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Sun Microsystems XVR-2500, Installation And User Manual

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Chapter 1

Overview

5

Video Formats

TABLE 1-1

lists the Sun XVR-2500 graphics accelerator video formats.

TABLE 1-1

also

includes multisampling sizes for the applicable resolutions for single and dual
screens (

spp

is samples per pixel). The heading “Dual Screen” refers to double-wide

or double-high dual displays

TABLE 1-1

Sun XVR-2500 Graphics Accelerator Video Formats

Display

Resolution

Vertical

Refresh Rate (Hz)

Aspect Ratio

Format

Sync

Standard

Maximum

Number of

spp

Single Screen

Maximum

Number of

spp

Dual Screen

1920

×

1200

60, 75

16:10

Sun

8

-

1920

×

1080

60, 72

16:9

Sun

8

-

1600

×

1280

76

5:4

Sun

8

-

1600

×

1200

60, 75

4:3

VESA

8

-

1600

×

1200

60

4:3

Sun

8

-

1600

×

1024

60

4:3

Sun

16

-

1600

×

1000

66, 76

16:10

Sun

16

-

1440

×

900

76

16:10

Sun

16

-

1280

×

1024

96, 108, 112

5:4

Sun stereo

16

-

1280 x 1024

67, 76

5:4

Sun

16

-

1280

×

1024

60, 75, 85

5:4

VESA

16

-

1280

×

800

112

16:10

Sun stereo

16

4

1280

×

800

76

16:10

Sun

16

4

1280

×

768

56

5:3

Sun

16

4

1152 x 900

66, 76

5:4

Sun

16

4

1152 x 900

120

5:4

Sun stereo

16

4

1024

×

800

84

5:4

Sun

16

4

1024

×

768

77

4:3

Sun

16

8

1024

×

768

96

4:3

Sun stereo

16

4

1024

×

768

60, 70, 75

4:3

VESA

16

8

1024

×

692

100

4:3

Sun stereo

16

4

Summary of Contents for XVR-2500

Page 1: ...icrosystems Inc www sun com Submit comments about this document at http www sun com hwdocs feedback Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User s Guide Part No 817 7517 10 January 2006 Revision A ...

Page 2: ...opyright 2006 Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara Californie 95054 Etats Unis Tous droits réservés Sun Microsystems Inc a les droits de propriété intellectuels relatants à la technologie qui est décrit dans ce document En particulier et sans la limitation ces droits de propriété intellectuels peuvent inclure un ou plus des brevets américains énumérés à http www sun com patents et ...

Page 3: ...e not approved by Sun Microsystems Inc may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment FCC Class B Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation...

Page 4: ...is Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB 003 du Canada ICES 003 Class B Notice Avis NMB 003 Classe B This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB 003 du Canada ...

Page 5: ...Regulatory Compliance Statements v BSMI Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to Taiwan and marked as Class A on the product compliance label ...

Page 6: ...vi Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User s Guide January 2006 ...

Page 7: ...0 Product Family Name XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator X7295A EN55022 1994 A1 1995 A2 1997 Class B EN61000 3 2 2000 Pass EN61000 3 3 1995 A1 2000 Pass IEC 61000 4 2 6 kV Direct 8 kV Air IEC 61000 4 3 3 V m 80 1000MHz 10 V m 800 960 MHz and 1400 2000 MHz IEC 61000 4 4 1 kV AC and DC Power Lines 0 5 kV Signal Lines IEC 61000 4 5 2 kV AC Line Gnd 1 kV AC Line Line and Outdoor Signal Lines 0 5 kV Indoor ...

Page 8: ... Certificates EN 60950 1 2001 1st Edition TÜV Rheinland Certificate No IEC 60950 2000 3rd Edition CB Scheme Certificate No DK 8895 Evaluated to all CB Countries UL 60950 1 2003 1st Edition CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 03 File E204883 A11 UL 1 S S Dennis P Symanski DATE Worldwide Compliance Office Sun Microsystems Inc 4150 Network Circle MPK15 102 Santa Clara CA 95054 U S A Tel 650 786 3255 Fax 650 786 372...

