Remote Box User's Manual.cdr
Contents
1. 3 1 Understanding the File Format It is better to get an understanding of the file formats Example before creating your messages There are 2 different drives available on the LED display and E the drive is in bold D T A The D drive is your non volatile flash drive meaning that when you enter information in this drive and the display is powered off and then powered back on that information will still be there The E drive is your volatile RAM drive meaning that when you enter information in this drive when the display is powered off and then back on that information will be gone The center letter is the folder the folder is in bold D T A There are 3 different types of folders S STRING and P PICTURE The T folder s used for text only and is the only folder that can be used to display messages ona sign The 5 folder is used for any word or sentence that will be repeated often The S folder can be embedded into text messages And the P folder is for pictures or graphics this option is currently not available The last letter is the file name the file is in bold D T A Every English character capital and lowercase number and punctuation can be used as name This means 93 messages can be stored in non volatile memory for recall 3 2 Tur g the Display ON OFF The LED displays power can be controlled in two ways 1 Plugging the power supply into the display2. Texcellent System Remote Control User s Manual Information in this document is subject to change without notice Companies names and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without written permit of the manufacturer Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Remote Control User s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Special Notes General Information 1 0 Features and Functions of the Remote Control Box 1 1 Applicability a a E IE E E EEE 3 1 3 Functions of the Remote Control Buttons 1 3 1 Systematical Buttons ABD E ailing AAE EE 1 3 3 Visible Character Buttons 2 0 Main Menu amp Sub Menus 2 1 Main Menu 2 2 File Operate Sub Menu 2 3 Edit File Sub Menu 2 4 Setup Sub Menu 3 0 Basic Operation 3 1 Understanding the File Format 3 3 2 Turning the Display ON OFF 4 4444 1 9 3 3 Setting the Date and Time 3 4 Creating a Text Message 3 5 Making Changes to an Existing Message 12 3 6 The Order Messages are Displayed 3 7 Setting Messages with Specific Run Times 14 3 8 Deleting Messages Copyright 2005 All rights reserved 1 SPECIAL NOTES Remote Control User s Manual Remote Control User s Manual FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS Special Notes
3. _ Function Display Wit Read here and is single Press PROGRAM Fio Operation character on the keyboard 2 Press DOWN Anow Setup including SHIFT and CAPS characters E mem ae 5 Press ENTER The display wil be blank 6 Enior your message Example THANK YOU unti it gets to AGAIN 5 ENTER Set Date PRES GAVEREXIT 6 Press ENTER 0 7 Press numerical buttons 2005 11 17 to change the date a Press ENTER Sot Date a Press DOWN Anow enti gets to 10 Press ENTER Press numerical batons Time 0819 to change the date 12 Press ENTER 13 Press ESCrunti k gets othe display mode 10 Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Copyright 2005 All rights reserved MAKING CHANGES AN EXISTING MESSAGE Remote Control User s Manual Remote Control User s Manual THE ORDER MESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED 3 5Making Changes to an Existing Message Once you have created a message and it is displaying you can go back and make changes to the message In 3 4 Creating a Text Message the message that was created was THANK YOU COME AGAIN If you wanted the message to read THANK YOU COMEAGAIN SOON you can follow the steps below to add the word SOON Table 4 Making Changes to an Existing Message 3 6 The Order Messages are Displayed The LED display allo
4. 1 0 Features and Functions of the Remote Control Box All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or manual including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of us Information in this document is subject to change without notice We reserve the right to change or improve our products or to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes or improvements The release of the technical information does not constitute the granting of any license This document is for instructions to use the Texcellent Remote Control Box The Texcellent Remote Control Box manual 1 0 presents detailed Instructions to users on how to communicate with the Texcellent indoor displays manufactured in China General Information In addition to the Sigma 3000 software all the Texcellent displays can also be programmed by using the Texcellant Remote Control Box This handheld remote control box can be used to create text messages edit existing text messages set the date and time set the order of how you want the messages to be displayed and much more 1 1 Applicability The control box is one accessory of the remote control LED sign You can use the remote control box to edit text or messages that you want without having to use the computer or the related software 1 2 Fea
