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Horse Racing: How to use MDPFieldTester to test displays

Topic

  • How do I use the MDP Field Tester program for testing tote boards for horse races?

Environment

  • Tote Boards
  • Horse Racing
  • MDPFieldTester.exe

Steps

Horse race tote boards are custom boards.  Daktronics typically provides the digits and drivers and the customer then uses them to build their own custom board ran with with horse racing software via serial communication/silver bullet signal converter.

  1. The program can be download from DakFiles: https://dakfiles.daktronics.com/downloads/Sports_Products/DakMDP/Test%20App/ .
  2. With the use of a serial port/USB to serial adapter and a silver bullet converter, one can use this program to display information on a tote board (see pic below). or any scoreboard for that matter.

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