Page 9: ...s 3 Additional Features 3 Video Formats 5 Listing Video Formats 6 Video Display Ports 6 Installation Process 7 Technical Support 7 2 Installing the Software 9 Software Requirements 9 Installing the Software 10 Man Pages 13 3 Installing the Hardware 15 Before Installation 15 System Configuration 16 ...

Page 10: ...ama 22 5 Using Features 23 Streaming Methods 23 Setting Up Streaming Methods 24 Setting Up Single Video Output 25 Setting Up Two Video Streams Over One Large Frame Buffer 25 Multisampling 27 Sample Density 27 Disabling Multisampling 28 Checking Device Configuration 29 A Setting the Default Console Display 31 B Software Information 35 Software Directory Packages 35 Software Package Locations 36 Sof...

Page 11: ...for Stereo 46 F Multiscreen Viewing 47 Multiview 47 Multiview Genlock Ribbon Cable 48 Configuring for Multiview 49 G Specifications 51 I O Port Specifications 51 DVI Video Connector 52 Stereo Connector 54 Power Requirements 55 H Graphics Library Extensions 57 Sun OpenGL 1 3 for Solaris Extensions 57 Sun OpenGL 1 5 for Solaris Extensions 58 Index 61 ...

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Page 13: ...aphics Accelerator Stereo Connector 44 FIGURE E 2 Cabling for Stereo 45 FIGURE F 1 Multiview Genlock Cable Connector 48 FIGURE F 2 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Multiview Connector 50 FIGURE G 1 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator I O Backplate 51 FIGURE G 2 DVI Video Connector 52 FIGURE G 3 Stereo 3 Pin Connector 54 ...

Page 14: ...xiv Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User s Guide January 2006 ...

Page 15: ... of Sun OpenGL for Solaris Software Packages 37 TABLE B 4 Location of Sun OpenGL for Solaris Software Patches 37 TABLE B 5 Sun OpenGL 1 5 Packages 38 TABLE B 6 Sun OpenGL 1 3 Packages 38 TABLE F 1 Multiview Genlock Ribbon Cable Pinout 48 TABLE G 1 DVI Connector Pinout 52 TABLE G 2 Stereo 3 Pin Connector Pinout Descriptions 54 TABLE G 3 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Power Consumption 55 ...

Page 16: ...xvi Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User s Guide January 2006 ...

Page 17: ...Organized Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Sun XVR 2500 graphis accelerator Chapter 2 describes how to install the software Chapter 3 describes how to install the hardware Chapter 4 describes how to modify the Xservers configuration file and how to use Xinerama Chapter 5 provides information on using features including multisample antialiasing Appendix A describes how to set the default conso...

Page 18: ...r multiviewing Appendix G provides product specifications Appendix H lists the Sun OpenGL for Solaris graphics library extensions Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices Refer to the following for this information Software documentation that you received with...

Page 19: ...BbCc123 The names of commands files and directories on screen computer output Edit your login file Use ls a to list all files You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when contrasted with on screen computer output su Password AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms words to be emphasized Replace command line variables with real names or values Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide These are called clas...

Page 20: ...e of or reliance on any such content goods or services that are available on or through such sites or resources Sun Welcomes Your Comments Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can submit your comments by going to http www sun com hwdocs feedback Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback Sun XVR 2500 Graph...

Page 21: ...ation Process on page 7 Technical Support on page 7 Installation Kit The installation kit for the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator includes Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator software CD ROM DVI I to HD15 monitor adapter Internal multiview genlock ribbon cable Antistatic wrist strap Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Installation and User s Guide this document ...

Page 22: ...d It provides high resolution and high performance PCI Express 3D graphics The Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator has 256 Mbytes of unified memory for video and OpenGL features The Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator occupies one full height full length PCI Express slot FIGURE 1 1 shows the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator FIGURE 1 1 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator ...

