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Chapter 1 Introduction ......................... 1 1.1 Features ............................... 1 1.2 Operating Environment .................. 1 Chapter 2 Install and Uninstall ................ 2 2.1 Installation ........................... 2 2.2 Uninstall .............................. 3 Chapter 3 Instruction in details ............... 5 3.1 Consists of Program .................... 5 3.2 Interface Window Introduction .......... 6
3.2.1 Play Window .......................................................... 7 3.2.2 Control window .................................................... 8

4.2 Play in a single line text window ..... 31

4.2.1 Create a new Single Line Text window....... 31 4.2.2 Setup Single Line Text window..................... 32

4.3 Play in the Static Text window ........ 34

4.3.1 Create a new Static Text Window................. 34 4.3.2 Setup the static text window....................... 35

4.4 Play text files in a File Window ...... 36

4.4.1 Create a new File window .............................. 36 4.4.2 Setup File Window ............................................ 36

3.3 Features introduction .................. 8

3.3.1 Menu ........................................................................ 8 3.3.2 Toolbar ................................................................ 16 3.3.3 Edit control ...................................................... 16

3.4 programming flow ...................... 16

3.4.1 3.4.2 3.4.3 3.4.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 3.3.7 First step: size the playing window......... 16 Step 2: Open a New Program page................. 17 Step 3: Setup program page option............ 18 Step 4: Create program windows................... 18 Step 5: Setup Program Window options....... 20 Step 6: Finish Programming .......................... 25 Step 7: Play the program .............................. 25

Chapter 4 Character display ................... 27 4.1 play in a document window ............. 27

4.1.1 Create a new window ........................................ 27 4.1.2 Setup Text window ............................................ 28 4.1.3 Insert and edit text ...................................... 29
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4.5 Add texts onto a picture file ......... 38 4.6 Insert notes during playing ........... 38 Chapter 5 Picture display ..................... 39 5.1 Create a new picture window ........... 39 5.2 Setup picture window .................. 39 5.3 Open playing files ................... 41 5.4 Setup picture properties .............. 42 5.5 Insert background picture, appearing music and texts. ................................ 42 Chapter 6 Cartoons display .................... 45 6.1 Create a new cartoon window ........... 45 6.2 Setup Cartoons window ................. 45 6.3 Open playing files. ................... 47 6.4 Setup Cartoons file properties ........ 48 Chapter 7 table display ...................... 49 7.1 Create a new table window ............. 49 7.2 Setup Table Window .................... 50 7.3 Insert and edit tables ................ 51 Chapter 8 Homepage Display ................... 56 8.1 Create a new Homepage Window. ......... 56 8.2 Setup homepage window ................. 56
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8.3 Open playing files .................... 57 Chapter 9 Database Display .................... 60 9.1 Create a new Database Window .......... 60 9.2 Setup database window ................. 60 9.3 Add Access Database ................... 62
9.3.1 9.3.2 9.3.3 9.3.4 Add Access database ........................................ 62 Add Access Datasheets .................................... 63 Edit Access Datasheets .................................. 65 Delete Access Datasheets .............................. 65

9.4 Add ODBC driver database .............. 66 Chapter 10 Date and Time ...................... 67 10.1 Create Date/Time window .............. 67 10.2 Setup date/time window ............... 68 10.3 Setup date and time .................. 69 Chapter 11 External Program ................... 71 11.1 Create a new window .................. 71 11.2 Setup external program window ........ 71 11.3 Open external program ................ 73 Chapter 12 Timer Display ...................... 75 12.1 Create a new window .................. 75 12.2 Setup the timer window ............... 75 12.3 Time Setting ......................... 76 Chapter 13 VCD/DVD display .................... 79 13.1 Direct playing ....................... 79 Chapter 14 Video Line-in Display .............. 81 14.1 Create a new window .................. 81 14.2 Setup Video Window ................... 82 Chapter 15 PowerPoint Display ................. 84 15.1 Play ................................. 84 15.2 Stop playing ......................... 85
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Chapter 16 Notify display ..................... 86 16.1 Open Notify Manager Window ....... 86 16.2 Setup Notify Manager Window .......... 86 16.3 Play/Stop Notify Display ............. 87 Chapter 17 Score Manager ...................... 88 17.1 Open Score Manager Window ............ 88 17.2 Setup Score Manager Window ........... 89 17.3 Play/Stop Score ...................... 90 Chapter 18 Playing Schedule ................... 91 18.1 open the schedule table .............. 91 18.2 Add Scheduled Command ................ 91
18.2.1 Step1: Open Scheduled Command dialog box. .......................................................................................... 92 18.2.2 Step 2: Setup Command list properties... 93

18.3 Edit Scheduled Command ............... 94 18.4 Delete Scheduled Command ............. 94 18.5 Start up Scheduled Command ........... 95 18.6 Exit ................................. 95 Chapter 19 Network control .................... 96 19.1 Setup remote control server .......... 96 19.2 Remote Screen Manager ................ 97 19.3 Remote control ....................... 98 19.4 Send Files ........................... 99 19.5 Send Program ........................ 100 Chapter 20 Background Playing ................ 101 20.1 Activate Background playing ......... 101 20.2 Cancel Background playing ........... 102 Chapter 21 Software setting .................. 106 21.1 Open software setup ................. 106 21.2 Play Window ......................... 107
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22.1 Open User Setup ..................... 108 22.2 Add user ............................ 109 22.3 Delete User ......................... 109 22.4 Change Password ..................... 109 22.5 User Authentication ................. 110 Chapter 23 Frequently asked .................. 111

