LEDStudio User Guide

LEDStudio User Guide
23 October 2009
Part#: ODMXXXXXXXX Revision D
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………..…………………………..….………….……………….……… 2
2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
2.1 System Requirement………………………..………..…………………………..………………………..…. 4
2.2 Installing the Software……………………………………….………………..…………………………..….. 4
3 LEDSTUDIO BASICS
3.1 The Concept of Playfile …….…….………..…………………………………..…………………………..… 10
3.2 Software interface………...….……………….……………………………………….………………………. 10
3.3 A walkthrough on creating a playfile……….………………………….……………………………………. 19
4 DISPLAY TEXT
4.1 Display text using a Text Window……………………………………………………….…………………… 25
4.2 Display Text Using Single Line Text Window..…...…………..…………………………………………… 26
4.3 Display Text Using Static Text Window..…....……….………..……..…………………………………… 27
4.4 Display Text Using File Window…………………………………………….………………………………… 27
4.5 Overlay Text on image in a File Window……………………………….…………………………………… 28
4.6 Display Text Using Notify Manager………………………….………………………………………………. 30
5 DISPLAY GRAPHICS
5.1 Create a File Window………………….………………………………………………………………..……… 32
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5.2 Configure a File Window………….……………………………………………….…………………………… 32
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5.3 Add a Graphic file to a File Window…………………………………………………………………………. 33
5.4 Configure Options……………………………………………………………….………………………………. 33
6 DISPLAY ANIMATION/VIDEO
6.1 Create a File Window………………….…………………………………………………………………..…… 35
6.2 Configure a File Window………….………………………………………………….………………..……… 35
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6.3 Add a Video/Animation file to a File Window……………………….……………………………………. 36
6.4 Configure Options………………………………………………………….……………………………………. 36
7 DISPLAY TABULAR DATA

7.1 Create a File Window………………….………………………………………………………………..……… 38
7.2 Configure a Table Window………….…………………………………………….…………………………… 38
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7.3 Add a Table to Table Window………………………………………………….………………………..…... 39
8 DISPLAY WEB PAGE

8.1 Create a File Window………………….…………………………………………………………………..…… 41
8.2 Configure a File Window………….………………………………………………….………………………… 41
8.3 Add a Web Link to a File Windo……………………………………………………………………………. 41
9 DISPLAY DATA FROM DATABASE

9.1 Create a Database Window.........................................................………………………… 43
9.2 Configure a Database Window………….………………………………………….………………………… 43
9.3 Add a ACCESS Database to a Database Window………………………………………………..……….. 44
9.4 Add an ODBC Database to a Database Window………………………….………………………………. 45
10 DISPLAY DATE AND TIME

10.1 Create a Date/Time Window………………….………………………………….………………………… 48
10.2 Configure a Date/Time Window…………………………………………………………………….……… 48
11 DISPLAY AN EXTERNAL PROGRAM

11.1 Create an External Exe Window………………….………………………………………………………… 50
11.2 Configure an External Exe Window………….………………………………….………………….……… 50
11.3 Add an External Exe to an External Exe Window……………………………………………….………. 51
12 DISPLAY TIMER
12.1 Create a Timer Window………………….…………………………………..………………….…………… 53
12.2 Configure a Timer Window………….………………………………………………………….…………… 53
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12.3 Set the Timer Information……………………………………………………………………………………. 53
13 DISPLAY VCD/DVD
13.1 Direct Play………………….……………………………………………………………………….…………… 55
13.2 Add VCD/DVD in a Playfile………….……………………………….………………………….…………… 55
14 DISPLAY VIDEO SIGNAL SIGNAL

14.1 Create a Video Window………………….…………………………….……………………..……………… 58
14.2 Configure a Video Window………….………………………………………………….…………………… 58
15 DISPLAY POWERPOINT SLIDES……………………………………………..….……………………………… 60
16 DISPLAY AD HOC NOTICE………………….……………………………………………………………….…… 62
17 SPORTS SCORE MANAGEMENT………………….…………………………………......................…… 64
18 DEFINE TASK SCHEDULE……..………….…………………………………………………………………….... 66
19 REMOTE SCREEN MANAGEMENT

19.1 Basic Concept………………….………………………………………………………………..………...…… 68
19.2 Configure Management Server ………….…………………………………………………..……..…… 68
19.3 Configure Management Client………………………………………………………………….……….…. 70
19.4 Connect to a Remote Display Management Server………………………..………………….………. 71
20 USER MANAGEMENT……………………………………………………………...……………………………… 74
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1 Introduction LEDStudio User Guide
1 Introduction
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1 Introduction LEDStudio User Guide
1 INTRODUCTION
LEDStudio is program that allows a user to combine a series of video files, graphics images, and
text files into files, called playfiles, to be played on the LED displays. It supports a wide range of
computer file formats, such as plain text documents, MicroSoft Word documents, images
(.BMP, .JPG, .GIF, .PCX……), and videos (.MPG, .MPEG, .MPV, .MPA, .AVI, .VCD, .SWF, .RM, .RA,
.RMJ, .ASF……). Once created, these playfiles can be played on your computer for a preview.
After you are satisfied with a playfile, you can send it to LED display to be shown. They can be
stored on your computer for later recall. LEDStudio operates with direct connected LED display
via DVI (digital Video Interface).

