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Argus

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Page 2: ...ter 3 add chapter 4 add chapter 5 chapter 6 add chapter 7 add chapter 8 chapter 9 new The corresponding chapters are new or completely revised corr Passages of the corresponding chapter were corrected...

Page 3: ...ormed immediately in writing of any complaints The period of guarantee begins on the date of transfer of risks in the case of special systems and software on the date of commissioning at the latest 30...

Page 4: ...________________________________ iv Revision sheet To Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Rossweid 5 D 76229 Karlsruhe Phone 49 721 6201 0 Fax 49 721 6201 298 E mail docu de bcd barco com Web www barcocon...

Page 5: ...OmniBus 3 6 3 2 Cabling 3 9 3 2 1 Power supply 3 9 3 2 2 Mouse 3 9 3 2 3 Keyboard 3 9 3 2 4 Keyboard extension 3 10 3 2 5 Graphic cards 3 11 3 2 6 OmniScaler 3 15 3 2 7 Quad Analog Video Card 3 17 3 2...

Page 6: ...e Control clients command line based 4 41 4 7 3 The GUI Remote Control client 4 47 4 7 4 Hot keys 4 51 4 8 Utilities 4 52 4 8 1 Show wallinfo utility 4 52 4 8 2 DDC utility 4 52 4 8 3 Boot loader util...

Page 7: ...bruary 2005 ______________________________________________________________________ vii 7 1 Technical data 7 2 7 2 Interfaces 7 9 7 3 Order codes 7 16 8 Troubleshooting 8 1 8 1 Argus not booting 8 2 8...

Page 8: ...2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 1 1 1 Introduction This chapter explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols Safe...

Page 9: ...in your working place you can skip this chapter and continue with chapter 4 Operating Operating shows the capabilities which ARGUS offers displaying graphics and video You are introduced into operatin...

Page 10: ...de up in two lines though meant to be one line If you do not heed instructions indicated by this symbol there is a risk of damage to the equipment If you do not heed instructions indicated by this sym...

Page 11: ...zard do not expose this unit to rain or moisture This product should be operated from an AC power source Check that the voltage and frequency of your power supply match those printed on the device lab...

Page 12: ...lt in a risk of fire or electrical shock Never spill liquid of any kind on the product Should any liquid or solid object fall into the cabinet unplug the set and have it checked by qualified service p...

Page 13: ...40 C When using the unit in a multi unit rack assembly or closed assembly the ambient temperature inside the assembly may not succeed the maximum rated ambient temperature When installed in a rack th...

Page 14: ...uter you might first need to mount the CD by using the following command mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom and then to open the start page index html of the CD manually On this start page you will find a link...

Page 15: ...us X Terminal DOC 3265 2 user s manual Revision 06 February 2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 2 1 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features o...

Page 16: ...wn scaleable up to full screen Overlapping and freely moveable video and graphics windows of unlimited size Up to 64 videos on one to four projection modules The ARGUS system provides a flexible and s...

Page 17: ...OR that connects to up to five ARGUS OMNIBUS devices The PROCES SOR is the host computer of the OMNIBUS A monolithic system allows to control up to 72 projection modules with the ability to display vi...

Page 18: ...ices The rendering processor is the host computer of its one or two OMNIBUS devices The processors distribute and process the graphic data of the X server whereas the OMNIBUS devices are equipped with...

Page 19: ...____________________________________________________ 3 1 3 Getting started This chapter describes the set up of ARGUS and provides you with a guide through the software configuration If your ARGUS is...

Page 20: ...nt Array of Independent Disks The front ARGUS PROCESSOR standard 1 8 3 13 11 10a 12 7 4 RESET KB LK POWER H D D POWER 9 ARGUS PROCESSOR with redundancy options 13 12 1 8 3 5 4 11 10b 6 9 1 air supply...

Page 21: ...D indicating power module failure 6 On the right hand side there is the floppy disk drive 9 followed by the CD ROM drive 11 and below it the hard disk drive 10a or 10b The RAID hard disk drive system...

Page 22: ...17 external genlock in optional 18 reserved 19 24 network cards link interface card and other PCI cards 25 mains connection 26 PS 2 mouse green jack 27 PS 2 keyboard purple jack 28 USB3 USB4 if posit...

Page 23: ...oard If available with network adapter 32 the network connection can be established On the right hand side there are different cards 19 24 inserted depending on the actual hardware configuration of yo...

Page 24: ...OMNIBUS 4 2 3 2 Ventilation flap with air supply 3 LED operating status off power switch 26 on the back switched off red power switch 26 switched on system in stand by green power switch 26 switched...