Page 23: ...munication Display power management signaling DPMS to enable monitor s power saving mode High speed full featured DMA over the PCI Express bus Multiscreen support using multiple cards in a single workstation Multiview functionality for genlocking two graphics accelerators Stereo output Dual DVI I video out Additional Features Geometry acceleration Model view matrix transformation of vertex and nor...

Page 24: ...Rich set of blending operations Fast window mode double buffering Programmable vertex and fragment shaders OpenGL 1 5 required Extensive support of OpenGL Imaging extensions such as pixel buffer color table and color matrix Blend extensions such as blend color blend minmax and blend function separate Texture extensions edge clamp border clamp LOD level of detail clamp generate mipmap Texture color...

Page 25: ...of spp Single Screen Maximum Number of spp Dual Screen 1920 1200 60 75 16 10 Sun 8 1920 1080 60 72 16 9 Sun 8 1600 1280 76 5 4 Sun 8 1600 1200 60 75 4 3 VESA 8 1600 1200 60 4 3 Sun 8 1600 1024 60 4 3 Sun 16 1600 1000 66 76 16 10 Sun 16 1440 900 76 16 10 Sun 16 1280 1024 96 108 112 5 4 Sun stereo 16 1280 x 1024 67 76 5 4 Sun 16 1280 1024 60 75 85 5 4 VESA 16 1280 800 112 16 10 Sun stereo 16 4 1280 ...

Page 26: ...lay Ports The Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerators provide two DVI video output ports Each DVI video port supports both analog DVI A and digital DVI D video formats Although the DVI port supports both analog and digital video formats they cannot be used simultaneously from the individual DVI port 960 680 108 112 7 5 Sun stereo 16 8 800 600 75 4 3 VESA 16 8 640 480 60 72 75 4 3 VESA 16 8 host fbconfi...

Page 27: ...repower the system and reboot 4 Modify the Xservers configuration file if needed Chapter 4 5 Video format and other features are described in Chapter 5 optional Technical Support For assistance and other information not found in this document concerning the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator see Support Services at http www sun com support For the latest software patches go to http sunsolve sun com...

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Page 29: ...he Solaris 10 Operating System or subsequent compatible version of the Solaris Operating System is required on your SPARC system before installing the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator software 3 5 Mbytes of available disk space for Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator Solaris system software 160 Mbytes for Sun OpenGL 1 5 for Solaris 175 Mbytes of disk space for Sun OpenGL 1 3 for Solaris See Appendi...

Page 30: ...s necessary driver software and patches 1 Log in as superuser 2 Insert the CD into the drive If the CD is already mounted type the following and go to Step 3 If the CD is not already mounted type Note The CD ROM device might be different on your system For example dev dsk c0t2d0s2 3 To install the software type cd cdrom cdrom0 mount F hsfs O o ro dev dsk c0t6d0s0 cdrom cd cdrom install ...

Page 31: ...005 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Use is subject to license terms This program installs the software for the Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Please select the version of Sun OpenGL to install 1 Sun OpenGL 1 3 2 Sun OpenGL 1 5 3 Do not install Sun OpenGL Enter a number 2 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator packages are already installed DCMTool packages are already installed Sun OpenGL 2...

Page 32: ...hutdown 1M and boot 1M man pages for more details 7 Go to Installing the Hardware on page 15 for information on installing the hardware To remove the software see Appendix C Installing Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator packages Installing patch 120928 03 for Solaris 10 Installing DCMTool packages Installing Sun OpenGL 1 5 packages Done A log of this installation is at var tmp XVR 2500 install 2006...

Page 33: ...ix D Use the fbconfig 1M man page for configuring all Sun graphics accelerators SUNWkfb_config 1M contains Sun XVR 2500 device specific configuration information To get a list of all devices on your system type Use the fbconfig help option to display the attributes and parameters information of the man page To access the help page type To access the fbconfig man page type To access the Sun XVR 250...

