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 2001 Data Display Ltd
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Title:
Infineum Display User Manual
Issue:
1
Issue Date:
26-Mar-01
Part Number:
Produced by:
Product Support Department
Data Display Ltd
Deerpark Industrial Estate
Ennistymon, Co. Clare
Ireland
DDJ03185001
Infineum Display
User Manual
DDJ03185001
26-Mar-01
Infineum Display User Manual
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  • Page 1 The information in this document is provided for reference only. While every effort has been made to make sure it is accurate and complete, Data Display Ltd does not accept any liability arising out of the application or use of the information or products described herein.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Infineum Display User Manual Table of Contents Introduction ............................1 Scope ..............................1 Purpose ............................... 1 System ..............................1 Hardware ............................2 Unpacking ............................2 Hardware ............................. 2 Software ............................3 System requirements .......................... 3 Conventions used in this Manual ......................3 Installation ............................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Infineum Display User Manual 1 Introduction Scope The scope of this document covers the Infineum Display Unit. Purpose The purpose of the document is to provide the relevant information to enable the user to operate and maintain the Display Board correctly.

  • Page 4: Hardware

    Infineum Display User Manual 2 Hardware 2.1 Unpacking Carefully remove the items from their package and store the packaging safely. After unpacking, inspect the contents for any damage that may have occurred during shipment. In the event of Technical Support' section of this manual.

  • Page 5: Software

    Infineum Display User Manual 3 Software The Display Boards are operated using the text and graphic based GRAFIT software package. The user can edit general text messages, time and date messages as well as draw and create their own single frame graphics or multi-frame sequences and animations.

  • Page 6: Win 95, (98,Nt 4.0 )

    Infineum Display User Manual With the current installation program, an icon is not setup for the program in Windows 3.x. Select File|Run from the program manager then enter the filename: C:\GRAFIT\GRAFIT or add the GRAFIT.EXE application to the ‘Applications’ folder manually using the procedure outlined in your Microsoft Windows User Manual.

  • Page 7: Description

    4.1.1 IP Address Set-up Each NetPrinter has a unique identification product name 'PN……….'. This product name can be found on a label attached to the Display. Otherwise contact your nearest Data Display Customer Service Office. To set the IP address, run the IPSET95.exe file located in C:\GRAFIT directory. A dialog box opens requesting the user to enter the NetPrinters product name 'PN……….'.

  • Page 8: Grafit 1.16C Software

    Infineum Display User Manual 5 GRAFIT 1.16c Software © Getting Started To start GRAFIT in Windows 3.x double-click the GRAFIT icon in Program Manager. In Windows 95 select 'Start|Programs|Shortcut' to GRAFIT.EXE to start GRAFIT. Exiting from the Software 'Frame/ Exit ' 'Yes' To exit the software, use the normal menu command.

  • Page 9: Screen Layout And Symbols

    Infineum Display User Manual Screen Layout and Symbols This section gives details of the GRAFIT application or main window layout. The components of the main window are the Caption Bar, the Speed Bar, the Menu Bar, the Canvas (the main area of the window) and the Status Line at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 10: The Speed Bar

    Infineum Display User Manual 5.4.2 The Speed Bar The Speed Bar consists of five buttons that are used to directly access Frame Menu options. Clears or Blanks current frame Previous/ Next Frame Load frame from a file on disk Play animation...

