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Index
Chapter I I ntroduction ............................................1
1.1 Features .............................................................. 1
1.2 Operating Environment................................ 1
Chapter II Install and Uninstall ........................ 2
2. 1 Installation....................................................... 2
2. 2 Uninstallation.................................................. 3
Chapter III Instruction in details ..................... 4
3. 1 Consists of Program..................................... 4
3. 2 Interface Window Introduction................ 5
3. 3 Features introduction................................... 6
3. 4 programming flow...................................... 15
Chapter IV Character display ........................... 24
4. 1 play in a document window.................. 24
4. 2 Play in a single line text window.........27
4. 3 Play in the Static Text window................ 29
4. 4 Play text files in a File Window...............31
4. 5 Add texts onto a picture file.................... 34
4. 6 Insert notes during playing......................34
Chapter V Picture display ..................................... 35
5. 1 Create a new picture window..................35
5. 2 Setup picture window.................................35
5. 3 Open playing files ........................................ 36
5. 4 Setup picture properties........................... 38
5. 5Insert background picture,appearing music and texts.
..................................................................................... 38
Chapter VI Cartoons display ............................... 40
6. 1 Create a new cartoon window................ 40
6. 2 Setup Cartoons window.............................40
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6. 3 Open playing files........................................41

6. 4 Setup Cartoons file properties................ 43
Chapter VII table display .................................. 44
7. 1 Create a new table window......................44
7. 2 Setup Table Window................................... 44
7. 3 Insert and edit tables................................. 45
Chapter VIII Homepage Display ................... 50
8. 1 Create a new Homepage Window......... 50
8. 2 Setup homepage window......................... 50
8. 3 Open playing files ........................................ 51
Chapter IX Database Display .......................... 53
9. 1 Create a new Database Window............ 53
9. 2 Setup database window............................ 53
9. 3 Add Access Database................................. 54
9. 4 Add ODBC driver database...................... 58

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Chapter XDate and Time
Time
60
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10. 1 Create Date/Time window
60
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10. 2 Setup date/time window
60
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10. 3 Setup date and time
61
External Program

..64
Chapter XI
XI
Program
..64
11. 1 Create a new window.............................. 64
11. 2 Setup external program window......... 64
11. 3 Open external program...........................65
Timer Display

.68
Chapter XII
XII
Display
.68
12. 1 Create a new window.............................. 68
12. 2 Setup the timer window......................... 68
12. 3 Time Setting................................................ 69
Chapter XIII
VCD
/DVD display
XIIIVCD
VCD/DVD
display 71
13. 1 Direct playing.............................................. 71
13. 2 Play in program.......................................... 71
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Chapter XIV
XIV
Display
73
14. 1 Create a new window.............................. 73
14. 2 Setup Video Window................................ 73
PowerPoint Display
75
Chapter XV
XV
Display
15. 1 Play................................................................. 75
15. 2 Stop playing................................................ 75
Notify display

.76
Chapter XVI
XVINotify
display
.76
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16. 1 Open Notify Manager Window
76
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16. 2 Setup Notify Manager Window
76
16. 3 Play/Stop Notify Display ......................... 76
Score Manager

77
Chapter XVII
XVII
Manager
77
17. 1 Open Score Manager Window.............. 77
17. 2 Setup Score Manager Window............. 77
17. 3 Play/Stop Score ......................................... 78
Playing Schedule

..79
Chapter XIIX
XIIX
Schedule
..79
18. 1 open the schedule table......................... 79
18. 2 Add Scheduled Command...................... 79
18. 3 Edit Scheduled Command...................... 81
18. 4 Delete Scheduled Command.................81
18.5 Start up Scheduled Command 82
18.6 Exit..82
Network Control

..83
Chapter XIX
XIX
Control
..83
19. 1 Setup remote control server................. 83
19. 2 Remote Screen Manager........................ 87
Background Playing
92
Chapter XX
XX
Playing
20. 1 Activate Background playing................ 92
20.2 Cancel Background playing93
Chapter XXI
Multi-display Combination,
XXI
synchronism and Independence

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Independence
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21. 1 Enter Multi-display Combination, Sychronism
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and Independence Setup................................... 96