2 Software Installation LEDStudio User Guide
2 Software Installation

2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

 Operating system
Windows 2000 or XP
 Hardware Configuration
Pentium class or AMD 2GHz processor or faster

512 MB RAM, 1MB recommended
256-color or above VGA or DVI video card
Video card supporting Direct Draw Overlay
100MB free disk space
 Related Software
Microsoft Media player

Microsoft Office 2000 (if .doc files are to be used in playfiles)
Realplayer (if .rm files are to be used in playfiles)
2.2 INSTALLING THE S OFTWARE
The LEDStudio installation wizard will guide through the installation of the software. Place the installation CD into
your computer CD-ROM drive. Initiate the installation by browsing to your installation disk and double-clicking the
setup program. You are first asked to select software language as shown in Figure 2.1 below:
F IGURE 2.1. L ANGUAGE S ELECTION D IALOGUE W INDOW

Select “Intl. English” and click OK. The InstallShield Wizard will appear (Figure 2.2).
F IGURE 2.2 LEDS TUDIO I NSTALL S HIELD W IZARD W INDOW
Click Next and the Registration Information Window appears (Figure 2.3).
F IGURE 2.3 LEDS TUDIO I NSTALL S HIELD W IZARD R EGISTRATION I NFORMATION W INDOW
The serial number is “888888”. Click Next, then Next again. The Destination Directory window will appear (Figure
2.4). If you would like to change the location, click Browse… and select the location to install at.

F IGURE 2.4 LEDS TUDIO I NSTALL S HIELD W IZARD D ESTINATION D IRECTORY W INDOW
Click Next to continue on to the Select Program Manager Group window (Figure 2.5).
F IGURE 2.5 LEDS TUDIO I NSTALL S HIELD W IZARD S ELECT P ROGRAM M ANAGER G ROUP
Take the default and click Next. The Install Option window appears (Figure 2.6).

F IGURE 2.6 LEDS TUDIO I NSTALL S HIELD W IZARD I NSTALLATION O PTIONS
Change the options if you want. Click Next and the Ready To Install window appears (Figure 2.7).
F IGURE 2.7 LEDS TUDIO I NSTALL S HIELD W IZARD S TART I NSTALLATION
Click Next to start the installation and click Finish to quit the installation Wizard. After LEDStudio software has
been successfully installed, there will be an LED Software program group in Start -> Program. Also, there will be an
LED Studio shortcut on your desktop.

Note: version 10 will install a driver as part of the installation as shown below:

3 LEDStudio Basics LEDStudio User Guide
3 LEDStudio Basics

3 LEDSTUDIO BASICS
3.1 THE CONCEPT OF PLAYFILE
LEDStudio allows you to create playfiles that consists of text, images, and videos. A playfile consists of playsteps. A
playstep can be one of the two types: Universal Display and Step. A playfile can only have one Universal Display.
It will be shown continuously on the LED display and are mainly used to display clock, company log, or other static
information. Step is the main playstep type of a playfile and you can have as many Steps as you want. Steps are
displayed in the order defined in the playfile.
A playstep can have multiple window’s. A window contains certain content to be shown, which can be in the form
of text, image, or video. A window can by one of the following 12 types:
 File window: can be text, image, or video file of various famats

 Text window: for quick text editing
 Single-line text window: for single-line text editing
 Static text window: for static text information such company slogan
 Table window: for tabular data editing
 Timer window: for timer display
 Database window: for ACCESS database and ODBC database data
 DVD/VCD window: for DVD/VCD video content
 External exe window: for embedding data from external programs
 Video window: for videos in the format of RM, ASF, AVI, etc.
 Date/Time window: for data and time
 Temperature/Humidity window: for temperature and humidity
3.2 SOFTWARE INTERFACE
When you open LEDStudio, it displays the main program window and the preview window (Figure 3.1). The main
window is where you create your playfiles and control the size and location of the preview window.

