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1. Normal 16384 Gray Mode Data Clock 125 Data Duty Clock Phase 3 Low Gray Co Blanking Time 25 lt 2 00us Ghost Contro Go g 0 19 Brightness Effi 52 37 Lee Savefie ReadFromHw zeien Save ContgFie Sae ge Fig 5 21 the Scan Board page Cabinet Info Pixel array size and module cascade direction can be set in this panel Note that the Regular panel is for regular cabinets parameters setting and the Irregular panel is for irregular cabinets parameters setting Shown in Fig 5 22 is the Regular Cabinet Info panel which is circled and marked as area 1 in Fig 5 21 36 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd Regular Pixel Width 90 d fe Pixel Heiaht 32 B E i Bee Module Casc Right to Left v Fig 5 22 the Regular Cabinet Info panel Width Height These two items specify the width and height of the cabinet pixel array Note that the two numbers circled in Fig 5 22 are the maximum values that can be set which is also named as Maximum Width and Maximum Height Maximum Width Maximum width varies with parameters of refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency Normally the higher the refresh rate is and the finer the gray scale levels are the smaller the maximum width will be while the higher the shift clock frequency is the larger the m
2. 1 2 System architecture The system is under two situations with sending board or no sending board when it has no sending board the computer is directly connected with the receiver card through the Ethernet cable DVI Dm Ethernet cable Sg EE gt i If USB RS232 5 Computer Sending Board LED Display Fig 1 1 Diagram of system architecture Ethernet cable Computer LED Display Fig 1 2 Diagram of system architecture with no Sending Board 2 Working environmentrequirements In order to guarantee stability and safety during system operation process the working environment is provided with the following advices Hardware environment Client minimum configuration requirement Celeron 1Gabove and internal storageof 256Mor above Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Software environment Client operating system Win2000 PRO 98 XP win7 etc Network environment The screen shall be connected with internet to perform on line correction 3 Installation of NovaLCT Mars The installation of NovaLCT Mars is the same as other common software applications One thing need to be mentioned is that if the installation process is blocked by any anti virus or firewall application please select the option that allows the installation operation to do what it needs to do Because what is blocked is usually the
3. receiving card Save coefficients to Modules Save the calibration coefficient currently being checked to light panel Flash 7 Receive card relay For the receiving card supporting the relay module the parameters of relay can be set here The relay can be set as disconnected closed or automatic when the relay is set as automatic the temperature of closing and the temperature of disconnecting shall be designated Timing of receiving card is the accumulated using time of the receiving card when Clear timing the time will be recorded from 0 After finishing the setting click Send to send the parameters to the receiving card 143 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVA NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Parameter of receiving card relay Disconnected Connected Auto Receive Card Timing cleared Record Time Unknown Fig 7 1 Setting of receiving card relay 8 660 Configuration The cabinet configuration files are imported to MCTARL660 provided that the MCTARL660 is connected to the control computer with the cabinet configuration files being saved in it if it does not have it the screen can be matched on the site then the configuration files can be saved The operations of saving the configuration files is as follows 144 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website
4. Config NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Read Gamma value result Succeed Fig 5 44 the Auto Adjustment page Click Config button to open the Auto Brightness window Shown in Fig 5 45 is the Auto Brightness window Set the parameters for auto brightness through the Auto Brightness window 64 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOV STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Auto Brightness Light Sensor for Auto Brightness Stat Index Address The retry number when adjustment gt failed Caculate Type of Lux Average after remove maximum and Average of all light sensor eer Adjustive Relationship of Auto Brightness Enable Briaht Mode Table Fixed Color Temperature Environment Brightn Screen Brightness han el Above 100 lux Sp Linear adiustment between mininum and maxinum Numbers of S lt 10 sl lt Fig 5 45 the Auto Brightness page The LED display control system uses light sensors to get the environment brightness Click E3 button and NovaLCT Mars will automatically detect light sensors that are connected with sending boards and add them to the lightness sensor list as shown in the upper light sensor list on Fig 5 46 Light sensors connected to multifunction cards can be configured through the function card management page 65 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3
5. Prestore Picture Settings Select Serial Port Serial Port COMS i Prestore Picture Settings Select Picture Browse Effect Settings Screen Effect Stretch v Cabinet Efect Test Effect Seve To Hardware Check Store Picture Function Settings Boot Sc e E Enable Cable Disconnect Black Last Frame O ere No DYI Signal Black O Last Frame dee mn Save To Hardware Fig 5 111 Prestore Picture Setting 1 Prestore Picture Setting Browse Select the picture s path of prestore picture 137 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen Effect The selected picture will be stretched tiled or centered to the screen Each cabinet will show part of this picture and they matching to be the whole picture Cabinet Effect The selected picture will be stretched tiled or centered to each cabinet of the screen Each cabinet will show this picture in its own region Test Effect Show the selected picture on the screen This operation will not save the picture to the hardware Save To Hardware User can click this button to save the picture as prestore picture to the hardware if he is satisfied with the test effect Check Store Picture In order to check the stored effect click this button to show the prestore picture which was stored in the hard
6. This information could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication Nova may make improvements and or changes in the product s and or the program s described in this publication at any time without notice Copyright 2012 by Xi anNovaStar Technology Company Limited All right reserved Nova M3 LED Display Control System User Manual Xi an NovaStar Tech Co LTD NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Content 1 INTRODUCTION TONOVALCT MARG ccccsccscsscssccssssssccccssscccccsccccsssscscccscssssscscecssssecssssscscssssscssssesscssssesecsseseees 1 1 1 CONFIGURATIONILIST WEE 3 1 2 EE EREDUEC DREEM 4 2 WORKING ENVIRONMENTREQUIREMENTG ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseees 4 3 INSTALLATION OF NOVALCT MARS teuer eege eege 5 A MAIN INTERFACE OF NOVALCT MARG ccccccccscccesceeesecececceeceeeeeeeceeeeeeeseeeceseseeeeeeeeeeeeeseseseeeseeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeenens 6 4 1 MAIN MENU eege eege ge deeg REENEN EELER Een Eed 6 4 2 elei RE w n WEE E 9 4 3 MONITORINFO PANEI E WEE 10 5 MAIN FUNCTIONS OF NOVALCT MARS ccccsssssssssssssssssssssssssssessesssssssssssssssssssssssesssesssssssssesssesssesssssssssesssengs 11 5 1 START THE TREIE WE 11 5 1 1 Start with System Configuration Elei 11
7. Wednesday April 18 2012 Log Information COMB Screenl Temperature gt 32 C brightness decrease 50 Succeed COMB Screenl Temperature gt 32 C brightness decrease 50 Succeed Fig 5 68 Monitor Control Log 5 6 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 5 69 is the information which comes from the last control w ZEN WC OO s alla D w e Oo e REES lt _ 2012 6 6 15 43 53 COM6 Screenl brightness decreas Fig 5 69 Control Information In The Monitor Page Click this link label to view the controlled information list as it show in Fig 5 70 88 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Finished Control Finished Control Fig 5 70 View The Control Information List Recover Control If the control scheme is performed View 5 6 4 1 Configure Control Scheme to configure the control scheme and the user can restart monitor control by clicking this button after dealing with the fault View Log Open the log window and view the stored logs 5 7 Check the LED Lights Status The LED lights status checking function also known as point detect is to check the working status of each LED light on a LED display NovaLCT Mars can detect and locate LED ligh
8. 5 12 Start e D TER Af WE OE EE AE E 12 5 1 3 Setth Cabinet INO EEN age Gh EE 36 5 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters ccccsccccesnsecessececsessececseaaecseeeecsesaeeecsenaesessaeeecseaaesecsensesseaaseeeseasesseaeas 38 5 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rote 47 5 1 6 Set Hot Backup for Receiver Cards ccccccecccsscscssssssscessseseccasoesssaacasssssncacasosscsassasossssacsasossssassasstsssccaasssessaaeasoeses 49 5 1 7 HDMI Settings MSD600 MCTRL600 MCTRL610 Jl 52 Val Yave Settings t FLASH deser eeegekiet ege gedd EEN ER ANOA 53 5 1 9 Save Load Configuration Files 53 5 2 ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS DISPLAY QUALITY GAMMA AND CURRENT DAIN 57 521 ManuGl AGiUStMeN EE 57 5 2 2 Schedule Adjustment EE 61 5 2 3 Au utoAdj stmMeNnt EE 63 5 3 DISPLAY Elte 70 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 5 4 CHECK HARDWARE INFO VE 71 5 5 MANAGE THE LED DISPLAYS ei sesivicscidetesiavacd bedcowsevsavweadees Ea Eei EA EEE PE EEA E SEEE EAA Oe TE aTi 73 5 6 MONITOR THE CR WEEN 77 SE MOnNiItOrSettihg ee twssticsiudavacssveasacsaysavacd svsadessusapacasvsapies sy savaciassadsessdavacasssapjese savacl susadaed AKE ARO EAS EAA Aea 79 5 6 2 Email Notification SUING serennu aoea a NEO Aa A AA ERA A OA AAA AA AREE AA ch hinds AR AE 83 5 6 3 Notification Email Log 84 56 4 Monitor CONtrOl rotaia aa aa ts vaeuaadabdetdasasden
9. 5 41 Configure Brightness Mode Standard If one option was set as standard the software will adjust the brightness of the screen when Enable Brightness Mode Table is unchecked in the Manual Adjust Page Edit Parameters Click and edit the information of the selected mode 5 2 2 Schedule Adjustment Select Schedule in the Adjustment Mode panel to open schedule adjustment page Schedule adjustment is to generate a time table and the LED display brightness Gamma color temperature and brightnessmode will be adjusted according to the time table Shown in Fig 5 42 is the schedule adjustment page of the Display Adjustment window 61 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click Config button according to the instruction and the Config Schedule File window will be opened Shown in Fig 5 43 is the Config Schedule File window Create the schedule time table for adjustment and NovaLCT Mars will perform the adjustment operations automatically according to the schedule Display Adjustment RR COMB Screentl Adjustment Mode CH Raps Schedule Config O Auto ENE Schedual Adjust brightness Gamma and color temperature according to time table Please click Config Read Gamma value result Succeed Fig 5 42 the Schedule setting page of the Display Adjustment window 62 Phone NovaStar Xi
10. 125 v MHz Data Duty 50 v 25 75 Clock Phase 3 v Low Gray Co 1 4 Blanking Time 25 2 00us Ghost Contro Ge SI nau Line Change T 3 zl 0 19 Brightness Effi 52 31 Min OE 24ns eege LoadFie SaveFie Read FromHW SendToHW Fig 5 23 The Performance Setting panel Clear Afterglow Some of chips are supporting the functions of eliminating afterglow and the software defaults to be ticked 38 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR ad Screen Config COM5 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection NovaStar Tech Co Ltd S tient Module Info Chip SUM2017 Size 32Wx32H Scan Type 1 16 scan Direction Horizontal Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width 128 lt 128 Please a dth Heiaht Please a make sure J adina error Please adiust perforr make sure C3 PixelHeiaht 256 lt 256 the width G BEE the width U Module Casc and height Construct view Cabinet andheight Performance Setting Gemnianee oien geg Ciearanergiow Refresh Rate 480 E tz Accelerate R s Gray Scale Hemd Age Gray Mode Refresh Rate First Data Clock 125 MHz Data Duty 25 75 Clock Phase 2 e Low Gray Co o pa Blanking Time 25 200us Ghost Contro E a2 Li
11. 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 5 5 is the Smart Setting Step 2 window Select All Black or Has Contents according to the module status Smart Setting Step 2 Current Module is Black Showing Aen Gen Fig 5 5 Smart Setting Step 2 sh Note K This step will be skipped if module polarity is known and set in Step 1 gt Step 4 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 2 window to access Smart Setting Step 3 Shown in Fig 5 6 is the Smart Setting Step 3 window Select the color for each module statuses 1 2 3 and 4 For example if the module shows green in statuses 2 choose Green in the corresponding combox The software will switch the module statuses automatically if Auto switch status is selected Select Manual switch status to switch the module statuses manually 17 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 3 Gei Auto switch status O Manual switch status Please choose the module color in each status O1 Red A Oz Green 3 Blue CA Red B Or Black Fig 5 6 Smart Setting Step 3 gt Step5 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 3 window to access Smart Setting Step 4 Shown in Fig 5 7 is the Smart Setting Step 4 window Enter the number of LED light row
12. 51 30 13 52 30 Switch T 13 51 30 13 52 30 Switch 8 13 51 30 5 13 52 30 zg Fig 5 100 the page for automatic power control Select the Auto option to set the power control mode into auto control mode The time for start or stop each power supply can be set through this page Click Send button to send the schedule to the hardware And the hardware system will automatically start or stop the power supplies according to the schedule Note d 1 In Auto mode the schedule will be disabled if the Emergency Stop button is Ka 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 126 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd the function card time before setting the schedule for auto power control To check the function card time click Read button in the Function Card Timepanel To set the function card time click Set button and the function card time will be set the same as that of the computer 5 9 2 3 Software Power Control The page for software power control is as shown in Fig 5 101 reg Manual O Auto Software Control Custom Control List Function Card Time 2012 04 17 Tuesday 18 30 23 J Week Start Time Close Time Po
13. 71 the Point Detect window SerialPort Selected Specify the serial port through which the LED display to be operated is connected to the 90 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd computer 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 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 receiver cards 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 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 receiver card setting error gt Red Error LED lights detected The number shown is the number of the error LED lights 91 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048
14. 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVA NovaStar Tech Co Ltd ei MCTRL66O Setting S Select COM port The serial port that corresponds to E P3 file P6 file L a 1 mman z si MCTRL660 Setting Select COM port CONS X P3 file P6 file it anan Fig 8 2 Import configuration file 9 Hardware Program updating Login as an advanced user and type in admin on the NovaLCT Mars main interface to open the page for updating the hardware program Shown in Fig 9 1 Fig 9 2 is the page for hardware program updating A Note K 1 There isn t any place to view the typing when typing the passcode Just type in 146 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd the passcode directly hardware Just type in the passcode again if the one input before is wrong It not recommended changing the program unless there are problems with the Le Sg Load Program Select operation communication port Current operation communication port Device Count 1 Select Program Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller Proaram Name Tx600 Data Mars V3 6 0 0 Proaram Version 3 6 0 0 Proaram Path D NovaLCT Mars Data Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 SendCard Tx600_Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 Select items To Load Sendina Board MCU Sen
15. 9 window Click the corresponding grids according to the position of the lightened lights until no light is 19 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovasStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd lightened any more A line of the lightened lights routing will be drawn at the same time A message indicating the finish of the Smart Setting Step 9 will be shown when enough lights have been processed Smart Setting Step 9 Note Look at the lighting point in the modules and click the corresponding cells Undo to back or E W TT rhaernghe 50 52535455 Fig 5 10 Smart Setting Step 9 Note Hold the left button of the mouse and drag or use Tab and Enter to draw the routing azn line Use Automatic button to accomplish drawing routing lines of the same pattern gt Step9 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 9 window to open the Save Module dialog which is for saving the settings set for the module through all the smart setting steps The Save Module 20 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd dialog is shown in Fig 5 11 Saving the module settings to files module configuration files or cabinet database files will make it easier to perform module configuration foranother LED displays constructed by modules which require the sam