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Features
LED Studio, programmed and produced for LED by the Program Team of LED Studio, is of powerful, practical and easy to learn software for making or playing programs, supporting a range of formats, such as txt documents, doc documents, pictures (BMPJPGGIFPCX) and cartoons (MPG MPEG MPV MPA AVI VCD SWF RM RA RMJ ASF)

1.2 Operating Environment

Operating system Chinese/English Windows98/me/2000/NT/XP Hardware Configuration Pentium 300MHz or above ROM: 64M Graphics Card: Standard VGA 256mode or above Related Software Microsoft Media player--compulsory OFFICE2000in case of *.doc files RealPlayerin case of RealPlayer files

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Chapter 2 Install and Uninstall

2.1 Installation
LED Studio can be easily installed, as shown below: Put the LED Studio installation CD into the CD-ROM, The Installation Menu will automatically pop up. (if not, then select this CD-ROM, double click it with your mouse)Then select Install LED Studio to start the Installation Guide, as Shown in Figure 2-1.After that, simply follow the instruction on the screen. Note: This software is protected by a serial number. Please enter the correct serial number in order to process the installation. Please ask the products provider for your serial number. After LED Studio software has been successfully installed, there will be a LED Software program group in the Start/Program,then move to the LED Software under this program group, single click to start. Also, there will be a LED Studio short-cup on your desktop: as shown Image 2-1

2.2 Uninstall
LED Studio software provide an auto-uninstall function, for your convenience to delete all LED Studio files, program groups and short-cuts, users can either select Delete LED Studio under the LED Software group, or go to the control panel, select add/delete program to undergo quick uninstall. (Uninstall window as shown in image 2-2), now select Automatic can delete all files, program groups and short-cuts.

to the right:

. Also, you can start the program by

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Chapter 3 Instruction in details

3.1 Consists of Program
Program (Program document) consists of one or more than one program pages. There are two kinds of program page: normal program page and overall program page. Normal program pages are the main components of a program, so there may be many, they will be played in order, one after another; there should be only one overall program page, played throughout the playing process. It is mainly used for fixed contents broadcast, such as clock, company logo etc. Program page consists of one or more windows, which is used to show the contents that users want to play, like documents, pictures, cartoons, multimedia segments etc. There are twelve kinds of program windows: file window, text window, single line text window, static text window, table window, timer window, data base window, DVD/VCD window, external software window, date/time window, video line-in window, and geometrical graph window. File window: can play various of files like: words, pictures, cartoons, tables etc. Text window: Used for quick inputs of short writings, such as notifies, etc.
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Single line text window: to play single line text window , such as notices, adverts etc. writings. Static text window: to play static texts, like company names, title, etc. Table Window: to edit and play table figures. Timer window: for timing, supporting clockwise and anti-clockwise. Database Window: To play ACCESS Database and ODBC Driver Database DVD/VCD window: to play DVD/VCD External program window: To insert external program into the play window, mainly used for small programs made by users. Date/Time window: to display date and time Video line-in window: to play signals from TV cards, Video Collecting Cards, etc. Geometric graph window: to display geometric graphs like straight lines, circles.

LED Studio software consists of two windows: play window and control window. (As shown in image 3-1)

Image 3-1 3.2.1 Play Window Play Window (Namely the contents displayed on the LED screen) is to display the contents that users want to play, like files, pictures, cartoons, multi-media fragments. Here, the contents are the same as those on the LED screen, and also they are coherent. This software support several play windows (At most 99) working simultaneously, which means that one computer may control 99 LED screen at a time. In each play window, operations can be done separately, such as open files,

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play or edit files. These operations will not affect each other. 3.2.2 Control window Control window is used for controlling the position, size and contents of the playing area, control window can be expanded to edit window. It contains Menu, Toolbar and Edit control: a control window with Editing is shown below: Menu bar: Including file, control, tools, settings, test(only for producer) and help, in total 6 sub-menus. Toolbar: it is the fast operation of the menu functions. Edit: consists of two parts, left hand side are program options, displaying info of the program and sub-windows; right hand side are control options, controlling the playing actions, time, etc. of the program.

help, in total 6 sub-menus. File Menu: as shown in image 3-3, include New, Open, Save, Save as, Open Demo File, Open recently used files and Exit. New: for setting up a new LED Studio file. Open: for opening a previously done LED Studio file. Save: for saving current LED Studio file. Save as: for saving current LED Studio file as a new LED Studio file. Open Demo File: for opening demo LED Studio file, to process function demonstration. Open recently used file: for opening recently used LED Studio files. Exit: to exit LED Studio. Control Menu: As shown in image 3-4, it includes play, play last, play Image 3-4 next, pause, stop, notify, score manager, play PowerPoint file, stop PowerPoint file, play VCD/DVD, backup program and manager for LED Screen Sever. Play: to play current LED Studio file. Play last: to play the last program while playing. Play next: to play the next program while playing.
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3.3 Features introduction

