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Adding signs to sign groups
NOTE: You can add one or more signs to a sign group. Keep in mind that all of the signs in the same sign
group, display the same messages.
To add signs and specify sign information
1. Click Real-time=>WallBoarder.
2. Click a sign group.
3. Click Add=>Sign.
The Add sign tab appears.
4. After Name, type the sign name.
5. After Sign address, select the address for the sign (for example, type 1).
You set the internal sign addresses using the keypad provided with the master sign, and register the
sign addresses in WallBoarder in the Sign address field.
6. After Sign group, select the sign group to which the sign belongs.
7. Click the Connectivity tab.
NOTE: The default data bits, parity bit and stop bits Com port settings for newer Spectrum IP/Serial
wall signs are 8, None, 1. In the past, the default Com port settings were: 7, Even, 2. If you select one
set of Com port values and the wall sign does display information, try selecting the other set of Com
port values, or refer to the Spectrum documentation to verify the correct default Com port settings.
8. If you click Com port, accept the default settings for Com port, baud rate, data bits, parity bit, and stop
bits.
9. If you click TCP/IP, click TCP and specify the TCP/IP address of the wall sign, or click DNS and
specify the name you assigned the wall sign on the network.
10. After Port, specify the port number used by the wall sign.
11. After Sign memory, select the memory for the sign based on manufacturing specifications.
12. Optionally select the Reset this wall sign when it does not respond and at midnight check box.
13. Click the Diagnostics tab.
14. Click the Tools tab.
See Figure 7-27.
15. To restart the wall sign and empty the sign memory, click Reset sign.
16. To display the latest sign diagnostics, click Get status.
17. To verify the wall sign setup, type a message and click Send test message.
18. Click Add=>Sign and repeat steps 4 to 12 to add additional signs to the sign group.
19. Click Save.