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ALPHA Remote Control Programming Manual

Appendixes

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Appendixes

Appendix A — Modes, fonts, colors, and graphics on signs

Modes determine the way text and graphics move on a sign. For 

example, the Rotate mode moves a message across a sign from right to 
left. Fonts are the size and shape of text characters. Animations are preset 
moving graphics which can be included with the message. For example, 
included in the birthday announcement, you could insert the balloon 
animation.

Modes available on signs 

 

Signs

Modes

[AUT] = Automode

[FLS] = Flash

[HLD] = Hold

[SPC]3 = Interlock

Roll

Rotate

[SCR] = Scroll

[SPC]5 = Slide

[SPC]5 = Cycle Color Mode

[SPC]2 = Snow

[SPC]1 = Sparkle

[SPC]6 = Spray

[SPC]6 = Cycle Color Mode

[SPC]7 = Starburst

Switch

[SPC]0 = Twinkle

Wipe

[RL  ] = Roll: Up, Down, Left, or Right

[RL ><] = Roll In (horizontal)

[RL <>] = Roll Out (horizontal)

[RL ><] = Roll In (vertical)

[RL <>] = Roll Out (vertical)

[ROT] = Rotate Standard

[CRT] = Rotate Condensed

[SPC]4 = Switch

[SPC]4 = Switch (half the display)

[WI  ] = Wipe: Up, Down, Left, or Right

[WI ><] = Wipe In (horizontal)

[WI <>] = Wipe Out (horizontal)

[WI ><] = Wipe In (vertical)

[WI <>] = Wipe Out (vertical)

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The “Spray” mode is not available for the Alpha 420 Series, however it is an option in 
the ALPHA Messaging Software. If selected for an Alpha 420 sign, the “Cycle Color 
Mode” will be used.

Summary of Contents for ALPHA 200 Series

Page 1: ...i ALPHA Remote Control Programming Manual for ALPHA 200 300 400 4000 and 7000 series signs Also for Big Dot and Solar signs 1998 2000 Adaptive Micro Systems Form No 9704 0002B 1 25 01 ...

Page 2: ...duct is a trade dress of Adaptive Micro Systems Inc The following are trademarks of Adaptive Micro Systems Adaptive Alpha AlphaNet plus AlphaEclipse AlphaPremiere AlphaTicker AlphaVision AlphaVision InfoTracker Automode BetaBrite BetaBrite Director BetaBrite Messaging Software Big Dot PPD Smart Alec Solar TimeNet Visit us at our Internet World Wide Web site http www adaptivedisplays com or e mail ...

Page 3: ...name order A B C etc 14 Example 3 Displaying messages in time order 16 Example 4 Changing the text of an existing message 18 Example 5 Deleting messages 21 Advanced text messaging 22 Example 6 Displaying the time and date 22 Example 7 Creating a news program on a sign 26 Example 8 Using fonts 31 Example 9 Using colors 36 Example 10 Speeding up and slowing down messages 37 Example 11 Special effect...

Page 4: ...ite support service or maintenance Local ordinances prohibiting the use of flashing signs may exist in some locations Compliance with local ordinances is the sole responsibility of the customer To obtain warranty coverage this product must be registered Please complete the enclosed warranty registration card and mail it to Adaptive Micro Systems Inc How to obtain warranty service 1 Contact the dis...

Page 5: ...__________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Return Instructions Step 1 Obtain an RMA number from your distributor Step 2 Fill out this form and include proof of purchase receipt if product is under warranty Step 3 Pack this form the sign keyboard and transformer in the original carton or a suitable replacement Ple...

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Page 7: ... a hand held keyboard used to operate an ALPHA sign From its front a Remote Control emits an infrared light which controls many of the functions of an ALPHA sign A Remote Control needs four AAA batteries to operate Y Z S T U V W X M N P Q R O G H I J K L A B C D E F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO SPEED TIME DOT ROLL WIPE SCROLL FLASH HOLD ROTATE APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ON OFF REMOTE CONTR...

