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ALUVISION > Clemence Dosschestraat 44 > 9800 Deinze, Belgium > T: +32 (0)9 381 54 70 > [email protected] > www.aluvision.com

Contents

01 HARDWARE

01.1

Hi-LED 55 CABINET

01.2

CABLES & CONNECTION

01.3

POWER FLOW

01.4

SIGNAL/DATA FLOW

01.5

Hi-LED 55 CHAIN

01.6

NOVASTAR CONTROLLERS

01.7

MEDIA DEVICE

01.8

CORNERS, CUBES AND CURVES

VIDEO FILE

02.1

VIDEO SETUP SIMPLE SCREEN

02.2

VIDEO SETUP COMPLEX SCREEN

02.3

VIDEO FILE EXPORT SETTINGS

02.4 BRIGHTAUTHOR

CONTROLLING Hi-LED 55

03.1

SIMPLE SCREEN

MCTRL300 controller setup

MCTRL660 controller setup

03.2

COMPLEX SCREEN

Data flow of a complex screen

Configuration of a complex screen

03.3

SAVE AND LOAD CONFIGURATION 32

03.4 REMOVE CONFIGURATION 34
03.5

OTHER OPTIONS

Simple screen setup in ‘Standard’ mode

Multiple data port outputs

Full HD screen setup

Multiple screens

Setup with curved Hi-LED tiles

‘Complex’ mode

SmartLCT

Novastar website

03.6

LAPTOP/PC 49

Hi-LED 55 CONFIGURATION

04.1

FACTORY SETTINGS

04.2

FLASHING A HI-LED 55 MODULE

04.3

REPLACING THE POWER BOX OR RECEIVING CARD

Summary of Contents for Hi-LED 55

Page 1: ... 02 4 BRIGHTAUTHOR 15 03 CONTROLLING Hi LED 55 19 03 1 SIMPLE SCREEN 19 MCTRL300 controller setup 19 MCTRL660 controller setup 24 03 2 COMPLEX SCREEN 26 Data flow of a complex screen 26 Configuration of a complex screen 27 03 3 SAVE AND LOAD CONFIGURATION 32 03 4 REMOVE CONFIGURATION 34 03 5 OTHER OPTIONS 35 Simple screen setup in Standard mode 35 Multiple data port outputs 36 Full HD screen setup...

Page 2: ...At the back of the cabinet a power box is mounted the power box has 4 connectors There are 2 power connectors on the right a power input male connection and an output female connection On the left you can find two signal connectors both can be uses as either input or output At the bottom of the power box 2 buttons are available The test button is used to play a colour or a pattern to check the bri...

Page 3: ...upport 01 2 Cables connection A Truecom power cable of 10 meters is used to power the cabinets EU power cable US power cable Power input A Neutric signal cable CAT5E of 20 meters is used to provide the data to the cabinets Signal input Interlink cables are used to link the cabinets and send the power and data from one cabinet to another Interlink power cables can be connected to each other interli...

Page 4: ... 2 5 Connecting to many cabinets in one power flow can create a hazardous situation Maintain the overview work in a vertical or horizontal data signal flow 01 4 Signal data flow The signal data flow is the order in which the cabinets are connected The signal data flow is very important to keep in mind for the configuration of the cabinets later on Maintain the overview work in a vertical or horizo...

Page 5: ...roller is also connected to a media device Laptop PC Blu ray DVD player BrightSign NOVA power signal data 01 6 Novastar controllers A LED controller sending box is required to send the correct data to each cabinet Aluvision makes use of Novastar controllers Different types can be used depending on the amount of cabinets in your setup and it s functionalities Aluvision offers four types Novastar MC...

Page 6: ...utput ports to cabinets PC Laptop connection configuration Video input DVI or HDMI D E F Return button Navigation selection button Display Novastar MCTRL660 PRO Supports 2 3 million pixels 6 data outputs Output maximum 20 cabinets P2 8 17 cabinets P2 5 Controller maximum 72 cabinets P2 8 60 cabinets P2 5 No PC laptop required for basic configuration and testing 10 12 bit video support low latency ...