16. Blank Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to ca omen e sie en sero Fig 10 1 the Screen Configuration page 10 3The LED display does not show the image correctly during the Smart Setting procedure Check whether the sending board resolution and the graphic card output video resolution on the Sending Board page are the same Set them to be the same if they are not Shown in Fig 10 2 is the Sending Board page Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Graphics output Resolution 1440 x 909 resolution 1440 x 900 Refresh Set the sending board display mode Resolution 1440 x 900 px i o Custom 1440 x 900 Refresh Rate 60 Mi Hz Set 151 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 10 2the Sending Board page Check whether the settings in the Smart Setting procedure are correct 10 4Only a part of the modules of each cabinet work normally in Smart Setting Check whether the size of the module array is correctly set in the page of Smart Setting Step 1 Shown in Fig 10 3 is the Smart Setting Step 1 page Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Data Type Concurrent Chip Type Common Chip OE Polarity Unknown Module
17. POR EE ML PRE ERR DOA BA machtttit Scan Board FPGA Communication Info 2013 12 16 14 59 30 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 12 16 14 59 31 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 12 16 14 59 32 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Fig 9 2 the Load Program page with no Sending Board Current Operation Communication Port Select the serial port or Network port through which the hardware to be updated is connected to the computer Program Path Select the program to be loaded to the hardware here Sending Board MCU Select this option if the MCU program of a sending board is to be updated Sending Board FPGA 148 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select this option if the FPGA program of a sending board is to be updated Scan Board FPGA Select this option if the FPGA program of a scan board is to be updated Change Click this button to load the selected program to the selected hardware Refresh All If this option is selected the version information of all sending boards and scan boards connected to the current serial port will be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh One If this option is selected only the version information of the selected scan board will b
18. Scan Board Sending Board Index Columns Bo Rows 1 2 Sending 1 Sending 1 Port Port cd pearreS 1 Port Index Width 128 Si Height 129 de Sending 1 Port Width 128 Height128 Height 128 Scan Board Size Width 128 a Heiaht S mees O Set Blank Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to ca r m eme emp gemegs eegne mag ec ege Fig 5 38 the Screen Configuration page gt Load a LED display configuration file To load a LED display configuration file click the Read File button at the bottom of the Screen 56 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd Configuration page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Save a system configuration file enero Save Config File Save pe To save settings to a system configuration file click the Save Config File button at the bottom of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Load a system configuration file Please refer to 5 1 1 Start with System Configuration Files for details 5 2 Adjust the brightness display quality Gamma and Current Gain Click Brightness button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Brightness from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Display Adju
19. 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 98 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 Shown below are the pages for the three options Select Upload Area Screen 1 Location SO Y 0 Size 512 X 256H Screen Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels t tien terme Fig 5 76 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Screen way 99 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Upload Area Screen 1 Location Ep ZO Size 512 X 256H O Screen Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Start Columns p e ae Start Rows of 40 Width 512 Height 256 z Fig 5 77 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Pixel way Select Upload Area m Screen 1 Location X 0 ZO Size 512 X 256H CH Screen CH Pixel Topology or List EI Select Area On Sc
20. YY __ Zo _ _ __ ____TJT__ ___________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd Note 1 If the cabinet driven by the new receiver card is only different from the surrounding cabinets in brightness simple adjustment is sufficient N 2 If the cabinet driven by the new receiver card is different from the surrounding S 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 Test Tool to require the LED display to show the color that is being adjusted gt Step 4 Save the calibration coefficients to the hardware FLASH so they won t be lost when the LED display is powered off Shown in Fig 5 88 is the page for saving the coefficients to the hardware Click the Save button to save the coefficients to the hardware 111 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Save Coefficients pm ach Haih es Fig 5 88 the page for saving calibration coefficients to the hardwre 5 8 2 4 Set coefficients for a new module gt Step1 Specify the cabinet which the new module is in this can be done through the page shown in Fig 5 89 112 Eege Phone Nov
21. an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Config Schedual File The retry number when adiustnb ro tees Enable Bright Mode Table Edit Scheduel Start Brightness Mode Table Color No Temperatur Ho Brightness Adjust Gamma d Value Gamma Fixed Value O Custom Fig 5 43 the Config Schedule File window Note 1 The time of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running is the base of the d schedule If the computer time is not correct the adjustment operation will not be u performed at the expected time 2 As it show in Fig 5 43 the Enable Bright Mode option can be selected only when the Bright Mode Tableis configured in the Manual Adjust Page 5 2 3 AutoAdjustment Auto adjustment is to adjust LED display brightness according to the environment brightness Light sensors are used to determine the environment brightness 5 2 3 1 Light Sensor Setting Select Auto in the Adjustment Mode panel to open the page for auto adjustment Shown in Fig 5 44 is the auto adjustment page 63 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR Display Adjustment COMB Screenl Adjustment Mode O Manual O Schedule Config Auto Config Auto Adjust brightness according to enviroment brightness Please click
22. as follow gt Simple Screen Configuration The page for simple screen configuration is shown in Fig 5 13 23 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOV STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd W Screen Config COM19 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen N Screen Screen Type Simole Screen O Standard Screen Complex Screen Note One sendina board for screen even scan board must have same loadina Basic Information ee Location X 0 y o Virtual M C Enable Connection Setting Scan Bo Colum je ScanBo Width 128 Pixel Scan Bo Rows 8 Scan Bo Heia 128 Pixel Sendina D v Connecting Mode Horizontal re a O O Vertical II 0 U 0 U O Ul A Port 1 Lo ed xij 16sx 64 and must be integer multiples of the columns of scan boards en at enn Senso SaveConfigfile ges lose Fig 5 13 simple screen configuration page Location This is the upper left corner of a rectangular area of the computer display The rectangle area of the computer display is called mapping area Content inside the mapping area will be shown on the LED display The default location is 0 0 which is actually the upper left corner of the computer display Virtual Mode Specify the pixel mode of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 lights or virtual 4 lights Se
23. as shown below 28 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com VE wm mmm et nl Screen N m Sending Board Scan Boara Screen Connection Screen1 Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information ae je Location X 0 0 Virtual Mo E Enable e Seer aoe aos pes Hide Line 1 5 Haas oh 2 al D Sending Board Index m a ee Hoan se D Sending card internet access Ee d gea Internet access number of deconcentrator Internet access model None One Two Scan Board Size Width 128 H Fig 5 17 Configuration of deconcentrator internet access Set the number of sending card number of sending card internet access and the internet access model respectively None directly connect the on load or off load receiving card One split to eight One port of sending board connect to input port of deconcentrator port A and split to eight ports Two split to four Two ports of sending board connect to input ports of deconcentrator port A and port B and split to eight ports each port split to four Example 1 Port 1 and Port 2 of sending board 1 are set as two then internet access model of port 1 and port 2 of sending board 1 shall be set as two After the setup is finished it shall
24. be 29 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd like the following figure port 1 corresponds to A1 A2 A3 and A4 and port 2 corresponds to B1 B2 B3 and B4 Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information Location x H Virtual Mo E Enable Wil Operate Scan Board Scan Board bor Columns 4 4 Hide Line Sending Board Index S CET Sending Sending Sending Sending m a m m Pa cone En Deene ess Internet access Internet access Internet access Internet acc Port Index of of of of deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator 1 z 3 4 _ Sending Sending Sending Sending Port Port Port Port Internet access Internet access Internet access of of of of deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator Sending Sending Sending ding Port Port Port Port Internet access Internet acce Internet access nternet access of of f of Internet access number of deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator E Connect deconcentrator Sending Sending Sending Sending e Two Port Port Port Port None On Internet access Internet access Internet access Internet access arn A2 B2 A3483 A4784 ep of of of deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentra
25. cabinet management HR Module and Cabinet DatabBase DER Module Operation Cabinet Operation eg om Import Cabinet Export Cabinet Refresh Cabinet Delete Cabinet Clear Cabinet Hame Cabinet Type Cabinet Width Show ALL O Search by Condition Search Condition Regular Cabinet Irregular Cabinet Select All Cabinet Width Cabinet Hight Module Cascade Search Now Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settings Administrator Si tempDD mel Fig 5 110 the page for cabinet management Import Cabinet Click this button to import a cabinet configuration file to a cabinet library Export Cabinet Click this button to export the cabinet configurations from a cabinet library to a cabinet configuration file Show All Select this option to shown in the list all cabinets configurations in the library Search by Condition 136 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com OVA tse Select this option to shown the configurations of the cabinets that meet the requirements set in the Search Condition panel in the list 5 11Prestore Picture User can store a picture as the screen s prestore picture in the Prestore Picture Setting form and then use as boot logo cable disconnected logo and no DVI signal logo Click the submenu Prestore Picture of the Tools in the main menu and then it is show as follow
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27. display brightness There are three ways for brightness adjustment automatic brightness manual brightness and schedule brightness Details about brightness adjustment will be given in a later part of this manual Cabinet Database Only accessible by advanced users This is used for management of the existing cabinet libraries mcl files or creating new cabinet libraries Calibration Only accessible by advanced users Select this item to open the calibration page Details about calibration will be given in a later part of this manual Display Control gt Kl Show nothing on the LED display gt Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display gt Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock gt Self Test show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting Monitor This is used to open the page for system monitoring Details will be given in a later part of this 7 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd manual Function Card This is used to open the page for multifunction card configuration Details will be given in a later part of this manual Hardware Information This is used to check the information about the current LED display control system Multiple Screen Management Only accessible by advanced users This is used to ope
28. environment brightness is lower than the low side threshold a low brightness level is set The interval between the high and low threshold of environment brightness is linearly divided into subsections with subsection number equals the Number of Segments So does the interval between the high and low LED display brightness levels If the environment brightness is in certain subsection the corresponding brightness level will be set for the LED display The maximum number is 10 As can be seen in Fig 5 47 the scope of the threshold is that if the environmental brightness is smaller than 10lux or 10lux 100lux the 5 screen brightness shall be selected If the environmental brightness is larger than 100lux the 80 screen brightness shall be selected Select the Advanced Setting to add several thresholds and respectively enter the environmental brightness and the screen brightnessboundaries See Fig 5 48 the environmental brightness that is less than 20lux or between 20lux and 100lux corresponds to 30 screen brightness the environmental brightness that is between 100lux 200lux corresponds to 80 of the screen brightness and the environmental brightness that is larger 200lux corresponds to 100 of the screen brightness 67 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Environment Brightn Screen Brightness poe ie gt SZs Linear a
29. input mode gt Video input options DVI input or HDMI HD input can be opted gt Audio Input Options external audio or HDMI audio input can be opted gt The digits of input source 8 digits or 12 digits After setting the above options click on the Send to send the parameters to the hardware 52 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 1 8 Save Settings to FLASH Once data is saved in the FLASH chips of the hardware the saved data won t be lost even the hardware is powered off To save the settings to FLASH click the Save button at the lower right corner of the Screen Config window Fig 5 2 Note H 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 5 1 9 Save Load Configuration Files There are four types of configuration files at present the module configuration file the receiver card configuration file the LED display configuration file and the system configuration file Module Configuration File Saved in a module configuration file are the settings of modules Module configuration files can be used for quick configuration of modules requiring the same kind of settings Receiver Card Configuration File Saved in a receiver card configuration file are the settings of receive
30. installation or update operation of the serial ports driver Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOV NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 Main Interface of NovaLCT Mars After running NovaLCT Mars Click User Advanced Login the User loginwindow will appears shown in Fig 4 1 ei User Login xX Fr es es Fig 4 1 Advanced Login Input the password admin and then enter the NovaLCT Mars main interface for advanced users Shown in Fig 4 2 T System S Tools C Plug inTool P User U Language Lang L Help H Bw X Wo Screen Config Brightness Calibration Display Control Monitor Function Card Local System Info Other Device Unknown View Detail Control Svstem Monitor Info Server Status Server Version 2 0 Fig 4 2 the main interface for advanced users 4 1 Main Menu gt System Reconnect This is used to reconnecting the NovaLCT Mars to the LED display control system Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Tools Screen Config Only accessible by advanced users This is used for configuration of the LED display control system Details about this operation will be given in a later part of this manual Brightness This is used for adjusting the LED
31. is called mapping area Content inside the mapping area will be shown on the LED display The default location is 0 0 which is actually the upper left corner of the computer display Virtual Mode Specify the pixel mode of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 lights or virtual 4 lights Scan Board Columns Rows 27 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd These are the numbers of columns and rows of the scan board receiver card array of the LED display A sketch map of the scan board array will be shown in this page after these two parameters are set Reset All This button is used to reset all cabinet settings and connection settings Sending Board Index This parameter is used to specify the current sending board sending board The sending board of the chosen index is will be set as the current sending board And all relating settings are for this sending board Port Index This is to specify which Ethernet port of the current sending board will be used for data output Connect to deconcentrator If the system is connected with deconcentrator tick this option to configure the deconcentrator internet access When deconcentrator is connected tick Connect to deconcentrator on the software screen and then click Config to popup the window for configuration of deconcentrator internet access
32. novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd Sending Board Resolution This is the image resolution saved in the sending board Graphics output resolution This is the image resolution of the output AVI video of the computer graphic card Refresh Click this button to update the Sending Board Resolution and the Graphics output resolution Resolution This is the resolution that is going to be set for the sending board Select one from the drop off list Refresh Rate This is the refresh rate that is going to be set for the sending board Select one from the drop off list Custom Check this option to customize the sending board resolution gt Step 2 Click Set button in the Set the sending board display mode panel to send the new set resolution and refresh rate to the sending board gt Step 3 Switch the graphic card mode from duplicate or extend to single display and then switch back This operation is to avoid physical reconnecting DVI cable for the graphic card to update sending board info gt Step 4 48 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd If refresh rate is changed parameters settings on the Scan Board page must be resent If it is not sent the receiving card may self adapt to the refresh rate when the refresh rate is too high and exceeds the on load range the receiving card will not self adapt to th
33. setting brightness control power control light point supervision screen calibration and hardware monitoring of LED screen so the user can easily control all the key information of the screen in front of a computer to perfectly reveal your screen at any time Nova M3 series control system has the important performances as follows gt High grey scale and high refresh rate universal chip with high grey scale high refresh rate and high performance gt Point by point chroma correction correct color of every lamp eliminate chroma difference among batches of LEDs gt Comprehensive status monitoring supervising work status temperature humidity smog supply voltage of switch fan rotating speed and single lampopen and short circuit of every cabinet gt Infinite area load unique cascade and synchronization technology and huge stable and reliable load without black out jitter or stutter gt Perfect anomalous type support arbitrary cabling arbitrary point extraction arbitrary point insertion anomalous plate anomalous cabinet anomalous screen and easy load gt Low grey scale with richness and smoothness first class build up of luminance and grey scale of 16bit which makes the image of the screen fine and smooth gt Green energy saving and environmental protection low voltage low power consumption Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVA
34. to database Screent 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board 4 Set coefficients for a new module 5 Adjust coefficients Color is ununiform on screen 6 Erase Coefficients Enable Disnable Calibraion Enable Calibration e Fig 5 74 the Manage Coefficients page Upload Coefficients Upload a calibration coefficients databaseto the LED display Save coefficients to database This operation is to read back the calibration coefficients form the LED display and save them to a database file Set coefficients for a new scan board This option is to set the calibration coefficients for a newly placed receiver card in the LED display Set coefficients for a new module This option is to set the calibration coefficients for a newly placed module in the LED display Adjust Coefficients 96 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVA STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd This option is to adjust the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display area for better performance Erase Coefficients This option is to erase the calibration coefficients of the selected LED display 5 8 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 gt Step1 Select Database Select Database D Sere
35. 2492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd T Screen Config COM19 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen N E Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Scan Board Setting Virtual M C Enable engem Fig 5 20 complex screen configuration page Add Click Add to access the window for receiver cards information setting such as index of its host sending board Ethernet output ports mapping areas pixel array sizes and so on The setting will be shown in the list Edit To edit the information that has been set for receiver cards Delete To delete the selected receiver card from the receiver cards list Clear To delete all receiver cards from the list 35 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com DEn 5 1 3 Set the Cabinet Info Select Scan Board page in the Screen Config window Fig 5 2 Shown in Fig 5 21 is the Scan Board page H I Screen Config COH19 DER Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chip Common C Size 32Wx32H Scan Type 1 16 scan Direction Horizontal Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Irregular Pixel Width Please A make sure Pixel Heiaht the width Construct View Cabinet Accelerate R
36. 3592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Light Sensor Light sensor of sending board Index Address Operate 1 COMB Sending Board 1 Light Sensor 80 Read Light sensor of function card You can config light sensor of function card in Function Card page Index Address Operate Fig 5 46 light sensor lists page The retry number when adjustment failed If NovaLCT Mars fails in auto brightness adjustment it will retry the adjustment again The number set here is times NovaLCT Mars try to adjust the brightness before it give up Calculate Type of Lux This is to specify how the final result is calculated from the measurement results of all light sensors Enable Bright Mode Table The Brightness of the screen will be adjusted by the Bright Mode Table and the environmental luminance if the Enable Bright Mode Table option is checked Fix Color Temperature 66 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd If this option is selected the LED display 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
37. 9 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Decoding type The options can be Static 74HC138 Code Decode595 LXY695x Straight Decoding Scan Type The options could be any scan rate between 1 scan and 16 scan or unknown Rows and columns of the Module in one scan board also named receiver card This is the size of the module array in the cabinet which is being configured by smart setting Module Cascade Type Select the corresponding option according to the module connection routing Note that the cabinet should be observed from the front when considering the cascade direction Working Mode of Receiving Card gt Hub mode Select the Hub mode of the receiving card which could be divided into normal 20 group 24 group and 28 group gt Afterglow control signal polarity the polarity of the signal shall be selected according to the design of the afterglow circuit Note 1 If the module array size is set as the default 1 column 1 row the modules in the cf first rows of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on 2 Or if the module array size is set as the real numbers the last module of each first row of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on gt Step 3 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 1 window to access Smart Setting Step 2 Shown in 16 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86
38. Files The advantage of using system configuration files to configure LED displays is that the configuration procedure is very simple and easy and no manual configuration operation is required To configure a LED display with system configuration files click Screen Config button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Screen Config from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Config window Shown in Fig 5 1 is the Screen Config window a Screen Config _ T aa 2 Select communication port r Current operation OMS Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller Confia Screen 5 Load Config File Browse wen Close Fig 5 1 the Screen Config window Step 1 Set the CurrentOperation Communication Port This is the port that connects the sending board controller to be configured to the control 11 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd computer If only one serial port of the computer is used to connect the LED display control system the used serial port will be automatically set as the current serial port Otherwise if multiple serial ports are used to connect control systems to the computer one serial port for one control system the serial port that is used to connect the control system which is to be configured should be set as the current serial port If it s the mode
39. Info Module Type Regular Module Actual Pixel Data Group Decoding Type 74HC138 Decoding J Scan Type C Over 16 Scans 1716 scan v Module in one scan Cols 2 Rows Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Down Right Left O Down To Up Scan Board Work Mode Hub Mode Normal 20 Groups 24Groups 28 Groups Ghost Control Signal Polarity High O Low oo Net mmm Fig 10 3the page of Smart Setting Step 1 152 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 11 Appendix 11 1Update Info Version Date Description Remark V1 0 2011 6 3 Initial version V1 1 2011 8 22 Modified according to feedbacks V1 2 2011 9 21 Add the part for multifunction card V1 3 2011 11 7 Modified according to application modification For NovaLCT Mars Ver 1 4 Add the sending board V1 4 2011 12 14 configuration V2 2 1 2012 3 8 For NovaLCT Mars Ver 2 2 1 V2 4 0 2012 4 16 For NovaLCT Mars Ver 2 4 0 V3 0 0 2013 2 25 For NovaLCT Mars Ver3 0 0 V4 0 0 2013 12 12 For NovaLCT Mars Ver4 0 0 V4 1 0 2014 03 18 For NovaLCT Mars Ver4 1 0 153 Se JJTlJ___ dt _ _____ ________________L_L__________________________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led
40. Location 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 256H Screen Pixel Topology or List EI Select Area On Screen geen egen Fig 5 83 the page for specifying the working area of the new receiver card gt Step 2 Select the calibration coefficient source The coefficients could be from a database the Database option or generated according to those of the surrounding receiver cards the Refer to Surrounding Scan Board option Fig 5 84 and Fig 5 85 show the pages for two option 106 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd respectively Select the source of Coefficients Database O Refer to Surrounding Scan Board Select Database Type Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription mas etree eminem Fig 5 84 the page for getting calibration coefficients from a database Browse Click this button to select the database that the calibration coefficients for the new receiver card are from If the selected is a cabinet database the cabinet ID should also be specified from the Cabinet ID drop list Cabinet ID If the 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 107 a _y Y yYYYyo amp 24_ __i___ i i _______T____
41. MI7 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection en Sereen No Screen please click Config Fig 5 12 the Screen Configuration page with no LED displayconfiguration information Screen Number This is the number of LED displays that are to be configured Config This button is used to load the Screen Number to the NovaLCT Mars application Read form HW This is used for the application to read the LED display information from the hardware Detect Status 22 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd This is used to check whether the communication within the current LED display is good Read File This is used for the application to load the LED display configuration settings from a file Save File This is used to save the LED display configuration settings to a scr file Send to HW This is used to send the LED display configuration settings to the connected sending board Save This is used to save the settings to a FLASH chip The saved data won t be lost even the hardware is powered off Scree Type There are three options for the screen type which are simple screen standard screen and complex screen These options will be shown at the top of each screen page on the Screen Configuration page Choose a screen type before any configuration operation Configurations for different type of screen will be given
42. Master Port Index Board index Slave Port Index 1 1 lt HDMI Settings C Auto Select Audio Inout S External Video Input S DV Bit Of Inout S 8 Bit Fig 5 2 the Screen Config window for manual configuration of the LED displays Note Make sure the resolutions of the sending board also named sending board and the computer video card are the same otherwise the LED display may not be able to lt work normally Reset the video card resolution or change that of the sending board if their resolutions are not the same Refer to 5 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate for details about how to change the sending board resolution gt Step 2 Switch to the Scan Board page and click Smart Setting button to open the Smart Settingdialog 13 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Shown in Fig 5 3 is the Smart Setting dialog Smart Setting Note 1 Pption 1 click Next to begin smart setting 2 Option 2 or 3 load module information to software Option 1 Smart setting O Option 2 Load module from file File Path desea CH Option 3 Load module from database Cabinet Database i Path Selected Module Fig 5 3 the Smart Setting dialog Select Option 1 Smart setting and click Next to act
43. Note 1 Thereisn tany place to view the typing when typing the passcode Just type in the passcode directly and the page shown in Fig 5 101 will change to the one o shown in Fig 5 102 A 2 Just type in the passcode again if the one input before is wrong 3 It not recommended changing the program unless there are problems with the function cards 5 10Cabinet Library Management This is to manage the existing cabinet libraries or creating new cabinet libraries It helps in quick configuration of the cabinets and modules gt Stepl 133 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click Tool gt Cabinet Library to open the page for library management If it is the first time to open the page the dialog as shown in Fig 5 108 will appear for open or create a library H Open Or Create Library P Please open or create a library ee ee ee Fig 5 108 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 gt Step 2 1 Module Management Shown in Fig 5 109 is the page for module management 134 a y_ yYYYSllfHH__ i _ _ __ _____ ______ _ _________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd E
44. NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Green No error LED lights detected gt Yellow the receiver card cabinet does not connected with a monitor card Note d 1 Put the curse on the sketch map of a cabinet to show its information Ka 2 Module specifications have effect on the point detect result Please set the point detect parameters according to the module type In Fig 5 70 click on the cabinet in the sketch map to open the Point Detect Result of Modules window for details about LED lights status information Shown in Fig 5 72 is the Point Detect Result of Modules window showing the LED lights status of the red cabinet in Fig 5 71 Point Detect Result Of Modules Bed A 0 Green Di 5 Blue 0 Red B 0 E 2 3 den Sr Sa no 42 19 44 15 96 28 29 20 222 29 29 Fig 5 72 the Point Detect Result of Modules Shown on the left of Fig 5 72 is the module array of the cabinet and on the right the pixel array of the selected module in the module array Red A 92 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd This is the number of the error red LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch The black points in the array are the error lights Green This
45. Oaa Green b Blue lt Advanced In en Return Fig 5 86 the Simple adjustment page Red Use the slide bar to adjust the red brightness of the calibration coefficients Green Use the slide bar to adjust the green brightness of the calibration coefficients 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 109 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Adjust Coefficients Advanced Oaa gt Color Adjust Red CH Green CH Blue Brightness RA 56 RE Saturation M 17 100 Hue s gt 50 PPP TPIT TTT TTT TTT Color Temperature Adjust O Yellow O Cyan O Magenta O White Red Green Blue Hote Display different color for observing the effect Simple beste tent Am Fig 5 87 the Advanced adjustment page Color Adjustment The brightness hue and saturation of red green and blue can be adjusted in the Color Adjust panel Color Temperature Adjustment Use the slide bars to adjust the red green and blue components for yellow cyan magenta and white in the Color Temperature Adjust panel Simple 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 110 a Y y Y Y
46. On Screen ra Sere Wen Fig 5 82 the page for specifying the display area for coefficients saving Screen Check this option if the calibration coefficients for the whole display are to be saved If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database this option will be unavailable Pixel Check this option to select the pixel area for which the calibration are to be saved If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database this option will be unavailable Topology or List Check this option to select the cabinets for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved Note that if the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database one cabinet should be selected at one time for coefficients saving Save 105 _yyYYYYyWVy_l_ i __T_________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Stepl Specify the LED display area that the new receiver card scan board works for Shown in Fig 5 83 is the page for specifying the area Select Area of New Scan Board in Screen Screen 1
