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Golden Tee Betabrite LED Ticker display. PC Connect Software......Help
vivelo:
Hi All,
I have a Golden Tee Cab that has the LED Betabrite top display. I'm in the process of conveting it all MAME (slowly getting there). I want the Betabright to display random names etc.
So far;
I have tried many software's including beta msg, I have the cable and rs connector, but when I try and control the LED display it just resets it and it continues to run in test mode.
It has a control board on it from incredible technologies which you plug into, I've tested the lithium battery and that seems ok, but it won't except new commands. The beta message software connects to it ok? Will this board from incrdible technologies needs something special to control it??
Any help? ideas? I've tried asking incredible technologies for advice, but no reply!
Please!!
MonMotha:
My Golden Tee signs appear to be entirely a creation of Incredible Technologies. The control board in them is remarkably complicated because they handled most the tournament functionality in the older versions. Now, I'm not sure if the new ones are different, but the versions that the LED signs claims to have last been hooked up to are fairly recent. I have no clue what the command set for the serial interface is since I have no way to make any of my Golden Tee boards talk to them.
I'm working on a new interface board if you care. I gave up trying to talk to theirs and decided it would be quicker to just replace it with my own.
vivelo:
Sounds as you have a lot more experience than me, so its not looking good! You will have to post how it goes with making your own, if it works, maybe you could make another (for me!) and make a little money from your project!
I read somewhere, (but can't remember where) a frontend has the majority of LED ticker displays commands built in and it displays what game is on. If I can remember/find the frontend name; I think its worth downloading and giving it a go?
If no solution is found, I guess I will be chopping the top off the Cab!
Ken Layton:
If I remember correctly, Incredible Technologies put a custom burned eprom into the LED display unit. This prevents communication with any other devices except certain Incredible Technologies boardsets.
I believe if you contact the display manufacturer and get the stock generic eprom (pre programmed) from them instead of Incredible Technologies, then you can interface anything.
MonMotha:
I do not believe these are compatible at all with the signs commonly found commercially. The pinout for the 6/6 modular jack doesn't line up, and the board bears Incredible Technologies name all over it. Looks to be custom by them. The board that has the LED modules on it also bears their logo and name. There may exist ROMs that can be swapped in to make it behave like the common ones, but that still would require a slightly custom cable since the pinout doesn't match.
Does your board look like mine?