Page 25: ...re different cards On the left there is the CPU board 5 and the link interface board 6 followed by graphic cards OMNISCALERS and input cards 7 24 depending on the configuration of ARGUS On the right o...

Page 26: ...AD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARDS and DUAL RGB INPUT CARDS link slot PCI 12 PCI 17 PCI 11 PCI 16 PCI 10 PCI 15 PCI 9 PCI 14 PCI 8 PCI 13 PCI 7 PCI 6 PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 PCI 0 CPU bo...

Page 27: ...ctrical shock do not plug into any other type of power system To connect PROCESSOR and the OMNIBUS devices to the power supply follow these steps If using an OMNIBUS with redundant power supply first...

Page 28: ...able 6 Keyboard and mouse are plugged into the remote extension box instead of being plugged directly into the PROCESSOR The remote extension box is connected to the local extension box with the conne...

Page 29: ...digital mode For ARGUS systems with digital output and video or RGB insertions the output of the graphic cards is led over to OMNISCALERS and then connected to the display device Please refer to secti...

Page 30: ...VI to 2xDVI D adapter cable Digital output for display on projection modules with digital input Figure 3 15 Dual DVI to 2xDVI D adapter cable Dual DVI to 2xCRT adapter cable Analog output for display...

Page 31: ...s The upper con nector contains port 0 and 1 the lower one contains port 2 and 3 Thus the default sequence of the graphic channels is board 1 2 3 port 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9...

Page 32: ...14 VGA card For configuring a distributed system the graphical output of the central device must be displayed somewhere Therefore a VGA monitor can be connected either to the VGA Card of the central p...

Page 33: ...for the OMNISCALER AGX 3002 Within one system both types of OMNISCALERS can be used provided that the requirements given in the table below are considered OmniScaler maximal resolution channel requir...

Page 34: ...ER that is connected to the first graphic card as primary graphic adapter lightens also the green LED of the respective graphic channel For the explicit order of the OMNISCALERS please refer to the se...

Page 35: ...QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD package a video breakout cable is included The breakout cable itself provides eight BNC connectors that can be used to connect four S Video or composite signals The eight cable...

Page 36: ...k In case of a failure of one connection the other con nection will take over the complete network traffic If a redundant connection is not required either plug 1 or plug 2 can be used for the connect...

Page 37: ...orted Connectors The DUAL RGB INPUT CARD has two VGA compatible 15 pin SubMinD connectors Each is for connecting one RGB signal to the OMNIBUS If an UXGA signal is inserted it must be connected to RGB...

Page 38: ...multiple devices through the control room management software OSIRIS Connectors The Multiport I O Card has two serial sockets 1 1st serial port 2 2nd serial port Figure 3 26 Multiport I O Card Order...

Page 39: ...ct an Argus Processor to the LAN Ethernet Card 100 Mbps Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps Onboard LAN Adapter In a distributed system the rendering machines are booted via the sub net by means of packets sent b...

Page 40: ...ESSOR with the highest numbers If more than one network card is built in they are numbered in ascending order for descending PCI slot numbers The Ethernet addresses are labeled on the network cards LA...

Page 41: ...ring machines and OmniBus devices to projection modules can be found in section 6 1 6 Advanced Argus configuration The rendering machines are connected to the central processor within a separate sub n...

Page 42: ...________________________________________________ 3 24 Sub net The Sub net is established via a Gigabit Ethernet Switch The Gigabit Ethernet Switch connects the rendering processors and the central pro...

Page 43: ...ff Each ARGUS OMNIBUS should be connected to its host for the remote power on off mechanism Therefore the remote power on off connector 16 on the back of the host ARGUS PROCESSOR or rendering processo...

Page 44: ...er on off out connector of the last OMNIBUS must be connected to the external genlock loop through in connector 15 on the back of the next rendering processor If multiple ARGUS systems shall be locked...

Page 45: ...onnecting several OmniBus devices In the ARGUS PROCESSOR there are five PCI slots for link interface cards available Therefore five ARGUS OMNIBUS de vices can be connected to one ARGUS PROCESSOR Each...

Page 46: ...Card 6 Graph Card 7 Graph Card 8 Graph Card 9 Graph Card 10 Graph Card 11 Graph Card 12 Graph Card 1 Graph Card 2 Graph Card 3 Graph Card 4 PCI 13 PCI 12 PCI 11 PCI 10 PCI 9 PCI 8 PCI 7 PCI 6 PCI 5 PC...

Page 47: ...sed for plugging in expansion cards then these empty slots should be located between graphic cards and OMNISCALERS Graphic cards can be placed in different OMNIBUS devices than OMNISCALERS and the inp...