47. Receiver Card page The module settings can be saved to a module configuration file through the opened dialog Shown in Fig 5 36 is Module Info panel of the Receiver Card page that the a button is on 54 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info SS Chip Common C Size 16Wx16H Scan Tvoe Static E Direction Horizontal Decode Tvpe 74HC138 Decodina Data Group 8 Fig 5 36 the Module Info panel gt Load a module configuration file In smart setting step 2 Please refer to 5 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step 2 select Option 2 Load module from file on the Smart Setting dialog and follow the instructions gt Save a receiver card configuration file To save settings to a receiver card configuration file click the Save File button at the bottom of the Scan Board page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 5 37 is the Scan Board page fi Screen Config CON19 Dr Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Module Info Chip Common C Size 32Wx32H Scan Type 1 16 scan Direction Horizontal Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width lt 96 Please gt m make sure Pixel Heiaht x lt 256 the width Module Casc puis Le m ana height Construct iew Cabin
48. Refer to Surrounding Modules Select Reference Module Reference Zone e H Lo Adjusted a Reference eg Module Module ran re Ratan Fig 5 91 the page for selecting the calibration coefficients source Note ei 1 One or more surrounding modules can be selected for generating the calibration coefficients for the new module 114 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 The calibration coefficients are generated according to those of the selected surrounding modules and make the pixel array driven by the new module card similar to its surrounding in brightness hue and saturation The generated calibration coefficients are just substitution of those from NovaCLB and are not as good as those from NovaCLB in performance gt Step 4 Adjust the calibration coefficients if the generated coefficients are not satisfying The adjustment page is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details gt Step 5 Save the calibration coefficients to the hardware FLASH so they won t be lost when the LED display is powered off The operation is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 4 for more details 5 8 2 5 Adjust Coefficients If some par
49. STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd low radiation and easily passing EMI EMC gt Overall chip supported support TI Toshiba MBI SITI ENE MY Riyuecheng Microblock and other series of products and supportTLC59282 TLC5929 TLC5944 DM13A DM13H P2510 SUM2016 SUM2017 MBI5020 5024 5034 5035 5042 5050 5152 SUM2032 MY9221 9262 RT5924and other IC gt No sending board mode supported being fit for small screen control Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com OMIA tes to 1 1 Configuration list Product name Type Version No Functions Remarks NovaLCT Mars V3 2 0 Operating platform Standard configuration Se Selectable MSD600 MCTRL300 Sending board Transmitting data MCTRL500 MCTRL600 MCTRL610 MRV200 MRV210 Standard configuration Bein nn with th MRV220 MRV300 eing connected with the Receiving card MRV320 MRV330 screen to deliver control MRV340 MRV350 information to the screen MRV360 MRV365 MON300 Monitoring the status of Selectable Monitoring card the hardware MFNGOQ Monitoring temperature Selectable Multifunctional humidity and the optical card probe Photoelectric Selectable Remote transmission converter Accessories Optical probe Detecting environmental brightness Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd
50. Vitual Red Fig 5 26 Monitoring Card Data line Adjustment gt Additional Function eliminate the afterglow of the insolated points and shut down the indicators of the receiving card 41 qe Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Additional Function Isolated Point Afterglow C Clear Indicator Light of Rec C Close Fig 5 27 Additional Function Refresh Rate 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 Gray Scale Normally 256 levels of gray scale is enough for two color LED displays 4096 levels enough for indoor full color LED displays and 16384 levels enough for outdoor full color LED displays And apparently the more levels the gray scale is divided into the more exquisite the shown images will be Gray Mode There are four options for Gray Mode Brightness First Refresh Rate First Gray Firstand Performance balance Brightness First Brightness First mode is for normal use and it has lower brightness loss Refresh Rate First image refresh rate can be greatly increased but the cost is 8 of brightness loss Gray First Gray First mode will cost 50 brightness to get a better gray when display with low bright 42 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website ww
51. W button ia Send Parameters to Scan Board All Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards Cancel Specified Scan Boards Send Fig 5 28 the dialog for specifying receiver cards to send the parameter settings to All Scan Boards When this option is selected parameter settings will be sent to all receiver cards scan boards that are connected to the current serial port through the sending boards that are connected with the current serial port Reset the start position of scan boards This option is available when All Scan Boards is selected When this option is checked start positions of all relating receiver cards receiver cards that are connected to the current serial port through the sending boards that are connected with the current serial port will be set as 0 0 Thus all relating receiver cards will show on their pixel arrays the upper left corner image of the computer display Specified Scan Boards This option is for sending parameter settings to specific receiver cards There are two ways for sending parameter settings to specific receiver cards by address and by sketch map Corresponding pages are shown in Fig 5 29 and Fig 5 30 45 a yy y YYYto amp 4 oo _ i _ _ __ ___ __ _________ _______________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com HI Send Parameters to Scan Board CH All Scan Boards Reset the star
52. ___________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select the source of Coefficients CH Database Refer to Surrounding Scan Board Select Reference Cabinet Reference Zone el D Adjusted fe Reference E Cabinet Cabinet rn en Return Fig 5 85 the page for generating coefficients for the new receiver card according to those of its surrounding receiver cards Note 1 One or more surrounding cabinets can be selected for generating the calibration coefficients for the new receiver card o 2 The calibration coefficients are generated according to those of the selected 7 surrounding cabinets and make the cabinet driven by the new receiver card similar to its surrounding cabinets in brightness hue and saturation The generated calibration coefficients are just substitution of those from NovaCLB and are not as good as those from NovaCLB in performance gt Step3 108 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 5 86 and Fig 5 87 are the pages for Simple and Advanced adjustment respectively Adjust Coefficients Simple
53. aStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd Select the New Module Screen 1 Location Sp Y 0 Size 256 X 128H Screen Pixel Topology or List Oo Select Area On Screen Fig 5 89 the page for specifying the cabinet the new module is in gt Step 2 Double click the selected cabinet to open the page for specifying the new module Shown in Fig 5 90 is the page for specifying the new module Select the New Module Scan Bo 0 0 0 Location 192 0 Size 64X64 Screen Pixel Topology or List FJ Select Area On Screen Module Size x Display Mode Modules Pixels Fig 5 90 the page for specifying the new module 113 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Module Size Set the pixel array size of a module here NovaLCT Mars divides a cabinet into modules according to the module pixel array size and the cabinet pixel array size gt Step3 Select the calibration coefficients source Calibration coefficients generated according to those of the surrounding modules are used for the new module because the coefficients saved in the receiver card or the database are not suitable for the new module Shown in Fig 5 91 is the page for selecting the coefficients source Select the source of Coefficients
54. and the Every cabinet has different number of power are available in this page To return to the Monitoring Setting page that all displays can be set together click Uniform Setting at the lower left corner of the page 81 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Honitor Setting Auto Refresh C Auto Refresh Retry times Setting Retry times after read status failed Refresh and Alarm Setting COMB Screenl COMG Screen2 COM6 Screen3 Retres Refresh Status Refresh Temperature Refresh power of scan board Connect Monitor Board Refresh Humidity Refresh Smoke Refresh cabinet status Rehr oats statis of Refresh Fan Every cabinet has same number of fan Every cabinet has different number of fan Refresh power A O Every cabinet has same number of power Every cabinet has different number of power Alarm Setting When 2 3 A Fahrenheit Temperture temperature display alarm information then humidity br S X display alarm information When speed lt 3 speed min display alarm information When voltage lt H V display alarm information Uniform Setting a O Cmd Fig 5 60 the Monitor Setting page for individual display setting A Note K The Monitor Setting page is in the Uniform Setting status by default 5 6 1 2 Display with Cabinets Varying in Fan Power S
55. ate the listed SNs click Refresh button 5 5 Manage the LED Displays To make brightness control and monitoring easier multiple LED displays can be combined together The combined is called a combination display Select Tool gt Multiple Screen Management to open the Combination Display Config window for combination display configuration Shown in Fig 5 54 is the Combination Display Config window 73 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Combination Display Config Combination Display Count 1 Fig 5 54 the Combination Display Config window Combination Display Count This is the number of combination displays to be configured Following are the steps for combination display configuration gt Step1 Set the Combination Display Count as required and click the Config button The combination display pages will be shown on the Combination Display Config window There is only one combination display page because the Combination Display Count is set as 1 Set the Screen Count as required in the combination display page Screen Count is the number of LED displays that will be combined into the combination display Click Config in the combination page and a sketch map will be shown in the combination page as shown in Fig 5 55 Here Screen Count is 3 thus there are 3 colored rectangles labeled 1 2 and 3 respectively i
56. aximum width can be But as the shift clock frequency is limited by driver chips and module design the maximum width is also limited Maximum Height The Maximum Height depends on the module design Note 1 If the module cascade direction is from left to right or from right to left then d as mentioned above the Maximum Width depends on the parameters such KR 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 37 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd then factors affect the Maximum Width and Height are just switched The Maximum Height depends on the parameters such as refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency and the Maximum Width depends on the module design 5 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters To achieve the best performance performance parameters should be set properly Performance parameters setting can be through the performance setting panel Shown in Fig 5 23 is the Performance Setting panel which is circled and marked as area 2 in Fig 5 21 Performance Setting Group Swap More Seting Accelerate R Refresh Rate 240 sl Hz 4 v Gray Scale Normal 16384 GrayMode _ Gray First sl Data Clock
57. cscessciccssasvesseccvecsscsecescacuccscnovendcnocccssvscesdesctcecssssesastevccssssseussseeccnssseeossicascnesssccectsaccnssseseesaes 144 HARDWARE PROGRAM UPDATING cccsssscccssssccccscsecccsssecccecseccccsecccecsescceuseseceeseseceesesscesessceesessceesesseeesessceaes 146 PROBLEM AND SOLUTION EEN 150 10 1 NOVALCT MARrS SHOWS NO HARDWARE ON CORRESPONDING PAGES ssesecesecececececececeeseececeeseeescecsceceeeeseeeseseseeeeeeees 150 10 2 NOVALCT MARS SHOWS NO SCREEN ON CORRESPONDING PAGES cscecececscecscecececececseeeseeeececeesesceesceeseeeeeeeseseeeeeeeeees 150 III Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 3 THE LED DISPLAY DOES NOT SHOW THE IMAGE CORRECTLY DURING THE SMART SETTING PROCEDURE e2seeseeeeceeeeeseeeeeaees 151 10 4 ONLY A PART OF THE MODULES OF EACH CABINET WORK NORMALLY IN SMART SETTING ccccceeeeeeeeeececeeeeeeeteaeeeeeeeeeeneeaees 152 11 APPENDIX eege ENEE EE EE ENEE 153 DAD SUP DATE INGO DEET 153 IV Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 Introduction toNovaLCT Mars Nova M3 series LED screen control system taking the software NovaLCT Mars as operating platform cooperating with data transmitter receiver card monitoring card and multifunctional card realizes smart
58. dina Board FPGA Hardware Version Info RefreshAll RefreshOne Sending Boardi Port Scan Board 1 Scan Board FPGA Change V3 6 0 0 Total 1 Remarks 2013 09 11T Sending Board MCU Communication Info 2013 12 16 14 59 12 Current control system address 1 port 2 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 12 16 14 59 12 Current control system address 1 port 3 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 2013 12 16 14 59 12 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGAprogram version of scan board 0 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of scan board 0 Fig 9 1 the Load Program page 147 y y J_W__f___ i __ __ ______ lt ___________________________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com gt i A Load Program Select operation communication port Current operation 8 d communication port mt DEE t Duebel Device Count 1 COMS Select Program FReatek PCle GBE Family Cook P Load Program Proaram Name Tx600 Data Mars V3 6 0 0 Proaram Version 3 6 0 0 Proaram Path D NovaLCT Mars Data Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 SendCard Tx600_Data_Mars_3 6 0 0 Select Items To Load Hardware Version Info RefreshAll Refresh One Scan Board 1 Refresh f V3 7 0 6 Total 1 Remarks 2013 12 14 for test all 2ZPRINB
59. ding board can also be set as hot backup of each other As in Fig 5 30 the Ethernet port 2 is the hot backup of the Ethernet port 1 3 Hot backup can be set between the Ethernet ports of a sending board 4 A slave device can not be set as a master device when it is the hot backup of N another sending board To clear the slave status of a sending board delete the d record indicating it as a slave device and click Send button in the Hot Backup 51 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd Setting panel to change the hardware settings 5 The sending board that is used for LED display configuration refer to 5 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration can not set as a slave device unless the LED display configuration information on it has been deleted gt Step 3 Click Send button to send the hot backup settings to the hardware 5 1 7 HDMI Settings MSD600 MCTRL600 MCTRL610 Sending cards supporting HDMI interface need to set this option HDMI Settings C Auto Select Audio Inout S External Video Input S ovi v Bit Of Inout S 8 Bit Ei Sena Fig 5 34 HDMI Settings Automatic input mode Select Automatic Input Mode to enter into the automatic input mode and the system will automatically detect and select the corresponding port with video input Manual
60. diustment between mininum and maxinum Linear adjustment Numbers of S g gt 10 Below bo Sw beson kamen gel Fig 5 47 Segment interval setting Ambient Brightness 1 200 3 20 Fig 5 48 Several thresholds tet for segment intervals Note 1 The information of the multifunction card light sensor list is from the multifunction card configuration settings d 2 NovaLCT Mars first generates the environment brightness value from measurement results of all available light sensors according to the calculating type And then NovaLCT Mars uses the generated environment brightness to adjust the LED display brightness according to the parameter settings such as brightness thresholds segment numbers 68 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 2 3 2 Auto Brightness Time Interval The following steps are to set the time interval for auto brightness gt Step1 Click right button on the circled panel icon as shown in Fig 5 49 and select Advance Setting from the pop up menu as shown in Fig 5 50 to open the Advance Setting window as shown in Fig 5 51 Fig 5 50 the pop up menu Advance Setting Log effective days of adjustment Notice Betore Gre eute mtjistment we will read the light sensor value N times and caculate the average value after removing maximum and
61. dow Shown in Fig 5 52 is the Display Control window 70 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd al Screen Control EEGEN COMB Screent n m egen Normal Fig 5 52the Screen Control window Kill Show nothing on the LED display Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock Self Test Show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting 5 4 Check Hardware Info Click Tool gt Hardware Information from the main menu to open the Hardware Information page Shown in Fig 5 53 is the Hardware Information page 71 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd S Hardware Information Time Time of Hardware 2012 06 12 Select Serial Port Current Serial Port Sending Board SN Serial Number SH Number 1 1202 1000 0000 0199 Hardware Version Info Refresh All Refresh One Sending Board Scan Board 5 2 1 0 Total 1 Remarks 2012 05 23 Position Sending l Sending Board MCU Sending Board FPGA Scan Board FPGA Communication Info 2012 6 12 19 32 15 Current control system address 1 port 3 Read FPGA prog
