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Nova M3 LED Display Control System User Manual

1. Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 103 NOTAR tsar tnt Function Card Information Model ID FPGA Version FPGA Hote selected function O Load program for all functii card Fig 4 9 10 the page with program loading options Exit Click this button to go back to the page shown in Fig 4 9 9 Load program for selected function card Select this option to load program to the current function card Load program for all function card Select this option to load program to all function cards Program Path Select the program to be loaded here Change Click this button to load the selected program to the current function card or all function cards Note 1 There isn t any place to view the typing when typing the passcode Just type in the passcode directly and the page shown in Fig 4 9 9 will change to Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 104 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd the one shown in Fig 4 9 10 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 4 10 Cabinet 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 y Step1 Click
2. Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com IV NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 Introduction to NovaLCT Mars NovaLCT Mars is a professionally developed application for control and management of the Nova Mars series LED display control systems Functions integrated in NovaLCT Mars include LED display configuration LED display brightness control comprehensive cabinet status monitoring LED lights open short circuit status checking and etc NovaLCT Mars also plays an important role in the pixel level LED display brightness color calibration It works with NovaCLB to generate the calibration coefficients for a certain LED display and applies the calibration coefficients to the LED display fulfilling the calibration operation Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 1 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 2 Installation of NovaLCT Mars The installation of NovaLCT Mars is the same as other common software applications One thing need to be mentioned is that if the installation process is blocked by any anti virus or firewall application please select the option that allows the installation operation to do what it needs to do Because what is blocked is usually the installation or update operation of the serial ports driver Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 We
3. Error LED lights detected The number shown is the number of the error LED lights Green No error LED lights detected Yellow the receiver card cabinet does not connected with a monitor card 1 Put the curse on the sketch map of a cabinet to show its information 2 Module specifications have effect on the point detect result Please set the point detect parameters according to the module type Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 68 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd In Fig 4 7 1 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 4 7 2 is the Point Detect Result of Modules window showing the LED lights status of the red cabinet in Fig 4 7 1 Poin Ditert Basel Of Piles Bad i 0 B Grows i Ele Dj Fad E D Aae a E A a e a e a ggggg Ss eeeeeeseel saeeeseeceece a Soe ea CIC oleae elelele el eleelele Hie S 8 6 68 6 8 6 6 6 ae dedede tJ Seco sieee x a ja 0 sse d dh ppggggoEEEooAI MOCEEO sesesseees JOG ee COCOO0OC DOCOUOE TF raraq hd bd r i li E E 4 E T la i 5 ae a 2a d jelajelaieajelaiaioiojelojais CIC r ry ar popor CIECIE E E Fig 4 7 2 the Point Detect Result of Modules Shown on the left of Fig 4 7 2 is the module array of
4. i E Erue Typa Simple Jeram D ard Jeran Caplar Emran Pasis Infirenii m Laeg ijan T D Wirtual Beda Maal Fizal Oper wie Fari Zandra Ford Techs D ERE Hels el ett Fert Indes if r ae i it Peart Fortis Sean Board Dawe Som Board Hirs Fidh 1 Hai ghd LA ii BA oth Hote Click of drag left pouse button to conflg screen right mouse button ta Fig 4 1 14 standard screen configuration page Location This is the upper left corner of a rectangular area of the computer display The rectangle area of the computer display is called mapping area Content inside the mapping area will be shown on the LED display The default location is 0 0 which is actually the upper left corner of the computer display Virtual Mode Specify the pixel mode of the LED display The option could be real pixel or virtual 3 lights or virtual 4 lights Scan Board Columns Rows These are the numbers of columns and rows of the scan board receiver card array of the LED display A sketch map of the scan board array will be shown in this page after these two parameters are set Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 19 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Reset All This button is used to reset all cabinet settings and connection settings Sending Board Index This parameter is used to specify
5. Nova M3 LED Display Control System User Manual 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 an NovaStar Technology Company Limited All right reserved Xi an NovaStar Tech Co LTD NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd To achieve the best performance of the Nova products please update the Data package to the versions of V3 4 x before using NovaLCT Mars V2 8 x to configure a LED display Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com II NOWIISTAR tsar tent Content CONTEND e a eee eee eee eee E ee eee II 1 Introduction to NOVALCT MalS cccccccceseccesecseccsesceeseseserssserssssescrssereseesstens 1 2 Installation of NOVALCT Malls ccccccccccsscccceescsesssseseeesceeessreseresceessseeseresseeeanes 2 3 Main Interface Of NOVALCT Mall ccccccccccseceseccsescseessseecesceseseessenessressaesenees 3 ERNA WIN es seccetee encase descent ace fader cecal E O 3 BZ WO OU AI E EE E T A AA A A A A A P A T A A E TT 5 3a Monor Ma ANON neseni a a 6 4 Main Functions of NovaLCT Mars sse ssssssssrrsrrsrr
6. Sener Gard Elera Sardi Soe Tee Banker Pert Ides ius Lue Jlere Jarl indin Fig 4 1 2 the Screen Config window for manual configuration of the LED displays Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 8 NOTAR tsar tent Note Make sure the resolutions of the sending board also named transmitter card and the computer video card are the same otherwise the LED display may not be able to work normally Reset the video card resolution or change that of the transmitter card if their resolutions are not the same Refer to 4 1 5 Adjust the Resolution and Refresh Rate for details about how to change the transmitter card resolution y Step 2 Switch to the Scan Board page and click Smart Setting button to open the Smart Setting dialog Shown in Fig 4 1 3 is the Smart Setting dialog Smart Setting Hote 1 Fption 1 click Hext to begin smart setting 2 Option 2 or 3 load module information to software Option l Smart setting Option 2 Load module from file _ r File Fath Jf Browse E Option 3 Load module from database e Cabinet Database Browse Fath s Selected Module Select Module k fa n as es Fig 4 1 3 the Smart Setting dialog Select Option 1 Smart setting and click Next to activate smart setting wizard The Smart Setting Step 1 window will appear as shown in F
7. ECOMB Screent Bien aaan Self Test Horma Fif 4 3 1 the Screen Control window Kill Show nothing on the LED display Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock Self Test Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 49 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting 4 4 Check Hardware Info Click Tool gt Hardware Information from the main menu to open the Hardware Information page Shown in Fig 4 4 1 is the Hardware Information page E Bardeare nf ormation Ei Tisa of Hardeare Sailer Serial Fort Curent Serial Port Eamding Baird EH Bardeara Yerricn Coke E Batra All C Geirath One Sanding Foard f Pasi tian Sending Sanding Pow d GCM Sending Peerd FAA Sean Board FEFFE Comm cation Infa WEL 1932015 Curen eentral eyel ehrel port F Reed FPGA prop ee recima ef maa Coren camtirel spyrt addres pert 4 Haad FPGA preg warsion cE meak board Fig 4 4 1 the Hardware Information page Current Serial Port If more than one Mars serial LED display control system is connected to the computer set the serial port through which the Mars serial LED display control system to be configured as the current serial port Time of H
8. Hame Screen Count Loom Fig 4 5 2 combination display setting page 1 y Step 2 Click left button of the rectangle labeled 1 to Screen information window as shown in Fig 4 5 3 Appoint one of the three LED displays as Display 1 the rectangle labeled 1 represent Display 1 by specifying the serial port it connects to the computer and the its index in the screen list Note that listed in the screen list are the LED displays that are connected to the computer through the specified serial port Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 53 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Screen information Serial ports at 7 The sereen lists al Pe Fig 4 5 3 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 y Step 3 Do the same for the other displays of the combination display Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 54 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 1 Hame Sereen Count Zoom COMB6 Screen2 Fig 4 5 4 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 al
9. 14 is the page for saving the coefficients to the hardware Click the Save button to save the coefficients to the hardware Sard Darf fi el as en j i Fig 4 8 14 the page for saving calibration coefficients to the hardwre 4 8 2 4 Set coefficients for a new module y Step1 Specify the cabinet which the new module is in this can be done through the page shown in Fig 4 8 15 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 86 NOTAR tsar cut Select the Nan Beodula S reen 1 Laeitien rI o Fo Size oe 1988 Erran Fixa Gi Tpaligy or Liri Cl Teliti Aroa Dh Jerta Fig 4 8 15 the page for specifying the cabinet the new module is in yY Step 2 Double click the selected cabinet to open the page for specifying the new module Shown in Fig 4 8 16 is the page for specifying the new module Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 87 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd mith ika Fie keha Trma Boi Wht Locatia P2 is Sixe 04Xe4 Scr ean Tinal G Tepalo wr List C Select iren On Screen 7 zz Fig 4 8 16 the page for specifying the new module 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 y Step 3 Select the calibration coefficients source C
10. 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 10 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Decoding type The options can be Static 74HC138 Code or Straight Decoding Scan Type The options could be any scan rate between 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 Note If the module array size is set as the default 1 column 1 row the modules in the first rows of the module arrays of all cabinets will be lightened LED lights on 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 y Step 3 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 1 window to access Smart Setting Step 2 Shown in Fig 4 1 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 E Black e Showing Fig 4 1 5 Smart Setting Step 2 Note Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 11 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Th
11. 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 yY Serial Port add a function card which is connected to a serial port of the computer Ethernet Port add a function card which is connected to a Ethernet port of the transmitter card controller Remove This is to remove the selected node The selected node could be a function card Ethernet port transmitter card or a serial port Rename This is to rename the selected function card Serial port Operation Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 95 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The corresponding menu item and tool bar button are only available when the following requirements are satisfied The selected node is a serial port the device connected to the serial port does not match the device type of the serial port or the serial port is disconnected Y Modify Serial Port set the selected serial port as one that no function card has been configured for it Y Replace Serial Port when the function card of the selected node is connected to a serial port other than that of the selected node click this button to replace the selected node serial port with the one that is connected with the function card 4 9 2 Power Management Click the Power Management button on the Function Card Management page to open the p