Page 7: ...is not the port s absolute maximum this is a relative number if you want to use all ports Not only the amount of supported cabinets determines what controller to choose also the supported resolutions are important to take into account A resolution is a rectangle with a certain width and height shown in pixels All Hi LED tiles should fit one of those resolutions Hi LED s or parts of it beyond this ...

Page 8: ...curves Aluvision offers next to the regular flat tiles also corners cubes and curves All can be integrated seamlessly in the original Aluvision frame system Hi LED 2D corner 2 sides closed Hi LED 3D corner 3 sides closed Hi LED cube 5 sides closed Each side of a corner cube consists out of 4 replaceable LED modules with beveled corners wich are powered by the same kind of power boxes as the regula...

Page 9: ...nce the pixel pitch is 2 5 the power consumption per m is the same as for a flat 2 5 pitch Hi LED MAX 610W m AVG 203 W m But be aware this does not mean you can connect as many curved Hi LED tiles as flat tiles in one power flow Since they all have different dimensions please take the different types of Hi LED tiles into account when calculating the power The same reasoning applies to calculating ...

Page 10: ...n be used Below you can find the instructions how to prepare your video using a BrightSign media player Also other workflows are possible but this workflow makes sure you won t face any scaling issues later on The resolution of the LED tile video should be exactly the same as the resolution amount of pixels of the screen This is called pixel to pixel and means that every pixel in the video represe...

Page 11: ... determine what the resolution of the LED tile video should be It s important to know what type of cabinets you have since Hi LED 55 2 8 and Hi LED 55 2 5 have a different amount of pixels Resolution width 3 x 176 pixels 528 pixels Hi LED 55 2 8 3 x 192 pixels 576 pixels Hi LED 55 2 5 Resolution height 2 x 176 pixels 352 pixels Hi LED 55 2 8 2 x 192 pixels 384 pixels Hi LED 55 2 5 Screen resolutio...

Page 12: ...al resolution of the screen When exporting the video use standard HD 1920 x 1080 pixels or 4K 3840 x 2160 pixels video resolution The footage that is shown on the screen LED tile video is represented by squares positioned in the same way the cabinets are The remaining part of this video should stay black Depending on the media player other resolutions can be used Below you can find the instruction...

Page 13: ... or 192 x 192 pixels 2 5 Use a grid to represent the cabinets and to help position each square of video Example of a complex screen 7 cabinets The setup is a 7 cabinet LED screen with the cabinets in a random shape First check the type of cabinets you have since Hi LED 55 2 8 and Hi LED 55 2 5 have a different amount of pixels Start from your full image and determine which parts of the footage sho...

Page 14: ...following settings in mind when exporting the video file Format mp4 Other formats possible depending on media player Resolution 1920 x 1080 4K 3840 x 2160 Codec H 264 H 265 Other codecs possible depending on media player Frame rate 25 50fps Europe 30 60fps US Field order progressive Bitrate 10 20mbps 02 4 BrightAuthor To play back the video properly using a BrightSign media player some extra steps...

Page 15: ...deo file resolution 1920x1080x50px Europe or 1920x1080x 60px US 4K 3840x2160x50px Europe or 3840x2160x60px US Choose Landscape as monitor orientation Click Create and in the next screen choose Full screen as template Select the Edit tab choose the folder with the exported video in it and drag drop the video in the Drag media here box You can also drag and drop the video in this box directly from a...

Page 16: ...there will be no effect if the video and the screen are the same size 3 different options are available to scale the video depending on what is important filling the screen or maintaining the aspect ratio Scale to Fill scales the video without maintaining the aspect ration video is stretched Letterboxed and Centered centers video and adds black borders to show the full video and to maintain the as...

Page 17: ...ion com For the last step select the Publish tab Choose a folder to publish to click Publish and click OK when completed Now copy everything from the publish folder to a formatted SD Card Insert the SD Card in the BrightSign player and press Reset The video is now ready to play back A Reset button B SD Card ...

Page 18: ... horizontal and vertical cabinets and the signal data flow in between the cabinets In the example below the configuration of a simple 6 cabinet screen is shown step by step Example of a simple screen 6 cabinets Simple screen MCTRL300 controller setup To configure a simple screen using a MCTRL300 controller a Windows PC laptop with NovaLCT software is required The software doesn t run on Macintosh ...