21. 2 Setup Multi-display Synchronism........97
21. 3 Setup Multi-display Combination ........ 98
21. 4 Setup Multi-display Independence.. 100

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Chapter XXII Software setup
setup
..102
22.1 Open Software Setup102
22.2. Play Window102
22. 3 Auto Setup.................................................104
22. 4 Networking ................................................ 104
22. 5 Other Setup...............................................105
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Chapter XXIII
XXIIIUser Setup106
23.1 Open user setup.106
23.2 Add User107
23.3 Delete User.107
23.4 Change Password..107
23.5 User Authentication.107
Chapter XXIV
Frequently asked question
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Chapter I Introduction
1. 1 Features
LED Studio, programmed and produced for LED by the Program
Team of LED Studio, is powerful, practical and easy to learn
software for making or playing programs, supporting a range of
formats, such as txt documents, doc documents, pictures (BMP JPG
GIF PCX) and cartoons (MPGMPEGMPVMPAAVIVCD
SWFRMRARMJASF)
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
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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 the
correct 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, click to start.
Also, there will be a LED Studio short-cup on your desktop: as shown

to the right:
on the icon.

. Also, you can start the program by double click

Figure 2-1
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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
Figure 2-2), now select Automatic can delete all files, program
groups and short-cuts.

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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
window: can play various files like words, pictures, cartoons,
tables, etc.
Text window: Used for quick inputs of short writings, such as
notifies, etc.
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,
titles, 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
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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.

3. 2 Interface Window Introduction

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

Figure 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
opening files, playing or edit ing files, and so on. And these operations
dont affect each other.
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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:

Figure 3-2
Figure 3-3

Menu bar: Including file, control, tool, setting, 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.
3. 3 Features introduction
3. 3. 1 Menu
Include file, control, tool, setting, test (only for LED screen producer)
and help, in total 6 sub-menus.
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Figure 3-3

File Menu: as shown in Figure 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
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Exit: to exit LED Studio.

Control Menu: As shown in Figure 3-4, it includes play, play last,
play next, pause, stop, notify, score manager, play PowerPoint file,
stop PowerPoint file, play VCD/DVD, backup program and manager for
LED Screen Sever.

Figure 3-4
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.
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
Menu: as shown in Figure 3-5, it includes Word, Excel, Paint,
Notepad, Calculator, etc. Single click on them can open programs
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which coming with windows or pre-installed, to shortcut edit the

program.

Figure 3-5

Option Menu: As shown in Figure 3-6, it includes: Screen

combination/synchronism, Screen Brightness/Contrast/Color, Screen
Area, Virtual/Real LED screen, Play Foreground/background,
Lock/Unlock LED Screen Properties, Turn on/off LED Screen Power,
Schedule Table, Schedule Hide Setup, Language, Show/Hide Play
window, Software Setup, User Setup, etc.

Figure 3-6

Screen combination/synchronism
combination/synchronism::Multi-display combination
means every screen in the multi-display plays a part of a same
program; Multi-display synchronism means multi-display play same
program synchronously; Multi-display independence means every
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Screen Brightness/ Contrast/ Color: used for adjusting the

Brightness, Contrast, and Brightness on the LED Screen. After clicking
on it, a dialog box will appear, as shown below, it can adjust every
screen independently; Use your mouse to drag the adjusting button
for brightness, contrast, and co lo r, 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. If
the screen is virtual screen, please select Virtual display(As shown in
figure 3-7)

Figure 3-7
Screen Area: To setup the Led display area to the monitor, as
shown in figure 3-8, setup the screen displays start from (20,20) to
(148,148) on the screen monitor; it can setup multi-screen
independently; After selecting Always display screen, there will
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Figure 3-8

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. Please refer to Chapter 16 for details.
Schedule Hide Setup: Enable/disable schedule hide, a window
as shown in Figure 3-9 will appear after selecting it.

Figure 3-9

Language: setup the operating langue of the software, options

like auto, English, French, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese,
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Japanese, Korean, Russian will be available.

Hardware maintenance
maintenance:: When reinstalling the computer, the
user need the led display connection diagram, which is offered by
display maker. Click Hard maintenance, and input the password: 168,
will appear a dialog box, as shown in figure 3-10; click Load, and
load the file offered by display maker; and then click Test, if your
screen display normally, you can save to screen. The Advance is
used to load receiving card program, if you are not professional for
Led display, please not to operate it.