Page 8: ...of the sign Light from the sign s display that is reflected back can interfere with the Remote Control If nearby fluorescent lights interfere with the Remote Control you may have to relocate either the lights or the sign 30 o 30 o 30 o 30 o If a sign is this far from the floor then hold a Remote Control this far away 10 feet from 10 to 30 feet 15 feet from 19 to 30 feet 20 feet from 25 to 30 feet ...

Page 9: ... and unplugging the power supply turns the sign off However instead of unplugging a sign there is another way to turn a sign off Using the Remote Control hold down SHIFT and then press PROGRAM to turn a sign off and on NOTE Messages that you have programmed into the sign will not be lost when you turn a sign off Messages will be retained for up to 30 days if the sign is not powered ...

Page 10: ...set the day of the week Press H to set the hour Press M to set the minute NOTE Press SELECT to change from 12 hour AM PM to 24 hour mode 0 23 5 Press BACK until SET DATE appears 6 Press ADV THEN 7 Press D to set the correct day Press M to set the month Press Y to set the year NOTE Press SELECT to display the date in different formats for example JAN 26 2001 or 1 26 01 or 26 1 01 etc 8 After settin...

Page 11: ...aphics and the password that have been programmed into the sign Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK until CLEAR MEMORY appears 3 Press ADV THEN 4 Press Y to clear the sign s memory The sign will return to normal operation and display a series of demo messages PROGRAM TEXT FILE A CLEAR MEMORY WARNING CLEAR ALL Y N ...

Page 12: ...sign s password on page 7 Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK until SET PASSWORD appears 3 Press ADV 4 Press Y to set a password 5 Type a 6 character password Only asterisks will appear on the sign as you type Re type the password when prompted CORRECT will appear if you entered the same password If you failed to type the same password ERROR will appear and you ll have ...

Page 13: ... s memory on page 5 6 Press RUN twice 7 Press Y to password protect the sign NOTE If you select N then a password will not be needed when you press PROGRAM THEN The sign will return to normal operation Now whenever you press PROGRAM you ll have to type the password you just entered Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Hold down SHIFT and press L six times THEN 3 Enter a new passwor...

Page 14: ...you can also place sounds in a message NOTE Sounds can not be placed in one line signs Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press ADV 3 Type THIS IS 1 BEEP 4 To add a beep press SPECIAL 5 Then press B 6 Press RUN twice The message will be displayed and 1 beep will sound PROGRAM TEXT FILE A A AUT THIS IS 1 BEEP A The AUT which stands for Automode will appear automatically when you s...

Page 15: ... number 9708 8046 for more detailed information on networking signs Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK until SET SERIAL ADDRESS or SET SERIAL appears 3 Press ADV 4 Type a number like 10 NOTE A serial address is actually a number from 0 to 255 in hexadecimal 00 to FF However in typical use entering a number from 00 to 99 is fine NOTE When a sign leaves the factory its s...

Page 16: ...te the transfer of memory from one sign to other signs all signs must be connected together and all must be set to with the RS485 jumper For further information on connecting signs see the Network Configurations Manual pn 9708 8046 Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press SPECIAL 3 Press D 4 The sending sign transmits all messages to the receiving sign s and then resumes displayi...

Page 17: ...lay the text THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE on both lines of the sign like this and then the text This is your second message on just the bottom line Step When you do this You see this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press ADV THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE Your first message will look like this This is your second However your second message will just use the bottom line of the sign PROGRAM TEXT FILE A A A is the file...

Page 18: ...your first character Automode automatically displays your message in different formats Your message should look like this when you re done typing A A A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE Because Automode AUT was used in your message see Step 3 the text of your message will be displayed in a variety of formats For example one of the formats or modes called Scroll moves your message from the bottom to the t...

