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Alpha Eclipse™ 3501 LED Display

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Table of Contents

Overview
Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display Models: 1-line, 2-lines, 3-lines, 4-lines
Applications
Features
Specifications
Accessories
Software
Documentation
Training and Support
Ordering

Overview

Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display signs are outdoor, full matrix, single-color electronic LED displays with daylight-visible characters and a weather-resistant enclosure. The unique, state-of-the-art design produces a dynamic advertising message center that is highly energy efficient and easy to operate, install and service. Various Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display models can display from one to four lines of text, graphics, and animations in either red or amber color; and they can be networked together with other Alpha Eclipse, Alpha, AlphaPremiere, and AlphaVision displays using RS485, Ethernet, Fiber Optic, or wireless connectivity.

Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display Series signs are versatile outdoor LED message centers designed for industrial and commercial use. The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display is one of the brightest and sharpest outdoor displays available.

Messages are enhanced by 30 built-in display modes; 7 text sizes; serif and san-serif fonts; fixed and proportional spacing; user-designed graphics and animations display; day, date and time of day display; temperature display; five automatic day, hour, and minute counters; special symbols and international characters; and many other special features.

Messages may be entered using a computer and special messaging software. Information from customer files (SQL, ODBC, Excel, DDE, etc.) can be displayed automatically. Automode programming features eliminate the need to learn complicated programming procedures. Within seconds, anyone can create attractive visual messages with attention-getting impact.

Built-in diagnostic, testing, and reset switches provide self-diagnostic capability, easy memory clearing, and convenient reset features for program developers and end users.

Alpha Eclipse 3501 Available Models

The following Alpha Eclipse 3501 models will display:
One Row of 10.34" Characters (8 pixels) One Row of 6.23" Characters (5 pixels)
# of
# of
# of 10.34"
Display
Display
Enclosure
Enclosure
Enclosure
Weight
Pixels
Pixels
Characters
Height in
Width in
Height in
Width in
Depth in
in Lbs
High
Wide
per Row
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
per Face
8
32
5
11.0
44.2
19
54
7.5
70
8
64
10
11.0
88.3
19
98
7.5
140
8
80
13
11.0
110.4
19
120
7.5
160
8
96
16
11.0
132.5
19
142
7.5
190
8
112
18
11.0
154.6
19
164
7.5
220
8
128
21
11.0
176.6
19
186
7.5
240
8
144
24
11.0
198.7
19
208
7.5
260
The following Alpha Eclipse 3501 models will display:
Two Rows of 9" Characters (7 pixels) One Row of 18.6" Characters (14 pixels)
Two Rows of 6.2" Characters (5 pixels) One Row of 21.3" Characters (16 pixels)
One Row of 13.1" Characters (10 pixels)
# of
# of
# of 21.3"
# of 9"
Display
Display
Enclosure
Enclosure
Enclosure
Weight
Pixels
Pixels
Characters
Characters
Height in
Width in
Height in
Width in
Depth in
in Lbs
High
Wide
per Row
per Row
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
per Face
16
64
7
10
22.1
88.3
30
98
7.5
185
16
80
8
13
22.1
110.4
30
120
7.5
220
16
96
10
16
22.1
132.5
30
142
7.5
250
16
112
12
18
22.1
154.6
30
164
7.5
285
16
128
14
21
22.1
176.6
30
186
7.5
320
16
144
16
24
22.1
198.7
30
208
7.5
355
The following Alpha Eclipse 3501 models will display:
Three Rows of 9" Characters (7 pixels) One Row of 19.9" Characters (15 pixels)
Four Rows of 6.2" Characters (5 pixels) One Row of 26.8" Characters (20 pixels)
Two Rows of 13.1" Characters (10 pixels) One Row of 32.3" Characters (24 pixels)
One Row of 18.6" Characters (14 pixels)
# of
# of
# of 19.9"
# of 9"
Display
Display
Enclosure
Enclosure
Enclosure
Weight
Pixels
Pixels
Characters
Characters
Height in
Width in
Height in
Width in
Depth in
in Lbs
High
Wide
per Row
per Row
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
per Face
24
64
7
10
33.1
88.3
30
98
7.5
440
24
80
8
13
33.1
110.4
30
120
7.5
465
24
96
10
16
33.1
132.5
30
142
7.5
485
24
112
12
18
33.1
154.6
30
164
7.5
515
24
128
14
21
33.1
176.6
30
186
7.5
535
24
144
16
24
33.1
198.7
30
208
7.5
555
The following Alpha Eclipse 3501 models will display:
Four Rows of 9" Characters (7 pixels) Two Rows of 19.9" Characters (15 pixels)
Five Rows of 6.2" Characters (5 pixels) One Row of 26.8" Characters (20 pixels)
Three Rows of 13.1" Characters (10 pixels) One Row of 43.2" Characters (32 pixels)
Two Rows of 18.6" Characters (14 pixels)
# of
# of
# of 19.9"
# of 9"
Display
Display
Enclosure
Enclosure
Enclosure
Weight
Pixels
Pixels
Characters
Characters
Height in
Width in
Height in
Width in
Depth in
in Lbs
High
Wide
per Row
per Row
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
Inches
per Face
32
64
7
10
44.2
88.3
51
98
7.5
480
32
80
8
13
44.2
110.4
51
120
7.5
505
32
96
10
16
44.2
132.5
51
142
7.5
535
32
112
12
18
44.2
154.6
51
164
7.5
560
32
128
14
21
44.2
176.6
51
186
7.5
590
32
144
16
24
44.2
198.7
51
208
7.5
620

