Saving, Loading Or Creating A Message; Sending A Message Via A Network; Displaying Messages; Time-Controlled Message Display - IMG STAGE LINE PML-60R Bedienungsanleitung

4.2.8 Saving, loading or creating a message

As with other programs (e. g. word processing), the
menu or the appropriate icon in the toolbar allows
the user to save created messages on the com-
puter (File ± Save.../
(File ± Open.../
) or create a new message (File
± New/
).
The file extension ".nsn" is automatically ap-
pended while the messages are being saved.

4.2.9 Sending a message via a network

If the display is connected to a computer which is
part of a network, another computer on the network
will be able to send a text to the display. For this
purpose, the display must be defined as the local
printer on the computer to which the display is con-
nected.
– Use the standard driver "Generic / Text Only" as
the printer driver.
– Select the COM port that simulates the driver for
the program as the interface (
– In the "Printer Properties", select the option
"Print directly to the printer" so that print jobs are
not processed by the printer spooler of the oper-
ating system.
– Share the printer with the network so that it can
be accessed by other computers on the network.
Every computer on the network on which the pro-
gram is installed can now send a text to the display:
1) Start the program.
2) Enter the text desired into the text field
( chapter 4.2.2) or load it from a file (
ter 4.2.8).
3) Click the icon
above the text field.
4) Select the unit address "Sign ID" ("00" will select
all units) and the storage location "Page" for the
text and then click "OK" to confirm.
5) In the window "Print", select the name of the
printer created and then confirm your selection.
The text on the display will be immediately updated
if the display is currently showing the message of
the storage location selected.
), load saved messages
chapter 4.2.1).
"Send via Network" located

4.2.10 Displaying messages

To call up one or more messages saved on the dis-
play:
1) Activate the menu item "Functions ± Link Pages
To Run...". The window "Link Pages" appears
( fig. 8).
⑧
Window "Link Pages"
2) Select the unit ID from the list "Sign ID" ("00" will
select all units).
3) In the field beneath "Page", enter the storage
locations of the messages in the order in which
the messages are to be shown on the display
(a ... z or A ... Z).
4) Click "OK" to confirm. The instructions are trans-
ferred to the display and executed there.
Once the transmission has been completed, a con-
firmation message appears.
It is also possible to display a single message via
the menu item "Functions ± Run Page...".

4.2.11 Time-controlled message display

chap-
Five independent programs allow for the automatic
display of saved messages at specific times.
1) Activate the menu item "Functions ± Display by
Schedule...". The window "Schedule" appears
( fig. 9).
⑨
Window "Schedule"
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