Sun Microsystems XVR-500, Installation Manual

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Chapter 4 Sun XVR-500 Graphics Accelerator Frame Locking 27
Frame Lock Cable Assembly
The frame lock cable assembly,
FIGURE 4-1
, is a Y-shaped cable assembly with three
connectors for daisy-chaining multiple Sun XVR-500 graphics accelerator within a
computer system. (See Appendix A, “Stereo Output Port” on page 33, for the stereo
connector pinout signals.)
FIGURE 4-1
Frame Lock Cable Assembly
Note – There can only be one master Sun XVR-500 graphics accelerator device. You
must configure all other Sun XVR-500 graphics accelerator devices as slaves. See the
section “Configuring Sun XVR-500 Graphics Accelerators for Frame Locking” on
page 25.
TABLE 4-2
Frame Lock Cable Connections
Frame Lock Connector Description
Master connector
(shortest cable-male) Connects into the stereo connector located on the Sun XVR-500
graphics accelerator that is designated as the master device. It also
plugs into the daisy-chain connector for slave Sun XVR-500
graphics accelerators.
Slave connector
(longest cable male) Connects into the stereo connector located on the Sun XVR-500
graphics accelerator that is designated as a slave device.
Daisy chain/stereo
glasses connector
(female connector) Can connect a pair of stereo glasses directly into this connector or
the connector can be used to daisy chain to other frame lock cables
for slave Sun XVR-500 graphics accelerator devices.
Master mode connector
Slave mode connector
Daisy-chain and stereo
glasses connector