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Page 35: ...6 Installing the Hardware on page 16 Monitor Cables on page 17 Changing the Monitor Screen Resolutions on page 17 Before Installation Refer to your system platform documentation for proper procedures on how to shut down the system safely before installing or removing any internal boards and how to reboot the system after installation Access documentation at http www sun com documentation ...

Page 36: ...ailed instructions on installing Sun PCI Express bus graphics boards Sun Ultra 45 Workstation Service and Diagnostics Manual 819 1892 10 Access system hardware documentation at http www sun com documentation After installing your graphics accelerator and securing your system enclosure 1 Connect the monitor cable see Monitor Cables on page 17 power on the monitor then power on the system and reboot...

Page 37: ...n for it to configure to the monitor resolution For most installations the graphics accelerator device automatically configures itself to the screen resolution and refresh rate for the monitor If a Sun monitor is connected to the graphics accelerator device the monitor might have the wrong screen resolution Use the fbconfig utility to change the screen resolution To change screen resolutions using...

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Page 39: ...e etc dt config Xservers file The Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator device name is kfb for example kfb0 and kfb1 for two Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator devices To modify the file 1 Become superuser and open the etc dt config Xservers file If the etc dt config Xservers file does not exist create the etc dt config directory and copy the Xservers file from usr dt config Xservers to etc dt config c...

Page 40: ...servers file content on a single line This example shows the Xservers configuration file modified for two Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerators 3 Log out then log back in If you are editing the Xservers file after completing all the installation steps outlined in Chapter 1 Installation Process on page 7 including the reconfiguration reboot your system host fbconfig list 0 Local local_uid console root...

Page 41: ...er high resolution virtual display With Sun OpenGL 1 3 and 1 5 for Solaris or subsequent compatible releases this functionality is extended to OpenGL applications No recompilation is necessary for a legacy application to work with Xinerama mode across multiple screens even if the application was compiled with an older version of Sun OpenGL for Solaris 1 To enable Xinerama mode single logical scree...

Page 42: ... Restrictions When Using Xinerama Both screens must use the same Sun PCI Express based graphics device Both screens that the X window system thinks are side by side must have the same height Both screens that the X window system thinks are above and below must have the same width ...

Page 43: ...o from which to choose with the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator Single video output on a single screen default Two video streams over one large frame buffer The following section Setting Up Streaming Methods on page 24 describes how to set up these streaming methods When there are two Sun graphics accelerators in a system they are numbered from 0 and by ones 0 1 2 3 For example if two Sun XVR 25...

Page 44: ... up streaming methods for single and two monitor support Note The default video output port kfb0 is shown in FIGURE 5 1 You can only display from the second video output port upper by using doublewide or doublehigh configurations Devices kfb0a and kfb0b are not supported FIGURE 5 1 Default Video Port Default video port 1 Default video port 1 ...

Page 45: ...s type Setting Up Two Video Streams Over One Large Frame Buffer This enables two monitor support without the use of Xinerama software For example one Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator can create one wide or tall frame buffer displayed across two screens To set up two video streams over one frame buffer do the following 1 Enable both streams sharing a single frame buffer Type Use the doublehigh opt...

Page 46: ... is used to position the rightmost stream Negative is left overlaps with the left stream For doublehigh the yval is used to position the bottom stream Negative is up overlaps with top stream The default is 0 0 2 Set the desired screen resolution For example type The following is an example of a full overlap for the 1280 1024 resolution replicating one stream on two screens host fbconfig dev kfb0 r...

Page 47: ...maximum sample size is 16 samples per pixel Though the allowable choices are 1 to 16 a very high sample density can be allocated only at low resolution See TABLE 1 1 in Chapter 1 for a list of how many samples per pixel are supported at the various maximum 3D resolutions The TABLE 1 1 heading Dual screen refers to doublewide or doublehigh displays TABLE 5 1 Multisample Options Option Description a...