12. Details about calibration will be given in a later part of this manual Display Control e Kill Show nothing on the LED display e Lock Always show the current image frame of the LED display e Run Switch the LED display back to normal from Kill or Lock e Self Test show the test images generated by the receiver card for LED displays aging test or error detecting Monitor This is used to open the page for system monitoring Details will be given in a later part of this manual Function Card This is used to open the page for multifunction card configuration Details will be given in a later part of this manual Hardware Information This is used to check the information about the current LED display control system Multiple Screen Management Only accessible by advanced users This is used to open the page for combination display configuration It makes the management of brightness control and monitoring of multiple LED displays easier when these LED displays 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 This is used to configure the boot screen no signal picture and cable disconnect picture Plug in Tool Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 4 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd e Test Tool
13. E Switeh o ew Switch i Switch fe Switch E Ccama i EC Switch EC Switch Switch of Switch i Switch wf Switch E Ewitch Switch mo 4m oF em oO Poe Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 64 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 4 6 10 the page for selecting the power supplies to be controlled 4 6 4 2 Monitor Control Log Shown in Fig 4 6 11 is the Preview M onitor Control Log page Logs can be checked through this page Preview Honitor Control Log Date Log Information COME Sereenl Temperature 32 C brightness decrease 50 Succeed COME Secreenl Temperature gt 32 brightness decrease 50 Succeed Fig 4 6 11 the Preview Monitor Control Log page 4 6 4 3 Restore Monitor Control The last finished monitor and control operation is shown at the bottom right corner of the main interface of NovaLCT and the monitor page Circled in Fig 4 6 12 is the information which comes from the last monitor and control operation Click the label item to see more details about the operation Shown in Fig 4 6 13 is the window which the details about the finished control operation is in Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 65 NOWSISTAR tsar tnt Finished Control Finished Control C Restore Control ey 15 45 53 COME Sereenl Temperature gt S32 brightn
14. Pear Felid Serial Pert CHE Saami Sat Lepedagieel caraph Fisi Dakded Fouad dee Betect Type Deen Cire fed Pha Cirit The ekol d Garrat Currant Fain Fig 4 7 1 the Point Detect window Serial Port Selected Specify the serial port through which the LED display to be operated is connected to the computer Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 67 OWSISTAR tsar tnt Note Point Detect Parameters Y Detect Type this is the LED lights status type can be checked Y Threshold Current set the current threshold for point detect here by selecting an index y 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 Y Gray the point detect operation result is unknown It may be due to hardware communication failure or receiver card setting error Y Red
15. 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 4 1 28 is the Screen Configuration page is ab em Comet ig CUm Sanding Beard Eten Beard Screm Configuration Tey Et cor ebm Screen Tye CI Siege Screen G Simard Sy ean T Complex ares Bario TePcen tion Foretiae 2 0 y D Firtoil Wada Ran Firal Oparula Fori Serdang Bomi Laces i 2 gt a o a m o Miah Emi ht Re fae Beard Sie Tidth 128 Hai ght L sa Blerk cult ia or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to cance ae ee ee i i i i j Fig 4 1 28 the Screen Configuration page Y Load a LED display configuration file To load a LED display configuration file click the Read File button at the bottom of the Screen Configuration page on the Screen Config window and follow the instructions Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 36 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Y Save a system configuration file l 5 i 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 Y Load a system configuration file Please refer to 4 1 1 Start
16. 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 4 10 1 will appear for open or create a library HE Open Or Create Library Please open or create a library tren e p Cancel Fig 4 10 1 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 y Step 2 1 Module Management Shown in Fig 4 10 2 is the page for module management Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 105 cilia k S dubu aral Cahinge Pagel Colmi Firal Toms Date Bie ec tion Chip Scum Typa Search be Ceri ion Bascch Como hice otha ALI Pese Bar acuh em Chip Taan ppi Bris mei reg Bade ial GE Feleriix Beala Fidth Bodkela Mai giv Bate Groups Curent opaetlion riein Batabase LT ope Ciian and Settings ini preter eee ec Fig 4 10 2 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
17. cabinets in the list Search by Condition Select this option to shown all module configurations that meet the requirements set in the Search Condition panel in the list 2 Cabinet Management Shown in Fig 4 10 3 is the page for cabinet management Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 106 NOVIISTAR poser cut a E odu beu ara Cabanes Dot ehease a cy x b e Va TA CMB BA E aaien Dl she i sin lees fable Bodola Cabinet Homes Cobia Type Cahiget Fidih sE Shaw dl heard by Cerelition Faereh Coad bio Bageier Cahinst Cow egpala Cairt Select ALT Cobi oe Tidih Cabieat High Err Coacuds Current oparation riein Batabase LT opri Co Dace and Settings aini TiTa i eee ec Fig 4 10 3 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 Select this option to shown the configurations of the cabinets that meet the requirements set in the Search Condition panel in the list 4 11 Pre stored Picture A picture can be stored in the control system and used as the booting screen or shown when Phone Novastar Xi a
18. com 42 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 4 2 3 the Config Schedule File window Note 1 The time of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running is the base of the schedule If the computer time is not correct the adjustment operation will not be performed at the expected time 2 The Enable Brightness Mode option on the Config Schedule File window as shown in Fig 4 2 3 is available only when the Brightness Mode Table is configured in the Manual Adjust Page 4 2 3 Auto Adjustment Auto adjustment is to adjust LED display brightness according to the environment brightness Light sensors are used to determine the environment brightness 4 2 3 1 Light Sensor Setting Select Auto in the Adjustment Mode panel to open the page for auto adjustment Shown in Fig 4 2 4 is the auto adjustment page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 43 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Paapley Adjuaeteendt OS Screani Adiagteant Bede C Mermal C3 Scindia Auto Adjust brightness according to anviroment brightness Plenze click Config irri Fue ram rml Suai Fig 4 2 4 the Auto Adjustment page Click Config button to open the Auto Brightness window Shown in Fig 4 2 5 is the Auto Brightness window Set the parameters for auto brightness through the Auto Brightness window Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592
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20. 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 These are the numbers of columns and rows of the scan boards receiver cards array of the LED display Scan Board Width Height These two parameters in the Scan Board Info panel refer to the width and height of the pixel array driven by a scan board receiver card They must be set the same as those set in the Scan Board page Sending This parameter is used to specify the current sending board transmitter card The transmitter card of the chosen index is will be set as the current transmitter card And all relating settings are for this transmitter card Connecting Mode Connecting M ode represents how the scan boards are connected to each other Select the one form the 8 options that are given in the panel Port 1 Loaded Set the number of scan boards that are loaded driven by Ethernet port 1 Advance If the connecting modes of the Ethernet ports are different click this link to access the advance setting page Y Standard Screen Configuration Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 18 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The page for standard screen configuration is shown in Fig 4 1 14 stira Derd Soar Beard Cenfigaraticn
21. led com 71 NOVOISTAR tsar tnt elisa Piil iea Caibi Pa Crate cranes Iolwi permite 1 Elsi TET os ii z i i APT ee j T Dini mio ia U des oe H h iros Soe Fig 4 8 2 the Manage Coefficients page Upload Coefficients Upload a calibration coefficients database to the LED display Save coefficients to database This operation is to read back the calibration coefficients form the LED display and save them to a database file Set coefficients for a new scan board This option is to set the calibration coefficients for a newly placed receiver card in the LED display Set coefficients for a new module This option is to set the calibration coefficients for a newly placed module in the LED display Adjust Coefficients 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 72 NOWOISTAR tsar tnt 4 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 y Step 1 EO Pelei Daiibate D iSerembort Ei cient siho Trpia Eermn Daighkape Cabinet ID Palam Elz tT Dicer pha or TE tit eka Fig 4 8
22. novastar led com 109 NOWSISTAR tsar tent 5 Hardware Program updating Login as an advanced user and type in 666888 or admin on the NovaLCT Mars main interface to open the page for updating the hardware program Shown in Fig 5 1 1 is the page for hardware program updating Note 1 There isn t any place to view the typing when typing the passcode Just type in the passcode directly 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 hardware Load Frage Chore Serial Fort Gparacion Carret ariel Feri ci Barica Caust L Salect Fraprem Frog ea Hane Frap ia Version Prog e Fath Talasi Thea Ta Laid Serdang Foard EN Candin Beard FFEA Bean Food PRA Herdwers Warcice lafe C afrah AI hfr ee Sending Bard y3 1 0 0 Trtal b nurke iii t 17 Fani thes Singil ari Sen Be Seling Doa d BA Sending Beard Meh cage Baad Fro Cmmi Tete aLi i i0 i T ea mirel ekb eddie Herd EOE prop e remak Suesead BMi 4 i0 Pil eee entre mE bAi mei Peed papa rk cf TPA Succeed Corrant semiral gestae afirm Baad PGR prap Ea pemarl af gcn bowed Soeeead Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 110 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 5 1 1 the Load Program page Current Serial Port Select the serial port through which the hardware to be updated is con
23. 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 as follow Y Simple Screen Configuration The page for simple screen configuration is shown in Fig 4 1 13 mm ConFa CUR Sahas Jard Som Dourd Screen Cenfiguretion Pe ee LL Bay siil Eeraan Type 2 Bispli Sera Lo Fikiri Seren Co Daplis Eee oia as sending beard for acram rary ween kard mrt hers coe Leadhog Baxit TRETE k Lisatian D O Y p Friml Wade d Fira Tasta jan Syiti ag Sian Be pheac 4 Some Be Widkh ize Doan He kar 4 Sem Ba Kaa ght iz Harrira j Derramar ig Bede Eicma i 21 D _ L Martiaal a aa rm 7 5 Fort L Leaded LS oo jo ai mnt ba eager sald plas a the cole sE ace boards Fig 4 1 13 the simple screen configuration page Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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
