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Vigilant-X

User Manual

UK Headquarters

Electronic Modular Solutions Ltd.

Kendal House, 20 Blaby Road, S. Wigston, Leics., LE18 4SB, England.

Tel: +44 (0) 116 2775730 Fax: +44 (0) 116 2774973

Email:

[email protected]

Web:

www.ems-imaging.com

Summary of Contents for Vigilant-X

Page 1: ...ant X User Manual UK Headquarters Electronic Modular Solutions Ltd Kendal House 20 Blaby Road S Wigston Leics LE18 4SB England Tel 44 0 116 2775730 Fax 44 0 116 2774973 Email sales ems imaging com Web www ems imaging com ...

Page 2: ...ntents Introduction 3 Vigilant X Models 4 Hardware Installation 6 Multi Screen Configuration 14 Accessories 21 Troubleshooting 24 EMS Limited 26 Index 28 Appendix 1 Defining Custom Modes 30 Appendix 2 Screen Order 31 ...

Page 3: ...screen BITBLTs and other bus related operations Supports VESA modes up to 1600 x 1200 and non VESA modes up to 2048 x 1536 Dedicated hardware acceleration across all colour depths for key 2D graphics functions high speed BITBLT line drawing and rectangle and polygon fills Full hardware cursor support for flicker free Windows cursors in all modes Multiple card hardware support for multiple screen s...

Page 4: ...t a maximum of sixty four screens from a single PC Vigilant Xplus In addition to the Vigilant X specifications the Vigilant Xplus provides high quality video overlays enabling the display of live video sources Four high quality de interlaced video overlays with triple buffering each at 720 x 576 resolution 1 per screen Overlays can be positioned anywhere on the wall Increase the number of composit...

Page 5: ...and in addition Four SIP processors each with 64Mb overlay memory Total 256Mb High speed 5Gb s SIP digital video input port for AVANT 16SQ supporting up to 128 video channels Sixteen video overlay windows per display channel Total 64 windows Four 1280 x 1024 high resolution video overlays ...

Page 6: ...Unpacking Your packing box should contain the following items The Vigilant X plug in card HCS cable Two RGB S cables two DVI S cables or two Vigilant Video cables depending on model purchased Installation CD ROM Cables are provided depending on which card you have purchased for example Vigilant X Vigilant X supplied with two analog VGA splitter cables RGB S cable Vigilant X DVI Vigilant X supplied...

Page 7: ...y boot messages The boot messages include some or all of the following A message from the graphics card BIOS A logo for the motherboard Messages describing the results of the Power On Self Test POST Some display devices take a long time to show an image so you may miss some of the boot messages Before you install the master Vigilant X card you need to know if there are any VGA graphics devices alr...

Page 8: ... the Vigilant X If your machine is on shut down Windows and switch the machine off Notes All plug in cards are static sensitive and packed in antistatic materials Please keep the card in its packaging until you are ready to install It is recommended that you do not discard the packing box until you are completely satisfied with the Vigilant X card and it is fully installed and working correctly We...

Page 9: ...master Vigilant X If the master Vigilant X does not have VGA enabled the boot messages should appear on one of the other graphics devices not one of the Vigilant X outputs If the boot messages appear on the correct monitor you can install the display driver If the boot messages appear on the wrong monitor or you don t see any boot messages at all there is something wrong with the system Installing...

Page 10: ...on boundaries Different motherboard BIOSs use different algorithms to allocate the parts of the address space Some motherboard BIOSs do not pack the allocated address ranges together efficiently In addition to the memory and the Vigilant X cards there are other PCI devices in the system which require address space Power The amount of current a power supply can deliver on each voltage rail is limit...

Page 11: ... below The links control the order in which the display driver uses the Vigilant X cards Insert the slave Vigilant X cards into the PCI slots Connect screens to the slave cards The first slave card should be connected to the second group of four screens the second slave should be connected to the third group of four screens and so on ...

Page 12: ... Wizard to install the Vigilant X drivers The Windows desktop should appear on the four screens attached to the master card as it did after the display driver had been installed for the master Vigilant X card You need to install the display driver again This time you should specify the number of screens you wish to use Restart the machine The Windows desktop should now be spread across the number ...

Page 13: ... explains how the connections are made HDTV S Video Composite Y1 Luma Y1 PR1 1st Output Channel PR1 Chroma PB1 PB1 Y2 Luma Y2 PR2 2nd Output Channel PR2 Chroma PB2 PB2 Supported Display Resolutions for Standard TV Output S Video and Composite Resolution NTSC PAL 640 x 480 a b 720 x 480 b b 800 x 600 b b 1024 x 768 b b Supported HDTV Resolutions 1920 x 1080 1280 x 720 720 x 483 ...

Page 14: ...at least one monitor icon for each of the other graphics devices in the system there is a limit to the number of monitor icons that are displayed If you are using a non Vigilant X device as a control screen make that device the primary monitor The first Vigilant X device should have the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor control checked Do not check Extend my Windows desktop onto this mon...

Page 15: ...icking OK or Apply Colour Palette Select the number of colours you want to use Refresh Rate Use the drop down arrow to select a refresh rate for the desktop Only the refresh rates available at the selected resolution and colour depth are displayed The maximum settings are restricted to the capabilities of the screens connected to the system ...

