2. Summary
Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005
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Argus - distributed system
In a distributed system one A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
is used as central processor. It is equipped with keyboard and mouse.
Via a sub-net the central processor controls the rendering machines. Each rendering machine consists in an A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
used as rendering processor and one or two A
RGUS
O
MNI
B
US
devices. The rendering processor is the host
computer of its one or two O
MNI
B
US
devices.
The processors distribute and process the graphic data of the X server, whereas the O
MNI
B
US
devices are
equipped with the Barco graphic cards, O
MNI
S
CALERS
and input cards to integrate video and RGB data and to dis-
play it on the display wall.
The distributed system enables to set up display walls of any size where video and RGB windows can freely be
moved.
PCI
PCI
PCI
A
RGUS
A
RGUS
A
RGUS
Central Processor
Rendering Processor
O
MNI
B
US
Ethernet, TCP/IP
X Window
Ethernet, TCP/IP
A
RGUS
A
RGUS
A
RGUS
A
RGUS
Rendering engine 3
Rendering engine 2
Rendering engine 1
Figure 2-2
48 channel distributed system