24. the current sending board transmitter card The transmitter card of the chosen index is will be set as the current transmitter card And all relating settings are for this transmitter card Port Index This is to specify which Ethernet port of the current transmitter card will be used for data output Back This button is used to clear all settings related to the last set transmitter card Clear Port This button is used to clear all settings related to the current Ethernet port Width Height Scan Board Size These are the width and height of the pixel array of the current receiver card Apply to port Click this button to set the pixel array sizes of all receiver cards connected to the current Ethernet port the same as that of the current receiver card Set Blank Select this if the current position pixel array of the current receiver card needs to be left unset The configuration operation is easy First set the index as 1 for the receiver card scan board directly connected to a transmitter card through an Ethernet port 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 and can also be le
25. 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 transmitter cards 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 4 1 20 and Fig 4 1 21 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 27 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd CO ALL Seow Prrd Reset the visi peootien f ocan beards 48 Epari fied Seen Baard e Seared Er beddeags Gand Jae Tene cov Trlan start from 1 ajans all E IF the peseition af casn baard de lene i meee all the comi bamrde af tha Firmi panii top kond Jf tha pesttion af som board ja i j t it mams all the mamn hima of Ghee Firei part in the Simet carting Ee i 3 Jf the gaiti af com beard ici i j j tk meee the Evret cena bauri OF iks firri pari is the firri ceeding bard Fig 4 1 20 the Send by Address page Shown in Fig 4 1 20 is th
26. to open the page which all test tools test content for LED displays testing are in e Calculator a shortcut to the calculator application of Microsoft Windows Click on this item will open the Microsoft Windows calculator y User This is for user login The password for advanced users is 666 or admin y Language This is used to switch the language of the NovaLCT Mars application Languages available now are simplified Chinese and English Help Select Help gt About to check the version information about the NovaLCT Mars application 3 2 Tool Bar Screen Conti a 3 _ the same as Tools gt Screen Config in the main menu Brightne i i i NOmnesS _ the same as Tools gt Brightness in the main menu Calibration ___ the same as Tools gt Calibration in the main menu Display Control ___ the same as Tools gt Display Control in the main menu Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 5 NOVASTAR J i NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Monitor ___ the same as Tools gt Monitor in the main menu at Function Card ___ the same as Tools gt Function Card in the main menu 3 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 in
27. with System Configuration Files for details 4 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 Adjustment window for brightness display quality Gamma and current gain adjustment Shown in Fig 4 2 1 is the Display Adjustment window 4 2 1 Manual Adjustment Select Manual in the Adjustment Mode panel to open manual adjustment page Shown in Fig 4 2 1 is the manual setting page of the Display Adjustment window Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 37 Display Adjustment Adjustment Mode Maral Schedule C Auta Contig Display Quality Enhanced Mode Soft Mode 255 100 0 ra amperature Adjustment CP custom Chip BBI5036 alr Resistor Setting Read Scan Board Parameters result Succeed Contig Gamma Adjustment Fixed Value G Mode A 4 5 Custom RGB Brightness Synchronous NovaStar Tech Co Ltd C Mode E a 25 Gamma Table Fig 4 2 1 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 backg
28. 17 34 03 16 34 03 Power Sritch 2 Friday 17 34 03 16 54 03 Power Switch Friday 17 34 03 18 34 03 a 09 02 15 os Fig 4 9 6 the Power Custom List Delete click this button to delete the selected items in the Custom Edit Area y Clear click this button to clear all existing settings Y Power Switch listed in the panel are the power supplies controlled by the function card Select the one to be edited here y Date select the days for power control in this panel y Time set the time for star and stop the power in this panel y Add click this button to add the settings in the Custom Edit Area to the Custom Control List of Power The time standard for the software control mode is the time of the computer on which NovaLCT Mars is running 4 9 3 Monitor Data Click Monitor Data button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for system monitoring Show in Fig 4 9 7 is the page for system monitoring Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 101 NOVASTAR mt e Power Manag zemer it T NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Dt External Device Load Prog ram Monitor Data of Function Card j Il Temperature 35 70 g Humi di ty 2TH 92 Voltage 5 1 No monitor board eae Fig 4 9 7 the page for system monitoring Refresh Click this button to acquire the monitored data f
29. 3 the page for automatic power contaol Select the Auto option to set the power control mode into auto control mode The time for start or stop each power supply can be set through this page Click Send button to send the schedule to the hardware And the hardware system will automatically start or stop the power supplies according to the schedule Note 1 In Auto mode the schedule will be disabled if the Emergency Stop button is clicked The schedule won t be enabled until the Start All button is clicked 2 The time standard for automatic power control is the function card time Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 98 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Check 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 Time panel To set the function card time click Set button and the function card time will be set the same as that of the computer 4 9 2 3 Software Power Control The page for software power control is as shown in Fig 4 9 4 Fuaction Gord Tiss De il a cococeoe ite EM em as 2 C Manna ka Auto Curia Central Liwi Tirk Tiat Tim Clere Tiza Parar Sei teh 1 Friday iT H03 Forer Sei teh Friday GT 34 0 Parar tei teh Fri day ee Fig 4 9 4 the page for software power control Copy To copy the power control schedule o
30. 3 the page for upload coefficients step 1 Browse Click this button to select the calibration coefficients database file to be uploaded Type The type of the selected calibration coefficients database is shown here There are two database 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 73 NOWSISTAR tsar tent 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 y 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 Selected this option to upload calibration coefficients to the cabinets selected in the cabinet array sketch map or the cabinet l
31. 492 Website www novastar led com 44 NOTAR tsar tnt Auto Brightness Light Sensor for Auta Brightness Status Index Address COMB Sending Board 1 Port I iii Quter Device 2 COME Sending Board I Light Sensor The retry number when adjustment failed Caculate Type of Lux Average after remove maximum and Average of all light sensor nro Adjustive Relationship of Auto Brightness Environment Scr eens Riri zhtness Brizhtness 100 lu gt 80 Linear adjustment between mininum and maximum Humbers of r Segments Fig 4 2 5 the Auto Brightness page The LED display control system uses light sensors to get the environment brightness Click E button and NovaLCT Mars will automatically detect light sensors that are connected with transmitter cards and add them to the lightness sensor list as shown in the upper light sensor list on Fig 4 2 6 Light sensors connected to multifunction cards can be configured through the function card management page Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 45 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Light Sensor Light sensor of sending board Index Address Operate COMB Sending Board I Light Sensor Read Light sensor of function card Tou can config light sensor of function card in Function Card page ee iddpess Operate Fig 4 2 6 light sensor lists page The retry number when adjustmen
32. Star Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 62 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Enable Monitor Control The functions of Monitor Control will be activated if this option is checked Valid days of logs Set the valid days of logs Click the button on the Config Monitor Control Information page Fig 4 6 7 to add an item for monitoring and control In Fig 4 6 8 an item of temperature control is added And in Fig 4 6 9 an item of smoke control is added As Power Off option is selected in Fig 4 6 9 the page for selecting the power supplies to be controlled Fig 4 6 10 will be opened Add One Control Information Display Humber Control Information Control Type hen temperature Decrease the brightnes Brightness decrease 50 Restore brightness after temperature decrease When z BO Vs restore brightness temper ature pen Cooling Det i Power Off Fig 4 6 8 Temperature Control Information Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 63 NOVOISTAR tsar tnt Add One Control Information Display Humber all Control Information Control Type omoke Control then the Smolke Cabinet E Porer Off Send e mail after power off Configuring email SPecalCOMG Sending Board 1 Fort 1 1 iiim r d Switch Kir Switch o
33. age for power management The Power Management page is shown in Fig 4 9 2 Circled in the page is the Power Management button Function Card Time Manual huto Software Control Switch 1 Start Switch 2 Switch 3 Switch 4 Switch 5 Switch Switch T Switch Fig 4 9 2 the page for power management Function Card Time panel Y Read to read the time from the function card and show in this panel Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 96 OWSISTAR tsar tnt y 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 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 unde
34. ail Notification Setting Shown in Fig 4 6 5 is the page for email notification setting Set the email notification according to the instructions given on the page Setting Of Email Notification About Honitor Fault Hotification Setting Enable Email Notification Email Sender Email Address HovaStarTech l26 com Email Password 9 eesdioiok SHIF Server smtp 126 com Fort 25 Modify Sender Recipient Email Address abed l26 com Email Information Email From le z Neighborhood A Square E Log Setting Enable Log caving Time Of Log Days Fig 4 6 5 the email notification setting page 4 6 3 Notification Email Log Shown in Fig 4 6 6 is the History window for checking the notification emails Information about the notification emails such as date error display index email recipients and so on can be checked through this window Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 61 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 4 6 6 the History window for notification emails checking 4 6 4 Monitor Control 4 6 4 1 Control Scheme Configuration oatiag Ronit oe potrol imt armat ios E Enable Boni ter Contrel Cantrell information lagi 1 Temperature L beri ghkeeeas decresce SOE Temper al 2 Paeeperatare 2 TT beightesat deeraaze SOX Tasparat Fig 4 6 7 the Config M onitor Control Information page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 Nova
35. alibration 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 4 8 17 is the page for selecting the coefficients source Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 88 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Selari Ue inoia of Caakll cients T lehr be Serreunding Hejas Ealact Fabr res Bhl a amame Eater each Lowa E i i lay cy Fader ac Wa Fig 4 8 17 the page for selecting the calibration coefficients source Note 1 One or more surrounding modules can be selected for generating the calibration coefficients for the new module 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 y 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 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details y Step 5 Save the calibration coefficients to the hardware FLASH so th
