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6000 Processor: How do I set up Brightness Limits

Topic

  • How do I set up a Brightness Limiter on a 6000 processor
  • The settings under Brightness Limits determine the minimum and maximum brightness for either All Day (24-hours) or for the Day and Night.

Environment

  • Product Family: Video Processors
  • Product: DI-6000, VP-6000 version 11.1 or later, images below are from version 14.1
  • Components: brightness limits, dimming, light sensor
  • Control System:

Steps

Regulate the brightness of the display between select times.

This is NOT Scheduled dimming. This is an option that will limit all the dimming modes (manual, auto, remote) of the VP during selected time.

Navigate to code compliance in Venus Displays App.

It is recommended to set your display to Automatic for brightness controls. All displays come with a photo sensor that measures the amount of light, depending on night, day and/or overcast.

  1. Log into Venus Control Suite.  See: Venus Accounts: How do I log in to Venus Control Suite?
  2. Open Venus Displays App from the Apps Menu located in the top right of the VCS landing page.
  3. Click on an existing display to Edit.
  4. Click on the Code Compliance tab. 
  5. Select the Brightness tile. a slide out menu will appear. 
  6. Choose Limit Mode: Day and Night. 

🔽Use the arrows to open/collapse each section.

Sunrise/Sunset settings

To set the brightness limits based on the sunrise and sunset, the status file retrieves the sunrise/sunset times in HH:MM:SS. If this time cannot be retrieved, the firmware defaults to a value of 6:00 AM for sunrise and 9:00 PM for sunset.

Day>Sunrise

  1. Select Day Minimum Brightness via the slider.  This is the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
  2. Select Day Maximum Brightness via the slider. This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
  3. Select the sunrise duration. This is the minutes either before or after sunset/sunrise that the dimming values should begin to take effect.: 

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Night>Sunset

  1. Select Night Minimum Brightness via the slider. This the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
  2. Select Night Maximum Brightness via the slider.  This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
  3. Night Transition Duration - This is the amount of time that the processor will start the dimming process before getting the minimum brightness level.

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Time

Day>Time

  1. Select Day Minimum Brightness via the slider.  This is the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
  2. Select Day Maximum Brightness via the slider. This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
  3. Select the time duration for the transition. This is the minutes either before or after sunset/sunrise that the dimming values should begin to take effect. 

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Night>Time

  1. Select Night Minimum Brightness via the slider. This the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
  2. Select Night Maximum Brightness via the slider.  This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
  3. Select the time duration for the night transition. This is the amount of time that the processor will start the dimming process before getting the minimum brightness level.

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    Setting up limits directly in the processor interface.
    1. Log into the VP-6000 user interface.  See: 
    2. Once logged in, select the Configuration icon on the left side menu, and then select Brightness.
    3. Select desired manager to edit.  
    4. Under Brightness Limits, select the Day and Night option.
    5.  The following options will be dependent on the customer needs.
    To set the brightness limits based on the sunrise and sunset, the status file retrieves the sunrise/sunset times in HH:MM:SS. If this time cannot be retrieved, the firmware defaults to a value of 6:00 AM for sunrise and 9:00 PM for sunset.

    Setting brightness limits based on sunrise/sunset.

    Sunrise

    1. Select Day Minimum Brightness via the slider.  This is the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
    2. Select Day Maximum Brightness via the slider. This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
    3. Select the sunrise duration. This is the minutes either before or after sunset/sunrise that the dimming values should begin to take effect.: 

    Sunset

    1. Select Night Minimum Brightness via the slider. This the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
    2. Select Night Maximum Brightness via the slider.  This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
    3. Night Transition Duration - This is the amount of time that the processor will start the dimming process before getting the minimum brightness level.


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    Setting brightness limits based on the time of day.

    Day

    1. Select Day Minimum Brightness via the slider.  This is the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
    2. Select Day Maximum Brightness via the slider. This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the daytime hours.
    3. Select the time duration for the transition. This is the minutes either before or after sunset/sunrise that the dimming values should begin to take effect. 

    Night

    1. Select Night Minimum Brightness via the slider. This the lowest brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
    2. Select Night Maximum Brightness via the slider.  This is the maximum brightness that will be allowed during the nighttime hours.
    3. Select the time duration for the night transition. This is the amount of time that the processor will start the dimming process before getting the minimum brightness level.
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