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All Sport CG: How to test an Serial TV Feed

Potential Symptoms

  • Test the All Sport CG Serial TV Feed output

Environment

  • Product:
  • Component:
  • Control System: All Sport CG SD Hardware Rev 1 or 2 with ED-15106 version 2.0 or greater, All Sport CG SD Hardware Rev 3 with ED-3057466 version 1.0 or greater, All Sport CG HD Hardware Rev 1 with ED-2931415 version 1.0 or greater, All Sport 5500, 5000, 3000 using MDP code ONLY

Resolution

  1. If using older All Sport CG Hardware Rev 1 or 2 ensure it has version 2.0 or higher firmware installed.
  2. The test for the TV Feed output perform the following:
    1. Connect a straight-through 9-pin serial cable from the CONTROL jack on top of the All Sport CG to a Laptop(computer). 
    2. Using Hyper-Term or Tera-Term setup the computer comm port for bps: 9,600, Data bits:8, Parity:N, Stop bits:1, Flow: N. 
    3. Start the All Sport counting down and see the clock data in hyper-term.

Additional Information

  • Bug data available will be affected by All Sport console model, All Sport code, All Sport firmware version and All Sport CG firmware versions 

    Note: If you're connecting to it to update the firmware or the graphic on the CG, you connect at a baud rate of 115200 and issue commands. If you just want to get the data from the CG, you connect at a baud rate of 9600.

  • Daktronics TV Feed Specifications (DD1826242).
  • All Sport CG Operation Manual (ED-15365).

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