NOVASTAR VISUAL LED TB6 LED Media Player User Manual
- June 12, 2024
- NOVASTAR
Table of Contents
NOVASTAR VISUAL LED TB6 LED Media Player
Product Information
Windows PC Screen Configuration Manual with Nova LCT
This configuration manual provides step-by-step instructions for wiring and connecting your LED display to a Windows PC using Nova LCT software. It also includes information on downloading and installing the software, as well as configuring the LED screen.
Product Usage Instructions
Wiring and Connections
Step 1: Wiring and Connections
There are 2 ways to connect your LED display with the content player and your PC. Choose one of the following connection methods (A or B).
A. Network Connection with Ethernet Cables (Recommended)
Visual LED Display:
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* Connect a standard network cable straight from the LED out portof the controller to the first LED display frame.
Windows PC with Windows 10 or higher:
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* There must not be any router or switch between the player andthe screen.- Connect a standard network cable from your PC to yourrouter.
- Connect a standard network cable from your router to theEthernet port of the content player.
B. Wi-Fi Access Point Connection
Visual LED Display:
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* Connect a standard network cable straight from the LED out portof the controller to the first LED display frame.- There must not be any router or switch between the player andthe screen.
Content Player (PC with Windows 10 or higher):
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* Check the side sticker on the content player with the Wi-Fiaccess point name and password.- Connect your PC to the content player’s Wi-Fi accesspoint.
Follow the steps below:
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1. Click on the wireless networks icon in the lower right cornerof your PC’s desktop. - Select the button to manage Wifi connections.
- A list of Wi-Fi networks detected by your PC will bedisplayed.
- Check for the network called APXXXXXXXX (the exact name is onthe sticker on the side of the content player) and click onConnect.
- Type the Wi-Fi password (12345678 by default) and clickNext.
- Now you are directly connected to the content player of yourLED display.
Software Download and Install
Step 2: Software Download and Installation
Download and Install NovaLCT:
- Visit NovaStar’s website (https://www.novastar.tech) and go tothe Downloads section.
- Download the latest version of NovaLCT from the Software tab inthe Download section.
- Install NovaLCT following all default instructions.
- The installation of NovaLCT may trigger additional software anddrivers installations for a correct detection of the LED display.Allow every step.
LED Screen Configuration
Step 3: Login to the Content Player from NovaLCT
Login to the Content Player:
Run NovaLCT and allow any network access permission.
CLICK ON THE “USER” MENU AND SELECT “MEDIA PLAYER LOGIN”. 
YOUR PLAYER WILL APPEAR IN THE TERMINALS LIST AS TAURUS-XXXXXXXXX. SELECT THE
PLAYER AND CLICK ON “CONNECT SYSTEM” USING THESE CREDENTIALS: ADMIN / 123456
IF THE PLAYER DOES NOT APPEAR, PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MAY TAKE 1 OR 2 MINUTES FOR
THE PLAYER TO BE DETECTABLE AFTER IT IS TURNED ON. IF IT STILL DOES NOT
APPEAR, CHECK ALL CONNECTIONS, UNPLUG THE PLAYER AND PLUG IT AGAIN. WAIT 2
MINUTES AND CLICK “REFRESH” TO FORCE DETECTION.
IF THE LOGIN TO THE PLAYER IS CORRECT THE SOFTWARE WILL SHOW NEW BUTTONS
LOOKING LIKE THE IMAGE BELOW. 
ACCESS TO SCREEN CONFIGURATION
CLICK ON “SCREEN CONFIGURATION” AND SELECT THE COMMUNICATION PORT CORRESPONDING TO YOUR PLAYER AND THEN CLICK ON NEXT
STEP 4: RECEIVING CARD CONFIGURATION
IDENTIFY THE POSITION OF YOUR LED CABINETS
SCREENS ASSEMBLED WITH CABINETS IN THE VERTICAL POSITION
IF YOUR DISPLAY IS ASSEMBLED WITH VERTICAL CABINETS FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
- GO TO THE “RECEIVING CARD” TAB
- CLICK ON THE “READ FROM RECEIVING CARD” BUTTON.
- A CARD SELECTION WINDOW WILL APPEAR. LEAVE THE DEFAULT OPTIONS AND CLICK OK.
WAIT FOR SOME SECONDS. A MESSAGE
WILL APPEAR WHEN THE RECEIVING CARD INFORMATION IS READ. THE FIELDS IN THIS
TAB WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
NOW YOU CAN SKIP THE REST OF THIS SECTION AND GO TO STEP 5.
