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TransForm A

Workstation for Windows

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Page 1: ...User s manual TransForm A Workstation for Windows...

Page 2: ...ter 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 see modification bars add Passages of...

Page 3: ...med 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 d...

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 barcocontr...

Page 5: ...etting started 3 1 3 1 Examining 3 2 3 1 1 Processor 3 2 3 1 2 OmniBus A12 3 7 3 1 3 OmniBus A18 3 10 3 1 4 Extender 3 13 3 2 Cabling 3 15 3 2 1 Power supply 3 15 3 2 2 Mouse 3 15 3 2 3 Keyboard 3 15...

Page 6: ...and RGB windows 4 4 4 2 Features of video and RGB display 4 7 4 2 1 Basic video display mode 4 7 4 2 2 Channel video 4 7 4 2 3 OmniScaler 4 7 4 2 4 Video switcher 4 7 4 2 5 Genlock 4 7 4 2 6 Distribut...

Page 7: ...driver agxuninst exe 6 23 6 1 7 Special requirements when installing Windows 2000 XP 6 25 6 1 8 Adjustment of language settings under Windows XP 6 27 6 1 9 Installing display drivers for new cards or...

Page 8: ...ugust 2007 _____________________________________________________________ 1 1 1 Introduction This chapter explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols Safety...

Page 9: ...eatures of TRANSFORM A Getting Started describes the setup of TRANSFORM A Operating shows the capabilities which TRANSFORM A offers displaying graphics and video Maintenance describes the maintenance...

Page 10: ...arrow marks a line that must be made 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...

Page 11: ...and the limits for a class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules Electromagnetic immunity of TRANSFORM A complies with EN55024 1 3 2 Precautions For your own protection observe the fo...

Page 12: ...ere people will walk on the cord To disconnect the cord pull it out by the plug Never pull the cord itself If an extension cord is used with this product make sure that the total of the ampere ratings...

Page 13: ...or heat register This unit should not be placed in a built in in stallation or enclosure unless proper ventilation is provided The maximum recommended ambient temperature for this equipment is 40 C Wh...

Page 14: ...y open the file index htm from the CD by means of the Explorer Follow the links named Product software Windows driver suite for the release of the graphic driver that is installed on TRANSFORM A and c...

Page 15: ...o TransForm A Workstation for Windows DOC 3266 2 Revision 16 August 2007 _____________________________________________________________ 2 1 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features o...

Page 16: ...SFORM A OMNIBUS devices with dedicated Switch Fabric and intelligent high bandwidth backplane pro vides the optimized resources needed for graphic and video data integration Supports current LAN and W...

Page 17: ...top is generated and integrated with the video and RGB insertion data Medium sized systems can be set up with a PROCESSOR and one single OMNIBUS For larger display walls with multi ple video or RGB so...

Page 18: ...DOC 3266 2 Revision 16 August 2007 _____________________________________________________________ 3 1 3 Getting started This chapter describes the setup of the TRANSFORM A Workstation for Windows and p...

Page 19: ...10 6 2 9 1 air supply 2 handle of filter mounting 3 restart button 4 reserved 5 buzzer reset button power module failed only applicable with redundant power supply 6 red LED power module failed only...

Page 20: ...nts from un mounting the hard disk unintentionally While turning the lock it is easily possible to un mount the hard disk Therefore only turn the lock if the PROCESSOR is switched off Figure 3 2 SATA...

Page 21: ...the middle position a row of eight indicators which display the different operating modes of the system The extensive documentation of the LED codes can be found on the documentation CD of the RAID sy...

Page 22: ...ards link interface cards Barco s expansion cards etc de pending on configuration 25 mains connection of power module 26 PS 2 mouse green jack 27 PS 2 keyboard purple jack 28 2 USB 29 COM1 30 LPT1 not...

Page 23: ...of the PROCESSOR To protect the PROCESSOR from overheating the air supply openings in the case shall be kept free of obstructions To disconnect the PROCESSOR from the power supply all power cords have...

Page 24: ...n flap 3 On Off switch 4 green LED power on on power is switched on off power is switched off 5 buzzer reset button power module failed 6 red LED standby component failed on standby mode Power applies...

Page 25: ...are 14 card slots visible from the back with the left two positions having a fixed assignment for the link interface card 9 and the CPU board 10 Graphic cards OmniScalers and input cards 11 22 follow...

Page 26: ...QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD DUAL DVI INPUT CARD DUAL RGB INPUT CARD QUAD SDI VIDEO CARD and STREAMING VIDEO CARD link slot PCI 11 PCI 10 PCI 9 PCI 8 PCI 7 PCI 6 PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 PCI 12 CPU bo...

Page 27: ...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 on OMNIBUS A18 is started either by the On Off push butt...

Page 28: ...8 there are 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 TRANSFORM A...

Page 29: ...O CARD DUAL DVI INPUT CARD DUAL RGB INPUT CARD QUAD SDI VIDEO CARD and STREAMING VIDEO CARD 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...