F IGURE 3.1 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE
3.2.1 P REVIEW WINDOW
The preview window displays the content of playfile, i.e., the content you want to display on LED display, on your
computer screen. Up to 99 preview windows are supported by LEDStudio. Each window is independent from
others and you can create playfile, play playfile, and edit playfile for each preview window. In other word,
LEDStudio can control up to 99 LED displays simultaneously.
3.2.2 M AIN PROGRAM WINDOW
The main program window controls the size and location of the preview window. It has the commands to create
playfile, edit playfile, and play playfile. . The workspace in the main window includes the following components:
Title bar
The title displays the name of the program
Menu bar
The menu bar displays commands for performing tasks and are organized by topic.
Tool bar
The toolbar display tool buttons for most-used commands

3.2.3 F ILE MENU
The File menu (figure 3.2) enables to create new playfiles, open existing playfiles, save playfiles, and save changes
made to existing playfiles. It also allows you to open the Demo playfile installed along with the software. Logoff
will allow you to lock the program so changes can be made to your ongoing work without providing the
Administrator password.
F IGURE 3.2 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : F ILE MENU
3.2.4 C ONTROL MENU
The control menu enables you to control the preview of a playfile (Figure 3.3).
F IGURE 3.3 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : C ONTROL MENU

Play
Play current playfile
Play last
Play the last step in the current playfile
Play next
Play the next step in the current playfile

Pause
Pause the current playing playfile
Stop
Stop the current playing playfile
Notify
Insert a temporary notice into current playfile
Score manager
Display scores in sports event.
Play Power point file
Play PowerPoint file
Stop PowerPoint file
Stop the currently playing PowerPoint
Play VCD/DVD
Play VCD/DVD files
Backup program
Backup current playfile
Manager for LED Screen Server (Online)
Manage remote LED screen. Please see Chapter 19 for detail
Manager for LED Screen Server (Offline)
Upload/download playfiles through a FTP server. Please see Chapter 19 for detail
3.2.4 T OOL MENU
The tool menu (Figure 3.4) provides shortcuts to various programs installed on your system and allows you to
launch them without leaving LEDStudio.
F IGURE 3.4 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : T OOL MENU
3.2.5 O PTION MENU
The option menu (Figure 3.5) provides access to various commands that enable you to change LED display
configurations.

F IGURE 3.5 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : O PTION MENU
Screen Combination/Synchronism
Screen Combination allows you to group multiple LED display into a group, each display playing part of a
playfile. Screen Synchronism allows you to play the same playfile on multiple LED displays. This function is
grayed out if only one LED display is connected to your computer.
Set Brightness/Contract/Color(B)
Adjust the brightness, contrast, and color of LED displays (Figure 3.6).
F IGURE 3.6 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : O PTION MENU →S ET B RIGHTNESS /C ONTRAST /C OLOR (B)
Screen area(Y)
This function (Figure 3.7) allows you to define an area on your computer screen that mimics a LED display.
It is especially useful when your computer is controlling multiple LED displays for Screen

Comnination/Synchronism we talked about above. In such case, you may want to define several areas on
your computer screen that are adjacent to each other in order to see what the LED displays would look
like in action.
F IGURE 3.7 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : O PTION MENU →S CREEN AREA (Y)
Play background/foreground
Play the playfile on LED display only. The computer screen doesn’t show playfile.
Lock/Unlock LED Screen Properties
Pin/unpin the content currently shown on computer monitor onto LED display.
Turn off LED Screen Power
Turn off the power to the LED display.
Schedule table
LEDStudio’s scheduling function (Figure 3.8) allows you to schedule the power on/off of the LED display,
the start/stop of a playfile, and other type of operations at some future time.

F IGURE 3.8 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : O PTION MENU →S CHEDULE T ABLE
Schedule hide setup
Enable/disable scheduled hide (figure 3.9).
F IGURE 3.9 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : O PTION MENU →S CHEDULE HIDE SETUP
Language
Let you to select the language used for software interface.
Hide/Show play window
Hide or show the preview window.
LED screen monitor
Displays the environmental parameters.
Hardware setup
This function (Figure 3.10) is intended for trained technician only. If for some reason computer has to be
re-installed, the LED display hardware setting will have to be reloaded from a file.
F IGURE 3.10 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : O PTION MENU →H ARDWARE SETUP

Click Load to load the hardware configuration file. Click Test. If LED display works properly, then click Save
to Led Screen.
Software setup
Set various software options (Figure 3.11). Play Window tab allows you to set the location and size of the
preview window. Networking tab allows you to set Remote Manager to online or offline mode. You can
set the ftp server is it is set to offline mode. See chapter 19 for detail on Remote Manager.

