NovaLCT – Set up your LED wall

NovaLCT works with most Novastar synchronous controllers (e.g. the MCTRL range, VX series as all-in-one) and with the receiving cards in the cabinets. For asynchronous media players of the Taurus series, use ViPlex Express instead; for fine calibration on site, use SmartLCT. NovaLCT runs on Windows only.

Duplicate mirrors your desktop 1:1 onto the wall – ideal for checking whether an image arrives at all. Extend turns the wall into a separate area next to your monitor; use this in day-to-day operation so the mouse pointer and windows do not appear on the wall.

With multiple graphics outputs, make sure the output to which the sending card/controller is connected is active and delivers the correct resolution. Scaling > 100 % (e.g. 125 %) makes the image blurry – always set it to 100 %.

The User menu offers three options: Advanced Synchronous System (normal live control – this is what you use), Demonstration Mode (trying things out without hardware), and Media Player (asynchronous). Password: admin (alternatively 666).

If the frame rate does not match, tearing/flickering may occur. For unusual wall resolutions, you can create a custom resolution in the graphics driver and then adopt it exactly in the sending card. Use Refresh to verify that the sending card and graphics card resolutions are identical.

The window is divided into module information, cabinet information, and performance settings. The cabinet information is the actual loading data of the receiving card. You do not need to set anything manually – your WALED wall comes with the matching .rcfg file.

After Load from file, distribute with Send to all receiving cards. The option Send to specified receiving card is only needed when replacing a single card or for troubleshooting. Important: finish with Save to receiving card – otherwise the parameters are lost in the event of a power failure.

If the wall already shows an image – even a faulty one – parameters are stored on the receiving card. Read them out via Read Back and save them as an RCFG file. This file can later be loaded onto a new receiving card. Keep the file in a safe place – lost it? WALED can help (state your product/order number).

The order in the connection window must exactly match the physical cabling of the cabinets (e.g. S-shaped: first row left→right, second row right→left). You can click each receiving card manually or use Quick Connection with the matching pattern. Then Send to HW – the data is stored on the sending card.

Use Save to file to back up the connection externally; when extending the wall or replacing the sending card, simply Load from file instead of redrawing everything.

Enable Mapping: each cabinet displays its position and sequence. “P” stands for the output port, the diamond with a number for the order of the cards – ideal for quickly tracing the cabling (not supported by all card series).

Detect communication status: displays all receiving cards – green = connection OK, red = problem. A red card interrupts the entire chain; check the network cable at that position.

• Brightness: set globally in %; if required, time-controlled (brighter by day, darker at night) or via light sensor.
• Gamma/colour temperature: for a pleasant, uniform image – default values usually fit.
• Cable redundancy: for critical installations, a backup data path that takes over in the event of a cable failure.
• Calibration: for uniform brightness/colour across all cabinets – conveniently done with SmartLCT.