Barco Coronis, User Manual

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Display properties
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Firmware Revisions: This is the runtime firmware that is loaded in
the display. This information may be helpful when there is a
problem.
Internal Temperature: This is the temperature inside the display. It
starts out at about the ambient temperature when the display
backlight is first turned on, then rises slowly to a steady-state
temperature as the display warms up. Changes in light level due to
temperature variations are completely controlled by the I-Guard
sensor on the front of the display.
Current Luminance Value: This is the current luminance value of the
display. It may vary a bit from time to time, for the display
continuously calibrates itself to meet the target luminance value.
Please refer to the on-line help for more information about the
information available on the BarcoMed Display Tab.
Configuring the Windows desktop
Note:
If you are using a color display in conjunction with your
Barco grayscale display(s) you should configure your desktop
before setting the resolution of the your Barco grayscale
display(s).
You must have logged on to Windows using an account with
administrator privileges in order to use the Barco portions of the
Windows Display Control Panel
to change any display settings.
The recommended configuration for best grayscale image quality when
using a color display in conjunction with your high-resolution grayscale
display(s) is to set the
color display
as the
primary
monitor of the
Windows desktop. Then set the colors setting on the
“Settings”
tab of
the
Windows Display Control Panel
to the highest possible color depth
(e.g. 32 bits-per-pixel “true color”) supported by the color display’s
controller.
The colors setting for your high-resolution grayscale displays should
default to 256 colors (8 bits per pixel). You should set the
palette mode
for the your high-resolution grayscale displays to
Static Gray palette
with NO system colors
. This guarantees that the all of the 256 gray