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Vanguard: How do I add a display in the Standard software

Topic

  • How to add a display in Vanguard Standard software?

Environment

  • Product: VF Displays
  • Component:
  • Control System: Vanguard (V4) Standard software

Steps

  1. Login to Vanguard Standard software.
  2. Select System options.
  3. Select System Configuration.
  4. Select Manage displays.
  5. Select Add a new display.
  6. Select network:
    1. Select existing network if network has already been added/used in this Vanguard Standard installation on this machine
      1. Select from pre-existing networks, or
    2. Create new network
      1. Select type of communication:
        1. Internet
          1. Enter IP address of display, port number, and transport layer, then click Next button
        2. Direct (serial)
          1. Select appropriate parameters for Port, Baud rate, Handshaking, and Parity from drop-down menus.  Click Next button.
        3. Dialup
          1. Enter phone number, select Transport from drop-down menus, and enter CHAP name and CHAP secret as necessary.  Click on Next button.
      2. Select No back-up network or Create  back-up network
      3. Select Manual or Automatic Configuration (not all display models support Automatic configuration)
      4. Select existing (NTCIP) profile (typical) or Create new profile (recommend working with Transportation Technical Services if this option is selected)
        1. If Existing NTCIP profile, select appropriate from drop-down options (refer to contract-specific documentation for correct NTCIP-profile), then click on Next button
          1. Select existing display type or create new display type.
            1. If existing display type, select from drop-down options, then click Next button,
            2. If creating new display type: 
              1. Select appropriate display type (matrix)
              2. Enter display height (pixels), width (pixels), color depth, and color, then click on Next button,
      5. Select default font list (typical) or custom font list.  If default font list, then select from drop-down options - will coincide with display controller type), the click on Next button.
        1. Specify display type name (typically this is left automatically named - this is the display type name, not the display name).  Click Next button.
      6. Enter Hardware address and verify correct time zone.  Click Next button.
      7. Enter Display name in Name field.
      8. Click Finish button.

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