Page 30: ...ER sufficient The front The EXTENDER looks like this or similar 1 2 4 3 5 7 8 6 1 ventilation flap with air supply 2 lock of ventilation flap 3 On Off switch 4 green LED power on on power is switched...

Page 31: ...In total there are 14 card slots visible from the back with the most left position having a fixed assignment for the link interface card 9 Graphic cards OmniScalers and input cards 10 22 follow depend...

Page 32: ...ly follow these steps If using an OMNIBUS with redundant power supply first connect an equipotential bondig conductor to the connector 28 Figure 3 11 at an OMNIBUS A18 and connector 26 Figure 3 8 at a...

Page 33: ...use 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 connection cable 20m The lo...

Page 34: ...can be processed For TRANSFORM A 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 ref...

Page 35: ...startup In an OmniBus configuration the graphic cards are plugged into the OMNIBUS devices For the explicit order of the graphic cards please refer to the section 3 2 15 OmniBus In a Processor configu...

Page 36: ...tal mode can be connected DDC information from the projection device is looped through to the graphic card for further processing Connectors The OMNISCALER provides one Dual DVI connector for data ins...

Page 37: ...I slots of the OMNIBUS devices please refer to section 3 2 15 OmniBus In a Processor configuration the OMNISCALERS might be inserted in the PCI slots of the PROCESSOR or the EXTENDER If more than one...

Page 38: ...channel 2 3 video channel 3 4 video channel 4 5 green LED channel 1 6 green LED channel 2 7 green LED channel 3 8 green LED channel 4 9 RJ45 GPIO connector reserved Table 3 1 channels of the QUAD ANAL...

Page 39: ...avelet and TRANSFORM SCN streams STREAMING VIDEO CARD SVC 2 MPEG 2 MPEG 4 and visiowave streams STREAMING VIDEO CARD J2K JPEG2000 video streams Table 3 2 Supported stream types of STREAMING VIDEO CARD...

Page 40: ...00Mbps 4 RJ45 Network connector 4 control network 10 100Mbps a green LED ON connected to the Ethernet b green LED ON connected with 100 Mbps SVC 1 J2K control 1000 Mbps SVC 2 J2K video OFF connected w...

Page 41: ...andard SMPTE 259M C 4 2 2 270Mbps only Connectors The QUAD SDI VIDEO CARD has four BNC connectors to connect four SDI sources To each input there is a LED associ ated 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 1 green LED cha...

Page 42: ...s also the connector that is used to connect a signal in single input mode 1 2 1 input channel 1 DVI I dual link 2 input channel 2 DVI I Figure 3 30 connector of DUAL DVI INPUT CARD Adapter cables For...

Page 43: ...Y blue B C Pb black only on BNC adapter cable V SYNC gray only on BNC adapter cable H SYNC Table 3 4 Connection of analog signals to DUAL DVI INPUT CARD Order Within a single DUAL DVI INPUT CARD the...

Page 44: ...sync Vsync Csync and Sync on Green are supported Connectors The DUAL RGB INPUT CARD has two VGA compatible 15 pin SubMinD connectors Each is for connecting one RGB signal to TRANSFORM A RGB In 2 RGB I...

Page 45: ...evices through Barco s Wall Management Software APOLLO Connectors The Multiport I O Card has two serial sockets 1 1st serial port 2 2nd serial port Figure 3 32 Multiport I O Card Order The Multiport I...

Page 46: ...he card With a PROCESSOR AGS 3390 1 2 also the two onboard LAN adapters 32a and 32b can be used to establish a redundant network connection Please refer also to section 6 1 11 Redundant network adapte...

Page 47: ...onnecting order remote power on off All TRANSFORM A devices of an OmniBus configuration should be connected in a daisy chain for remote power on off mechanism Therefore the remote power on off connect...

Page 48: ...external source is used for genlocking it must be connected to the external genlock in connector 17 on the back of the PROCESSOR If multiple TRANSFORM A systems shall be locked to the same source the...

Page 49: ...last under tension or being bent or twisted Connecting several OmniBus devices In the PROCESSOR AGS 3389 there are four PCI slots for link interface cards available With AGS 3328 or AGS 3390 five lin...

Page 50: ...Link Inter face 3 Link Inter face 1 Link Inter face 2 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 13 PCI 12 PCI 11 PCI 10 PCI 9 PCI 8 PCI 7 PCI 6 PCI 5 PCI 0 PCI 4 PCI 17 PCI 3 PCI 16 PCI 2 PCI 15 PCI 1 PCI 14 link...

Page 51: ...PROCESSOR and in the EXTENDER which are connected with a round cable Figure 3 42 Round cable to connect PROCESSOR and EXTENDER The cable between Processor and Extender is fragile It may not last under...

Page 52: ...ng to the graphic cards they are connected to Numbering begins at slot PCI 1 of the PROCESSOR As soon as an EXTENDER is connected numbering continues with the PCI slots of this EXTENDER After that the...

Page 53: ...TREAMING VIDEO CARD The schematic drawings of the TRANSFORM A devices show always the view on the back of a device To keep it clearly arranged only the available PCI slots are plotted The display wall...