Page 48: ...ry 2006 Disabling Multisampling When you disable multisampling no multisample rendering is possible Only one sample per pixel is allocated despite any samples option value 1 To disable multisampling type 2 Log out then log back in host fbconfig dev kfb0 multisample disable ...

Page 49: ...m will use the next time it stars on that device fbconfig dev kfb1 propt Graphics Configuration for dev fbs kfb1 OWconfig machine Video Mode SUNW_STD_1280x1024x76 Multisample Information Multisample Mode Disabled multisample visuals will not be available Samples Per Pixel N A multisampling disabled Screen Information DoubleWide Disabled DoubleHigh Disabled Output Configuration Direct Offset Overla...

Page 50: ...esolution and sample density differ from those displayed in propt it is because those values have been configured since the X window system started fbconfig dev kfb1 prconf Hardware Configuration for dev fbs kfb1 Type XVR 2500 PROM Information xvr2500 fth 16 120 05 10 07 Monitor Resolution Information Current resolution setting SUNW_STD_1280x1024x76 Framelock Configuration Slave Mode Disabled ...

Page 51: ...text below is displayed 2 Select the graphics board you want to be the default console display In the preceding example b signifies the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator Your selection is confirmed by the following output ok show displays a pci 1f 0 SUNW XVR 100 3 b pci 1c 600000 pci 2 SUNW XVR 2500 0 q NO SELECTION Enter Selection q to quit b pci 1c 600000 pci 2 SUNW XVR 2500 0 has been selected ...

Page 52: ...pci 1c 600000 pci 2 SUNW XVR 2500 0 and are therefore interchangeable alias names In this procedure example you can now refer to mydev as the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator device as shown in the next step 4 Set the selected device to be the default console display For example Without Step 3 creating an alias name you need to type the entire device name precisely In this example you would need ...

Page 53: ...ew output device as the console 6 Connect your monitor cable to the chosen device on your system back panel 7 To set a resolution for example 1280 1024 60 type 8 Reset the system ok reset all ok setenv output device mydev r1280x1024x60 output device mydev r1280x1024x60 ok reset all ...

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Page 55: ...Directory Name Description License Binary Code License Product XVR 2500 Software packages and patches Docs Documentation Copyright English version of copyright FR_Copyright French version of copyright install Product installation script uninstall Product uninstall script Product OpenGL 1 3 Sun OpenGL 1 3 packages and patches Product OpenGL 1 5 Sun OpenGL 1 5 packages and patches Product ExtraValue...

Page 56: ... cdrom0 Product XVR 2500 Solaris_10 Packages If the CD is not already mounted cdrom Product XVR 2500 is the path Software Packages Note Always check for the latest software patches at http sunsolve sun com TABLE B 2 Software Packages Package Name Description SUNWkfb System software device driver SUNWkfbcf Configuration software SUNWkfbmn Manual page SUNWkfbr System software root SUNWkfbw Window sy...

Page 57: ...ABLE B 3 Location of Sun OpenGL for Solaris Software Packages Sun OpenGL for Solaris Packages Directory Location Sun OpenGL 1 5 software cdrom cdrom0 Product OpenGL 1 5 Packages Sun OpenGL 1 3 software cdrom cdrom0 Product OpenGL 1 3 Packages TABLE B 4 Location of Sun OpenGL for Solaris Software Patches Sun OpenGL for Solaris Packages Directory Location Sun OpenGL 1 5 software cdrom cdrom0 Product...

Page 58: ...SUNWgldoc Sun OpenGL for Solaris Documentation and Man Pages SUNWgldp Sun OpenGL for Solaris Device Pipeline Support SUNWgldpx Sun OpenGL for Solaris 64 bit Device Pipeline Support SUNWglh Sun OpenGL for Solaris Header Files SUNWglrt Sun OpenGL for Solaris Runtime Libraries SUNWglrtu Sun OpenGL for Solaris Platform Specific Runtime Libraries SUNWglrtx Sun OpenGL for Solaris 64 bit Runtime Librarie...

