A Cat5 to USB dongle passes serial data from LIMITIMER or THE TIMEPROMPT to its software running on a PC. The software parses the data stream and configures it according to user-controlled size, color, background, position and transparency. The output may be displayed alone or on top of other applications such as PowerPoint®. These configurations are supplied with Video Clock. An included design guide explains how to create custom bitmap graphics. Install program includes custom fixed spaced fonts for digits.