Figure 3-10
Show/Hide Play window: Used to show or hide the playing
window.
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: As shown in Figure 3-11, it contains gray test, grid test,
dot test, color bar test, check position, check color.

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Figure 3-11
Grey test: Can operate gray test on the LED screen.
Grid test: Can test whether the Figure on the screen is correct or
not.
Dot test: Can test the high frequency character of the 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.
Help: As shown in Figure 3-12, it contains Help, Knowledge,
Check IP Address, and About LED Studio.

Figure 3-12

Help: supply online help.

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Knowledge: as shown in Figure 3-13, open knowledge dialog box,

you can tick in the box in front of display at start up to enable or
disable this function.

Figure 3-13
Check IP Address: check your IP address.
About LED Studio: show the version number of the software and
copyright info.
3. 3. 2 Toolbar
Toolbar is the fast operation of menu, as shown in Figure 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.

Figure 3-14
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3. 3. 3 Edit control
Edit control is the hard core of this software, illustration in details
please refers to the next section: programming flow.
3. 4 programming flow
3. 4. 1 First step: setup the size of the playing window
The size of the window has to be setup correctly, otherwise when the
program is done, only part of the Figure can be displayed on the
screen or the Figure is not large enough.
How to setup: Menu--Control--Software setup--Play window, can
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 Screen combination/synchronism,
Floating.
Select Floating, Setup the display number as 1, and click Update
display number , as shown in figure 3-15. Setup the start (X,Y) as
(0,0), and setup the width and height according to your Screen, for
example, your screen is 128*92, setup (W, H) as (128,92).

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3. 4. 2 Step 2: Open a New Program page

Program page is a basic element of a program. In Figure 3-16, it is a
program page toolbar, to open a new program page, just simply click
on new program page button
. (Note: if you cannot find the
program page toolbar, please click on the button allow edit
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)

Figure 3-16
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 Figure below. There are options
like: name, playing time, background co lo r, background picture,
background picture effect, and background music.
3. 4. 4 Step 4: Create program windows
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windows as possible. Each 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 Figure 3-17
will pop-up. Now, we are going to introduce these 12 different kinds of
windows.

Figure 3-17

File window
window: It is the most important window, because all
supported files will be played here. You can add as many files 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.
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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 Window
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.
3. 4. 5 Step 5: Setup Program Window options
All program windows has the same options as shown in Figure 3-18,
Name, Frame, Position, Width, Lock, Timing. For program windows
with different options, illustrations are list below.

Figure 3-18

File Window: as shown in Figure 3-19, 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,
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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.

Figure 3-19

Document files options are shown in Figure 3-20, 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)

Figure 3-20
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supports all variety of picture formats

Picture file
file
BMP/JPG/GIF/PCX /WMF
), options refer to Figure 3-21. You
(BMP/JPG/GIF/PCX
/WMF
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.

Figure 3-21

include all kinds of media files

Media and cartoons files
files
AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV
SWF
(AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV
AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV), FLASH cartoons files (SWF
SWF), REALPLAYER
RM
files (RM
RM), etc. Options are shown in Figure 3-22. 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.

Figure 3-22

options are shown in Figure 3-23, you can choose

WORD files
files
options like special techniques, effects, speed, etc. (Note: WORD2000
or OFFICE2000 is required in case of . doc 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)
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Figure 3-23

button
Text Window: Single click on the add text
text
on the
toolbar, as shown in Figure 3-24, can let you setup the background,
Font, Action, Speed, Staying time, etc. You can also key in words or do
type editing. (Note: If there are too many words, please use WORD
files or TXT files to play in the window.)

Figure 3-24

Video Line-in window

window: As shown in Figure 3-25, all options are
related to the Video Input Equipments. Please refer to your users
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manual of the Video Input Equipments.

Figure 3-25

Date/time window: As shown in Figure 3-26, you can setup

background color, background mode, background picture, static text,
display style, display effect, font, etc.

Figure 3-26

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3. 4. 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

or select menu--save.

