Document Outline

• Introduction
  • System Requirements
  • Using the Mouse
  • Using the Keyboard
  • Definitions
  • Help
    • Contents
    • About
  • Navigating the Venus 1500 Software
  • Basic Steps to Using the Venus 1500 Controller Software
  • Contacting Daktronics
• Installation
• Configuring the Venus 1500 Controller for First Time Use
  • Adding a Direct Connection Network
  • Adding the Display Type
  • Adding a Display
  • Proceeding to Create a Message
• The Venus 1500 Administrator
  • Adding a Network
    • Direct Connection
    • Dialup Connection
    • TCP/IP Connection
  • Editing an Existing Network
  • Deleting a Network
  • Remote Database
  • Communication Defaults (Networks)
  • Display Type
    • Adding a New Type of Display
    • Removing a Display Type
  • Displays
    • Adding a Display
    • Creating a Group of Displays
    • Editing a Display’s Configuration
    • Deleting a Display from the Network
  • Enabling the Text Filter (Profanity Protection)
    • Adding New Words
    • Removing a Word
  • Time Zone Offset Configuration
  • Network Testing
  • Venus 1500 Administrator Keyboard Shortcuts
• The Venus 1500 Message Studio
  • Opening an Existing Message
  • Creating a New Message
    • Undo/Redo In Message Studio
  • Importing an Existing Message from Venus 1500 Version 1 Software
  • Frames
    • Adding & Removing Frames from a Message
    • Moving Between Frames
    • Frame Duration
    • Clear Frame
    • Invert Frame
  • Text Frames
    • Selecting a Font & Entering Text
    • Color
    • Specifying the Entry Effect
    • Line Justification
    • Flashing Text
  • Character Map
  • Graphic Frames
    • Creating a Graphic
    • Inserting a Graphic from Another Program
    • Importing a Graphic
    • Importing Animation Kits
    • Adding Text-Objects
    • Specifying the Entry Effect
  • Frame Properties
  • Preview
    • Printing In Message Studio
  • View
  • Drag and Drop
  • Date, Time & Temperature Data Fields
  • Real Time Data (RTD)
    • ITF Files
    • RTD Field Types
      • RTD
      • Extended RTD
      • Horn RTD Field
  • Changing the Editor Defaults
  • Adding a Description
  • Saving & Renaming the Message
    • New Message
    • Existing Message
    • Renaming a Message or Saving to Another Location
  • Deleting a Message
  • Exiting from the Venus 1500 Message Studio
  • Venus 1500 Message Studio Keyboard Shortcuts
• The Venus 1500 Schedule Studio
  • Starting a New Schedule
  • Opening an Existing Schedule
  • Using the Schedule Studio
    • Choosing the Type of Event
      • Message
      • Brightness
    • Setting the Start Time/Stop Time
    • Setting the First Date/Last Date
    • Setting the Days of the Week
    • Adding a Description
  • Naming & Saving the Schedule
  • Printing
  • Exiting the Venus 1500 Schedule Studio
  • Venus 1500 Schedule Studio Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Sample Schedule
• The Venus 1500 Display Manager
  • • Display List
    • Status Results
    • Control Area
  • Message Control
    • Determining what Messages are Running on a Display
    • Sending Messages to a Display
    • Running a Message
    • Stopping a Message from Running on a Display
    • Blanking the Display
    • Retrieving a Message from a Display
    • Deleting a Message from a Display
  • Schedule Control
    • Viewing the Available Schedule & Determining if a Schedule is Running on the Display
    • Sending a Schedule to the Display
    • Running a Schedule
    • Stopping an Active Schedule
  • Diagnostic Control
    • Set Time/Date
    • Set Brightness
    • Pixel Test
    • Temperature Offset
    • Reset Display
  • About the Display Manager
  • Exiting the Display Manager
• Appendix A: System Riser Diagram
• Appendix B: Graphics & Special Characters
• Appendix C: Using the Venus 1500 Controller to Display Non-English Fonts
  • C.1Compatible Languages
  • C.2Initial Settings
    • Windows 2000
    • Windows NT
  • C.3Displaying the Font