Matrix Display HL 970 User's Manual
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1. efi ajs r ujajs r NjAjmje SPEED 1 2 2 a leide aigle Km H m s MPH H fixed text to be defined BIB 3 characters number of departure Time 8 characters min sec RNK ranking classification Surname Name information is loaded into Control Box memory It is possible to have e 1 display 4 lines 11cm high e 4displays 1 line 22cm high Protocol example of Time Mode Start Finish Speed 1 Competitor number and time on line 0 lt STX gt LO lt HT gt A 52 lt HT gt 5 31 36 292 lt HT gt lt CR gt lt LF gt 2 Classification and Competitor number on line 1 lt STX gt L 1 lt HT gt A_ 2 1 lt HT gt 52 21 lt HT gt lt CR gt lt LF gt 3 Speed measure N 1 on Line 2 lt STX gt L2 lt HT gt A _ _ lt HT gt 292 590 lt HT gt lt CR gt lt LF gt 12 6 Diagnostics 6 1 6 2 6 3 System Time Update Update software and display time according to the computer s date and time Reading Show the actual software s date and time Note date and time are not sent on the displays see chapter 7 1 for displaying time E g If you change your OS Date 8 Time pressing Update will update the software and displays date 8 time Then you can control the changes you ve done by hitting the reading button not sent on the displays only on the software Address and Line Address visualization Display the hard addresses of the displays This function may be very useful2. info tagheuer timing com www tagheuer timing com Technology by 20
3. Addresses are always consecutive Some examples Master Master D Add 1 aa Control Box i Add 2 Data Add 1 Add 2 Add 3 Add 4 Control Box R Control Box LI E Add 3 Add 5 Add 4 Add 6 Add 5 Add 6 Panel connection is always made starting from the left top side and going left to right and top to bottom Examples Graphic Area 288 x 48 Graphic Area 96 x 64 Add 5 Add 6 Add 2 Add 8 Add 9 Add 3 Add 4 Cables Function Connector Pinout Cable Display Cable 2x PX0748 P 04 2x1 5mmq Twisted pair Display cable AW G24 adapter UTP Cable 8 Tx RS232 485 Max Current 1200 115 10 5A Main power PX0731 S 03 3x 2 5mmq Slave Data Cable 2x PX0410 08P 6065 o NOQ AUN Master Data PX410 08P 6065 Cable a 24V 24V Tx RS232 485 485 Rx RS232 or nm l CP 540 RJ45 gt Sub9D male 3 gt 2 Rx RS232 6 gt 3 Tx RS232 8 gt 5 GND 3 Easy Display 3 1 Software Structure The software is designed to operate in Windows 2000 NT XP Vista The software consists of these main sections Setup o Com Port selection Configuration o Display number assignment both Horizontally amp Vertically o For every display 4 lines of 8 characters height 11 cm 1 line 8 of characters height 22cm o Line definition Line number Special Line with name Diagnostic o System Identification and Check Control Box ThPower s Display ThCpu Dm
4. e Click the right mouse button decrease the address When the Show repetition option is activated it will avoid conflicts of addressing e g 2 similar soft addresses the concerned address will flash to warn you Trick in the Diagnostic menu Line test will confirm the actual settings of your display s gt Send Once configuration is complete you need to Send it to the displays E Read Read the current configuration of your display with the button Read Warning itis possible that the function Send and Read will not work if you have the function Reading time activated in the menu Diagnostic 10 5 4 Create Lines This is an automatic numbering process for the soft addresses Useful if you i at li 4 Ge dont want to type manually all the soft addresses of the lines 5 5 Configuration Examples 4 x HL970 configured as small character 4 x HL970 configured as Large character 2 x HL970 configured as Large character 2 configured as small character 5 6 CP540 Setup CP540 Setup Direct use of the CP540 Display timing information directly on the Matrix Display Note In the parameters RS232 menu of the CP540 select 9000 dBx Running Time 11 Time or Speed Selection e This configuration cannot be modified by the users TIME During the race Flijajs r ejalsir NJAjmje End the Finish all ail TME 1
5. IP68 circular connector Standard supply voltage is 24 VDC it is also possible to use a voltage supply in the 10 30 VDC range Main features e Resolution 96 x 16 pixel e Input Power limited to 75 W e LEDs Red 624 nm 110 40 1520 2130 med e Operating Temperature 20 50 C e Communication 2 wires RS232 or RS485 serial link e Dimensions 1585 x 265 x 85 mm e Weight 11 Kg Other features e LED Open Short detection e Digital temperature sensor on every LED module e Supply voltage measurement e Input Filter with protection for inverse polarity 22 Control Box There are 2 versions Control Box HL 970 2 with 1 power supply 24VDC and 2 panel lines connectors Control Box HL 970 4 with 2 power supplies 24VDC and 4 panel lines connectors POWER DATAIN D2 OQ 2OG08 IN OUT DATA OUT Control Box composition 1 or 2 power supplies 24 VDC 150 W The Power module o Main power input IP68 3 pin male connector Ctrl Line input IP68 8 pin female connector Ctrl Line output IP68 8 pin female connector Slave power output IP68 3 pin female connector 2 or 4 Panel lines IP68 4 pin female connector O O O O Main features Plastic Box 394 x 314 x 126 mm IP56 Main supply 85 264 VAC 47 63 Hz automatic Max Power 2x 150 W max Max Power 4x 300 W max Operating Temperature 20 50 C Power Supply features V out 24 VDC 150 W 225 W peak 8 sec Active PFC Power facto