3. 4. 7 Step 7: Play the program

To play the current program files, click on the button
to start;
to
pause;
to stop, or select from control menu. If you want to play a
different program file, please click on the open button
program and play it.

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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 new window button

, as shown in Figure 4-1. Then

select Text window in the menu to create a new text window, as

shown in Figure 4-2.

Figure 4-1

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4. 1. 2 Setup Text window

As shown in Figure 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

Figure 4-2

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4. 1. 3 Insert and edit text

As shown in Figure 4-3, 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 Figure 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: Background, Font, Action, Speed, Staying time,
etc.

Figure 4-3

Close the Text Edit dialog box after finishing editing. Now the Text
will appear in the list, as shown in Figure 4-4.

Figure 4-4
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them and then click on the button . An edit box as shown in Figure
4-3 will appear and let you edit the texts. To delete the texts, you can
use the button
and
button

. To change the playing order, use buttons

. Or you can preview the selected texts by clicking on the

.

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, as shown in below figure
4-5

Figure 4-5

4. 2. 1 Create a new Single Line Text window

Click on the new window button
, and then select Single Line Text
window in the menu to create a new single line text window, as
shown in Figure 4-6.

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Figure 4-6

4. 2. 2 Setup Single Line Text window

As shown in Figure 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.
Open from external documents
documents:: Select External file,, in Figure
4-6, then click on button

to open files, as shown in Figure 4-7.

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Edited text files can be dynamically displayed when the program is

playing. In Figure 10-3, you can setup Action, Background, and Font.
Input in the edit box Select the Text, as shown in figure 4-6
and then type in texts that you want in the box below, as shown in
Figure 4-7, you can also setup the Action, Background and Font.

Figure 4-7

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

Click on the new window button

, and then select Static Text

window in the menu (as shown in Figure 4-8) to create a new static
text window, as shown in Figure 4-9.
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Figure 4-9
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4. 3. 2 Setup the static text window

As shown in Figure 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.
4. 4 Play text files in a File Window
4. 4. 1 Create a new File window
Click on the New Window button , select File Window in the
menu (as shown in Figure 4-10) to create a new File Window, as
shown in Figure 4-11.

Figure 4-10

4. 4. 2 Setup File Window

As shown in Figure 4-11, 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
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Width: setup the width of this program

Height: setup the height of this program

Figure 4-11

4. 4. 3 Open files
Click on the add file button
, (in the lower part of Figure 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
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Figure 4-12

The opened file has been added to the list, now the options of this file
will be listed below. (As shown in Figure 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 be
considered. )

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Figure 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
4. 6 Insert notes during playing
Instruction in details please refer to Chapter 16

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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 Figure 5-1), to create a new file window, as shown
in 5-2.

Figure 5-1

5. 2 Setup picture window

As shown in Figure 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
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.
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Figure 5-2

5.3 Open playing files

Click on the add file button to open the file dialog box (as shown in
Figure 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 Figure 5-4.
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Figure 5-3

Figure 5-4

5. 4 Setup picture properties

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The opened file has been added to the list. Now, options of this file will
be listed below. (Figure 5-4), you can select background co lo r,
background picture, background picture drawing method, plenty
actions, four effects, speed, staying time, clearing effects, clearing
speed.
Insert background picture, appearing music and texts.
5.5
5.5Insert
Insert background picture
Click on the button
in Figure 5-4, select and open the 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 Figure 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 Figure 5-4, the Picture/Text dialog box
will appear (Figure 5-5)

Figure 5-5

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Click on Add button in Figure 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.

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Cartoons display

6. 1 Create a new cartoon window

Click on the New window button

, select File Window in Figure

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

Figure 6-1

6. 2 Setup Cartoons window

As shown in Figure 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
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.
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Figure 6-2

6. 3 Open playing files.

Click on the add file button

in the lower part (Figure 6-2) to open

file dialog box. (as shown in Figure 6-3)

This studio can play all cartoons files and all media files
(AVI/MPEG/ASF/WMV), FLASH files (SWF), REALPLAYER files (RM),
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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 Figure 6-4.

Figure 6-3

Figure 6-4
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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. (Figure 6-4), you can select
background color, background picture, background picture drawing
method, and three effects are optional.