Page 19: ...cond message 10 Press RUN twice B The cursor should end up here B s is your second message Your message should look like this when you re done typing This is your second You should notice two things This message only appears on one line This is because the cursor was positioned on the bottom line in Step 8 The first message doesn t appear at all We ll fix this in the following example THEN message...

Page 20: ...al order Step When you do this You see this This example continues where Example 1 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the sign File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B This is your second message 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press RUN 3 If RUN appears on the sign go to the next step Otherwise press SELECT until RUN appears 4 Press B 5 Press RUN You have just programmed...

Page 21: ...m the order of some or all of the messages you ve entered on a sign PROGRAM TEXT FILE A RUN RUN RUN BA The order of these letters determines the order in which messages will appear on a sign In this case message B will appear first then message A This is your second THEN message THEN THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B File A These two messages will keep being displayed in this order until a new fil...

Page 22: ... example make sure that your sign s internal clock has been accurately set See Setting a sign s time and date on page 4 This example continues where Example 1 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the sign File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE File B This is your second message In this example we ll program the sign to display File A on Monday through Friday from 1...

Page 23: ... time or when the message starts TEXT A ON MO FR 0 00 Press D to set the day H for hour and M for minute in 10 minute increments TEXT A ON MO FR 13 00 Hours must be represented in 24 hour or military style So 1 00 PM 13 00 2 00 PM 14 00 etc TEXT A ON MO FR 13 10 Minutes are in increments of 10 TEXT A OFF MO FR 0 00 After setting the ON time we ll select the OFF time or when the message stops This ...

Page 24: ...our second message and that File A then File B is displayed In this example we ll change File A and File B to the following File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE BUT NOW IT S LONGER File B This is the second message 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press SELECT until B appears on the sign 3 Press ADV until the space after your appears 4 PressDELETEuntilyour and the space after it are erased 5 Press INSERT 6 Type the...

Page 25: ...Press RUN twice Next we ll add text to the end of File A 11 Press PROGRAM 12 Press SELECT until A appears on the sign 13 Press APPEND 14 To type a comma hold down SHIFT and press W B AUT This is the B AUT This is the sec the has replaced your B s is the second message This is the second THEN message File B PROGRAM TEXT FILE B PROGRAM TEXT FILE A S IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE APPEND takes you to the end ...

Page 26: ...g 15 Press SPACE and then type BUT NOW IT 16 To type an apostrophe hold down SHIFT and press V 17 Type S LONGER 18 Press RUN twice IRST MESSAGE BUT NOW IT A IRST MESSAGE BUT NOW IT A AGE BUT NOW IT S LONGER A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE BUT NOW IT S THEN LONGER File A ...

Page 27: ...s example continues where Example 4 left off This example assumes that there are two messages files A and B in the sign File A THIS IS YOUR FIRST MESSAGE BUT NOW IT S LONGER File B This is the second message In this example we ll delete File B 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press SELECT until B appears on the sign 3 Press DELETE 4 Press Y to delete the file 5 Press RUN twice PROGRAM TEXT FILE A PROGRAM TEXT FI...

Page 28: ...his option a sign s clock will become inaccurate when the sign is turned off 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 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 21 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press SELECT 4 Press A 5 Press CURSOR to s...

Page 29: ...SOR until the cursor appears on the bottom line 11 Hold down SHIFT and press 1 for ROLL 12 Press SELECT until the Roll direction changes to RL A Press SELECT to change the Roll direction RL Roll up a message RL Roll down a message RL Roll a message to the left RL Roll a message to the right RL Roll a message in from both sides of the sign RL Roll a message out from the middle of the sign RL T A im...

Page 30: ...he date into our message 17 Press SPECIAL 18 Press M ime at Rosco Advertising A RL WID This will display the time in wide letters ime at Rosco Advertising A WID 11 35 AM This inserts the current time ime at Rosco Advertising A 11 35 AM RL We ll make the date roll to the left ime at Rosco Advertising A 35 AM RL SLM SLM means the following characters won t be wide ime at Rosco Advertising SPECIAL 35...