6. WI TAGHeuer PROFESSIONAL TIMING Matrix Display HL 970 User s Manual Version 10 2008 Table of contents 1 System Overview 2 System Composition 2 1 Display HL970 Unit 2 2 Control Box 2 3 System Modularity 2 4 Cables 3 Easy Display 3 1 Software Structure 4 Setup 5 Configuration 5 1 Display Numbering 5 2 Display Height 5 3 Line 5 4 Create Lines 5 5 Configuration Examples 5 6 CP540 Setup 6 Diagnostics 6 1 System Time 6 2 Address and Line 6 3 Visual LED test 7 1 Text 7 2 Name Files 8 Image 9 Programs 10 Update System 10 1 Identify 10 2 Identify 10 3 Check System 10 4 Update Power 10 5 Update Display 10 6 Update LED Characteristic 11 1 LED panel 11 2 Protections 11 3 Timing 11 4 Timing Protocol 11 5 CP540 Protocol 11 6 Standard Protocol 1 OO OO OO P P Go System Overview Timing HL970 is a modular system for the management of LED displays The system has the capability to visualize both alphanumeric and graphic pages The basic of the system is a LED panel with a resolution of 96 x 16 pixels Panels may be placed side by side both horizontally and vertically to create a higher resolution display The maximum number of panels managed from the system is 16 The system may directly interface with Tag Heuer timing software Communication is made by serial link in both RS232 and RS485 standards For safety purposes the panels have low voltage control sup
7. e 24 characters STX L N TAB A nnn TAB Time TAB CR LF N Characters Description Code Info 1 1 Command Start O2h Start of Text 2 1 L Line 4Ch 3 1 Line number 0 9 Line selector 4 1 Horizontal tab O9h 5 1 A alphanumeric 41h 6 8 3 Competitor number 000 999 9 1 Horizontal tab 09h 10 21 12 Time value Hh Mm Ss DCM 22 1 Horizontal tab Ogh 23 1 Carriage Return ODh 24 1 Line Feed OAh 11 6 Standard Protocol This protocol is used on Master Data line Slave Data Line and Display line Format 8 N 1 Standard Baud rate 115 200 baud Standard Request Format lt EOT gt lt EOT gt lt ADD gt lt STX gt CODE ASCII DATA lt ETX gt lt LRC gt Standard Answer Format lt EOT gt lt EOT gt lt ADD gt lt STX gt D CODE ASCII DATA lt ETX gt lt LRC gt lt EOT gt lt STX gt lt ADD gt lt LRC gt ASCII DATA Answer Characters 0x4 0x2 address 0 255 0 general address check sum of all bytes in command string from STX to ETX binary data must be transmitted in 2 characters ex 0xF8 gt F8 lt ACK gt lt ACK gt Ox6 0x6 Command successfully executed lt NAP gt lt NAP gt 0x9 0x9 Command parameter not valid lt NACK gt lt NACK gt 0x15 0x15 Command unknown 19 TAGHeuer PROFESSIONAL TIMING TAG Heuer PROFESSIONAL TIMING 6A Louis Joseph Chevrolet 2300 la Chaux de Fonds Switzerland Tel 41 32 919 8000 Fax 41 32 919 9026
8. el and is limited to 75 W Calculation is made by display units e Panel Temperature derating starts at 50 C pwm is reduced up to 5 when T gt 70 C Calculation is made by display unit e Control Box Temperature derating is of 2 for temperature gt 50 C Calculation is made by the Control Box unit Timing Display line refresh 100msec 10 Hz System refresh circle lt 100msec 10 Hz The refresh cycle starts every 100 msec Block Data are sent to slaves Control Box Every Control Box executes the refresh cycle for its panel lines Memory is used as a double buffer the first one with data received from Ctrl Line the second with data to be transmitted to panel lines Every buffer has a dimension of 1728 bytes Timing Protocol Format 8 N 1 Standard Baud rate 9600 baud Frame structure STX NLXXXXXXXX LF STX Start of Text 0x02 N Line number 0 39 1 9 A linea 10 L brightness level 1 3 X characters LF end of Frame 0x0a Character Set ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890 abcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz T line 10 9600 x 12 12 5 msec Timing is the default protocol at power on When activated the graphic protocol is stopped on timeout condition 10 sec without valid messages from master unit 18 11 5 CP540 Protocol Format 8 N 1 Standard Baud rate 9600 baud Available baudrate 2400 9600 38400 57600 baud Frame structur
9. if you have a large display configuration so you can check if the cables are correctly connected The hard addresses will impact directly on the soft addresses see chapter 2 3 Line Test Display the soft addresses of the displays Visual LED test Test rows Test every rows one by one Test columns Test every columns one by one Cadence of test may be changed in the small input box below the buttons min 100 msec UE Entering a single number in the input box will test a single row between 1 and 16 respectively a single row between 1 and 96 on the display S 13 7 Text 7 1 Text According to your configuration soft addresses of the displays you can write a text and send it to the displays The text editor is rich of different options Open a text file txt format that you can import on the virtual displays Save the text currently on the displays as a txt format Cancel this button will clear all your virtual displays Time display time of the software see 6 1 for further information EO ne Date display the actual time of the software see 6 1 for further information The Send button will display the text you see on the virtual displays The Send on changing text option allows you to make live modification on the display works with Time and Date application as well Warning its a What you see is what you get way of processing nevertheless some characters li
