User Manual of FK Show LED
User Manual of FK Show LED
User Manual of FK Show LED
Of FK Show Tool
--LED Picture & Text
Edit Software
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Contents
1. Brief .......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 FK Show Brief ........................................................................................................... 7
1.2 FK Show Main characteristics .................................................................................. 7
1.2.1 FK Show Main Characteristics .......................................................................... 8
1.2.2 FK Show main functions ................................................................................... 8
2. Software modification and update.......................................................................................... 11
3. FK Show Picture & Text editing tool’s interface introduction ................................................. 12
3.1 Install FK Show ....................................................................................................... 12
3.2 Start FK Show ......................................................................................................... 15
3.3 Main Menu .............................................................................................................. 16
3.4 Tool bar ................................................................................................................... 19
3.5 Displays list ............................................................................................................. 20
3.6 Resources banks .................................................................................................... 20
3.7 Program editing preview area ................................................................................. 22
3.8 Properties area ....................................................................................................... 23
4. Quick start .............................................................................................................................. 24
5. FK Show Project .................................................................................................................... 25
5.1 Project Creation ...................................................................................................... 25
5.2 Project Open ........................................................................................................... 26
5.3 Project save ............................................................................................................ 28
6. Add display screen ................................................................................................................. 28
7. Connecting control cards ....................................................................................................... 30
7.1 Serial communication ............................................................................................. 30
7.2 USB communication ............................................................................................... 32
7.3 Network (Ethernet) communication ........................................................................ 33
7.3.1 Direct connection between computer and control card ................................... 33
7.3.2 Intranet (LAN) connection ............................................................................... 34
7.3.3 Internet connection .......................................................................................... 43
7.4 WiFi communication ............................................................................................... 58
7.4.1 WiFi direct connection ..................................................................................... 58
7.4.2 LAN (Local Area Network) connection ............................................................ 60
7.4.3 Internet connection (Remote control) .............................................................. 69
8. Display set.............................................................................................................................. 86
8.1 Typical display parameter set ................................................................................. 86
8.2 Antithetical Couplet Display Parameter Set............................................................ 91
1. Brief
Thank you to choose Feikong LED control card product, as well as to have your precious
time to know this FK Show software tool, it’s our great honor to serve you or your
customer through our products.
FK Show Software tool is professional picture & text editing tool for Feikong Tech’s LED
control boards’ products, with variant of contents and functions, stability, easy operation,
is receiving wide appraisal from our clients and final users.
Since 1st version of FK show (picture & Text Edit software tool) was released in 2009, the
software’s tool’s function has been extending more and more with much stable
performance, inherent with the company’s product strategy “All in One”, which means this
one SW tool to provide service to all Feikong Tech’s products and external device, bring
convenience and save program design time and cost to customers.
Special appreciations are given to those friends and customers who have ever given
generous support and suggestion during last several years to promote this SW tool’s
development!
Please forgive there are some material in this user manual, we cannot find English version,
and we have to add some text interpretation.
Any questions and suggestion about our products are welcomed, our contacting method
is:
Cai.xiao.liang@QQ.com
Service1@FeikongTech.com
SW Brief introduction
This SW tool support 3rd generation Feikong Tech’s LED control boards or later version
The outstanding dominance of FK SHOW LED tool includes high efficiency, stability and
accessibility, with main aspects below:
1) Abundant program division and animation material
2) Friendly & simple operation
3) Cool animation support
4) Varian program type(Typical, antithetical couplet and cross types)
5) No limited division
FK Show is one of the most powerful LED picture & Text editing tool in the industry with
fundamental functions :
1)Group Management mode
Display management:Support 256 display screen.
Program management:Support 256 program for each display screen.
Division management:Support 256 division for each program.
Group Transmission: Support transmission to more display screen one time.
6)Network communication
MAC bonding mechanism, no need IP set, automatic detection, identification and
connection.
Support point to point connection, Ethernet connection and internet connection.
7)Upload function
Support all control cards’ program and screen parameter upload to computer, no need worry the
lost of the program on site.
9)Language function
Support many countries’ language around the world
More functions and features will come soon, please keep your attention to our website!
Pic.3-1
Pic.3-2
4)Then click “next” in the showing picture 3-3 below
Pic.3-3
5)Then click “next” in the showing Pic. 3-4 below:
Pic.3-4
Pic.3-5
7)Click close when installation is finished. Pic.3-6
Pic.3-6
7.Status Bar
Pic.3-7
3)Display list: List all display screen, the contents for screens and contents division list.
Click the item to open it and have it ready for edit in program editing area.
4)Resource bank: Picture and animation resource bank, ready for injected in current
selected program.
division, when draft is ready, click “preview” at bottom side to check the effect, no wait until
6)Property area: To display and adjust the property of current selected object.
7)Status Bar: Display the control cards type, parameter, connection status, transmission
status.
Show in Pic. 3-8 , FK Show Main Menu includes “Project”, “View”, “setting”, “Tools”,
“language”, “Help” six draw menu, Move the mouse to related item to open the sub menu, and
click the item need to open.
Pic.3-8
Pic.3-9
2)View Menu: Includes Weather forecast, display list, properties, original, zoom in, zoom
(windows). This menu is used to open and view windows of the editing tool.
Pic.3-10
(1) Weather logs: Show “Weather forecast logs” windows, check details in chapter
10.2.12.
(4) Original: Show the program content with real size in the editing area.
(6) Zoom out: Zoom out the contents in the editing area.
Pic.3-11
4)Tools memu: As shown in 3-6, the tools menu provides these items related to tools
function listed.
Pic.3-12
5)Language menu: As show in Pic. 3-13, select the language needed. FK Show support
16different languages, the default is Chinese simplified. Once the language is changed, then
the tool will change the environment language automatically.
Pic.3-13
6)Help Menu: click the help menu, select “about”, to see version and related information as
shown in Pic. 3-14.
Pic.3-14
Pic.3-15
Inside, the 1st row tools are for adding and deleting program and division when make
program( from program to delete).
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The 2nd row tools are for order or data transmission from or to display screen.
【Search display】Search the display screen connected currently。
【Rearrangement】Rearrange the windows in the tool to the original default position and
status.
【Enter WTshow】Enter into stage display mode operation interface.
Pic.3-16
The upper part of the area is the tool bar for display, program and content division, easier to
add, delete, copy and paste related objects.
This display list is live with program editing and preview area, properties area, when one of
the three areas changes, the other two will be updated automatically.
Pic.3-17
Click the related sub items to open the preview windows of this subtitle,as shown in pic.3-18.
Pic.3-18
Inside the browse interface above, select the suitable resource, and it can be directly added to
current program. You can also enrich the resource bank if need, just click import button, and
upload your own picture and animation resource in the software for future program edit.
In this area, the display can be edit and adjusted by the user’s preference, to review the draft
program, see Pic.3-19.
Program preview
Tool bar
Pic.3-19
1)Program edit area. The editing area show all the program contents and division, double
click the selected division, the editing windows of this division will popping up for contents and
properties modification. (Also it is possible to change the contents and properties in the properties
area.
2)Tool bar.:
(1) Zoom in or Zoom out :to zoom in or zoom out the whole program.
(2) Move: :Move the selected division point by point in 4 direction.
(3)Alignment: :Align the selected division.
(4)Filling :Fill the selected contents in the division horizontal, vertical or
whole area.
(5)Preview : Preview the current program.
(6)Act View : Once the contents are more to shown
in on the defined display screen, it will be automatically split into more pages, click “Act view” to
check the contents page by page.
(7)Background visible : Click this button to have the defined
background visible or not visible.
Properties area is more active one when editing the visible picture& text program. The user
sets both programs and contents divisions’ properties here. Once switch the different display
screen in the display list, then the properties area will be switch to the responding one
automatically. See Pic. 3-20 , the detail information will be introduced in the later chapters.
Pic.3-20
4. Quick start
From now on, it starts introduce the user how to edit and design the program , and send it to
the LED display screen through FK show tool in detail. The basic steps are:
1)Create project: FK Show’s project file is the carrier for all objects(display, program,
content division), all the objects are created in the project. When FK show starts, the system will
create one default project, the user can use this default project unless you have special need.
About the project concept, more can be found in chapter 5 FK Show’s projects.
2)Add display screen: Create the needed display screen in the project, maximum 256
display screen can be added in one project. There will be one display screen created once FK
show starts. Please refer to chapter 6 Add display screen to learn how to add display screens.
3)Connecting control card: According to different types cards selected, the connection to
FK SHOW is different accordingly. The connection is critical otherwise the screen parameter set
and program transmission cannot be achieved. Please refer to chapter 7 connecting control
cards for more details.
4)Screen parameter set: Once display is created, screen parameter set has to be done in
order to realize the transmission between the real display screen and the software tool. The
main parameter includes control cards’ type, communication methods, display screen unit
boards’ information, the height of the display screen. More detail information are described in
chapter 8.
5)Add program: There is nothing shown unless program are added for, maximum 256
programs can be added. There will be one default program added automatically once FK SHOW
is started. Please refer to chapter 9 Add Program for more indication.
6)Design program: the core of this chapter, also the core part of FK SHOW software,
induce to user how to apply this SW tool to design one preferred program with the existing
resource. This will be described in chapter 10 Design program.
7)Send Program: When the program is ready, send it to the LED display screen. It can
achieve through different communication methods. More in details are described in chapter
11 Send Program.
8)Send command: The display contents has been realized through the step 1 to 6 above,
when we need control the display screen like increase or decrease the luminance of the screen,
power on, power off etc. This need send related command to the control cards, this is described
in chapter 12Send command.
Besides all the main functions and features above, there are other more helpful functions
available to support the program design, which are described in the rest of the chapters.
5. FK Show Project
Project is like on container to include display, program and contents division into it , project
exists in the SW as a file with suffix name .fsprj, User can apply the default created project for
program creation unless special need.
