Velleman MML16MC User manual

MML16MC

MULTICOLOURED MESSAGE BOARD

VEELKLEURIGE LICHTKRANT

JOURNAL LUMINEUX MULTICOLORE

MENSAJE RODANTE MULTICOLOR

VIELFARBIGE LAUFSCHRIFT

PAINEL DE MENSAGEM MULTICOR

WIELOKOLOROWA TABLICA INFORMACYJNA

USER MANUAL 2

GEBRUIKERSHANDLEIDING 12

MODE D'EMPLOI 22

MANUAL DEL USUARIO 32

BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG 42

MANUAL DO UTILIZADOR 52

INSTRUKCJA OBSŁUGI 62

7 X 80 P6 RGB LEDS

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USER MANUAL

1. Introduction

To all residents of the European Union

Important environmental information about this product

This symbol on the device or the package indicates that disposal of the device after its lifecycle

could harm the environment. Do not dispose of the unit (or batteries) as unsorted municipal

waste; it should be taken to a specialized company for recycling. This device should be

returned to your distributor or to a local recycling service. Respect the local environmental

rules.

If in doubt, contact your local waste disposal authorities.

Thank you for choosing Velleman! Please read the manual thoroughly before bringing this device into

service. If the device was damaged in transit, don't install or use it and contact your dealer.

2. Safety Instructions

Keep this device away from children and unauthorized users.

Indoor use only. Keep this device away from rain, moisture, splashing and dripping liquids.

Never put objects filled with liquids on top of or close to the device.

DO NOT disassemble or open the cover under any circumstances. Touching live wires can

cause life-threatening electroshocks.

Always disconnect mains power when device not in use or when servicing or maintenance

activities are performed. Handle the power cord by the plug only.

There are no user-serviceable parts inside the device. Refer to an authorized dealer for service

and/or spare parts.

Do not stare directly at the light source, as this may cause

epileptic seizure in sensitive people

temporarily loss of sight (flash blindness)

permanent (irreversible) eye damage.

Do not use the device when damage to housing or cables is noticed. Do not attempt to service

the device yourself but contact an authorised dealer.

Warning: Do not puncture batteries or throw them in fire as they may explode. Do not

attempt to recharge non-rechargeable batteries (alkaline). Dispose of batteries in accordance

with local regulations. Keep batteries away from children.

3. General Guidelines

Refer to the Velleman® Service and Quality Warranty on the last pages of this manual.

All modifications of the device are forbidden for safety reasons. Damage caused by user modifications

to the device is not covered by the warranty.

Damage caused by disregard of certain guidelines in this manual is not covered by the warranty and

the dealer will not accept responsibility for any ensuing defects or problems.

Familiarise yourself with the functions of the device before actually using it. Do not allow operation

by unqualified people. Any damage that may occur will most probably be due to unprofessional use

of the device.

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Only use the device for its intended purpose. All other uses may lead to short circuits, burns,

electroshocks, lamp explosion, crash, etc. Using the device in an unauthorised way will void the

warranty.

4. Features

display colour (text and graphics): red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, cyan, white

brightness: full bright white colour 2100 cd/m², 4-level brightness control

memory: 26 text pages of 210 characters, and 16 pages of graphics

real-time clock: built-in real-time clock with backup battery

12/24 h format

buzzer: built-in buzzer with programmable duration

control: by 44-key IR remote control

by PC - cable included, USB to 3.5 mm stereo jack

comes with: IR remote control, user manual, 2 mounting brackets, power adapter

5. Overview

Refer to the illustrations on page 2 of this manual.

6. Programming the board with the remote control

You can program the display with the included remote control or through your computer. See

"Programming the board with the computer software" for details.

First message

To type a message:

1. Connect the message board to a power supply using the included cable.

2. On the remote, press Q-PROG.

3. Type HELLO using the keys on the remote.

If you type a wrong character, press DEL to delete the last character.

4. Press ENTER.

The message appears on the display.