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Chapter VII

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
Click on New window button
, select Table Window in the menu
(Figure7-1) to create a new table window. (as shown in 7-2)

Figure 7-1
7. 2 Setup Table Window
As shown in Figure 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
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Width: setup the width of this program

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

Figure 7-2

7. 3 Insert and edit tables

Click on Add Table button

in lower part of Figure 7-2 to open the

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edit table dialog box. (as shown in Figure 7-3)

Toolbar

Figure 7-3

button
table properties
properties

: setup table properties

button
Insert table
table

: insert rows or columns.

button
Delete table
table

: delete rows or columns.

button
Split/Combine
Split/Combine

: split or combine rows or

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
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box, as shown in Figure 7-4. You may change the settings like: name,
with/without title, lock title, titles Font, size, mode, co lo r, and tables
background color, grid line co lo r, table drawing effect, speed, staying
time, and lock the row and column number.

Figure 7-4

Insert table
button , to open the add table dialog box,
Click on insert table
table
as shown in Figure 7-5, select input type, quantity, and input mode (to
current position or to end), click ok to finish.

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Figure 7-5

Delete table
Click on delete table button , to open delete table dialog box, as
shown in Figure 7-6. Select delete row or column, and then click on
ok to finish.

Figure 7-6

Slit/Combine
Select the cells that you want to combine, click on Slit/Combine
button

to combine them, as shown in Figure 7-7.

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Figure 7-7

Select the cell that you want to slit, click on Slit/Combine

Slit/Combine
button

to split, as shown in Figure 7-8.

Figure 7-8

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Homepage Display

8. 1 Create a new Homepage Window.

Click on New window button
, and select File Window in Figure
8-1 to create a new file window, as shown in 8-2.

Figure 8-1

8. 2 Setup homepage window

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

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Figure 8-2

8. 3 Open playing files

Click on the add homepage button
at the bottom in Figure 8-2 to
open Web Page URL dialog box. (Figure 8-3)

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

Figure 8-4

The opened file has been added to the list, now the options of this file
will be listed below. (As shown in Figure 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.

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Database Display

9. 1 Create a new Database Window

Click on New window button
, and select database window in
Figure 9-1 to create a new database window, as shown in 9-2.

Figure 9-1

9. 2 Setup database window

As shown in Figure 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
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.
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Figure 9-2

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 (Figure 9-3). Select Access database
in the dialog box, then click Ok button, then select and open the
database you want in the open dialog box. (Figure 9-4)

Figure 9-3
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Figure 9-4

Figure 9-5

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Control window with database added is shown in Figure 9-5. The list
above is the list of databases. You may use delete database
button

to delete it. The list below is the list of datasheets.

9. 3. 2 Add Access Datasheets

Click on the add datasheet button
on the toolbar, a Database
Properties dialog box (Figure 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.

Figure 9-6

Setup table properties

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Name: name of the datasheet

Inquire: select inquired datasheet (If you are familiar with the
database well, you can define the inquired sentences.)
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 co lo r.
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.
Setup column properties
All Columns has been listed to the left of Figure 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

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Select datasheets that you want to edit from the database. Click on
the edit datasheet button

, appearing a Database properties

dialog box (Figure 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

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 select database dialog

box will appear. (Figure 9-3) Select Access database, and then click
ok and choose the data source you want to open from the select data
source dialog box. (Figure 9-7)

Figure 9-7
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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)

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Date and Time

10. 1 Create Date/Time window

Click on New window button
, and select date/time window in
Figure 10-1 to create a new date/time window, as shown in 10-2.

Figure 10-1

10. 2 Setup date/time window

As shown in Figure 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
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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.

Figure 10-2

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. (Figure 10-2)
Analog clock
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As shown in Figure 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.

Figure 10-3

Digital clock
As shown in Figure 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.

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External Program

11. 1 Create a new window

Click on New window button

, and select External Exe window in

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

Figure

11-1

11. 2 Setup external program window

As shown in Figure 11-2, the upper part is for setting up program
properties.
Name: program name
Frame: you can setup the width and color of the frame
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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.

