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! 😊