Page 59: ...go to Step 4 If the CD is not already mounted type 3 To remove the software become superuser and type The following list of options is displayed cd cdrom cdrom0 mount F hsfs O o ro dev dsk c0t6d0s0 cdrom cd cdrom uninstall 1 Remove Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator support 2 Remove Sun OpenGL 3 Remove DCMTool 4 Remove All Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator DCMTool and Sun OpenGL 5 Quit Select an op...

Page 60: ...start the removal process Once complete the following is displayed and the program provides the location of a removal log About to take the following actions Remove Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator support Remove Sun OpenGL Remove DCMTool Press Q to quit or press any other key to continue Removing packages Done A log of this removal can be found at var tmp XVR 2500 uninstall 2006 01 25 ...

Page 61: ...cess the Display Configuration Management tool DCMtool for changing monitor screen resolutions DCMtool is available on the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator CD ROM in package SUNWdcm located at cdrom cdrom0 Product ExtraValue To change the screen resolution using DCMtool type fbconfig gui ...

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Page 63: ...n page 43 Cabling for Stereo on page 44 Configuring for Stereo on page 46 Stereo Displays must be synchronized so that the left and right views can be seen correctly through one set of LCD stereo glasses The means of synchronizing stereo displays using stereo glasses and stereo emitters is through the 3 pin stereo connector ...

Page 64: ...or on the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator I O backplate on the rear of your system FIGURE E 1 FIGURE E 1 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Stereo Connector 2 Connect the stereo glasses cable to the stereo connector FIGURE E 2 Note The Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator can use both tethered and wireless stereo glasses For wireless stereo glasses connect the emitter connector to the Sun graphics a...

Page 65: ...Appendix E Stereo Viewing 45 FIGURE E 2 Cabling for Stereo Stereo glasses Stereo connector ...

Page 66: ...ng for Stereo 1 Change a resolution by using the fbconfig command You must configure each board separately that is for kfb0 kfb1 and so on For example 2 Log out of the X window system and then log back in for the resolutions to take effect host fbconfig dev kfb0 res SUNW_STEREO_1280x1024x96 ...

Page 67: ... page 49 Multiview Multiview across two Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerators is done by genlocking the two graphics boards In a single Sun Ultra 45 workstation genlocking allows the two graphics boards to display synchronous multiscreen applications The graphics boards are synchronized using a multiview genlock ribbon cable by connecting the multiview connector of one graphics board to the multiview...

Page 68: ... XVR 2500 graphics accelerator multiview connector FIGURE F 2 The internal multiview genlock ribbon cable is provided in the installation kit FIGURE F 1 Multiview Genlock Cable Connector TABLE F 1 lists the genlock ribbon cable pinout descriptions used for multiviewing TABLE F 1 Multiview Genlock Ribbon Cable Pinout Pin Description 5 PIXALIGNOUT Pixel Align Out 6 PIXALIGNIN Pixel Align In 10 Groun...

Page 69: ...b Connect the other end of the genlock ribbon cable to the multiview connector of the second graphics board FIGURE F 2 Note You can only configure for multiview after logging into the workstation desktop Multiview settings are not retained therefore you need to configure for multiview each time you log in 2 Make sure that both Sun graphics accelerators are running identical video formats a Check t...

Page 70: ...ig command Your system is now ready for synchronous multiscreen applications In order to reconfigure a graphics board from slave mode back to primary mode do one of the following Power cycle the system Use the fbconfig command For example Log out of the X window system and then log back in for the configuration to take effect fbconfig dev kfb0 slave multiview fbconfig dev kfb1 slave multiview fbco...