Page 31: ...at THEN Rosco Advertising The current time at will roll down into line 1 Rosco Advertising will roll down into line 1 THEN Rosco Advertising 11 37 AM The current time in wide letters will roll into line 2 from the left THEN Rosco Advertising MAY 1 2000 The current date in normal letters will roll into line 2 from the right ...

Page 32: ...d in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 21 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press SELECT 4 Press A 5 Press CURSOR to set the cursor on the top line First we ll place a fireworks graphic in message file A 6 Press SPECIAL 7 Press X 8 Press RUN twice to see the fireworks graphic NOTE In addition to the fireworks graphic there are several others that you can use in...

Page 33: ...SELECT 11 Press B 12 Press CURSOR to set the cursor on the top line 13 Press SPECIAL 14 Press 2 15 Type SALES NEWS 16 Press CURSOR 17 Hold down SHIFT and then press 6 for ROTATE PROGRAM TEXT FILE A PROGRAM TEXT FILE B B SPECIAL SPC 2 B SPC 2 Snow mode SPC SALES NEWS B SPC SALES NEWS B The cursor should now be on line 2 SPC SALES NEWS B ROT ...

Page 34: ... 2 line sign On a 1 line sign Next we ll create birthday announcements in message file C 22 Press PROGRAM 23 Press SELECT 24 Press C 25 Press CURSOR to set the cursor on the top line 26 Press SPECIAL SPC 2SALES NEWS B 5 million this month SPC 2SALES NEWS B llion this month ROT B stern Region Sales VP SALES NEWS Record July sales SALES NEWS remains on the top line while the rest of the message rota...

Page 35: ... SHIFT when needed type the second name Mary Smith 34 Press RUN twice to see the message On a 2 line sign On a 1 line sign SPC 5 C SPC 5 Slide across mode SPC 5BIRTHDAYS C SPC 5BIRTHDAYS C The cursor should now be on line 2 SPC 5BIRTHDAYS C RL SPC 5BIRTHDAYS C RL Tom Jones SPC 5BIRTHDAYS C RL Tom Jones RL SPC 5BIRTHDAYS C RL Mary Smith BIRTHDAYS Tom Jones BIRTHDAYS remains on the top line while th...

Page 36: ...Type the order of the message files A C B 39 Press RUN to see the completed news program First you should see the fireworks file A then the BIRTHDAYS file C and finally the SALES NEWS file B These three message files will keep repeating until you enter a new message or reset their order NOTE You can also schedule a message to run at a particular time For example you may want to display a message o...

Page 37: ...y using the WIDTH button To determine what fonts are available on your sign see Appendix A Modes fonts colors and graphics on signs on page 55 The following examples demonstrate how to use fonts on a sign Using the most common fonts Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page...

Page 38: ...r on the bottom line 9 Hold down SHIFT and press 5 for HOLD 10 Press WIDTH 11 Using CAPS and SHIFT when needed type This is wide SF7 12 Press WIDTH again A Move the cursor here HLD A HLD SF7 A HLD SF7 This is SF7 A As you type the font you selected will appear as it will actually be displayed on the sign HLD SF7 This is SF7 A Move the cursor here SF7 This is SF7 A HLD This is SF7 A HLD WID WID wid...

Page 39: ...r on the top line 18 Hold down SHIFT and press 5 for HOLD 19 Press FONT until SS5 appears 20 Type THIS IS SS5 Only uppercase letters can be used with the SS5 font 21 Press CURSOR to set the cursor on the bottom line 22 Hold down SHIFT and press 5 for HOLD 23 Press FONT until SS7 appears F7 SLM Normal SF7 A PROGRAM TEXT FILE A A A Move the cursor here HLD A HLD SS5 A HLD SS5 This is SS5 A HLD SS5 T...

