HDSign Operating Instructions V1.0
HDSign Operating Instructions V1.0
HD S i gn LED
Control System Operation
Manual
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Table of contents
CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................... 4
4.1 CREATE A NEW DISPLAY SCREEN FILE (FIRST LEVEL CONTENT) ...................................................................... 24
4.2 CREATE NEW PROGRAMS ( SECOND LEVEL CONTENT, ONE DISPLAY SCREEN CAN CREATE 1,000 PROGRAMS ) ........ 25
4.3 CREATE NEW PARTITIONS ( THIRD LEVEL CONTENT, 20 PARTITIONS CAN BE SET FOR EACH PROGRAM ) ................. 26
4.4: PROGRAM PRODUCTION COMPLETED ................................................................................................... 26
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Chapter 1 Overview
operating system:
Chinese and English (the operation interface supports Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese,
English, French, German, Indonesian, Hindi, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian,
Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish , Thai, Traditional Chinese,
Turkish, Vietnamese 22 languages) Windows2000/XP/Win7/Win8/Win10, etc.
2.1 Installation
" HD Sign " software installation is very simple. The operation is as follows: Find the
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Follow the on-screen prompts (next step) and complete the operation to complete
the installation.
the "HD Sign " software is successfully installed, the "HD Sign " program group
will appear in [Start]/[Programs] . Click HD Sign to run HD Sign . You can also click The
HD Sign shortcut on the desktop opens the software.
2.2 Uninstall
"HD Sign " software package provides a complete uninstall function, and users
can easily delete all documents, program groups and shortcuts in " HD Sign " . Users
can choose to uninstall HD Sign in the [Start]/[Programs]/HD Sign program group to
complete the uninstallation of the software .
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menu
Toolbar
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Analog screen
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five options such as new display screen, save, save as , open, and exit, as shown in
the figure:
+ N) : Used to create a new display screen. HD Sign can manage screens without
restrictions and can also be managed in groups (check "Add Group" in the system
settings);
Save (Ctrl+S) : used to save the current display file;
Save as : used to save the current display file in a customized way
Open : Import the saved display screen file into the software, no need to create a
program again;
Exit (E) : Close the H DSign software.
Screen parameter setting : used to bind the basic parameters of the device and
display screen, as shown in the figure;
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In the first step, if the control card has been displayed normally, you only need to change the
screen width, height, color and grayscale;
If there is no normal display on the screen, hardware settings need to be performed.
The second step is hardware settings. For regular screens, please select common smart settings.
For non-conventional screens, please perform smart settings (smart settings must be performed
after the device is found, and U disk cards cannot be used for smart settings).
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The button setting is in the hardware setting interface and is used to adjust the functions of the
four buttons, as shown in the figure below:
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4. Wi-Fi card interface, used to connect to the Wi-Fi signal of the control card. The
default password is 88888888. There is no need to enter it manually, as shown in the
figure below:
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Device management: Used to modify the device names of all devices that can be
found, modify the IP address of the network port card, and also manage the clear
display data, time settings, brightness settings, scheduled power on and off, display
test, screen opening, and restart of the current device. Display, Wi-Fi settings .
Cluster sending : used to send multiple display files; there are two modes:
multi-screen mode and copy mode; all found devices can be used, including network
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Time setting: Set the time on the control card, which can be the current time of
the system, past or future time.
Brightness settings: divided into three types: customization, automatic
adjustment, and adjustment by time period.
Button settings: divided into button 1, button 2, button 3, button 4 settings and
program play mode.
Play mode: button control, display screen → program → play time → button
control → select the corresponding button, as shown in the figure:
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Note: The control button controls the switch to select normally open or normally
closed.
Scheduled power on and off : Set the screen on and off time of the control card.
Splash screen : Enable the splash screen, click Send after loading the file, or export
the file to a USB flash drive.
Firmware update : used to upgrade the control card.
3.3.4 Tools
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Used to check the HD Sign software version number and update the new version of
the software .