When FK Show start, the system will create one blank project automatically, as well as one
blank program under it. Once the user want to create one new project, can follow below step:
1) In the main menu of 【Project】->【New】,or use the shortcut Ctrl+N. See Pic. 5-1
Pic.5-1
2) Click “Yes”, when one dialogue box “Are sure create a new project?” is popping up, one
project named “FKLed. Fsprj” will be created in the folder name UserPrj of the same
address of FK SHOW installed( Typically C:\Program Files\FeiKongTech\FK Show\UserPrj.
different if the user install FKShow tool in different address.), the former created project file
will be backup with new name FKLedBK.fsprj, suggest to save the former file to other
predefined folders.
Pic.5-2
3) Set the display parameter of the default display 1 in the interface of 【communication and
display parameter set】see in Pic. 5-3, when finish the set. Click Finish. More details are
indicated in 8, screen parameter set.
Pic.5-3
4) Click【Project】->【Save】,or apply the shortcut Ctrl+S directly to save the new project.
One new project is created now. Click the default 【display-1】 In the interface【display list】
then the saving address of the project is indicated in the properties area. See Pic. 5-4
Pic.5-4
When FK Show starts, the latest project file will be opened automatically, once the latest file is
lost or deleted, FKLed. Fsprj file under installing path is open, or a new blank project file will be
created.
There are two ways to open the other project files:
Pic.5-5
2)Browse the folder and directly open the file through double click. See Pic. 5-6.
Pic.5-6
FK Show will save the current project file when exit. User can save the file regularly through
click【Project】->【Save】 or use the shortcut Ctrl+S to save the project.
User can also click 【Project】->【save as】, to save the project file to other predefined
path. See Pic.5-7. Save the file to one fixed path is highly recommended to prevent file lost or
missing.
Pic.5-7
User can add new display through the methods below; FK SHOW can support 256 different
display.
2)Key in the LED industry’s popular password “168” in the popping up diagloge box
“password confirm” and then click “OK”.
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Pic.6-2
4) Then click new display in the display set dialogue box shown in pic.6-3. And set
parameter for the new created display 2. Then click finish, please refer to chapter 8 for
detail of display set.
Pic.6-3
5) The new created display will appear in the display list, click the button Finish shown the
the pic. 6-3.
Now, a new display 2 is created in 【display list】, click display 2, then the properties of
display 2 can be checked in the area of【Properties area】Shown in Pic.6-4.
Pic.6-4
Beside the method of new display creation above, user can copy one exisiting display.
Two ways are prepared to copy one display.
One, select the existing display, and click the button copy in【display list】 shown
inPic.6-1, and then click the button paste beside to create one new display in 【display
list】
Two, select the existing display, use the shortcut Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V to create a new
display.
Choose one control cards supporting serial communication for connection between software and
control cards. Please refer to Pic.7-1 for hardware connection.
serial port
Pic.7-2
2)In the popping up dialogue box “Password confirmation”, Key in the password “168” and click
Ok, Now the window 【Display setting】is shown.
3)【Display setting】window is shown as Pic.7-3.
④choose ⑤Choose
control card communication
method
⑥Choose port
Pic.7-3
One FeiKong control card with USB port is needed for USB connection between Feikong control
card and computer.
To apply USB communication, user need download the prepared program by FK SHOW into one
U disk, and then insert the U disk to USB port on the control card.
When the communication mode is USB, user need change the SW set ‘s communication mode to
USB, see Pic.7-4.
Pic.7-4
One FeiKong control card supporting network port is needed for network connection between
Feikong control card and computer.
The set of network communication (Ethernet) is more complex, with different working mode
aligned with different set. Mainly there are 3 working mode for network connection.
1) Direct connection between computer and control card
2) Intranet connection
3) Internet connection
注:网络通信需要通过网络线连接,一般使用直通线或交叉线,关于直通线和交叉线的使用场合以
及制作方法,请参考附录 2 网线制作。
Direct connection between computer and control card does not require complex network
environment, just point to point connection from computer and control card. See Pic.7-5.
Ethernet interface
Pic.7-5
Follow the procedure below for SW set:
1) Set communication mode to network in the window【Display setting】, and then tick off
the network communication mode as direct connecting. See Pic. 7-6.
④Check hardware
connection once
fail.
Intranet connection is usually applied for the application more than one display in local area. The
hardware connection is indicated in Pic.7-7.
Computer
192.168.0.3
Other Corporate
Router network or
internet.
Display
1
192.168.0.4 192.168.0.5 192.168.0.6
Display
2 Office Office
computer computer
Pic.7-7
The default network configuration does not fit the intranet environment usually, so in first need
configure the network.
The configuration is different once there is only one display in the intranet, or more than one
display connected in the intranet. Below both configurations will be introduced.
Once there is only one display like in Pic. 7-7,only display 1 is available,then two ways to
set.
Way 1:Apply direct connection between computer and the control card.
①Choose
Network
④Detect succeed.
③click “Control
card detec”
Pic.7-8
1)Change network set to direct connecting. Connect the computer and the control card, then
open【Display setting】window and set the communication mode to network, and tick off
network communicate mode as direct connecting. See Pic.7-8.
2)Click the button ‘Control Card detect’, to check if the connection is OK. Please check the
hardware connection once the connection fails. Once the connection succeed, tick off “change
card network set”, enter the dialogue window for network configuration. See Pic. 7-9
③click config
Pic.7-9
3)Tick off “Change Card Network set”, Key in the new configuration information, then click
config button below, then it will show “ communication setting succeed!” In the status bar once
the connection and configuration is working.
4)Once the control cards’ network set is finish, then display set and program download can
be followed.
Way 2:
1)Choose the “network connection mode” as “fixed IP”, see Pic.7-10.
③key in the
newIPaddress
and port.
④ Click Config
Pic.7-10
2)Fill the control card’s IP and port, click the button “control card detect” to find the control
card. Once it does not succeed, check if the correct IP address is filled and it failed even the IP is
correctly set, and please use method 1 direct connection to computer.
3)Tick off “Change Card network set”, Two IP setting method are provided, static IP or DHCP,
click static IP in this case, and key in the predefined IP address, then click the button “config” to
send the new configuration information to control card, “communication setting succeed!” will
be shown in status bar once succeed.
Remark: Not recommended to use DHCP which will allocate IP address randomly.
4)Once the control cards’ network set is finish, then display set and program download can be
followed.
If there are more than 1 display installed in the intranet, then there are two method to configure
the connection.
Method 1: Configure the display control card one by one, and then connect them to intranet as
all.
For example there are two displays (control cards) need connect to intranet, the IP address
of the displays can be defined as:
Pic.7-11
4)The system will detect the control cards in the intranet, and the found control cards will
be shown in the display list like Pic.7-12.
Pic.7-12
5)Click the button” Map to display”, Map the control card to one existing display or a new
display, see Pic.7-13.
Pic.7-13
6)open “display setting” window, click the mapped display1, tick off “fixed IP”, then the
ready IP address set will fill in the blanket automatically. See Pic.7-14.
Pic.7-14
Method 2: Different than method 1, this requires connect all display( control cards) into intranet,
then start all control cards network configuration.
1)When all are connected in the intranet, click main menu【tool】【Control card Network
maintenance】, if all cards are new ones, all the network parameter are same default ones, then
start network configuration. The shortcoming of this method is difficult to know the exact position
of one display. See Pic.7-15.
Click IP config
Pic.7-15
2)Click the button “IP config”, then in the popping up dialogue box” control card network set”,
key in the predefined network parameter, and click the button “config”, as in Pic.7-16
Fill in the
predefined IP
address.
Click to
config.
Pic.7-16
3)When configuration succeed, “communication configuration succeed” will show in the status
bar.
4)Apply the same method to configure all the control cards within the intranet, update the
network information.
Once there is only one display in connection, the hardware wiring is like in Pic.7-17 below.
192.168.1.2
192.168.0.2
Communication
Master
computer
192.168.1.3
Public network IP: Public network IP:
192.168.0.3 114.23.111.100 114.10.97.2
Internet
Router(ADSL) Office
compute
Display Router(ADSL)
1
192.168.1.4
192.168.0.5
Office
compute
Office
compute
Pic.7-17
Attention: The displays’ ports router must have port transferring function once internet remote
communication is required for application. The configuration of routers will be described in detail
in following pages.
Valid item
Control card IP
Add new
Save to set
Pic.7-18
3)Connect the control card: The connection to control card can be achieved through domain
name or public IP method, two methods are introduced below.
Domain Method to connect control card: ADSL routers IP are mostly dynamic, router will get
new public IP once it is power off and power on again, as well as the new IP for the control cards
below the router. To communicate with control cards through internet remotely, the control
computer side need always get the new IP, it is difficult to handle it manually. Bond one domain
name to the control card, no matter how the public IP changes, it will automatically find the
control card with domain name without any manual operation.
Register Oray PeanutHu to get one free domain name through website http://www.oray.com/
Apply Dynamic DNS in router, map this router’s public IP(this card’s public IP.H
③display
domain name
once succeed
②click login
Pic.7-19
When succed, key in the domain name in the remote control side, then the connection
between the computer and remote control cards are configured referting step 2.
Public IP for Control card: Once apply public IP to connect control card through below method
to acquire public IP for the control card. When gain the public IP for the control card, inform the
remote control computer side, and then connect it.
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The method to acquire public IP is as below:
At the display side to check through router’s managing interface
Pic.7-20
Key in and enter http://www.ip138.com at display side computer
Pic.7-21
Choose
fixed IP
Detect succeed,
connection OK.
Pic.7-22
When apply public IP to connect control card, the configuration method is shown in Pic.7-23
Choose
fixed IP
Detect
succeed,
connection
Pic.7-23
When more than one display is need in the internet connection, the hardware connection shall be
like Pic.7-24.