Page 48: ...ws using one OMNIBUS in a monolithic system OMNIBUS 1 G O I I O 13 12 17 11 16 10 15 9 14 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 PROCESSOR PCI video1 I16 0 video2 I16 1 video3 I16 2 video4 I16 3 video5 I17 0 video6 I17 1...

Page 49: ...I13 2 video 8 I13 3 video 9 I14 0 video 10 I14 1 video 20 I16 3 video 11 I14 2 video 12 I14 3 video 13 I15 0 video 14 I15 1 video 15 I15 2 video 16 I15 3 video 17 I16 0 video 18 I16 1 video 19 I16 2...

Page 50: ...2 video 28 I10 3 video 29 I11 0 video 30 I11 1 video 40 I13 3 video 31 I11 2 video 32 I11 3 video 33 I12 0 video 34 I12 1 video 35 I12 2 video 36 I12 3 video 37 I13 0 video 38 I13 1 video 39 I13 2 vi...

Page 51: ...video 23 I13 2 video 24 I13 3 video 18 I12 1 video 46 I15 1 video 47 I15 2 video 48 I15 3 video 41 I14 0 video 42 I14 1 video 43 I14 2 video 44 I14 3 video 45 I15 0 video 35 I12 2 video 36 I12 3 video...

Page 52: ...US 1 Figure 3 43 system configuration with digital output and partial usage of OMNISCALERs Therefore two OMNIBUS devices in a monolithic system are used OMNIBUS 1 is used for graphic cards The output...

Page 53: ...oard and 3 2 14 Argus OmniBus Connect the graphic cards to the OMNISCALERS if OMNISCALERS are used Connect the display devices to the graphic cards or OMNISCALERS At least one display must be connecte...

Page 54: ...n as well The order in which the central processor and the rendering processors are switched on is of no importance There are two possible boot modes for ARGUS Normal boot mode and eXtended safety boo...

Page 55: ...ot and enter shutdown h now for shutting down or shutdown r now for rebooting eos root shutdown h now When ARGUS has shut down it switches off automatically To avoid any complications it is recommende...

Page 56: ...nge the configuration log in as root and start the configuration utility The factory set password for root is barco eos login root Password barco Enter linuxconf eos root linuxconf Navigate within the...

Page 57: ...stem installation This means the settings for net device and kernel module are correct if the cards have been present during installation If a card is inserted afterwards also these settings have to b...

Page 58: ...distributed system as explained in section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system The section Adaptor 2 treats the network options of the subnet used with the distributed system For the sub net networ...

Page 59: ...gly recommended Once you have entered the login name and any other desired information select the Accept button If you decide against creating a new user hit Cancel instead Upon hitting Accept the con...

Page 60: ...eans of the configuration script EOSconfig To start this script change the directory first eos root cd opt MMT2686 config then execute the script eos opt MMT2686 config EOSconfig EOSconfig will guide...

Page 61: ...similar to configuring a monolithic ARGUS In this section configuration of a monolithic ARGUS is demonstrated but this part is identical for both kind of configuration See section 3 4 3 Configuring a...

Page 62: ...actor 2 Mouse Protocol ImPS 2 Mouse device PS 2 dev psaux Everything correct yes no yes y Settings for the Output Devices Please enter the required settings for Graphic Card Types AGX 3000 or AGX 3281...

Page 63: ...Please enter the required settings for Visual Depth Visual Class X Server s background RGB values XDM Font Server Depth resolution Specifying the depth resolution tells X 11 how many colors you want t...

Page 64: ...select your XDM broadcast will connect you to the XDM that replies first to your request Configuring X Display Manager XDM The local X Display Manager can be used to login on the Eos X Terminal Do yo...

Page 65: ...on defines the assignment of graphic channels to projection channels Please read the section X Server Configuration in the User s Manual Eos X Terminal Do you want to proceed yes no no y The correlati...

Page 66: ...esystem is only exported if a distributed system is config ured and it can only be mounted to the rendering machines High TCP UDP ports all ports less or equal 1023 are disabled except TCP UDP port 17...

Page 67: ...with the next step When configur ing a distributed system you have to specify the data for the central device and the rendering machines See section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system The EOS X c...

Page 68: ...e section 3 4 1 System configuration You have to insert the sub net specification according to the specifications explained in section 3 4 1 System configuration Changes have to be made in a consisten...

Page 69: ...L also in the motherboard BIOS Do you want to use WOL yes no no yes The script lists your settings Examine the values and confirm them by entering y or enter n for repeating the previous installation...