5. Set Sequence Power OOF NOTE To switch from capital to lowercase letters anytime while entering a message press the CAPS button unit gets to Press ENTER Enabled NOTE it at anytime you have entered in the wrong character you can press e aaner EATA the BACK SPACE button to delete your mistake Ifthe mistake is at the aici tune dais beginning of the message press the SHIFT W HOME buttons to take i er you to the beginning of that message You can use your LEFT and RIGHT tum off arrow buttons to move your cursor forward or back to any mistake that needs 7 Press ENTER ON Time 00 00 Enter the tobe corrected The SHIFT BACK SPACE Delete buttons will delete dak ya wenn to aca the characters in front of the cursor Miran NOTE Press SHIFT SAVE ENTER buttons to save the message Press ESC untltgets entered The message added or changed must be saved or it will be lost tothe display mode NOTE Once a new message is created either delete sequences or refer to 3 6 The Order Messages Are Displayed to place this message in order Table 3 Creating Text Message 3 3 Setting the Time and Date Step Function Display WilRoed 1 Press PROGRAM File Operation Once time and date are set the display will keep time even on power loss for 2 Press DOWN Arow Edit Fie a maximum of 2 weeks Unti it gets to Table 2 Setting the Time and Date a Press ENTER pany 27 Emterthe tename here DTe name goes
6. and the outlet will automatically start the sign or 2 By using the remote control box and following the instructions in Table 1 Using the Remote Control Box to Turn the Power ON OFF You can specify which time you want the display to turn on and turn off The system will switch the setting automatically according to the previous setting when the menu is entered For example if the previous setting is Disabled the system will set it to Enabled this time If the previous setting is Enabled the system will change it to Disabled 8 Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Copyright 2005 All rights reserved 9 SETTING THE TIME AND DATE Remote Control User s Manual Remote Control User s Manual CREATING A TEXT MESSAGE Table 1 Using the Remote Control Box to Turn the Display Power 3 4 Creating a Text Message ON OFF Automatically Siep Function Display WII Read In this feature you can create a text message and also pick an existing T S message for modification When creating messages make sure that you aa understand the file format detailed in Section 3 1Understanding the File wae aa y Format You can refer back to the description of the editing buttons in unlit gets to Section 1 3 2 Editing Buttons to add more features to your message 3 Press ENTER
7. in RUN mode Del Run Time Delete Run Time Function Deletes the run time on all message files ESC to Return Function Returns to the main menu Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Copyright 2005 All rights reserved 7 EDIT FILE SUB MENU Remote Control User s Manual Remote Control User s Manual BASIC OPERATIONS 2 3 Edit File Sub Menu Edit File is located on the main menu The Edit File does not have a sub menu 2 4 Setup Sub Menu 1 Set Sequence 2 Set Run Time 3 Set Date Time 4 Power ON OFF 5 Esc to Return Set Sequence Function Put files in a sequence order in which you want them displayed Set Runtime Function This allows you to set the run time that each file is to be displayed based on the time of day Set DateTime Function This allows you to set the current date and time Power ON OFF Function This allows you to control the displays power and sat the display to turn on and off based on the time of day ESC to Return Funetion Returns to the main menu 3 0 Basic Operations There are a few basic operations you will need to know before you start using the remote control sign The remote control box will only work under the software Texcellent Before you use the remote control box please make sure that the sign is on and the batteries are good You should point the remote control box directly towards the reception window the red window on the right side of the sign
8. the SHIFT button and the DELETE button are pushed together it will delete the next character 5 CAPS Button Function When in the programming mode you can switch from capital to lower case letters Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Copyright 2006 All rights reserved 3 EDITING BUTTONS Remote Control User s Manual Remote Control User s Manual EDITING BUTTONS 6 SIMULATOR Button Funetion When in the programming mode you can view the message for one play to see how your message will appear before saving that message to the display 7 SAVE amp EXIT Button Function Save the information entered and exit to RUN mode You can either save the editing text or exit the editing environment or you can save the current operation and exit the setting environment 8 SHIFT Button Function Above combination key This button will not operate when it is pressed alone For example you should press both the SHIFT button and the 1 button to get the character 9 UP Arrow Button Function Move the menu up or move one line up 10 DOWN Arrow Button Function Move the menu down or move one line down 1 3 2 Editing Buttons These buttons will only work under the programming mode 1 FONT Button Function Size of character Usually the size varies with the height of the sign For example one line display you will only have the choice of a or 7 pixel characters You can also choose which font y
