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8 SignStream Installation and Operation
SignStream Zones
Media Express assigns control to three entities:
•
All Zones – All displays respond to a single command
•
Zones – All displays within one of 15 Zones respond to a single command
•
Single Display – Sends command to one display address
When you design your SignStream system, arrange your display addresses into one of the 15
zones
. This allows you to control a group of displays as if they were one display.
Note that you can change the default names for Zones in Media Express – see Display – Setup in the Media
Express section.
You’ll discover that the ICC1-IR and ICC1-232 controllers typical for many SignStream display control systems
are designed to follow this Zone address format. You can use the 4 top switches in the second DIP switch to
define the controller’s Zone. You could stop at that point, or use the upper switches to define the controller’s
address within the Zone. For example, setting S2/1 On and S1/2 On defines that the controller is part of Zone 1
(256), and is the second unit in the Zone (2). The unique address of the controller would be 258 (256 + 2). The
ICC2-ATSC follows a similar procedure – using front-panel programming, you set the unique Unit address (1-
255), then the Zone (1-15).
Use the chart below as a guide to setting your Zones and addresses.
Zone
Device #
Unit
Total Device #
1
256
1-255
257-511
2
512
1-255
512-767
3
768
1-255
769-1023
4
1024
1-255
1025-1279
5
1280
1-255
1281-1535
6
1536
1-255
1537-1791
7
1792
1-255
1793-2047
8
2048
1-255
2049-2303
9
2304
1-255
2305-2559
10
2560
1-255
2561-2815
11
2816
1-255
2817-3071
12
3072
1-255
3073-3327
13
3328
1-255
3329-3583
14
3584
1-255
3585-3839
15
3840
1-255
3841-4000
All Zones 4095