3.3.1 Menu Include file, control, tools, settings, test (only for LED screen producer) and
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Pause: to pause currently playing LED Studio file. Stop: to stop currently playing LED Studio File. Notify: to insert temporary playing notice. Scare manager: for displaying the scores. Play Power point file: for playing PowerPoint files. Stop PowerPoint file: to stop the currently playing PowerPoint File. Play VCD/DVD: for playing VCD/DVD files. Backup program: to backup current program. Manager for LED Screen Sever: to manage remote screen, please refer to chapter 17: network control, for details. Tool Menu: as shown in image 3-5, it includes Word, Excel, Paint, Notepad, Calculato r, etc. Single click on them can open Image 3-5 programs which coming with windows or pre-installed, to shortcut edit the program. Option Menu: As shown in image 3-6, it includes: Setup Graphics card properties, Graphics card copy mode, graphics card double display, Restore to default, Screen Brightness/Contrast/Color, Screen
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Area, Virtual/Real LED screen, Play Foreground/backgr ound, Lock/Unlock LED Screen Properties, Turn on/off LED Screen Power, Schedule Table, Schedule Image 3-6 Hide Setup, Language, Show/Hide Play window, Software Setup, User Setup, etc. Setup graphics card properties: Open Graphics card properties to setup graphics card. Graphics card copy mode: to setup graphics card copy mode. Graphics card double display mode: to setup graphics card double display mode. Restore to default: Restore to default settings. Screen Brightness/ Contrast/ Color: used for adjusting the Brightness, Contrast, and Brightness on the Image 3-8 LED Screen. After
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single click on it, a dialog box will appear, as shown in iamge 3-8. Use your mouse to drag the adjusting button for brightness, contrast, and color, you can change the settings. Then choose Save to save the changes or choose Restore to reset. Also you can tick in the box in front of Enable Adjust Bright Auto to let it automatically adjust the brightness according to the environment. Screen Area: to setup the display area on the monitor, from the color of the LED screen. After single click on it, there will be a dashed-line frame on your monitor, left click it can drag and adjust the display area. Or right click to exit Screen Area Setting. Virtual/Real LED screen: switch between virtual and real pixel display mode. Play Foreground/background: used for background playing. When selected, contents will not be shown on the monitor, but only on the LED screen. Lock/Unlock LED Screen Properties: Lock the current contents on the monitor to the LED screen, and do not refresh. Vice versa. Turn on/off LED Screen Power: for remote control to turn on or off the power of LED screen. Schedule Table: to setup some schedule for the LED screen, such as turn on/off timing. Pleas refer to Chapter 16 for details. Schedule Hide Setup: Enable/disable schedule hide, a window as shown in image 3-9 will appear after selecting it. Language: setup the operating langue of the software, options like auto, English, French, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese will be available.
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Show/Hide Play window: Used to show or hide the playing window. Allow/Forbid Edit: Used to allow or forbid editing Image 3-9 current LED Studio file. Software Setup: to setup software options. (Details refer to software setting chapter) User Setup: setup the purview of users. (Details refer to User Setup Chapter) Test (only for LED screen producer, user program may not contain this menu) As shown in image 3-10, it contains grey test, grid test, dot test, color bar test, check position, check color, switch help, and Hardware setup. Image 3-10 Grey test: can operate grey test on the LED screen. Grid test: can test whether the image on the screen is correct or not. Dot test: Can test the high frequency character of the
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screen. Color bar test: can test the color hierarchy of the screen. Check position: can show the position coordinates on the screen. Check color: can check color value on the screen. Switch help: As shown in image3-11, you can view helps about the switch. By entering the value of starting point and width, the switch setting can Image 3-11 be worked out. Hardware setup: It can startup hardware dialog box, through which you can change several parameter of the hardware. But please Image 3-12 do not try
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it unless you are a technical staff. Help: As shown in image 3-12, it contains Help, Knowledge, Check IP Address, and About LED Studio. Help: supply online help. Know ledge: as shown in image 3-13, open knowledg e dialog box, you can tick in the box in front of displa Image 3-13 y at start up to enable or disable this function. Check IP Address: check your IP address. About LED Studio: show the version number of the software and copyright info.

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3.3.2 Toolbar Tool bar is the fast operatio Image 3-14 n of menu, as shown in image 3-14, from left to right the icons are: new, open, save, open/close display window, allow/forbid edit, play, play from current program, pause, stop, play background, lock/unlock screen, turn on/off screen power, and change look (change interface skin button), functions in details please refer to menu.

lead you to the software setup window. There, you can choose lock to LED screen (we strongly recommend you to do so, because the size and position of the playing window will be exactly the same as the LED screen); or you can choose random position, while the size and position of the input window have to be adjust by your mouse. 3.4.2 Step 2: Open a New Program page Program page is a basic element of a program. In image 3-15, it is a program page toolbar, to open a new program page, just simply click on new program page button .

3.3.3 Edit control Edit control is the hard core of this software, illustration in details please refer to the next section: programming flow.

(Note: if you cannot find the program page toolbar, please click on the button allow edit

Image 3-15

3.4 programming flow

3.4.1 First step: size the playing window The size of the window has to be setup correctly, otherwise when the program is done, only part of the image can be displayed on the screen or the image is not large enough. How to setup: Menu>Control>Software setup, can
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on the toolbar above). There could be

infinity program page in the file, to delete a program page, you can use the delete button . If you want to change the .

playing order of each page, use the moving button

Normal program page will be played in order, while overall program page will be played continuously, without any time limits. (Such as time display)
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3.4.3 Step 3: Setup program page option. After a program page has been created or selected, you can setup the program page option, as shown in the image below. There are options like: name, playing time, background color, background picture, background picture effect, and background music. 3.4.4 Step 4: Create program windows Program page is only a frame, which could contain as many program windows as possible. Each Image 3-16 program window can play different words, pictures, tables, cartoons, and videos, etc. In total, there are twelve kinds of program windows available. Click on the create new program button, a program selecting menu as shown in image 3-16 will pop-up. Now, we are going to introduce these 12 different kinds of window. File window: It is the most important window, because all supported files will be played here. You can add as many files
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here as you want. There are more 10 kinds of supported files, including: Document files (TXT), HTM/HEML/MHT files, EXCEL files, WORD files (DOC/RTF), all kinds of picture files (BMP/JPG/GIF/PCX/WMF/ICO), all kinds of media files (AVI/MPG/MPEG/WMV/ASF), VCD files (DAT), Flash files (SWF), RealPlayer files (RM). Text windows, Single Line text windows, Static Document windows: These three windows are not compulsory. Words can be shown in the File window, such windows are only for providing simple words like title of a company, greeting captions, notes, etc. a quicker method to input. Table Window: Used to edit the play list data. Timer window: Used for timing Database window: Used to play ACCESS database and ODVC driver data base. DVD/VCD window: Used to play DVD/VCD. External Program Window: Used to insert external program into the play window. Date /Time Window: Used to display date and time. Video line-in WindowThis window is used to display external video signals like TV, VCD/DVD, tape recorder, etc. This window requires video input cards like all variety of TV cards, Video capture cards. Geometric graphs window: this is used to display geometric graphs.