F IGURE 3.11 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : O PTION MENU →S OFTWARE SETUP

User setup
Allows user administration.
3.2.6 T EST MENU
Test menu provides access to several tests that you can run on the LED display (Figure 3.12).
F IGURE 3.12 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : T EST MENU

3.2.7 H ELP MENU
Help menu provides access to online help, online software upgrade, displaying computer IP address, playfile
editing history, and version information (Figure 3.13).
F IGURE 3.13 LEDS TUDIO INTERFACE : H ELP MENU
3.2.8 T OOL B AR
Tool bar area contains shortcut button to menu items. From left to right, they are New…, Open, Show/Hide
preview window, Show/Hide edit window, Play, Play from current step, Pause, Stop, Manager for LED Screen
Server (Online), Manager for LED Screen Server (Offline), Play at Background, Lock/Unlock LED Screen Properties,
Turn On/Off LED Screen Power, and Change Skin. See corresponding sections above for detail.

3.3 A WALKTHROUGH ON CREATING A PLAYFILE
Note: The preview window must be set to a proper size. Otherwise, it is possible that only part of the finished playfile
would be shown on the LED display or the content of the playfile may only use part of the LED display.
STEP When you do this… You see this…
1 Option→Software Setup
Under Play Window tab, check “Lock

to LED scre”. This will ensure that the
size of the preview window is the
same as the auto-detected LED display
size. If you know the resolution of your
LED display, you can check “ Floating”
to set the screen size and location.
Here we will use “Floating” to
demonstrate.
2 File→New
You see a tab titled “Screen1” shows

up
Note: if you do not see the Screen1
window, click on to enable.

Click . In the popup menu, click

3 Add Step. You can add as many Step’s
as you want to.
Note: Univeral Display allows you to

add content that will be displayed on
LED display continuously. On the other
hand, the content in Step will be
displayed in defined order on LED
display.
4
Define the Step options.
5 Click to add Window. You can

add as many Windows of various
types as you want to. In this example,
we add a File Window which will
contain a JPG file you want to display.
Note: each Step is a container of

Windows which in turn are containers
of content you want to show on LED
display.

6
Now you have a File window in
Step1. Click in the option
window on the right. A file browser
will pop up to allow you to select the
file you want to add into this File
window.
7
Click on the file you want to add. In
this example, we will use “002.bmp”.
Click Open.
8
Image file 002.bmp will be added and
you should see it in the preview
window. Define the options in the
property window such as the Effect,
Speed, Stay duration, etc.

9
Click in the property
window to add overlay text on top of
image.
10
Click . A Text Edit tool will
pop up. Enter “Hello” and click
11
Click .

12 Text “Hello” will be displayed on top

of the image “002.bmp”.
13
Repeat the above steps to add as
many Step and Window as you want
to. Save the file by click . Give the

playfile a name when prompted.
14
Click and the playfile will start to
play in the preview window and on
your LED display.

4 Display Text LEDStudio User Guide
4 Display Text

4 DISPLAY TEXT
There are 6 ways to display text:
1. Add a text file into a File window

2. Add text into a Text Window
3. Add text into a Single Line Text Window
4. Add text into a Static Text Window

5. Add overlay text on a image in a File window
6. Use Notify Manager
4.1 DISPLAY TEXT USING A TEXT WINDOW
The Text Window provides an easy-to-use method to quickly add text, such company name, welcome message,
short notices, etc., to be displayed on LED display.
4.1.1 C REATE A T EXT W INDOW
Click to add a Text Window into a Playstep.
4.1.2 D EFINE P ARAMETERS FOR A T EXT W INDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Text Window. Timer will

allow you to define display timing to the text.

4.1.3 A DD T EXT TO A T EXT W INDOW
Click to bring up the text editor. When done, click

on to close.
Text will show up in the Text Pane.
If you need to make changes to the text, click . Use
and to change text ordering and click

to preview the text.
4.2 DISPLAY TEXT USING SINGLE LINE TEXT WINDOW
Single Line Text Window is for displaying moving text such as welcome message and short notice.
4.2.1 C REATE A S INGLE L INE T EXT W INDOW
Click to add a Single Line Text Window into a

Step.
4.2.2 D EFINE P ARAMETERS FOR A S INGLE L INE T EXT W INDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Single Line Text Window.
4.2.3 A DD T EXT TO A S INGLE L INE T EXT W INDOW
You can input the text by loading from an external file

or by typing directly into the text input area.

4.3 DISPLAY TEXT USING STATIC TEXT WINDOW
Static Text Window contains static text.
4.3.1 C REATE A S TATIC T EXT W INDOW
Click to add a Single Line Text Window into a

Step.
4.3.2 D EFINE P ARAMETERS FOR A S TATIC T EXT W INDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Static Text Window.
4.3.3 A DD T EXT TO A S TATIC T EXT W INDOW
Type text into the text input area.
4.4 DISPLAY TEXT USING FILE WINDOW
4.4.1 C REATE A F ILE W INDOW
Click to add a File Window into a Playstep.

4.4.2 D EFINE P ARAMETERS FOR A F ILE W INDOW
Adjust the parameters for the File Window.
4.4.3 A DD F ILE TO A F ILE W INDOW
Click to open file selection dialogue window.