10. ke a a even if you see them correctly on the virtual displays are not supported and not shown correctly on the displays see chapter 11 4 7 2 Name Files This menu is used for the configuration CP540 HL970 chapter 3 4 It is possible to download a excel file with Bib s number and Name e Save File This function will read the data from the HL970 memory and export it in Excel e Load File This function will send the Excel file data configured from the File Setup to the display HL970 e File Setup This function allows you to select the excel file data with Name Bib s number e File synchronization This function will synchronize the Data from excel file and HL 970 14 Image This menu is an image editor It may be used to edit and create different images for advertising logo text etc This is the tools menu of the image editor you can find on the left of the screen it is very similar to the Paint software from Microsoft Windows with some useful basic options You can zoom draw select paint erase fulfill etc Anything you need for editing image On the Right of the screen you have the list of the different images currently available With a right click of the mouse further menu options are available in a drop down menu including delete e Import image This menu allows you to import a file Tiff JPEG PNG etc with the button open You will be able to modify
11. p Firmware upgrade ThPower ThCpu Dmp Visual test of displays address Visual LED Test for rows and columns Test LED open and short detection Read Temperature O 0000 Text o Text editor for advertising or information Image o Image editor for advertising Programs o Programs editor for advertising System Check O Check configuration hardware and software of the system and update the CPU of the Control Box Display and LED Important 9 On the top left of the software s screen you can change the brightness of the displays Clear display This button allows you to clear all the displays 4 Setup Pe Enables you to select the Port number you will use to drive the Display HL KG 970 with your PC 5 Configuration 5 1 Display Numbering Select the number of displays vertically and horizontally The screen will mimic the configuration 5 2 Display Height Every Panel can operate as X2 4 lines of 8 characters total of 32 characters 11 cm high gt Select Display Height X1 1 line of 8 characters 22 cm high gt Select Display Height The option ALL allow you to configure all the displays in a row 5 3 Line Show the soft address of the selected display can be changed manually warning see also the hard address chapter 2 3 The modification of the Soft Address may be done with the menu Line or directly on the display e Click the left mouse button increase the address
12. ply in the range 10 30 VDC The Power supply section is built into the Control Box units Software Easy Display is furnished to assist with the system management Easy Display enables system configuration diagnostics and management of graphics abilities HL970 system can operate managed either from a host PC Slave mode or as a master unit executing programs in its own internal memory Master mode Main features of the System LED Panel Unit with 96x16 pixel LED resolution Up to 16 panels Refresh Rate in both Timing and graphic mode 100 msec 10 Hz Direct interface to Tag Heuer Timing software Video Programs composed of o Alphanumeric pages with date 8 time fields Graphic pages bmp monochrome format Master or Slave mode Internal Flash Memory 1 Mbytes Internal Rtc Watch with 5 ppm guartz Operating Temperature 20 50 C Main Power AC voltage 85 264 VAC 47 63 Hz or DC voltage in range 10 30 VDC Diagnostics Pixel LED error open or short Temperature measurement of Panel and Control Box units Temperature protection All units are firmware upgradable O O 000 000 00 0 2 System Composition 2 1 Display HL970 Unit The unit is composed of e 6x DMP165 LED module 16x16 pixel resolution e Control Unit THCPU e Fan 120 mm 12VDC In Alphanumeric mode there are 4 lines of 8 characters or 1 line of 8 characters with double height and width External connection is made by a 4 pin