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3.3.5 Step 5: Setup Program Window options All program windows has the same options as shown in image 3-17, Name, Frame, Position, Width, Image 3-17 Lock, Timing. For program windows with different options, illustrations are list below. File Window: as shown in image 3-18, the window has been divided into two parts. The upper one is the file play-list, while the lower one is the file options. Above the play-list, there is a file toolbar, which can be used to add, delete or move files. The file options in the lower part various by different file formats, we will explain below.

Image 3-18 Document files options are shown in image 3-19, choose of background color, background pictures, background action, and more than 40 special techniques are available. Also there are 4 effects you can choose: line, speed, stay, and font. (Note, if there are not many words, document window could be chosen; if the preface is complicated, WORD document could be used to make-up)

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Picture file supports all variety of picture formats (BMP/JPG/GIF/PCX /WMF), options refer to image 3-20. You can choose background color, background pictures, background action, and more than 40 special techniques. Also there are 4 effects you may use: line, speed, stay, and font. Plus, more than 50 different types and speed of clearing you can select.

files. Some computer and Rising Anti-virus Software are not compatible, if you cannot find the pre-installed WORD, please uninstall Anti-virus Software and try again)

Image 3-22

Image 3-20 media and cartoons files include all kinds of media files (AVI/MPEG/ASF /WMV), FLASH cartoons files (SWF), REALPLAYER files (RM), etc. Options are shown in image 3-21. Again, choose of background color, background pictures, background action, and more than 40 special techniques are available. Also there are 4 effects you can choose: line, speed, stay, and font.

Text Window: Single click on the add text button on the toolbar, as shown in image 3-23, can let you setup background, Font, Action, Speed, Staying time, etc. You also key in words or do type-editing. (Note: If there are many words, please use WORD files or TXT files to play in window.) the can too the

Image 3-21 WORD files options are shown in image 3-22, you can choose options like special techniques, effects, speed, etc. (Note: WORD2000 or OFFICE2000 is required in case of .doc
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Image 3-23 Video Line-in window: As shown in image 3-24, all options are related to the Video Input Equipments. Please refer to your users manual of the Video Input Equipments.

Image 3-25 3.3.6 Step 6: Finish Programming After the above 5 steps, a program has been done. If you want more than one program page, please repeat from step 2 to step 5. Please do not forget to save your program page after you finished. Click on the saving button save. or select menu

Image 3-24 Date/time window: As shown in image 3-25, you can setup background color, background mode, background picture, static text, display style, display effect, font, etc.

3.3.7 Step 7: Play the program

To play the current program files, click on the button start; to pause; to

to stop, or select from control menu.

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If you want to play a different program file, please click on the open button , to open a program and play it.

Chapter 4 Character display

To play a document program, there are six methods: in a document window; in a single line text window; in a static document window; open the document in a picture and document window; Add words to the picture files and play in a picture and document window; or insert notice while a program is playing.

4.1 play in a document window

This window is not compulsory. Words can be displayed in a picture and document window, this window is only a quick way to key in simple words like company name, greeting caption, or notes.

4.1.1 Create a new window Click on the button new window

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window, as shown in image 4-2. 4.1.2 Setup Text window As shown in image 4-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program, and prevent it from moving Background: setup the background color of this program

Image 4-2 4.1.3 Insert and edit text As shown in image 4-2, the lower part is for editing texts. After clicking on the add text button , a Text Edit

dialog box will appear as shown in the image 4-3 below. In the edit box at the bottom, you can key in or paste text. Also you can do type-editing, you can setup options like:
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Background, Font, Action, Speed, Staying time, etc.

playing order, use buttons

and

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the selected texts by clicking on the button

4.2 Play in a single line text window

This window is only for single line sliding captions, such as greeting captions, notes, etc. These texts support transparent display, which can be added on any windows, including video files playing in video windows or in pictures and texts windows. Image 4-3 Close the Text Edit dialog box when you finished editing. Now the Text will appear in the list, as shown in image 4-2.

4.2.1 Create a new Single Line Text window

Click on the new window button

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Single Line Text window in the menu to create a new single line text window, as shown in image 4-6. Image 4-4 If you want to make any changes to your texts, just simply select them and then click on the button . An edit box as

shown in image 4-3 will appear and let you edit the texts. To delete the texts, you can use the button . To change the

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Open from external documents Select External file, in image 4-6, then click on button to open files, as shown in image 4-7. Edited text

files can be dynamically displayed when the program is playing. In image 10-3, you can setup Action, Background, and Font. Input in the edit box Select the Text, and then type in texts that you want in the box below, as shown in Image 4-6, you can also setup the Action, Background and Font.

Image 4-7

Image 4-6 4.2.2 Setup Single Line Text window As shown in image 4-6, the upper part is for setting up program properties. There are two ways to input texts, one is open from external documents, and another is directly input to the edit box.