Page 40: ...S and SHIFT when needed type This is SS7 25 Press RUN twice to see what you ve typed Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 21 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press ADV 4 Press CURSOR until the sign s cursor moves to the middle 5 Select the HOLD mode Hold down SHIFT and press 5 6 Pres...

Page 41: ...ALPHA Remote Control Programming Manual Advanced text messaging 35 7 Type THIS IS BIG 8 Press RUN twice to display the message A THIS IS BIG THIS IS BIG ...

Page 42: ...gn s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 21 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press ADV 4 Select SCROLL Hold down SHIFT and press 3 5 Press COLOR until RB1 Rainbow 1 is selected Each letter will appear in several colors 6 Type This is Rainbow 1 7 Select SCROLL again 8 Press COLOR until MIX appears Each letter will appear in a different color 9 Type This is MIX 10 Press RUN twice to see the two...

Page 43: ... to vary the speed of the Scrolling mode of a message Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 21 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press ADV 4 Select SCROLL Hold down SHIFT and press 3 5 Select SPEED Hold down SHIFT and press 8 6 Press SELECT until SP5 fast appears 7 Type SCROLL SPEED 5 ...

Page 44: ...PEED again 10 Press SELECT until NHL appears No Hold very fast 11 Type SCROLL NO HOLD 12 Press RUN twice to see your message The first part of the message should scroll up slowly and the second part of the message should scroll up without pausing at all A SCR A SCR SP5 A SCR NHL A NHL SCROLL NO HOLD ...

Page 45: ...s a trailing mode Condensed Rotate Scroll Slide Snow and Spray Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 21 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press ADV 4 Hold down SHIFT and press 4 for FLASH 5 Type ATTENTION 6 Hold down SHIFT and press 1 for ROLL 7 Type TRAILING MODE 8 Press RUN twice to ...

Page 46: ...rnational characters in a message Base Characters Use the CAPS button on the Remote Control for the lowercase letters A C E I N O U Y International Characters â Ç é ï ñ ô ü ÿ ä ç ê î Ñ ö û Y å C ë ì N ò Ü y Ä c è I n Ö ú ƒ Å É i ó U æ E o u Æ e O á o a A a Step When you do this You see this 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 D...

Page 47: ...g 41 4 Using CAPS and SHIFT when needed type Submit your re 5 Press SELECT until é appears 6 Type sume 7 Press SELECT until é appears 8 Press RUN twice to see your message A AVT Submit your re A AVT Submit your ré A AVT Submit your résume A AVT Submit your résumé ...

Page 48: ...ust be placed in a text file even if you just want to display the graphic all by itself Example 13 Creating a movie marquee Step When you do this You see this In this example we ll create three graphics or DOTS files and combine them with text to make a flashing marquee 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on p...

Page 49: ...rsor keeps track of where you re drawing Y Z S T U V W X M N P Q R O G H I J K L A B C D E F 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 AUTO SPEED TIME DOT ROLL WIPE SCROLL FLASH HOLD ROTATE APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ON OFF REMOTE CONTROL SOUND INSERT BACK ADV DELETE PROGRAM RUN SELECT SPACE RETURN SHIFT CAPS SHIFT Press Q to move the DOTS cursor here These keys move the DOTS cursor Also you can draw or era...

Page 50: ... down SHIFT with these keys to actually draw 8 Press RUN 9 Then press Y to save graphic A 10 Press SELECT until a question mark appears 11 Type B as the name of the next graphics file 12 Repeat the previous steps to draw graphics B and C Both are just smaller versions of graphic A SHIFT L SHIFT E SHIFT Q SHIFT J PROGRAM DOTS FILE A PROGRAM DOTS FILE PROGRAM DOTS FILE B DOTS graphic B DOTS graphic ...