Figure 11-2

11. 3 Open external program

Click on the Browse button in the bottom of Figure 11-2, a open
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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 Figure 11-3
One application may contains more than one windows, 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)

Figure 11-3

Top, bottom, left, right bounds can be used to cut the parts of an
application which we do not want it to be displayed. In this example,
display of the calculator in the playing window is shown in Figure 11-4.

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Timer Display

12. 1 Create a new window

Click on New window button , and select Timer window in Figure
12-1 to create a new Timer window, as shown in Figure 12-2.

Figure 12-1

12. 2 Setup the timer window

As shown in Figure 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
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.
Background: Select background color and background picture,
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the background picture includes four kinds of drawing effects: Center,

Stretch, Zoom, Tile.
Transparent: Setup the background whether it is transparent.

Figure 12-2

12. 3 Time Setting

As shown in Figure 12-3, it is the properties setting of the timer display.
You can setup static texts; Texts action, 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 are shown in Figure 12-4.

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Figure 12-3

Figure 12-4

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Chapter XIII 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 Figure 13-1

I
Figure 13-1
13. 2 Play in program
Click on New window button
, and select VCD/DVD window in
Figure 13-2 to create a new VCD/DVD window, as shown in Figure
13-3. Then set up all variety of parameters.
Remarks: installing the VCD/DVD player first when play VCD/DVD.
Here, recommend to install PowerDVD or WinDVD.

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Figure 13-3

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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.
14. 1 Create a new window
Click on New window button
, and select Video window in Figure
14-1 to create a new Video window, as shown in 14-2. Then set up all
variety of parameters.

Figure 14-1

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
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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)

Figure 14-2

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PowerPoint Display

15. 1 Play
Click on Control, and then click on Play PowerPoint File. Select a file
to play. (Figure 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. )

Figure 15-1

15. 2 Stop playing

Click on control, and then select Stop PowerPoint File.

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Notify display

Notify Manager is mainly used to insert temporary notify into the

program while it is playing.
Window
16. 1 Open Notify Manager
Manager
Click on control in the main menu, and then select Notify
Manager. (Figure 16-1) A Notify Manager dialog box will appear.

Figure 16-1
16. 2 Setup Notify Manager Window
In Figure 16-1, you can select which screen that your notify is going to
put; how many times it is going to repeat, 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 in figure 16-1 to
broadcast the notify. Or click on stop to stop it.
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Chapter XVII Score Manager

Notify Manager is mainly used to insert temporary notify into the
program while it is playing.
17. 1 Open Score Manager Window
Click on Control, and then select Score Manager. A Score
Manager dialog box will appear (Figure 17-1)

Figure 17-1

17. 2 Setup Score Manager Window

Scores display includes two different types: Time display and Scores
display. Screen number indicates in which screen the display should
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be; Time display indicates how long the display is going to be.
Time Display Setting
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;
17. 3 Play/Stop Score
When everything has been set, click on Show all in Figure 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.

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Chapter XIIX 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 (Figure 18-1), startup Schedule
Table dialog box, as shown in figure 18-2.

Figure 18-1
Figure 18-1

Figure 18-2

18. 2 Add Scheduled Command

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dialog box.
18. 2. 1 Step1: Open Scheduled Command
Command
Click on the add button to open Scheduled Command dialog
box. (as shown in Figure 18-3)

Figure 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
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Valid date: setup valid date

Valid days: Setup valid days
Dialog box
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18.. 2. 3 Step 3: Exit Scheduled Command
Command
Click ok to finish adding scheduled command. As shown in Figure
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.

Figure 18-4

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

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

Figure 18-5

18. 6 Exit
Click on Exit to finish the settings of Schedule manager

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19. 1 Remote Manager (Online)

If you want to operate network control, you must setup 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. If
you want to carry out the remote control in the Internet, the remote
control server must dial up, cant be by LAN, otherwise it cant be
connected.
19. 1.1 Setup remote control server
Select Option --Software setupNetworking, and then enter to
the Software setup dialog box. (Figure 19-1)
Select Local Led screen and Remote manager (online), 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 server, and click Save setup to exist
dialog box.

Figure 19-1
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2 Remote Screen Manager

19. 1.
1.2
Select OptionSoftware setupNetworking, and then enter
Software setup dialog box, as shown in figure 19-2. Select Local
Led screen and Remote Manager (online), and click Save setup to
exist the dialog box.

