Daktronics Galaxy AF-3150 Series, Manual

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Venus
®
1500 is a software package that runs under Windows
®
98, ME
™
, NT
®
4.0,
2000, or XP Home/Professional operating systems on an IBM
®
-compatible
computer. Refer to the Venus
®
1500 operator’s manual, ED13530 , for installation
and operation of the Venus
®
1500 editing station.
Refer to
Sections 4.2 and 4.3 for the summaries of how signal and power are routed
through the displays.
1.4 Component Identification
The following illustrations depict some of the more commonly accessed Galaxy
®
display components. Because Daktronics occasionally alters standard design to meet
customer needs, the actual display design may vary slightly from the illustrations
below.
This is only a brief overview. Refer to
Section 4 for additional information on
maintaining the various display components.
Com Port: A COM port is a connector on the back of the control computer. The
COM port is used to control the display network through either a 9- or a 25-pin serial
connector.
Controller: The display’s controller is the “brains” of the display (refer to
Figure 2
below). The controller receives, translates, and activates the signal information from
the computer to the appropriate pixels on the display accordingly.
Figure 2: Version 3 Controller
Introduction
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