36. ard 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 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 58 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 6 3 is the Monitoring Setting page for individual display monitoring option setting The Ever cabinet has different number of fan and the Every cabinet has different number of power are available in this page To return to the Monitoring Setting page that all displays can be set together click Uniform Setting at the lower left corner of the page dete Eatrech CI gute Eactra nh Aetey timee Setting Esiry tias after reseed taie Eilet Bifrask ani Llana Fait ine E Refrach Tamper eter e Aetrech prar of rom beard F Connect Miniter Board fir Rafe adh Baad diy E Refresh Saaka C Hetrach mbirat ctebuc m sree elias f Ei Bactrazk fan Cs Every akin her get meber c kh klea mwite Eokrani
37. ardware Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 50 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd This is the date and time of the current Mars serial LED display control system Click Read button to update the hardware time shown in the Time panel Click Set button to set the time of the current Mars serial LED display control system as that of the computer Note The date information has been set for the Mars serial LED display control systems when produced Only time hour minute and second is set here for the control system hardware Hardware Version This includes the version information of the MCU transmitter cards and receiver cards Note The transmitter card version information is that of the first transmitter card connected with the current serial port Sending Board SN Listed are the SNs of all transmitter cards of the current serial port To update the listed SNs click Refresh button Hardware Version Info The version information of the MCU transmitter cards and receiver cards can be updated refreshed through this panel Note The transmitter card version information is that of the first transmitter card connected with the current serial port 4 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 Multi
38. ated according to those of the surrounding receiver cards the Refer to Surrounding Scan Board option Fig 4 8 10 and Fig 4 8 11 show the pages for two option respectively Sadak the pwes qE Cost cents fe Tat bare Wefar to Sorreusding Scan Beard Talesi Dat wb ie ite Dh riptan a etre ect Fig 4 8 10 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 82 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Bala tha ELTETT af Pegi ly 2k F Batabogs Rafer ie Surrounding Scam Board Bafaramea Tons Ey I E kajaa R Red er erica ia Cabinet Tk Fig 4 8 11 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 2 The calibration coe
39. ay configuration will open The configuration information will be shown on the Screen Configuration page if a LED display has been configured Modify the settings and send them to hardware by clicking Send To HW button if necessary Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 15 NOWIISTAR tsar tent Tartine Beard Scan Bowed Pen Comelporatien Sere uni Ho Screen please click Config Fig 4 1 12 the Screen Configuration page with no LED display configuration information Screen Number This is the number of LED displays that are to be configured Config This button is used to load the Screen Number to the NovaLCT Mars application Read form HW This is used for the application to read the LED display information from the hardware Detect Status This is used to check whether the communication within the current LED display is good Read File This is used for the application to load the LED display configuration settings from a file 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 transmitter Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 16 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd card Save This is used to save the settings to a FLASH chip The saved data won
40. bsite www novastar led com 2 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 3 Main Interface of NovaLCT Mars Shown in Fig 3 1 is the NovaLCT Mars main interface for advanced users Spates G Teca Flerin Teel E Bear Lungperge Lampi L Help H gua xeos Ecran Comh g PEAN Calibr etira Ep Cenirel Homtor Funchien Curd Loral Jyulen Info CeweeeL Syra Dibar rris Boxter Inks Zorwer Eista barrir Ver wien 10 Fig 3 1 the main interface for advanced users 3 1 Main Menu y System Reconnect This is used to reconnecting the NovaLCT Mars to the LED display control system Y 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 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 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 3 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd libraries mcl files or creating new cabinet libraries Calibration Only accessible by advanced users Select this item to open the calibration page
41. by click the Read from HW button on the Screen Configuration page as shown in Fig 6 1 If the display has not been configured yet configure it sree iBT E aa Gu Sarding Board Econ Bawd Scream Configuration eat r Bete Soretal Soren Saran Scream Tepe Sisgle Tht i Siaderd Soy ean 9 Coaplex Soret Baris TePcrnt lon Eocetime 3 0 r Wirtosl Made Rand Pixel Opearuha Fori Serdang Bomi Locke ef el a cop Pe Rect Lack Maa cae Beard Die Tidih 4 7 Hii gh BA 5 s k Hote Glick or drag left mouse button to config screen right mouse button to cancel ee cee es 4 i 1 Fig 6 1 the Screen Configuration page Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 112 MOVIISTAR tsar tent y The LED display does not show the image correctly during the Smart Setting procedure Check whether the transmitter card 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 6 2 is the Sending Board page sending Board Scan Board Sereen Configuration Display Mode Current Display Mode ending Board 1366 x TRS Graphics output Resolution resolution 1440 x 300 Set the sending board display mode Resolution 1366 x THO px v d Custom Refresh Rate BO Hz Een Hot Backup Setting Master Device Sla
42. cards will be under monitoring Refresh Temperature If this option is selected the temperature within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh power of scan board If this option is selected the power supplies of the receiver cards will be under monitoring Connect Monitor Board Monitor Boards are required for certain status and parameters monitoring Select this option to get those status and parameters under monitoring Refresh Humidity If this option is selected the humidity within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh Smoke If this option is selected the smoke within the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh cabinet status If this option is selected the working status of the cabinets will be under monitoring Refresh status of Cabinet Door If this option is selected the open close status of the cabinet doors will be under monitoring Refresh Fan If this option is selected the fans status will be under monitoring Every cabinet has same number of fan 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 bo
43. checked in the Manual Adjust Page Edit Click the Edit button to open the page for parameters editing of the selected mode 4 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 brightness mode will be adjusted according to the time table Shown in Fig 4 2 2 is the schedule adjustment page of the Display Adjustment window Click Config button according to the instruction and the Config Schedule File window will Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 41 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd be opened Shown in Fig 4 2 3 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 Irriz fi erami Adpertewnt Bods Co Geral i Exbedela Sohedual Adjust brightneas Gamma and color temperature according to tise table Flesse click Config od Gee valus remt erd P Enable Bright Mode Table Bait Schedual Enable See Start Brightness as Mode Table an Gamma Value Color Me Temperatur i 2 8 Ho Brightness Adjust Gamma amma Fixed Value Custom Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led
44. cture Cabinet Effect If this is selected the picture will be stretched tiled or centered on each cabinet of the screen Each cabinet shows a complete picture on its own pixel array Test Effect Click this button to show the selected picture on the screen This operation will not save the picture to the hardware Save To Hardware Click this button to save the picture as the pre stored picture to the hardware when its test effect satisfying Check Store Picture Click this button to show the pre stored picture on the screen Y Function Settings Boot Screen check this option to enable boot screen The pre stored picture in the system will be used as the boot screen Time for showing the boot screen can also be set here Cable Disconnect Specify what to show on the screen when cables are disconnected The option could be black out the last shown image or the pre stored picture No DVI Signal Specify what to show on the screen when there is no DVI signal The options are also black out the last shown image or the pre stored picture Send Send the settings to the hardware If the Save To Hardware option has not been performed click the Save To Hardware button the settings will be lost after system power off Save To Hardware Save current settings to hardware then the settings will not be lost even the system is powered off Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www
45. d Select one from the drop off list Custom Check this option to customize the transmitter card resolution y 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 transmitter card 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 transmitter card info y Step 4 If refresh rate is changed parameters settings on the Scan Board page must be resent Note 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 transmitter card resolution must be set as that of the final DVI video when the configuration operation is finished If the refresh rate of the final DVI video is different from that of the computer which is use to configure the Mars serial LED display control system the transmitter Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 30 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd card 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 4 1 6 Set Hot Backup for Receiver Cards The hot backup setting makes the connection of relati
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47. e Send by Address page The Sending Port and Scan Bo are used to specify the receiver cards to which the settings will be sent Set these three parameters according to the instructions given at the lower half of the page E T ee Ferm eet et il CHAIL Bean Beards Bezel ike siari pesvtim cf ocean baur da i paci biad Scan Eoarda bak canl LT 2 Se ee u send Dr dele sand By Tepalepy Salari Feras Sorese 1 Laoatien F100 Tid fice Sie E Ecer aml Fimma Fizl E Topologe r Liri O Silica iraa Gay Bi s Fig 4 1 21 the Send by Topology page Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 28 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Shown in Fig 4 1 21 is the Send by Topology page The sketch of the receiver cards layout is show in this page Select the receive cards from the sketch To select multiple scan boards press the left button and drag the mouse y Step 3 Click Send button and the parameter settings will be sent all or the specified receiver cards 4 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 transmitter card 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 a
48. e i Fig 4 1 26 the Module Info panel Y Load a module configuration file In smart setting step 2 Please refer to 4 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step 2 select Option 2 Load module from file on the Smart Setting dialog and follow the instructions y 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 4 1 27 is the Scan Board page ee ee ae tee Serene Erard Bees Beard Dnipra on Stale Inks Chay Cmn Chip Siam RYH Dan Top ToT ae Hear sort al jands Typa TAHCUSE Darchimg Eris GFA Cat izsi Tak T aler Fizal ihk al 7 Fial Fight Geania Right ta Lefi Caconds Partereence Pakking C Svea tried in E D slask clgal art tha c card weed acterds fo 1f goap Jata TE k it fadrask Feta ee i Timia Geay Erala ire Hade isle Clicky Huis Piy Ler rer Clee Flas Cmpwne als ab Ghat 7 Feiing Tiss Cunt ek Lana huga ime Ii ghee Be 2 anew Fig 4 1 27 the Scan Board page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 35 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Y 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