Page 70: ...4 3 engine_2 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 Everything correct yes no yes y Logic video channels The assignment of the adapters of QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARDS or STREAMING VIDEO CARDS to logic video channels can be def...

Page 71: ...uted X Server setup done Have fun NOTE enter service mmtserv to start the EOS X Server When configuration is completed you can enter service mmtserv to start the X server eos opt MMT2686 config servic...

Page 72: ...ching on the cursor wrap around feature yes no no no Subnet and rendering machines Next the Sub net and the rendering machines are configured Please see section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system...

Page 73: ...supported 1 TrueColor read only visual 2 DirectColor read write visual Enter the Visual Class 1 2 These are your MLS Server settings Core machine s second IP 192 168 1 254 Engines Netmask Address 255...

Page 74: ...s chapter shows the capabilities that ARGUS offers displaying graphics and video The multi screen capability of ARGUS the extensions of the X server and the X window system s strategies for color mana...

Page 75: ...ti head Every screen is represented in the multi head mode by a corresponding monitor and has its own root window An X client which is connected to this server can open windows on both screens However...

Page 76: ...alues The color map will be filled at runtime X 11 supports two ways for handling color maps shared color cell Colors that can be used by different X clients are called shared colors A color that was...

Page 77: ...able GrayScale can be viewed as a case of PseudoColor in which the red green and blue values in any given color map en try are equal and thus produce shades of gray Shared and private color cells can...

Page 78: ...llocation guarantees that each request for a shared color cell returns a color cell whether or not the color map is already full or an entry in the color map matches the request Please refer to sectio...

Page 79: ...RGB color format applies with module video as well as with video in a window QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD DUAL RGB INPUT CARD application windows of X clients PseudoColor 8 bit Video i...

Page 80: ...he X display manager comes pre installed with the system on your ARGUS Depending on the actual configura tion the xdm is started automatically and opens a chooser box offering all possible xdm hosts a...

Page 81: ...section 4 1 Multi screen capability X Blink With the X Blink extension a blinking property can be put on shared color cells A blinking color has two color information These two colors are changed with...

Page 82: ...Select Extern Select the external genlock signal for genlocking OFF Switch genlocking off ON Switch genlocking on Read Config File Read and apply the last saved genlock settings Save Config File Save...

Page 83: ...art X server in DirectColor mode 16 bpp true 32 Bit color mode Restart X server in TrueColor mode 32 bpp direct 32 Bit color mode Restart X server in DirectColor mode 32 bpp Alternatively the X server...

Page 84: ...er to the fvwm2 man pages Icon Man Please refer to the fvwm2 man pages Ident Please refer to the fvwm2 man pages Pager Please refer to the fvwm2 man pages Save Please refer to the fvwm2 man pages Save...

Page 85: ...ALER provides up scaling capabilities until full screen resolution and far beyond The backend scaling uses linear interpolation for calculating new pixels In standard configuration the X server depend...

Page 86: ...al input mode it supports two monitor signals with a pixel frequency between 10 MHz and 135 MHz in single input mode it supports one signal with a pixel frequency up to 270 MHz The most common VESA ti...

Page 87: ...77 20 5 20 XGA 1024 768 10 24 24 6 16 34 XGA 1024 768 15 24 36 9 11 34 XGA 1024 768 20 24 48 12 8 33 SXGA 1280 1024 10 24 40 10 10 34 SXGA 1280 1024 15 24 59 15 6 27 SXGA 1280 1024 20 24 79 20 5 20 U...

Page 88: ...n 400 MBps to provide optimal performance 400 MBps B1 B2 Bn Bandwidth optimization for video and RGB windows All optimization settings are made by means of the X video client please refer to the secti...

Page 89: ...the rendering machines is considered when creating the numbers of the video channels In a monolithic system where input cards are located in multiple OMNIBUS devices the video display is restricted t...

Page 90: ...al is connected to channel 1 Figure 4 3 Xvideo client control and canvas panel The video client offers up to three tabs for QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD and DUAL RGB INPUT CARD dependin...

Page 91: ...nter Switches the remote pointer ability of the above set screen on or off i e the pointer of the ARGUS can be used to operate the screen dis played by the RGB channel Map Unmap Remote Keyboard Maps o...

Page 92: ...of the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD max 4 channels the channels can be renamed Encoding Shows the detected video standard PAL NTSC SECAM Signal Select recording standard VHS S VHS Fps Select the frame rate...

Page 93: ...S Set saturation of video display Live Start video display Still Freeze video display SVC 1 Select video card the cards can be renamed Channel 1 Select video channel of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD max 4...

