Run-DMD Control Center v.0.10

Run-DMD Control Center v.0.10 released. Download link here!

Run-DMD Control Center” (v0.10) is the first release of a Windows based software for modifying or creating SD-card images for the Run-DMD.
In this first version basic DMD/clock configurations are available along with the possibility to import images for use as clock backgrounds.
To be able to use the ”background” feature, the Run-DMD must be running firmware v3.60 or later.
(Any Run-DMD (regardless of board version) can be upgraded to v3.60 using a ”PICkit 3” from Microchip.)

Installation on Run-DMD Control Center:

On a Windows PC, create a new directory ”Run-DMD Control Center” and place the ”Run-DMD Control Center.exe” file in it.
Create a subdirectory named ”Backgrounds” and place your images files in it (BMP/PNG/JPG).
If you don’t already have ”Win32DiskImager” installed, download and install it. (https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/)

Usage:

Read the content of your Run-DMD SD-card using ”Win32DiskImager” to file ”Run-DMD.img” and place it in the Run-DMD Control Center direcory.
Start Run-DMD Control Center and select ”Read SD image”.
Place your images in the ”Background” directory.
Select ”Import”.
Do any other changes you would like, then select ”Update SD image”.
Using ”Win32DiskImager” write back the ”Run-DMD.img” file to the SD-card.
Insert the SD-card in the Run-DMD and power it up.
Make any additional settings using the Run-DMD menus.
In case you do not det any image on the DMDs, restart the Run-DMD while pressing button 3 to start the select DMD process.

Background image files:

Run-DMD Control Center can read BMP, JPEG och PNG files and will resize them if needed.
For best results use images with a resolution of 128×32 pixels. Use images with high contrasts!

We hope to have additional features available in Run-DMD Control Center soon.
Enjoy! 😊