Display the time and date

1. Press TIME/DATE to display the time and date message only.

2. Press ESC to cancel time/date display function.

6.2 Alternate characters: lower case, digits and symbols

To display a lower case letter, a digit or a symbol, you need to change the keyboard mode + shift key.

The symbol on the display indicates what mode is currently active.

Uppercase

White symbols on the keys (numbers, symbols)

Lowercase

Green symbols on the keys (symbols)

1. Press Q-PROG.

2. Type one or more characters.

3. Press SHIFT.

The lower case mode is now active.

4. Type one or more characters.

5. Press SHIFT.

The numerical mode is now active.

6. Type one or more characters.

7. Press SHIFT.

The symbol mode is now active.

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8. Type one or more characters

9. Press SHIFT.

You are back in uppercase mode.

10. Press ENTER to display the message.

6.3 Letters with Accents and Diacritic Signs

You can type letters with accents. Let's assume you want to type a ç and an ö.

1. Press Q-PROG.

By default, the letters are in uppercase.

If you want lowercase, press SHIFT.

2. Type the C-key.

3. Press EUROP-CHAR until ç appears.

4. Press any another letter to type normal character.

5. Type the O-key.

6. Press EUROP-CHAR until ö appears.

7. Press any another letter to type normal character.

8. Press ENTER to display the message.

7. Formatting text

7.1 Font colour

You can change the font colour of a message as follows:

1. Press Q-PROG.

The default colour is white.

2. Type a few letters.

These letters will be white.

3. Press COLOR to change the text colour.

Press COLOR multiple times to browse through the colours.

4. Type a few letters.

These next letters will have the other colour.

Repeat

5. Press ENTER to display the message.

7.2 Font size

You can display characters in various LED widths, as follows:

1. Press Q-PROG.

2. Enter a few letters.

3. Press FONT.

The font size changes.

4. Press FONT again to browse through the font sizes (narrow - normal- bold). The size remains active

until you select another one. You can add more characters.

5. Press ENTER to display the message.

7.3 Display a message with special effects

Apart from font colour and size, you can use various effects for a message.

To use these effects, you need to use a page and apply effects to it.

You can program up to 26 pages in the message board.

You can also display a combination of pages.

Programming a page includes the following settings:

I_EFF: incoming animation

STAY: the time the message will stay on the display

SPEED: message speed

MODE: normal or blinking

O_EFF: outgoing animation

PAGE CONTENT: the actual message

To program a page:

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1. On the remote, press PROG.

Wait until EDIT PAGE? appears on the display.

2. Press ENTER.

3. Press to select the page you want to program (A to Z).

4. Press ENTER.

I_EFF appears.

5. Press to set an effect.

6. Press to go to the next setting.

STAY appears.

7. Press to set seconds.

8. Press to go to the next setting.

SPEED appears.

9. Press to set speed.

10. Press to go to the next setting.

MODE appears.

11. Press to set mode (normal or blink).

12. Press to go to the next setting.

O_EFF appears.

13. Press to set the effect.

14. Press ENTER.

Page A Content appears.

15. Type the message. You can use various colors and font sizes (see above).

16. Press ENTER.

The programmed page appears.

7.4 Schedule display

You can schedule one or more programmed pages to appear at a give date.

You can define up to 5 schedules.

To do so, you need to define

A start date

An end date

The page or pages to display

To program a schedule:

1. On the remote, press PROG.

2. Press until EDIT SCHEDULE? appears.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Press to select the schedule you want to program (1 to 5).

5. Press ENTER.

6. Use or to set the start year.

7. Press to go to the next setting (START MONTH).

8. Use or to set the month.

9. Press to go to the next setting (START DAY).

10. Use or to set the day.

11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 for:

oSTART HOUR

oSTART MIN

oSTOP YEAR

oSTOP MONTH

oSTOP DAY

oSTOP HOUR

oSTOP MIN

12. When done, press ENTER.

Display Pages appears on the board.

13. Type the page or pages you want to display.

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14. Press ENTER.

The page will be displayed at the set times.

If you want to clear a schedule, you need to reset the device. See "Resetting the device" below.

7.5 Combining multiple pages

You can display multiple programmed pages in the order you want.

