BETA BRITE Programming Manual
Advanced text messaging: Example 6 — Displaying the time and date
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Advanced text messaging
Before attempting the following, make sure you’re familiar with the
previous examples in the “Beginning text messaging” section of this
manual.
Example 6 — Displaying the time and date
NOTE: Because the time and date are not updated when the sign is
off, the time and date must be re-programmed each time the
sign is turned off and on.
Step When you do this...
You see this...
In this example, we’ll create a message that continuously displays the current time and date:
1
Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign.
(See “Clearing a sign’s memory” on page 8 or “Example 5 — Deleting messages” on page 20.)
2
Press
PROGRAM
.
3
Press
SELECT
.
4
Press
A
.
5
Press
MODE
to select a
“mode”. (Modes are used
to change the way a
message appears. See
Appendix A for a list of the
modes available.)
6
Press
SELECT
until the
Roll Down —
[RL
↓
] —
mode appears.
Rosco
Advertising
THEN
3:26 PM
THEN
THEN
Oct. 14 ,1997
The time will be displayed
in wide letters.
PROG TEXT A
PROG TEXT ?
A]
This stands for Hold mode.
A]
[HLD]
This stands for Roll Down mode.
A]
[RL
↓
]