62. e cards from the sketch To select multiple scan boards press the left button and drag the mouse gt Step 3 Click Send button and the parameter settings will be sent all or the specified receiver cards 5 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate If the resolution or refresh rate of the input DVI video is different from that saved in the sending board which the DVI video is input into the related LED display may not be able to work normally For example the image shown could be zoomed in or out overlapped or flashing To avoid these problems the resolutions and refreshed rates of the input AVI video and the sending board must be the same Following are steps to adjust the sending board resolution and refresh rate for the case that it is inconvenient to change the AVI video resolution and refresh rate gt Step1 Open the Sending Board page in the Screen Config window Fig 5 2 Shown in Fig 5 31 is the Sending Board page Adjust the parameters in the Set the sending board display mode panel as required Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Graphics output Resolution 1440 x 900 resolution 1440 x 900 Refresh Set the sending board display mode Resolution 1440x900px v TT Custom x Refresh Rate 60 v Hz Set Fig 5 31 the Sending Board page 47 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www
63. e for loading program to the hardware Shown in Fig 5 106 is the page of program loading 131 __yyyYYYSSTy_ _ i i _______________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Function Card Information Model ID 8101 FPGA Version nn nnn FPGA Note aa MASV3 2 0 2 Fig 5 106 the page for program loading Refresh Click this button to acquire the version information of the current function card Type inadmindirectly to access the options for program loading Shown in Fig 5 107 is the page with the program loading options Function Card Information Model ID 8101 FPGA Version n2anznnn FPGA Note ae MASVS 2 0 2 mtor selected function Load program for all functie OF Fig 5 107 the page with program loading options 132 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Exit Click this button to go back to the page shown in Fig 5 104 Load program for selected function card Select this option to load program to the current function card Load program for all function card Select this option to load program to all function cards Program Path Select the program to be loaded here Change Click this button to load the selected program to the current function card or all function cards
64. e fouls and Cabinet DatabBase DOR Module Operation Cabinet Operation A Inport Module Export Module Refresh Module Delete Module Clear Module Cabinet uni Hame Pixel Columns Pixel Rows Data Direction Chip Scan Type 2 Show oO Search by Condition Search Condition MBIS036 1 8 Select All Data Direction Chip Scan Type Encoding Mode PORT LEA ors oprop ror siz ie Tec a a OE Polarity Module Width Module Height Data Groups oon D o kb eon rs Search Now Current operation status Database is open C Documents and Settings Administrator L EI Lengt mel Fig 5 109 the page for module management Import Module Click this button to import the module configuration files generated during the Smart Setting procedure to a cabinet library Export Module Click this button to export the module configurations from a cabinet library to a module configuration file Module configuration files help in speeding up the Smart Setting procedure Show All Select this option to request NovaLCT Mars to show module configurations of all cabinets in the list Search by Condition Select this option to shown all module configurations that meet the requirements set in the 135 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com OVA tos oe Search Condition panel in the list 2 Cabinet Management Shown in Fig 5 110 is the page for
65. e refresh rate then the new refresh rate must be sent to the receiving card If the resolution of the final DVI video is different from that of the computer which is use to configure the Mars serial LED display control system the sending board resolution must be set as that of the final DVI video when the configuration operation is finished ei If the refresh rate of the final DVI video is different from that of the computer which is use to configure the Mars serial LED display control system the sending board refresh rate must be set as that of the final DVI video when the configuration operation is finished And don t forget to resend the parameters settings on the Scan Board page 5 1 6 Set Hot Backup for Receiver Cards The hot backup setting makes the connection of relating the receiver cards into a loop In the case that some Ethernet cable within the loop is disconnected by accident a slave device will take over the receiver cards behind the disconnection point and keep the LED display working normally Shown in Fig 5 32 is panel on the Sending Board page for Hot Backup Setting 49 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Hot Backup Setting Master Device Slave Device Master Sending Slave Sending Board Index Board Index 1 1 1 4 Slave Port Index Master Port Index Fig 5 32 the Hot Backup S
66. e refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh Click this button to show the current version information of the hardware This can be used to check whether the hardware program has been updated 149 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 10 Problem and Solution 10 1 NovaLCT Mars shows No Hardware on corresponding pages Check whether the hardware system is powered on Check whether the serial port cable connection is good 10 2NovaLCT Mars shows No Screen on corresponding pages If the LED display has been configured already then try reading the configurations from the display by click the Read from HW button on the Screen Configuration page as shown in Fig 10 1 If the display has not been configured yet configure it 150 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com Screen Config COM19 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Get Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information Location X dd Virtual Mo C Enable Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board To Columns po Rows i C Hide Line Sending Board Index E GC P sl Height 128 mee aiaia Scan Board Size Width 128 Heiaht 128 mmgepne O Set
67. e second road extended to 32 sets of datacan not be selected at the same time Twenty Eightdata group mode If selected the scan board will provide 28 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of datacan not be selected at the same time e 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 Modecan not be selected at the same time 40 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Ghost Control Signal Signal Switch the On or Off could be selected Signal Polarity the polarity of the signal could be selected according to the design of the afterglow circuit gt Hub Mode select the Hub mode of the receiving card which could be divided into normal 20 groups 24 groups or 28 groups gt Graphics Output the output in the scanning direction or the output in the reverse direction could be selected Monitoring Card Data Line Adjustment If the monitoring corresponding signals are mismatched when the monitoring card HUB is connected to the receiving card the corresponding signal of each monitoring data line can be adjusted manually Adjustment of Honitoring Data Line C Enable Adjustment of Monitoring Data Line Data Line2 Green Data Line 3 Blue Data Line 4
68. e settings as the one just set Choose Option2 or 3 in the Smart Setting dialog Fig 5 3 in Step 2 select corresponding files and modules and smart setting is done Click Finish to finish smart setting after saving the settings Click Finish directly if you don t want to save the settings Save Module 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 5 11 the Save Module dialog Note di The saved module settings can be used in Step 2 of Smart Setting to simplify smart setting process 5 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration Select Screen Configuration page in the Screen Config window Fig 5 2 If no LED display has been configured the Screen Configuration page will be as shown in Fig 5 12 Enter screen number number of the LED displays to be configured and click Config button The default screen configuration page page for simple LED display configuration will open The configuration information will be shown on the Screen Configuration page if a LED display 21 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd has been configured Modify the settings and send them to hardware by clicking Send To HW button if necessary E Screen Config CO
69. eadebeedea find anes dapavata sand DEE 85 5 7 CHECK THE LED LIGHTS STATUS ssiiiic ones scssasccacscosvasagsatecsishssasalaneiesdavencs canabdovasdtbeancocasu susdscneasssaebasbeddtacossaiang Aao Eai 89 5 8 BRIGHTNESS COLOR CALIBRATION ssssssssseisssseuesiistssttstttttnttkt tett tt ettet attt tatt etet kuat EE EAAAEEE EREKE EE EEAAAEEEEAAEEE ERREA EEEE EAEE Eann ae 93 S81 OMe CADA O eege deed dE dE 93 5 8 2 Manage Coefficients cccccccccsssscsccsccssesssensccccasssssennscaccnssensansccsccsceasenssccsccscaefassars ee sssrsccccsssssseatentecesasssanens 95 5 9 FUNCTION CARDIMANAGEMENT EE EE 122 5 9 1 Functon Card CONFIQUIATION ccccccccccceessnsscesccsseessssscesecsseeseasenssecsceeseusesesecsceeessaaesessceseessasesesececessaseeeseeseeeue 122 5 9 2 Power Management cccccecesesssssssnsncnsncnsncncncnsncncnen MG EEN EEN NENNEN NENNEN NEEN 123 5 9 3 Monitor DOC EE A EE 130 5 9 4 ed E Ten EE 130 595 Load Program E mn Ea a E EEE E saghaeassivacanaaiereceveapadaoreateuccastessigs 131 5 10 CABINET LIBRARY MANAGEMENT ANERER AEN EEN ENNEN ENNEN ENNER ENN 133 5 11 PR STORE PICTURE yess aks En eerti er erea i raer EEEa aE E ar A E Ena eea eE r e naea io aN EErEE ES KENII 137 5 12 giele ell We EE 138 BIGHT PANEL ERASE ged edd eet d e dee dee ed ege ee eege 142 RECEIVE CARD RELAY icicicccs ccceedsvcccdcasccccvedouccacsecdsssvededsoudedessdecetasnecdesstcdesedsdoncdedecctavvdononsdcdceesevedeieosdssussdccoussseesnds 143 660 CONFIGURATION i
70. efficients to a new cabinet database Create 103 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovasStar Tech Co Ltd Click this button to create a new screen database or a cabinet database according to the settings Note 1 Screen database In a screen database the saved are the calibration coefficients and the positions of they are to be uploaded to in the LED lights array of the whole display In the uploading procedure the coefficients are uploaded according to the positions set for n them Thus if the position of a cabinet is changed the coefficients for this cabinet will g not be correctly uploaded 2 Cabinet database In a cabinet database the calibration coefficients are arranged in the form of cabinets The coefficients for the same cabinets are grouped together and labeled with the cabinet ID Thus even the place of a cabinet has been changed the corresponding coefficients can also be correctly uploaded to the cabinet gt Step2 Select the display area for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved to a database Shown in Fig 5 82 is the page for Step 2 104 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Area Screen 1 Location 0 Y 0 Size 512 X 2568 CH Screen O Pixel Topology or List o Select Area
71. enCoefficient mdb Type Screen Database Cabinet ID Columns 512 Rows Discription mj Fig 5 75 the page for upload coefficients step 1 Browse Click this button to select the calibration coefficients database file to be uploaded 97 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Type The type of the selected calibration coefficients database is shown here There are two database types screen database and cabinet database A screen database contains calibration coefficients for a whole display while a cabinet database contains calibration coefficients for one or multiple cabinets Cabinet ID The cabinet ID s will be shown here if the selected is a cabinet calibration coefficient database Columns This is the column number of the calibration coefficient array of the selected database Rows This is the row number of the calibration coefficient array of the selected database Click Next button to open the page for Step 2 after all settings gt Step 2 This step is to specify the LED display area for which the calibration coefficients are to be uploaded There are three options Screen Pixel Topology or List Screen If this option is selected calibration coefficients for the whole display will be uploaded Pixel Select this option to upload calibration coefficients to the specified pixel area Topology or List
72. ende Fig 5 93 the page for Adjust Own Effect option Select The Adjustive Mode oO Adjust Own Effect Effect As Other Selected Area Select Reference Area Screen 1 Location Z 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screen CH Pixel Topology or List oO Select Area On Screen 1 2 1 3 1 4 tice e ete Fig 5 94 the page for Effect As Other Selected Area 117 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Note 1 If Adjust Own Effect option is selected NovaLCT Mars will acquire the calibration coefficients of the selected area for the hardware Adjustment on these coefficients is independent to the other area of the LEDdisplay ei 2 If Effect As Other Selected Area is selected NovaLCT Mars will adjust the calibration coefficients of the selected area according to those of the reference areas and make the selected area looks similar to the reference areas in color The nearer the reference areas are to the area being adjusted the better the adjustment result will be gt Step 3 Adjust the calibration coefficients This step is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 5 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details gt Step 4 Click the Save button to save the adjusted calibration coefficients to the hardware The save coefficients won t be lost e
73. enzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com gerne 5 2 1 1 Configure Color Temperature Table Configure color temperature Operate Hote Selected color temperature is yellow Add Add color temperature Telete Delete color temperature Edit Edit selected color temperature Color Temperature Brightness R Gain G Gain B Gain R Brightness G Brightness B Bright 100 00 i 100 00 255 100 0 255 100 0 255 100 0 100 00 5 100 00 229 89 8 229 89 8 229 89 8 100 00 100 00 204 80 0 204 80 0 204 80 0 100 00 k 100 00 178 69 8 178 69 8 100 00 255 100 0 255 100 0 255 100 0 100 00 229 89 8 229 89 8 229 89 8 100 00 204 80 0 204 80 0 204 80 0 100 00 100 00 178 69 8 178 69 8 178 69 8 Fig 5 40 Configure Color Temperature Table 60 a _ry Y YYy ytL_ _ __ _ _ __________T_______________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com OVA tse oes 5 2 1 2 Configure Brightness Mode Config Brightness Mode rere _ _ Low Gray Compensatii Accelerate Rate Max Load A Standard Name Refresh Rate Gray Scale Gray Mode ModeB 1200 20 Normal 8192 Performan 0 48 64 ModeA Normal 4096 Refresh Ra 66 64 EY H E 2 Ki H 5 o o D K n wm mm Delete St mem pen a Fig
74. ess that NovaLCT Mars listens to It is actually an IP of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running Port This is the port that NovaLCT Mars listens to 94 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Reconnect Click this button to terminate the current listening process and start a new listen process using the settings of Local IP and Port Communication Log Records of the communication between NovaCLB and NovaLCT Mars are listed is this panel Enable Calibration This option is to enable or disable LED display calibration using calibration coefficients Save button in the Enable Disable Calibration panel Click this button to save the calibration switch status enable or disable to the hardware Save button in the communication log panel Click this button to save the communication log to a text file 5 8 2 Manage Coefficients This page is to adjust the calibration coefficients for better calibration performance Shown in Fig 5 74 is the Manage Coefficients page 95 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd M Screen Calibration Current Serial Port Geesse Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients cone F Select Operation 1 Upload Coefficients Current Screen 2 Save coefficients
75. et Performance Setting Group Swap More Seting RefreshRate 20 w Accelerate R KS Gray Scale normat 16384 GrayMode cray Fist ix Data Clock i Data Duty 5 v 25 75 Clock Phase Low Gray Co a v Blanking Time 25 ei 2 00us Ghost Contro a Line Change T 0 19 Brightness Effi Smart Seting Loadfie SaveFie Read FromHw zeien Swe ConigFie ges Ciose Fig 5 37 the Scan Board page 55 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt Load a receiver card configuration file To load a receiver card configuration file click the Load File button at the bottom of the Scan Board page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions gt Save a LED display configuration file To save settings to a LED display configuration file click the Save File button at the bottom of the Screen Configuration page of the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Shown in Fig 5 38 is the Screen Configuration page ES Screen Config CON19 Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Screen N 1 v Eza Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information we Location x du Virtual Mo C Enable Operate Port Scan Board 3
