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Daktronics Data Manager (DDM) Software Operation Manual DD1376354 Rev 2 – 2 October 2014 201 Daktronics Drive PO Box 5128 Brookings, SD 57

4 Installation The registration process varies depending on the operating system in use: Windows XP 1. Open a DDM spreadsheet as described in Secti

Operation 5 Section 3: Operation The operation of the DDM application depends largely on the user’s familiarity with Microsoft Excel. For assistance

6 Operation 3.2 Document Actions Task Pane The Document Actions task pane (Figure 3) displays all the settings to output RTD from the information th

Operation 7 The Document Actions task pane contains the following six buttons: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

8 Operation 1. Click Add to insert a new port. 2. Under the General header, adjust the following options to set up the new port:  Format: Set to

Operation 9 Creating Function Buttons 1. On the Function Button Configuration window, select a worksheet (Range) for which the buttons will be used.

10 Operation Scrolling Function Buttons Scrolling function buttons send out RTD line by line with the next piece of data moving into the previous spo

Operation 11 Note: The buttons on the following two page are optional commands for the display controllers. These buttons are not needed to output d

12 Operation End Schedule Function Buttons End Schedule function buttons stop schedules from running on a sign. 1. Repeat steps 1 – 5 under Creatin

Operation 13 ITF Configuration Click the ITF Configuration button to open a window to set up an Input Template File (Figure 12). An ITF is the link

14 Operation Columns This configuration box sets the number of highlighted columns in the data field, as well as the maximum number of characters fo

Operation 15 Highlight Color This configuration box is used to change the color of column headers. Click HighlightColor, and then click the arrow to

16 Operation 3.3 Outputting Data After function buttons have been created, a new tab called Add-Ins will appear at the top of the screen in newer ve

Operation 17 3.4 Advanced Data Importing Packages Packages tell the DDM application what types of incoming data to look out for, similar to what an

18 Operation a. Click Add to insert a new package to the package suite. b. Type in a descriptive Name for the package. c. Import an ITF, or manual

Operation 19 Create an Input Port 1. Click the Port Configuration button . 2. Click Add to insert a new port. 3. Adjust the following options to

20 Operation Web Queries It is possible to output information to a display that was retrieved from the Internet by using a built-in feature of Micro

Appendix A 21 Appendix A: Sample DDM Exercise The following exercise will explain how to create a spreadsheet that contains a basic table of first

22 Appendix A Creating Headers 1. Click Columns in the Document Actions task pane, and then click the button. 2. In the Header Editor window, cl

Appendix A 23 Creating an Output Port 1. On the Document Actions task pane, click the Port Configuration button to open a window to set up a port

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24 Appendix A Creating Function Buttons On the Document Actions task pane, click the Function Button Configuration button to open a window to set u

Appendix A 25 Scrolling Button 1. In the Function Button Configuration window, click Add to insert another function button. 2. Click Script, and

26 Appendix A 5. Click Ok when finished. 6. Name the function button “Scrolling with Sorting”. The Function Button Configuration window shoul

Appendix A 27 Creating the ITF Creating an ITF is not necessary to complete this particular exercise. However, an ITF will be needed to see how the

28 Appendix A 4. Now try clicking the Scrolling with Sorting button. Even though the names in the spreadsheet are out of order, the Output Monitor

Table of Contents i Table of Contents Section 1:Introduction...

ii Table of Contents Appendix A:Sample DDM Exercise ...

Introduction 1 Section 1: Introduction The purpose of this manual is to assist users with the installation and operation of the Daktronics Data Mana

Installation 3 Section 2: Installation & Registration 2.1 Installation To install the DDM application: 1. Download and save the “DDM.zip” file