Micro Gate ?GRAPH Manual do Utilizador

User Manual Version 1.0.0

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 10 of 88 The LOW BATTERY LED on the control panel indicates the battery level, the power source use

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 11 of 88 1.5 MODULAR SYSTEM One of the greatest advantages of MicroGraph is that a number

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 12 of 88 2 rows, 2 columns Row = 0Col = 0Row = 0Col = 1Row = 1Col = 0Row = 1Col = 1 3 rows, 2 column

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 13 of 88 1.5.2 ASSEMBLY Assembling a modular system is extremely simple and can be carried out with t

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 14 of 88 The power supply and data connection is done by pulling out the light blue supply connector

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 15 of 88 1.5.2.1 CONNECTING TWO ROWS (HORIZONTAL ASSEMBLY) Extract the two pins from their slot by un

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 16 of 88 Bring the two display boards together and connect the power supply and data cables to the Sup

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 17 of 88 1.5.2.2 CONNECTING TWO ROWS (VERTICAL ASSEMBLY) Extract the two upper pins from their slot b

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 18 of 88 Warning: during this operation pay attention NOT to lay the display board down with the LED s

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 19 of 88 Warning: during this operation keep the display boards as parallel as possible and lower the

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 2 of 88 Contents 1 Hardware ...

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 20 of 88 1.6 RADIO SYSTEM Some programs of the MicroGraph display board can be used with t

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 21 of 88 1.7 FIRMWARE UPDATING Each time MicroGraph is turned on, it displays the firmware version pr

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 22 of 88 1.8 HARDWARE RESET If the display board stops responding to commands (e.g. entering the Setu

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 23 of 88 1.9 BRIGHTNESS SENSOR Display board LED brightness can be set manually (from the m

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 24 of 88 2 INTERNAL PROGRAMS Besides the 'Base Program', which waits for PC or chr

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 25 of 88 2.1 GENERAL SETUP Enter the Setup menu of a program (if available) by pressing th

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 26 of 88 Firmware x.y.z The currently loaded firmware version is displayed. Serial Number xxxxxxxxx

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 27 of 88 2.2 BASE PROGRAM Selecting Base Program MicroGraph can be controlled via the SERIAL 1 commun

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 28 of 88 2.2.1 SETUP Keep the LAP-SETUP pressed for at least 2 seconds to enter the Setup.

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 29 of 88 2.3 INTERNAL PROGRAM (USER PROGRAMS) The Internal Program allows you to execute autom

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 3 of 88 2.6.2 Start Time 2 ...

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 30 of 88 2.4 TIMER (CHRONOMETER) In this mode MicroGraph works as a typical 1/100 second precision ch

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 31 of 88 Set Starttime mm= 0 Set the thousandths of a second Press LAP-SETUP Autoreset Time= 0 S

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 32 of 88 2.5 SPEEDMETER This program allows you to measure the speed on the basis of any

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 33 of 88 Figure 29 In the example shown in Figure 29, 2 Polifemos connected to EncRadio with B

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 34 of 88 2.5.1 SETUP It is possible to set the length of the measurement base, the speed

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 35 of 88 Program Delay SS= 0 Set the number of seconds after which the user program no. 1 should star

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 36 of 88 2.6 COUNTDOWN This program allows you to display various countdown types. After choosing the

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 37 of 88 SS = 12 Set the seconds with START-MODIFY Press LAP-SETUP Set Sync.Time mm = 234 Set t

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 38 of 88 2.6.3 TIME TO ZERO In this case the countdown starts from the time set by the user and stops

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 39 of 88 2.7 CLOCK This program allows you to display the time of the internal MicroGraph clock. 2.7

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 4 of 88 2.18.4.1 Setup ...

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 40 of 88 2.8 DATE & CLOCK This mode allows you to display the time of the internal MicroGraphLED

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 41 of 88 2.9 LAP TIMER The Lap Timer program allows you to time lap times. At each Start

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 42 of 88 Holdoff Time mm = 10 Set the thousandths with START-MODIFY Press LAP-SETUP

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 43 of 88 2.10 TEST PIXEL The Test Pixel program is used to check the correct functioning of LEDs: the

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 44 of 88 2.11 SELF TIMER AND PARALLEL SELF TIMER The programs are described in the guide supplied with

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 45 of 88 2.12 OSM6 This program allows you to use the display board together with an Omega OSM6 chrono

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 46 of 88 2.13 POWERTIME This program allows you to use the display board together with a Powertime chr

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 47 of 88 2.14 ALGE This program allows you to use the display board together with an Alge chronometer.

