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Operation Manual
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UDP MESSAGING
EXAMPLE:
Message sent without modifiers: THIS IS MESSAGE #1
This message will be displayed in the DEFAULT COLOR.
Message sent with modifiers: THIS@r IS@g MESSAGE@y #1
In this case the word THIS will be the DEFAUL COLOR, the word IS will be RED, the word
MESSAGE will be GREEN and the #1 will be YELLOW.
DISPLAY METHOD MODIFIERS
Display method is the method the Marquee displays the received message. There are 26 different
ways that a message may be displayed on the Marquee. If no modifier is received with the message
then the DEFAULT DISPLAY METHOD is used to display the message.The display method
modifier is always placed at the beginning of the message. The display method modifier also always
starts with a ~ follow by a capital letter A-Z.
Note:
The display method modifier must be the first two characters within the message.
Table 2—Color Modifiers
MODIFIER
COLOR
@R or @r
Text/data following this modifier
will be red.
@G or @r
Text/data following this modifier
will be green.
@Y or @y
Text/data following this modifier
will be yellow.
Table 3—Display Method Modifiers
DISPLAY
METHOD
MODIFIER
RESULT OF MESSAGE BEING DISPLAYED
~A
RANDOM: Display method is randomly chosen.
~B
IMMMEDIATE: Message is displayed as soon as it is received.
~C
SLIDE <--: Message slides in from right side of the Marquee
~D
SLIDE -->: Message slides in from left side of the Marquee.