Page 94: ...eo client Figure 4 6 SVC Settings dialog of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD IP Configuration Address IP address of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD Each STREAMING VIDEO CARD needs its own fixed IP address Netmask Ne...

Page 95: ...g the OK button applies the parameters to the hardware and to the system Pressing the Cancel button closes the window anyhow changes that are already confirmed with the Add or Delete button can not be...

Page 96: ...icast streams are only sent to one single IP address only one Streaming Video Card at a time is able to display one particular unicast stream The following table lists the encoder specific values that...

Page 97: ...n be renamed Channel 1 Select video channel of the DUAL RGB INPUT CARD max 2 channels the channels can be renamed Presets Select a timing current timing is indicated in the button Auto Activate auto d...

Page 98: ...ines V_Freq frame rate Sync mode of synchronization Registry Clear Name Clear text box which displays name of current preset Append Current setting is added to the list of presets Insert Current setti...

Page 99: ...ows 95 98 NT Macintosh PowerMacintosh Switch desktop pattern to alternating one pixel wide black and white vertical lines Sun Workstation In console window cmdtool enter xsetroot mod 4 4 enter xsetroo...

Page 100: ...the File menu you can choose to save the current preset file or read in another A certain preset file can also be invoked as an option on the command line when starting the video client Please refer...

Page 101: ...cation name and allows to specify a certain resource file string DISPLAY display specifies remote host string xvideo control panel ctrlTitle clt determines the window title of the xvideo control panel...

Page 102: ...Resize ar enables 1 interactive resizing of the canvas panel 0 1 1 ratioAspect ra restricts 1 re sizing of the canvas panel to constant ratio of width and height of the video 0 1 0 winRatioAspect cvwa...

Page 103: ...o determines the start value of contrast 0 0 1 0 0 5 mpgBrightness mpgbr determines the start value of brightness 0 0 1 0 0 5 mpgSaturation mpgsa determines the start value of saturation Live Still Li...

Page 104: ...or RGB input filename opt MMT2686 etc xvideo presets prs factoryPresetFile fpf specifies factory preset file for RGB input see Table 7 9 read if no other preset file is specified filename etc MMTconfi...

Page 105: ...00 y 100 relative to the top left corner of the screen 300x400 width 300 pixel height 400 pixel position not specified 300x400 200 100 width 300 pixel height 400 pixel top right corner positioned at x...

Page 106: ...Associates January 1993 ISBN 1565920155 Syntax The resource syntax knows loose binding and tight binding name variable value loose binding name variable value tight binding Table 4 18 The loose bindin...

Page 107: ...to define settings which effect all xvideo clients E g XVideo encoding PAL XVideo recording VHS is evaluated by both clients xvideo foo and xvideo dummy concerning the example above Path of resource...

Page 108: ...Video class concerning the canvas panel option argument default meaning canvas display string DISPLAY see option canvasDisplay above canvas title string xvideo canvas panel see option canvasTitle abov...

Page 109: ...uration above qav boardMenu string QAVC 1 QAVC 2 QAVC 3 Sets the names of the video card appearing in the video cards menu 32 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first...

Page 110: ...t video card appearing in the channel menu 4 names each 12 characters separated by are al lowed First name matches first adapter and so on mpg boardChannelMenu32 string Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 C...

Page 111: ...names of the video card appearing in the video cards menu 64 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first video card and so on int 1 drgb boardNumber see option drgbBoar...

Page 112: ...ARGUS Commands can be sent to switch the lamps and analog video controllers on and off or the status of the illumination units can be scanned The REMOTE CONTROL can also be used for monitoring ARGUS I...

Page 113: ...SI can be scanned and switched Switch The HERMES V2A HERMES VXA HERMES D2D and HERMES DXD can be scanned and switched If available the video controller can be operated Starting the daemon The REMOTE C...

Page 114: ...host computer and daemon on ARGUS For this purpose the client sends periodically keep alive telegrams for the daemon The daemon boots ARGUS after absence of the telegrams The rctrlmon client can be s...

Page 115: ...ocal host Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started p port 13579 Specifies port of the rcrld daemon Default should not be changed e exec command Specifies desired command Table 4 28...

Page 116: ...ifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started p port 13579 Specifies port of the rcrld daemon Default should not be changed e exec command Specifies desired command Table 4 30 The client ac...

Page 117: ...emon Default should not be changed e exec command Specifies desired command b Switch off broadcast mode Table 4 32 The client accepts following commands command meaning Returns a list and short descri...

Page 118: ...lt should not be changed e exec command Specifies desired command s Starting client in special mode for re setting operation hours Table 4 34 The client accepts following commands command meaning Retu...