Figure 19-2
You may enter the Remote Manager dialog box by clicking on the
Control then Remote Manager. (Figure 19-3) Click on add can
enter Remote server Setup dialog box. (Figure 19-4) 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.

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Figure 19-3

Figure 19-4

1. 3 Remote control
19.
19.1.
Click on Remote Control button to enter the remote control
window (Figure 19-5). You may apply any command to the server.

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Figure 19-5

1. 4 Send Files
19.
19.1.
By clicking on Send files, you may enter the Send file dialog box,
as shown in Figure 19-6. 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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Figure 19-6

1. 5 Send Program
19.
19.1.
By clicking on Send program, you may enter the Send program
dialog box, as shown in Figure 19-7. 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.

Figure 19-7

19.2 Remote Manager (offline)

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When sending program in long-distance (No LAN), adapting Remote

Manager (online) to dial up is inconvenient, because the IP address is
not fixed, and you must check the IP address when connecting it.
However, the Remote Manager (offline) can deal with the
inconvenience. If the company has its own website, and IP address of
the website is fixed, client-side sends the programs to the website,
and service-side get and play the program from the website through
setting time.
19.2.1 Setup remote server
Select OptionSoftware setupNetworking, and then enter
Software setup dialog box, as shown in figure 19-8; select Local
Led Screen and Enable Remote Server (offline) .

Figure 19-8

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Time: at minutes interval to check it in the website; if updating

program, download it.
Name: input the led screen name of your client-side when sending
programs.
ftp IP: your website IP address.
Port: type in a non-used Port number (normally the default port 21
will be fine).
fpt user/password: website management user name and password.
19.2.2 Manger for Led Screen Server (offline)
Select OptionSoftware setupNetworking to enter Software
setup dialog box, as shown in figure 19-9; select Local Led screen
and Remote Manager (offline), then click Save setup to exist the
dialog box.

Figure 19-9

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Select Control menu, click Remote Manager (offline) to enter

Remote Manager (offline) dialog box, as shown in figure 19-10;

Figure 19-10
Click on add can enter Remote server Setup dialog box. (Figure
19-11 Inputting a screen name to tell differences among multi-screen.
Typing in the IP address and the related port code, and screen No.,
and user name and user password.

Figure 19-11
19.2.3 Send program

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Click the Send program to enter Send program dialog box, as

shown in Figure 19-12; all program files and program using 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.

Figure 19-12

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Background Playing

20. 1 Activate Background playing

Only Windows98/XP operating system supports this function. However,
some settings must be done as well: Right click on the space on the
desktop, a menu like Figure 20-1 will appear.

Figure 20-1

Select property: Appearing a property menu, as shown in Figure 20-1.

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 between the LED screen and the Monitor. When playing
window is on the monitor, the LED screen will display the contents of
Windows.

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Figure 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 your desktop,
appearing Figure20-1. Select property, appearing Figure 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 Figure 20-1.
click on property, appearing Figure 20-2. Then select option and
then advance, appearing Figure 20-3. Then click on display,
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appearing Figure 20-4. Click the red switch in it, the switch will turn
green, then press ok.

Figure 20-3

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Multi-display Combination, Synchronism and

Independence

21.1Enter
Multi-display
Combination,
Synchronism
Independence Setup
Click Option in the menu, and select Software setup, and a dialog
box will appear, then select Multi-display Combination/Synchronism,
shown in figure 21-1, then click Combination/Synchronism setup to
enter Multi-display Combination and Synchronism and Independence
setup, shown in figure 21-2.

Figure 21-1

Figure 21-2
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As shown in figure 21-2, the left side is software play window setup,
and it can setup multi-window, and every widow can setup start,
width and height separately. The right side is Led display setup, it can
setup start, display number, width and height through hardware setup,
but the setups cant be changed. The orders for shortcut keys from left
to right are F9, F8, F7, F6, F5, F4, F3, F2. For example, the
Multi-display
synchronism,
multi-display
combination
and
multi-display independence are corresponding to the shortcut keys F9,
F8, and F7 separately.
21.2 Setup Multi-display synchronism
Click Add to add a multi-display synchronism setup, and setup
Multi-display synchronism 1 in the name, click Change name to
change the name, as shown in figure 21-3.