Page 51: ... question mark appears 15 Press A 16 Press CURSOR until the cursor is in the middle of the display 17 Hold down SHIFT and press 4 for FLASH 18 Hold down SHIFT and press 8 for SPEED 19 Press SELECT until SP5 appears This is the fastest speed 20 Insert the first DOTS graphic you created file A by holding down SHIFT and pressing 0 PROGRAM TEXT FILE A PROGRAM TEXT FILE A A FLS A A FLS SP4 A FLS SP5 FL...

Page 52: ... SELECT until the letter C appears Now we ll add the message Movie News after the three graphics 23 Press FONT until SS7 appears 24 Type the letter M 25 Press FONT until SS5 appears 26 Type ovie and then press SPACE A DOT A SP5 DOT DOT Press SELECT A B A A DOT A P5 DOT DOT DOT Press SELECT A B C A A OT DOT DOT SS7 SS7 is the normal character font A B C A T DOT DOT SS7 M A B C A SS5 is the smallest...

Page 53: ... 27 Press FONT until SS7 appears 28 Type the letter N 29 Press FONT until SS5 appears 30 Type ews 31 Press RUN twice to watch the marquee you created T SS7 M SS5 OVIE SS7 A C SS7 M SS5 OVIE SS7 N A C S7 M SS5 OVIE SS7 N SS5 A M SS5 OVIE SS7 N SS5 EWS A ...

Page 54: ...standing the cursor and line positions on page 59 Combining text with a graphic is a little more complicated because you have to make the graphic small using a special technique shown in this example Step When you do this You see this In this example we ll use a 2 line graphic and use it with a text message 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page...

Page 55: ...ic using the keys indicated 7 Press RUN twice 8 Press BACK until PROGRAM TEXT FILE appears 9 Press SELECT until a question mark appears 10 Press A 11 Hold down SHIFT and press 6 for ROTATE X moves this line right reduces drawing area W moves this line left increases drawing area SHIFT Q SHIFT D SHIFT F The bottom row of dots should be blank PROGRAM DOTS FILE A PROGRAM TEXT FILE A PROGRAM TEXT FILE...

Page 56: ...Using CAPS and SHIFT when necessary type Graphics Place a space before and after Graphics 14 Hold down SHIFT and press 0 to insert your DOTS graphic again 15 Press RUN twice to see your graphic and text message move across the sign A ROT DOT A The A is the file name of your DOTS graphic A ROT DOT A Graphics A DOT A ...

Page 57: ...It assumes that the following is a graphic in DOTS file A 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK 3 Press SELECT 4 Type the letter of the graphic you want to delete In this case type A 5 Press Z 6 Press Y to delete the graphic Or N if you don t want to delete it 7 Press RUN four times to return to normal operation This is the DOTS graphic used in Example 14 Using multi line graphics on page 48 PROGRAM TEXT F...

Page 58: ...graphics by fooling the sign Step When you do this You see this In this example we ll create a 1 line graphic and use it with a text message 1 Delete all the messages currently stored in the sign See Clearing a sign s memory on page 5 or Example 5 Deleting messages on page 21 2 Press PROGRAM 3 Press BACK 4 Press ADV This is a 1 line graphic that is used twice in this message PROGRAM TEXT FILE A PR...

Page 59: ... graphic using the keys indicated 7 Press RUN twice 8 Press BACK until PROGRAM TEXT FILE appears 9 Press SELECT until a question mark appears 10 Press A 11 Press CURSOR until the cursor is on the top line X moves this line right reduces drawing area W moves this line left increases drawing area SHIFT L SHIFT Q SHIFT J SHIFT E The graphic should be 7 dots high PROGRAM DOTS FILE A PROGRAM TEXT FILE ...

Page 60: ...r DOTS graphic 14 Using CAPS and SHIFT when necessary type Graphics Place a space before and after Graphics 15 Hold down SHIFT and press 0 to insert your DOTS graphic again 16 Press RUN twice to see your graphic and text message move across the sign A ROT A ROT DOT A The A is the file name of your DOTS graphic A ROT DOT A Graphics A DOT A ...