Select the text file you want to display on the LED
display.
4.5 OVERLAY TEXT ON IMAGE IN A FILE WINDOW
4.5.1 C REATE A F ILE W INDOW
4.5.2 C ONFIGURE A F ILE W INDOW
Adjust the parameters for the File Window.

4.5.3 A DD F ILE TO A F ILE W INDO W

Select the image file, say, 0002.bmp, you want to
display on the LED display.
4.5.4 A DD O VERLAY T EXT ON IMAGE IN A F ILE W INDOW
Click to bring up the Picture/Text window.

Click to bring up the text editor. Type text
in the text input area. Click when finished.
4.6 DISPLAY TEXT USING NOTIFY MANAGER
Click Control→Notify. Type in the notice you want to

send out.

5 Display Graphics LEDStudio User Guide
5 Display Graphics

5 DISPLAY GRAPHICS
LEDStudio support the following graphic file types:
 Windows Bitmap (.bmp)

 JPEG Compressed (.jpg)
 Graphics Interchange Format(.gif)
 Windows Metafile Format (.wmf)
 PCX format (.pcx)
 Icon file format (.ico)
5.1 CREATE A FILE WINDOW
5.2 CONFIGURE A FILE WINDOW
Adjust the parameters for the File Window. Height: the height in pixels of the File Window content
Name: the name of the File Window
Lock: lock the position and size of the File Window
Frame: the thickness of the frame around the File from any change
Window
Timer: define how long to play this File Window on the
StartX: distance in pixels from the LED display X
LED display.
zero point
StartY: distance in pixels from the LED display Y

zero point
Width: the width in pixels of the File Window

content

5.3 ADD A GRAPHIC FILE TO A FILE WINDOW

Click Open to place the selected the graphic file into the
playstep and return to the LEDStuido main workspace.
Click to open file selection dialogue window. The graphic will display in the preview window.
Select the image file, say, 0002.bmp, that you want
to display on the LED display.
5.4 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
Change the appearance of the graphic.

Background: change the background of the graphic. Change the placement of the background.
: select an image file as the background of the graphic.
: select an audio file you want to play at background .

Transparent: if checked, set a transparent color.
Alpha: set the alpha value for the graphic.
Action/Effect: control how the graphic is presented
Speed/Stay: control the speed and the duration the graphic is displayed
Clear/Clr Speed: control how the graphic is cleared on the screen and how fast it is cleared

6 Display Animation/Video LEDStudio User Guide
6 Display Animation/Video

6 DISPLAY ANIMATION/VIDEO
LEDStudio support the following animation/video file types:
 Audio Video Interleave Format (.avi)
 Moving Picture Experts Group Format (.mpg, .mpeg)
 Advanced Systems Format (.asf)
 Realplayer Media Format (.rm)
 Shockwave Flash Format (.swf)
Adjust the parameters for the File Window. Height: the height in pixels of the File Window content
Lock: lock the position and size of the File Window
from any change
Frame: the thickness of the frame around the File
Timer: define how long to play this File Window on the
Window
LED display.
zero point
zero point
content

6.3 ADD A VIDEO/ANIMATION FILE TO A FILE WINDOW

Select the video file, say, ordinary_play.asf, that you
want to display on the LED display.
Click Open to place the selected the video file into the
playstep and return to the LEDStuido main workspace.
The video will start to play in the preview window.
6.4 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
Change the appearance of the video.
Background: change the background and its

placement of the background.
: select an image file as the background of

the video
Effect: control how the video is presented
Alpha: set the alpha value for the video
Sound: control the volume of video sound
Pos: show the playing progress of the video
Action: control how the video is presented
Speed: control how the video how fast the video is
played

7 Display Tabular Data LEDStudio User Guide
7 Display Tabular Data

7 DISPLAY TABULAR DATA
LEDStudio provides to ways to display tabular data:
 Create a Table Window

 Create a File Window and embed a table created in a MS WORD or EXCEL.
The second method has been described in detail in the previous chapters. Therefore, we will only explain the first
method in this chapter.
Click to add a Table Window into a Playstep.
7.2 CONFIGURE A TABLE WINDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Table Window. Lock: lock the position and size of the Table
Window from any change
Name: the name of the Table Window
Timer: define how long to play this Table Window on
Frame: the thickness of the frame around the
the LED display
Table Window
zero point
zero point
Width: the width in pixels of the Table Window
content
Height: the height in pixels of the Table Window
content

7.3 ADD A TABLE TO TABLE WINDOW
Click to open the table editor.
: set table properties

: insert a new row or column
: delete a row or column
: split or merge cells
You can change the font, font size, font color,
and table background color as well.

