Barco – TransForm A – DOC-3358-2 – service manual – Revision 06 – March 2007
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4-5
4.2
Inserting an additional expansion card
On the main board respectively backplane of the T
RANS
F
ORM
A devices there are PCI slots for inserting Barco’s
expansion cards UGX
G
RAPHIC
C
ARD
, O
MNI
S
CALER
, Q
UAD
A
NALOG
V
IDEO
C
ARD
, D
UAL
RGB
I
NPUT
C
ARD
, S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARD
and Q
UAD
SDI
V
IDEO
C
ARD
as well as network cards to connect to the network (or in a distributed X server to con-
nect to the rendering machines), link interface cards to connect to O
MNI
B
US
devices or E
XTENDERS
and Multiport I/O
Cards.
The table shows which cards may be inserted into which devices:
P
ROCESSOR
in OmniBus
configuration
P
ROCESSOR
in Processor
configuration
O
MNI
B
US
A12
/
O
MNI
B
US
A18
/
E
XTENDER
number of available PCI slots
4 (
AGS-3389
)
6 (
AGS-3328 /
AGS-3390-1/-2
)
4 (
AGS-3389
)
6 (
AGS-3328 /
AGS-3390-1/-2
)
12 / 18 / 13
Network card
NET-2792
or
NET-3283
OK *
)
OK *
)
–
Multiport I/O Card
OK
OK
–
Link interface card (P
ROCESSOR
– O
MNI
B
US
)
OK
–
–
Link interface card (P
ROCESSOR
– E
XTENDER
)
–
OK
–
UGX
G
RAPHIC
C
ARD
–
OK
OK
O
MNI
S
CALER
–
OK
OK
Q
UAD
A
NALOG
V
IDEO
C
ARD
–
OK
OK
D
UAL
RGB
I
NPUT
C
ARD
–
OK
OK
S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARD
–
OK
OK
Q
UAD
SDI
V
IDEO
C
ARD
–
OK
OK
Table 4-5
Matrix about the usage of cards in the different device types of T
RANS
F
ORM
A
* network cards NET-3395 in AGS-3389 are inserted in PCIe slots and do not count for the number of PCI slots
Barco recommends certain expansion cards for the use in TransForm A! Please, refer to
section
order numbers of the TransForm A user’s manual.
Using other cards might cause damage to the TransForm A device or might damage the
cards themselves! The described graphic and video capabilities of TransForm A are only
available with the original expansion cards from Barco.
The expansion cards are made of delicate electronic components that are extremely
sensitive to static electricity. Ordinary amounts of static from your clothes or work
environment can destroy them. Transport graphic cards only in the original packaging as
delivered from the manufacturer. Handle them only by their edges and their metal
mounting bracket. Do not touch the components nor the edge connectors that plug into the
expansion slots. Use a grounded workplace and wear a grounding wrist strap; at least,
discharge your body’s static electricity by touching a grounded surface, e. g., a properly
grounded system’s metal chassis.
•
Please check first the restrictions given in section
4.3 Combination and plugging rules
before inserting or ex-
changing an expansion card.