Page 19: ...o access the program after installation After opening the software choose User U Advanced User Login from the top menu to login Without logging in you won t be able to make any changes to the controller As password fill in admin or 666 and press Login After login check the Local System Information Control System shows if the controller is successfully connected 1 indicates that the connection to t...

Page 20: ...ith a controller the communication port will be selected automatically Otherwise the drop down menu will stay empty Click Next in the pop up box The Screen Configuration window shows up Select the first tab Sending Card and check if the sending card resolution is 1920 x 1080 1080P 3840 x 2160 if you are using a 4K controller If not change the resolution Select the refresh rate 50Hz for Europe 60Hz...

Page 21: ...and the amount of Rows horizontal cabinets The screen in this example consists of 3 columns and 2 rows The receiving card width height refers to the amount of horizontal vertical pixels in one cabinet When using Hi LED 55 2 8 this is 176 pixels When using Hi LED 55 2 5 this is 192 pixels To set the correct connecting mode it s necessary to know the physical signal data flow in between the cabinets...

Page 22: ...the software is front view In other words it represents the flow when standing in front of the screen This can be confusing since the cabinets are connected from the back the flow is mirrored The configuration is now complete the only thing that s left is sending this configuration to the controller and save it Click Send to HW and click Save The video plays properly now You can also save this con...

Page 23: ...y For more complex screen configurations a PC laptop with the NovaLCT software is still necessary First of all power up the controller and push the navigation selection button to enter the menu Navigate to Advanced Settings and push the button to enter the Advanced Settings Navigate to EDID Resolution to select the sending card resolution and push the button Push the button again and choose 1920x1...

Page 24: ...ve to tell the software in what order the cabinets are connected The example s signal data flow starts with the bottom left cabinet and runs in a vertical flow to the top right cabinet Select the correct setting by navigating and selecting Data Flow Front View choosing and confirming the second option from the bottom row Always start your signal data flow in one of the corners of your screen and w...

Page 25: ...p by step Example of a complex screen 7 cabinets Data flow of a complex screen Providing the cabinets with data for a complex screen works in the same way as for a simple screen It s even more important to maintain the overview of the signal data flow also start in one of the corners of the screen and always work in a horizontal or vertical flow Another very important aspect is the controller also...

Page 26: ...or the first output is reached provide a second data flow from the second output again taking the rectangular shape and the port s maximum capacity into account This can be repeated for all remaining output ports if available This way the complex screen gets divided into rectangles The more outputs the controller has the more wiggle room you have to fit your complex screen within the controller s ...

Page 27: ...on Complex Screen will be handled later on Below the screen type selection you can find the coordinates This refers to the position in the video matching the top left position of your screen By default X and Y are both 0 Do not change this unless you don t want to match the top left position of your video with the top left position of your screen Set the amount of columns and rows In a simple scre...

Page 28: ... assigned to the correct positions yet That s what s need to be done next Before assigning the cabinets set the Receiving Card Size This refers to the amount of pixels in one cabinet When using Hi LED 55 2 8 this is 176 x 176 pixels When using Hi LED 55 2 5 this is 192 x 192 pixels To assign the cabinets to the correct position it s necessary to know the physical signal data flow in between the ca...

Page 29: ...king the correct position one by one starting with the bottom right position first cabinet in the flow The green line that appears represents the signal data flow All cabinets are now assigned to the correct position Next we have to tell the software that the gaps in between the cabinets have the same resolution as the cabinets You can do this by setting the positions without video to blank In oth...

Page 30: ... front view In other words it represents the flow when standing in front of the screen This can be confusing Since the cabinets are connected from the back the flow is mirrored The configuration is now complete the only thing that s left is sending this configuration to the controller and save it Click Send to HW and click Save The video plays properly now You can also save this configuration to a...

Page 31: ...is to maintain the same data flow otherwise reconfiguration will be necessary The power flow isn t influenced by the configuration After connecting a configured controller to a computer and opening the NovaLCT software the software will load and show the existing configuration automatically In case the software was started before connecting the controller to a computer choose Read from HW to load ...

Page 32: ...0 info aluvision com www aluvision com Click Load from File to load the configuration back to the software Do not forget to also choose Send to HW and Save to store the configuration in the controller again Remember to maintain the correct data flow according the configuration ...