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 48 of 88 2.15 OMEGA This program allows you to use the display board together with an Omega

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 49 of 88 CONFIGURATION = 7 Compatible with the ML 683 (Car-Motorcycle) program. Displays the speed in

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 5 of 88 1 HARDWARE Figure 1 - MicroGraph LED  Modular display board with horizontal or verti

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 50 of 88 2.16 STALKER This program allows you to use the display board together with Stalker speed rad

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 51 of 88 2.17 JUGS This program allows you to use the display board together with Jugs speed radar gun

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 52 of 88 2.18 ATHLETIC This program has been studied for managing base information for track-and-field

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 53 of 88 2.18.4 WIND The Wind program allows you to display data received from the Gill a

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 54 of 88 3 TRANSMISSION PROTOCOL Using 'Base Program' (see par. 2.2) it is possible to send

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 55 of 88 The Graphical Protocol (GRAPH), on the contrary, allows you to specify single dot

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 56 of 88 3.1 TEXT FRAME (ALPHA PROTOCOL) Using text records, the MicroGraph LED display board

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 57 of 88 The text frame format is as follows: Field Length Content Meaning Start Frame 1 ESC (0x1B) St

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 58 of 88 Brightness Type b Dec. 98 - Hex 62h Minimum Brightness Range e Dec. 101 - Hex 65h Maximum Bri

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 59 of 88 3.1.1 TEXT FRAME SYNTAX AND COMMAND TABLE Display Date Command code ‘A’ Data area Item Lengt

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 6 of 88 1.1 CONTROL PANEL Figure 2 – Control panel RADIO: 5-pole Nucletron connector for Linkgate

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 60 of 88 Display internal clock time Command code ‘N’ Data area Item Length (bytes) Notes Position (Co

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 61 of 88 Self-Timing Printer Strings Command code ‘p’ Data area Item Length (bytes) Notes Row 1 35 Cha

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 62 of 88 Maximum Brightness Range Command code ‘f’ Data area Item Length (bytes) Notes Value Max 3 1 &

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 63 of 88 Set WiFi TCP Port Command code ‘w’ Data area Item Length (bytes) Notes Port number Max 5 1 &l

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 64 of 88 Parameter Setup Command code ‘s’ Data area Item Length (bytes) Notes Sub-command 1 Alphabetic

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 65 of 88 The following 4 commands are for setting 'internal programs' (series of operations

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 66 of 88 3.1.2 AUTOCONFIG COMMANDS The following commands allow to autoconfigure the Row and

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 67 of 88 connected to the LOWEST display board, (having the address Row =0), the Direction

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 68 of 88 3.2 GRAPHICAL FRAME (GRAPH PROTOCOL) The benefit of the graphical frame is that it allows yo

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 69 of 88 3.2.1 ACTIVE OBJECTS Among the display commands present there are 'Active Objects'

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 7 of 88 1.2 RIGHT SIDE PANEL Figure 3 – Right side panel 1. Locking pins for modular systems 2. 6

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 70 of 88 Font Non-Proportional Font Proportional The non-braking space of proportional fonts is

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 71 of 88 3.2.3 GRAPHICAL FRAME SYNTAX AND COMMAND TABLE Therefore, the frame format for the graphical

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 72 of 88 The following table lists the identifiers of the binary operator that will be applied. '

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 73 of 88 Display Date – Active Object Command code ‘A’ Data area Item Length (bytes) Notes Mode 1 1=DD

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 74 of 88 Internal Clock Display (RTC) – Active Object Command code ‘N’ Data area Item Length (bytes) N

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 75 of 88 Reset a display board area Command code ‘Q’ Data area Item Length (bytes) Notes X Dimension 2

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 76 of 88 3.2.3.1 EXAMPLE Write 'Microgate' at position X=90, Y=48 with MEDIUM Font String

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 77 of 88 3.3 UNICODE FRAME Unlike the previous pixel-based version, MicroGraph LED can manage

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 78 of 88 3.3.1.1 EXAMPLE Write “您好” at position X=90, Y=48 with UNICODE_MEDIUM Font String to send:

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 79 of 88 4 MICROGATE.DISPBOARD.MANAGER API The Microgate.DispBoard.Manager library has been developed

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 8 of 88 1.3 CONNECTIONS SERIAL 1 Input/Output (6-pole Amphenol) 1 Serial 1 RS232 TX (output) 2 Seri

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 80 of 88 4.1 CONSTRUCTOR The class must be instanced giving the constructor 3 main paramete

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 81 of 88 4.3 OVERLOAD OF SOME METHODS Some methods (e.g. WriteString) suggest overloads where it is n

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 82 of 88 4.4 MAIN METHODS The main methods for writing objects on the display board are: - ShowDate

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 83 of 88 4.5 EXAMPLE //Instance a class to manage a MicroGraph LED via Ethernet DisplayBoardManager m

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 84 of 88 4.6 METHODS Name Description AutoConfig Autoconfig of the display boards CloseConnection

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 85 of 88 (Inherited from Object.) GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Obj

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 86 of 88 SetRadioChannel Sets the radio channel for Linkgate. SetupInternalProgramParameter Overloa

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 87 of 88 4.7 PROPERTIES Name Description Alignment Gets or sets the alignment. BaudRate Gets or s

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 88 of 88 Copyright Copyright © 2011 by Microgate S.r.l. All rights reserved No part of this docum

Microgate MicroGraph LED User Manual Page 9 of 88 1.4 POWER SUPPLY Power can be supplied in three ways: • Connecting the MicroGraph display