Figure 21-3

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Making the starts of all hardware Led display are the same as the LED
display 1. (Remarks: if width and height of your hardware Led display
are not same, it can only show a part of the play program. ) If you
want to switch the multi-program and play synchronously, you can
add a multi-display synchronism 2, and input the number 2 in the
Software play display number, and select Led display 2 setup. If
the width and height of Led display 1 is 128*128, the width or height
of Led display 2 cant be less than 128, and setup all the hardware Led
display starts and Led display 2 start as (128,0), as shown in figure
21-4.

Figure 21-4
21.3 Setup Multi-display Combination
Typing in Multi-display combination 1 in the name, and click Add to
add a multi-display combination setup, shown in figure 21-5. Setup
the width and height of software Led display as (256,256), and start of
hardware display 1 as (0,0), and start of hardware display 2 as
(128,0), and start of hardware 3 as (0,128), then a play windows will
appear after finishing setup, as shown in figure 21-6. Of them, there
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are 3 red frames, standing for the play area for display 1, display 2
and display 3. Like the multi-synchronism, it can add multiple
multi-display combinations.

Figure 21-5

Figure 21-6
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21.4 Setup multi-display Independence

Inputting multi-display independence in the name, and click Add
to add multi-display independence setup, as shown in figure 21-7.
Setup software play display number as 3, and starts of software led
display 1 and hardware led display both as (0,0); width and height of
led display 1 and hardware led display both as (128,128); starts of
software display 2 and hardware display 2 both as (128,0), width and
height both as (128,128), and starts of software display 3 and
hardware display 3 both as (0,128), width and height both as
(128,128), then a play widow will appear after setup, as shown in
figure 21-8.

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Figure 21-8
After finishing the Multi-display Combination, the Multi-display
Synchronism and Multi-display Independence, the option Screen
combination/synchronism is available, as shown in figure 21-9.

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Chapter XXII Software Setup

22. 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
Figure 21-1)

Figure 22-1

22. 2 Play Window

Play window includes three modes: Lock to Led display, multi-display
combination/synchronism and random setup.

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Lock to LED Display

Lock play window to Led area
Multi-display combination/synchronism
Select
multi-display
combination/synchronism,
and
click
combination/synchronism
setup
to
open
multi-display
combination/synchronism setup dialog box, as shown in figure 22-2.

Figure 22-2

Random setup
User can setup the display number and adjust the size and position of
every display at random; when Led display number changes, click
update display number to update it.
Enable change by mouse
Allow the change of play window size by mouse
Always on top
Play window will always on top of any other windows.
Software play frame frequency:
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Adjusting the value can improve the play effect according to different
computer configuration.
22. 3 Auto Setup
As shown in figure 22-3, the software has following functions:
Start when Windows starts up
Load file when starting
Play document when starts up automatically
Play document when starts up manually
Change virtual/real automatically
Mouse hide when software is playing
Auto update new version software.

Figure 22-3

22. 4 Networking

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Setup the server and client-side.

22. 5 Other setup
As shown in figure 22-4,
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
Record play time: record the play file time, then save it to Play.txt
under the install catalog.
Unable message when error: No dialog box appears when error
Prompt when quit: whether appearing dialog box when existing
this software every time .

Figure 22-4

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Chapter XXIII

User Setup

23. 1 Open User Setup

Click on the Option, and then select User Setup, it will pop-up an
Input Password dialog box, as shown in Figure 23-1. Type in the
password in the box and then press OK. (Figure 23-2)

Figure 23-1

Figure 23-2

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23. 2 Add user

Click on Add User in Figure 23-2, a dialog box like Figure 22-3 will
appear. Enter the Username and Password. Then press OK.

Figure 23-3

23. 3 Delete User

Select an exist user from the list (Figure 23-2), (Note: Administrator
can not be deleted) select delete. A notice frame will appear, select
Yes.
23. 4 Change Password
Select an exist user from the list (Figure 23-2), click on change
password button. Enter the new password in the Change password
dialog box, then press ok.
23. 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.

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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 auto -setup.
5. How to edit the existing files (. lsd)?

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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
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