8 Display Web Page LEDStudio User Guide
8 Display Web Page

8 Display Web Page LEDStudio User Guide
8 DISPLAY WEB PAGE
LEDStudio allows you to display a web page.
Adjust the parameters for the File Window. Lock: lock the position and size of the File Window
Name: the name of the File Window from any change
Frame: the thickness of the frame around the File Timer: define how long to play this File Window on the
Window LED display.
StartX: distance in pixels from the LED display X zero
point
StartY: distance in pixels from the LED display Y zero
point
Width: the width in pixels of the File Window content
Height: the height in pixels of the File Window content
8.3 ADD A WEB LINK TO A FILE WINDOW
Click to add a web link to the file window Change options to your liking:

9 Display Data From Database LEDStudio User Guide
9 Display Data From Database

9 DISPLAY DATA FROM DATABASE
LEDStudio allows to display database retrieved from an ACCESS or an ODBC database.
9.1 CREATE A DATABASE WINDOW
Click to add a Database Window.
9.2 CONFIGURE A DATABASE WINDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Database Window. Lock: lock the position and size of the File Window
from any change
Timer: define how long to play this File Window on
Frame: the thickness of the frame around the File
the LED display.
Window
zero point
zero point
content
Height: the height in pixels of the File Window
content

9.3 ADD A ACCESS DATABASE TO A DATABASE WINDOW
9.3.1 A DD AN A CCESS D ATABASE
Click to display the Select Database dialogue. Check Access Database. Click OK.
In the database file selection window, select the ACCESS database file and click Open.
Provide login information in the Login window if the ACCESS db is password protected:

After the ACCESS db is open, it will appear in the Database list field and the db columns will be listed in the Data
list field.
9.3.2 A DD AN A CCESS D ATABASE T ABLE
Click to add a table. The Table Properties window will appear. The top part allows you to define the table and
set the configuration parameters for the table. The bottom part allows you to configure the columns.
9.4 ADD AN ODBC DATABASE TO A DATABASE WINDOW
Adding an ODBC database needs some understanding about ODBC database. We will not cover it here. Please
consult your IT support to set up a Data Source you can use to display the data on LED display.

Click to display the Select Database dialogue. Check ODBC Database. Click OK.
Click OK. In the Select Data Source window, select the data source name. Cilck Ok.
After the database is added, the table property and column property setting is the same as an ACCESS database.
Please refer to Chapter 9.3.2 for detail.

10 Display Date and Time LEDStudio User Guide
10 Display Date and Time

10 Display Date and Time LEDStudio User Guide
10 DISPLAY DATE AND TIME

10.1 CREATE A DATE/TIME WINDOW
Click to add a Date/Time Window into a

Playstep.
10.2 CONFIGURE A DATE/TIME WINDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Date/Time Window

11 Display an External Program LEDStudio User Guide
11 Display an External Program

11 DISPLAY AN EXTERNAL PROGRAM
LEDStudio allows you to display an external program you are running on your computer.
11.1 CREATE AN EXTERNAL EXE WINDOW
Click to add an External Exe Window into a

Playstep.
11.2 CONFIGURE AN EXTERNAL EXE WINDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Database Window. Lock: lock the position and size of the File Window
from any change
Name: the name of the File Window Timer: define how long to play this File Window on
Frame: the thickness of the frame around the File the LED display
Window
StartX: distance in pixels from the LED display X zero
point
StartY: distance in pixels from the LED display Y zero
point
Width: the width in pixels of the File Window content
Height: the height in pixels of the File Window content

11.3 ADD AN EXTERNAL EXE TO AN EXTERNAL EXE WINDOW
Click Browse… to open the dialogue to select the

external program you want to show on LED display.
Here we use Windows Media Player as an example.

Click Open and the program will start running on your
computer, which in turn will be displayed on the LED
display.

12 Display Timer LEDStudio User Guide
12 Display Timer

12 Display Timer LEDStudio User Guide
12 DISPLAY TIMER
LEDStudio allows you to display a timer to count up or count down time.
12.1 CREATE A TIMER WINDOW
Click to add a Timer Window into a Playstep.
12.2 CONFIGURE A TIMER WINDOW
Adjust the parameters for the Timer Window. Timer: define how long to play this Timer Window
on the LED display.
Name: the name of the Timer Window
Bkg: define a solid color background, background
Frame: the thickness of the frame around the
position, or another image file as the
Timer Window
background, and the transparency of the
background.
zero point
zero point
Width: the width in pixels of the Timer Window
content
Height: the height in pixels of the Timer Window
content
Lock: lock the position and size of the Timer
12.3 SET THE TIMER INFORMATION
The bottom part of the workspace allows you to set the

timer information:

13 Display VCD/DVD LEDStudio User Guide
13 Display VCD/DVD

13 DISPLAY VCD/DVD
LEDStudio provides two ways to display VCD/DVD on LED display.
 Direct play
 Add VCD/DVD to a playstep in a playfile.
13.1 DIRECT PLAY

You can directly play VCD/DVD by click Control→Play VCD/DVD
13.2 ADD VCD/DVD IN A PLAYFILE
You need to have a VCD/DVD player installed on your computer in order to use this feature. We recommend
WinDVD or PowerDVD.
Click to add a VCD/DVD Window into a

Playstep.

