Re: Production Scoreboards -- MIDRANGE-L

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You SHOULD be able to do this.  But, you'll need to know how the
scoreboards expect to receive their input.

Is it as simple as connecting to a TCP port and sending the numbers?  Or
is there more to it than that?

Did the manufacturer provide you with programming info for the devices?

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Dee Westerfield wrote:

> We are about to install some production scoreboards in the factory.
> They will have an ethernet card in them and will be attached to our
> network.  I would like to be able to send 4 numbers to this board
> directly from the AS400.  Now for the big question.  Can I do this?  I
> have no idea where to begin.  Each number on this board will have it's
> own IP address.  It seems as though I should be able to send the number
> to this board to display.  But I don't know how to configure the device
> or how to accomplish any of this.
>
> If anyone has done this could you please give me some pointers on where
> to get started.  I would like to use an RPG program.
>

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