Public IP:Dynamic
Internet
Control
Display
Router(ADSL) computer
2
Router(ADSL)
Public IP:DHCP
Display
3 Router(ADSL)
Pic.7-24
Attention: The displays’ ports router must have port transferring function once internet remote
communication is required for application. The configuration of routers will be described in detail
in following pages.
Group mode,
need
notifyserver Automatic fill in
current network’s
public IP.
Remote control
computer’s
public IP.
Configure
to control
Succeed card
Public IP:Dynamic
Internet
Router(ADSL)
Control
Display computer
2 Router(ADSL)
Public IP:Dyniamic
Display
3 Router(ADSL)
Pic.7-25
If control computer’s public IP is dynamic type, notify server apply IP method, then when IP
changes, the control card will not be found and the connection fails. For this instance, better to
Group mode,
need
notifyserver
Configure
to control
card
DNS Server Ip is the DNS of
the control card network, Succeed
same as most gateway,
can use below method. 5. Interpret the domain name generated by Oray PeanutHu into the
server’s IP.
6. Regularly send message to this IP, Servre will receive the display
IP
Public IP:Dynamic
Domain name
Display bondwww.xxxx.com
1
Router(ADSL) Public IP:dynamic
Public IP:Dynaimc
Internet
Router(ADSL)
Control
Display computer
2 Router(ADSL)
Public IP:Dynamic
Display
3 Router(ADSL)
Pic.7-26
DNS server IP acquire,need check through one computer connected in the intranet of
control cards.
DNS Sever’s
IP
Pic.7-27
Valid item
Control card IP
Add new
Save to valid
Pic.7-28
Above all, the display end configuration is ready.
Step 2: Control computer end connection configuration:
1)Router(ADSL) configuration: the router’s configuration is shown in Pic.7-29.
Computer’s IP
Sever port
IP address of
control card
Pic.7-29
When the notify server apply domain name, the router’s configuration is shown as Pic.7-30.
③login status
will be
shown.
②login
Pic.7-30
When succeed, the control card will regularly notify the dynamic domain’s IP to the sever for the
remote control computer.
2)Control card network configuration:
Open dialog box【Control card network maintenance】, and enter【Network server】
Option page, see Pic.7-31.
Control
cards’ list
received by
the server.
Display
bind
Pic.7-31
Attention: There will be network bonding menu appear only when it has the control card
with network port available. Otherwise, User need set up a new display with network
connected control card.
Open window “Display setting”, tick off fixed IP, click control card detec. See Pic.7-32.
Fill in automatically
when detect succeed
Pic.7-32
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When the connection of control card succeeds, user can start the display parameter set, program
downloads etc.
WiFi direct connection means connect the computer and display control card through the
WiFi directly, it needs WiFi functions for both computer and control card. The hardware
connection is indicated in Pic.7-33.
Pic.7-33
WiFi direct connection’s software set is as below:
In the wireless network, search the WiFi signal, and connect it. To apply IP automatically for the
computer, like in Pic.7-34.
Default password:88888888
Pic.7-34
Click to open the window【Display setting】, User can detect the control card through WiFi
direct connection, or key in the control card’s IP address through Fixed WiFi . The WiFi direct
connecting procedure is shown in Pic.7-35.
①Network ②choose
card WiFi
Pic.7-35
Detect through Fixed IP procedure is shown in Pic.7-36.
③Choose fixed IP
⑥Detect succeed
information.
Pic.7-36
Remark: Normally no WiFi configuration change is needed for WiFi direct connection. More detail
about WiFi configuration is described in chapter 7.4.2.2 WiFi Configuration.
Then the communication between the control card and the software through WiFi shall be setup
ready for next steps of uploading display set and sending program to the control card.
Intranet connection need connect the control card with WiFi to the wireless router, and then
communicate and operate to the control cards through the computer within the intranet. The
hardware connection is shown Pic.7-36.
Pic.7-37
The software configuration procedure is as following:
1)Connect the control card. Please ignore this step once USB disk:
Please apply the computer with WiFi to connect the control card.(Refer to 7.4.1.1 WiFi
Connection)。
Connect mobile to the control card(Refer to 7.4.2.1 Mobile and control card connection)
2)Change the control card WiFi configuration(Refer to 7.4.2.2 WiFi Configuration).
3)Connect the control card through intranet.
4)Configure the display setting, edit and send the program.(The operation is same as serial
port and network connection control card.)
To connect the mobile and control card through WiFi, user can use webpage to modify WiFi
configuration of the control card. The connecting procedure is shown in Pic.7-38.
②Key In Password
③Connect succeed
Pic.7-38
WiFi set can be achieved through 3 methods below: download directly through USB; Change
through web page; direct configuration through software.
The direct configuration through FK Show is shown in Pic.7-39.
⑧Insert the USB disk to the control card and check the indication information in the
display screen When “connection succeed!” is shown, then user can find the display in
the intranet.
Pic.7-39
The procedure of WiFi configuration through webpage is as following:
1)Key in the webpage address as below:
When connect though notebook or mobile, key in the address: http://10.189.189.189/
① Mode selection: for direct WiFi connection then please choose【direct connect】;for
Network LAN or WAN connection, please choose【Routers】.
If 360 web browsers cannot be open, please choose the fast speed mode at right up corner,
as shown in Pic.7-40:
Pic.7-40
2)To have set in the web page as shown in Pic.7-41::
① Choose WiFi AP +STA mode
③Choose Encryption
Method and Encryption
⑧Key in password
⑩Reset WiFi to
have Set valid.
Pic.7-41
The procedure to update the WiFi configuration through software is as following:
The user can change the configuration through the window【display set】和【Card network
maintenance】.
① Card ②Choose
type WiFi
Remind: Once WiFi set succeed and the control card and the computer connection is
working, there will be “connection succeed!” information indicated in the right top corner
of the display screen, and then the user can find the card in FK Show, the local area
network.
②Choose
WLAN+Direct
③Set Para. for
Direct
⑥Set router’s
⑦Click ‘config’ network
parameter.
⑧Check the
feedback.
Pic.7-43
Remind: Once WiFi set succeed and the control card and the computer connection is
working, there will be “connection succeed!” information indicated in the right top corner
of the display screen, and then the user can find the card in FK Show, the local area
network.
When the network parameter set finish, then the user can start connect the control card in local
area network window. The connecting method is shown as Pic.7-44.
③choose fixed IP
④control card IP
⑤Click to detect
control card
Pic.7-44
The failure causes analysis:
1. Check the IP address in the step ④ is the right IP address of the control card.
2. The IP of the master computer is not in the same band of the whole network.
3. No 【Router】or【WLAN+Direct】 is selected when WiFi configuration.
4. Wrong router is selected when WiFi configuration.
5. Wrong router’s password is key in when WiFi configuration.
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6. Wrong IP set when WiFi configuration
When control card connection is working, then the user can start the display setting and upload
program to the control card.
Internet connection need connect WiFi control card to wireless routers, then realize the remote
control through computer.
Remark: To apply remote communication through internet, the router at the displays terminal
must have the terminal transferring function.
When there is only one display in the internet, the hardware connection is shown in Pic.7-45.
Pic.7-45
The software configuration procedure is as following:
1)Set the control card WiFi(Refer to LAB WiFi setting 7.4.2.2 WiFi Setting).
2)Set the control card’s end router.
3)Set the master computer, and connect.
The WiFi configuration of single control card is same as LAN network, please choose the WiFi
connecting mode “router”, and please refer to 7.4.2.2 WiFi configuration for configuration
procedure.
User need to configure the control card’s side router, set it as virtual server, transfer
the control card’s port to the control card’s IP which need communication, as shown
in Pic.7-46.
Valid item
Control card’s IP
Pic.7-46
Save to valid
ADSL routers IP are mostly dynamic, router will get new public IP once it is power off and power
on again, as well as the new IP for the control cards below the router. To communicate with
control cards through internet remotely, the control computer side need always get the new IP, it
is difficult to handle it manually. Bond one domain name to the control card, no matter how the
public IP changes, it will automatically find the control card with domain name without any
manual operation.
Register Oray PeanutHu to get one free domain name through website http://www.oray.com/
Apply Dynamic DNS in router, map this router’s public IP(this card’s public IP.H
②Login
Pic.7-47
When succeed, Just type in the domain name in the remote terminal, and then can realize the
remote control and visit , for the detail please refer to 7.4.3.1.4 Master computer’s configuration
connection.
WAN IP
Pic.7-48
Key in http://www.ip138.com at the display side computer,as shown in Pic.7-49.
WAN IP
Apply the domain name to connect the control card, the procedure is shown in Pic.7-
50.
Choose
fixed IP
Detect and
connection
succeed.
Pic.7-50
Choose fixed
IP
Check if
connection is
working
Pic.7-51
When connection of computer and the control card is finished, then the user can start display
setting and uploading the program etc. operation.
Remark: To apply remote communication through internet, the router at the displays terminal
must have the terminal transferring function.
There are two ways for more than one display network:
1) Apply fixed WAN IP or bonded domain name for control card (recommended).
2) Apply fixed WAN IP or bonded domain name for master computer with notifying server
connection.
7.4.3.2.1 Apply fixed WAN IP or bonded domain name for control card
(Recommended)
This method need apply peanut domain name (www.oray.com) for each control card, and control
the displays through the master computer. The hardware connection is as shown in Pic.7-52.
Pic.7-52
Attention: Domain is bonded to display terminal, one domain name for each display.
The software configuration method is same as the single card operation, please refer to 7.4.3.1
Only one display in the intertnetfor the network configuration method.
Pic.7-53
Group mode,
need notify
server
Auto fill in the
current
network WAN
IP
Mater
computer WAN
IP
Confit to
card
Check if connection
succeed.