Page 71: ...ge 52 Stereo Connector on page 54 Power Requirements on page 55f I O Port Specifications The external I O ports are accessible through the I O connectors on the Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator backplate FIGURE G 1 FIGURE G 1 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator I O Backplate DVI I connector port 1 Stereo DVI I connector port 2 connector ...

Page 72: ... signals The DVI video connector is a 30 pin connector and supports both analog and digital resolutions but both cannot be used simultaneously from the individual DVI connector FIGURE G 2 DVI Video Connector TABLE G 1 DVI Connector Pinout Pin Signals for Sun XVR 2500 1 TMDS Data2 2 TMDS Data2 3 TMDS Data2 4 Shield 4 No connect 5 No connect 6 DDC Clock SCL 7 DDC Bi directional Data SDA 8 Analog ver...

Page 73: ...nc Vsync 16 Hot Plug Detect 17 TMDS Data0 18 TMDS Data0 19 TMDS Data0 5 shield 20 No connect 21 No connect 22 TMDS Clock shield 23 TMDS Clock 24 TMDS Clock C1 Analog Red C2 Analog Green C3 Analog Blue C4 Analog Horizontal Sync C5 Analog GND Return analog R G B TABLE G 1 DVI Connector Pinout Continued Pin Signals for Sun XVR 2500 ...

Page 74: ... User s Guide January 2006 Stereo Connector FIGURE G 3 and TABLE G 2 shows the 3 pin stereo connector and pinout signals FIGURE G 3 Stereo 3 Pin Connector TABLE G 2 Stereo 3 Pin Connector Pinout Descriptions Pin Signal 1 5 0V 2 Ground 3 Stereo sync 1 3 2 ...

Page 75: ...sted ITE that have installation instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories TABLE G 3 lists the power consumption values TABLE G 3 Sun XVR 2500 Graphics Accelerator Power Consumption Parameter Specification Input voltage 3 3 v 12 v Maximum current 3 A 5 1 A Total power 71 W ...

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Page 77: ...ons on page 58 Sun OpenGL 1 3 for Solaris Extensions The Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator supports the following Sun OpenGL 1 3 for Solaris extensions GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_shadow GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression Texture compression extension GL_ARB_texture_cube_map Cube map texture extension GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_te...

Page 78: ...nding factors GL_SRC_ALPHA_MULT_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA_SUN and GL_SRC_ALPHA_MULT_DST_ALPHA_SUN used as the source RGB blending factors to perform Porter Duff blending Sun OpenGL 1 5 for Solaris Extensions The Sun XVR 2500 graphics accelerator supports the following Sun OpenGL 1 5 for Solaris extensions GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_occlusio...

Page 79: ...EXT_convolution GL_EXT_convolution_border_modes GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_histogram GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_shadow_funcs GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_HP_occlusion_test GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp GL_SGI_color_table GL_SGI_texture_color_table ...

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Page 81: ...isplay Configuration Management tool DCMtool 13 41 display I O ports 6 display default console 31 doublehigh 25 doublewide 25 DVI video connector 52 DVI video connector pinout 52 F fbconfig list 6 streaming video setup 25 features 3 multisampling 27 single video output setup 25 streaming video 23 streaming video setup 24 two video output setup 25 G genlock multiview ribbon cable 49 genlock ribbon ...

Page 82: ...ower requirements 55 product specifications 51 R removing software 39 resolutions screen 5 S sample density 27 samples 27 screen resolutions 5 single video output setup 25 software directories 35 installing 9 10 package location 36 package names 36 packages 35 removing 39 requirements 9 Sun OpenGL 37 software requirements 9 Solaris 10 Operating System 9 specifications 51 backplate 51 DVI video con...

Page 83: ...00 graphics accelerator features 3 installation kit 1 overview 2 SUNWkfb_config 17 system configuration 16 T technical support 7 two video output setup 25 V video display I O ports 6 51 video formats 5 video I O ports 51 video port 1 24 viewing stereo 43 X Xinerama restrictions 22 Xservers file 21 Xservers file 19 ...

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