Applications

The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display is designed for high-visibility, high-traffic messaging and advertising applications. Sizes are available from Its modular building-block design can be used to provide configurations from 19-inches high to 51-inches high and from 54-inches wide to 208-inches wide. It has seven built-in character sizes (6.2-inch, 9-inch, 13.1-inch, 18.6-inch, 19.9-inch, 26.8-inch, and 43.2-inch), and it can display Windows fonts as well.

The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display is the perfect solution for schools, businesses, entertainment venues, convention centers, border crossings, automobile dealerships, shopping centers, casinos, race tracks, fair grounds, military base entrances, movie theater marquees, stadium advertising billboards, freeway-visible advertising, and other high profile applications.

Advertise your products and services at a moment's notice, to dramatically increase your company sales and profits like no other advertising medium can.

Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display Features

  • One to Four Lines – Various Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display models can display from one to four lines of text and graphics.
  • 5 to 24 Characters per Line – Various Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display models will display from five to twenty-four 9-inch characters per line.
  • 1,000,000 Characters of Memory – The standard Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display has 1,000,000 bytes of memory for storing text, graphics, and animations.
  • 7 Character Sizes – Characters can be 6.4-inches (5 pixels), 9.2-inches (7 pixels), 13.3-inches (10 pixels), 18.8-inches (14 pixels), 20.2-inches (15 pixels), 27-inches (20 pixels), and 43.5-inches (32 pixels) tall.
  • 2 Character Fonts – Text can be displayed in two standard fonts – serif (fancy) or san-serif (block). Custom fonts may be created.
  • 4 Character Widths – Text can be displayed in four standard widths – normal, wide, double-wide, or wide double-wide. Wider characters can be designed by the user.
  • Fixed or Proportional – Text can be displayed using fixed or proportional spacing.
  • True Descenders - The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display will display the lower case characters g, j, p, q, and y with the descenders below the character baseline.
  • 96 Character Styles – The two fonts, seven character heights, and four character widths can be combined to produce forty-eight proportionally-spaced character styles and forty-eight fixed-width character styles in the following combinations:
    • 43.5" San-Serif Normal
    • 43.5" San-Serif Wide
    • 43.5" San-Serif Double-Wide
    • 43.5" San-Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 43.5" Serif Normal
    • 43.5" Serif Wide
    • 43.5" Serif Double-Wide
    • 43.5" Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 27" Serif Normal
    • 27" Serif Wide
    • 27" Serif Double-Wide
    • 27" Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 20.2" San-Serif Normal
    • 20.2" San-Serif Wide
    • 20.2" San-Serif Double-Wide
    • 20.2" San-Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 20.2" Serif Normal
    • 20.2" Serif Wide
    • 20.2" Serif Double-Wide
    • 20.2" Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 18.8" San-Serif Normal
    • 18.8" San-Serif Wide
    • 18.8" San-Serif Double-Wide
    • 18.8" San-Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 18.8" Serif Normal
    • 18.8" Serif Wide
    • 18.8" Serif Double-Wide
    • 18.8" Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 13.3" San-Serif Normal
    • 13.3" San-Serif Wide
    • 13.3" San-Serif Double-Wide
    • 13.3" San-Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 13.3" Serif Normal
    • 13.3" Serif Wide
    • 13.3" Serif Double-Wide
    • 13.3" Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 9.2" San-Serif Normal
    • 9.2" San-Serif Wide
    • 9.2" San-Serif Double-Wide
    • 9.2" San-Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 9.2" Serif Normal
    • 9.2" Serif Wide
    • 9.2" Serif Double-Wide
    • 9.2" Serif Wide Double-Wide
    • 6.4" San-Serif Normal
    • 6.4" San-Serif Wide
    • 6.4" San-Serif Double-Wide
    • 6.4" San-Serif Wide Double-Wide
  • Four Custom Character Sets - The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display allows the user to compose and store up to four unique custom character sets that are either 5-pixels, 7/8-pixels, 10-pixels, or 15/16-pixels high in the sign. These character sets may be selected as needed.
  • Store 95 Messages – The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display will hold up to 95 messages files at one time. Each message file can be any size. The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display dynamically allocates memory to each message file as needed up to the total amount of memory available (1,000,000 bytes).
  • Hold Times Up to Six Minutes - Messages can be programmed to hold on the screen for up to six minutes.
  • Battery Backup – The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display has a lithium battery backup for messages. Messages are retained in memory for up to six months when the Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display is powered off.
  • Sequence 128 Messages – Up to 128 messages files may be run in a sequence. Messages files may be listed more than once in the sequence.
  • Message Scheduling – Messages may be scheduled by day, date, and time of day. Each message can display on its own schedule, automatically turning on and turning off at specified times on specified days without human or computer intervention. Each message can be programmed with the day or date and time to start running and the day or date and time to stop running. Daily recurring messages, such as Lunch Time Specials and Coffee Break Specials or messages coordinated with public transportation arrival and departure schedules, can turn on and turn off at the appropriate times each day. Safety-oriented messages, such as "Lift With Your Legs, Not With Your Back" or "Don't Forget To Wear Your Safety Goggles" can be scheduled to display at different times, instead of at the same time, to achieve maximum effect and variety.
  • Password Protection and Message Locking – These features are provided to prevent unauthorized messages or changes to messages in the Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display.
  • International Character Set – Messages may contain all the upper and lower case letters (A - Z and a - z), the numbers 0 - 9, and the special characters:

    ! @ # $ % & * ( ) _ - + = | \ { } [ ] : ; “ ‘ < > , . ? / `

    The following international characters and symbols may also be displayed:

    International Characters and Symbols

    These characters and symbols allow you to compose messages in more than one language, in English and in Spanish, for example, so you can display the messages in an alternating language message sequence.

  • 24 Special Characters – The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display also has 24 built-in special characters that may be displayed in messages:
    • Y Punctuation Key Symbol
    • Carriage Return Symbol
    • Up Arrow
    • Down Arrow
    • Left Arrow
    • Right Arrow
    • Pacman Symbol
    • Sailboat
    • Baseball
    • Telephone Handset
    • Heart
    • Car
    • Handicap Wheelchair Symbol
    • Rhino Head
    • Mug
    • Satellite Dish
    • Copyright Symbol ©
    • Male Symbol
    • Female Symbol
    • Bottle
    • Diskette
    • Printer
    • Musical Note
    • Infinity Symbol
  • 30 Display Modes – The Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display has 30 display modes that control how the characters of each message enter, display and exit. Using a variety of display modes in a message gives "eye-appeal" to the message:
    • Automode – The characters of the message enter, pause, and exit the display using fifteen display modes in a preset mode sequence. With the Alpha Eclipse 3501 LED Display, the user may specify a custom Automode sequence table with up to fifteen display mode codes.
    • Roll (Up, Down, Left, Right) – The characters of the word or phrase move onto the display down from the top (Roll Down), up from the bottom (Roll Up), from the right end to the left (Roll Left), or from the left end to the right (Roll Right)
    • Roll In Horizontal – The characters of the word or phrase move onto the display simultaneously from the left-most and right-most pixel columns of the word or phrase to the center of the display to display the word or phrase.
    • Roll Out Horizontal – The pixels of the characters of the word or phrase move simultaneously outwards from the center column of pixels in the word or phrase to the right-most and left-most columns of the word or phrase, forming the word or phrase.
    • Wipe (Up, Down, Left, Right) – The characters of the word or phrase are revealed as each horizontal row or vertical column of pixels is lighted row by row or column by column – from the top row of the character down (Wipe Down), from the bottom row of the character up (Wipe Up), from the left column of the message to the right (Wipe Right), or from the right column of the message to the left (Wipe Left).
    • Wipe In Vertical – The characters of the word or phrase are revealed as each horizontal row of pixels in the word or phrase is lighted row by row from the top and bottom rows of the character to the center until the word or phrase is displayed.
    • Wipe Out Vertical – The characters of the word or phrase are revealed as each horizontal row of pixels is lighted row by row from the center horizontal row of the word or phrase to the top and bottom horizontal