Group mode,
need notify
server
Auto fill in the
current
network WAN
Mater
computer WAN Export to U
IP disk
When the export succeeds, insert the USB disk to control card, and check the right
top corner of the display screen. When “connect succeed” displayed, the user can
find the control card in FK Show’s network list.
Pic.7-55
Group mode,
need notify
server
Remote master
computer domain
name,and DNS
DNS server IP is server IP
control card side
DNS IP,most
same as
gateway.
Config to
control
card.
Check if succeed
Remind: Once WiFi set succeed and the control card and the
computer connection is working, there will be “connection
succeed!” information indicated in the right top corner of the
display screen, and then the user can find the card in FK Show,
the local area network.
Pic.7-56
User need one computer in the LAN network to get DNS server IP, as shown in Pic.7-57.
Pic.7-57
Remote Master end domain name bonded—U disk set, is shown in Pic.7-58.
DNS Sever IP
Group mode,
need notify
server Remote master
computer
domain
name,and
DNS server IP
Set DNS
Server IP
Export to U
disk
When the export succeeds, insert the USB disk to control card, and check the right
top corner of the display screen. When “connect succeed” displayed, the user can
find the control card in FK Show’s network list.
图 7-58
Master computer
LAN IP
Add new item
Server port
Master computer
LAN IP
图 7-59
Peanut shell domain name setting
Once master computer has fixed WAN IP, then the user don’t need set Peanut shell domain
name, skip this step. The set procedure is shown in Pic.7-59.
③domain name
shown when
②login
connection
Pic.7-60
When succeed, the control card will notify the IP relating the domain name, then transfer to the
server of the master computer.
The control
card received
remotely
Bonded
displays
Pic.7-61
Fill in info.
Automatically once
control card found
Pic.7-62
When the control card detection succeeds, then the user can start display set and program edit
and uploading etc. operation.
8. Display set
This chapter introduces the parameter related to the display, Feikong control card as the
provider for all in one solution, supporting 3 different types display:
1) Typical Common Display: one rectangle shape display with variant length and height,
most popular display type in the market. Please refer to 8.1 Typical display parameter
set.
2) Antithetical couplet (Vertical)Display: Three displays as a group of antithetical couplet,
capable for free adjustment for the three part, detail please check chapter8.2
Antithetical couplet Display Parameter Set.
3) Cross type display” the display screen with the shape of cross, mainly used in
hospital or church. Please check chapter 8.3 Cross Display Parameter set.
Choose
“common”
Pic.8-1
1) Display name: Name the display based on user’s need.
Pic.8-2
Once the display type is common, then this page “scan way” does not need any manual
set , for the system will apply the default scanning method its own.
The support scanning methods (way) has 1/16, 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, Static.
Once the scan method (way) does not fit the requirement, then the user can define the
scan method (way) by him. The way is:
(1)Tick off User in Scan way blanket shown in the Pic.8-3, and click the button
“user” below.
②Choose
button “user”
Pic.8-3
(2)In the popping up window【Custom Scan】show in Pic.8-4, define the scan
type, data path, control rows, paths points, mirror, No. 138, second path etc. parameters one
by one, and then click button “add”, to have this custom scan way listed in the sheet of the
window.
Pic.8-4
(3)Click the button【Finish】in the Pic.8-4, this new scan method(way) will be added in
the blank blow the option “Scan wayr” of the window 【display set】Shown in Pic.8-5.
Pic.8-5
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Scan way set is the final configuration step. When it is finished, and the control computer
and control card are connected , click “load” at the bottom of the page, then the configuration
in the sheet of communication setting, display parameter and scan way will be transfer to
control card. If it is USB communication, then no load is needed for these information will be
packed as part of program and download to control card when USB disk is connected to the
control card, about the program download through USB, please refer to chapter 11.2 USB
Send.
Besides, the experienced users can also use the method of automatic detection and
manual detection.
The detection function of the scan way is to check the display performance when the
display is trail running, the experience user can judge if it is scan way set problem and how to
adjust once there is such issue like abnormal display, abnormal texts etc. there are two
detecting method provided:
(1)Manually Detect: Choose one scan way above, and then click the button “detect” in
the box of Manually Detect, the control card will switch to the scan way just selected, and the
user can check the display performance on screen if it is correct.
(2)Automatically Detect: Set the interval time and click the button “start” in the box of
Automatically Detect, the system will send all the scan methods(way) to the control cards one
by one with interval time, then the user can check the display performance on screen, once it
is found that the display performance is correct, user click the button “stop”, to stop the
automatic switch, and pick up the current scan way for set.
Pic.8-6
2)The hardware connection of left column and right column (without Top row) screen is
indicated in Pic.8-7.
Pic.8-7
3)The hardware connection of only one vertical column screen is indicated in Pic.8-8.
or
Pic.8-8
The display set of the software is as below:
Compare to the common type display before, there is only display size set different.
Show in Pic. 8-9.
① Choose
Vertical
②Size set of
vertical display.
Pic.8-9
User need define the width and height respectively for Top row, left column and right column. The
width of the left column and right column shall be always same as the height of the Top row.
Please set the size as indicated in Pic.8-10.
Pic.8-10
According to the hardware connection situation, user need click and select the existing screens.
There are four different combination for hardware: standard(Top, left,right); Only left and right;
Only left column; Only right column; the user can click the buttons at left side to choose the one
If you select the option sheet of the display type as “cross”, in the window of 【Display setting】,
please follow up this chapter for the parameter configuration.
User can check Appendix 1: Technical specification of FeiKong 4th generation control card to
learn that what types control cards supporting cross type display
The cross display is divided into three parts, top, middle and bottom. Pic.8-11:
Top width
Top Height
Middle Height
Middle Width
Bottom Height
Bottom Width
Pic.8-11
Pic.8-12
2)Same width for middle and bottom, See in Pic.8-13.
Pic.8-13
3)Same width for Top and middle
Pic.8-14
The display set of the software is as below:
① Choose cross
②The set of
cross type
display
Pic.8-15
The user need set the width and height of the Top, middle and bottom part respectively. Please
set the width and height as indicated in Pic.8-16.(The unit is the quantity of the unit display.
Top Height
Middle Height
Middle width
Bottom Height
Bottom Width
Pic. 8-16
Remark: Follow the procedure of common type mentioned before for the other parameter
configuration.
The display set in the control card can be upload to computer through FK Show , this unique
function help to reduce the time when the user want to replace the control cards for one existing
display. The method is as below:
1)Click the option sheet of【Parameter Reading】, appears dialogue box shown in Pic.8-17.
Pic.8-17
2)Click the button “Parameter Reading” when the display control board is connected to the
computer, as shown in Pic.8-18.
Pic.8-18
3)The uploaded display set information from the control card is shown in the program, with the
indication “Display setting reading Succeed!” in the status bar.
4)Click the button “Import Parameter”, then the display set in the software can be covered by
the ones uploaded(read back) from the control card.
Remind: USB communication does not support this function, but it can be uploaded through the
program. Please refer to Chapter 12.2 USB Upload(read back).
9. Add Program
The display set is finished, then the user can add new program in the display.
The user can add one or more program through the method below. FK Show can support
maximum 256 programs.
1)Click the icon of new program in【 display list 】area’s tool bar to add one new
program. As shown in Pic.9-1.
Pic.9-1
Either click new program box in the tool bar to add a new program. See Pic.9-2.
Pic.9-2
Remark: the common and vertical type display only can support common program, not
support global program. The cross type display support common and global programs. The
procedure for adding global program is same as common program, the only difference is to
choose “Global program” in the draw list shown in the picture 4-30.
2)when the program add is finished, the main window of the FK SHOW will be different.
The window of common type program is shown in Pic.9-3 below.
① New
program
②Edit area
③New program
properties.
Pic.9-3
The window of vertical(antithetical couplet) type display of FK SHOW is like in Pic.9-4. In
the 【Display list】, new created vertical program will have three sub programs, Top row,
left column and right colomn.
① New
program
②Editing
area
③New program
Properties
Pic.9-4
The window of cross type display is indicated in Pic.9-5:
① New program,
“Program 0”
②Editing
common type,
“Program1” corrss Area
type
③Properties
area
Pic.9-5
(1) In the tree list of 【Display list】, one new program is added. The default
selected program is this new one.
Besides the methods of new program creation above, user can also create new one
through ”Copy” one existing one. There are several way to copy program.
Way 1: choose the existing one to be copied, click the button ”copy” in the tool bar of
【Display list】 shown in the Pic.9-1, and then click paste. Then one new copied program
will appear in the blank box of 【Display list】.
Way 2:Choose the program to be copied, and then use the shortcut Ctrl+C,Ctrl+V to
replicate one new program.
No mater common program, vertical (Couplet) program, or cross program, the properties
configuration is same, with the properties’ configuration window shown in Pic.9-6
Pic.9-6
1)Name: the name of the current program, the caption name will be updated automatically once
changed.
2)Play mode: To decide if the program is shown by times(cycles) or by time length.
Times: Once played, switch to other program display. If there is only one program, then
repeat this program always.
Length: Play the program as the time length set, once time is up, switch to other programs.
3)Play date: tick off the box of Play date, and set the start date and end date, then the program
will be played only within the dates. The date cannot overcome the year end.
4)Play time: tick off the box of play time, and set the start time and end time, then the program
will be played only within the start time and end time.
5)Weekday: tick off the box of weekday, and choose the week days want to play.
Remark: Please guarantee the date, time set in the control card is correct once to apply the
function of playing date, time and weekday function, best to adjust the time set for control card
before download program to it. Please refer to Chapter 13.1 time set.
6)Enable border: to configure the border frame effect. Please refer to chapter 10.4 border effect
set.
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7)Background effect set: To configure the background effect, please refer to chapter 10.5
background effect set.