Page 54: ...hannels Lots of intermediate configurations are also possible In this exam ple there is a configuration shown where the number of output channels and video sources is more balanced in an eight channel...

Page 55: ...1 13 12 17 11 16 10 15 9 14 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 PCI PROCESSOR frg0 I 12 0 frg1 I 12 1 frg2 I 12 2 frg3 I 12 3 frg4 I 13 0 frg5 I 13 1 frg6 I 13 2 frg7 I 13 3 frg8 I 14 0 frg9 I 14 1 frg19 I16 3 frg10 I...

Page 56: ...0 3 frg8 I 11 0 frg9 I 11 1 frg10 I 11 2 frg11 I 11 3 frg12 I 12 0 frg1 I 9 1 frg4 I 10 0 frg5 I 10 1 Figure 3 48 large system configuration Four OMNIBUS devices are used to operate this huge display...

Page 57: ...1 Figure 3 49 system configuration with digital output and partial OMNISCALER usage Therefore two OMNIBUS devices are used OMNIBUS 1 is used for graphic cards The output of the graphic cards 4 8 is di...

Page 58: ...IBUS A18 devices are on The LED operating status 3 Figure 3 10 on each OMNIBUS A18 should show a red light Check also that the power switches 35 Figure 3 5 on the rear of the PROCESSOR if available ar...

Page 59: ...ating system before switching off your TransForm A Click the Start button on the taskbar and choose Shut Down to display the Shut down Windows dialog box Figure 3 50 shut down dialog for Windows 2000...

Page 60: ...with Windows XP 3 4 1 System requirements The system requirements given by Microsoft for the respective operating system apply also for TRANSFORM A In addition Barco recommends the usage of the follow...

Page 61: ...Wall Management Software APOLLO requires an earlier release of the display driver suite the respective folder Windows Driver Suite X Y should be copied from CD TransForm A Suite CRS 3045 C to the fol...

Page 62: ...to search for a suitable driver Click No not this time to prevent this and then Next On the Install Hardware Device Drivers dialog select Search for a suitable driver for my device and con tinue with...

Page 63: ...tem is equipped with UGX GRAPHIC CARDS c BARCO TransForm A Suite Windows Driver Suite OVS 2686 Windows Driver Suite X X AGX3281 agx3281 inf And specify respectively the following path if your system i...

Page 64: ...specified driver Check if the path you entered one step before is indicated and continue with Next After selecting the appropriate folder click Next It takes some seconds during which the wizard searc...

Page 65: ...sage in beforehand If you want to do so go to the Hardware tab of the System Properties dialog Start Settings Control Panel System and click the Driver Signing button On the Driver Signing Options di...

Page 66: ...computer Click No and wait some time to see if the Found New Hardware Wizard starts again As long as a new Found New Hardware Wizard comes up repeat the steps of this section again for it If the Foun...

Page 67: ...he restart log in as Administrator open the Windows Explorer and go to the folder c BARCO TransForm A Suite Windows Driver Suite OVS 2686 Windows Driver Suite X X Double click on the file setup exe Th...

Page 68: ...ls the drivers for Barco s graphic cards and input cards Selecting Switcher language compiler installs the switcher language compiler which allows to flexibly define system configurations with externa...

Page 69: ...ditional presets in respect to the former one This new preset file is copied to the system but it is not automatically activated in order to prevent your customized presets from being removed To make...

Page 70: ...ndows will point you to the fact that the driver is not digitally signed Press Continue Anyway Figure 3 57 Windows logo testing only with Windows XP The files will be copied to your system This may la...

Page 71: ...erties dialog appears Move the slider in the section Screen area to the very right to select the largest screen area possible and click Apply The following dialog must be confirmed with Yes Configurat...

Page 72: ...driver For configuring the display driver click the Start button on the taskbar and choose Settings and then Control Panel to display the Control Panel dialog box Figure 3 59 Display Settings in the C...

Page 73: ...s or to the display driver in general turn this option off The simplest possibility to bypass all conflicts in storage management is to deactivate the use of device bitmaps However this will cause a d...

Page 74: ...e initially after rebooting changed value after one step Table 3 11 When connecting display devices susceptible to image burn in like CRT monitors to TRANSFORM A the orbiting mode can help to reduce t...

Page 75: ...all by entering the number of columns into the Columns box and the number of rows into the Rows box The configuration is interactively displayed below Either indicate the Cols and Rows number by click...

Page 76: ...nt of projection cubes to graphic chan nels see as well the example in the figure below you can select Rows in the Order box Figure 3 64 Alternate assignment of graphic channels For a freely defined o...

Page 77: ...raphics cards in TRANSFORM A have to be UGX GRAPHIC CARDS In general the upper projection module is connected to the output channel of TRANSFORM A the lower projec tion module is connected to the loop...

Page 78: ...ions between the projections of multiple projectors An array of pixels at the border between two adjacent projectors is generated twice for each of the two projectors This enables to overlap the proje...