Page 33: ...ta flow for a screen without removing any other settings This situation arises for instance when the screen setup remains the same but the wiring is done differently or when a mistake was made and the data flow has to be reconfigured To do this click the Reset All button all assigned cabinets for this screen become clear again but any other settings columns rows other screens receiving card size r...

Page 34: ... a successful connection is established between the computer and the controller before you start configuring Login to the software and open the Screen Configuration window Select the first tab and set the Sending card resolution and Refresh rate Installing and logging into the software connecting the computer opening the screen configuration window and setting the resolution refresh rate are descr...

Page 35: ... between multiple data port outputs How to do this is described below In this example a LED screen setup of 24 cabinets 6 wide 4 high is assumed controlled by a Novastar MCTRL300 controller Using Hi LED 55 2 5 cabinets this results in a maximum amount of 17 cabinets in one signal data flow or in other words 17 cabinets for each data output Hi LED 55 2 8 20 cabinets Check chapter Novastar controlle...

Page 36: ...2 cabinets each Backview 6 x 4 screen Output 1 flow 1 blue 12 cabinets output 2 flow 2 yellow 12 cabinets MCTRL300 controller with 2 data flows Output 1 flow 1 blue output 2 flow 2 yellow It s not possible to have more data flows than available data output ports Novastar MCTRL 300 controller only has 2 outputs so a maximum of 2 data flows is possible to configure If you need more outputs to provid...

Page 37: ... following data Columns 6 Rows 4 Receiving Card Size 192 x 192 pixels since we re using Hi LED 55 2 5 On the left side of the Screen Configuration window you can choose which signal data flow you want to configure Ethernet port No The software automatically shows the correct amount of available data output ports corresponding to the connected controller The first data output port is automatically ...

Page 38: ...s into account all outputs except for the last one should have the same amount of cabinets This amount should be a multiple of the number of horizontal or vertical cabinets in the screen The last output should have a smaller or equal amount of cabinets than the others Also very important is to have the same data flow for all outputs Now use the controller s interface to set the amount of horizonta...

Page 39: ... cabinet height is 5 6 5 The Hi LED screen should be 10 cabinets wide and 5 cabinets high As seen in the calculations above the screen will not match the Full HD video perfectly Therefore the video needs to be slightly scaled to fit the screen Scaling can be done in 2 ways matching the width or matching the height Hi LED 2 8 10 x 6 cabinets Video width matches screen width black banding at top and...

Page 40: ...tup with 2 screens is assumed controlled by a Novastar MCTRL300 controller The first screen is 3 cabinets wide and 2 high the second screen is 2 cabinets wide and 5 high There are 16 cabinets in total so 1 signal data flow would be sufficient But since there are 2 screens it s more logical and more clear to work with 2 data flows Also 2 data output ports will be used Prepare the video content as d...

Page 41: ... the cabinet above and continue by clicking all other cabinets in this flow in a vertical flow The tenth and last should be the top right cabinet from screen 2 Since there s a gap in the video in between the screens don t forget to set all remaining cabinets in the software to blank You can see a resolution of 192 x 192 pixels is assigned to those cabinets It s also possible to place both video s ...

Page 42: ...w 1 Columns 3 Rows 2 Please note that the coordinates are both 0 Now select the second tab Screen 2 With the second output selected Ethernet port No 2 configure data flow 2 Columns 2 Rows 5 Since the video for screen 2 doesn t start in the top left corner it s necessary to set the correct coordinates Based on the video s pixelmap we can define that the video for screen 2 starts 4 cabinets from the...

Page 43: ...e controller no software nor in simple screen mode in NovaLCT A basic display 1 Hi LED concave 1 flat Hi LED 1 Hi LED convex is used here as an example Prepare the video content as described in the Video file chapter Important to keep in mind is the amount of pixels your screens consist of Calculate the width and height by adding the widths and heights of the cabinets in the setup Width 266 192 30...

Page 44: ...els the height 192 pixels Assign this resolution to the first cabinet from the left by clicking it Next click the second cabinet It also gets assigned with the resolution that was set but since the second cabinet is a flat Hi LED the width should be adapted to 192 pixels Click the third and last cabinet again it gets assigned with the resolution already set 192 x 192 To change this adapt the width...

