User manual for DMD Configurator - SCHAEFER

User Manual 

DMD Configurator 

SCHAEFER GmbH | Winterlinger Straße 4 | 72488 Sigmaringen | Germany 

Telefon +49 7571 722-0 | Telefax +49 7571 722-98 | info@ws-schaefer.de | www.ws-schaefer.de

SCHAEFER GmbH 

Winterlinger Str. 4 

72488 Sigmaringen 

Germany 

Phone +49 7571 722-0 

Fax +49 7571 722-99 

info@ws-schaefer.de 

www.ws-schaefer.de 

Support 

If you have any questions regarding this product please contact: 

Phone +49 7571 722-51 

Fax +49 7571 722-99 

info@ws-schaefer.de 

Copyright 

Duplication (copy, print, microfilm or any other form) as well as electronic spreading of this document 

is only permitted after formal written consent of SCHAEFER GmbH. 

SCHAEFER GmbH reserves the right to carry out alterations of technical details without prior notice. 

For all transactions our General Conditions of Sale and Delivery shall be applicable. 

All rights reserved. 

Ress. : 010960 

Revision : 2007-02-01 

© SCHAEFER GmbH DMD Configurator 

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1 Installation DMD Configurator 4 

Step 1: Insert CD 4 

Step 2: Starting Installation 4 

Step 3: Open setup assistant 5 

Step 4: Enter the customer information 5 

Step 5: Select an installation file 6 

Step 6: Activate installation 6 

Step 7: Complete Installation 7 

Step 8: Start hardware update assistant 7 

2 DMD Configurator 11 

Step 1: Create a new configuration 11 

Step 2: Open the configuration assistant 11 

Step 3: Transfer the configuration 12 

Step 4: Test the configuration 13 

3 Trouble shooting – What to do, if... 14 

3.1 Incorrect start of the installation 14 

3.2 Wrong version of MS .NET Framework 14 

3.3 No hardware found 14 

3.4 Configuration not effective 15 


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1 Installation DMD Configurator 

Minimum system requirements of the PC: 

- MS Windows 2000 SP4 or MS Windows XP SP2 

- MS .NET Framework 2.0 

- Hard disk min 10 MB 

- Min. 256 MB RAM 

- Resolution min. 1024 x 768 

- CD- ROM drive 

- DMD PC- Interface 

- Administration rights 

Optional: 

- Internet access 

Step 1: Insert CD 

Log on as administrator in your Windows system. 

(The installation can only be successfully completed with administration rights!) 

Insert CD: 

- The installation program runs automatically (AutoPlay) 

or 

- Windows Explorer: start the installation manually (CD-Start.exe). 

Step 2: Starting Installation 

Actuate the button ‚DMD Configurator installieren’. 


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Step 3: Open setup assistant 

Installation starts. 

Confirm with ‚Weiter’. 

Step 4: Enter the customer information 

Please inscribe your name, your organisation as well as the serial number. 

After this approve with ‚Weiter’. 

(The serial number is to be found on the back side of the installation CD!) 


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Step 5: Select an installation file 

Please select an installation file and confirm with ‚Weiter’. 

Step 6: Activate installation 

After confirming with ‚Weiter’, the installation will be launched. 


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Step 7: Complete Installation 

The installation was completed. Please confirm with ‚Schließen’. 

Step 8: Start hardware update assistant 

Now connect the PC-interface with your PC (only connect the USB cable). 

The PC should detect the PC-interface and update the driver. Then, the hardware 

update assistant opens up and installs automatically the driver. The CD contains the 

driver in file ‚driver’. 

The following installation is depending on Windows version and language. 

Please select „Nein, diesmal nicht“ and confirm with ‚Weiter’. 


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Please select ‚Software von einer Liste oder bestimmten Quelle installieren’. 

Approve with ‚Weiter’. 

Please select „Folgende Quelle ebenfalls durchsuchen“. Please indicate the path of 

the installation CD / driver as source and confirm with ‚Weiter’. 


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Please select „Usb2Dll device“ and confirm with ‚Weiter’. 

Confirm this window by actuating ‚Installation fortsetzen’. 


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For completing the installation, please actuate ‚Fertig stellen’. 

Connect the interface with the delivered power supply. 

The administrator rights are not needed anymore. 


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2 DMD Configurator 

Step 1: Create a new configuration 

Please start the DMD Configurator. 

In order to create a new configuration, please actuate the icon for ‚New’ or select 

File/New in the menu bar. 

Step 2: Open the configuration assistant 

A configuration window with an assistant opens up. In only 5 steps leads you the 

assistant through the complete configuration. 


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The configuration will be indicated on the user interface after closing the assistant. 

All settings can be edited afterwards via this user interface. (Please have a look at 

the attached program help for description of special settings / extended settings.) 

Step 3: Transfer the configuration 

In order to transfer the configuration to the indicator, connect the latter with the USB 

PC-interface and select Edit/Send Config. in the menu. 


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Now another window opens up. Confirm this window by actuating ‚Send’. 

The window closes automatically after a successful transmission of the configuration. 

Step 4: Test the configuration 

In order to test the display, open Edit/Test Config. in the menu bar. 

Another window opens up. 

The coding of the display can be simulated by means of this window. Settings such 

as polarity, coding and special texts are taken over from the configuration. 


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3 Trouble shooting – What to do, if... 

3.1 Incorrect start of the installation 

The installation program does not start 

You have no administration rights. In this case, please refer to your administrator. 

Should this not be the cause of the error, maybe the AutoPlay of the CD-ROM drive 

is not activated. Therefore, please start the installation manually in the Windows 

Explorer (CD_Start.exe). 

3.2 Wrong version of MS .NET Framework 

The installation program reports error ‚Falsche Version von MS .NET Framework’: 

The cause for this error is the faulty installation of MS .NET Framework or the 

installation of the wrong language package. We recommend a complete new 

installation of MS .NET Framework 2.0 or download of the latest MS .NET 

Framework 2.0, respectively the latest language package. 

3.3 No hardware found 

During the configuration the error ‚no hardware found’ appears: 

In this case, please check the USB connection to the PC-interface. If necessary, the 

USB cable must be exchanged. If this is not the cause of the error, we ask you to 

check the proper installation of the device driver. It is possible, that the driver must be 

installed manually via the device manager. Once the device driver is properly 

installed, please disconnect the PC-interface. First reconnect the USB cable and then 

the power supply. 

If this is not the cause, please connect the PC-interface directly to an USB port of the 

PC and not to an USB HUB. If you have already connected the PC-interface to an 

USB port and the error still appears, please connect the device to another USB port. 


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3.4 Configuration not effective 

During the configuration the following error appears: ‚Konfiguration nicht erfolgreich’: 

Please check the USB – PC-interface connection to the Display. The control and the 

bus connection to the display must be existent. 

If this does not fix the error, please check if the number of Displays of the DMD 

configurator corresponds with the number of adjusted displays in the user interface. 

Another reason for this error could be a not connected hardware (see 3.3) 


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