13. r correction Overload Short circuit protection auto recovery Efficiency 87 Temperature 20 70 C Derating 2 C per Ta gt 50 C Other features Communication lines o RS485 RS232 input ctrl line o RS485 output o 2 4 x RS485 display lines Possibility to supply the system by DC voltage source in the 10 30 VDC range 10 A Protection fuses for every display line Digital temperature sensor Cpu Risk 32 bit 60 MHz Ric with battery backup 5 ppm quartz Flash Memory 1 MBytes 2 3 System Modularity Every Control Box manages up to 4 display lines lt is possible to connect up to 4 Control Boxes in series for a total of 16 display lines Data Master Input DATA Group A Add 64 0x40 D1 D2 D3 D4 O E Add 0x81 Add 0x82 IEDERE Power Master Input Display Lines A1 A2 A3 A4 Add 0x83 Add 0x84 Power Slave Data Slave Group B Add 65 0x41 Power Slave A5 A6 A7 Ag Add 0x87 Add 0x88 Data Slave DATA Dt D2 D83 D4 S O 3 3 3 3 Group C Add 66 0x42 Add 0x89 Add 0x90 Power oE A9 A10 A11 A12 Add 0x91 Add 0x92 Data Slave POWER DAIA pi Group D Add 67 0x43 D2 D3 D4 2 O KB Add 0x93 Add 0x94 i4 43 29 EAEE A13 A14 AIS A16 Add 0x95 Add 0x96 The address of every unit is consistent with its position in the system Address sequence always starts from the master Control Box It is possible to have both types of Control Box in the same system
14. s you to check and update the software and the CPU of the system There are 3 kinds of CPU s bye the way updates must be done for every kind of CPU s We have e 1 CPU per Control Box Control Box CPU e 1 CPU per display Display CPU e 1 CPU per LED board LED board CPU 10 1 Identify Identification TTT Found PowerBox 1 AE EA Here is a sample of the screen you 4 PowerBox version should see after pressing Identify it will Tia identify all the devices in your system 10 2 Identify Identify the system version and number of devices 10 3 Check System A l i Check system Check current version of devices in the system 10 4 Update Power e Update Power Update the Control Box CPU 10 5 Update Display juh Update Display Update the Display CPU 10 6 Update LED Ser Update led Update the LED board CPU Important You must Identify the system before updating After pressing Identify you will have the update options appearing below 17 11 Characteristic 11 1 LED panel LED Panels wired together will form a higher resolution display Input data are in bmp monochrome or in ALF structured alphanumeric format e Max page size 32 6 9 1728 bytes e Tframe lt 100 msec Graphic functionality is available in both Master and Slave mode Protections Every protection is calculated and acts separately e Frame Power is calculated frame by frame for every pan
15. st you need to open a new Program It is possible to have several programs recorded Only one program will show at one time it is highlighted in blue E G Programs Program 1 Program 2 fo 2b 5 You can see that the Program 2 is highlighted in 3 blue so it s the one active on the File column we have the composition of our program In this case we have two text files and an image Each files is shown 3 seconds and then the next file is displayed Program_3 Inverse bmp Program 4 Text Lbet Programs are saved to your hard disk at the same location of the images depends on your display s configuration The second step is to insert an image or text prepared with Easy Display from the menu Text or Image Itis possible to change the length of time the information is displayed change by double clicking on the time column By default 3 sec lt is possible to change the order of the image with the green narrow up down All information shown on the display is also mimicked the screen The control panel appears when a program is created You can control your program with this panel Hitting play forward backward will send orders to the display When the Program is running you can easily Stop it by hitting this button Stop Important The program will change automatically regardless of your configuration see Chapter 5 16 10 Update System This function allow
16. the image with different tools WW E On the top right with this tool you can change the level of black on the top right of the window Modify image size Modify the size of the image You can increase and decrease the size En Reverse Changes the black in white and vice versa Image position Change the position of the image The narrows move the image The cross in the middle adjust the image in the middle Once you are happy with the image use Insert to return to the menu Import image From this stage you will be to change and correct it manually e New image Create a new image logo text that you can edit e Save image The image is saved to your hard disk in the same directory you have the software Easy Display The software will create automatically sub directories with the configuration of your display ex images 96 16 for a single display Those images will be available for the Program of advertising see chapter 9 e Send Send the image from the Image editor to the displays e Load Allows loading an image file Monochrome Format only and send it directly to the displays O Important The use of an image not in accordance with the system configuration is not supported 15 Programs This menu allows you to edit a program of advertising EL x EME ME This is the main action bar from the Program menu it TT we will allow you to create and edit your programs Fir
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