Pic.10-1
And user can also click the subtitle icon in the tool bar to add one subtitle. See Pic. 10-2
Pic.10-2
All the division’s adding method is same, so here just take adding “subtitle” as one example.
2)When adding division is complete, the main window of the FK SHOW is changed like in
Pic.10-3.
① New
subtitle ②New
subtitle
division
③Properties
area
Pic.10-3
(4) In the tree list of 【Display list】, there is one new subtitle added in current
program, and with default selected status.
(5) In the 【Editing area】of the subtitle, new subtitle division is added, it is
positioned at top left corner as default, with default selected status.
(6) In the【Properties area】of the subtitle, user can adjust the properties to have
different display effect. The different types division property will be introduced in
chapter 10.2 Content divison introduction.
FK Show provides plentiful types’ contents division to fulfill different user’s demand for LED
display. We will introduce all these types one to one in following chapters.
10.2.1 Text
Text means multi-row text. Click the button in tool bar to add one text, then the user
can start edit. User can edit the text in【Properties area】, and also can double click the editing
area to edit in the popping up dialogue windows of “【Text Editing】. Please refer to Pic.10-4.
Pic.10-4
User can key in text in the black editing area, and can also change the font, size, bold, italic,
underline, color, paragraph, left alignment, middle alignment, right alignment, word space, row
space, index etc.
2) Word size : to set the size of selected word. The scope is from 5~200, can
also choose from the draw list, or key in the number directly.
6) Delete line :Click to have the selected text with delete line.
15) Cutting :
16) Copy :
17) Paste :
18) Back :
19) Forward :
22) Horizontal text : click the button, the text will be shown on
screen from top to bottom, from left to right. As display in Pic.10-5.
Pic.10-5
23) Vertical text :Click this button, to let the text shown from right to
left ,and from bottom to top, like in picture10-6.
Pic.10-6
10.2.2 Subtitle
Subtitle is single line text, not supporting paragraph. Click the button to add one
subtitle division as shown in Picture 10-7, the operation is same as text, please refer to chapter
10.2.1 Text.
Pic.10-7
10.2.3 RichText
Richtext supports to add subtitle, text and animation etc. into one division, which means to
display more objects in one specific area. Click the button to add one rich text division,
as shown in Pic.10-8.
Pic.10-8
User can pick up the different types objects in the tool bar shown in Pic.10-8 ,bond them into one
area, and then the objects will be displayed one by one circularly, user can adjust the display
sequence of the objects through up or down moving buttons.
Cool text is kind of text with special gorgeous effect. Click the button in tool bar to add one
cool text division. The operation interface is shown in Pic.10-9.
Pic.10-10
10.2.5 Table
Click the button in tool bar to add a table division, user can edit one table directly in FK
SHOW, or loaded Excel and WPS files from outside. The operation window is shown in picture10-
11.
Pic.10-11
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1)New : Set a new table, the former operation and set will not be reserved. When click
it, set the table properties and format as well, then click the button “confirm”, a new table will be
created in the editing area.
Pic.10-12
Page Orientation: to define vertical or horizontal page break.
Table head: Set the head numbers for row and column.
Wireframe Color: Set the line color of row and column.
Wireframe width height: set line height between rows and line width between columns.
13)Text set
The second text tool bard is same as text division one, please refer to chapter 10.2.1 text.
Plentiful pictures are provided here, and user can also import pictures from outside. And support
picture modification.
Click the button , the window “Picture Animation Resources” is popping up, shown in
Pic.10-13.
1.Choose
picture
types
2.Click to
import picture
from outside if
needed. 4.Click
select
3. Choose the
picture.
Pic.10-13
User can find the suitable picture here, if need his own, the user can import picture prepared by
himself, choose the picture and click the button “select”, load the picture in current program, like
shown in Pic.10-14.
Pic.10-14
1)Rotation:Rotate the picture in certain angles.
4) :User can reedit the dots of the picture when load. Like shown in Pic.10-15.
Pic.10-15
Pic.10-16
Drag the sliding block left and right to check the effects.
6)Size and Transparence, like in Pic.10-17.
Pic.10-17
:If User choose fixed area size, then user can display the
picture in the predefined area as whole. Once the picture size is different than the
display screen , FK SHOW will expand or compress the picture automatically to fit
the display screen size. If “fixed area size” is not chosen, user can select part of the
picture to be displayed through change the select frame in the picture editing area.
10.2.7 Animation
Plentiful animation resources are provided by the tool, and user can also import his own
resources, or change the animation in the tool.
Click the button in tool bar, the window of “Picture Animation Resource” will be
popping up, like shown in Pic.10-18.
3.Choose
the one
needed.
Pic.10-18
User can choose the animation in the resources bank, or import the animation by himself. Click
confirm to load the animation into the current program, like shown in Pic.10-19.
Pic.10-19
1)Rotation:Rotate the animation in certain angles.
2)Overturn:Overturn the animation vertically or horizontally.
5) :When the animation need modification, user can reedit the object in dots
frame by frame, as shown in Pic.10-20.
Pic.10-20
Pic.10-21
Drag the sliding block left and right to check the effects.
6)Size and transparence: As shown in Pic.10-22.
Pic.10-22
:If User choose fixed area size, then user can display the
picture in the predefined area as whole. Once the picture size is different than the
display screen , FK SHOW will expand or compress the picture automatically to fit
the display screen size. If “fixed area size” is not chosen, user can select part of the
picture to be displayed through change the select frame in the picture editing area.
10.2.8 Date
Click the button in tool bar to add a date division, the operation window is shown in
Pic.10-23.
Pic.10-23
1)Date format:Pick if to show the date and set the format.
2)Time format:Pick if to show the time and set the format.
3)Week format: Pick if to show the week and set the format.
Click the button in the tool bar to add one Lunar calendar, as shown in Pic.10-24.
Pic.10-24
4) :Pick to show holiday, and set the color. When the holiday is picked,
the user can click the button “select” and pick up the holidays want to display in the popping up
window, even more the user can add his own holiday in it, as shown in Pic.10-25.
Pic.10-25
Click the button “holiday edit” in the window shown in Pic.10-25, new window of holiday
editing will be shown as Pic.10-26.
Pic.10-26
In the Pic.10-26, click the button “add” or delete to choose the holiday, and also can create new
by click the button “add”.
5)Fixed text: User can add and edit fixed text before the lunar calendar.
6)Font: set the text font, size, color etc. properties.
10.2.10 Clock
Click the button in tool bar to add one clock disk, the operation window is shown in Pic.10-
27.
Pic.10-27
Click the button in toolbar to add one time counting division, and the operation window is
shown as Pic.10-28.
Pic.10-28
1) Target date time:Set the target date and time
10.2.12 Weather
Once the internet is connected, 3rd generation above FK control card have the unique function of
live weather forecast. The supporting area includes:
1 )China mainland.
2 )Hongkong
3 )Taiwan
Add the button in the tool bar to add one weather division, once added, user can
configure the division, operation window is shown in Pic.10-29.
Pic.10-29
1)Click the button in tool bar as shown in Pic.10-29, popping up the new window like
shown in picture 10-30 below, user can configure the weather forecast division
Pic.10-30
(1)Country/region:Select the country and area in the drawdown list.
(2)Provinces/municipalities. DC: Select the province or State in the drawdown list.
(3)City:Select the city in the drawdown list. If the wanted city is not inside, user can
choose the close one.
(4)Display : Single line or multiline.
(5)Weather element selection: The user can select area, longitude, latitude, and date to
be displayed together.
(6)Today: Choose the items of current day to be shown.
(7)Tomorrow: Set the items of tomorrow to be shown.
(8)Acquired: Set the items of the day after tomorrow to be shown.
(9)Day (4): Set the items of the 4th day to be shown.
(10)Day (5): Set the items of 5th day to be shown.
Pic.10-31
3)When the weather forecast information is downloaded, the user can click the button
top side of the window shown in Pic.10-31. Then move the position of the element, edit and
delete the element. As shown in Pic.10-32.
Pic.10-32
(1)Delete element: Delete the selected element.
(2)up element: Move the selected element one line up.
(3)down element: Move the selected element one line down.
(4)Edit element: Edit the selected element contents, As shown in Pic.10-33.
Pic.10-33
User can edit “ago descriptive text” and “After Description text” area to modify the display
contents. The main content cannot be changed, except the text format, font, size.
Besides, the calendar can be lunar calendar format.
4)Click the button , user can add and delete the element in the weather forecast like
shown in Pic.10-34, the tick off one will be displayed.
Pic.10-34
5)Click the button , update and download the latest weather forecast information from
web.
6)When the text is set as multiline display. Click the button to adjust the word
space.
7)Right click shortcut: in the element list, right click the mouse, then dialogue box shown in
Pic.10-35 will be shown. 。
Pic.10-35
When the weather forecast set if finish, user can transfer the information to the display through
two methods introduced below:
(1)Manually transmission: download the data into U disk or download to control card through
serial port or network port. Manual transmission does not support automatic update. So at least
the weather information need be updated in every 5days.
(2)Automatic transmission: With support of FK control cards with serial port, Wifi or network
port connection, the weather forecast information can be updated automatically from internet.
This function need server configuration, the method is as below:
(1)In the Menu【Setting】, click 【Weather Server Mode】,like shown in Pic.10-36.
Pic.10-36
(2)In the popping up window, choose the displays want to show weather , FeiKong
support cluster transmission of the weather forecast. Then user need set the update frequency
and time, then click start button. As shown in Picture.10-37.
Pic.10-37
(3)After the configuration of the automatic transmission, click 【Weather logs】page of
the menu【View】. As shown in Pic.10-38.
Pic.10-38
(4)In the popping up【Weather logs】window, user can check the weather forecast
information transmission records. As shown in Pic.10-39.