Page 16: ...ing install exe for the maximum number of screens you want to use Screen Arrangement Use the drop down menu to select the screen arrangement you require The illustration in the Monitor Configuration box will reflect your choice Force DVI Output When the EMS display driver initializes it reads the EDIDs of the attached screens to determine if the DVI digital or analog outputs should be used If no m...

Page 17: ...nged then the resolution control is updated When you click on OK or Apply the following dialog is displayed This dialog gives you the option to accept the changes or restore the previous display settings The display will return to the previous settings after 15 seconds should Yes or No not be selected Warning Always close all video overlay applications before performing any operation that modifies...

Page 18: ...o overlay driver Video Gaps If a video overlay is displayed across multiple screens that have wide casings around the edges strange effects maybe seen in the video images Diagonal lines appear broken and circles appear elongated Original Video Image spread across screens with wide edges ...

Page 19: ... lost in the gaps Using a ruler measure the size of the image on the screen and enter the values in Screen size Note that the image on the screen does not necessarily fill the whole screen area Measure the size of the gaps between the screen images this should also include any area of the screen that is not covered by the displayed image as shown in the following diagram ...

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Page 21: ...rcuit board on the VIM16 is divided into two areas and are labelled A and B The area of the card labelled A will connect to one set of Vigilant Xplus cards and the area labelled B connects to a second set of Vigilant Xplus cards The maximum number of Vigilant Xplus cards in any system is sixteen therefore the total number of cards for both sets A and B combined cannot exceed sixteen The illustrati...

Page 22: ...VIM16 To Input 1 4 J1 on the Vigilant Xplus cards Connect output 5 8 J4 from the VIM 16 To Input 5 8 J2 on the Vigilant Xplus cards Connect output 9 12 J5 from the VIM 16 To Input 9 12 J3 on the Vigilant Xplus cards Connect output 13 16 J6 from the VIM 16 To Input 13 16 J4 on the Vigilant Xplus cards ...

Page 23: ...sources can be connected to the splitter cable Each BNC socket on the splitter cable is labeled to show the video input channel number i e 1 16 S Video is connected by selecting a required BNC connector for the Luma connection and the following BNC connector for the Chroma connection For example if you select BNC connector 3 for the Luma connection then BNC connector 4 must be used for the Chroma ...

Page 24: ... the software installation section of the manual Windows does not boot correctly in non VGA mode Make sure that you have installed the correct driver If that does not solve the problem try moving the Vigilant X to a different PCI slot and try again If you still have problems then select the following Start Programs Administrative Tools Event Viewer If there are any problems with graphics devices t...

Page 25: ...e can be caused by selection of the incorrect refresh rate for your monitor Using the TWIN tab select a lower refresh rate or lower resolution to see if this improves the crispness of the displayed image Caution You can damage your monitor by setting the refresh to a rate beyond its capabilities We recommend that you consult your monitor documentation before altering the refresh rate Computer beep...

Page 26: ...d an email to support ems imaging com with as much information about your system as possible To enable a swift response we need to know the following details Specification of the PC including processor speed Operating System Application Software EMS Hardware Software The exact nature of the problem and please be as specific as possible Please quote version and revision numbers of hardware and soft...

Page 27: ...6 03 2006 UK Headquarters and Main Sales Office EMS Ltd Kendal House 20 Blaby Road S Wigston Leics LE18 4SB England Tel 44 0 116 2775730 Fax 44 0 116 2774973 Email sales ems imaging com www ems imaging com ...

Page 28: ...on of Monitors 31 Connectors 3 Copyright Statement 26 Custom 16 Custom Mode information 30 D EMS Limited 26 Default 16 DVI 3 F Force DVI Output 16 Found New Hardware Wizard 12 fuzzy images 25 H Hardware Installation 6 HDTV Resolutions 13 I Installing the Display Drivers 9 Installing the Slave Vigilant X 10 Introduction 3 M Master Vigilant X 7 Monitor Each 16 Monitor Master 16 Multi Screen Configur...

Page 29: ...Resolution per Screen 15 S S3 Graphics 3 Screen Arrangement 16 Screen Order 31 slave monitors do not initialise 24 Source of Mode 16 Specifications 3 T Technical Support 26 Troubleshooting 24 U Unpacking 6 V Vigilant X 4 Vigilant X range 4 Vigilant Xplus 4 Vigilant XSQ 5 VESA modes 3 Video Gaps 18 Video Inputs 23 Video Memory 3 Video Overlay Tab 18 VIM16 21 ...

Page 30: ...th in pixels Y Active display height in lines Refresh Refresh rate displayed in dialog Also used for calculating dot clock if no dotclock value is provided hfp Horizontal front porch in pixels value must be divisible by 8 hsync Horizontal sync width in pixels value must be divisible by 8 hbp Horizontal back porch in pixels value must be divisible by 8 vfp Vertical front porch in lines vsync Vertic...

Page 31: ...hange the order in which the screens are used This value can be created and changed using REGEDT32 By default the screens are used in the order 0 1 2 etc Starting at the top left and progressing across then down If you had an eight screen system arranged four across and two down the screens would be numbered thus You do not have to specify the ReorderList value to achieve this arrangement If you d...

Page 32: ...screen within the arrangement must be represented Screens should not be duplicated i e may only be entered once For a new screen order to take effect reboot the machine Note If for any reason the value of ReorderList is not valid the system will revert to the default screen ordering ...

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