76. etting panel Master Device Master Sending Board Index this is the index of the sending board which is to be set as a master device Master Port Index this is the index of the Ethernet port of a master device sending board that is used to output data Slave Device Slave Sending Board Index this is the index of the sending board which is to be set as a slave device SlavePort Index this is the index of the Ethernet port of a slave device sending board that is used to output data Refresh To update the current hot backup information Send To send the hot backup settings to hardware New To add a new record into the hot backup info list 50 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Edit To edit a record in the hot backup info list Delete To delete a record in the hot backup info list gt Stepl Click Add button to open the dialog for adding a hot backup record The dialog is as shown in Fig 5 33 Hot Backup Setting Master Sending Slave Sending Board Index Board Index Master Port Slave Port Index Index Fig 5 33 the Hot Backup Setting dialog gt Step2 Enter the indexes as required and click the Add button on the dialog L Only for the sending boards that are in the same cascade chain can master slave hot backup relation be set 2 Ethernet ports of the same sen
77. f this area should be similar to the area selected in Step 1 Otherwise don t df 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 120 _ y Yy yY t amp t____ i _ _ ___ ___T__ ________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 8 2 6 Erase Coefficients Shown in Fig 5 97 is the page for erasing reload calibration coefficients Erase coefficients erasing calibration coefficients of the whole display or any cabinets Reload coefficients reload the calibration coefficients lastly saved in hardware Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Select Scan Board Screen 1 Location zZ 0 Y 0 Size 128 X128H Screen Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels O Reload me e Fig 5 97 the page for erasing calibration coefficients Screen Select this option to erase all calibration coefficients for the whole display Topology or List Select this option to select the cabinets from the cabinet array sketch or the cabinet list of which the calibration coefficients are to be erased N Note s The calibration coefficients will be their default values after
78. htness in the main menu bk A Calibration_ the same as Tools gt Calibration in the main menu La Display Control the same as Tools gt Display Control in the main menu Monitor the same as Tools gt Monitor in the main menu Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVA NovaStar Tech Co Ltd oS Function Card___ the same as Tools gt Function Card in the main menu 4 3 Monitor Info Panel Shown in the Monitor Info panel is the current monitored result of the system Red dots indicate there are errors detected while green dots mean no error Click a red dot to access the alarm window containing the corresponding error info An alarm window is as shown in Fig 4 2 Click the blue hyperlink in an alarm window to open the monitor page of the corresponding LED display Alara Display Nane TE COMS Screenl 10 Fig 4 3 Alarm window containing error info 10 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 Main Functions of NovaLCT Mars When in the mode with no sending board the control system software will have no sending board operation page all the parameter setting related to the sending board shall be omitted and other operations are the same as having sending board 5 1 Start the LED Displays 5 1 1 Start with System Configuration
79. is the number of the error green LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch Blue This is the number of the error blue LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch Red B This is the number of the error virtual red LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch 5 8 Brightness Color Calibration 5 8 1 Online Calibration In online calibration NovaCLB connects with NovaLCT Mars through network Data and instructionsfor LED display calibration are exchanged through the network Shown in Fig 5 73 is the page for online calibration 93 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Taree Saa Online Calibration Offline Calibration Manage Coefficients Network Setting CONS v Current Screen Screent Enable Disnable Calibraion Enable Oo Calibration m Sure Crear Fig 5 73 the page for online calibration CurrentSerialPort This is the serial port through which the LED display to be calibrated is connected to the computer Current Screen The LED displays connected to the computer will be list in this panel Select the LED display to be calibrated from the list Local IP This is the IP addr
80. ivate smart setting wizard The Smart Setting Step 1 window will appear as shown in Fig 5 4 14 n_a Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR Smart Setting Step 1 CH Novaptar Tech Co Ltd Chip Type Data Type Concurrent v Chip Type Common Chip v OE Polarity Unknown v Module Info Module Type Regular Module Irregular Module Actual Pixel x 32 y 32 lt Data Group Decoding Type 74HC138 Decoding J Scan Type C Over 16 Scans 1 16 scan v Module in one scan Cols 2 gl EE gt z Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Down O Right Left O Down O To Up Scan Board Work Mode Hub Mode Normal 20 Groups 24Groups 28 Groups Ghost Control Signal Polarity High O Low oo Net Cancel Fig 5 4 Smart Setting Step 1 Chip Type Select the driver chip type from the list according to what is actually used for the cabinets OE Polarity This option can be High Effective Low Effective or Unknown Module type The option can be regular module or irregular module If it is set to be irregular module the counts of driver chips for one data set and one color should be given Actual Pixel This is the size of the real pixel array of a module X represents the width and Y the height 15 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 2
81. l Ej Po o Port Port nternet access ccess Internet access Internet access Port Index o 0 of of 1 D al de ntrator d entrator de o entrato Sending Sending Sending sending Port Port Port Port cess Ir of s Internet access Internet access of icentrator d Sending Sending Sending Port Po Port WI Connect Internet access Internet access number of deconcentrator None One Internet access e of o o of C deconcentrator a Scan Board Size Width 128 tH Fig 5 19 Example 2 Configuration of internet access If the deconcentrator internet access has been configured before software will prompt To delete the current configuration information click OK and it is done Back This button is used to clear all settings related to the last set sending board ClearPort This button is used to clear all settings related to the current Ethernet port Width Height Scan Board Size These are the width and height of the pixel array of the current receiver card Apply to port 33 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click this button to set the pixel array sizes of all receiver cards connected to the current Ethernet port the same as that of the current receiver card Set Blank Select this if the current p
82. l the powers in function card Succeed 2013 2 20 10 11 31 Start power Succeed 2013 2 20 10 11 33 Read the status of all the powers in function card Succeed Succeed Fig 5 99 the page for power management Function Card Time panel gt Read to read the time from the function card and show in this panel gt Set to set the function card time as that of the computer Set Notes Set note for each of the power supply of the current function card Start Delay Set the delay time for starting power If the delay time is successfully set the stating of each of the power supply control by the function card will be delay for the delay time For example if the delay time is set as 2 seconds then each power supply will delay 2 seconds when starts Refresh 124 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 schedu
83. lect the Start to launch the virtual mode click b i to enter into the setting interface of the 24 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd virtual mode Select the layout type of the lights on the top right corner of the window and drag the mouse on the left side of the window to change the arrangement of the lights For example if the Erected Triangle Interaction is selected the changed positions are as follows Set Virtual Mode OH Layout Rectangle Erected Triangle Interaction Inverted Triangle Interaction Preview Prompt Infc Dragging round object with the mouse ca Red L reen LED MM Gue LED MO Virualred LED om Geet Fig 5 14 Positions of the virtual lights before change Set Virtual Mode Layout Rectangle Erected Triangle Interaction Inverted Triangle Interaction Preview Prompt Infc Dragging round object with the mouse ca MMM Red LED MMM Green LED Moe Ea RE 9 Fig 5 15 Positions of the virtual lights after change Scan Board Columns Rows 25 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd These are the numbers of columns and rows of the scan boards receiver cards array of the LED display Scan Board Width Height These two parameters in the Scan Board Info pa
84. les 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 mode The hardware system will start or stop the power supplies according to the schedule automatically The schedule can be set and send to the hardware through NovaLCT Mars Software Control In this mode NovaLCT Mars controls the power supplies according to the schedule set for the power supplies 5 9 2 1 Manual Power Control Select the Manual option to set the power supply control mode in to manual mode And the 125 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd power supplies of the function card can be controlled through the corresponding Start button or Stop button 5 9 2 2 Automatic Power Control The page for automatic power control is as shown in Fig 5 100 Function Card Time 2012 04 17 Tuesday 18 30 23 Aen ee zo Motes EEN e e eeee Refresh Start 81 Emergency Stop SE ZS P CH Manual CH Software Control Start Stop Switch 1 10 51 30 zl 13 52 30 4 Switch 2 13 51 30 13 52 30 z Switch 3 13 51 30 13 52 30 Switch 4 13 51 30 zl 13 52 30 Switch 5 13 51 30 zl 13 52 30 Switch 6 13
85. mail Notification Enable Svstem Recovery Notice Enable Sendina Svstem Report Email Set Reaular Sendina of Svstem Operation Report Email Sender Email Addres Email Passw Port Modifv Sender Recipient al Name Email Address Email Information Email From Setting Enable Loa Fig 5 62 the email notification setting page 5 6 3 Notification Email Log Shown in Fig 5 63 is the History window for checking the notification emails Information about the notification emails such as date error display index email recipients and so on can be checked through this window 84 es e EoEooooeeeeeeeeeee Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovasStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com History Email History 2 Error A _ Notification Notify Date Sireen Recipients oe EmailState Fig 5 63 the History window for notification emails checking 5 6 4 Monitor Control 5 6 4 1 Configure Control Scheme Config Monitor Control Information v Enable Honitor Control Control information list Temperature gt 32 C brightness decrease 50 Temperat All 2 Temperature gt TOC brightness decrease 50 Temperat All Fig 5 64 Configuration Of Monitor Control 85 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Enable Monitor Control The functions
86. minimum then we adjust screen brightness according to this average value and the linear straight which you set Fig 5 51 the Advance Setting window for auto brightness gt Step 2 Set the values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors Detect Period is the time 69 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd period the light sensors measure the environment brightness Read times of light sensors is the times that NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors Thus the auto brightness time interval is the production of Detect Period and Read times of light sensors For example if light sensors measure the environment brightness every 10 second this is the Detect Period and NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors for 5 times this is the Read times of light sensor before adjusting the LED display brightness the auto brightness time interval will be 50 seconds Note H The default values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors are 60 seconds Vi 7 and 5 times respectively Thus the auto brightness time interval is 300 seconds or 5 minutes by default 5 3 Display Control Click Display Control button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Display Control from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Control win
87. n the page for combination display configuration It makes the management of brightness control and monitoring of multiple LED displays easier when these LED displays are combined together Details will be given in a later part of this manual Point Detect This is used to open the page for point detection LED lights open short circuit status checking Prestore Picture Enter the restore screen booting screen and no signal including the disconnected network cable and no DVI signal screen settings can be conducted Color Restore Gamut conversion gt Plug in Tool Test Tool to open the page which all test tools test content for LED displays testing are in Calculator a shortcut to the calculator application of Microsoft Windows Click on 8 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com this item will open the Microsoft Windows calculator External Program a shortcut to add frequently used programs gt User This is for user login The password for advanced users is admin gt Language This is used to switch the language of the NovaLCT Mars application Languages available now are simplified Chinese and English gt Help Select Help gt About to check the version information about the NovaLCT Mars application 4 2 Tool Bar Screen Config 4 E the same as Tools gt Screen Configin the main menu Brightness ___ the same as Tools gt Brig
88. n the sketch map 74 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 Screen Count Zoom Fig 5 55 combination display setting page 1 gt Step 2 Click left button of the rectangle labeled 1 to Screen information window as shown in Fig 5 56 Appoint one of the three LED displays as Display 1 the rectangle labeled 1 represent Display 1 by specifying the serial portit connects to the computer and the its index in the screen list Note that listed in the screen list are the LED displays that are connected to the computer through the specified serial port 75 _yy yYYYYSNTo ____ _ ______________________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen information i Serial ports v The screen lists H A SS A Fig 5 56 the Screen information window Serial ports This is the serial port that the target LED display is connected to the computer The screen list This is the index of the target LED display in the screen list of the specified serial port gt Step 3 Do the same for the other displays of the combination display 76 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd E Cl Combina
89. name This is to rename the selected function card Serial port Operation The corresponding menu itemand tool bar button are only available when the following requirements are satisfied The selected node is a serial port the device connected to the serial port does not match the device type of the serial port or the serial port is disconnected gt ModifySerialPort set the selected serial port as one that no function card has been configured for it gt ReplaceSerialPort when the function card of the selected node is connected to a serial port other than that of the selected node click this button to replace the selected node serial port with the one that is connected with the function card 5 9 2 Power Management Click the Power Management button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for power management The Power Management page is shown in Fig 5 99 Circled in the page is the Power Management button 123 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd d AUG Function Card Time 2013 02 20 Wednesdav 10 10 Read e SetNotes San Delay Sg eeeeee e 8 E E Manual Auto Software Control Switch 1 Start Switch 2 Switch 3 Switch 4 Switch 5 Switch 6 Switch 7 rt Switch 8 2013 2 20 10 11 28 Read the status of al
90. ne Change T 3 0 19 Brightness Effi 68 24 Min OE 80ns Fig 5 24 clear afterglow Data group exchange adjust the order of the data groups More settings Symmetrical Data Group Extension Output Mode C Symmetrical Output E Four Doors Output Data Group Extension TT Twenty Data Grou O Twenty Four Data TT Twenty Eight Dat O Dsignalis taken as the second way clock to Ghost Control Signal Scan Direction Signal Switch Open O Close Signal Polarity High O Low Hub Mode Normal 20 Gourps 24 Groups 28 Groups Graphics Output Reverse Sca Fig 5 25 More settings Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 39 OVA torent gt Output Mode 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 e Four doors output being optional and after being selected the loaded box will be divided into four parts from left to right gt Data Group Extension 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 datacan not be selected at the same time Twenty Four data group mode If selected the scan board will provide 24 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as th
91. nel refer to the width and height of the pixel array driven by a scan board receiver card They must be set the same as those set in the Scan Board page Sending This parameter is used to specify the current sending board sending board The sending board of the chosen index is will be set as the current sending board And all relating settings are for this sending board Connecting Mode Select the connecting mode of cable Port 1 Loaded Set the number of scan boards that port 1 loaded Advance If the connecting mode of each port is different click the linkto enter advance mode gt Standard Screen Configuration The page for standard screen configuration is shown in Fig 5 16 26 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com Screen Type Simole Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information EE Location x 0 Enable Operate Port Scan Board Sending Board Index P Fe ey Half Port Index ay a A Hide Line Note Click or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to cancel e See ae zem emm oe ee Fig 5 16 standard screen configuration page Location This is the upper left corner of a rectangular area of the computer display The rectangle area of the computer display
