Nova LCT Windows PC Screen Configuration User Guide

: June 13, 2024
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Table of Contents

Nova LCT Windows PC Screen Configuration
Product Information
Product Usage Instructions
WIRING AND CONNECTIONS
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION
LED SCREEN CONFIGURATION
RECEIVING CARD CONFIGURATION
SCREEN CONNECTION
References
Read User Manual Online (PDF format)
Download This Manual (PDF format)

Nova LCT Windows PC Screen Configuration

Product Information

Product Name: Windows PC Screen Configuration Manual with Nova LCT
Supported Screens: Screens assembled with cabinets in the horizontal position
Language: English

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). 1.A
Network Connection with Ethernet Cables (Recommended)
Connect a standard network cable straight from the LED out port of the controller to the first LED display frame.
Ensure there is no router or switch between the player and the screen.
Connect a standard network cable from your PC to your router.
Connect a standard network cable from your router to the Ethernet port of the content player. 1. B
Wi-Fi Access Point Connection
Connect a standard network cable straight from the LED out port of the controller to the first LED display frame.
Ensure there is no router or switch between the player and the screen.
Check the side sticker on the content player for the Wi-Fi access point name and password.
Connect your PC to the content player’s Wi-Fi access point by following these steps:
1. Click on the wireless networks icon in the lower right corner of your PC’s desktop.
2. Select the button to manage Wi-Fi connections.
3. A list of Wi-Fi networks detected by your PC will be displayed.
4. Look for the network called PAX (the exact name is on the sticker on the side of the content player) and click on “Connect.”
5. Type the Wi-Fi password (12345678 by default) and click “Next.”
6. Now you are directly connected to the content player of your LED display.

Software Download and Install
Step 2:

Software Download and Installation 2.1 Download and Install NovaLCT – Visit NovaStar’s website (https://www.novastar.tech) and go to the Downloads section.
Download the latest version of NovaLCT from the Software tab in the Download section.
Install NovaLCT following all default instructions.
The installation of NovaLCT may trigger additional software and driver installations for the correct detection of the LED display. Allow every step.

LED Screen Configuration:
Step 3 :

Log in to the Content Player from NovaLCT
Launch NovaLCT software on your PC.
Login to the content player using the provided credentials or follow the instructions given in the manual. Please refer to the complete user manual for further configuration steps and detailed instructions.

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). B – WI-FI ACCESS POINT CONNECTION

CLICK ON THE WIRELESS NETWORKS ICON IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR PC’S DESKTOP.
SELECT THE BUTTON TO MANAGE WIFI CONNECTIONS
A LIST OF WI-FI NETWORKS DETECTED BY YOUR PC WILL BE DISPLAYED.
CHECK FOR THE NETWORK CALLED APXXXXXXXX (THE EXACT NAME IS ON THE STICKER ON THE SIDE OF THE CONTENT PLAYER) AND CLICK ON “CONNECT”
TYPE THE WI-FI PASSWORD (12345678 BY DEFAULT) AND CICK “NEXT”.
NOW YOU ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE CONTENT PLAYER OF YOUR LED DISPLAY

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION

DOWLOAD AND INSTALL NOVALCT

VISIT NOVASTAR’S WEBSITE (HTTPS//WWW.NOVASTAR.TECH) AND GET TO THE DOWNLOADS SECTION
DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION OF NOVALCT FROM THE “SOFTWARE” TAB IN THE DOWNLOAD SECTION.

WARNING
INSTALL NOVALCT FOLLOWING ALL DEFAULT INSTRUCTIONS.
THE INSTALLATION OF NOVALCT MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE AND DRIVERS INSTALLATIONS FOR THE CORRECT DETECTION OF THE LED DISPLAY. ALLOW EVERY STEP.

LED SCREEN CONFIGURATION

LOGIN TO THE CONTENT PLAYER FROM NOVALCT
LOGIN TO THE CONTENT PLAYER

RUN NOVALCT AND ALLOW ANY NETWORK ACCESS PERMISSION.

WARNING

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

RECEIVING CARD CONFIGURATION

IDENTIFY THE POSITION OF YOUR LED CABINETS

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 ALWAYS 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.

SENDING THE NEW CONFIGURATION TO THE SCREEN

B: AT THE BOTTOM, CLICK ON THE “SEND TO RECEIVING CARD” BUTTON. THE “SEND PARAMETERS” WINDOW WILL APPEAR
C: SELECT THE CHECKBOX “RESET STARTING COORDINATE…” AND CLICK ON SEND. WAIT UNTIL YOU RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION MESSAGE.
D: CLICK ON SAVE, AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER CONFIRMATION MESSAGE.
E: CANCEL THE BACKUP

SCREEN CONNECTION

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.

BASED ON THIS EXAMPLE YOU CAN CONFIGURE THE NUMBER OF CABINETS CORRESPONDING TO THE SIZE OF YOUR SCREEN.

SETTING THE NUMBER OF CABINETS FOR YOUR DISPLAY

IN THE “SCREEN CONNECTION” TAB, CLICK ON THE “CONFIGURE” BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. ****
A: SELECT THE “STANDARD SCREEN” OPTION AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.
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.
IN CASE THEY DO NOT MATCH, MODIFY THESE NUMBERS AND CLICK ON THE “APPLY TO ROW” AND “APPLY TO COLUMN” BUTTONS.
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.

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.
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.

WARNING
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.

WARNING
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

WARNING
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.