RECEIVING CARD CONFIGURATION
SCREENS ASSEMBLED WITH CABINETS IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION
IF YOUR DISPLAY IS ASSEMBLED WITH HORIZONTAL CABINETS, YOU MUST REQUEST YOUR CONFIGURATION FILE BY EMAIL AT SOPORTE@VISUALLED.COM AND FOLLOW THE STEPS IN SECTION 4.2
YOU WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE OF THE 2 FILES DEPENDING ON HOW YOU HAVE MOUNTED
YOUR CABINETS HORIZONTALLY: 
THE DEGREES OF ROTATION OF THE CABINETS ARE ALLWAYS COUNTED CLOCKWISE AND FROM A FRONT VIEW OF THE DISPLAY
LOADING THE RECEIVING CARD CONFIGURATION FILE FOR HORIZONTAL CABINETS
USE THE FILE PROVIDED BY VISUAL LED ACCORDING TO THE ROTATION (90º / 270º) OF THE CABINETS ON YOUR DISPLAY.
- A: AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW, CLICK ON THE “LOAD FROM FILE” BUTTON. A WINDOW TO OPEN AN RCFGX FILE WILL APPEAR.
- SELECT THE RCFGX FILE SUPPLIED FOR YOUR SCREEN AND CLICK ON OPEN
- AFTER LOADING THE FILE, THE RESOLUTION IN PIXELS OF A CABINET WILL BE UPDATED IN THE WIDTH AND HEIGHT SECTION. IT IS INDIFFERENT WHETHER IT APPEARS AS “REGULAR” OR “IRREGULAR”.
SENDING THE NEW CONFIGURATION TO THE SCREEN
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B: AT THE BOTTOM, CLICK ON THE “SEND TO RECEIVING CARD” BUTTON. THE “SEND PARAMETERS” WINDOW WILL APPEAR
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C: SELECT THE CHECKBOX “RESET STARTING COORDINATE…” AND CLICK ON SEND. WAIT UNTIL YOU RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE.
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D: CLICK ON SAVE, WAIT FOR ANOTHER CONFIRMATION MESSAGE.
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E: CANCEL THE BACK UP
SCREEN CONNECTION
STEP 5: SCREEN CONNECTION CONFIGURATION
EXAMPLE OF CONNECTION SETTINGS (CONNECTION TAB OF THE DISPLAY…)
IN THIS SECTION WE CONFIGURE THE POSITION OF THE CABINETS AND THE THE DATA
WIRING OF THE SCREEN.
AS AN EXAMPLE WE ARE GOING TO CONFIGURE A SCREEN WITH 8 CABINETS POSITIONED IN
2 ROWS OF 4. 
SETTING THE NUMBER OF CABINETS FOR YOUR DISPLAY
IN THE “SCREEN CONNECTION” TAB, CLICK ON THE “CONFIGURE” BUTTON IN THE UPPER
RIGHT CORNER. 
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A: SELECT THE “STANDARD SCREEN” OPTION AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
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B: ON RECEIVING CARD SIZE, CHECK THAT THE WIDTH AND HEIGHT NUMBERS ARE THE SAME THAT APPEAR ON THE SENDING CARD TAB: CABINET INFORMATION. IF THEY ARE NOT TYPE IN THE PIXEL WIDTH AND HEIGHT TO MATCH IT.
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IN CASE THEY DO NOT MATCH, MODIFY THESE NUMBERS AND CLICK ON THE “APPLY TO ROW” AND “APPLY TO COLUMN” BUTTONS.
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C: GO TO THE “COLUMNS” BOX AND TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS CORRESPONDING TO HOW YOUR SCREEN IS
SET UP. ACCORDING TO OUR EXAMPLE WE WILL ENTER 4. -
D: GO TO THE “ROWS” BOX AND TYPE IN THE NUMBER OF ROWS CORRESPONDING TO HOW YOUR SCREEN IS SET UP. ACCORDING TO OUR EXAMPLE WE WILL ENTER 2.
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AFTER ENTERING THE NUMBERS OF COLUMNS AND ROWS, WHITE RECTANGLES WILL APPEAR REPRESENTING THE CABINETS THAT MAKE UP OUR DISPLAY. ADAPT THE NUMBER OF ROWS AND COLUMNS TO FIT YOUR OWN LED DISPLAY.
