Novastar control card set up (configure)-asynchronous type

Novastar control cards are more and more popular as they can provide higher refresh rate and processing depth (grey level) especially in the application of small pixel pitch LED display screens.

Just like any led display control system, sometimes after long time of operation, the control card may lose the configuration file (“.rcfg” file if NOVASTAR) and couldn’t get it from the original supplier. In this case, you’d need to set the parameters in the program, and configure the new file.

Here we will explain how to configure this file.

1.Collect basic tech parameters of the LED display hardware.
For instance, here we have one piece SMD P6 LED module, one pcs 220v-5v MEANWELL power supply and one pcs Novastar PSD100 asynchronous card. I connect the power supply from AC 220v to Meanwell power supply then to SMD P6 LED module. And I control the module with LAN. Signal from PC to PSD100 then to module.

a. When I face the SMD P6 module, the signal transfer sequence is from right to left.
b. The size of SMD P6 LED module is 192mm X 192mm, with resolution of 32pixels X 32 pixels.

2. Install the software of NOVASTAR control system.
NovaLCT-Pluto and Pluto Manager is the software that you need to install for NOVASTAR asynchronous control system.
Note: NOVASTAR synchronous control system and asynchronous control system use different software. Refer below:

3.Configure the NOVASTAR asynchronous control card.
a. Open the software NovaLCT-Pluto, and click “Search All Site(S)”.

You could find the control card.

Click “connect terminal”, the laptop will be connected with the sending card.

b. User login. Key in password “666”, and you would enter the “screen config” interface.

After User Login, we can start to configure the control card.

Enter “smart setting” interface.

c. Start “smart setting”. Here you need to input the basic tech parameters of the LED screen.

Chip type:?choose “common chip”.
*Actual pixel:That’s the LED module resolution. As mentioned above, in this sample, each LED module is 32pixels X 32 pixels.
*Scan type:It’s OK to choose “unknown” if you don’t know it. (Actually there’s simple way to know the scan type. If you want to learn this, please contact us.)
*Module cascade type (from the front):We explained at the first step, when watch from the front, the signal transfer sequence is from right to left.

After you’ve filled all those tech parameters, press “Next”

4. In following steps, you need to watch the LED screen’s change, and then make the right choice of what you see.

Choose “Black”, press “Next”. And it will get into “Manual switch status”.

When the LED screen shows the right colors, click “Next”

Note:if we choose “1/16” as the “scan type” but not “unknown”, this step will be skipped. So now you know that when you key in “16”, it means we are “telling” the control card that theLED modules are with 1/16 scan mode.

5. In this step, we can see on the LED display screen, at first, there is one pixel brighten. (we mean only the white color)

Then we can find the location of the white pixel in below chart accordingly - row 1, column 1, that is position “A”.

Now follow the sequence of the brighten pixel shown on the LED display screen, click the correspondent position on the chart one by one to finish this process.

6. Now, the smart setting is accomplished. Next we are going to do “scan board”.

The configuration of the NOVASTAR asynchronous control card is now finished.