Page 119: ...can either be indicated in the form e g 1 2 or 2 2 or a shortcut can be used thru or In1 to Out 1 In2 to Out 2 cross or x In1 to Out 2 In2 to Out 1 1 both or 1 b In1 to Out 1 and Out2 2 both or 2 b In...

Page 120: ...RVIEW and ATLAS Cubes and the various HERMES boxes Display 1 Single cubes can be specified by scrolling with the arrow buttons All Send respective command to all connected cubes On Switch on specified...

Page 121: ...applicable for HERMES DXD and HERMES VXA In 1 for Out 2 Switch second output to first input color code according to LEDs In 2 for Out 2 Switch second output to second input color code according to LE...

Page 122: ...meaning name string none Changes application name and allows to specify a certain resource file display string DISPLAY Specifies remote host geometry geometry 200 100 Specifies position and size of t...

Page 123: ...a re source file is opt MMT2686 bin linux RCtrl The following table lists all resources of the rctrl class option argument default meaning title string REMOTE CONTROL Determines the window title of t...

Page 124: ...of module o Switching on lamp CTRL LEFT SHIFT LEFT number of module f Switching off lamp CTRL LEFT SHIFT LEFT number of unit a Switching to analog input In 1 CTRL LEFT SHIFT LEFT number of unit d Swit...

Page 125: ...just a very short description Table 4 42 4 8 2 DDC utility The UGX GRAPHIC CARD and the AGX GRAPHIC CARD supports each the DDC standard DDC stands for Display Data Channel As a standard communication...

Page 126: ...Color mode with 32 bpp color depth the following input would be necessary service mmtserv true32 Alternatively the X server can by restarted by means of the entries in the work menu of the window mana...

Page 127: ...eturned by means of the info option Therefore enter the following expression into the command line service eosxs info Thereupon date and time of the backup is displayed Backup procedure The following...

Page 128: ...ption restore to boot from the backup partition service eosxs restore In both cases you have to be logged in locally on the ARGUS and the X server must not be started Before the restore procedure actu...

Page 129: ...2cfg 2 5 0 1 osxblink 2 4 0 1 eosxmc 2 4 0 1 eosxserver dis 2 5 0 1 eosxserver mon 2 5 0 1 eosxtest 2 4 0 1 eosxtrap 2 4 0 1 eosxvideo 2 4 0 1 The EOS System is in a save state If there are RPM packag...

Page 130: ...number nr starts fast blinking for 10 seconds If t is indicated the LED blinks during the specified time interval tree Displays an overview about the inserted network cards including an AFT team team...

Page 131: ...the STREAMING VIDEO CARD with the number n and channel m as genlock signal firstsync selects the first video input card as genlock signal info returns a list with information if genlock is activated a...

Page 132: ...3265 2 user s manual Revision 06 February 2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 5 1 5 Maintenance ARGUS requires very little maintenance Ask authorized personnel...

Page 133: ...lean the cabinet Stubborn stains may be removed with a cloth lightly dampened with mild detergent solution Never use strong solvents such as thinner or benzine or abrasive cleaners since these will da...

Page 134: ...s X Terminal DOC 3265 2 user s manual Revision 06 February 2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 6 1 6 Advanced configuration This chapter provides help for reconf...

Page 135: ...ponding configuration script from the hard disk and perform the configuration as explained in the corresponding sections Although the ext3 file system offers good protection against file system incons...

Page 136: ...ired keyword ARGUS in eXtended safety boot mode press the Enter key ARGUS in normal boot mode type eosn and press the Enter key Upgrade ARGUS please see section 6 1 3 Upgrading system software Figure...

Page 137: ...______________________________________ 6 4 Figure 6 3 The configuration of the keyboard is reported Figure 6 4 The second configuration item is the network configuration Pressing the Yes button enable...

Page 138: ...r the default gateway or primary name server there will be default values entered automatically into the empty fields To overcome this the F12 key can be pressed instead of the OK button Figure 6 6 Wh...

Page 139: ...CD from the drive as soon as the drawer ejects it After this system upgrade you have also to run through 3 4 2 X 11 configuration and if you have a distributed system through 3 4 3 Configuring a dist...

Page 140: ...ile ASK_PRIMARY_NIC_TYPE 0 Type of interface 100 Mbps BNC ASK_X11_CURSOR 0 Size of X 11 cursor ASK_X11_MOUSE 0 Type of X 11 mouse ASK_X11_FONTSERVER 0 IP address and port number of font server ASK_X11...

Page 141: ...to 6 seconds for detection Therefore this should not be used as a standard see section 4 8 2 DDC utility no_ddc DDC detection is not done at all DRGB_888 All RGB sources are digitized and transferred...