1. On the remote, press RUN-PAGE.

2. Type the pages you want to combine, for example BACD.

3. Press ENTER.

8. Message Board Settings

Device ID

If you want to control your device with the included software, you need to assign an ID to the device

first. You can do this with the software or with the remote. With the software, you can control multiple

message boards.

You can connect multiple boards to each other with a data cable (not included).

You can set the device ID as follows:

1. On the remote, press FUNCT.

2. Press to select SET ID.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use or to set the device ID.

5. Press ENTER.

System Date and Time

You can set the date and time of the board as follows:

1. On the remote, press FUNCT.

2. Press to select YEAR.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use or to set the year.

5. Press ENTER.

6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 for:

oMONTH

oDAY

oHOUR

oMINUTE

Brightness

You can set the brightness as follows:

1. On the remote, press FUNCT.

2. Press to select BRIGHTNESS.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use or to set the brightness.

5. Press ENTER.

Key Sound

You can turn key sounds on or off as follows:

1. On the remote, press FUNCT.

2. Press to select KEY SOUND.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use or to select YES OR NO.

5. Press ENTER.

Resetting the device

1. On the remote, press FUNCT.

2. Press to select CLEAR ALL.

3. Press ENTER.

4. Use or to select YES OR NO.

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5. Press ENTER.

The board returns to its factory settings.

9. Programming the board with the computer software

The message board comes with software you can use to program the board.

First, you will install the device driver.

Next, you will install the software itself (Multi-Color Sign).

Both programs are on the included CD.

To install the software, you need an administrator account.

9.1 Installing the device driver

1. Connect the message board to a power supply using the included cable.

2. Connect the message board to a USB port of your computer using the included cable.

3. Insert the installation CD in your computer.

4. On the CD, open the folder New_driver_WinXP_SP2_3_Vista_Win7_32_64bit_Win8_32_64bit and

double click the installer file.

oFor 64 bit system, use CP210xVCPInstaller_x64.exe

oFor 32 bit system, use CP210xVCPInstaller_x86.exe

5. Follow the instructions from the wizard.

9.2 Installing the message board software

1. On the CD, open the folder Install_Software.

2. Double click setup.exe.

3. Follow the instructions from the wizard.

4. Launch the software (Start - Programs - Multi-Color Sign).

9.3 Message board software: getting started

The software allows performing the same tasks as you can do with the remote. There are a few

differences.

Functions only available in the software:

oYou can save message files and reuse them later.

oYou can create bitmap graphics and add them to your message.

Before you start

Before you start, it is recommended:

to set the ID of the message board

to set the clock on the message board

Set the message board ID

1. Connect the board to your computer.

2. Open the Multi-Color Sign software.

3. On the Functions menu, click Set ID.

4. Select an ID from the list (optional).

5. Click OK.

Set the clock

1. Open the Multi-Color Sign software.

2. On the Functions menu, click Set Clock.

3. Select the device ID for which you want to set the clock.

4. Set the time and date

5. Click OK.

9.4 Typing a message

With the software, you can:

create and save a message

add formatting and effects

send the message to the board

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save the message for later use

First message

1. Open the Multi-Color Sign software.

2. Type a message.

3. Save your file.

You can now send your message to the board.

Send a message

When your message is finished, you need to send it to the message board.

1. Click the Send message icon .

2. Select the device ID and page you want to use.

If you select 0 as the ID, every board will display the message.

3. Click OK.

The board displays the message.

9.5 Formatting text

You can combine multiple colours and font sizes in one message.

Tags for text formatting

The software uses tags to add text formatting to your message.

When you add format, the software inserts the corresponding tag at the cursor position.

The format applies to the text following the tag, until you insert another tag.

Example

1. Type a message containing multiple words.

2. To make the entire sentence blue:

oPlace the cursor at the beginning of the sentence.

oOn the Color menu, click Blue.

The software inserts a tag for blue.

3. Send the message to the board.

The message appears in blue.

4. To make the rest of the sentence white:

oPlace the cursor after the first word.

oOn the Color menu, click White.