Page 79: ...For setting the display properties open the Display Properties dialog box as described in section 3 5 2 Configuring the display driver Click the Settings tab Move the slider in the Screen area box to...

Page 80: ...playing video it is important to work with an appropriate cursor TRANSFORM A uses always a hardware cursor if not a colored pointer scheme is selected A hardware cursor has the advantage that it is pe...

Page 81: ...rkstation for Windows DOC 3266 2 Revision 16 August 2007 _____________________________________________________________ 4 1 4 Operating This chapter shows the capabilities that TRANSFORM A offers for d...

Page 82: ...ideo a video window that is displayed on the display area of two or more OMNIBUS devices see section 4 2 6 Distributed video 4 1 2 Streaming Video Card SVC 1 The STREAMING VIDEO CARD SVC 1 is able to...

Page 83: ...y and single input mode for specially demanding sources The mode is automatically switched depending on the signal that is ap plied at In 1 In single input mode the second input is not available dual...

Page 84: ...ixels frame rate fps color depth bpp bandwidth per window MBps OmniBus A18 input card in OmniBus A12 Processor Configuration Processor AGS 3390 1 2 NTSC 640 480 30 16 19 21 4 2 2 3 5 10 PAL SECAM1 720...

Page 85: ...rom the table above fr frame rate For video a frame rate of 25fps PAL SECAM and 30fps NTSC is standard For dynamic RGB input a frame rate of 20 fps in normal cases gives an acceptable performance If t...

Page 86: ...he transmission to the OMNISCALERS On the OMNISCALER the factor for pre scaling is considered during up scaling to obtain a video window in the desired size Use Pre Scale in the Scaler Settings dialog...

Page 87: ...er and color depth can be selected independently from the color depth chosen for the Windows 2000 or Windows XP desktop One OMNISCALER provides the capabil ity to process up to 128 video and RGB input...

Page 88: ...e on the display wall Distributed video serves not only to enable unlimited upscaling but also to have video windows that are freely movable over all display areas One group of distributed video may d...

Page 89: ...t click on the video window a dialog box for con trolling the video display can be opened The appearance and functionality of this dialog box depends on the input card that provides the data source of...

Page 90: ...treamName StreamParm Value applied to streaming video channels Selects the specified stream Parameters differing from the original stream definition can be added if a complete set of parameters is add...

Page 91: ...y The following example explains the order of channels for two DUAL RGB INPUT CARDS one QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD and one STREAMING VIDEO CARD where in the PCI order there is first one DUAL RGB INPUT CAR...

Page 92: ...Here a simple configuration is explained The complete description of the switcher definition file can be found in section 6 1 3 Configuring video Primarily the switcher language compiler must be insta...

Page 93: ...e is assigned DFRG One or multiple Grabber get a name as video channel Sourcelist All analog sources get a name and their video RGB type gets defined The sources get combined to groups the Sourcelists...

Page 94: ...C 2 QAVC 4 DFRG Vid1 QAVC 5 Sourcelist In the section Sourcelist all used sources are listed In each of the lines there is the name in quotes followed by the video type and the video standard It is po...

Page 95: ...section Grabber can be used Appended to that name separated by a point the connected port must be identified this is with the used cards always 1 CABLES define wiring RTL to QAVC 1 1 QAVC 3 1 SAT 1 to...

Page 96: ...Open Settings Load a set of settings from a configuration file Save Settings Save current settings in a configuration file Save Settings As Save current settings under a different name Import Export P...

Page 97: ...ards Open the dialog to edit the board settings Scaler Settings Open the dialog to edit output settings of the OMNISCALER Table 4 6 Menus in the control panel Scaler settings dialog box In the Scaler...

Page 98: ...is selected Hold Shift and left click Zoom in to mouse pointer only available if cropping is en abled and if the Format Manual is selected Backspace Hold Ctrl and left click Zoom out from mouse pointe...

Page 99: ...n keys Shift g Green setting with direction keys Shift b Blue setting with direction keys For sources of DUAL RGB INPUT CARD b Brightness setting with direction keys For sources of DUAL DVI INPUT CARD...

Page 100: ...are possible Default 3 16 9 Switch to 16 9 aspect ratio Not applicable if the Format Manual is selected Fullscreen Scale the video up to the whole display wall or in Channel Video mode to the projecti...

Page 101: ...and y independently Overscan The edges of video often show disturbances therefore an overscan of some can be defined that will not be displayed Range 0 10 default 3 default SCN 0 16 9 Switch to 16 9...

Page 102: ...be the same value for all cards Even if the network does not require an indication of the Gateway a value must be filled in Decoder Configuration Algorithm List of the supported decoder algorithms Fo...

Page 103: ...tton cannot be revoked Stream parameters for streams of Streaming Video Card SVC 1 SVC 2 and J2K are commonly stored and listed If using different type of Streaming Video Cards in one system take care...

Page 104: ...ted encoders can be read from the web interface of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD Therefore on a computer which is con nected to the same network enter the IP address of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD SVC 2 into...