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50. ei i Tagara Than f T 1 ky ear tar dtpler aluma entirestian Th A him di ix Rdiepley dan iniprestism Flan gmd tiisin display alwe REENE aha en Shan veltage W dieplar abas intcreetian Fig 4 6 3 the Monitor Setting page for individual display setting Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 59 NOTAR tsar ct Note The Monitor Setting page is in the Uniform Setting status by default 4 6 1 2 Display with Cabinets Varying in Fan Power Supply Number For a display of which the cabinets are different in fan power supply number use the individual display Monitor Setting page for monitoring option setting Click Single Setting at the lower left corner of the Monitor Setting page Fig 4 6 2 to open the individual display Monitor Setting page Fig 4 6 3 To set the fan power supply number for each cabinet click the Setting button to open the 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 4 6 4 is the page for fan number setting for each cabinet idrar cartting of Bamniar Fig 4 6 4 the Advance Setting of Monitor page for fan number setting Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 60 NOWOISTAR tsar tent 4 6 2 Em
51. ess decrease 50 Fig 4 6 13 the window for operation details information checking Restore Control Click this button to restart the finished monitor and control operation again after the problem is fixed View Log This button is to open the log window and view the stored logs 4 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 lights that are in open circuit or short circuit status Note 1 Point detect is only available for LED displays of which the LED lights driver chips support LED lights open short circuit status checking Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 66 NOTAR tose 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 Point Detect from the NovaLCT Mars main menu to open the Point Detect window for point detect setting Shown in Fig 4 7 1 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 Tekal
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53. etting Step 5 Lighting rows lor columns in the modules I Column coms Fig 4 1 8 Smart Setting Step 5 y Step 7 HE U2 V2 8 HIRT RKR 7 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 5window to access Smart Setting Step 9 Shown in Fig 4 1 10 is the Smart Setting Step 9 window Click the corresponding grids according to the position of the lightened lights until no light is lightened any more A line of the lightened lights routing will be drawn at the same time A message indicating the finish of the Smart Setting Step 9 will be shown when enough lights have been processed Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 13 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step F Hote Look at the lighting point in the modules and click the corresponding cells Undo to back or Clear to restart e Son go Gk Br oro Be fol SCE feoda Techs Fey facra sisah seocea Apea ecak Aaea S ret Fig 4 1 10 Smart Setting Step 9 Press left button and drag the mouse to accomplish quick routing drawing Use Automatic button to accomplish drawing routing lines of the same pattern y Step 9 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 9 window to open the Save Module dialog which is for saving the settings set for the module through all the smart setting steps The Save Module dialog is shown in Fig 4 1 11 Saving the module settings to files modu
54. ey won t be lost when the Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 89 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd LED display is powered off The operation is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 4 for more details 4 8 2 5 Adjust Coefficients If some parts of the LED display are different from the rest in color the color of these areas can be adjusted by modifying the corresponding calibration coefficients 7 Step 1 Select the areas to be adjusted Fig 4 8 18 shows the page for area selecting Eleri Th d pai LFE AN ii Soret Lida tion Rl Te Loe fice EOF L0H Sarta Fama Tapelegy or List El Select Area a rrema ih dl k 21 l 20 i mmea reee Fig 4 8 18 the page for selecting the area to be adjusted 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 4 8 19 1 and Fig 4 8 19 2 are the page for the two adjustment type respectively Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenz
55. f the current function card so it can be applied to other function cards by pasting Paste To paste the copied power control schedule to the current function card View Log Click this button to check the log of the control operations on the power supplies Shown in Fif 4 9 5 is the page of View Log Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 99 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Piper Lig elect the Lag File 201z 6q Fig 4 9 5 the View Log page Select the Log File select the date of the log to be checked here To check the power control log select the date of the log to be checked in the box labeled 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 supply control schedule Shown in Fig 4 9 6 is the page for editing the schedule Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 100 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd a Power Custom List Custom Control List of power Custom Edit Area Delete Clear am EE _ Switch 2 Switch 3 Week Start Time Close Time i C Switch 5 Switch 6 Pover Sritch i tech Switch 8 Friday
56. fficients are generated according to those of the selected surrounding cabinets and make the cabinet driven by the new receiver card similar to its surrounding cabinets in brightness hue and saturation The generated calibration coefficients are just substitution of those from NovaCLB and are not as good as those from NovaCLB in performance y Step 3 If the calibration coefficients from Step 2 are not satisfying they can be adjusted There are two type of adjustment Simple and Advanced Shown in Fig 4 8 12 and Fig 4 8 13 are the pages for Simple and Advanced adjustment respectively Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 83 NOWAISTAR tsar tnt kijar Ceaial awes dimpla Om ma F Bal E g Graan i LENTI z Fig 4 8 12 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 84 NOWOISTAR tsar tnt bijosi Gealficiamis divenecad er Coler kijal i bed CY ar ers C Elos Brightnes S X s E aT TELE 4 gt Lt Haw i gt
57. fo An alarm window is as shown in Fig 3 2 Click the blue hyperlink in an alarm window to open the monitor page of the corresponding LED display Alara Display Name COMS Sereenl Fig 3 2 alarm window containing error info Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 6 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 Main Functions of NovaLCT Mars 4 1 Start the LED Displays 4 1 1 Start with System Configuration Files The advantage of using system configuration files to configure LED displays is that the configuration procedure is very simple and easy and no manual configuration operation is required To configure a LED display with system configuration files click Screen Config button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Screen Config from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Config window Shown in Fig 4 1 1 is the Screen Config window FM Screen Config Select Serial Port Current Serial Port EA Config Screen Load Config File Fig 4 1 1 1 the Screen Config window Step 1 Set the Current Serial Port This is the serial port that connects the transmitter card controller to be configured to the control computer If only one serial port of the computer is used to connect the LED display control system the used serial port will be automatically set as the current serial port Otherwise if multiple ser
58. ft unset After configuration click corresponding button to send the configuration information to the transmitter card or save it in the computer Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 20 NOWSISTAR tsar tnt Note For different transmitter cards the background colors of the grids are different For different Ethernet ports the font colors are different The right button of the mouse can be used to clear the settings for the current transmitter card yY Complex Screen Configuration The page for complex screen configuration is shown in Fig 4 1 15 Senhe Jourd Scan Foard Sia Cent carat lee ee oe Amm Seram Tepe Co Sispl Serem 5 Jeumderd Aer aer E Complex Foren Sten ed LRE Viringl Weds Real Fizel 4 Fig 4 1 15 complex screen configuration page Add Click Add to access the window for receiver cards information setting such as index of its host transmitter card Ethernet output ports mapping areas pixel array sizes and so on The Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 21 NOWSISTAR tsar tent 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 fr
59. gs to the hardware 4 1 7 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 4 1 2 Note Please save the settings to FLASH click the Save button after sending settings of the LED display configuration performance parameters and hot backup to hardware 4 1 8 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 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 33 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Saved in a receiver card configuration file are the settings of receiver cards Receiver card configuration files can be used for quick configuration of cabinets requiring the same kind of settings LED Display Configuration File Saved in a LED display configuration file are the information of how receiver cards are put together to construct a LED display The LED displa
60. he page for Step 3 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 76 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fplcaid Crafel ciate Past plod O Sable Tylead ed mmie aliaa aba Fig 4 8 5 the upload calibration coefficients Step 3 page Fast Upload The uploading speed will be set as maximum thus the time required for uploading is minimized if this option is selected Stable Upload The uploading process is more stable and reliable for this option But the time required is longer than the Fast Upload option Upload Click this button to upload the selected calibration coefficients to the hardware Save Save the selected calibration coefficients to hardware FLASH The saved data won t be lost even the system is powered off 4 8 2 2 Save Coefficients to Database This operation is to read back the calibration coefficients form the current LED display and Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 77 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd save them to a database file y Step 1 The calibration coefficients read back can be saved to an existing database or a new database Shown in Fig 4 8 6 and Fig 4 8 7 are the pages for saving coefficients to an existing database and a new database respectively Select Detebane fe Bowe te an Excating Beteboos ENT to e Hem staben Salsct Butuhoca Iyya I E
61. he 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 70 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Local IP This is the IP address 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 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 4 8 2 Manage Coefficients This page is to adjust the calibration coefficients for better calibration performance Shown in Fig 4 8 2 is the Manage Coefficients page Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar
62. he width and height of the cabinet pixel array Note that the two numbers circled in Fig 4 1 17 are the maximum values that can be set which is also named as Maximum Width and Maximum Height Maximum Width Maximum width varies with parameters of refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency Normally the higher the refresh rate is and the finer the gray scale levels are the smaller the maximum width will be while the higher the shift clock frequency is the larger the maximum width can be But as the shift clock frequency is limited by driver chips and module design the maximum width is also limited Maximum Height The Maximum Height depends on the module design Note If the module cascade direction is from left to right or from right to left then as mentioned above the Maximum Width depends on the parameters such as refresh rate gray scale levels and shift clock frequency and the Maximum Height depends on the module design If the module cascade direction is from top to bottom or from bottom to top then factors affect the Maximum Width and Height are just switched The Maximum Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 23 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 4 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters T
63. hen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 90 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Salat The bdyewlaee Beda C ident n PEE Di JEst hs Other Sadected bree Adjust own effect So Fig 4 8 19 1 the page for Adjust Own Effect option Select Tha Adjssfiva Hadh OV ddpast Gen Tibet CI Effect br Other Blacked irua Ce Art a m Screen Loewtion I i0 Tei 0 fase Soe 1288 Eren Tiel 33 Tepologr er Liat Cl seen Ares Oe Farite Fig 4 8 19 2 the page for Effect As Other Selected Area Note Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 91 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 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 y Step 3 Adjust the calibration coefficients This step is similar to that for a new receiver card Please refer to 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board gt Step 3 for more details y Step 4 Click the Save button t
64. 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 25 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 3 U5 V2 8 14r NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Data Phase By phase here refers to the time relation between the shift clock and the corresponding data to be shifted This parameter can be used to eliminate the errors due to the phase such as image dislocation and flashing pixels Low Gray Compensation For driver chips that cannot respond to narrow pulse signals the Low Gray Compensation parameter can be used to improve the image quality of low gray levels Blanking Time This is the line blanking interval This parameter can be used to weaken the decoy Increase the value of this parameter if decoy is serious Ghost Control This refers to the time to end the process for weakening decoy It is used in conjunction with Blanking Time and Line Change Time to weaken the decoy Line Change Time This parameter refers to the time to switch to the next row It is used i
65. htness according to this average value and the linear straight which you set oote Fig 4 2 7 3 the Advance Setting window for auto brightness y Step2 Set the values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors Detect Period is the time period the light sensors measure the environment brightness Read times of light sensors is the times that NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors Thus the auto brightness time interval is the production of Detect Period and Read times of light sensors For example if light sensors measure the environment brightness every 10 second this is the Detect Period and NovaLCT Mars reads the measurement results of the light sensors for 5 times this is the Read times of light sensor before adjusting the LED display brightness the auto brightness time interval will be 50 seconds Note Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 48 NOTAR tsar The default values for Detect Period and Read times of light sensors are 60 seconds and 5 times respectively Thus the auto brightness time interval is 300 seconds or 5 minutes by default 4 3 Display Control Click Display Control button from the tool bar or select Tools gt Display Control from the main menu of the NovaLCT Mars application main interface to open the Screen Control window Shown in Fig 4 2 1 is the Display Control window a Screen Control
66. ial 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 Step 2 Load system configuration file Select Load Config File option use Browse button to select the system configuration file Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 7 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd to be loaded and then click Next The selected configuration file will be automatically loaded to the LED display system The LED display system will have been configured when the load operation is finished Note The loaded performance parameters from the configuration file can be adjusted if they are not suitable Please refer to 4 1 4 Adjust the Performance Parameters for details about how to adjust the performance parameters 4 1 2 Start Manually 4 1 2 1 Smart Setting y Step 1 Select Config Screen option in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 1 and click Next to open the window for manual configuration of the LED displays The window is as shown in Fig 4 1 2 EET TLTS ee han ee mma Comets asa mia om Di cpie Be Lares riplar Meh TWrling Baar d fat oe raphi me eset ee ro La oe 14s aw Se bon send krd dirlar ede Amala oe iB r LEN p w bifragh Bits ta Oot base Fertig Master Berrios Slave Device
67. ig 4 1 4 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 9 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step 1 HE U1 V2 8 r4 Chip Type Data Type Concurrent Chip Type MBISO36 JE Folarity Unknown Module Info Module Type Actual Fixel Data Group Hetoding Tie 74HC138 Decoding Sean Type Ass Module in one scan board Cols 1 Rows 1 Module Cascade Type From The Front Left To Right To Up To Town To O Right Left O Down a Up p i k o f k Caneel f Fig 4 1 4 Smart Setting Step 1 Data Type Select the drive mode of the data of the module such as Concurrent Three Color One Dot Serial Three Color Eight Dot Serial 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29
68. is step will be skipped if module polarity is known and set in Step 1 y Step 4 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 2 window to access Smart Setting Step 3 Shown in Fig 4 1 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 Smart Setting Step 3 Auto switch status O Manual switch status Flease choose the module color in each status O1 Red A 2 Green 3 Blue Oa Red B Or Black Fig 4 1 6 Smart Setting Step 3 y Step 5 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 3 window to access Smart Setting Step 4 Shown in Fig 4 1 7 is the Smart Setting Step 4 window Enter the number of LED light rows that are on in a module Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 12 NOWSISTAR tsar tent Smart Setting Step 4 Lighting rows lor columns in the modules k __ f E Row Fig 4 1 7 Smart Setting Step 4 y Step 6 Click Next on the Smart Setting Step 4 window to access Smart Setting Step 5 Shown in Fig 4 1 8 is the Smart Setting Step 5 window Enter the number of LED light columns that are on in a module Smart S
69. ist If the current LED display is a simple or a standard display the sketch map of the cabinet array will be shown after this option is selected Otherwise if the current is a complex display the shown is the cabinet list Zoom The zoom slide bar is for zoom in or out the cabinet array sketch map Shown below are the pages for the three options Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 74 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd alwei Up Arak Sereen 1 3 Loeationt Fab Saves Site 758 5 Beran Cy Final C Topsloge or Liat Select Arai Oe Joreen Operate all pixels iam ien pein Fig 4 8 4 1 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Screen way Ealect Bplead Aras Sereentipo Lecationt F f Y 1 Saxre 512 gt 548 J Seam E Fizal C Tapeleogr or List Select bree Da Sareta Eierk Coleen a Sirk Bowe af 10 Fidth sie Maa gist as Fig 4 8 4 2 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Pixel way Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 75 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Salawi Upload Wren Seresnrl Locatien 2I 0 1 0 Size 8127 2568 Screen Dt Fim G Togology or Liri Select dros Oe Berean Fig 4 8 4 3 the page for uploading calibration coefficients in Topology or List way Click Next to open the page for Step 3 Step 3 Shown in Fig 4 8 5 is t
70. le configuration files or cabinet database files will make it easier to perform module configuration for another LED displays constructed by modules which require the same settings as the one just set Choose Option or 3 in the Smart Setting dialog Fig 4 1 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 14 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Save Hodule Hote You can save module to file or cabinet database for later using Module Hame Option 1 Save module to file File Path E Option 2 Save module to database Cabinet Database SS hee bp atabase Path ERA SE Fig 4 1 11 the Save Module dialog The saved module settings can be used in Step 2 of Smart Setting to simplify smart setting process 4 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration Select Screen Configuration page in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 2 If no LED display has been configured the Screen Configuration page will be as shown in Fig 4 1 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 displ
71. ll provide 20 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data cannot be selected at the same time 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 three options for Gray Mode Brightness First Refresh Rate First and Gray First Brightness First mode is for normal use and it has lower brightness loss In Refresh Rate First mode image refresh rate can be greatly increased but the cost is 8 of brightness loss And Gray First mode has a better gray scale and low brightness from about 33 to 50 which is fix for the occasion that need low brightness Accelerate Rate This parameter is used to increase the refresh rate If N is selected the refresh rate will be increased by N times For Traditional Gray mode 1 2 4 and 8 are available for N And for Advanced Gray mode 1 2 4 8 and 16 are available for N 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
72. n 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 107 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd problems happen like cable disconnected or no DVI signal To store a picture in the control system select Tools gt Prestore Picture from the main menu of NovaLCT to open the Prestore Picture Settings window Shown in Fig 4 11 is the Prestore Picture Settings window Prestore Picture Settings Select Serial Port Serial Port COMS J Sereent Prestore Ficture Settings Ficture Select Effect Settings Screen Effect Stretch Cabinet Effect Stretch Test Effent Save To Hardnare Check Store Picture Function Settings Boot Screen Enable Time B Cable Disconnect Black Last Frame E Prestore Ficture Ho DVI Signal O Frestore e neta Fig 4 11 the Prestore Picture Setting window Black Last Frame y Prestore Picture Setting Browse Click this button to select the picture to be stored in the system Screen Effect This is to specify how the picture is shown on the LED display it could be stretched tiled Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 108 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd or centered Note that in Screen Effect mode the Screen Effect option is selected each cabinet only shows a part of the picture and contents on all cabinets together form a complete pi
73. n Fig 4 8 22 is the page for erasing calibration coefficients of the whole display or Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 93 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd any cabinets Salat Doo Board Bcrnu l Lecetieoc3 i F Li Tire 2 En E Beran Firal m Tepilagp or lini Talari iras e HTF 324 Operate all pixele Fig 4 8 22 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 Note The calibration coefficients will be their default values after the erase operation Make a copy of the calibration coefficients save to a database file for safety 4 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 94 NOWOISTAR tsar tnt Shown in Fig 4 9 1 is the Function Card Management page when it is opened for the first time Fig 4 9 1 the Function Card Management page 4 9 1 Function