CONFIGURE DATA WIRING CONNECTIONS
BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BACK VIEW OF THE DATA WIRING OF OUR EXAMPLE DISPLAY. THE DATA ENTERS THROUGH THE LOWER LEFT CABINET.
REAR VIEW OF OUR EXAMPLE DISPLAY 
IMPORTANT: IN NOVALCT WE WILL SHOW THE DISPLAY DATA WIRING FROM A FRONT
VIEW. THEREFORE, THE DATA WIRING ENTERS FROM THE LOWER RIGHT FRAME.
NOW WE WILL SET HOW THE SCREEN IS WIRED. WE WILL WORK WITH THE MOUSE BY CLICKING ON THE WHITE FRAMES TO SET THE PATH OF THE SCREEN DATA WIRES.
IMPORTANT: THIS CONFIGURATION SCREEN REPRESENTS THE CABINETS FROM A FRONT VIEW. IF AT ANY TIME DURING THIS PROCESS WE MAKE A MISTAKE, WE CAN UNDO THE WIRING ORDER BY CLICKING ON THE FRAMES WITH THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON. THERE IS ALSO A “RESET” BUTTON TO RESTART THE WIRING.
WE MUST ALWAYS START BY CLICKING ON THE CABINET WHERE THE DATA ENTERS THE
SCREEN FROM A FRONT VIEW.
IN OUR EXAMPLE IS THE LOWER RIGHT OF THE DIAGRAM. IT WILL LIGHT UP IN PINK.
THEN WE CLICK ON THE NEXT CABINET OF THE SAME ROW FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE DATA CABLES ON THE SCREEN
THIS WILL ALSO LIGHT UP PINK AND A LETTER E (END) WILL APPEAR INDICATING THAT IT IS THE LAST CABINET IN THE CIRCUIT AT THIS TIME. A LETTER S (START) WILL APPEAR ON THE FIRST CABINET INDICATING THAT IT IS THE FIRST CABINET IN THE CIRCUIT.
NOTE THAT IN A HORIZONTALLY ASSEMBLED DISPLAY THE WIRING CIRCUIT WILL BE
DIFFERENT (IT WILL PROBABLY GO FROM BOTTOM TO TOP IN COLUMNS). WE CLICK IN
ORDER ON THE CABINETS OF THE LOWER ROW FOLLOWING THE WIRING. 
WHEN WE REACH THE END OF THE ROW WE CLICK ON THE TOP CABINET FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE NETWORK CABLES ON THE SCREEN.
CONTINUE CLICKING IN ORDER ON THE CABINETS UNTIL THE TOP ROW IS COMPLETED.
SENDING THE CONFIGURATION TO THE SCREEN
AFTER DRAWING THE DATA WIRING ON THE CABINETS, WE WILL SEND THIS CONFIGURATION TO THE SCREEN.
- A: CLICK ON THE “SEND TO HW” BUTTON.
- B: A CONFIRMATION WINDOW WILL APPEAR: CLICK OK
- C: WHEN THE CONNECTIONS MAP IS SENT, A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE WILL POP UP. CLICK OK
- D: CLICK ON THE “SAVE” BUTTON AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER CONFIRMATION MESSAGE ACCEPT THE CREATION OF A CONFIGURATION BACKUP
AFTER THIS STEP YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CORRECTLY VIEW THE DEFAULT CONTENTS LOADED IN THE NOVASTAR PLAYER.
BACKUP FILE OF THE SCREEN CONNECTION CONFIGURATION
FINALLY WE WILL MANUALLY SAVE A BACKUP FILE OF THE DATA WIRING CONFIGURATION
E: CLICK ON THE “SAVE TO FILE” BUTTON. A WINDOW TO SAVE THE WIRING BACKUP FILE WITH .MAP EXTENSION WILL APPEAR. SAVE IT IN THE SAME FOLDER AS YOUR RECEIVING CARD FILE
YOU HAVE NOW SUCCESSFULLY CONFIGURED YOUR LED DISPLAY. YOU CAN CLOSE THIS
CONFIGURATION WINDOW AND THE NOVALCT PROGRAM,
THIS SOFTWARE IS ONLY USED FOR THE CONFIGURATION OF THE DISPLAY. NOT ALL
FUNCTIONS OF THIS SOFTWARE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ALL DISPLAYS. AFTER A CORRECT
CONFIGURATION YOU CAN UNINSTALL IT FROM YOUR SYSTEM.
References
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