Set the parameters for the VCD/DVD Window.

14 Display Video Signal LEDStudio User Guide
14 Display Video Signal

14 Display Video Signal LEDStudio User Guide
14 DISPLAY VIDEO SIGNAL
LED Studio provides Video Window to display video input on your LED display.
14.1 CREATE A VIDEO WINDOW
Click to add a Video Window into a Playstep.
14.2 CONFIGURE A VIDEO WINDOW

Adjust the parameters for the Video Window.
Name: the name of the Video Window Video Input: choose the video card
Border: the thickness of the frame around the Audio Input: choose the audio card
Video Window Video Input: choose the video input port, i.e.,
StartX: distance in pixels from the LED display X CATV or S-Video.
zero point TV: choose TV channel
zero point
Width: the width in pixels of the Video Window
content
Height: the height in pixels of the Video Window
content
Lock: lock the position and size of the Video
Timer: define how long to play this Video
Window on the LED display.

15 Display PowerPoint Slides LEDStudio User Guide
15 Display PowerPoint Slides

15 Display PowerPoint Slides LEDStudio User Guide
15 DISPLAY POWERPOINT SLIDES
LEDStudio allows you to play Microsoft Powerpoint slides on your LED display.
Click Control→Play Powerpoint File. Select the Powerpoint file you want to display. This will start the Powerpoint
program which in turn shows the slides using the whole LED screen.
If you would like to alternate between the Powerpoint slides and an LEDStudio playfile, you can define a Schedule
Table. Please see chapter 18 on how to set up a schedule table.
To stop playing the Powerpoint slides, click Control→Stop Powerpoint File.

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16 Display Ad Hoc Notice

16 Display Ad Hoc Notice LEDStudio User Guide
16 DISPLAY AD HOC NOTICE
While playing a playfile, you can insert a temporary notice.
Click Control→Notify. In the Notify Manager window, set the parameter how you want the notice to be displayed.
Click Play to display the notice. Click Stop to stop displaying the notice.

17 Sports Score Management LEDStudio User Guide
17 Sports Score Management

17 Sports Score Management LEDStudio User Guide
17 SPORTS SCORE MANAGEMENT

LEDstudio provides a basic sports score management function.
Click Control→Score Manager. The Score Manager dialogue window still pop up.
LED Screen: select the screen where you want to display the sport event information
Play Time: duration to display the sports event
Reset: reset the start time to 0
Start: starting count time
Stop: stop counting time
Font: select the font used for the displaying the time
Invert Time: count up/down the time
Top: distance in pixels from the screen top the time will be displayed on screen
Right: distance in pixels from the screen right the time will be displayed on screen
Player1/2: player/team name in two languages, player/team picture/mascot
Lan1 space: space between the two play/team names
Player1/2 font: font for player/team name
Bottom: distance in pixels from the screen bottom the score will be displayed on screen

18 Define Task Schedule LEDStudio User Guide
18 Define Task Schedule

18 Define Task Schedule LEDStudio User Guide
18 DEFINE TASK SCHEDULE
LEDStudio allows you to define a schedule table to start certain tasks at pre-defined times.
Click Option→Schedule Table. The Scheduled Command Table window will pop up.
Edit: edit an existing task in the table

Add: add a new task to the table
Delete: remove an existing task from the table
Delete All: remove all tasks form the table
Exit: exit

19 Remote Screen Management LEDStudio User Guide
19 Remote Screen Management

19 REMOTE SCREEN MANAGEMENT

LEDStudio provides the functionality to remotely manage your LED display.
19.1 BASIC CONCEPT
S CREEN M ANAGEMENT S ERVER

This is the computer to which you have your LED screen connected to.
S CREEN M ANAGEMENT C LIENT

This is the computer from which you make connection to remote screen management server. One
management client can control all management servers within the same local area network. If
management servers and clients are not in the same network, dial-up service needs to be set up on the
management clients so they can connect to the network where the management servers reside.
19.2 CONFIGURE MANAGEMENT SERVER
Click Option→Software Setup

Click Networking tab
In the Remote Manage (Online) →Client section, check Enable Remote Server(online). Provide an unused port
(default port 6600 should work in most cases) and check Quick Enable. Click Save Setup. Now this computer is set
up as a Screen Management Server. A remote management client can add this computer to its list of available
management servers and make connection to it.

