2. Summary
Barco – TransForm A - Workstation for Windows – DOC-3266-2 – Revision 16 – August 2007
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Properties
T
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A was designed to control large, modular O
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display walls. Its multi-screen capability allows you
to control displays of up to 80 and more projection modules. The display area is one logically connected display
(a large Windows 2000 or Windows XP desktop). Digital imaging devices based on modern technologies such as
DLP™ and Poly-Silicon LCD with the highest display quality are controlled digitally. Digital data transfer is immune
to electromagnetic interference and therefore ensures the display wall picture to be displayed in absolutely dis-
tortion free image quality. Analog monitors and projectors can also be controlled by T
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F
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A using the op-
tional analog output. Thus, multi-monitor operator stations can be ergonomically designed and easily imple-
mented.
(DLP is a trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated)
The hardware and software of T
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A is based on world-wide accepted standards. T
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F
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A offers the
following exceptional capabilities:
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High performance graphics output using the most modern processor and chip technologies
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devices with dedicated Switch Fabric and intelligent high-bandwidth backplane pro-
vides the optimized resources needed for graphic and video data integration
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Supports current LAN and WAN interfaces
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Graphic and video outputs in high color quality
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Video in a window, up and down scaleable up to full-screen
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Unlimited, overlapping and freely moveable video and graphics windows
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Up to 68 videos per display channel
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Virtually unlimited number of projection modules in one wall
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Virtually unlimited number of video sources per system
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High reliability, redundancy on system level and for critical components
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Dual processor as an option
The T
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A system provides a flexible and scalable architecture, which is suitable to support all sizes of
display walls as well as requirements in RGB and video displaying capabilities. For large display walls or high
amounts of inserted sources one T
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A P
ROCESSOR
is used that connects to up to five T
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devices. Smaller systems with up to 24 projection cubes can be set up with a T
RANS
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A P
ROCESSOR
that might
use an additional T
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A E
XTENDER
depending on the amount of video and RGB sources.
Independent in which configuration T
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A is setup, both the user and the application software »see« one
single display. Installation, operation and service do not differ from that of a standard Windows 2000 workstation
or a Windows XP workstation respectively.
