WaveWare Adaptive AlphaNet - Manual (Page 30)

Step-by-step tutorial in setting up connection devices, sites, and groups
30 2 — Installing AlphaNET™ 3.0 software and setting up sites
4. A
fter selecting New Site, the Site Editor window appears:
Table 7: R & D setup (1 of 4): Site Editor (Site Info) window
Item Name Directions
A Site Name Type R & D.
B
Full Color
[RGB}
Capable Check this box when using an AlphaEclipse™ PureColor™
3600 Series display sign (full color, not monochrome).
Also, select Alpha 3.0 under Compatibility.
C
Use as an
Editor
transmit site
When this is checked, the signs in the current site (in this
case, the two R & D signs) receive messages sent from
Message Editor. For example, if a message is sent from
Message Editor with Selected Sites chosen (see below),
then both the R & D signs receive that message.
This option is useful when you are testing to see what a
message looks like before sending it to many signs.
D Compatibility
• Alpha 1.0 (EZ95) — If all of your signs use the EZ95
protocol.
• EZ KEY II — For the EZII protocol or Infrared Loader.
• Incandescent — If all the signs on this site are either a
790i, 430i, 440i, or 460i.
• Alpha 2.0 — Includes features for the AlphaPremiere™
and AlphaEclipse™ series signs.
• Alpha 3.0 — Includes features for the AlphaEclipse™
PureColor™ 3600 Series sign.
E
Connection
Device Because both R & D signs are connected by a modem,
select Modem on Com 1.
F
Phone
Number Enter the phone number the PC modem should dial.
Include ‘9’ to dial out, if necessary.
F
Enable error
checking
Check for the software to verify that a sign received
messages sent to it. When this option is on, errors will be
recorded in the error log of Communications Manager.
C
E
A
B
F
G
D
N O T E
Be careful when you check Use
as an Editor transmit site for
more than one site.
Whenever you transmit To
Selected Sites in Message Editor,
the message will go to all sites
designated as a transmit site.
This means you may have
messages going to signs you did
not intend to use.
Select this in
Message
Editor.
N O T E
If you have signs networked
together that use both the Alpha
1.0 and Alpha 2.0 protocols,
select Alpha 2.0.
Also, if a site includes signs
which use different protocols,
some of the AlphaNET
™
3.0
software features may not work.
Different sites should be created
for signs with different
protocols.