3.4 Toolbar
Program: used to create a new program (the program is the sub-directory of the
display screen);
Global program : only used for cross screen;
Graphics and text: Used to create a new graphic and text area. You can add
pictures, GIFs, animated words, SWF, text, videos, and Excel. When only adding
pictures, you can edit special effects on multiple pictures together, and support
regional backgrounds;
Text: Text can support 90 °, 180 °, 270 ° rotation, and supports
regional background;
3D characters: used to create a new 3D character area, supports 90 °, 180 °,
270 ° rotation, supports regional picture background , foreground, and
colorful characters.
Animated words: Used to create new animated word areas. It can create hollow
words, font strokes, and display a variety of special effects. Multiple special effects
can be superimposed and used. It supports picture backgrounds and regional
backgrounds;
Excel: Add Excel area, support zooming in and out, support horizontal and vertical
screenshots, and support regional background;
Time: The digital clock and the dial clock are merged together, AM/PM display is
added to the dial, and regional backgrounds are supported;
Timing: supports four modes: countdown, clockwise, button countdown, button
clockwise, supports cycle timing, and supports regional backgrounds;
Counting: You can count from small to large and from large to small, and
support regional backgrounds;
Temperature and humidity: Temperature, temperature and humidity, and
PM2.5 require different sensors to display the current ambient temperature or
temperature and humidity or PM2.5 ( a temperature sensor, temperature and
humidity sensor, or PM2.5 sensor is required );
Lunar Calendar: Can display heavenly stems, lunar calendar, solar terms, festivals,
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Please note: There is a row of toolbars below the simulated display screen. Proper
use can help you edit the display screen file more conveniently (including:
preview/pause preview, zoom in/out of the simulation window, move the current
area left and right, globalize the area, display Tools such as turning pages of screen
content, simulating display in the upper left corner of the display screen, etc.)
This column can be used for brightness settings/timer on/off settings, etc. A
newly added real-time area can be used to specify any area on the display screen to
display real-time pictures in any size. A secondary development kit is required.
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An infrared probe needs to be welded, and the use of the remote control is as
follows:
a.Select the device in the screen parameter settings and select the color of the
module
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b. Perform smart settings. In the commonly used smart settings, if there are
parameters for the unit board you are currently using, you can directly select
them and click Send, as shown in the figure below:
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If you cannot find the unit board you are currently using in the common smart
settings, you can refer to the following methods to make smart settings.
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⑶ . The color channel is selected according to the actual situation of the display
screen. There is no such option for single primary colors, and only states A and B for
dual primary colors .
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⑷ . Determine the scanning method of the unit board. As shown in the figure,
16/1=16, it can be seen that the current unit board is 16 scans.
⑸ . Determine the way the lights turn on based on the lighting conditions of the unit
board.
To trace points, trace points according to the position of the first light on the screen.
If you make a mistake in tracing a step, you can click "Back One Step" to trace the
point again, or you can reset everything and start tracing points again. After the point
tracing is completed, click Save file.
The default saving method is customized and is saved in the directory where
the program is stored C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\HDS i gn\
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FPGAFile .
The module selection and basic settings of the cross screen refer to the screen
parameter settings above. The size of the cross screen is divided into three parts, top,
middle and bottom.
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The cross screen can create global programs and programs. Global programs are
programs that display one area as a whole at the top, middle, and bottom. When you
create a program, you can display programs in three areas.
Method: Click File-New Display (password is 168), and the setting page will pop
up as follows:
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If there are correct parameters in the control card (text is displayed normally), check
"Use Hardware Settings", select the device, and click OK to complete the
establishment of a display screen.
If there are no correct parameters in the control card (no text is displayed normally),
remove "Use Hardware Settings", select the device, select the color, set the width,
height, and gray level; then click to enter the hardware setting interface and set the
point drawing method of the display, that is Commonly used smart settings, if not,
please connect the network cable, serial cable or Wi-Fi to perform smart settings.
Method: Click the program button on the shortcut bar ( provided that a display
screen is selected first ) as shown in the figure:
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Note: Different attributes can be set for each of the 1000 programs. These attributes
include playback time, fixed-length playback, and border settings.
