One of the main attractions within the Sprint Center is their scoreboard.  Daktronics was hired to custom design a scoreboard that would not only provide scores and video, but also have an exciting lighting display on the top to dazzle the crowds.  Daktronics contacted Animated Lighting to help with the control, programming and testing of this lighting display via their Light Show In A Box™ (LSIAB) product family.

The lighting display consists of 28 neon fixtures that ring the top of the scoreboard.  The scoreboard is on the left of the picture. 

The requirements for control of the dynamic sign included the following: 

• A lighting “show” with multiple lighting effects (chase/blink/dance, etc.) for the fixtures with the ability to change from one lighting sequence to another with a push of a button 

• If lighting sequences were not desired, the ability to have all the fixtures on or off by pressing a button  

• All aspects of controlling the fixtures needed to be handled from the Control Room located at the top of the Sprint Center 

A wireless connection of the fixtures from the Control Room was needed. Since the scoreboard could be raised, lowered or removed depending on the event, there was no practical way to run fixed communication cables.

Animated Lighting provided the following equipment to meet the customer requirements: 

• One custom keypad installed in the Control Room.  Separate buttons were provided for “All On”, “All Off” and multiple lighting effects.  An “A/B” toggle was provided that allowed for any of up to ten lighting effects to  be used depending what was happening during the event.  (Keypad is in center of above picture just to right of the computer mouse.) 

• Two Wireless Transmitters.  One transmitter is located in the Control Room (as seen in the picture above just to the right of the video monitor) and the other is located on top of the scoreboard connected to the Animated Lighting Monster Brain animation controller.  Data is sent between the Control Room and scoreboard via these transmitters.

• One Monster Brain animation controller.  This was installed on top of the scoreboard.  Animated Lighting light controllers were connected to the Monster Brain to execute the desired lighting effects.

• Two 16-Channel Light Controllers.  The neon fixtures are connected to the various lighting channels of these controllers.  Commands are sent wirelessly rom the Control Room to the Monster Brain on the sign and the Monster Brain is connected via Category 5 cables to the light controllers. 

Animated Lighting provided the hardware, custom programming and on-site support at Sprint Center.  The project included installation, testing, and troubleshooting training for venue personnel who would be responsible for maintaining the scoreboard after the installation.