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4.3 Play in the Static Text window

This setup window is for playing static texts. 4.3.1 Create a new Static Text Window Image 4-8

Click on the new window button

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Static Text window in the menu (as shown in image 4-8)to create a new static text window, as shown in image 4-9. Image 4-9 4.3.2 Setup the static text window As shown in image 4-9, the upper part is for program properties setting. Type in the texts you want in the edit box, and choose their properties below, like: transparency, Align, Background, and Font, etc.

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4.4 Play text files in a File Window

4.4.1 Create a new File window Click on the New Window button , 4-10

Height: setup the height of this program 4.4.3 Open files Click on the add file button , (in the lower part

of image 4-12), an open file dialog box will appear. All supported format has been shown in the list at the bottom of the dialog box. Select WORD File, choose the file you want to open in the box above, then click on open to open it.

select File Window in the menu (as shown in image 4-10) to create a new File Window, as shown in image 4-11. 4.4.2 Setup File Window As shown in image 4-11, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup Image 4-11 the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program
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4-12 The opened file has been added to the list, now the options of this file will be listed below. (As shown in image 4-13) Options can let you setup the background (includes color, pictures, drawing method), Font, Plenty Actions, four available effects, Line, Speed, Staying time, Font, etc. (Note: If there are only a few words, file window may be used. If the type-editing is complicated, WORD file may worth to
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be considered.)

Chapter 5 Picture display

5.1 Create a new picture window
Click on the New window button , and select File

Window in the menu (as shown in image 5-1), to create a new file window, as shown in 5-2.

Image 4-13

4.5 Add texts onto a picture file

The text display method in this section is the same as that in Chapter 5, picture display, appearing and clearing texts. Details please refer to Chapter 5 Image 5-1

5.2 Setup picture window 4.6 Insert notes during playing

Instruction in details please refer to Chapter 16 As shown in image 5-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point
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Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

5.3

Open playing files

Click on the add file button to open the file dialog box (as shown in image 5-3), select the picture format from the list. Then select the file that you want to open in the box above. (Once you select a picture, you can preview it in the right-hand-side frame.) Click on open to open the selected file, now the bottom-right corner of the main window will change, as shown in image 5-4.

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picture you want to insert in the open file dialog box. Also you may directly key in the address of the background picture in the edit frame. Insert clearing music Click on the button in image 5-4, and select the music file

that you want in the open file dialog box, then click open. Insert appearing texts Click on the TEXT button in image 5-4, the Picture/Text dialog box will appear (Image 5-5) Image 5-4

5.4 Setup picture properties

The opened file has been added to the list. Now, options of this file will be listed below. (Image 5-4), you can select background color, background picture, background picture drawing method, plenty actions, four effects, speed, staying time, clearing effects, clearing speed.

5.5

Insert

background

picture,

appearing music and texts.

Insert background picture Click on the button in image 5-4, select and open the
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5-5 Click on Add button in image 5-5 to open text edit dialog box, insert the file that you want and setup their properties and effects, and then close the dialog box. The Text file that you edited has been added to the file list, if you want to insert more than one appearing text, you can repeat the two steps above. To edit it, select from the file list and then click on the edit button to edit it. To delete it, use the delete button, you may also use move up, move down buttons to select files. Click on Exit to finish the insert of appearing texts.

Chapter 6 Cartoons display

6.1 Create a new cartoon window
Click on the New window button , select File

Window in image 6-1 to create a new file window, as shown in image 6-2.

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6.2 Setup Cartoons window

As shown in image 6-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point
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Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

6.3 Open playing files.

Click on the add file button in the lower part (image

6-2) to open file dialog box. (as shown in image 6-3) This studio can play all cartoons files and all media files (AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV), FLASH files (SWF), REALPLAYER files (RM), etc. Select any file of the above formats, and then click on open to open it. Now the bottom-right of the main window will change to looks like image 6-4.

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table display

There are two ways to display a table, one is set up a table window to insert table display, and the other is pre-done the table in WORD or EXCEL, Then use the second method we introduced in chapter 4 to play the file, we are not going to repeat this.

7.1 Create a new table window

Image 6-4 Click on New window button , select Table Window

6.4 Setup Cartoons file properties

The opened file has been added to the list, now there will be options of this file appear below. (image 6-4), you can select background color, background picture, background picture drawing method, and three effects are optional.

in the menu (image7-1) to create a new table window. (as shown in 7-2)

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7.2 Setup Table Window

As shown in image 7-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

Image 7-2

7.3 Insert and edit tables

Click on Add Table button in lower part of image 7-2

to open the edit table dialog box. (as shown in image 7-3)

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titles Font, size, mode, color, and tables background color, grid line color, table drawing effect, speed, staying time, and lock the row and column number.

Image 7-3 Toolbar table properties button Insert table button Delete table button Split/Combine button : setup table properties

: insert rows or columns. : delete rows or columns. : split or combine rows or Image 7-4 Insert table , to open the add

Click on insert table button

Those to the right are commonly used for type-editing, they can change the Font, Size, Color, Background color, mode, align method. Setup table properties Click on Table properties button , to open table

table dialog box, as shown in image 7-5, select input type, quantity, and input mode (to current position or to end), click ok to finish.

property dialog box, as shown in image 7-4. You may change the settings like: name, with/without title, lock title,
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table dialog box, as shown in image 7-6. Select delete row or column, and then click on ok to finish.

