RaceAmerica 6450D Owner's Manual - page 6
RaceAmerica Large Digital Display
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PRODUCT SET-UP
The model 6X50 Large Digital Display is
designed to be mounted to a rigid strructure or
poles using the 3/8-16 PEM nuts on the back side
of the display. See Figure 2.
The model 6450 24” Large Display is
assembled as five individual digits. Assembly
bolts hold the individual digits together. See
Figure 3.
Assemble using the digit position labels
located on the top of each digit (segment is
identified by the inverse printing of its number). A
full unit will have segments one thru five assembled
from left to right, digits facing forward.
Connect the cable to the connector between
each two digits as they are assembled. A horizonal
and vertical frame structure is required to mount
the scoreboard (see figure 3).
The 6428 scoreboard should be mounted in
a structure for each five digits. This structure can
then be suspended or secured to the ground.
STEP 1 - Configure the Display
The 6X50 has two banks of DIP Switches
located on the backside of the display (Figures 4
& 5). They are used to match the communications
format and the display format to the data sent to
the display from the paricular timing system or
PC. To determine the correct switch settings,
read the DIP SWITCH SETTINGS section of
this manual. Switch settings have two positions,
ON and OFF. The ON position is indicated on the
DIP switch and is active when the switch button
is moved to the right side when viewed from
the back of the display. Switch 3 (bank S1) sets
the display format to either SSS.FF or SS.FFF
(Seconds.Fractions).
STEP 2 - Establish Data Interface
The 6X50 can receive date either via hard
wire (Model 6X50D) or via an internal wireless
data link (Model 6X50DW/6X50DX). See Figure
1.
For models 6X50D, an interface cable
contains an RJ45 modular connector on one end
of the cable and is connected to the display using
the RS422 SERIAL PORT connector on the back
of the display. When inserting this connector,
press inward until a click is heard to lock the cable
in place. If the cable remains loose and no click
is heard, carefully bend outward the locking tab
on the RJ45 connector approximately 45 degrees
from the connector body. Re-insert the cable into
the serial port until the click is heard and the cable
remains locked in place. To remove this cable,
pinch the locking tab against the body of the RJ45
connector and pull the connector out.
Depending upon the type of timer or PC
connected to the display, the other end of the cable
may contain an RJ45 connector for RaceAmerica
timing systems. In this case, either end of the
cable can be connected to the display or the
RaceAmerica timer. If connecting to a PC or
non-RaceAmerica timer, a 9-pin D-sub connector
will terminate the other end of the cable and
should be inserted into the serial communications
port to be used to send data to the display. The
Scoreboard requires RS422 format data input.
PODs and wireless links convert RS232 format
to RS422 format. This may require appropriate
PODs,wireless links and cabling.
Multiple displays or RS422 devices can be
daisy chained using the second RS422 port on the
back of the display.
For models 6X50DW/6X50DX, an Internal
Wireless Data Network is installed, simply install
the antenna on the display and connect a standalone
Wireless Data Transceiver at the data source.
STEP 3 - Connect the Power
Power is supplied to the display through
the 12VDC POWER INPUT (6650) or 25VDC
POWER INPUT (6450) connector located on
the rear of the display. Connecting power to the
display will start the power-up self-test mode.
POWER-ON SELF-TEST
When the 6X50 power source is connected,
the display begins an internal self-test and and
external visual check of the display elements.
The self-test begins by stepping through each