19.3 CONFIGURE MANAGEMENT CLIENT
In the Remote Manage (Online) →Server section, check Remote Manager(online). Click Save Setup. Now this
computer is set up as a Screen Management Client and can make connection to remote management servers on
the same local area network.

19.4 CONNECT TO A REMOTE DISPLAY MANAGEMENT SERVER
Click Control→Manager for LED Screen Server
The Remote Manager(online) window pops up.
Click Add.
Screen Name: name of the screen, used to differentiate multi-screens connected to the remote screen
management server.

Server IP: the IP address of the remote screen management server.

Server Port: the port number for the screen server.
Screen Number: number assigned to the screen, used to differentiate multi-screens connected to the remote
screen management server.
User Name: use name for authentication
User Password: password for authentication
Once the remote screen management server is added and connected successfully, click Control. You will see the
desktop of the remote screen server and can perform any task you would like to.
You can also send playfiles or programs to the remote screen server by click Send Files or Send Program.

20 User Management LEDStudio User Guide
20 User Mnagement

20 User Management LEDStudio User Guide
20 USER MANAGEMENT
Click Options→User Setup(U)
Provide administrator’s password when prompted.
The user manager window will pop up. You can add,
delete, or edit user.

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2.2 Installing the Software……………………………………….………………..…………………………..….. 4

3.2 Software interface………...….……………….……………………………………….………………………. 10

3.3 A walkthrough on creating a playfile……….………………………….……………………………………. 19

4.2 Display Text Using Single Line Text Window..…...…………..…………………………………………… 26

4.3 Display Text Using Static Text Window..…....……….………..……..…………………………………… 27

4.4 Display Text Using File Window…………………………………………….………………………………… 27

4.5 Overlay Text on image in a File Window……………………………….…………………………………… 28

4.6 Display Text Using Notify Manager………………………….………………………………………………. 30

5.2 Configure a File Window………….……………………………………………….…………………………… 32

5.3 Add a Graphic file to a File Window…………………………………………………………………………. 33

5.4 Configure Options……………………………………………………………….………………………………. 33

6.2 Configure a File Window………….………………………………………………….………………..……… 35

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6.3 Add a Video/Animation file to a File Window……………………….……………………………………. 36

6.4 Configure Options………………………………………………………….……………………………………. 36

7 DISPLAY TABULAR DATA

7.2 Configure a Table Window………….…………………………………………….…………………………… 38

7.3 Add a Table to Table Window………………………………………………….………………………..…... 39

8 DISPLAY WEB PAGE

8.2 Configure a File Window………….………………………………………………….………………………… 41

8.3 Add a Web Link to a File Windo……………………………………………………………………………. 41

9 DISPLAY DATA FROM DATABASE

9.2 Configure a Database Window………….………………………………………….………………………… 43

9.3 Add a ACCESS Database to a Database Window………………………………………………..……….. 44

9.4 Add an ODBC Database to a Database Window………………………….………………………………. 45

10 DISPLAY DATE AND TIME

10.2 Configure a Date/Time Window…………………………………………………………………….……… 48

11 DISPLAY AN EXTERNAL PROGRAM

11.2 Configure an External Exe Window………….………………………………….………………….……… 50

11.3 Add an External Exe to an External Exe Window……………………………………………….………. 51

12.2 Configure a Timer Window………….………………………………………………………….…………… 53

12.3 Set the Timer Information……………………………………………………………………………………. 53

13.1 Direct Play………………….……………………………………………………………………….…………… 55

13.2 Add VCD/DVD in a Playfile………….……………………………….………………………….…………… 55

14 DISPLAY VIDEO SIGNAL SIGNAL

14.2 Configure a Video Window………….………………………………………………….…………………… 58

15 DISPLAY POWERPOINT SLIDES……………………………………………..….……………………………… 60

16 DISPLAY AD HOC NOTICE………………….……………………………………………………………….…… 62

17 SPORTS SCORE MANAGEMENT………………….…………………………………......................…… 64

18 DEFINE TASK SCHEDULE……..………….…………………………………………………………………….... 66

19 REMOTE SCREEN MANAGEMENT

19.2 Configure Management Server ………….…………………………………………………..……..…… 68

19.3 Configure Management Client………………………………………………………………….……….…. 70

19.4 Connect to a Remote Display Management Server………………………..………………….………. 71

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2.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

Pentium class or AMD 2GHz processor or faster

Microsoft Media player

2.2 INSTALLING THE S OFTWARE

F IGURE 2.1. L ANGUAGE S ELECTION D IALOGUE W INDOW

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F IGURE 2.2 LEDS TUDIO I NSTALL S HIELD W IZARD W INDOW

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