Daktronics Venus 1500 User Manual

Daktronics Venus® 1500 Controlled signs with Hy-Tek & FinishLynx Quick Guide 1

NOTE: This reference is intended as a guide to help configure Venus 1500

controlled signs to interface with Hy-Tek’s MEET MANAGER for track and
FinishLynx photo finish system. A software key is required to use
Venus 1500 Real Time. See ED-14511 for Hy-Tek and FinishLynx settings and
configurations.

Figure 1: V1500 Shell

Venus 1500 Real Time with Hy-Tek

STEP 1: Connect a 9pin female to 9pin female null modem cable

from the Hy-Tek computer to the Venus 1500 computer.

STEP 2: Create an input for V1500 Real Time; to do this open

V1500 Real Time by clicking the V1500 Real Time button on the
V1500 shell shown in Figure 1. Right click on Input 2 on the screen
shown in Figure 2, and select New. Select Configure from the box
shown in Figure 3. In configuration select Serial Com Port, name it

Figure 2: V1500 RT

Hy-Tek, and press OK. Select the Com Port number that the 9pin
cable is plugged into on the V1500 machine, as the port number.
Baud Rate: 19200, Data Bits: 8, Parity: None. An example is shown in
Figure 4. Press ITF on the screen in Figure 3. Click on the Down
Arrow in the upper right corner of the screen and select Browse look
in: C:\Program Files\Daktronics\Common\Input Templates\ and select
the Hy-Tek Full & Small Matrix.itf shown in Figure 5. If this file does
not show up on the list, it will need to be copied into the directory.
When complete the screen should look like Figure 5. Press Ok to
continue. Press Select Displays on the screen in Figure 3. Select the
display that the Hy-Tek data will be going to and press the Arrow to

Figure 3: Input Properties V1500 RT

move it into the column labeled Authorized for RTD Input, shown in
Figure 6, then press Close.

STEP 3: Test communication by sending data from Hy-Tek and

watch the green circle next to the input name shown in Figure 2. If it
blinks on and off, V1500 Real Time is receiving information from
Hy-Tek.

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Figure 4: Com Port Setup

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Figure 5: Input Template

Figure 6: Display Authorization

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Daktronics Venus® 1500 Controlled signs with Hy-Tek & FinishLynx Quick Guide 3

Venus 1500 Controlled Display with
FinishLynk via Ethernet

STEP 1: Add the V1500 computer to the network already consisting

of the FinishLynx Computer, EtherLynx camera and Galaxy display.
All components must be in the same subnet/IP Range, and Subnet
mask (255.255.255.0). The recommended addressing scheme is shown
is Figure 7.

Component IP Address

Finish Lynx Capture Computer 1 192.168.0.5
FinishLynx Capture Computer 2 192.168.0.15
Finish Lynx Edit Computer 192.168.0.25
Venus 1500 Computer 192.168.0.50
Track Scoreboards 192.168.0.51 – 192.168.0.54
Field Scoreboards 192.168.0.55 – 192.168.0.64
Hy-Tek Computers 192.168.0.90 – 192.168.0.94

STEP 2: Using the M2Config program connect to the sign and change

the IP address within the range shown in Figure 8. This setting is
located under the communications folder and TCP/IP, which is
shown in Figure 8.

STEP 3: While connected to the sign, verify that Port 1-3 are set up as

follows:

Port 1

Type: Direct
Baud Rate: (19,200 for Galaxy Displays)
(115,200 for Galaxy Pro Displays)
Number: 1
Protocol: Venus 1500

Port 2

Type: TCP/IP
Number: 3001
Protocol: Venus 1500

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Figure 7: Network Addressing

Port 3

Type: UDP/IP
Number: 3002
Protocol: Daktronics RTD
An example is shown in Figure 9.

Figure 8: TCP/IP settings

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Figure 9: M2Config – Port Settings