74. n conjunction with Blanking Time to weaken the decoy of scan mode LED displays The steps of performance parameters adjustment are as follow y Step 1 Adjust the parameters in the Performance Setting panel Fig 4 1 18 until the Maximum Width and Height shown in the Cabinet Info panel Fig 4 1 17 are larger than the pixel array size of the cabinet Then click the Send To HW button on Fig 4 1 16 Note 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 26 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd The parameters in red color are unreasonable please adjust y Step 2 If all parameter settings are acceptable the dialog as shown in Fig 4 1 19 will appear after clicking the Send To HW button a Send Parameters to Scan Hoard All Sean Boards Reset the start position of scan boards O Specified Scan Boards Fig 4 1 19 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 transmitter cards that are connected with
75. nd the transmitter card must be the same Following are steps to adjust the transmitter card resolution and refresh rate for the case that it is inconvenient to change the AVI video resolution and refresh rate yY Step 1 Open the Sending Board page in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 2 Shown in Fig 4 1 22 is the Sending Board page Adjust the parameters in the Set the sending board display mode panel as required SS _ _ j y sending Board Scan Board Screen Configuration Display Mode Current Display Mode Sending Board Graphics output i Resolution aE resolution L40 x 300 Refresh Set the sending board display mode Resolution 1366 x T68 px al Custom Refresh Rate eo we Hz Seti ee m o oM lt Fig 4 1 22 the Sending Board page Sending Board Resolution This is the image resolution saved in the transmitter card Graphics output resolution Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 29 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 transmitter card Select one from the drop off list Refresh Rate This is the refresh rate that is going to be set for the transmitter car
76. nected to the computer Program Path Select the program to be loaded to the hardware here Sending Board MCU Select this option if the MCU program of a sending board is to be updated Sending Board FPGA Select this option if the FPGA program of a sending board is to be updated 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 be refreshed when click the Refresh button Refresh Click this button to show the current version information of the hardware This can be used to check whether the hardware program has been updated Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 111 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 6 Problem and Solution y 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 Y NovaLCT Mars shows No Screen on corresponding pages If the LED display has been configured already then try reading the configurations from the display
77. ng 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 4 1 23 is panel on the Sending Board page for Hot Backup Setting Hot Backup Setting Master Device Slave Device Master Port Index Slave Sending Slave Fort Index Board Index Master Sending Board Index es ce Fig 4 1 23 the Hot Backup Setting panel Master Device Master Sending Board Index this is the index of the transmitter card which is to be set as a master device Master Port Index this is the index of the Ethernet port of a master device transmitter card that is used to output data Slave Device Slave Sending Board Index this is the index of the transmitter card which is to be set as a Slave device Slave Port Index this is the index of the Ethernet port of a slave device transmitter card that is used to output data Refresh Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 31 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd To update the current hot backup information Send To send the hot backup settings to hardware New To add a new record into the hot backup info list Edit To edit a record in the hot backup info list Delete To delete a record in the hot backup info list
78. o achieve the best performance performance parameters should be set properly Performance parameters setting can be through the performance setting panel Shown in Fig 4 1 18 is the Performance Setting panel which is circled and marked as area 2 in Fig 4 1 16 Periyar Ent ing Speeetricel Outpull Graup Baap D sleek signal ag tha saeeed reed aetends ie I7 gracp date 7 Bnakla Girwnty data prep madi Rifrach Rate igi wl HE kina EZ 4 a Gray Seale ha Gray Bede Rifreah Lata Fis Dein Clock ie 5 EE Bain Duly cij wo GS SIs Clock Fhine E Lar ear Cima pa LER ir i hari Cage al A aed roe Tii z n End Tine F re ea ic COP ps Brights be T iin DE LE ws ETEei Fig 4 1 18 the Performance Setting panel Group Swap If the sequence of data groups in the cabinet is not ordinal user can edit the sequence in order to make the screen display normally bee a ruan ve Symmetrical Output If selected the two 50pin output ports of a scan board will work for the left and the right half of the cabinet pixel array respectively D clock as the second road extended to 32 sets of data If selected the scan board will provide 32 sets of output data for the cabinet This mode and Twenty Data Group Mode cannot be selected at the same time Enable twenty data group mode Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 24 NOVASTAR If selected the scan board wi
79. o save the adjusted calibration coefficients to the hardware The save coefficients won t be lost even the system is powered off Shown in Fig 4 8 20 is the page for saving the calibration coefficients bee oe eg Geel ier eC Fig 4 8 20 the page to save the calibration coefficients Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 92 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 4 8 20 to open the page for setting Shown in Fig 4 8 21 is the page for Apply The Effect To Other Area Epple aed Seva Cod ean kpl the EEGest ic Dike dren EE ee Boreas Leretionr ED T Li Sige ohne LH DFi Torei S Fizal Ob Tepla car Liri Select iras So Screen Operate all pixels a Saeed Fig 4 8 21 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 of this area should be similar to the area selected in Step 1 Otherwise don t apply the operations to this area 2 If the adjustment result of the new area is satisfying after applying the operations click Save button again to save the adjusted calibration coefficients to the hardware 4 8 2 6 Erase Coefficients Shown i
80. om the list 4 1 3 Set the Cabinet Info Select Scan Board page in the Screen Config window Fig 4 1 2 Shown in Fig 4 1 16 is the Scan Board page Serge Conls CURA gt l AE U3 V2 8 IE Seediag Jard fom jesd Sey een linti praliin Hoida Dntr Chip LL bate Sith Es EH Dimi Tet Biveative Hari ipia ede Tr Ti Frig Date Ser Cabiret Tits C ripia w Sa ean Fleir ay ty weak E i ihe alih Si wid baigh 4r wt dhe Right to Left i Cakibel ii Pir ieee Sain O imar iol nip efl ke tha nkiri read aciaede ta M peg data CI Enable teal belarta E Rake 4 ay laH Fafrash Reta Pos Kata Elei Bata Baty Hyj Clock Frases Los Prey m T T bom dhari Caral Ered Ti lina ghiaece PEF co ocr ET Saari dettamg i Fig 4 1 16 the Scan Board page Cabinet Info Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 22 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 4 1 17 is the Regular Cabinet Info panel which is circled and marked as area in Fig 4 1 16 Regular Pixel Width Pixel Height Module Right to Left Cascade a Fig 4 1 17 the Regular Cabinet Info panel Width Height These two items specify t
81. ple Screen Management to open the Combination Display Config Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 51 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd window for combination display configuration Shown in Fig 4 5 1 is the Combination Display Config window Combination Display Config Combination Display Count 1 Fig 4 5 1 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 y 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 as shown in Fig 4 5 2 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 Fgi 4 5 2 Here Screen Count is 3 thus there are 3 colored rectangles labeled 1 2 and 3 respectively in the sketch map Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 52 NOTAR tsar tnt Combination Display Config r Combination Display Count 1 1
82. r auto control their schedules will be disabled when the emergency stop operation is executed The schedules won t be enabled until Start All button is clicked Manual This is to set the power control into manual control mode Use the Start button or the Stop button to start or stop the corresponding power Auto This is to set the power control into auto control 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 97 NOVIISTAR tsar tnt 4 9 2 1 Manual Power Control Select the Manual option to set the power supply control mode in to manual mode And the power supplies of the function card can be controlled through the corresponding Start button or Stop button 4 9 2 2 Automatic Power Control The page for automatic power control is as shown in Fig 4 9 3 Fanetion Card Tle cocceres EE ER E C Barm A C9 Sofimura Comtral ciel Sirp Switch i 10 51 30 9 a a Switch 2 19 51 30 a Switch 3 Lasia 2 13 52 S feitch a Mmm 20 ea Seit 3 15 51 2 lace a0 2 Erit E basi OS L3 82 30 S Switch 7 13 51 30 8 13 8 oS Saitoh f L9 51 30 gt 15 32 Mi Fig 4 9
83. rom the current function card and the monitor board that connected to the current function card 4 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 4 9 8 is the page of External Device Refresh This is to refresh the information of the external devices Save Click this button to save the external device type settings to a file The Save button must be clicked after any modifying of the external device type settings Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 102 NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Please click Save button after modify External device 2 io External Derice External dewice 3 Ho External Device External device 4 Ho External Device v Ho External Ierice Fig 4 9 8 the page for external devices management 4 9 5 Load Program Click the Load Program button on the Function Card Management page to open the page for loading program to the hardware Shown in Fig 4 9 9 is the page of program loading Function Card Information Model ID FPGA Version FEGA Hote Fig 4 9 9 the page for program loading Refresh Click this button to acquire the version information of the current function card Type in 666999 or admin directly to access the options for program loading Shown in Fig 4 9 10 is the page with the program loading options
84. round 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 Brightness can be adjusted by the slide bar All together there are 256 levels of brightness If the Brightness Mode Table refer to 4 2 1 2 Configure the Brightness Table for details has been configured and Enable Brightness Mode Table is checked the software will adjust the Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 38 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd brightness of the screen according to the Brightness Mode Table when the slide bar is dragged 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 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 brightne
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86. s level will be set for the LED display The maximum number is 10 Note The information of the multifunction card light sensor list is from the multifunction card configuration settings 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 4 2 3 2 Auto Brightness Time Interval The following steps are to set the time interval for auto brightness y Step 1 Click right button on the circled panel icon as shown in Fig 4 2 7 1 and select Advance Setting from the pop up menu as shown in Fig 4 2 7 2 to open the Advance Setting window as shown in Fig 4 2 7 3 Fig 4 2 7 1 brightness adjustment icon in the OS interface panel Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 47 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Regist to server again Read Screen Information SS Advance Setting Fig 4 2 7 2 the pop up menu Advance Setting Log effective days of adjustment Notice Bet oft terrre z qitja tment we will read the light sensor value N times and caculate the average value after removing Maximum and minimum then we adjust screen brig
