Multipurpose Electronic Sign

Innovative animation for your model railroad!

The Multipurpose Electronic Sign duplicates the sophisticated electric sign commonly found on businesses such as banks, car dealerships, and theatres. These signs provide time & temperature information, bank hours, car sales, stock prices, movie features, and many other messages.

Reviewed in Model Railroader magazine March 1994
 

MES controller board
 

MES display

MES Features:

bullet Ten character yellow LED display
bullet Built-in Fast Clock displayed in a time/temperature format; user selectable speedup ratios from 1:1 to 15:1
bullet Display of up to eight, pre-stored, 60-character, user-defined messages
bullet Time/Temp display can be scrolled up or down
bullet Short messages ( 10 characters) can be scrolled up or down; long messages are automatically scrolled from right to left
bullet Support for more than 100 letters, numbers and special symbols
bullet Not restricted to scale! Scale just dictates the size of the sign you're modeling
bullet Can be powered by the auxiliary AC or DC output of your throttle/power pack or a wall transformer (such as our #WT1A)
bullet Solid State Design (1 year limited warranty)

MES Specifications:

 
bullet Display area dimensions: 0.394" h x 1.5" w
bullet Display board dimensions: 1" h x 3" w
bullet Display cable length: 12"
bullet Controller board dimensions: 4" x 3"
bullet Input Voltage: 6.3V - 18V AC or DC
bullet Power Consumption: 350 mA (@ 12VDC input)

MES Developer software (included):

Communication cable connects the MES controller to your Windows-based PC's RS-232 serial port (standard 9 pin serial port). The easy-to-use, Windows-based software program (on CD) allows you to do the following:

  1. Configure the Fast Clock's initial time
  2. Configure the temperature to be displayed
  3. Change the scroll type of the time/temp feature
  4. Enter and retrieve messages
  5. Set the scroll speed and message delay parameters
  6. Set the display brightness level
  7. Control the Fast Clock and messages from the keyboard
bullet $99.95 MSRP