[DARARepeater] Prize booth sign...

[Tigerwolf]

On Tue, 12 Apr 2016, Steve Reed wrote:

> So... how did it go...

It went.

- We mounted all four fully checked out panels onto the pole, but only had
   one panel working due to some issues with the fan-out board (cause/fix
   TBD still).  The driving problem caused various digits to randomize
   when the display command was issued.  The fan-out board wasn't completed
   until Tuesday morning, so there was insufficient time (and fully awake
   people) to debug and fix it in time.

- It was found the size of the pole we had was the same as the box welded
   on the railing that our pole was to slide into, so it didn't fit the
   receptacle.  There's got to be mods made (which may involve an adapter
   part, or minor re-think of the design to allow possible alternate (and
   perhaps) more flexible mounting.

- Although we had no particular problem raising/lowering the pole, it's
   obviously very top heavy, so elevating it is a little tricky.  We'd tied
   on some guy-ropes but you really can't space them out evenly, and
   provided those lifting it are careful, are likely unnecessary.  If the
   mounting design is altered, need to aim and position the pole into the
   square receptacle box on the rail may be eliminated which would mitigate
   some risk to having it topple while being lifted.

- The working panel was very visible from far end of arena.  We'd pulled
   off the blue protective sheets on all the digits on that one as well.
   It's nice and bright with good off-axis visibility.

- The mounting pole, the area rails it mounts to, and the receptacle box
   are all square.  This means that one panel faced directly toward the far
   end of the arena, and the 90-degree side panels faced the sides of the
   arena.  So the panels aren't really aimed optimally, though the side
   panels should be visible well enough to cover the flanking areas on
   either side.

- It was commented that a slightly wider digit spacing may help
   readability, and that may be easily possible since there's now spacer
   blocks at each end.  Sliding the digits to the full width of the frames
   with thicker spacers may be possible.  All the internal wiring easily
   has enough slack and wouldn't require any change.

- A number of folks came to look, but the main officers didn't bother, and
   we were unable to contact them by text/phone.  This was highly annoying,
   since they were the ones we put on the show for.

So in all, a successful session, and no real show-stoppers were found with 
the basic design.

> anybody got pics??

I saw some folks with cameras, so I'd expect those to pop up soon.

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=^_^=  Tigerwolf