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Contents
Installation and setup .................................................................... 1
Description......................................................................................................1
Overview ..................................................................................................1
Technical specifications............................................................................2
EMI compliance .......................................................................................2
Assembling the Director..................................................................................3
Assembly parts ........................................................................................5
How to mount a Director on a wall...........................................................6
How to mount a Director on a stand ........................................................7
How to attach the brochure rack to a BetaBrite Director (optional)........11
Connecting signs to a computer....................................................................13
Sending messages to the Director.................................................................14
Basic sign operation.....................................................................15
Using the Remote Control .............................................................................15
Turning a sign on and off...............................................................................17
Setting a sign’s time and date........................................................................18
Clearing a sign’s memory..............................................................................20
Setting a sign’s password..............................................................................21
How to set a password...........................................................................21
What to do when you forget a sign’s password......................................23
How to delete a sign’s password............................................................23
Using the Remote Control’s sound control....................................................24
Setting a sign’s serial address .......................................................................24
Beginning text messaging ..............................................................26
Example 1 — Using upper and lowercase text..............................................26
Example 2 — Displaying messages in PAGE name order (A, B, C, etc.)........31
Example 3 — Displaying messages in time order .........................................33
Example 4 — Changing the text of an existing message...............................36
Example 5 — Deleting messages..................................................................39
Advanced text messaging ..............................................................40
Example 6 — Displaying the time and date...................................................40
Example 7 — Using the FLASH mode to highlight information.....................44
Example 8 — Using fonts and colors............................................................47
Example 9 — International characters ..........................................................52
Appendices ...............................................................................53
Appendix A — Sign diagnostic test...............................................................53
Appendix B — Updating the sign’s firmware (EPROM).................................54
Appendix C — Transferring a sign’s memory from one sign to another........55
Quick Reference Card ...................................................................56
