# programming road signs?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [October 20, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616 "2005-10-20T14:13:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/1 "2005-10-20T14:13:05Z")
you know those big orange construction/road signs with the generators and yellow light up letters… how are those programmed?
IR maybe?
dont ask why.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/2 "2005-10-20T14:15:32Z")
IR but usually “encrypted”… like 8 bit.
Why?
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### Author:  [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/3 "2005-10-20T14:17:13Z")
why ?
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### Author:  [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/4 "2005-10-20T14:18:20Z")
no reason
🙂
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/5 "2005-10-20T14:18:27Z")
lol what… i know that they emit ka band … but they use that to sense ka’s
ir is sooo old. i wonder if there is some sort of interface… do a search on them onthe web you are bound to find them.
i seriously doubt that there is any crazy encryption
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### Author:  [@Fetter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fetter)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/6 "2005-10-20T14:18:48Z")
¿por qué?
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### Author:  [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/7 "2005-10-20T14:24:32Z")
first step would be to get up close and personal with ione and get brand / model of one, and see if there are any control panels of a programing nature on it, or a data port of some sort
the manufacurers site might say “our signs are easily programed using \*\*\*\*”
:gotme:
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/8 "2005-10-20T14:24:44Z")
> [@krazyjon](#):
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> …
> i seriously doubt that there is any crazy encryption
8 bit… nothing a 4 year old couldnt get through
at least on the few that I’ve ever reconned… and this was 6-7 years ago, but I doubt many signs around Akron / Buffalo are _cutting edge_.
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### Author:  [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/9 "2005-10-20T14:26:09Z")
> [@krazyjon](#):
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> lol what… i know that they emit ka band … but they use that to sense ka’s
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> ir is sooo old. i wonder if there is some sort of interface… do a search on them onthe web you are bound to find them.
>
> i seriously doubt that there is any crazy encryption
yea, i searched the 2600 site but couldnt find anything. i could have sworn i had read about it in an old issue.
they dont seem to have any ports/plugs other than a power plug from the generator, so IR seems to be my best bet.
> [@HotRodKid](#):
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> first step would be to get up close and personal with ione and get brand / model of one, and see if there are any control panels of a programing nature on it, or a data port of some sort
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> the manufacurers site might say “our signs are easily programed using \*\*\*\*”
>
> :gotme:
let me go look. maybe i will even post a pic.
give me 2 min
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/10 "2005-10-20T14:35:31Z")
it’s not Ka… it’s actually K band that they emit
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### Author:  [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/11 "2005-10-20T14:36:02Z")
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### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/12 "2005-10-20T14:37:25Z")
LOL wtf
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### Author:  [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/13 "2005-10-20T14:37:35Z")
i think the controls might be under the lid in that first pic
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/14 "2005-10-20T14:47:26Z")
thats not by your house is it?
where did that median come from?
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### Author:  [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/15 "2005-10-20T14:47:51Z")
^^^agreed … who can pick a lock?
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/16 "2005-10-20T14:48:55Z")
:word:
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### Author:  [@Carbonfiberhooded](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carbonfiberhooded)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/17 "2005-10-20T14:50:42Z")
Who has bolt cutters?
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### Author:  [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/18 "2005-10-20T15:08:32Z")
snipp snippy…
pics or bannnn
ORRR one would just take off all the screws on the front of that box… lol
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/19 "2005-10-20T15:14:49Z")
so, are the bowling scores going to be posted on the sign tomorrow?
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/programming-road-signs/3616/20 "2005-10-20T15:21:31Z")
i can pick that lock in under 10 seconds.
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