Pic.10-39
Right click mouse to check weather logs or main window, then main window is open, the server
mode will be closed. As shown in Pic.10-40.
Pic.10-40
When server mode is selected, the right corner of the connected computer will have server
icon blinking. As shown in Pic. 10-41.
Pic.10-41
10.2.13 Import
Click the button “Import” in the tool bar, user can import files including .txt,.xls,.doc,.wps etc.
format. As shown in Pic.10-42.
Pic.10-42
:Import excel file into program and create table division automatically. For
detail, operation, please refer to chapter 10.2.5 Table.
:Import word file into program and create table division automatically. For
detail, operation, please refer to chapter 10.2.1 text.
:Import document file into program and create table division automatically.
For detail, operation, please refer to chapter 10.2.1 Text.
10.2.14 Temperature
To support temperature division, the user need connect one extra temperature sensor to control
card. The 3rd generation or later Feikong control cards support temperature sensor. Two types of
temperature sensors below fit the application:
(1)A type—Temperature + Humidity Sensor: AM2301,As shown in Picture10-43 below:
Pic.10-43
The connection of A type sensor to control card is shown in the picture 10-44.
Pic.10-44
(2)B type – Temperature sensor:DS18B20,as shown in Pic.10-45.
Pic.10-45
The connection of B type sensor to the control card is shown in Pic.10-46.
Pic.10-46
When the hardware connection is welded, click the button “Real-time “ in the tool bar, and click
the button “Temperature”, then one temperature division will be added, as shown in Pic.10-47.
Pic.10-47
When the real-time temperature division is added, then the user can set the properties of the
division. The operation window is shown in Pic.10-48.
Pic.10-48
1)Sensor type: Select the sensor types connected to the control cards.
2)Temperature Font: Set the font, size, color etc.
3)Unit setting; Set the temperature unit, font, size and color etc.
10.2.15 Humidity
Humidity division requires to connect one extra humidity sensor to the control card, 3rd generation
or later Feikong Control cards support this function, the suitable sensor and connecting method is
described in the chapter 10.2.14 Temperature, “A Type -- Temperature+ Humidity Sensor:
AM2301”.
When the hardware connection is finished, click the button “real-time” and then “humidity” button
in the tool bar to add one humidity division, like shown in Pic.10-49.
Pic.10-49
After the division is added, the user can start the set of the properties. The operation window is
shown in Pic.10-50.
Pic.10-50
1)Humidity Font: Set the font, size, color etc.
2)Unit setting; Set the humidity unit, font, size and color etc.
3)Format set:Set the humidity display format.
When text, subtitle division is added in the program, user can set the animation effect for the
division. The method of animation effect is described as below:
Select the division need have animation effect, and when the set window like in Pic.10-51 is
shown, then the user can start set the animation effect inside.
Pic.10-51
1Effect:User can choose different kind of effect in the drawdown list here. As shown in Pic.10-
52.
User can set Border effect to program and division, the method for them is same. The method is
described as below:
Select the program or division want to have borders, and click the button” enable border” in the
properties’ area, and the a new window shown in Pic.10-53 will pop up.
Pic.10-53
1)Monochromic: Different types single color border effects.
2)Hyun_color: Set variant changing color border effect.
3)Custom:User can design the border effect by himself, through click the button ,
popping up a design widow shown in Pic.10-54.
Pic.10-54
The custom type border design way is as following:
(1)Import one picture or text.
Text import: Show the text border in the text editing area, click import to load the text into the
picture & text editing area at the bottom side.
Picture import: Click the button , user can import one picture from outside to the picture &
Text editing area at the bottom side.
Take the text as example, type in “FeiKong” inside the text editing area, and then click the
button ”import” , a new window shown in Pic.10-55 will appear.
Pic.10-55
(2)In the area “Change the width and Height”, click the arrow buttons
Pic.10-56
(3)In the area “ change the color and space” , choose the brush, and click the dots of the
word “Fei” to change the color from red to green through this way, As shown in Pic.10-57.
Pic.10-57
(4)When the picture edit is finished, click the button “save”, the program’s border will set
asPic.it is shown in Pic.10-58.
Pic.10-58
After the edit of the picture, the user can set the effect like shown in Pic.10-59.
Pic.10-59
FK SHOW also provides background effect for program and division, the method is as below:
Choose the program need to set background, click “enable background” button in the properties
area, then the window of background set will appear as shown in Pic.10-60.
Pic.10-60
Click “enable simple background effect”, the way for simple background is as following:
1)Effect: Select effect type, the supporting effect type is as shown in Pic.10-61.
Pic.10-61
2)Graph:Select the background graph and color, the provided background graph is as
shown in Pic.10-62.
Pic.10-62
3)Number: choose the numbers of the graphs.
4)Speed: set the background effect speed.
Click the item “Enable cool background Effect”, the selection of cool background has three
methods below:
Pic.10-63
Graph: the provided background graphs are shown in Pic.10-64.
Pic.10-64
Speed: the speed of background effect speed.
Stay: The staying time before the next cycles animation effect.
Pic.10-65
Effect: Set the animation effect of the contents, not applicable if the file type is already
animation.
Speed: select the background animation speed.
Stay: select the staying time before the next cycle animation effect.
Pic.10-66
Custom background picture design method is same as the custom border effect design method,
please refer to the chapter 10.4 Set border effect for detail introduction.
Besides, the division’s background effect set is same as the program background effect set,
except not supporting the cool background.
When divisions are added in the program, user need type, design the positions of the divisions in
order to have satisfied effect to final customers. The following sections will introduce the
operation method one by one:
1)The division selection: To choose the division for next step operation. User can click to pick
the divisions or click the division in the editing area directly. The chosen active division will
have 8 small white block, this active division is also called current division, as shown in Pic.10-
68, “Subtitle 0” is the active division or current division.
Only one active division is available in the editing area always, all the operation will be on the
active division. Click to activate the division once the user want to operate on it. Click the other
area to deactivate the division.
Pic.10-68
2)Move Division: There are different way to move the division to one specified position.
① Horizontal
postion
③Division width
②Vertical
position
Division height
Pic.10-69
The basic properties adjustment is preferred for minor position adjustment, user can change the
X and Y value through the mouse’s roller, and also possible to change through the arrow besides
the value.
Way 3: apply the buttons under the 【Editing area】, change the position of the division. As
shown in Pic.10-70, the buttons in Part ①. Move the division up, down, left and right dot
by dot. ③Division fill
① Move dot by dot ②Division align
Pic.10-70
④Zoom in / out
3)Division expand or compress: There are several method to zoom in and zoom out the
active division.
Method one: click and drag the tiny white block in the corner of the active division outward
or inward to expand or compress. Outward to expand, inward to compress.
Method two: Change the height and width in the basic properties area in 【Properties
Area】. As shown in Pic.10-69. User can use mouse’s roller to change the value of width
and height, and also can use the arrow besides the value to change them.
4)Division alignment: In FK Show, the division alignment means to have the division position
adjusted close to the editing area border, or close to the division besides. When two
divisions are positioned next to each other, and they are overlapping or there is no
Pic.10-71
Before export the program to the display control cards, user can preview the program playing 在
effect through FK Show tool, this avoid the former back and forth design work to check the real
effect and update program, help to increase the work efficiency.
Preview function is as below:
Click the preview button under the program editing area, then the program enters the preview
mode and start play. As show in Pic.10-72.
Pic.10-72
When the preview is finished, click stop button as shown in Pic.10-73 to stop the preview, and
back to editing mode.
Pic.10-73
Pic.11-1
2) If the information box of “Program failed to be sent” appears with the indication of display
parameter do not match as shown in Pic.11-2, the user need download the display set to
control cards again, refer to 4.3.2 Display set about display set.
Pic.11-2
3)When the sending is succeed, there will be confirming information shown at bottom bar as
shown in Pic.11-3.
Pic.11-3
2)click the button in the tool bar, popping up the window “Export to Usb disk”, as
shown in Pic.11-4.
Pic.11-4
4)No time adjustment is required when it is export to USB as default, and the brightness is
maximum. About time and brightness adjustment for USB, please refer to paragraph 13 Typical
commond
5)Choose USB disk, if there is no information about USB disk, click the button “Detect USB
7)When the load is finish, plug out the USB disk, and insert it to the control card. When the
Pic.11-5
3)If the information box of “Program failed to be sent” appears with the indication of display
parameter do not match as shown in Pic.11-6, the user need download the display set to control
cards again, refer to 4.3.2 Display set about display set.
Pic.11-6
4)When the sending is succeed, there will be confirming information shown at bottom bar as
shown in Pic.11-7.
Pic.11-7
Keep the communication of the control card is working well; the set method is introduced in
paragraph 7.4 WiFi communication.
The transmission procedure through Wifi is same as through network, please refer to paragraph
11.3 Network (Ethernet) Transmission.
The paragraph 11.1~11.4 introduce the procedure to send programs to one display. If there is
many displays with different programs, it will need much more time to send the programs to
displays one by one manually. FK Show has provide all display transmission function, which will
Pic.11-8
2)Then a new window 【Cluster Communication management】appears, select all the displays,
then click the button start, then the system will send the designed programs to the corresponding
displays one by one automatically as shown in Pic.11-9.
Pic.11-9
3)The transmission progress for each display will be indicated in the window, as shown in
Pic.11-10.
Pic.11-10
Remind: During the transmission period, user need guarantee all the displays are connected in
good condition, otherwise fault message will be given and display set need reset.
Cluster display transmission is different function than all displays introduced in chapter 11.5,
Cluster display transmission function is to send one program to all display, this function are used
for the application that all the displays plays the same program contents. The sending procedure
is as following:
1)Click the button【Send】【Cluster displays】, As shown Pic.11-11.
