT Pluto Server information Fig 9 1 Main interface of PlutoManager with no client connection According to tips in the page if the client is in LAN click configuration to select add all clients or add client with specific IP r 4 Add client in LAN x Set search mode Search all clients in LAN Search by IP Search a part of client in LAN Add searched client to Fig 9 2 Add client in LAN If the client is in Internet configure system network parameters in NovaLCT Pluto please refer to lt Nova Pluto Control System User Manual gt for details Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd ST PlutoManager V4 3 0 S03 T01 i i n ao oe Operate Configuration Language Lang Help Toolbar Chent management Create play program Publish play program Play management Cent control l Deta
167. zoom in or out of the LED display sketch map Notification panel The information of the ongoing point detect operation will be shown in this panel Colors of the LED display sketch map gt Gray the point detect operation result is unknown It may be due to hardware communication failure or scan board 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 scan board cabinet does not connected with a monitor card 1 Put the curse on the sketch map of a cabinet to show its information 2 Module specifications have effect on the point detect result Please set the point detect parameters according to the module type 2 In Fig 7 42 click on the cabinet in the sketch map to open the Point Detect Result of Modules page for details about LED status information Shown in Fig 7 50 is the Point Phone NovaStar Xian 86 29 8450 7048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359 2491 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Detect Result of Modules page showing the LED status of the red cabinet in Fig 7 50 Point Detect o IS it SS gpm ge ho RedA 1 Green 0 Blue 0 Red B 0 Module Position 2 3 Total Damaged 1 Red A Damaged 1 Green Damaged 0 Blue Damaged 0 Fig 7 50 the Point Detect Result of Modules Shown on the left of Fig 7 50 is the module array of the cabinet

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