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» Software for Betabrite LED Signs
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Description:
The free software below will work with the Betabrite LED sign that is available
from Amazon , Sam's Club, or your industrial supplier.
The program to start with is the
LEDSignHelloWorld program below. A step up is the LEDSignHeadlines program
which can send delimited headlines from periodically downloaded websites to the Alpha or Betabrite sign.
The best program below is now kitchi. kitchi works with RSS, delimited headlines,
and more and sends this to Alpha signs, Betabrite signs and more.
An experimental process of getting your Betabrite Prism to work with Vista is available at: http://www.remote-control.net/articles/2007/vista_prism/
Thanks,
Peter Wallin
Download:
LEDSignHelloWorld_setup.exe Win32 (compatible with Win95 through Vista)
- (332K) - send one line of text to the
sign -- (Picture: A) -- this program is useful for testing cables or for easily letting guests try out your LED sign
- 2007-12-17 - Version 2.1 - USB support; configurable COM settings
- 2007-07-17 - Version 2.0
- 2006-09-17 - Version 1.1 - Extended ascii update
- 2002-05-04 - Version 1.0 - First release
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LEDSignHeadlines_setup.exe Win32 (compatible with Win95 through Vista) -
(338K) - This software, formerly known as BetabriteHeadlines, allows you to download headlines
from some news websites to an Alpha or Betabrite LED sign (Pictures: A | B) - please
read the included readme.txt file -- if you are using Windows 2000, XP or better, the program below
called "kitchi" will be a little easier and give you more powerful options.
- 2007-12-17 - Version 1.7 - USB support; configurable COM settings; bugfix
- 2007-01-17 - Version 1.6 - Changed to editable comport field
- 2006-09-17 - Version 1.5 - Extended ascii update (Ãã)
- 2004-03-01 - Version 1.4 - Fixed memory error
- 2004-02-27 - Version 1.3 - Fixed memory error
- 2003-12-21 - Version 1.2 - Extended ascii update
- 2003-01-05 - Version 1.1 - Extended ascii update
- 2002-05-16 - Version 1.0 - First Release
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kitchi .Net - (link) - kitchi
can download current news headlines, sports scores, and weather information from delimited html, rss, rdf, atom feeds to Betabrite Classic, Betabrite Prism, Alpha, and Prolite LED signs, cell phones, web objects, and clean RSS for web portals.
(Pictures: A | B | C)
Multiple inputs, multiple outputs and multiple scheduled events are allowed. This software will
help you put your Betabrite/Alpha LED sign to very good use and the best parts of the software are free. Always click the "default" buttons for help with filling in parameters after you select a new "method" or "datatype".
Video Introduction (wmv | mpg) --
Documentation
If you have a favorite neighborhood bar or pub that has a Betabrite sign or two, be sure to tell the owners about
this program since it is more fun having the sign tell you what is going on in the world than seeing repetitive advertisements. (Their advertisements still can be placed between newsfeeds using the "inlinetext" input method)
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Peter Wallin's Website Photo Gallery Creator Win32 - (link) - This program doesn't have anything to do with LED signs,
but it can help you make quick little photo galleries for uploading to your website. It doesn't change your original photos; it will make two new subdirectories of resampled photos and an HTML file.
Just point it to a directory of photos and press [Process].
The stand-alone executable file makes a great addition to your software toolbox.
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Simple CD Cover Creator 2 Win32 - (link) - This program doesn't have anything to do with LED signs,
but it can help you make CD jewel case labels for your backups. It is a small and fast program that is easy to use and has a unique paper-saving option. (Picture: A)
Give a free copy to someone you know who could use a simple CD jewel case label program.
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The Betabrite links that I know of:
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