Pic.11-11
2)In the popping up new window【Cluster Communication Management】, select the display
program want to send in the left side, and choose the displays want to send the program to at
right side. For only one display program can be transferred to all displays, so only one display in
left side can be choose. As shown in Pic.11-12.
Pic.11-12
3)Click the button “start” in the window, start to transfer the display 3 ‘s program to the selected
displays one by one until finish, as shown in Pic.11-13.
Pic.11-13
Through FK SHOW, the user can upload the program from the control card to the computer,
different communication method has different procedures.
Pic.12-1
2)In the popping up password dialogue window, type in password “168”, then click confirm, new
window “Read control card play works” will appear as shown in Pic.12-2.
Pic.12-2
1) Select the com number, and click the button “read” , then the program in the control card
will be uploaded to computer, and shown the display set in the windows as shown in
Pic.12-3.
Display
set
Pic.12-3
3)Click the button “new” , then one new display and the program uploaded from the control card
will be created in the display list. If the user clicks the button “cover”, then the selected active
displays contents will be covered.
When apply USB connection, the user can upload the program from the control card to computer.
1)Insert the USB disk with the program to the computer, click the button “Read back”, and then
“Read USB Disk”, as shown in Pic.12-4.
Pic.12-4
2)In the popping up window “ password confirmation” , key in the password “168”, then click the
button confirm, then a new window “ Upload USB Disk Program” shown in Pic.12-5 will appear .
Pic.12-5
3)Choose the exact USB disk and then click the button “read back”, then the program in the
USB disk can be uploaded to computer with the indication of the display set, as shown in Pic.12-6.
Pic.12-6
3)Click the button “New”, then a new display with program uploaded from the USB disk will be
created in computer shown in FK Show display list.
When communication method is through Ethernet port, then user can upload(read back) the
program from the control cards following the procedure below:
1)Click the button “ Read back” “Read Using Network”, as shown in Pic.12-7.
Pic.12-7
2)In the popping up dialog box of password, key in “168”, then click the button to confirm it. A
new dialog box “Control Card Network Read Back” will appear, as shown in Pic.12-
8.
Pic.12-8
3)Click the button “Network readback” to have new dialog box appear as shown in Pic.12-9.
Pic.12-9
4)Click the button “Read”, the system will upload(read back) the program from the selected
display, and will indicate in the status bar when the upload is succeed, as shown in Pic.12-10.
The display
set
Pic.12-10
3)Click the button “new” , then one new display and the program uploaded from the control card
will be created in the display list. If the user clicks the button “cover”, then the selected active
displays contents will be covered.
1)Click the button in the tool bar, and click time adjustment in the popping up window
“export to USB”, as shown in Pic.13-1.
Pic.13-1
2)Set the time to the estimated time when the USB disk is insert to control card, normally
minutes late than the live time for the time is freezing when user plug out USB disk until it is
inserted to control cards.[For example 10:15]
3)Click the button “export to USB disk”, plug out when finish.
4)Prepare and wait until the time is close to 10:15, insert the USB Disk into the control card.
5)Check the time uploaded is same or not as system time.
6)Repeat the procedure above once you want change time.
click the button in the tool bar, then the dialog box “Time adjustment” will appear as
shown in Pic.13-2.
Pic.13-2
3)If the user want to apply the current live time, just tick off “ Using now date”, otherwise user
can set anytime he want manually and cancel the tick off of “Using now date”.
4)Time is confirmed, then click the button “Apply” to download the time information to the
display control cards to finish the time adjustment.
The display updated program with USB has different procedure of luminance adjustment than the
other communication methods.
To serve the user better, FK show provides different luminance set for one display according to
time, then it can automatically adjust the luminance in day and night to fulfill the different
requirement of brightness in day and night.
1)Click the button in tool bar, in the popping up new window “Export to USB”, drag the
slider in the luminance adjustment left and right to change the luminance set, as shown in Pic.13-
3.
Pic.13-3
2)When luminance grade is confirmed, click the button “export to USB”, plug out USB disk when
3)Insert the USB disk into the control card, upload the program to the control card again, when it
1) In the dialog box shown in Pic.13.3, click the button Time division, then a new window “Time
division luminance” will appear, and we provide 4 time zones per day for different set of
Pic.13-4
2) In the Pic.13-4, the luminance is changed to 10 grade at 8 o’clock, and then change to 12
3)When the luminance adjustment is finished, click “Finish” and back to window “export to USB”,
4)Insert the USB into the control card, and it will realize the time division luminance automatic
2)Please make sure the time set is correct once user want to apply the time division
luminance set especially for USB connecting card, for the time is not online updating. Please refer
2)When the connection between the displays and computer is OK, click the button ,
Pic.13-5
3)System default is “fixed luminance “ means the luminance (brightness) is constant always
when plays, the user can drag the slider left or right direction to change the constant value
according to need.
4)When the user want to realize time division luminance set, click “ Time luminance” in the
Pic.13-6
5)In the Pic.13-6, the luminance is changed to 10 grade at 8 o’clock, and then change to 12
6)When the luminance adjustment is finished, click “Set”, download the luminance set to the
The display updated program with USB has different procedure of time switch off and on than the
other communication methods.
1)Click the button in tool bar,new window “Export to USB” will appear as shown in
Pic.13-7.
Pic.13-7
2)Click the button “ Time Switch Off On”, then new dialog box will appear, as shown in Pic.13-
8.FK Show provide four time zone for switch on and switch off per daytime .
Pic.13-8
3)In the Pic.13-8, the time set 1 means the display will switch on at 6:00 and switch off when
8:00, then the time set 2 means the display will be switch on at 10:00, and switch off at 12:00.
5)When the program in the USB disk is updated, insert it to the control card, when the download
to the control card is succeed, then the time switch on and off will be realized.
6)User can cancel the automatic time switch on and off through cancel the tick off of the button
2)Please make sure the time set is correct once user want to apply the time division
luminance set especially for USB connecting card, for the time is not online updating. Please refer
1)Click the displays want to have automatic time switch on and off in the display list.
2)Guarantee the connection between the display control card and the computer is OK, click the
main menu button “set”, and “Time Switch” , and the dialog box “ Time Switch” will appear, as
shown in Pic.13-9.
Pic.13-9
need.
4)The click the button “set” on right top side to send the time switch requirement to the control
card to realize the automatic switch on and off according to time set.
Sometimes user want to delete the program including the time switch information in the control
card, then it can be realized through the function” Rest Display Setting”.
1)Guarantee the connection of the display control card and computer is OK, click the button
“setting” in the main menu, and then the button “Rest Display Setting”, as shown in Pic.13-10.
Pic.13-10
2) In the popping up password dialog box, key in “168”, and click confirm.
below:
FK Show has developed Stage Display function recently for customer based on the product
principle “All in One” to support the users who want to display content on stage LED screen.
Click the button 【Tool】【Enter WTShow】in the main menu, or click the button
in toolbar, then the widow of stage display set will appear, as shown in Pic.14-1.
Pic.14-1
The key in 168 in the password dialog box, then the main window of stage display set will appear,
as shown in Pic.14-
Pic.14-2
About the stage display set, please contact us for <Stage display user manual>through email if
needed.
1) Select the control cards with serial communication interface, here take QU4+ as example to
2) Connect the display control card and LED display screen. The connection about them are not
3) Connect the control card with computer through serial communication which has FK Show
Software installed.
set】, as shown in Pic.15-1. Refer to chapter 7 Connect control card -->7.1 Serial
③Select COM #
Pic.15-1
4)In the main menu, 【Tool】【Display setting】window, set and add display setting to
display 1, as shown as Pic.14-2. For detail, please refer to chapter 8 Display Set.
③Set size
④click load to
download the set to the
control card.
⑤Success info.
Pic.15-2
Attention: the items above are mandatory to be configured, if the unit module is custom type,
then the user have to set the scanning type.
5) Design a program to be played, for detail operation, refer to Chapter 9 Add Program and 10
Design program.
6) Choose “display-1”, click 【send】【Single display】in the tool bar,send the program to
the targeted control card, as shown in Pic.15-3. Detail is introduced in paragraph11.1 Send
through Serial communication.
Pic.15-3
Remark: Example above just list the general steps, for more accurate set, please user to read the
related contents above carefully.
1)Choose Fei Kong designed U disk control card AU4+, for the other products supporting U disk,
please refer to Appendix 1: Technical specification of Feikong 4th generation control cards
www.feikongtech.com| LED Picture & Text Edit SW Tool - 165 -
Document No.FK20150101
2)Connect the display control card and the display screen. The way of the connection is not
within this manual , please contact the screen supplier once support is needed.
3)Add“Display-1”,And change the communication mode to USB in the main menu 【tool 】
【Display Setting】, as shown in Pic.15-4.
Pic.15-4
4)In the main menu 【Tool】【Display setting】window, to set the display parameter for
“display-1”, as shown in Pic.15-5. Detail information are provided in chapter 8 display setting.
③Set size
Pic.15-5
Attention:
1. The items above are mandatory to be configured, if the unit module is custom type, then the
user have to set the scanning type.
2.USB communication mode does not require load the display setting, for the display set will be
part of the program and updated to control card with program downloading.
5)Design one program following the introduction of 9 Adding program 和 10 Design program.
6)Insert the U disk in the computer.
7)Click the icon in tool bar, download the program to the U disk, as shown in Pic.15-6.
① Select one
dislay
③click“export”,
②Select USB download the
drive disk program to U disk.
Pic.15-6
8)Plug out U disk, and insert the U disk into the control card, the control card will upload the
program automatically when detecting the U disk connection.
Remark: Example above just list the general steps, for more accurate set, please user to read the
related contents above carefully.
1)Choose Fei Kong designed control card with network(Ethernet) interface like AX4+, for the
other products supporting Ethernet interface, please refer to Appendix 1: Technical specification
of Feikong 4th generation control cards
2)Connect the display control card and the display screen. The way of the connection is not
within this manual, please contact the screen supplier once support is needed.