87. so be used in the monitoring pages 4 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 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 55 NOWSISTAR tsar tnt watched here mn Exception Fufreth Faryad Tha kaise te met refresh ii aaa Podi Alaa Endermwth an Fig 4 6 1 the Monitor page Refresh This button is used to update the monitored data Monitor Setting This button is used to edit the contents to be monitored and set rules for alarm Email Setting This button is used to set the email notification Email Log Click this button to check the log of the report email sent by NovaLCT Mars monitoring subsystem Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 56 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 6 1 Monitor Setting 4 6 1 1 The Monitor Setting Page Shown in Fig 4 6 2 is the Monitor Setting page f
88. ss setting and keep the color temperature unchanged Note Professional equipment is necessary to find out the current gains and brightness of red green and blue for different LED display brightness of certain color temperature Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 39 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 2 1 1 Configure the Color Temperature Table Ceafipnre calar fsaeperature Operate Bets calactad silar Lasperabers ia pall ae kel MH color teeperatera Relate Delete zalor taspar alera Edit Edit selected color tespar alwa Calor Temperatura Brightness E Gain A Brightness Br 100 0 DOOK 258 F100 0 BARIO AM PPAT A PPa e oe iTA Be pai iTo ibe gi T3 Se Al ae BS BE 24 A ONI 204 BO OE TS A ITA 85 Aii em aaea aean aa ce ct Fig 4 2 1 1 the page for Color Temperature Table configuration Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 40 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 2 1 2 Configure the Brightness Mode Lanig Arightnese Eade utente fer Saile Samp leds i de Batrauh f Hoei iah bei ghtoat if a p55 Fig 4 2 1 2 the page for Brightness Mode configuration Standard If a mode is set as standard the software will adjust the brightness of the screen according the parameters of this mode when Enable Brightness Mode Table is un
89. star led com 80 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Check this option to select the pixel area for which the calibration are to be saved If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database this option will be unavailable Topology or List Check this option to select the cabinets for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved Note that if the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database one cabinet should be selected at one time for coefficients saving Save Click this button to save the calibration coefficients of the selected display area to the specified database If the database for saving the coefficients is a cabinet database a dialog will appear for users to input the cabinet ID 4 8 2 3 Set coefficients for a new scan board y Step1 Specify the LED display area that the new receiver card scan board works for Shown in Fig 4 8 9 is the page for specifying the area Salari Aran f Hia Eran Beard ik Triin Seraenc Laratian E 0 T 0 Site S120 2568 Screen Fused sF Topolog or Lict g Talari Airaa Ga Seren i Bete Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 81 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Fig 4 8 9 the page for specifying the working area of the new receiver card y Step 2 Select the calibration coefficient source The coefficients could be from a database the Database option or gener
90. t 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 Brightness Mode If the Enable Brightness Mode is checked the Brightness of the screen will be adjusted according to the Brightness Mode Table and the environmental brightness Fix Color Temperature 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 Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 46 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Thresholds need to be set for automatic brightness adjustment When the environment brightness is higher than the high side threshold a high brightness level will be set for the screen for example 100 And while the environment brightness is lower than the low side threshold a low brightness level is set The interval between the high and low threshold of environment brightness is linearly divided into subsections with subsection number equals the Number of Segments So does the interval between the high and low LED display brightness levels If the environment brightness is in certain subsection the corresponding brightnes
91. the cabinet and on the right the pixel array of the selected module in the module array Red A This is the number of the error red LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view the locations of the error lights in the pixel array sketch The black points in the array are the error lights Green This is the number of the error green LED lights of the selected module Select this item to view 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 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 69 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 4 8 Brightness Color Calibration 4 8 1 Online Calibration In online calibration NovaCLB connects with NovaLCT Mars through network Data and instructions for LED display calibration are exchanged through the network Shown in Fig 4 8 1 is the page for online calibration Relics Caliber wiior Ceicn Cilikrecien Farase Coa Bidets Be enak Se tiny tod ER Pee ad o imma Ernblar hakla D kli alte po baka LATO a Fig 4 8 1 the page for online calibration Current Serial Port This is t
92. they are to be uploaded to in the LED lights array of the whole display In the uploading procedure the coefficients are uploaded according to the positions set for them Thus if the position of a cabinet is changed the coefficients for this cabinet will not be correctly uploaded Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 79 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 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 y Step 2 Select the display area for which the calibration coefficients are to be saved to a database Shown in Fig 4 8 8 is the page for Step 2 Salari dra Soresmti Lecotiomi Ft T Sages 6138 2608 sere C Fixa TEI Topology or Lisi Select iren Gu Sarma l 1 i Ss see a as a M Fig 4 8 8 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 Phone NovasStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www nova
93. ve Device Slave Sending Board Index Master Sending Hoard Index Slave Fort Index Master Port Index Fig 6 2 the Sending Board page Check whether the settings in the Smart Setting procedure are correct y Only 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 6 3 is the Smart Setting Step 1 page Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 113 NOVASTAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Smart Setting Step l Chip Type Chip Type OE Polarity Module Info Module Type Regular Module Irregular Module Chip Count of Actual Fixel E 32 E F Data Group Unknown Decoding Type TAHC1S5 Decoding Sean Type Module im ome scan board Module Cascade Type From The Front Lett To Right To Up To Town To Left O o Up Down Right Fig 6 3 the page of Smart Setting Step 1 Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 114 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 7 Appendix 7 1 Update Info vio emsa tniatvonion o S jvit 201822 Modified according to feedbacks yi2 zomi Ada te part tor mutitanetioneard yi3 m7 Modi ed according to application modification For NovaLCT Mars Ver 1 4 Add the transmitter V1 4 2011 12 14 card
94. xaciing Cabana IE Calmar Eme Di ee pg n ee Fig 4 8 6 the page for saving calibration coefficients to an existing database Open Click this button to open an existing database to save the read back calibration coefficients The new saved coefficients will replace the old ones according to the position If the coefficients array size of the opened database is smaller than that of the current display the save operation will be failed If the opened is a cabinet database the ID list of the existing cabinets of the database will be shown Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 78 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd Select Batnkuos J Esra he an Beioting Delabose fe Sava de Hew Duiabasa Bee istabas Typa Ci Soreen Oetebece l Cebinet Oetebeces Select Dniabana Tome Exaatarg Cobomet ID Celma Prati Beccrapls co Fig 4 8 7 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 coefficients to a new cabinet database Create Click this button to create a new screen database or a cabinet database according to the settings Note 1 Screen database In a screen database the saved are the calibration coefficients and the positions of
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96. y EE TTT TTT TTT alar Tipar ainra Admi Tells CJ Cp TI Magenta C Whita Fad Oy bah Elus Fote Daaplep different color for abuarvirng the aftari dispels ad dle gam Fig 4 8 13 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 Note 1 If the cabinet driven by the new receiver card is only different from the surrounding cabinets in brightness simple adjustment is sufficient 2 If the cabinet driven by the new receiver card is different from the surrounding cabinets in color adjust the brightness saturation and hue Phone NovaStar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 85 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd through the advanced adjustment page for better image quality 3 Use the test tools in Plug In Tool gt Test Tool to require the LED display to show the color that is being adjusted y 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 4 8
97. y Step 1 Click Add button to open the dialog for adding a hot backup record The dialog is as shown in Fig 4 1 24 Hot Backup Setting Master Sending EE Slave Sending Board Index Board Index Master Fort Slave Port Index Fig 4 1 24 the Hot Backup Setting dialog y Step 2 Enter the indexes as required and click the Add button on the dialog Note 1 Only for the transmitter cards that are in the same cascade chain can master slave hot backup relation be set 2 Ethernet ports of the same transmitter card can also be set as hot backup of each other As in Fig 4 1 24 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 transmitter card Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 32 NOVAS TAR NovaStar Tech Co Ltd 4 A slave device can not be set as a master device when it is the hot backup of another transmitter card To clear the slave status of a transmitter card delete the record indicating it as a slave device and click Send button in the Hot Backup Setting panel to change the hardware settings 5 The transmitter card that is used for LED display configuration refer to 4 1 2 2 LED Display Configuration can not set as a slave device unless the LED display configuration information on it has been deleted y Step 3 Click Send button to send the hot backup settin
98. y configuration files can be used for quick construction of a LED display System Configuration File Saved is a system configuration file is the complete setting information of a LED display control system it can be used to quickly recover a LED display control system from error or to quickly start a LED display Y 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 4 1 2 1 Smart Setting gt Step 9 for details Shown in Fig 4 1 25 is the dialog for saving module settings to a module configuration file Ten cin fae ede be Pila or cabinet dabebegn fer later using Beduls Basa Cl pipen Jf Seve mids te fale File Path C Oplien 3 Save aedale Ue databera Cabinet Database Faik Fig 4 1 25 the dialog for saving module setting to a module configuration file The other way is to click C button in the Module Info panel of the Receiver Card page The module settings can be saved to a module configuration file through the opened dialog Shown in Fig 4 1 26 is Module Info panel of the Receiver Card page that the ea button is Phone Novastar Xi an 86 29 84507048 NovaStar Shenzhen 86 755 33592492 Website www novastar led com 34 NOTAR taser tent on Sending Beard foun Board Goray Candi curation Setule Info Chip eT Ei pa TIE EIH Ecen Ipp Fi Birg ski ce Heri penal Masia Type TAM Tae ng Osta Gre

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