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Image 7-6 Slit/Combine Select the cells that you want to combine, click on Slit/Combine button 7-7. to combine them, as shown in image

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Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

Chapter 8

Homepage Display

8.1 Create a new Homepage Window.

Click on New window button , and select File Window

in image 8-1 to create a new file window, as shown in 8-2.

Image 8-1

8.2 Setup homepage window

As shown in image 8-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program
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8-2 to open Web Page URL dialog box. (Image 8-3)

Image 8-4 The opened file has been added to the list, now the options of this file will be listed below.(image 8-4). You can change the background color, background picture, background picture drawing method, and three available effects. Also you may change the action, speed, and staying time.

Image 8-3 Type in the web page address and click ok, now the main bottom right of the window will change to looks like image 8-4.

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Chapter 9 Database Display

9.1 Create a new Database Window
Click on New window button , and select database

Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

window in image 9-1 to create a new database window, as shown in 9-2.

Image 9-1

9.2 Setup database window

As shown in image 9-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point
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9.3 Add Access Database

9.3.1 Add Access database

Click on the add database button

on the toolbar, and

the Select Database dialog box will appear (image 9-3). Select Access database in the dialog box, then click ok, then select and open the database you want in the open dialog box.(image 9-4)

Image 9-3

Image 9-5 Control window with database added is shown in image 9-5. The list above is the list of databases. You may use delete database button of datasheets. 9.3.2 Add Access Datasheets to delete it. The list below is the list

Click on the add datasheet button

on the toolbar, a

Image 9-4

Database Properties dialog box (Image 9-6) will appear. The dialog box has been divided into two parts. The upper one is for table properties setting, the lower one is for column properties setting.
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Setup column properties All Columns has been listed to the left of image 9-6 you can select and make changes to them. Name: Column name Width: Column width Align: Texts Align method Background: select the background color of this column Texts: color of the texts Font: select texts Font Size: texts size Button:Whether use bold, italic or underline Click on Preview, you may preview the newly added table, click on ok to finish adding Access Database. 9.3.3 Edit Access Datasheets Image 9-6 Setup table properties Name: name of the datasheet Inquire: select inquired datasheet Action: come-out effect, speed, staying of the table Row: Height of the rows in the table Grid: select the color of the grid lines. Background: select the background color. Font: select the color of the table name. Title: select Font, size, bold, italic or underline for the title of the table if it do exist. Select datasheets that you want to edit from the database. Click on the edit datasheet button , appearing a

Database properties dialog box (Image 9-6), you may edit the sheet itself or columns in it. 9.3.4 Delete Access Datasheets Select the Datasheets that you want to delete from the database, then click on the delete button .

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9.4 Add ODBC driver database

To add ODBC Database, some basic knowledge about database are needed, please refer to related books, we are not going to introduce here. After click on the Add Database button , a

Chapter 10 Date and Time

10.1 Create Date/Time window
Click on New window button , and select date/time

select database dialog box will appear. (Image 9-3) Select Access database, and then click ok and Image 9-7 choose the data source you want to open from the select data source dialog box.(Image 9-7) If the data source is not prepared, you can first click on New button to activate the data source set up guide to help you. The Datasheets and its setting are the same as that for Access Database (refer to 9.3)

window in image 10-1 to create a new date/time window, as shown in image 10-2.

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10.2 Setup date/time window

As shown in image 10-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

10.3 Setup date and time

There are two kinds of date/time display, one is analog, another is digital. You may select one of them in display style. (image 10-2) Analog clock As shown in image 10-3, it is the analog clocks plotting and properties settings. You can set exceed or lag time differences; Static texts and its font; color, size, shape, and font of the time display; color of the hour hand, minute hand, second hand; and also the display and color of the dates and days.

Image 10-3 Digital clock As shown in image 10-4, it is the digital clocks plotting and properties settings. You can select the display style; set exceed or lag time differences; Static texts and its font; hour style; year style; single or multi line display; also the text font. Image 10-2
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11.1 Create a new window
Image 10-4 Click on New ,

window button

and select External Exe window in image 11-1 to create a new External Exe window, as shown in 11-2.

Image 11-1

11.2 Setup external program window

As shown in image 11-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties.
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Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

11.3 Open external program

Click on the Browse button in the bottom of image 11-2, a open file dialog box will appear. Select the external program you want to open, here we choose Win2000 calculator program. Now, the main window will look like that as image 11-3 . One application may contains more than one window, all windows will be listed below. In this example, there are two windows: calculator and CalcMsgPumpWnd. Do not forget to select the correct window that you want to display. (Note: some of the windows can not be displayed)

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In this example, display of the calculator in the playing window is shown in image 11-4.

Chapter 12 Timer Display

12.1 Create a new window
Click on New window button , and select Timer

window in image 12-1 to create a new Timer window, as shown in 12-2.

Image 11-4

Image 12-1

12.2 Setup the timer window

As shown in image 12-2, the upper part is for setting up program properties. Name: program name Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame Starting point X: x-coordinate of the starting point
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Starting point Y: y-coordinate of the starting point Width: setup the width of this program Height: setup the height of this program Lock: lock this program window to prevent it from moving.

size, bold, italic, underline, color, etc. Arriving date/time; whether display number of days, hour; minute, second, multi line, no negative sign, etc. In this example, timer settings in playing window is shown in image 12-4.

Image 12-3 Image 12-2

12.3 Time Setting

As shown in image 12-3, it is the properties setting of the timer display. You can setup static texts; Texts action,
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Chapter 13 VCD/DVD display

13.1 Direct playing
Click on the control, choose Play VCD/DVD, and then select the objective drive. Like E: As shown in image 13-1

.13.2 program

Play

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Click on New window button , and select Image 13-1 I

VCD/DVD window in image 13-2 to create a new VCD/DVD window, as shown in 13-3. Then set up all variety of parameters.