9. 4 BLACK Function Setting the color of the character and the background The COLOR button refers to the color of the character the BACK COLOR button is the color the background The character default will be red and the background default will be black if you do not change the setting CAUTION Do not change the background and foreground color to the same choice or the display cannot read the text Also if you have a single colar sign do not choose color that the sign doas nat have JUSTIFY HORIZONTAL Button JUSTIFY Function You can enter how long you want the message 1 Center to stay on the display per play The default is 03 seconds 2 Left 3 Right SPEED Button HORIZONTAL 4 Fast 4 Fill 2 Medium Fast 2 Top 3 Medium 3 Bottom 4 Medium Slow 4 Center 5 Slow 6 Slowest Function The JUSTIFY button refers to the control of Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Copyright 2005 All rights reserved 5 VISIBLE CHARACTER BUTTONS Remote Control User s Manual Remote Control User s Manual MAIN MENU amp SUB MENUS the vertical direction The HORIZONTAL button refers to the control af the horizontal direction The HORIZONTAL button can only be used on 2 line displays This function controls the position of the text on the display 8 CAPS Button Function When entering a message you can press CAPS to switch from capital letters to lowercase The default is capital letters ELLY 9 FRA
10. ME Button Function It canbe used under the editing mode You can use it to input the frame character to have a new frame 10 F4 SHIFT SPEED Button 1 Wrap Word 2 Not Wrap Scrolling Function Wrap refers to how the text is shown on the display When entering text if the number of characters exceeds the width of the display the display wili automatically Wrap the text in the running mode to a fresh screen or page of the display if Wrap On is selected The ENTER button will also force text entered after the ENTER button is pressed to wrap to the next page Currently the wrap function will not pay attention to breaks in a word so the user must force a manual wrap by pressing the ENTER button to not allow a break in a word The SIMULATE button is helpful in reviewing for this before saving and exiting program mode Not Wrap will keep all text entered to be on the same page assuming the ENTER button is not pressed and all the text entered will move across the screen from right to left at the speed chosen with using the SPEED button 1 3 3 Visible Character Buttons The visible character consists of several frequently used characters like numbers English characters and punctuation All the punctuations are used through combination of keys You can use the punctuation by pressing the SHIFT button and any punctuation button 1 Numbers 0 9 2 0 Main Menu amp Sub Menus dis
11. es Example THANK YOU 2 Press DOWN Arrow Setup COME AGAIN SOON until it gets to 7 Press a Press ENTER Set Sequence a Press ENTER SEQUL_ lt D It you use your UP and DOWN arrow when the cursor is on the Je name then you wil see all the Jes that have been created 5 Find the les you want Example File A to to the SEQUDA lt DA sequence and Press ENTER 6 Press SAVESEXIT 12 Copyright 2005 AIl rights reserved Copyright 2005 All rights reserved 13 SETTING MESSAGES WITH SPECIFIC RUN TIMES Remote Control User s Manual Remote Control User s Manual THE ORDER MESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED 3 7 Setting Messages with Specific Run Times 3 8 Deleting Messages After you have created a message you can choose how long you would like Once you are done using a certain message you can delete that entire that message to run For example if you have a message that only needs to message and then reuse that file name to create a different message be displayed during lunch break you can specify for that message to run from 11 00 am to 13 00pm 1 00p m everyday You can only specify the Table 7 Deleting Messages calendar days or days of the week in which you would want the message to run if you have the Sigma 3000 software Siep Display Wil Read 1 Press PROGRAN File Operation The time pattern is HH MM The first four digits represent the start time a w
12. hile the last four digits represent the finish time 2 POS ENTER Delete tse a Press ENTER Dao NOTE The times are shown in military time 24 hour format a Press UP and DOWN Example DelDATA arrows until you find the Table 6 Setting Messages with Specific Run Times PEAREN Step Furetion Display Will Read 5 Press ENTER DelSure Y N 1 Press PROGRAM File Operation 6 Useyour LEFT and DelSure W N 2 DOWN Arrow Setup IGHT arrows to until it gets to select ether Y Yes Press ENTER Set Sequence 4 Press DOWN Arrow Set RunTime Press ENTER Del D T unt it gets to a Either select another fie 5 Press ENTER name and follow steps 46 Use the and lt 0000 0000 or Press ESC until you DOWN get back to the display arrows to nd the for mode Run Time 7 Enterinthetimes by Example File A moving the cursor with lt 0820 1530 the LEFT and RIGHT arrows and use the numeric buttons to enter the time First 00 Last 000 e Press SAVE amp EXIT 14 Copyright 2005 All rights reserved Copyright 2005 All rights reserved 16
