3. Getting started
Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005
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3.3.2
Switching on
First make sure that the power switches [26] of all connected O
MNI
B
US
devices are on. The
LED operating status
[3] on each O
MNI
B
US
should show a red light. Check also that the power switches [35] (if available) on the rear of
the A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
and rendering processors are switched on. Then switch on the A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
and the ren-
dering processors by pressing the
power button
[13] on the front of each device! By means of the remote
power on/off mechanism each O
MNI
B
US
is switched on and initialized in the necessary order. The LED operating
status of each O
MNI
B
US
should show a green light.
If the remote power on/off mechanism is not used, each O
MNI
B
US
must be switched on first by means of the
push button on/off
[4] on the front. If the LED of each of it turns green, the respective host can be switched on
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 A
RGUS
.
Normal boot mode and eXtended safety boot mode. See section
. The operation of A
RGUS
differs a little, depending on this mode.
Normal boot mode
The displays show their respective bus and slot no., e. g.:
PCI Bus: 2, PORT: 1
After a few minutes the graphical user interface X.11 appears.
eXtended safety boot mode
The displays show their respective bus and slot no., e. g.:
PCI Bus: 2, PORT: 1
The A
RGUS
startup screen comes up. Select
linux
to boot from the working partition.
If you select backup, the restore procedure is started and the working partition becomes
overwritten with the backup system, which might lead to a loss of current data, depending
on the state of the backup, please see section
4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility)
Figure 3-44
Argus startup screen
After a few minutes the graphical user interface X.11 appears.
Configuration
If software configuration has already been carried out you can go on with chapter
. Otherwise proceed
configuring A
RGUS
in section