Page 61: ... Roll Rotate SCR Scroll SPC 5 Slide SPC 5 Cycle Color Mode SPC 2 Snow SPC 1 Sparkle SPC 6 Spray SPC 6 Cycle Color Mode SPC 7 Starburst Switch SPC 0 Twinkle Wipe RL Roll Up Down Left or Right RL Roll In horizontal RL Roll Out horizontal RL Roll In vertical RL Roll Out vertical ROT Rotate Standard CRT Rotate Condensed SPC 4 Switch SPC 4 Switch half the display WI Wipe Up Down Left or Right WI Wipe I...

Page 62: ... shadow SDF 7 fancy shadow 3 300 Series SS7 7 row sans serif SF7 7 row serif SS5 5 row sans serif WID Wide bold fonts 8 Alpha 420C SS5 5 slim SS7 7 slim SRF 7 fancy slim ST5 5 stroke ST7 7 stroke STF 7 fancy stroke WD5 5 wide WD7 7 wide WDF 7 fancy wide WS5 5 stroke wide WS7 7 stroke wide WSF 7 fancy stroke wide SDS 7 shadow SDF 7 fancy shadow 3 Alpha 420R SS5 5 slim SS7 7 slim SRF 7 fancy slim ST...

Page 63: ...Don t Drink and Drive Special W Running Animal Special W Fish Special X Fireworks Special Y Balloon Special Y Turbo Car Special Z Cherry Bomb 200 Series Alpha 220C 300 Series Alpha 420 1 1 2 4000 Series 7000 Series None available Big Dot Solar Series 1 If the Trumpet animation is selected in the ALPHA Messaging Software for an Alpha 420 sign the Thank You animation will be displayed The Trumpet an...

Page 64: ...n the upper left hand corner of the sign 3 Use the direction keys D E F etc to move the DOTS cursor in the direction indicated by the white arrows 4 To draw a line hold down SHIFT while pressing one of the direction keys For example to draw a diagonal line hold down the SHIFT while pressing R 5 When you re done press RUN twice 6 Press BACK until this display appears 7 Press SELECT and then a lette...

Page 65: ...Where the cursor is positioned will have an effect on how a text and graphics see the examples in the Graphics section appear on a sign The following shows how cursor position affects how text appears Cursor position How text will appear on a 2 line Series 4120 Top Bottom Middle Fill A This message won t fit THEN on one line A This message won t fit THEN on one line A This message won t fit THEN o...

Page 66: ...e this 1 Press PROGRAM 2 Press BACK until SET TIME AND DAY or SET TIME appears 3 Press ADV 4 Type TEST or type TESTR NOTE Typing TEST deletes all messages in the sign However if you type the letter R immediately after typing TEST your messages will be preserved 56 Press PROGRAM to exit the self test mode PROGRAM TEXT FILE A SET TIME AND DAY SET TIME USING D H M TUESDAY 1 10 PM 1 00 AM00 THEN A ser...

Page 67: ...nges the font SF7 SS5 or SS7 used in a message See Example 8 Using fonts on page 31 WIDTH Changes the width of a font Text that appears after WID will look bold To return to normal text press WIDTH again and SLM will appear See Example 8 Using fonts on page 31 COLOR Changes the color of text APPEND CURSOR SPECIAL FONT WIDTH COLOR ON OFF SOUND PROGRAM RUN PROGRAM TEXT FILE A Press ADV to enter a me...

Page 68: ...IFT and press 8 to change the Speed in a message Use SELECT to set the speed NHL slowest SP5 fastest TIME Hold down SHIFT and press 9 to include the time in a message Date Press SPECIAL and then M to include the date in a message Twinkle Press SPECIAL Then press 0 Sparkle Press SPECIAL Then press 1 Snow Press SPECIAL Then press 2 Interlock Press SPECIAL Then press 3 Switch Press SPECIAL Then press...

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