The software inserts a tag for white.

5. Save your message.

6. Send the message to the board .

The message appears in blue and white.

Remove formatting

To remove text formatting, select the entire tag and press Delete on your keyboard.

9.6 Effects

You can apply various effects on a message. The effect categories are on the Commands menu:

leading effect: how the text will appear

closing effect: how the text will disappear

display effect: how the message will display

moving speed: speed of leading and closing effect

display time: how long the message will display

special settings (add sound; display date and time)

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Tags for effects

The software uses tags to add an effect to your message.

When you add an effect, the software inserts the corresponding tag at the cursor position.

You can only use 1 effect per category: if you insert 2 tags for moving speed, only the first one will

be taken into account.

If you add leading and closing effects, make sure to insert the tag for the leading effect before the

closing effect.

For other effect tags, the cursor position is not important: the effect applies to the entire message,

no matter where you insert the tag.

Example

1. Type a message containing multiple words.

You can use the message you created under 'Formatting Text' above if you have it.

2. On the Commands menu, click Leading Effect > Snow.

The software inserts the tag.

3. On the Commands menu, click Closing Effect > Scroll Down.

The software inserts the tag.

4. On the Commands menu, click Move Speed.

5. Set the speed to 2.

6. On the Commands menu, click Display Time.

7. Set the time to 3 seconds.

8. Save the file. The result looks like this:

9. Send the message to the board .

Remove an effect

To remove text formatting, select the tag or tags and press Delete on your keyboard.

9.7 Using the graphic editor

With the graphic editor, you can create graphics and insert them in a message.

Create a graphic

1. On the Bmp Graphics menu, click Edit Graphic.

2. Set the graphic height and widht using the lists.

3. Click a colour.

4. Pick a tool from the toolbox.

5. Create the graphic you want.

6. To save the graphic:

oClick Save.

oSelect a name from the list and click OK.

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Insert a graphic

1. In the text editor, insert the cursor at the end of the sentence.

2. Open the graphic editor (Bmp Graphics menu > Edit Graphic).

3. Select the name from the Select Graph column and click Insert.

4. Close the editor.

5. Send the message to the board .

Delete a graphic

1. Open the graphic editor (Bmp Graphics menu > Edit Graphic).

2. Select a name from the Select Graph column and click Delete.

3. Click Yes.

10. Batteries

Warning

Do not puncture batteries or throw them in fire as they may explode.

Do not attempt to recharge non-rechargeable batteries (alkaline).

Dispose of batteries in accordance with local regulations. Keep batteries away from

children.

To replace the battery of the remote control:

1. Slide open the battery cover at the back and replace with a correct batteries (see Technical

Specifications). Respect the polarity.

2. Close the battery cover.

Note: battery in message board.

The message board contains a CR2032 battery used for the device's internal memory. If you unplug the

board and notice that the device does no longer remember the date and time, unscrew the board cover

and insert a new battery of the same type.

11. Technical Specifications

display resolution

7 x 80 dots P6 RGB LEDs

pixel pitch

6 mm

viewing angle

120°

viewing distance

6-25 m

LED configuration

3-in-1 RGB

operating temperature

-20 °C to +45 °C

operating humidity

20-90 %

power supply

message board: 100-240 Vac 50-60 Hz to 5 Vdc 4 A (adapter incl.);

2.5 x 5.5 mm jack

remote control: 2 x 1.5 V AAA batteries LR6C (incl.)

consumption

max. 20 W, average 5 W

dimensions

65 x 17 x 502 mm

viewable area

42 x 480 mm

weight

500 g

spare parts

remote control: MMLXXX/RC

Use this device with original accessories only. Velleman nv cannot be held responsible in the

event of damage or injury resulting from (incorrect) use of this device.

For more info concerning this product and the latest version of this manual, please visit our

website www.velleman.eu.

The information in this manual is subject to change without prior notice.

All registered trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners and are used only

for the clarification of the compatibility of our products with the products of the different manufacturers.

Windows, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows Aero, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows

Mobile, Windows Server are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and

other countries.

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