92. ng Sending Sending Sending a Bl Bl D een Internet access Internet access Internet access Internet access Port Index of of of of fi 2 3 4 deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator Sending Sending Sending Sending Port Port Port Port Internet access Internet access Internet access Internet access of of of of deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator Sending Sending Sending Sending Port Port Port Port Internet access Internet access Internet access Internet access of of of of Internet access number of deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator Sending Sendina Sendina Sending None One Port Port Port Port x Internet access Internet access Internet access Internet access _ 43 e of of of of Fey deconcentrator deconcentrator deconcentrator decancentrator Scan Board Size Width 128 S E Connect 32 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen Basic Information lee Location x d Virtual Mo C Enable e Operate Port Scan Board Scan Board Columns Sending Board Index AF al ad d Sending S Sending Sending ol E al a
93. not be lost in case of power failure 141 Ge Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 6 Light Panel Flash Click the option Light Panel Flash OU in Tools and open the light panel Flash operation interface as you can see in the figure System S Tools C Plug in Tool P User U Language ang Help H Screen Config S eg s Bightness B essere Cabinet Database L ol Monitor Function Card Calibration C Display Control P Monitor M Monitor Info Function Card F Sa Hardware Information H Local Syste Control Sv 0 View Detail Multiple Screen Management A Gi Point Detect T i Prestore Picture R Color Restore O V Module Flash Za Server Status Serial Port COM3 Jj Fig 6 1 Light panel Flash operation interface Serial Port Serial port of currently connected sending equipment Check coefficients in Scan Board Check the effect of calibration coefficient saved in receiving card at LED screen Check coefficients in Modules Check the effect of calibration coefficient saved in light panel Flash at LED screen Save coefficients on Scan Board Save the calibration coefficient currently being checked to 142 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd
94. o be monitored and set rules for alarm Email Setting This button is used to set the email notification Email Log Click this button to check the log of the report email sent by NovaLCT Mars monitoring 78 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd subsystem 5 6 1 Monitor Setting 5 6 1 1 The Monitor Setting Page Shown in Fig 5 59 is the Monitor Setting page Honitor Setting Auto Refresh C Auto Refresh Retry times Setting Retry times after read status failed Refresh and Alarm Setting Refresh Setting Refresh Status Refresh Temperature Connect Monitor Board Refresh power of scan board Refresh Humidity Refresh Smoke C Refresh cabinet status haath rus ok Refresh Fan Every cabinet has same mmber of fan Every cabinet has different number of fan Refresh power of monitor board very cabinet has same number of power Every cabinet has different number of power Setting Alarm Setting When vest Fahrenheit Temperture areara 2 U display alarn information When humidity SS display alarm information When speed lt a speed min display alarm information When voltage lt ingle Setting display alarm information Fig 5 59 the Monitor Setting page for setting all displays Auto Refresh If this option is check NovaLCT Mars will automatically check the s
95. of Monitor Control will work only when the option is checked Valid days of logs Set the valid days of logs One control information can be added by clicking the button e in Fig 5 64 As it show in Fig 5 65 is to add one temperature control information as it show in Fig 5 66 is to add one smoke control information Add One Control Information Displav Number Lat 7 Control Information Control Tvpe Temperature Control v Decrease the brightness Temperature 9 The maximu The averac When the tem 60 Brightness decrease C Open Cooling Device Power Off Fig 5 65 Temperature Control Information 86 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Add One Control Information e l Control Information Control Tvpe Smoke Control e When the Smo SS e Power Off Send e mail after power off Configuring email infor EI a COMB Sending Board 1 Port 1 1 Bae vi e Switch Switch iM Switch Switch Switch Cl Switch Cl Switch Cl Switch Cl Switch Cl Switch ClSwitch OAM FONE Fig 5 67 Select The Controlled Power 87 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 6 4 2 Monitor ControlLog Preview Monitor Control Log Date
96. onitoring Refresh Fan 80 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 cabinet has different number of power If the numbers of power supplies to be monitored are different from one monitor board to another select this option and click the Setting button to set the power supplies numbers for each cabinet Single Setting Click this to set the monitoring options for each display individually Shown in Fig 4 60 is the Monitoring Setting page for individual display monitoring option setting The Ever cabinet has different number of fan
97. osition pixel array of the current receiver card needs to be left unset The configuration operation is easy First if the deconcentrator is not connected set the index as 1 for the receiver card scan board directly connected to a sending board through an Ethernet port if the deconcentrator is connected define the receiving card connected with the A1 internet access of the deconcentrator as the first one and input values for other parameters And then set the index as 2 for the receiver card which is connected to the first index 1 receiver card and also input values for other parameter for the No 2 receiver card Do the same configuration operation until all receiver cards are set The configuration is completed by then The pixel array sizes of the receiver cards can be different from each other select and then the pixel can be changed and can also be left unset After configuration click corresponding button to send the configuration information to the sending board or save it in the computer Note For different sending boards the background colors of the grids are different ei For different Ethernet ports the font colors are different The right button of the mouse can be used to clear the settings for the current sending board gt Complex Screen Configuration The page for complex screen configuration is shown in Fig 5 20 34 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 3359
98. ovasStar Tech Co Ltd 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 follow gt Stepl Adjust the parameters in the Performance Setting panel Fig 5 23 until the Maximum Width and Height shown in the Cabinet Info panel Fig 5 22 are larger than the pixel array size of the cabinet Then click the Send To HW button on Fig 5 21 If the message as follow appears after clicking the Send To HW button it means there are parameters not properly set in the Performance Setting panel or the Cabinet Info panel Those parameters will be in red Reset those parameters and click Send To HW button again R The parameters in red color are unreasonable please adjust gt Step2 If all parameter settings are acceptable the dialog as shown in Fig 5 28 will appear after clicking 44 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd the Send To H
99. r cards Receiver card configuration files can be used for quick configuration of cabinets requiring the same kind of settings LED Display Configuration File Saved in a LED display configuration file are the information of how receiver cards are put together to construct a LED display The LED display configuration files can be used for quick 53 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd construction of a LED display System Configuration File Saved is a system configuration file is the complete setting information of a LED display control system it can be used to quickly recover a LED display control system from error or to quickly start a LED display gt Save a module configuration file There are two ways to save a module configuration file The first is to save it at the last step of smart setting please refer to 5 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step 9 for details Shown in Fig 5 35 is the dialog for saving module settings to a module configuration file Save Module 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 5 35 the dialog for saving module setting to a module configuration file The other way is to click o button in the Module Info panel of the
100. ram version of sca 2012 6 12 19 32 15 Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of sca Current control system address 1 port 4 Read FPGA program version of scan board O Fig 5 53 the Hardware Information page CurrentSerialPort If more than one Mars serial LED display control system is connected to the computer set the serial port through which the Mars serial LED display control system to be configured as the current serial port Time of Hardware This is the date and time of the current Mars serial LED display control system Click Read button to update the hardware time shown in the Time panel Click Set button to set the time of the current Mars serial LED display control system as that of the computer 72 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Note H The date information has been set for the Mars serial LED display control systems A z when produced Only time hour minute and second is set here for the control system hardware Hardware Version This includes the version information of the MCU sending boards and receiver cards Note A st The sending board version information is that of the first sending board connected with the current serial port Sending Board SN Listed are the SNs of all sending boards of the current serial port To upd
101. reen Fig 5 78 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Topology or List way 100 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovasStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click Next to open the page for Step 3 gt Step 3 Shown in Fig 5 79 is the page for Step 3 Upload Coefficients Fast Upload Stable Upload Wpload Se Beck em is Fig 5 79 the upload calibration coefficients Step 3 page Fast Upload The uploading speed will be set as maximum thus the time required for uploading is minimized if this option is selected Stable Upload The uploading process is more stable and reliable for this option But the time required is longer than the Fast Upload option Upload 101 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 5 8 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 gt Step1 The calibration coefficients read back can be saved to an existing database or a new database Shown in Fig 5 80 and Fig 5 81 are the page
102. s for saving coefficients to an existing database and a new database respectively Select Database Save to an Existing Database oO Save to a New Database Select Database iy F i Open Type Unknown Existing Cabinet ID Columns Unknown Rows Unknown Discription Unknown Lo egen geen Fig 5 80 the page for saving calibration coefficients to an existing database 102 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Open Click this button to open an existing database to save the read back calibration coefficients The new saved coefficients will replace the old ones according to the position If the coefficients array size of the opened database is smaller than that of the current display the save operation will be failed If the opened is a cabinet database the ID list of the existing cabinets of the database will be shown Select Database Save to an Existing Database Save to a Hew Database New Database Type Screen Database O Cabinet Database Select Database Type Existing Cabinet ID Columns Rows Discription Lo i egen Fig 5 81 the page for saving calibration coefficients to a new database Screen Database Select this option if it is to save the calibration coefficients to a new screen database Cabinet Database Select this option if it is to save the calibration co
103. s that are on in a module Smart Setting Step 4 Lighting rows or columns in the modules F S Row mmmn Jeng Fig 5 7 Smart Setting Step 4 gt Step6 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 4 window to access Smart Setting Step 5 Shown in Fig 5 8 is the Smart Setting Step 5 window Enter the number of LED light columns that are on in a module 18 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 5 CO Lighting rows or columns in the modules E El column wi jamm Je Fig 5 8 Smart Setting Step 5 gt Step 7 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 5 window to access Smart Setting Step 6 Shown in Fig 5 9 is the Smart Setting Step 6 window Use Auto SwitchStatus or Manual SwitchStatus to switch the module status automatically or manually And then select the option corresponding to the module statuses 1 or 2 under which all lights are on If all lights are on under both statuses then any of the two options 1 and 2 will be OK Smart Setting Step 6 Auto Switch Status O Manual Switch Status Please look at the modules D d Thich state can fully light the current 1 J module If both just J choose one Fig 5 9 Smart Setting Step 6 gt Step 8 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 6 window to access Smart Setting Step 9 Shown in Fig 5 10 is the Smart Setting Step
104. ss can be adjusted by the slide bar All together there are 256 levels of brightness If the 58 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Bright ModeTable was configured and Enable Bright Mode Table was checked the software will adjust the brightness of the screen by the Bright Mode Table when pull the slide bar Color Temperature Adjustment Color temperature adjustment can be done in two ways 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 Note A cf Current gain adjustment option won t be available if the LED light driver chips do not support current gain adjustment If the color temperature table has been set NovaLCT Mars will adjust the LED display settings according to the current brightness setting and keep the color temperature unchanged Note A M 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 59 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Sh
105. stment window for brightness display quality Gamma and current gain adjustment 5 2 1 Manual Adjustment Select Manual in the Adjustment Mode panel to open manual adjustment page Shown in Fig 5 39 is the manual setting page of the Display Adjustment window 57 qe Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd fio COMA Zeen Adjustment Mode Manual O Schedule Config O auto Config Display Quality Gamma Adjustment Soft Mode Enhanced Mode Fixed Value Bri zhtne ER on Mode A O Mode B Echt Brightness Mode D I lt DER lt sl z TE 8 00 0 Easton eae Tes j ad glo amperature Adjustment CT custom gt Chip BI5036 ain RGB Brightness Resistor Setting Synchronous Synchronous Gor tap Gn aD en Settee Ke Default Value Read Scan Board Parameters result Succeed Fig 5 39 the manual adjustment page of the Display Adjustment window Display quality There are two modes for display quality soft mode and strengthen mode Use soft mode for the situation that the environment brightness is not very high Strengthen mode is better when the background is very bright Gamma Adjustment If Fixed Value is selected the Gamma coefficient can be any value between 1 and 4 And the default value is 2 8 Select Custom to manually define the Gamma table Brightness Adjustment Brightne
106. t position of scan boards Specified Scan Boards Send By Address Send By Topolopy Sending Index start from L S 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 5 29 the Send by Address page Shown in Fig 5 29 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 Send Parameters to Scan Board A1 Scan Boards Reset the start position of scan boards Specified Scan Boards zen Send By Address Send By Topolopy Select Screen Screen 1 Location 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screenl O Screen Pixel Topology Or List EI Select Area On Sc lt Jil gt jar fae fas ae Dg Fig 5 30 the Send by Topology page 46 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Shown in Fig 5 30 is the Send by Topology page The sketch of the receiver cards layout is show in this page Select the receiv
107. ta Click Monitor Data button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for system monitoring Show in Fig 5 104 is the page for system monitoring Monitor Data of Function Card il Temperatu 29 C 9 Humiditv 29 aaj Voltage 4 2V EA No monitor board Fig 5 104 the page for system monitoring Refresh Click this button to acquire the monitored data from the current function card and the monitor board that connected to the current function card 5 9 4 External Device Click the External Device button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for external devices management Shown in Fig 5 105 is the page of External Device Refresh This is to refresh the information of the external devices 130 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Save Click this button to save the external device type settings to a file The Save button must be clicked after any modifying of the external device type settings T Please click Save button after modify External device 1 Light Sensor v External device 2 v External device 3 No External Device v External device 4 No External Device v mmpepl eaten Fig 5 105 the page for external devices management 5 9 5 Load Program Click the Load Program button on the Function Card Management page to open the pag