13. ou want to use The only way to download more fonts to the display is by using the Sigma 3000 software which is also enclosed in the packing for you to use on your computer FLASH Button 2 g 4 Flash On 2 Flash Off Function When entering a message you can choose to have either all or part of that message to flash Wherever the cursor is anything to the right of that cursor will flash The default is Flash Off If only one letter is to flash you must place the cursor just before the character to turn Flash On and then place cursor just past the character and turn Flash Off 3 STAY Button gt gt STAY _ Sec ranging from 00 99 Function This will let you control the speed at which your message appears to the display and also the speed that it leaves the display The default is IN MODE OUT MODE Button Auto Move left Move right Scroll O L Scroll O R Move up Move down Scroll O C and many more Function The IN MODE button refers to how the message appears on the display the OUT MODE button refers to how the message is taken off the display If you don t choose an IN MODE or an OUT MODE the display will default to AUTO Altogether there as many as over 50 display patterns in the software packet COLOR BACK COLOR Button COLOR button RED GREEN YELLOW Mixcolor 1 Mixcolor 2 Mixcolor 3 Mixcolor 4 BLACK BACK COLOR 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 YELLOW
14. play has one main menu and two sub menus In this section you become familiar with the main menu and the sub menus Many of these menus are explained in the 3 0 Basic Operations portion of this manual 2 1 Main Menu When the sign is running you can press the PROGRAM button to switch to the main menu The and DOWN arrow buttons are used to move up and down in this menu Press the ENTER button and then you will get to the sub menus Main Menu Contents 1 File Operate 2 Edit File 3 Setup 4 Quit File Operate Function In this menu you will be able to delete individual files delete all files delete sequences and delete run times Edit File Function In this menu you will be able to create and edit messages Setup Function In this menu you will be able to set the message sequence order set the massage run time set the date and time and set the power on off time of the display unit Quit Function This option will exit you back to the display mode 2 2 File Operate Sub Menu File Operate Sub Menu 1 Delete File 2 Del All File 3 Del Sequence 4 Del Run Time 5 Esc to Return Delete File Function Delete a specified message file Del All File Delete All File Function Delete all message files Del Sequence Delete Sequence Function Delete the sequence order of messages to display NOTE Deleting the sequence will allow all stored messages in the sign to display once the sign is
15. tures 4 Support the function of deleting text Support text editing amp text displaying Support the display pattern of character amp location Capital and lower case entry is supported 4 Different character and background color 627 About50 displaying patterns Bisse Display day time and different time zones 55294 Flashing pause and speed control SAE Support the setting of displaying order Display time control Day time week and time zone display Automatic power on and off 1 3Functions of the Remote Control Buttons There are three categories of buttons systematical buttons editing bottons and visible character buttons 1 3 1 Systematical Buttons Most of these buttons will only work under the programming editing mode EM 1 PROGRAM Button proas Function Program Run switch When the sign is displaying text this button is used for entering the programming mode When the sign is under the mode of programming the button is used for going into RUN mode 2 8 Button Function When in the programming made you can cancel the current operation and or return to previous menu 3 ENTER Button Function When in the programming mode confirm the current operation enter into the next menu or perform the current operation 4 BACKSPACE amp DELETE Button Function When in the programming mode you can delete characters BACKSPACE button will delete the previous character When
16. ws you to choose the order in which your messages will be displayed This is called the sequence If you do not choose a sequence all the messages that you have created will be displayed one after another with no sequence NOTE Ifa sequence is created and then a new message is added this message must be added to the current sequence or it will not show on display step Function Display Wil Read QUICK TIPS Keep hitting the ENTER button to add all files to the sequence 1 Press PROGRAM File Operation Move the cursor over to the left and use your UP and DOWN arrow buttons 2 Presa SCOWNTAnGuT File to review the sequence you have selected unti it gets to If you have a message that you would like to display more than others you 3 Press ENTER DJ add that particular file in the sequence more often For example your Enter the Je name to DATIGle name goes company has a deadline to turn in their insurance forms and you have created oth file A that says REMINDER PLEASE TURN IN YOUR INSURANCE FORMS ae BY FRIDAY When you set up the sequence you can add the file A more often 5 Press ENTER The display will show the For example A B A T Aand so on message that is currently ie 55 wl Table 5 The Order Messages are displayed THANK YOU COME Step _ Function Display Wit Read AGAIN 1 Press PROGRAM Filo Operation Make your chang
Download Pdf Manuals
Related Search