Chapter 4 Operation
4-3. Device Setup

4-3-22. BKS-R3280/R3281

Some setting items are described in "4-3-1. Setting Items Common to All Devices."

Use firmware version 3.10.
Optional version 4.00 is not supported.

BKS-R3280/R3281

Mode:
Select a display mode from the pulldown menu.
BKS-R3280:
Selection is possible from among the following 2 modes:
  • Source Name (default)
  • String
BKS-R3281:
Selection is possible from among the following 6 modes:
  • Source Name/Destination Name
  • Source Name/Destination Number
  • Source Name/Source Number
  • Source Name
  • Source Name/Source Name (default)
  • String

Brightness:
The brightness of the display can be selected from the pulldown menu.
Selection is possible among 25%, 50%, 75% (default), and 100%.

Position:
Setting is possible only for the BKS-R3281, and when Source Name is selected in the Mode box.
Specify the indication starting point of the Source names with numbers 0 to 9 (number of columns from the left edge).

(Left)Display:
Select a Destination and a Level to be displayed from the pulldown menu.
In a case of the BKS-R3281, and when "Source Name/Source Name" is selected in the Mode box, the settings for both the left and right displays are available.
Specify a Destination and a Level to be displayed on the left display.

Note: This setting is disabled when "String" is selected as the display Mode.

Right Display:
Setting is possible only for the BKS-R3281, and when "Source Name/Source Name" is selected in the Mode box.
Select a Destination and a Level to be displayed on the right display from the pulldown menu.

Right Justify:
Setting is possible only for the BKS-R3281, and when a display mode other than "Source Name" or "String" is selected in the Mode box.
Select whether a string of characters to be displayed on the right display is to be located at the center (starting from the 9th character from the left), or right-justified (check the box).

Left LED/String/Right LED:
These settings are possible only when "String" is selected in the Mode box.
Selection of the colors for the left and right LEDs and setting of the string of character to be displayed are possible.
The colors for the LEDs are selectable among green, red, amber and off.

"Tools" button:
Tools

Edit Details
Edit Details

Set the Description Name Group only for the specified devices. The operation is possible only for the devices connected on the S-BUS.

Copy from Station/Copy to Station
You can copy the setting data from another UMD (Copy from Station).
You can also send the setting data to other UMDs (Copy to Station).

Copy from/to Station...

Select a UMD from the Panel Selection list and click on the "OK" button.

Status
To display the model name of the device and the version of the firmware. This functions only in the On-Line operation.

Table
To display the table data of the device. This functions only in the On-Line operation.

"Preset Strings" button:
A string of characters to be displayed according to parallel input to the rear of the BKS-R3280/R3281 can be specified.

Preset Strings

"from List" button:
You can copy String data already set in the "UMD String Configuration" dialog box to the Preset Strings List.

from List

Select the No. to which the data are to be copied on the Preset Strings list.
Click on the "from List" button, select the data to be copied from the Preset String List and click on the "OK" button.

"Brightness" button:
To modify the brightness of a string of characters to be displayed.
The Brightness value for the selected string is cyclically changed among 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% each time the button is clicked on.

"Left LED"/"Right LED" buttons:

To select the colors for the LEDs.
The color setting of the selected string is cyclically changed among Green, Red, Amber and Off each time the button is clicked on.

"Cancel" button:
To quit Preset Strings with all the new settings canceled.

"OK" button:
To quit Preset Strings with all the new settings stored.


"Assign from Strings List" button:
To copy the setting data already set in the "UMD String Configuration" dialog box.