ALGE DISPLAY and FINISHLYNX

Hi

Thank you for your very very fine instruction about alge display. I think it should be the best way to have the display we need, but ..... it's not possible for us to do this ..... We use the same displays for a lot of different sports and, sometimes, for athletichs. So i't not possible for us to modify it changing hardware parameters
(wirering). I started from the assumption that ALGE standard display can show number and position, so if lynx it's able to send to the display board a string (in the right ALGE format) with:

| 0 1 _ _ 0 3 | with 01=number (but for lynks it's rank) and 03=position (but for lynx it's number)

we can "cheat" and the setup with 2 displays it can run fine.

The problem it's now to work on the alge.lss file to generate this kind of output.

Have you (or other people you know) never try to do this?

Thank you Marcello Gabrielli FICr - Assokronos Trentina - Italy


Originally posted 26 Aug 2002 by Marcello Gabrielli
m.gabrielli@enginsoft.it

Hi.

The ALGE display board main circuit board has the ability to display 8 digits. We use all 8 in our folding "lynx" display shown in our catalog. We set the rotary dial on program 13 with the toggle switch in the middle. Program 13 therefore is "shift left" and allows the digit place to the right of normal to be used.

Layout

Looking up at main circuit board

#8 - Grey wire - Place

#7 - Brown wire - Lane

#6- White wire - 10's of minutes

#5 - green wire - 1s of minutes

#4 - Orange wire- 10s of seconds

#3 - Black wire - 1s of seconds

#2 - Violet wire - 10ths

#1 - Yellow wire - 100ths

Now realize that in the normal ALGE 6 digit display that # 8 and # 1 are not used.

Making this work with your 2 ALGE displays.

Display # 1 (LEFT HAND DISPLAY)

Remove digits on right side to allow you to access the main circuit board. Move the Brown wire from # 7 to # 8. Remove the white wire. Move the Green wire from # 5 to # 7. Remove all of the rest of the wires. Put this display on Program 13 with the toggle switch in the middle. This display will now only show Place and LANE. There should be a nice one digit space between them and the rest of the digits should be blank. Just move them manually if they are not blank.

Display # 2 (Right hand display)

This display will show time.

Remove digits so that you can reach the main circuit board on the right side. Move all wires one place to the right. Brown #7 moves to #6, White # 6 moves to #5, etc, etc. Put this display on Program 13 with the toggle in the center.

Connect both boards together with the signal/power jumper.

The displays will now be fooled into thinking that they are all one piece and will display PLACE LANE TIME correctly.

Use the LYNX ALGE.lss script and everything should be fine.


Originally posted 23 Aug 2002 by Fred Patton