Maintenance and Troubleshooting Score’s Tables

The LED scorer’s table is a powerful promotional and entertainment tool. For that reason, we would like to share some tips and tricks to help those tables shine during the basketball season. You may notice while doing your pre game checks that one of the tables shows a glossy finish and while the other shows […]

Daktronics Control Panel on 10/27/2015

Categories: Pro Sports and Colleges

scores tableThe LED scorer’s table is a powerful promotional and entertainment tool. For that reason, we would like to share some tips and tricks to help those tables shine during the basketball season.

You may notice while doing your pre game checks that one of the tables shows a glossy finish and while the other shows a matte finish and if there is a remedy. Click here to see a simple solution to this.

Have you ever created a new message but the old/wrong message plays to the Scorer’s Table? This could be a result of the old message still being on the player and the new message has not been sent to the Player Files. Click on here to review an article to give you a resolution to the problem.

Display Problems and Possible Solutions

(Keep in mind, only qualified service personnel may access internal electronics. Turn off power before performing any repair or maintenance work.)

Module is blank or garbled

  • Check the power status LEDs on all power supplies and modules connected to the module.

Section of display is blank.

  • Ensure the section is receiving power and all breakers are turned on.
  • Ensure the power status LEDs on the modules, power supplies, and ProLink routers (PLRs) in the blank section are on.
  • Ensure the connections to the PLR are secure. Change the connections with one another to test.
  • Ensure the fiber-optic signal connects to the PLR or patch panel.

Entire display is blank.

  • Ensure the display is receiving power and all breakers are turned on. When power is applied to the display, power supply LEDs should turn on.
  • Ensure the video image processor (VIP) is not blank.
  • Ensure the fiber-optic signal cable connects to the VIP. The input signal should be locked. If the input signal is not locked, check the fiber connections.

Entire display is garbled or uncontrollable.

  • Use the test patterns to check the VIP status LEDs and ensure the board is receiving power.
  • Verify the controller/content player configuration and restart the display service.
  • Ensure the fiber-optic signal cable connects to the VIP. The input signal should be locked. If the input signal is not locked, check the fiber connections.
Keep checking our knowledge base for more information on our Scorer’s Tables. Can’t find what you are looking for? Contact us.

This article is written by Rick, Daktronics Trainer.