Page 105: ...ning end of each packet please see table below Encoder Control This section contains data that is used if initial communication with the encoder is needed to prompt the encoder to send a stream IP Add...

Page 106: ...2 No on board RCP support I frame distance may not be 0 Startstring example VIP X h263 RTP 0 0 auto OFF 0 BOSCH Videojet 10 Video jet 1000 Videojet Xpro VIP 10 VIP 1000 No on board RCP support I frame...

Page 107: ...ido recorder TCP is not enabled for the Streaming video card mpeg2 UDP 12 0 auto ON 0 Mavix MediaRacer 100 MediaRacer 150 Multiple ports for TCP possible Startstring Mavix mpeg4 UDP 12 0 auto ON 0 Mav...

Page 108: ...FF 0 Teleste EASI MoRIS EASI MPC E1 EASI MPC E2 EASI MPC E4 EASI MPX E8 mpeg4 RTP 0 0 auto OFF 0 Telindus Cellstack Centauri mpeg2 RTP 0 0 auto OFF 0 mpeg2 UDP 0 0 auto OFF 0 VBrick VB4000 VB6000 ISMA...

Page 109: ...y independently Overscan The edges of video often show disturbances therefore an overscan of some can be defined that will not be displayed Values between 0 and 10 are possible default is 3 16 9 Switc...

Page 110: ...be identical for both interfaces and the network part of the two IP ad dresses must differ IP Configuration Stream IP configuration of the video network interface Address IP address of the video netwo...

Page 111: ...nfirmed with the Add or Delete button cannot be revoked Stream parameters for streams of Streaming Video Card SVC 1 SVC 2 and J2K are commonly stored and listed If using different type of Streaming Vi...

Page 112: ...rscan of some can be defined that will not be displayed Values between 0 and 10 are possible Default 3 16 9 Switch to 16 9 aspect ratio Not applicable if the Format Manual is selected Fullscreen Scale...

Page 113: ...dently Overscan The edges of video often show disturbances therefore an overscan of some 3 can be defined that will not be displayed Not applicable with source type 3 4 Values between 0 and 10 are pos...

Page 114: ...the input mode please refer to section 4 1 6 Dual DVI Input Card can additionally be reduced by this factor slider bar Range from 0 255 determines the dynamic reduction factor f x 256 x 256 f 0 1 i e...

Page 115: ...UT CARD uses 1024x768 60Hz as DDC timing To adapt the DDC timing select the entry Write EDID Prom from the menu of the control panel see section 4 3 3 Video software The available EDID files are store...

Page 116: ...ttings dialog cannot be opened Source 1 RGB Select a monitor signal 0 The input is switched off A blue window is displayed Standard Preset Auto Enable automatic detection of the screen mode The detect...

Page 117: ...n remains on and Auto is selected in the Presets list The DUAL RGB INPUT CARD and the DUAL DVI INPUT CARD perform complete auto detection of the screen mode as well as of the position In most cases th...

Page 118: ...nter the correct resolution if the resolution shown differs from the resolution of your screen mode Timing HPos The horizontal position of the monitor signal in relation to the window is adjusted VPos...

Page 119: ...98 Windows NT 2000 XP Macintosh PowerMacintosh Close applications and switch desktop pattern to alternating one pixel wide black and white vertical lines Sun Workstation In console window cmdtool ente...

Page 120: ...rid desktop background If there is interference visible the value of the PLL Divider has to be ad justed The value of the PLL Divider is approximately 1 3 times the horizontal resolution In the PLL Di...

Page 121: ...rs is applied The file rgb3010 prs contains the default presets for the DUAL RGB INPUT CARD and the DUAL DVI INPUT CARD When taking a card for the first time into operation the presets contained in th...

Page 122: ...press the right mouse button on the file name select Properties and make sure that read only is not selected Click Apply Presets can be added to or removed from the Active Presets as well as from a s...

Page 123: ...of the signal s source are called Settings and can be saved in a configuration file e g default frg4 vcf and re loaded From the File menu choose Open Settings to load a certain configuration file cho...

Page 124: ...ntenance Some maintenance operations are nevertheless nec essary to maintain distortion free operation of TRANSFORM A and can be done by means of the following descrip tions WARNING Maintenance operat...

Page 125: ...engages Lock the front cover As long as the filter pad is not irreversibly blocked cleaning it with a vacuum cleaner is also an acceptable method to maintain good air ventilation within the system 5 1...

Page 126: ...e a power module from the device unless you unplugged its power cord Never touch the contacts on the backside of a power module There is the danger of being harmed by residual voltage Furthermore the...

Page 127: ...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 damage...

Page 128: ...sForm A Workstation for Windows DOC 3266 2 Revision 16 August 2007 _____________________________________________________________ 6 1 6 Advanced configuration This chapter provides help for reconfiguri...

Page 129: ...accessible from the control panel They can be configured directly in the Win dows registry 6 1 1 Editing the registry Registry editor Click the Start button on the taskbar and choose Run to display th...