Page 45: ...y There s no difference between both modes in what kind of setup you can configure Since all setups can be configured in both modes it s up to you to decide which one to use Follow the steps below to find out how to configure a setup in Complex Screen mode We ll use the same setup as used for the Standard Screen configuration mode Also keep in mind the same pixelmap and signal data flow Open the N...

Page 46: ...ration Notice that the receiving card number increases for each cabinet Close the pop up box Next set the correct position for each cabinet in the list The X Y value represents the top left corner of a cabinet Select the first item in the list receiving card number 1 and start by setting the position for the first cabinet in your signal data flow In this example this is the cabinet on the bottom r...

Page 47: ...d the configuration to the controller and save it by clicking Send to HW and Save The video plays properly now SmartLCT Novastar also offers a second type of configuration software SmartLCT This software has a complete new interface but doesn t have all the options NovaLCT has Calibration and flashing the modules for instance are not supported by SmartLCT However the software looks modern is very ...

Page 48: ...y mentioned in the hardware part of this manual A laptop PC can also be used as a media player Depending on if you prepared a pixel to pixel video or not choose the correct instructions and follow the steps Pixel to pixel video 1 Connect the computer to the controller with a DVI or HDMI cable 2 Open the computer s Screen Configuration settings 3 The LED screen should be recognized as a second scre...

Page 49: ...n the computer s Screen Configuration settings 9 The LED screen should be recognized as a second screen 10 Set the second screen as an extension of the first one 11 The Screen Resolution for the second screen should automatically match the resolution of the LED screen step 6 12 From the second screen play the video in full screen mode 13 Use settings from the media player software standard media p...

Page 50: ...ame batch Otherwise wrong data will be sent to the cabinets causing errors The configuration files rfcgx for all batches can be downloaded from the Aluvision website www aluvision com en products downloads To perform a factory reset you ll need the same setup as for configuring a screen A Windows PC laptop with NovaLCT software is required The software doesn t run on Macintosh Connect your PC lapt...

Page 51: ...em Information Control System shows if the controller is successfully connected 1 indicates that the connection to the controller is OK 0 indicates that no connection to a controller has been found If this is the case do the following check if the controller is powered if not switch it on at the back of the controller Also check if the USB cable is connected and if the USB cable or USB port is not...

Page 52: ...tay empty Click Next in the pop up box The Screen Configuration window shows up Select the second tab Receiving Card to open the overview page containing all the information and settings about the cabinets To send the factory settings to the cabinets receiving card it s necessary to retrieve the correct data first Click Load from File and in the pop up window select the correct configuration file ...

Page 53: ...loaded you can send it to the cabinets receiving card by clicking Send to Receiving Card The pop up box Send Parameters to Receiving Card appears To reset the factory settings in all cabinets in your setup select All Receiving Card and click Send If you want to reset a specific cabinet select Specify Receiving Card and specify the cabinet in your setup ...

Page 54: ...ntosh Connect your PC laptop to the controller MCTRL300 or MCTRL660 using an USB cable and power up the controller Open the NovaLCT software The software installation file can be downloaded from the Aluvision website www aluvision com en products downloads Make sure to use software version 4 9 0 do not use the latest version from the Novastar website Possible issue installing the NovaLCT software ...

Page 55: ...ion to a controller has been found If this is the case do the following check if the controller is powered if not switch it on at the back of the controller Also check if the USB cable is connected and if the USB cable or USB port is not damaged Now choose System S Reconnect R from the top menu the 0 should change into 1 From the top menu choose Settings C Module Flash U to open the module flash w...

Page 56: ...ct cabinet from your setup by clicking it the selected cabinet turns yellow Both options require the same workflow to flash the Modules First of all click Flash check when this is successful a pop up box appears click OK Next click Check Coefficients in modules and wait until a pop up box appears Perform a visual check yourself if the colours in all modules match and no deviations are seen in the ...

Page 57: ...ick Save calibration coefficients on receiving card When this is successful a pop up box appears click OK 04 3 Replacing the power box or receiving card After replacing a cabinets power box or receiving card resetting the factory settings and performing a flash check are necessary To do this follow the steps described in the previous chapters Factory settings and Flashing a Hi LED 55 module ...

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