Method: After selecting the program first, click on graphics, text, time, timing,
counting, temperature and humidity, animated characters, lunar calendar, etc. to
create different types of partitions, as shown below
After the first, second, and third steps above, we have completed the creation of a
display screen file. If we need to create multiple programs, we only need to repeat
the second and third steps above to create multiple programs. Yes ( can be played on
the same display screen ); if you need to use one software to control multiple display
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screens, you need to create multiple display screen files and repeat the first, second,
and third steps;
After the program production is completed, it can be saved (the default saving path is:
C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\HDSign\ProjFile , or it can be saved in the
specified directory through the file menu).
The simulation screen can view the dynamic graphics of each program in real time
and set the display mode. If you are satisfied, you can use the send button to send
the content to the display screen.
For pure text content display, we can use the text area to meet the requirements.
The text supports left rotation, right rotation, and inversion. You can customize the
table, add borders, add backgrounds, and support check effects.
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click the text and a text area will appear (coordinates, length, and width can be
set freely)
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HD Sign 's software editor is powerful and can modify individual text, including left
and right centering, top and bottom centering, word spacing, line spacing, etc.
If you want to display a LOGO or picture on the display (only in JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF,
etc. formats), how should you set it up? Proceed as follows
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click on the image and text, and the image and text area will appear (the coordinates,
length, and width can be freely set). Just add the image to be displayed in the file list
below, as shown below
5.3 3D characters
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
the gray scale of 3D characters must be set, otherwise the effect of 3D characters will
not be displayed.
Click on the 3D character, and the 3D character area will appear (the
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coordinates, length, and width can be freely set), the special effects interface, and
editing. Click to enter the editor and edit the content; the default step size is 2. The
larger the step size, the smaller the memory occupied by the program. , on the
contrary, the larger it is; the 3D depth defaults to 32, the greater the 3D depth, the
longer the shadow of the 3D characters displayed on the display, and the program
takes up more memory, otherwise the smaller it is; shadow mode: default, gradient,
custom; as shown
below
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Note: The 3D character area occupies a large amount of memory. The factors that
affect the memory size occupied by the 3D area are: screen width and height,
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Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click the animated word, and the animated word area will appear. Just add the
picture to be displayed in the file list below, as shown below
Animated characters can display picture backgrounds, and can also support regional
background overlay display. Special effects can be combined to display new and more
dazzling special effects.
Display an Excel table on the display screen. The steps are as follows:
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click Excel and the Excel area will appear. Just add the Excel file to be displayed in the
path below, as shown below
Excel shows that Excel needs to install the full version of Microsoft software to load
properly. You can take horizontal or vertical screenshots.
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The time display on the display screen is similar to text and graphics. Just click on the
time area. The steps are as follows
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click the time, and the time area will appear. The setting is relatively simple, just set
the position, as shown below
5. 7 order/countdown display
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Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click the timing and the timing area will appear (the coordinates, length and width
can be freely set) as shown in the figure
Supports cycle timing, that is, it automatically resets and starts again after the
countdown is completed.
The display shows the count and the steps are as follows:
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click Count and a counting area will appear (the coordinates, length and width can be
set freely) as shown in the figure
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The initial state is whether to choose from large to small or small to large. How much
the jump threshold increases or decreases, you can add pictures of the minimum and
maximum values. The maximum value that can be set is 9999999, with up to three
decimal places.
The display shows the current ambient temperature or temperature and humidity or
PM2.5
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
1. Click Temperature and Humidity to display the temperature and humidity area
(coordinates, length, and width can be set freely). The sensors used for temperature
and temperature and humidity are different, as shown in the figure:
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5.11 Prayer
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
Click Pray to display the prayer area. Select the prayer time for the country and city
you want to display below, as shown in the picture:
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5.12 Weather
Steps: Refer to the contents of 4.1 and 4.2 to create a display screen-program;
When the weather area appears in the stand-alone weather, select the weather of
the country and city that needs to be displayed below, as shown in the figure:
A. Currently, the online mode only supports the network port, and the offline mode
is supported by all control cards;
B. The network port is connected to a router that can access the Internet. The
weather data acquisition time of the slave computer is once an hour.