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Chapter 14 Video Line-in Display

Video Window is mainly used for input video signals from TV cards or external VCD/DVD player, note: TV card is needed for all settings. Image 13-2

14.1 Create a new window

Click on New window button , and select Video

window in image 14-1 to create a new Video window, as shown in 14-2. Then set up all variety of parameters.

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14.2 Setup Video Window

Video input equipment: you may choose different Video Cards (note: only if you has installed more than one video card) Audio input equipment: to choose audio (note: some TV cards play sounds through Audio cards) Video input source: to choose Video input source (note: most TV cards has three input sourcesCATV, Video end, and S-Video) TV Channel: to choose TV channel (Note: some TV cards do not support this function)

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Chapter 15 PowerPoint Display

15.1 Play
Click on Control, and then click on Play PowerPoint File. Select a file to play. (Image 15-1) When playing, it will automatically move the display area to the big screen. (Note: if alternatively playing between LED Studio and Led screen is needed, you may setup it in the repertoire; if you want to play PowerPoint in File window, you may use convert tools to convert PowerPoint Files to Flash Files.)

Image 15-1

15.2 Stop playing

Click on control, and then select Stop PowerPoint File.

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Chapter 16 Notify display

Notify Manager is mainly used to insert temporary notify into the program while it is playing.

whether it is transparent, left edge, right edge, bottom edge, action, background, font, etc.

16.3 Play/Stop Notify Display

When everything has been set, click on play to broadcast the notify. Or click on stop to stop it.

Image 16-1

16.1 Open Notify Manager Window

Click on control in the main menu, and then select Notify Manager. (Image 16-1) A Notify Manager dialog box will appear.

16.2 Setup Notify Manager Window

In image 16-1, you can select which screen that your notify is going to put; how many times it is going to repeat,
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17.2 Setup Score Manager Window

Chapter 17 Score Manager

Notify Manager is mainly used to insert temporary notify into the program while it is playing.

Scores display includes two different types: Time display and Scores display. Screen number indicates in which screen the display should be; Time display indicates how long the display is going to be.

Time Display Setting

17.1 Open Score Manager Window

Click on Control, and then select Score Manager. A Score Manager dialog box will appear (image 17-1)

Reset: Reset time to 0:00; Start: Start to count; Stop: stop counting; Font: Setup Font and properties of the display texts; Top Edge: setup the distance between the display time and the top edge; Right Edge: setup the distance between the display time and the right edge; Scores display settings Home: Scores for Home team, two display language available; Score: Score sign, such as : ; Away: Scores for Away team, two display language available; Picture: one display picture for each team. Bottom Edge: setup the distance between the display time and the bottom edge; Font: setup the Font of the display texts; Background: Setup background color;

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17.3 Play/Stop Score

When everything has been set, click on Show all in image 17-1 to play time and scores. Click Show time to show time; Show score to show scores; or stop to stop showing time and scores.

Chapter 18 Playing Schedule

18.1 open the schedule table
You may open the schedule table by click on the option on the main menu, and select Schedule Table (Image 18-1).

Image 18-1

18.2 Add Scheduled Command

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18.2.1 Step1: Open Scheduled Command dialog box. Click on the add button to open Scheduled Command dialog box. (as shown in image 18-3)

18.2.2 Step 2: Setup Command list properties Command properties: select command property, default setting is Turn on LED Screen power Program file: this option only valid if the command is to: play program files, perform external program, play PowerPoint files. Click on select can let you select files. Execution time: setup when the command starts Valid date: setup valid date Valid days: Setup valid days

18.2.3 Step 3: Exit Scheduled Command Dialog box Click ok to finish adding scheduled command. As shown in image 18-4, there is already a Turn LED screen power command in the list, if you want more than one command, repeat the 3 steps above.

Image 18-3

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18.5 Start up Scheduled Command

Click on Start up scheduled, keep it remain selected to activate the schedule table, vice versa. (Image 18-5)

Image 18-5

18.6 Exit
Image 18-4 Click on Exit to finish the settings of Schedule manager

18.3 Edit Scheduled Command

Select the command that you want to edit from the list. Click on edit to open the Scheduled command dialog box to edit this command.

18.4 Delete Scheduled Command

Select the command that you want to delete from the list, click on delete bottom, if you want to delete all commands, use delete all bottom.

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server.

Chapter 19 Network control

If you want to operate network control, you must set the computer which controls the LED screen to remote control server, the other computers set as costumer computers. Remote control server can be controlled by all customer computers within the network. Customer computer may control all remote control servers within the network.

19.2 Remote Screen Manager

You may enter the Remote Manager dialog box by clicking on the option then Remote Manager. (Image 19-2) Click on add can enter Remote server Setup dialog box. (19-3) Type in a screen name to separate more than one screen. Type in the IP address.(Note: you may get the IP address by click on Check IP Address in the server setup dialog box or turn to your network administrator) Then you should type in the related port code, and screen number. Key in the password if necessary. If there are several servers, they can be all added to the list.

19.1 Setup remote control server

Select Option and Software setup could lead you to the Software setup dialog box.(Image 19-1) Select a remote control server, and type in a non-used Port number (normally the default number 6600 will be fine). Customer computer must type in the same port number in order to link to the remote control
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19.3 Remote control

Click on Remote Control button to enter the remote control window (Image 19-4). You may apply any command to the server. Image 19-4

19.4 Send Files

By clicking on Send files, you may enter the Send file dialog box, as shown in image 19-5. All files will be sent to the sub-catalog PRGDATA under the install catalog of the server. You may input objective catalog to create sub-catalog. Or overcast the existing files, to refresh some playing contents.
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Chapter 20 Background Playing

20.1 Activate Background playing
Image 19-5 Only Windows98/XP operating system support this function. However, some settings must be done as well: Right click on the space on the desktop, a menu like image 20-1 will appear.