Page 130: ..._____________ 6 3 In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box e g you can edit Value data and specify if the value s base is hexadeci mal or decimal Figure 6 3 Editing an entry in the registry Click OK and exi...

Page 131: ...is taken into account Thus an arrangement of 3 2 modules 3 rows 2 lines is written as 00020100 The leading zeroes however are skipped 20100 The following table lists examples for some arrangements lin...

Page 132: ...che in the registry Name MappingCache Typ DWORD Values 4 64 Default 64 Effective after rebooting Table 6 5 The value is specified in Megabytes Each UGX or AGX GRAPHIC CARD requires 16 KB non shared sy...

Page 133: ...the bitmaps in the physical memory of the graphic cards If this memory is not sufficient system memory is used beyond Paged Pool which could lead to conflicts with system processes The paged pool is...

Page 134: ...al displays only Name PanelResolutionOnly Typ DWORD Value 0 or 1 Default 0 Effective after rebooting Table 6 10 If value is set to 1 only the native resolution can be selected in the display propertie...

Page 135: ...BlueGamma With the RedGamma GreenGamma or BlueGamma entry in the registry each color channel of the video signal can be adapted to the monitor or projector color display properties Thus colors and co...

Page 136: ...ers that are listed in the table below are used The numbering in square brackets x appended to the hardware identifier distinguishes between multi ple hardware instances of the same type Numbering alw...

Page 137: ...ideo is provided by the video LAN over IP PROCESSOR 1 functions as server which means it controls the video switcher via serial connection PROCESSOR 2 is connected to PROCESSOR 1 via the LAN The outpu...

Page 138: ...video switcher see Table 6 15 and text above please Sub devices are numbered with an appended index starting with 1 counted up successively if more sub devices are used Connection Determines the seri...

Page 139: ...o Card SVC 1 and SVC 2 and 4 3 6 Displaying sources of Streaming Video Card J2K Board Indication of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD see Table 6 15 please The number in brackets is the number of the STREAMING...

Page 140: ...3 device server frg3008 2 Grabber QAVCs 4 device server frg3008 3 Grabber SVCs 1 device server frg3008 4 Grabber SVCs 2 device server frg3008 5 Grabber SVCs 3 device server frg3008 6 Grabber SVCs 4 de...

Page 141: ...user defined name from section Grabber can be used Table 6 20 DFRG DVid 1 QAVCs 1 QAVCs 5 DFRG DVid 2 server frg3008 4 server frg3008 14 Sourcelist Each section beginning with Sourcelist defines a gro...

Page 142: ...connection of an output of the video switcher to an input of an input card The first entry in a line indicates the origin of the signal this is either the source or an output of the video switcher fo...

Page 143: ...the switcher definition file the changes in the registry are made immediately Files with the registry changes are stored as well in the current folder with the name switcher definition file computer n...

Page 144: ...s cables include include file_name switcher switcher sw_name sw_def computer computer cmp_name cmp_def grabber grabber frg_name grabber_def dfrg dfrg dfrg_name dfrg_def sourcelist sourcelist listname...

Page 145: ...e that is tested with the driver you are going to install Switch the display properties to a screen resolution of 640 480 pixels and a color quality of 265 colors 8 bit please refer to section 3 5 4 S...

Page 146: ...e Wizard It asks first for permission to use also the Windows Update Web site for to search for a suitable driver Click No not this time to prevent this and then Next Then select Install from a list o...

Page 147: ...our system is equipped with UGX GRAPHIC CARDS c BARCO TransForm A Suite Windows Driver Suite OVS 2686 Windows Driver Suite X X AGX3281 agx3281 inf And specify respectively the following path if your s...

Page 148: ...llation is se lected Click again Next Windows 2000 might inform you that there is no digi tal signature for this software Ignore this message and click Yes Windows XP might inform you that the softwar...

Page 149: ...This is explained in detail in section 3 5 1 Installing the display driver and switcher language compiler in the subsection Executing setup exe Please follow the steps explained there After doing so...

Page 150: ...OVS 2686 Windows Driver Suite X X With a double click on the file the uninstall application is started First the uninstall options must be selected Retain presets The RGB and YUV presets for DUAL RGB...

Page 151: ...also possible to remove just the video configuration from the registry and to leave the driver installation un touched Therefore agxuninst exe must be started from the command line with the option sl...

Page 152: ...he system boots automatically from CD Partition size When you are asked for the partition size create a partition with address c The size of this partition must not be bigger than 32 GB Format this pa...

Page 153: ...ver Now the display drivers must be installed Proceed as explained in section 3 5 1 Installing the display driver and switcher language compiler Update of network card driver Insert the CD TRANSFORM A...

Page 154: ...e Insert the suitable CD MS Windows XP Professional Multilingual User Interface 4 CDs with the various lan guages into the CD ROM drive A dialog comes up which guides you through the installation Clos...

Page 155: ...wise click the Add button and select the intended language from the Input language list and the type of the keyboard from the Keyboard layout IME list Click OK to confirm Now you can select the intend...