3) Connect the control card and computer with Ethernet cables.
4)Add“Display-1”,And change the communication mode to network in the main menu
【tool 】【Display Setting】, as shown in Pic.15-4. And then search for the display control card.
Detail instruction is in 7 connect control card and 7.3 Network communication.
②Choose
network
⑤detecting succeed,
check hardware once
failed. ④click to detect
control card.
Pic.15-7
Remark: Only the network connection of single display is indicated here as example, for the
intranet and internet connection, the related instruction is described in 7 connecting control card
then 7.3 Network communication.
5)In the main menu, Set the parameter and upload the display setting in【Tool】【Display
setting】, as shown in Pic.15-8. Detail please refer to 8 Display setting.
③set size
④click Load to
download the
parameter to control
⑤detection card.
succeed info.
Pic.15-8
Attention:
The items above are mandatory to be configured, if the unit module is custom type, then the user
have to set the scanning type.
6)Design one program following the introduction of 9 Adding program 和 10 Design program.
7) Choose “display-1”, click 【send】【Single display】in the tool bar,send the program to
the targeted control card, as shown in Pic.15-9. Detail is introduced in paragraph11.3 Send
through network.
Pic.15-9
Remark: Example above just list the general steps, for more accurate set, please user to read the
related contents above carefully.
FeiKong Technology is keeping update FK Show software to add more functions and reduce
bugs to serve our user more, and also we provide free online upgrade for our users. When the
new software is released and the user’s computer is connected to internet, one online upgrade
remind will pop up, and then just follow up the indication to upgrade FK Show software installed in
the user’s computer to latest version. And the user can also upgrade the software manually once
needed.
1) Click【Tools】【Online upgrade】button, as shown in Pic.16-1.
Pic.16-1
2) The a dialog box “Online Upgrade” will appear in screen as shown in Pic.16-2 if there is latest
version available, then click 【确定】.
Pic.16-2
3)Start online upgrade, keep the internet connection, as shown in Pic.14-3.
Pic.16-3
4)The system will remind to switch off operating FK Show software, click to confirm and
continue to upgrade, as shown in Pic.16-4.
Pic.16-4
5)When the upgrade is finish, then one information box as shown in Pic.16-5 appears.
Pic.16-5
Pic.16-6
2)Key in “168” in the popping up password dialog box, and click to confirm, then a new window
appears as shown in Pic.16-7.
Pic.16-7
3)Guarantee the connection between the computer and control card, click the button “get Info.”
To upload the information of the control card to the computer, as shown in Pic.16-8.
Received
control card
information
Pic.16-8
4)Click the button【Auto Get】, the system will start download the firmware from online server
automatically, as shown in Pic.16-9.
Pic.16-9
5)Click the button【Firmware Upgrade】, the system will upgrade the firmware automatically,
and one information will be shown in the status bar when succeed.
Pic.16-10
2)Key in “168” in the popping up password dialog box, click to confirm, and the a window【U
disk Firmware maintenance 】 appear , as shown in Pic.16-11.
Pic.16-12
4)When the firmware is downloaded, select USB drive, click the button【Export】, as shown in
Pic.16-13.
Get the
upgrade
package
Click button
“export”
Pic.16-13
5)When USB firmware is loaded ready, as shown in Pic.16-14. Insert the USB disk to the control
card, the control card will upgrade the firmware automatically, when the upgrade is complete,
then user can use the latest version control cards.
Get the
upgrade
package
Pic.16-14
Pic.16-15
2)In the popping up window【Control card network firmware maintenance】, system will detect
the control card in the network automatically, and have them all in the display list, as shown in
Pic.16-16.
Pic.16-16
3)Select the control card need firmware upgrade, click the button 【firmware】, 【Network
Firmware Maintenance】window appears, as shown in Pic.16-17.
Pic.16-17
4)Click the button “auto get”, then the system will download the upgrade package automatically
from the server, as shown in Pic.16-18.
The firmware
get
Pic.16-18
5)Click the button【Firmware upgrade】,start the upgrade . As shown in Pic.16-19.
Pic.16-9
6)The firmware upgrade is finish, then user can start to use the latest version control card.
Pic.17-1
Taobao Link:http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.10.28.XswIIg&id=10019470885
Infrared receiver:
Pic.17-2
Taobao Link:
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.1000774.53.yElo24&id=12432333651
All 3rd and 4th generation control cards except SU3 have infrared interface.
Pic.17-3
1. Welding connection for 3rd generation card
Control card interface ---- Infrared receiver
VCC ------------- Positive
GND ------------- GND
REMOTE --------- Data
2. B2,C2
Control card interface --- Infrared receiver
VCC ------------- Positive
GND ------------- GND
D6 ------------- Data
3. DU2+,DN2+
Control card interface --- Infrared receiver
VCC ------------- Positive
GND ------------- GND
D3 ------------- Data
1) Function description
Switch off/ON
MENU Control mode switch: Regular mode Two digit program number selection mode
TEST Test mode: all light on(or all light off) light every 2 rows gap light every row
2) Program switch
a) Regular mode
When the control card is under the default regular mode, push the button 1 to 9 to switch the
program respectively.
b) Two digit program number selection mode
Push the MENU button, enter the double number program mode with display “—“in the right top
corner of the display screen. Then user can play the program numbered from 00 to 99. Key the
first digit and then the 2nd to choose the program to display. When the program played, it will go
back to regular mode automatically. For example, if the user want to display and check the
program 25, click 2 with display “2-“, and then click 5, to have the display “25”, and then the
Increase luminance
Decrease luminance
Cancel the luminance adjustment by the infrared controller , back to original luminance.
4) Display test
Display test can be performed under regular mode.
Push the test key one after one, then LED display will be shown as Pic.15-4:
Normal
display
All light light 2 lines gap light 1 line gap
Pic.17-4
5) Switch on/off
Available in regular mode
Click the key , cancel the time set and back to regular mode.
B.Set time
Click the key MENU three times to enter the mode Time set, or automatically into time set
mode after date set. The display will display the current time set “Hour: Minute: Second”, the
flashing Cursor position is the number can be edited now.
Click the key , cancel the time set and back to regular mode.
The serial communication control cards can recover the factory set through the procedure below:
1)click the main menu 【tool】【control card firmware maintenance】【Firmware
maintenance using serial port】,as shown in Pic.18-1.
Pic.18-1
2)Key in 168 in the popping up password dialog box, and click to confirm, then the new window
“Serial Firmware Maintenance” will appear , as shown in the Pic.18-2.
Pic.18-2
3)Click the button “Restore FS” to recover the factory set.
USB disk and network control card need this procedure to recover the factory set.
1) Needed material
Short connecting conducting tool like tweezers.
2) Hardware short connection
Use the tool to connect GND and D2, as shown in Pic.18-3.
Pic.18-3
3)Connect power to the control card for about 10 seconds.
4)Click the button test on the control card to check if the function is working.
19. FAQ
19.3 Font edge has color or part missing when double color or full color
Pic.19-2
Pic.19-3
1) Check the communication cable from the computer and control card.
2) Check the Com port set is corresponding to the connection.
3) Check the jumper on the control card is as the communication mode required.
4) Check if the communication method is same as the software set, for example if it is
232/485, Network (Ethernet), or GPRS communication method.
5) Connect the control card in short cable to the computer, or change the brad rate lower
for communication.
6) Serial port pins definition:
Pic.19-4
Pic.19-4
Pic.19-5
1) Check the control card and unit module are connected to the same power terminals.
2) Check the power supply for the control card is overloaded with too many display units.
3) Check if the control card power is +5V.
4) Check if the communication cable has connecting weakness.
5) Check if the communication cable is too long, longer cable need lower baud rate, the Ethernet
connection need router or switcher to repeat.
6) Serial port card, to check if the drive program is installed well.
7) Network card need check IP address conflict.
Check all the division in the program, if there is overlapping, then the overlapping area will have blinking
effect.
19.7 Fade out too slow and interfere the next display contents.
Check the scanning dot frequency and the scan frequency, and change the value smaller, then the signal can
be transferred to longer distance.
1)Adjust the luminance set, then watch the display luminance change if it is normal or not, then
change 【OE Polarity】if it is not normal.
2)If the abnormal situation still exist when OE polarity is correct, then change the set
【Latch Port】.
1)1)Adjust the luminance set, then watch the display luminance change if it is normal or not,
then change 【OE Polarity】if it is not normal.
2)If the abnormal situation still exist when OE polarity is correct, then change the set
【Latch Port】.
1)During the operation, please take care of anti-static measures, as well as the neutral line
and GND connection of the display and computer, please do not plug out and insert the
control card when power is on, what will damage the serial ports of the card or the computer.
If the ports are easily damaged, then user need check the communication circuit.
2)Please do not fix or change the control cards hardware by yourself. Under some severe
application condition, please take water-proof, dust-proof and anti-rust measures as well.
Otherwise the control card cannot be fixed anymore.
Direct connecting wire: both ends need connection as T568B standard serial.
Twister wire: one end shall be connected as T568B, the other end shall be connected as
T568A.
Usually Direct connecting wire are applied, and the wire end and plug connecting serial is
indicated as the picture below:
The connection of the direct twisting wire: (Same for both ends)
Standard 568B:White orange-1,orange-2,White/Green-3,Blue-4,White/blue-
5,Green-6,White/Brown-7,Brown-8
The application of direct twisting wire: different network devices:(Example: Computer---
Switcher, Switcher----Router)
When the application is as following, then the user need use the twisting wire.
Once the user apply direct connection to one control card through network, the computer always
display “Local network not available”, as shown in the picture blow:
Once the wire is certain to be connected, then the user need process the twisting wire to build up
the connection properly.
The crossing over twisting wire shall be done as following:
Serial port
Network