Page 142: ...s can be assigned to each screen Multiple logical screens can be used in two different modes Separate screens or Contiguous screens These modes differ only in the behavior of the cursor and in the dem...

Page 143: ...refer to section 4 6 2 The video channels for a basic explanation of video channels The video section must not be changed manually but by means of the script EOSconfig see section 3 4 3 Configuring a...

Page 144: ...4 5 6 7 8 engine 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 engine 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 Channel 1 4 Channel 5 8 Rendering 1 Rendering 2 ARGUS ARGUS 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 Figure 6 13 In the above example eight different videos can be...

Page 145: ...me videos shall be movable on the left part of the wall others on the right part of the wall Each OMNIBUS is equipped with graphic cards OMNISCALERS and input cards With the standard ordering the firs...

Page 146: ...he information of the leftmost projection cubes on the middle row and is therefore correlated with the projection channel 5 etc You may insert blank lines and comments starting with a character for be...

Page 147: ...Activates deactivates hot keys rctrl_key1 XK_Ctrl_L Defines first key for hot keys rctrl_key2 XK_Shift_L Defines second key for hot keys rctrl_host hostname local host Specifies hostname or IP address...

Page 148: ...ot is barco eos login root Password barco root eos root cd opt MMT2686 ians Start the script by entering config root eos config config The script will prompt you to select the network cards that are p...

Page 149: ...1 IP address 150 158 181 176 Net mask 255 255 254 0 Are you sure y n y BARCO iANS Configuration completed successfully When confirming the selected values with y the AFT team will be configured else y...

Page 150: ...X clients that are to be started later File mode The environment variable NEARBY_FILE specifies the name of a file that contains the definition of shared col ors The environment variable NEARBY_FILE i...

Page 151: ...plete ARGUS system please refer to section 3 3 3 Switching off but leave the power switch 35 of the rendering processor on Repeat the following for all rendering processors Connect a keyboard to the r...

Page 152: ...2 user s manual Revision 06 February 2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 7 1 7 Technical appendix This chapter provides tabular overviews about the technical det...

Page 153: ...98 in 19 76 in 183mm 482mm 565mm 7 20 in 18 98 in 22 24 in weight 15 7kg 34 6lbs power mains 100 240V 60Hz 50Hz power consumption standard power supply redundant power supply 300 W 400 W operating co...

Page 154: ...tainer and front plate 352 18 mm 121 92 mm weight 280 g plugs 1 64 32bit Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector 2 Dual DVI connector Table 7 3 AGX Graphic Card graphic accelerator 2 RAGE MOBILITY 1...

Page 155: ...250 gr plugs 1 64 32bit Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector 1 Dual DVI connector in 1 Dual DVI connector out Table 7 5 Quad Analog Video Card video decoder 4 x Micronas VPC3230D de interlacer 4...

Page 156: ...ols IGMP multicast subscription supported encoders VCS iMPath Vbrick NELL Teleste NKF Synectics Optibase ASI to IP colors internal data path YUV 4 2 2 16 bit wide bus PCI bus 64 bit 3 3 5 V max 66 MHz...

Page 157: ...0x1024 75Hz 1280x1024 60Hz 1280x1024 75Hz 1280x1024 85Hz 1400x1050 70Hz 1600x1200 85Hz 1920x1440 60Hz 1920x1440 75Hz 2048x1536 60Hz 2048x1536 65Hz max frame rate with internal color depth of 16 bpp an...

Page 158: ...24 200 0 0 6 128 16 800x600 60Hz 2 1056 800 628 600 16666 27 216 0 0 6 128 16 800x600 72Hz 2 1040 800 666 600 13888 29 184 0 0 6 128 16 800x600 75Hz 2 1056 800 625 600 13333 24 240 0 0 6 128 16 800x6...

Page 159: ...5Hz 2 2456 1792 1417 1344 13333 72 568 1 0 6 128 16 1856x1392 60Hz 2 2528 1856 1439 1392 16666 46 576 1 0 6 128 16 1856x1392 75Hz 2 2560 1856 1500 1392 13333 107 576 1 0 6 128 16 1920x1440 60Hz 2 2600...

Page 160: ...ata1 17 0 Data0 14 0 red 48 43 0 Clock 18 0 Data2 13 0 blue 49 GND 42 0 Clock 19 0 Data2 12 GND 50 0 Hsync 41 20 11 0 5V Power 51 0 Vsync 40 0 Hot Plug detect 21 10 0 DDC clock 52 GND 39 0 LED PGA 22...