108. tatus and parameters being monitored and update the monitored data periodically according to the period setting 79 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Retry times after read status failed This parameter determines how many time NovaLCT Mars 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 receiver cards If this option is selected the working status of the receiver cards will be under monitoring Refresh Temperature If this option is selected the temperature within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh power of scan board If this option is selected the power supplies of the receiver cards will be under monitoring Connect Monitor Board Monitor Boards are required for certain status and parameters monitoring Select this option to get those status and parameters under monitoring Refresh Humidity If this option is selected the humidity within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh Smoke If this option is selected the smoke within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh cabinet status If this option is selected the working status of the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh status of Cabinet Door If this option is selected the open close status of the cabinet doors will be under m
109. the erase operation Make 121 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a copy of the calibration coefficients save to a database file for safety 5 9 Function Card Management Management operations of the function card also named multifunction card such function card configuration program loading external device configuration monitored data updating and power supply management will be given in this section Shown in Fig 5 98 is the Function Card Management page when it is opened for the first time Function Card Management Add Remove Refresh Rename i la z Set card count of port Succeed Fig 5 98 the Function Card Management page 5 9 1 Function Card Configuration Use the menu or tool bar in the panel on the left of the Function Card Management page to configure the function card Add 122 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd gt SerialPort add a function card which is connected to a serial port of the computer gt EthernetPort add a function card which is connected to a Ethernet port of the sending board controller Remove This is to remove the selected node The selected node could be a function card Ethernet port sending board or a serial port Re
110. tion Display Count al O Config Gen 1 Name Screen Count k i O Config Sen Zoom gt 0 39 Fig 5 57 the combination display after configuration The layout of the displays in the combination display can also be arranged Use the mouse to drag the displays The same layout will also be used in the monitoring pages 5 6 Monitor the System 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 status open close and temperature humidity smoke fans status and power supply The monitoring subsystem can also report error by email when fails detected Shown below is the Monitor page The status and parameters mentioned above can all be 77 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOV STAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd watched here W Eonitor Sending Board Status a D 2 E E A Wi DI Refresh Period The time to next refresh 2012 6 7 11 48 28 COM3 iSMISiS BSR 2012 6 7 11 48 28 F IRRA EDIE 2012 6 7 11 48 pe BR Fault Alarm Information FHERR Fig 5 58 the Monitor page Refresh This button is used to update the monitored data Monitor Setting This button is used to edit the contents t
111. tor deconcentrator Scan Board Size Width 128 30 mmm Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com Standard Screen Complex Screen Virtual Mo E Enable esl Scan Board Scan Board Columns 4 Sending Board Index m LB e Sending Hal JE E Internet ac Port Index RT Dee mee gere Port Sending Sending 0 Port d E Sen D E Internet access of o Internet access number of deconcentrator dec Sending Sending Sending Two Port Port Port Internet access Internet access Internet access of 0 deconcentrator deconcentrato wan Scan Board Size Width 128 ca Fig 5 18 Example 1 Configuration of internet access Example 2 Internet access 1 of sending board 2 is set as one and port 2 is directly connected with scan board The internet access model of port 1 of sending board 2 is set as one and the internet access model of port 2 is set as None 31 _ _ _____ _____T__ _______________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com Screen Type Simple Screen Standard Screen Complex Screen e Virtual Mo Enable e Scan Board 4 Scan Board 4 Sending Board Index EE AF d Sendi
112. ts 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 gt Step l Select the areas to be adjusted Fig 5 92 shows the page for area selecting 115 yy _ _ _______________ s__T__ _____________________ Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select The Adjustive Area Screen 1 Location Z 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screen O Pixel Topology or List Select Area On Screen Le gegen pe Fig 5 92 the page for selecting the area to be adjusted gt Step 2 Select the adjustment type If Adjust Own Effect option is selected the color adjustment of selected area is independent to the other areas of the LED display If Effect As Other Selected Area option is selected the color of the selected area will be adjusted according to the reference area color The selected area color will look similar to the reference area color after the adjustment operation Shown in Fig 5 93 and Fig 5 94 are the page for thetwo adjustment type respectively 116 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Saten t Tba Adjastiya Moda meee Adjust Own Effect CH Effect As Other Selected Area Adjust own effect tena sp
113. ts that are in open circuit or short circuit status Note df 1 Point detect is only available for LED displays of which the LED lights driver chips support LED lights open short circuit status checking 89 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 Driver 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 Mars serial LED display control systems are required for point detect Select Tool gt PointDetect from the NovaLCT Mars main menu to open the Point Detect window for point detect setting Shown in Fig 5 71 is the Point Detect window As shown in the figure the LED display under point detecting has a receiver cards one receiver card corresponds to a cabinet array of 2 rows and 4 columns And the driver chips used are MBI5036 Point Detect Serial Port Selected Serial Port cone Screenl Screen Topological Graph CT Unknown WS Error Wa Normal Ri No Monitor Card Point Detect Parameters Detect Type Open Circuit And Short Circuit Threshold Current s 2 Current Gain F Enable Change Setting C E ee 2012 04 18 02 04 creenl finish detecting point The number of successful detected scan board is 1 Total number Fig 5
114. upply Number For a display of which the cabinets are different in fan power supply number use the individual display Monitor Setting page for monitoring option setting Click Single Setting at the lower left corner of the Monitor Setting page Fig 5 59 o open the individual display Monitor Setting page Fig 5 60 To set the fan power supply number for each cabinet click the Setting button to open the 82 Ge Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd setting page after select Refresh Fan Refresh power of monitor board and Every cabinet has different number of fan Every cabinet has different number of power As an example shown in Fig 5 61 is the page for fan number setting for each cabinet Advance Setting of Monitor Fig 5 61 the Advance Setting of Monitor page for fan number setting 5 6 2 Email Notification Setting Shown in Fig 5 62 is the page for email notification setting Set the email notification according to the instructions given on the page If the sending system report e mail is enabled the regular sending could be set The date could be set by clicking E mailSetting 83 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Setting Of Email MWotification About Monitor Fault Notification Setting C Enable E
115. ven the system is powered off Shown in Fig 5 95 is the page for saving the calibration coefficients 118 mmm ______ _ _____________________TJT_______________________L______ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Apply and Save Coefficients Apply The Effect To Other Area ra Finish ees Fig 5 95 the page to save the calibration coefficients The adjustment operations in Step 2 and Step 3 can also be applied to other areas that need the same adjustment Click Apply The Effect To Other Area item on Fig 5 95 to open the page for setting Shown in Fig 5 96 is the page for Apply The Effect To Other Area 119 a yY yYYY mo 4 lf_ _ i _ _ ____ _ _____TT__ _________________________ Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Apply and Save Coefficients mge Apply The Effect To Other Area Apply the Effect to Other Area Screen 1 Location X 100 Y 100 Size 256 X 128H Screen O Pixel O Topology or List Select Area On Screen Operate all pixels estan ri Pi es Fig 5 96 the page for Apply The Effect To Other area Apply Apply adjustment operations to the selected area Note 1 If the adjustment operations are to be applied to another area the problem o
116. w novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Performance balance Balance between gray scale and refreshing and promote refresh rate of low gray level Accelerate Rate This parameter is used to increase the refresh rate If N is selected the refresh rate will be increased by N times Data Clock This is the shift clock frequency The shift clock frequency depends on the performance of driver chips and the circuit design of the modules The higher the driver chip performance is and the better the module circuit is designed the higher the shift clock frequency can be A higher shift clock frequency will results in a larger pixel array more gray levels or higher refresh rate that a receiver card can support Data Duty This is the duty cycle for the shift clock The shift clock frequency can be increased by changing this parameter Normally the duty cycle should be set as 50 Data Phase By phase here refers to the time relation between the shift clock and the corresponding data to be shifted This parameter can be used to eliminate the errors due to the phase such as image dislocation and flashing pixels Low Gray Compensation For driver chips that cannot respond to narrow pulse signals the Low Gray Compensation parameter can be used to improve the image quality of low gray levels Blanking Time 43 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR N
117. ware on the screen 2 Function Settings Boot Screen User can set whether enable boot screen or not and the boot screen time when power on The prestore picture is used as the boot screen Cable Disconnect User can select the display frame when cable disconnect No DVI Signal User can select the display frame when there is no DVI signal Send Send the settings to the hardware If Save to Hardware is not clicked the settings will lost after power off Save To Hardware Save current settings to hardware then the settings will not lost after power off 5 12Color Restore Color restore is mainly aimed to solve and adapt to the gamut conversion at a different standard 138 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAISTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Interface Tools Color Restore to enter the interface color restore as shown below Color Restore el 0 Serial Port COM19 z Screen1 m AA em f CIE 1931 Chromaticity Diagram a Cx Cy Lum er 0 675 0 33 900 g omg om fiso0 g Inn Lian f3o0 l Target Cx Cy Lum I 0 64 0 33 EI 03 Joe mg g us foo a 0 3444 0 3388 e PAL O NTSC Custom V Enable Color Restore 2013 9 29 09 04 56 COM19 Screen1 Succeed to set 2013 9 29 09 04 57 COM19 Screen1 Succeed to set Fig 5 112 change the the color temperature of the
118. wer Switch 1 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Power Switch 2 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Power Switch 8 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Fig 5 101 the page for software power control Copy To copy the power control schedule of the current function card so it can be applied to other function cards by pasting Paste To paste the copied power control schedule to the current function card 127 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovasStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOV STAR View Log NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Click this button to check the log of the control operations on the power supplies Shown in Fig 5 102 is the page of View Log View Log Select the Log File 2012 6 4 VY Monday Log Information 1 CON6 Sending Board 1 Port 1 10 15 00 10 15 00 10 15 00 Succeed Succeed Succeed 10 15 00 Succeed 10 15 00 Succeed 10 15 00 10 15 00 Fig 5 102 the View Log page gt Select the Log File select the date of the log to be checked here Succeed Succeed To check the power control log select the date of the log to be checked in the box labeled Select the Log File and select the function card to be checked form the function card list the Address list at the left of the page The detail of power supply control will be shown in the panel at the right of the page Edit Click this button to open the page for editing the power suppl
119. white point 139 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR Color Restore Serial Port Screen CIE 1931 Chromaticity Diagram NovaStar Tech Co Ltd d Original cy 0 33 0 3444 PAL O NTSC Custom v Enable Color Restore Fig 5 113 change the scope of the color gamut Obtain original color gamut The light gun is recommended to obtain the current color gamut or the Original Color Gamut The accurate original color gamut could facilitate the adjustment of the target color gamut 1 Adjust the target color gamut If the original color gamut is accurate it could be directly transformed into the PAL or NTSC standard target color gamut or the four color target points could be dragged to change the scope of the color gamut and the color temperature of the white point See Fig 5 112 and 5 113 Click the lift button of the mouse and drag or directly enter the parameters The display effect could be reviewed in real time after the adjustment 2 Checkthe Enable Color Restore 3 Click Send to send the information to the hardware 140 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 Click Save to HW and parameters can be saved to the hardware which can
120. with no sending board please set thecorresponding network port Step 2 Load system configurationfile Select Load Config Fileoption use Browse button to select the system configuration file to be loaded and then click Next The selected configuration filewill be automatically loaded to the LED display system The LED display system will have been configured when the load operation is finished Note N The loaded performance parameters from the configuration file can be adjusted if j they are not suitable Please refer to 5 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters for details abouthow to adjustthe performance parameters 5 1 2 Start Manually 5 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step1 Select Config Screen option in the Screen Config window Fig 5 1 and click Next to open the window for manual configuration of the LED displays The window is as shown in Fig 5 2 12 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd fi Screen Config C0N19 DER Sending Board Scan Board Screen Connection Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Resolution Graphics output 1440 x900 resolution 1440 x 900 Set the sending board display mode Resolution 1440x9009 7 Custom s W Refresh Rate 60 SI Hz Hot Backup Setting Master Device Slave Device Master Sending Board Index Slave Sending
121. www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Module Info Chip ize 32Wx32H Scan Type 1 16 scan Direction Decode Type 74HC138 Decoding Data Group 2 Cabinet Info Regular Irregular Pixel Width 128 Please a Width 27 Heiaht 27 Please lal E make sure oadina error Please adiust perform make sure Pixel Height 256 H the width EI Loadina error Please adiust perform ae Module Casc Right to Left el andheight Construct View Cabinet and height a Performance Setting Ge WE H cen eg en Gray Scale Gray Mode Refresh Rate First v Data Clock Data Duty 25 75 0 eal Clock Phase Low Gray Co Blanking Time fs RS Ghost Contro Line Change T a Brightness Effi Fig 8 1 Save configuration file The operation procedures of importing the configuration files are as follows EI NovaLCT Mars Tools C Plug in Tool User U Language Lang L Help H ey Screen Config S EI Bightness B Screen Conf Cabinet Database L oi Monitor Function Card Local System Calibration C Display Controi P Monitor M Function Card F Hardware Information H Multiple Screen Management A CH Point Detect T _ Prestore Picture R Color Restore O Light Panel Flash U Receive Card rela Control Sv 0 View Detail 145 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen
122. y control schedule Shown in Fig 5 103 is the page for editing the schedule Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 128 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd HE Power Custom List Custom Control List of power Custom Edit Area Delete Clear Switch z Switch 3 Week Start Time Close Time Cl Switch 5 Switch 6 _ Power Switch 1 g b Switch 8 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 Power Switch 2 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 _ Power Switch 8 Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 ge 09 02 15 09 02 15 Fig 5 103 the Power Custom List gt Delete click this button to delete the selected items in the Custom Edit Area gt Clear click this button to clear all existing settings gt Power Switch listed in the panel are the power supplies controlled by the function card Select the one to be edited here gt Date select the days for power control in this panel gt Time set the time for star and stop the power in this panel gt Add click this button to add the settings in the Custom Edit Area to the Custom Control List of Power Note df The time standard for the software control mode is the time of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running 129 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 5 9 3 Monitor Da

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