[DARARepeater] Prize booth sign...

[don at cbe-circus.com]

Y'All,

A possible kludge to get the 4 signs to display would be to chain all  
20 digits and output the number 4 times.  Not the correct solution,  
but an option if all else fails.

I have a conflicting meeting tonight, so I will be unable to be there tonight.

Enjoy,

Don Conover


Quoting Tigerwolf <tigerwolf at tigerden.com>:

> 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.
>
> -- 
> =^_^=  Tigerwolf
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