Page 156: ...Form A Workstation for Windows DOC 3266 2 Revision 16 August 2007 ____________________________________________________________ 6 29 Confirm the following two messages with OK and Yes The new language...

Page 157: ...nserting additional graphic cards OMNISCALERS or input cards The installation of the display drivers for the new device is started automatically Figure 6 5 New Hardware found and driver installation i...

Page 158: ...ws XP activation Windows XP must once be activated after the installation This is already done in the factory Nevertheless after too many hardware changes it might be necessary to activate Windows XP...

Page 159: ...bps The Ethernet card 1000 Mbps requires the Intel PROset driver 9 1 or newer for the configuration of the teaming mode TRANSFORM A delivered with display driver release 3 6 or newer have this network...

Page 160: ...AFT team To configure an AFT team you must be logged in as administrator Open the device manager Start Settings Control Panel System Hardware Tab Device Manager From the list of devices select Network...

Page 161: ...the New Team button The New Team Wizard comes up If first prompts you to enter a name for the team After specifying a name click the Next button The next screen lists all network adapters that are ava...

Page 162: ..._ 6 35 Finally click the Finish button to configure the team to the system When the configuration is done the Wizard disappears and the Team Properties dialog comes up You can close this dialog with c...

Page 163: ...f the single network adapters Revoking an AFT team The members of an AFT team can be released as well To achieve this log in as administrator and open the Device Manager as explained above Do a right...

Page 164: ...st first be entered to enable the further functionality sel FRG name EXT INT FRG name selects the input card whose signal shall be used for genlocking ei ther the system default names or the names def...

Page 165: ...nto the Open line and clicking OK When DEX starts it shows by default the component view as shown in the figure below Figure 6 8 Device Explorer in component view for an OmniBus configuration left and...

Page 166: ...es from the extensive list of information given by DEX entry meaning properties of interest TransForm A PROCESSOR Mainboard mainboard information Processor used processor Memory Array overall memory i...

Page 167: ...used PCI slot 0 17 in OMNIBUS A18 0 11 in OMNIBUS A12 IDPROM Version Firmware Controlware Board 3313 3002 OMNISCALER Connector Position IDPROM Version Controlware Board 3008 3355 Input cards consist o...

Page 168: ...____________________________ 6 41 Board 3388 DUAL DVI INPUT CARD mezzanine board Connector Position same number as corresponding board 3355 IDPROM Version Controlware Board 3398 STREAMING VIDEO CARD J...

Page 169: ...The table below lists these properties Property meaning Rows number of rows of projection modules in the display wall Columns number of columns of projection modules in the display wall Resolution_X a...

Page 170: ...by the first four digits of the ident number BS_BPIndex Index of the OMNIBUS counting starts with 1 only in an OmniBus conf BS_ConnectorPos PCI slot used for this card counting starts with 0 BS_DevIn...

Page 171: ...displayed in DEX then the location and name of the file is displayed in brackets in the title bar It is not possible to switch between different views Instead the file containing the desired view has...

Page 172: ...devices can be cascaded in this way QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD DUAL RGB INPUT CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD DUAL DVI INPUT CARD and QUAD SDI VIDEO CARD can be used in cascaded OMNISCALER configuration OMNIBU...

Page 173: ...owing exceptions The output connectors of the OMNISCALERS of one OMNIBUS are connected with the input connectors of OMNISCALERS of another OMNIBUS Up to four OMNIBUS devices may be cascaded in this wa...

Page 174: ...o the following settings must be configured The color depth of the system must be set to Medium 16 bit Start Settings Control Panel Display Settings The cursor must be configured in any case as hardwa...

Page 175: ...arried out by qualified service personnel These rules are a suggestion for best performance for an OMNIBUS A12 in plain video mode For special requirements also some subtle configurations might exist...

Page 176: ...r Windows DOC 3266 2 Revision 16 August 2007 _____________________________________________________________ 7 1 7 Technical appendix This chapter provides tabular overviews about the technical details...

Page 177: ...niBus A12 dimensions h w d 177mm 440mm 450mm 6 97 in 17 32 in 17 72 in dimensions h w d with rubber feet fixation handling 183mm 482mm 500mm 7 20 in 18 98 in 19 69 in weight 18 2 kg 40 1lbs power main...

Page 178: ...perating conditions 0 50 C at 8 80 humidity non condensing dimensions PCI long card 312 00 mm 121 92 mm with ISA retainer and front plate 352 18 mm 121 92 mm weight 280 g plugs 1 64 32bit Dual Voltage...

Page 179: ...ams MxPEG up to 4 CIF streams or 2 1280x576 streams Visiowave 1 3 D1 streams or up to 4 CIF streams depends on resolution TRANSFORM SCN 1 stream supported encoders MPEG 2 Bosch Coretec Cornet Exterity...

Page 180: ...path YUV 4 2 2 16 bit wide bus PCI bus 32bit 33 MHz 64bit 66 MHz power supply 5 V 2 3 3 V 0 3 V power consumption 5 V 2 7 A 3 3 V 3 9 A operating conditions 0 50 C at 8 80 humidity non condensing dim...