19.5 Send Program

By clicking on Send files, you may enter the Send file dialog box, as shown in image 19-5. All files will be sent to the sub-catalog PRGDATA under the install catalog of the server. You may input objective catalog to create sub-catalog.

Image 20-1 Select property: Appearing a property menu. Click on option, and activate monitor 2. Select extend the contents of Windows to this monitor, then click on apply, followed by ok. Now, you may use the background playing function. Click on background playing on the toolbar of LED studio, playing window will switching
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between the LED screnn and the Monitor. When playing window is on the monitor, the LED screen will display the contents of Windows.

your desktop, appearing image20-1. Select property, appearing image 20-2, select monitor 2, but remove the of extend the contents of Windows to this monitor. Then click on monitor 1 and press ok. After that, right click with your mouse again, appearing image 20-1. click on property, appearing Image 20-2. Then select option and then advance, appearing image 20-3. Then click on display, appearing image 20-4. Click the red switch in it, the switch will turn green. Now press ok. A note may come up, press ok again. Like this, coherent display has been achieved.

Image 20-2

20.2 Cancel Background playing

If you want to cancel background playing to play at the front, please apply the setting below: right click on the space of
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21.2 Play Window

Chapter 21 Software setting

21.1 Open software setup
Click on option in the menu, and select software setup. A administrator password dialog box will appear, type in the password and choose ok to open the software setup dialog box. (As shown in Image 21-1) Lock to LED Screen: lock the play window to LED screen area Floating: users may change the position Enable change by mouse: allow the change of size by mouse Always on top: play window will always on top of any other windows Change Virtual/ Real by Auto: Virtual/ Real pixels Changed automatically 21.3 Auto Setup Start when Windows starts up Load file when starting Play document when starts up automatically Play document when starts up manually Above options are all available. 21.4 Networking To set the machine as LED screen or server. 21.5 Other setup Auto restart when error: restart the software automatically when error occurs Restart every day: restart at a certain time everyday Auto Backup: backup program at certain time Prompt when quit: choose whether or not pop-up note dialog box when existing this software. Image 21-1
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Chapter 12 User Setup

22.1 Open User Setup
Click on the Option, and then select User Setup, an Input Password dialog box. Type in the password in the box and then press OK.(Image 22-2)

22.2 Add user

Click on Add User in image 22-2, a dialog box like image 22-3 will appear. Enter the Username and Password. Then press OK.

Image 22-3 Image 22-1

22.3 Delete User

Select an exist user from the list (Image 22-2), (Note: Administrator can not be deleted) select delete. A notice frame will appear, select Yes.

22.4 Change Password

Select an exist user from the list (Image 22-2), click on change password button. Enter the new password in the Change password dialog box, then press ok.

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22.5 User Authentication

If you tick the box before Use password before start up, the next time the software starts up, User Authentication will be required.

Chapter 23 Frequently asked questions

1, Warning: MCI systematic error when starts up? This is because that Windows Media Player has not been installed, please install it. Find a file named: Mpsetup2K.exe (for Win2K/XP/ME) or Mpsetup98.exe (forwin98) in your CD-Rom. Double clicks to install. 2, Warning: cannot find LED screen system or transmission error? This is due to the disconnection between the Serial Pot cable and the LED, or they are not well connected. Please check the cable. 3, How to change the position and size of the play window? To change the position and size of the window, you must go to software setup. Set the position of play window to Any position, then enter coordinates and screen size. You may also use mouse to drag and change the position and size of the play window. For details please refer to Software Setup 4, How to run and play certain files? Firstly, you should go to Software Setup, and select all three options under autp-setup. 5, How to edit the existing files (.lsd)? Click on Open button to open the file, and then select allow edit to allow you make changes to the files. For details please refer to Programming 6, Attached switch illustration.
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Due to the upgrade of hardware, some switches for lower edition maybe not available. 1,OE Switch (JP1 first position), to justify the polarity of the cell boards. When the polarity is incorrect, luminance will decrease. 2,Data Switch (JP1 second position),to justify the polarity of the data. When error occurs, picture display will become negative. th rd th 3,W16 W32 W64 W128 W256 W512 W1024 (JP1 11 ,3 ,4 , th th th th 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 position) , to justify the width of the receiving card. th 4,ClkDly switch (JP1 9 position), to justify the properties of displacement clock. When there is problem with unit cell step-connection, please justify this switch. th 5,Row Switch (JP1 10 position), to set whether translate code when quartet sweep and double sweep display, or the polarity of row-serial-row output. th 6,S16S32S64S128S256S512S1024 (JP2 the 11 , th st nd rd th th 12 , 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 position and JP1 12 position), to justify the horizontal starting point of the screen th th th 7,1/81/41/2 switch (JP2 the 5 , 6 ,7 position) ,to justify the scanning method or vertical starting point. th th 8, ClkHiClkLo switch (JP2 the 8 9 position),to justify the slide-point clock. When CLkHi is on and ClkLo is off the frequency is 16.7Mhz; When ClkHi ClkLo are both off, the frequency is 2.5Mhz; When CLkHiClkLo are both on, the frequency is 8.33Mhz; When ClkHi is off but ClkLo is on, the frequency is 6.25Mhz. th 9Delay Switch(JP2 the 10 position), to justify the
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