  • Page 11: The Menu Bar

    Infineum Display User Manual 5.5 The Menu Bar Frame This menu provides options for dealing with single bitmaps only. Only the working frame is effected using options in this menu. Clear Blanks/clears the current frame. Delete This option allows you to delete any frame from the frame list/sequence provided that there are two or more frames in the sequence.
  • Page 12 Infineum Display User Manual Load BUTTONS continued… Accept configuration as entered and load file. CANCEL Exit dialog without loading file. Save This option 'Save' under 'Frame' provides the facility to save any changes to the bitmap or system, e.g. pause rate, of this application as a '.BMP' file. A '.BMP' file is a single bitmap.
  • Page 13 Infineum Display User Manual Setup continued … Effect: Clicking with the left mouse button on this field pulls down a menu from which the user can select an effect for the bitmap frame being worked on. The ON effect is how the frame is drawn onto the Display page and the OFF effect is how the frame is drawn off the Display page.
  • Page 14 Infineum Display User Manual This menu provides options for dealing with animations or sequences of frames. All AAnim working frames are effected using options in this menu. An ‘Animation’ is a group of saved frames (*.frm). Clear Blanks/clears the all frames.
  • Page 15 Infineum Display User Manual Join This option works like load except the loaded animation/frame sequence is joined at the current frame. Save This option 'Save' under 'Anim' provides the facility to save any changes to the of sequence of bitmaps or the system e.g. pause rate, of this application as a '.FRM' file.
  • Page 16 Infineum Display User Manual Anim Continued … Frame + Clicking with the left mouse button on 'Frame + ' replaces the current bitmap frame with the following bitmap frame for viewing. This option is also available as the sixth button on the speed bar.
  • Page 17 Infineum Display User Manual Schedule Continued … Setup FIELDS Continued … Animation list: This is a complete list of the animation sequence or .FRM files in the schedule. On each line in the list you have the path and filename of the animation followed by four...
  • Page 18 Infineum Display User Manual Options This menu provides Display specific options. Send This menu option is used to confirm the transmission settings. The 'Reset before sending' 'Use compression' and the settings must always be checked. Display This menu option opens the Display setup dialog, which is used to select what type of Display you are connected to and the communications parameters associated with this connection.
  • Page 19 Infineum Display User Manual Options|Display Switches: This is a list of software switch settings as follows: Continued … Reset Display Set update/test mode back to normal and clear down all the memory in the Display. Some Displays will then show the time on the bottom line until the next time information is sent to them.
  • Page 20 Infineum Display User Manual Ports This dialog provides facilities for setting up, testing and monitoring the system communications ports. For this software package, the settings of COM1 must be set as shown below and be available on the Host PC.
  • Page 21 Infineum Display User Manual Options|System| BUTTONS Ports Continued … EXIT Exit this dialog. SETTINGS This button pops up a port settings dialog from which you can select the baud rate, data bits, parity, stop bits, flow control, state (open / closed), RTS status (high/low) and the Rx.
  • Page 22 Infineum Display User Manual Options|System| Ports Wait states: Continued … The number of wait states between each consecutive poll during a poll loop. ICONS Each of the icons represents a COMn: port. To select a port you just click on its' icon.
  • Page 23 Infineum Display User Manual Setup … This option is provided for system developers only. It is used for configuring system specific settings. As would be expected it is password protected to prevent unqualified users from tampering with crucial system settings.
  • Page 24 Infineum Display User Manual View This menu provides the tools for altering bitmap contents. Tools Clicking on this option produces a tool bar on the screen. The tool bar has a caption and ten tool icons on it and a close gadget.
  • Page 25 Infineum Display User Manual View continued … Tools continued … By clicking on the pencil icon button this allows the user to draw freehand. The user must press down on the mouse button to draw with the mouse. On release of the mouse button the mouse arrow will cease to act as a pencil.
  • Page 26 Infineum Display User Manual View continued … Tools Note: continued … - There is no erase facility with this package. A suggested method of erasing would be to use tool with the same color as the background of the frame and draw over the error.
  • Page 27 Infineum Display User Manual View continued … Lines Clicking on this option produces a lines bar on the screen. The lines bar allows you to choose the thickness of line for a line drawing operation. Palette Clicking on this option produces a palette bar on the screen. This bar has one button icon for each color available and two rectangles one inside the other to represent the selected background and foreground colors.
  • Page 28 Infineum Display User Manual Text continued … Fonts Available under this option are options to change font, font style and font size and effects. Upon clicking on this option, the options box will appear and offer the above effects. When selection is completed click on 'OK' to leave options box and change to selected fonts, effects, sizes or types.
  • Page 29 Infineum Display User Manual Text continued … Fonts Effects: continued … An 'underline' and a 'cross out' effect enable the user to write underlined text or write text to appear as if it had a line drawn through the center of it. The effect is selected by clicking on the box along side the required effect to leave a mark in it.

  • Page 30: Examples

    Infineum Display User Manual 6 Examples 6.1 How to Setup a Frame. 1. With the Options|System|Ports|COMn|Settings menu setup the Displays’ COM port. 1. 2. Plug the serial cable (supplied with the Display) into the port on the PC and into the Display, then power up the Display.

  • Page 31: Notes On Importing Clipart

    Infineum Display User Manual 3. Mode 2: This mode is got by right clicking anywhere on the current graphics frame to popup the Text Setup Dialog which is a standard text editor with which you can create your text or paste it from the Clipboard in the current Font.

  • Page 32: Trouble Shooting

    If checking these items does not locate the problem, there may be a problem with your Windows setup, computers communications port, or some other computer malfunction. If not, notify your local Data Display Technical Support. DDJ03185001 26-Mar-01 Page 30...

  • Page 33: Effects

    Infineum Display User Manual 8 Effects 8.1 ON/OFF Effects Each frame you send to a Display can have an on/off command/effect which you setup by clicking on the Frame|Setup menu. The complete set of commands available is as follows: Jump Immediately places the frame onto the Display as is.

  • Page 34: Character Fonts

    Holbrook, N.Y. 11741 Tel#: (631)218-2130 x 23 Fax #: (631)218-2140 E-mail: techsupport@ddusa.com Make sure to quote the Data Display Reference No. in the Product Specifications section of this Manual and the Serial No of the Display. DDJ03185001 26-Mar-01 Page 32...

  • Page 35: Specifications

    Infineum Display User Manual 10 Specifications CHARACTERISTIC VALUE Display Features Model GB-192x64-UBR Data Display Reference No. DDJ03185001 Display Type Graphic/Text Board No. of Lines per Board 8 Normal, 4 Large No. of Characters per Line 22 Normal, 16 Large Character Size...

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