Page 161: ...ata2 18 Data0 10 Data1 2 Data2 19 Data0 Shield 11 Data1 Shield 3 Data2 Shield 20 12 4 21 13 5 22 Clock Shield 14 5V Power 6 DDC Clock 23 Clock 15 Ground return for 5V 7 DDC Data 24 Clock 16 Hot Plug D...

Page 162: ...17 1 Data0 14 48 43 1 Clock 18 1 Data2 13 49 GND 42 1 Clock 19 1 Data2 12 GND 50 41 20 11 51 40 1 Hot Plug detect 21 10 1 DDC clock 52 GND 39 1 LED PGA 22 9 1 DDC data 53 38 Scaler detect 23 Int Scale...

Page 163: ...1 20 11 0 5V Power 51 40 0 Hot Plug detect 21 10 0 DDC clock 52 GND 39 0 LED PGA 22 9 0 DDC data 53 38 Scaler detect 23 Int Scaler 8 GND 54 GND 37 1 LED PGA 24 7 1 DDC data 55 36 1 Hot Plug detect 25...

Page 164: ...BS Y 1 blue wire C1 grey wire channel 2 CVBS Y 2 black wire C2 purple wire channel 3 CVBS Y 3 red wire C3 orange wire channel 4 CVBS Y 4 yellow wire C4 green wire Figure 7 6 Colors of the wires might...

Page 165: ...____________________________________ 7 14 PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse 1 2 3 5 4 6 1 data 4 5V 2 5 clock 3 GND 6 Figure 7 9 COM1 and COM2 5 9 6 1 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RxD 7 RTS 3 TxD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND F...

Page 166: ...s please refer to the IEEE802 3 specification section 8 4 Coaxial Cables and Electrical Parameters 8 1 1 TX 5 2 TX 6 RX 3 RX 7 4 8 Figure 7 12 RJ 45 connector pin assignments Connection cable keyboard...

Page 167: ...r s manual Argus X Terminal English RSMMT27330 RSDRV33560 CD ROM drive for software upgrades DVD ROM drive for software upgrades RSAGX32811 UGX GRAPHIC CARD with DVI D adapter cable digital AGX 3281 0...

Page 168: ...ating system RSPCX32250 Dust filter for ARGUS OMNIBUS RSEOS31040 Dust filter for ARGUS PROCESSOR Cables and adapters RSGBP26050 RSGBP26051 RSGBP26052 RSGBP26053 RSGBP26060 REMOTE CONTROL cable 9 m cab...

Page 169: ...s manual Revision 06 February 2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 8 1 8 Troubleshooting Check this chapter for help if your ARGUS does not boot properly and for...

Page 170: ...00 done 4 1 11 0 init BAs 38000008 0000B401 48C40000 done 5 1 11 1 init BAs 3C000008 0000B401 48C44000 done The ordinary self test report of a PC is displayed The other displays show their respective...

Page 171: ...anual Revision 06 February 2005 _____________________________________________________________________ 8 3 8 2 Argus does not boot from CD Check if booting from CD is enabled in the mainboard BIOS setu...

Page 172: ..._______________________________________________________________ 8 4 8 3 Hot line Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions Barco N V Projection Systems Europe Noordlaan 5 B 8520 Kuurne...

Page 173: ...4 3 color depth 4 3 configuration 3 45 color distortions 6 17 color management 4 3 color map 4 3 6 17 COM interface 7 14 composite video 3 17 configuration file file menu 4 18 configuration script 3 4...

Page 174: ...assignment 6 12 graphical user interface Remote Control 4 47 GrayScale 4 4 GUI Remote Control 4 47 hard disk drive 3 3 Hermes D2D Remote Control client 4 40 4 46 Hermes DXD Remote Control client 4 40...

Page 175: ...DVI interface 7 12 onboard LAN adapter 3 21 online manual 1 7 options canvas panel 4 29 config and preset files 4 31 control panel 4 28 Dual RGB Input Card 4 30 module video and module RGB 4 31 of vid...

Page 176: ...4 39 daemon 4 40 hot keys 6 14 Remote Control client 4 9 4 40 rendering machines assignment 3 23 cabling 3 24 channels 6 13 configuration 3 50 geometry 6 9 IP address 3 50 network cards 3 21 numbering...

Page 177: ...56 eosxs 3 36 3 41 3 49 3 53 3 55 4 54 6 2 6 6 genlock 4 58 network reporting 4 57 procfg 4 57 restart X server 4 53 service mmtserv 4 53 showwallinfo 4 52 VESA timings 4 13 4 26 VGA Card 3 14 interfa...

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