Page 181: ...7 10 Dual DVI Input Card A D converter 2 x Analog Devices AD9888 scaler via scaler algorithm in FPGA for 1 1 or downscaling CPU Frame Memory 64MB SDRAM input Dual input mode up to HDTV 1920 1080 60 H...

Page 182: ...rs 1 x 64 bit 3 3 V 5 V PCI edge connector 4 RJ45 connector 8 pin for redundant connection of two nets Table 7 12 Dual RGB Input Card A D converter 2 x Analog Devices AD9888 scaler via scaler algorith...

Page 183: ...0 0 16 800x600 72Hz 1040 800 666 600 13888 29 184 0 0 12 800x600 75Hz 1056 800 625 600 13333 24 240 0 0 16 800x600 85Hz 1048 800 631 600 11764 30 216 0 0 16 1024x768 43Hz 1264 1024 817 768 23256 24 23...

Page 184: ...0 1792x1344 60Hz 2448 1792 1394 1344 16666 49 528 1 0 1792x1344 75Hz 2456 1792 1417 1344 13333 72 568 1 0 1792x1344 85Hz 2464 1792 1411 1344 11765 67 462 1 0 2 1800x1440 60Hz 2456 1800 1490 1440 16666...

Page 185: ...SE SOG_LEVEL HV_LEVEL 720x480 30i 864 720 525 480 33350 35 145 0 1 1 25 15 127 720x480 60p 880 720 525 480 16670 37 142 0 1 1 22 15 127 720x576 25i 872 720 625 576 39990 41 156 0 1 1 0 15 127 720x576...

Page 186: ...ata0 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 9 0 DDC dat...

Page 187: ...ata0 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 Detect 8 C...

Page 188: ...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 Scaler...

Page 189: ...lock 19 0 Data2 12 GND 50 41 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...

Page 190: ...g Blue 8 Analog VSync 16 Hot Plug Detect 24 TMDS Clock 7 DDC Data 15 Ground return for 5V Hsync and Vsync 23 TMDS Clock 6 DDC Clock 14 5V 22 TMDS Clock Shield 5 TMDS Data4 1 13 TMDS Data3 1 21 TMDS Da...

Page 191: ...______________________________________ 7 16 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 5 9 6 1 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RxD 7 RTS 3 TxD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Figure 7...

Page 192: ...please refer to the IEEE802 3 specification section 8 4 Coaxial Cables and Electrical Parameters 8 1 1 TD 5 2 TD 6 RD 3 RD 7 4 8 Figure 7 12 RJ 45 connector pin assignments Connection cable keyboard e...

Page 193: ...ng 2 hard drives for AGS 3328 AGS 3389 AGS 3390 order options preinstalled operating system Windows XP language of user s manual English DRV 3393 0 WinXP english hard drive SATA in removable frame for...

Page 194: ...ystem for PROCESSOR AGS 3328 DRV 3310 9 spare hard disk drive P ATA for RAID 1 in removable frame without operating system for PROCESSOR AGS 3328 or AGS 3389 AGS 3390 DRV 3393 9 spare hard disk drive...

Page 195: ...D R9842826 HDMI DVI D adapter for DUAL DVI INPUT CARD CBL 3380 2 Remote power on off cable Software CRS 3045 C CD ROM TRANSFORM A Suite including graphic driver for TRANSFORM A EOS 3070 5 TRANSFORM A...

Page 196: ...08 0000B401 48724000 done 4 1 11 0 init BAs 38000008 0000B401 48C40000 done 5 1 11 1 init BAs 3C000008 0000B401 48C44000 done The other displays show their respective bus and slot no e g M3 PCI 128b A...

Page 197: ...t cause steps The video window remains empty after start ing a video If displaying video without OMNISCALER analog output a suitable color depth must be set for the desktop therefore open the Display...

Page 198: ...____________________________________________________ 8 3 8 3 Contact Hot line Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions Barco N V Projection Systems Europe Noordlaan 5 B 8520 Kuurne Ph...

Page 199: ...e bitmap 3 56 6 6 Device Explorer 6 38 DEX 6 38 DFRG 6 14 display driver configuring 3 55 insertion of new components 6 30 display driver deinstallation 6 23 display properties 3 55 display wall 2 2 a...

Page 200: ...apability 2 2 network adjustment 3 41 network card 3 29 interface 7 17 NTSC 4 2 4 4 OmniBus 2 3 OmniBus A12 expansion slots 3 9 housing 3 7 technical data 7 2 OmniBus A18 expansion slots 3 12 housing...

Page 201: ...4 4 sourcelist 6 14 stream configuration 4 23 4 31 Streaming Video Card board settings 4 30 channel video 4 7 distributed video 4 8 interface 7 14 order 3 22 3 33 3 35 properties 4 2 Streaming Video C...

Page 202: ...Windows DOC 3266 2 Revision 16 August 2007 _____________________________________________________________ 9 4 video zoom 4 18 Vsync 3 25 3 27 wall configuration 3 59 WAN 2 2 Windows XP activation 6 31...

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