Daktronics Galaxy AF-3190 Series, Display Manual

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Introduction
1-5
The following describes the Galaxy
®
model numbers: AF-3197-RRCCC-89-RGB
AF-3197
=
Outdoor 89mm Louvered RGB Galaxy Sign
RR =
Number of Rows High (8, 16, 24, 32, 40 and 48 are available)
CCC =
Number of Columns Long (32, 48, 64, 80, 96, and 112 are
available)
89 =
89mm center-to-center pixel spacing
RGB =
LED Color (32,000 RGB)
A typical sign system consists of a Windows
®
based personal computer (PC) running
Venus
®
1500 software and one or more displays. 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 controller manual,
ED13530 , for installation and maintenance of the Venus 1500 editing station.
The displays are single-face units, which are single-sided stand-alone displays. The first
display is called the primary, and if mounted back-to-back with a second display; the
second display is called the echo. If the second display will be mounted at a distance of
more than ten feet from the primary, which is common with the 89mm displays, the quick
connect interconnect cable cannot be used. Signal between controllers will need to be
hardwired.
1.4 Component Identification
The following illustrations and definitions depict some of the more commonly accessed
Galaxy
®
sign components. Because Daktronics occasionally alters standard design to
meet customer needs, the actual sign design may vary slightly from the illustrations
below.
This is only a brief overview. Refer to
Section 4 for detailed information on maintaining
and troubleshooting various sign components.
Com Port:
The serial connector on the back of the control computer. The COM port
controls the sign through either a 9 or a 25 pin serial connector.
Controller: The display’s controller is the “brains” of the display. The controller
receives, translates, and activates the signal information from the control computer to the
appropriate pixels on the display accordingly.