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Method: No settings are required. After the single machine is directly connected to
the control card, the information window will prompt that the device has been
searched, as shown in the figure:
If the current information window prompts "The selected screen is not bound to a
device", please enter the settings screen parameters and select the device name, as
shown in the figure:
Method: 1. When using multiple network port cards, change the IP address of the
control card to the same network segment as the current LAN. As shown in the figure,
change the IP address and device name of the control card in the device
management interface, and click the settings after modification .
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2. After the IP address is modified, create a new display screen in the software, and
bind the device name when setting the screen parameters. How many cards are
there and how many displays are created in the software.
3. Use cluster sending to send programs, or select one of the displays to send
individually
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4. If the control card is in the same network segment, refer to 1, 2, and 3 to complete
the setting and send it; if the current network segment of the control card is not in
the same network segment as the main control computer, please add the network
segment where the control card is located in the communication setting interface.
Network segment, for example, the control card is connected to the 192.168.3.*
network segment, and the current main control computer is in the 192.168.5.*
network segment. The communication setting interface in the 2016 software needs
to add the IP 192.168.3.* of the control card, or Directly add the IP segment
192.168.3.1----192.168.3.254, as shown in the figure:
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When connecting a single Wi-Fi card, first connect the Wi-Fi signal sent by the
control card ( the current computer is required to have a wireless network card. If
you use a desktop computer, you must purchase a wireless network card. If you use a
notebook, it usually comes with its own wireless network card ) as shown in the
figure. Shown: Three Wi-Fi cards are currently connected to the network .
the Wi-Fi is connected, the device can be found in the software . As shown in the
figure: the information window will display the device name of the control card and
other information in the line column.
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Select the current device in the screen parameters to send content to the control
card, as shown in the figure:
If the current display screen does not display normally, set the intelligent setting
parameters in the hardware setting interface. If the current display screen displays
normally, there is no need to enter the hardware setting interface setting. ( For
regular screens, you only need to select common smart settings, and for
non-conventional screens, you can make smart settings )
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In the menu bar of the main interface of the software, click Operation→Device
Management→Wi-Fi Settings to enter and then you can start changing the card's
SSID and password.
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2. Set hardware setup parameters. (If the current display screen is normal, there is
no need to set this interface)
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3. After adding content, text and other areas, click U disk export.
Note: 1. The export setting parameters only need to be checked when adjusting the
screen for the first time, and do not need to be checked when modifying
the content later;
2. The display shows the time, and the time adjustment must be checked,
otherwise the time will be inaccurate.
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Temperature and
humidity sensor
c. If the temperature and humidity are not very accurate, you can make fine
adjustments through temperature and humidity correction.
d. Support background and borders.
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Model: DS18B20
Normal voltage: 4.2-5.5V
Temperature measurement range: -55--125 degrees Celsius
Temperature measurement accuracy: ± 1 degree Celsius
2. For a waterproof temperature sensor, the red wire is connected to the positive
one, which is the box-shaped pin, the yellow wire is connected to the middle pin, and
the black wire is connected to the third pin.
Model: DS18B20
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c. If the temperature is not very accurate, you can make fine adjustments
through temperature correction.
d. Support background and borders.
三、 PM2.5 operating instructions
1. Firmware version: V4.15
2. PM2.5 module models (U6A, U60, W60, G62, U62, U6B, W62) are not
supported
Support PM2.5 module models (E62, E62P, E63, E64, E66, U63, U64, U60PLUS,
U62PLUS, U60-75, S63, W60-75, W63, W64)
3. Wiring
serial Network cable Wiring position
number color P12
Brown, white
1 P12 round hole
brown
Orange, white
2 5V
orange
green, P12 middle round
3
white-green hole
Blue, white and
4 P12 square hole
blue
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c. If PM2.5 and PM10 are not very accurate, you can make fine adjustments
through PM2.5 and PM10 correction.
d. Support background and borders.
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