
P
OLARIS
™
: Barco’s expert projector alignment
software
For fast, easy alignment of complex multi-screen projection
system, Barco has developed its own proprietary dedicated
software.
With an intuitive user interface, Barco’s
P
OLARIS
™ software is driven by multi-
pipe, multi-channel image generators to
calculate and generate user-specified
pre-distorted test patterns.
The P
OLARIS
TM
software is available IRIX,
Windows, HP, SUN ans Linux platforms.
Tools for fast and accurate installation and easy maintenance
AutoAlign™ suite
Barco’s AutoAlign
TM
suite of products represents a breakthrough
in the automated alignment or re-alignment of multi-channel
display systems. Barco’s original
Automatic Alignment
system
allows you to quickly and easily perform routine alignment
tasks, such as geometry and convergence adjustments, to a
Barco CRT-based projection system. Barco’s
ACURAS
TM
enables
you to perform fast, accurate, and repeatable brightness and
color adjustments to a Barco SIM 6 Ultra II LCD projection
system.
Barco’s AutoAlign
TM
suite of products are designed to work hand
in hand with Barco’s xRACU
TM
control system and dramatically
improve system operation and performance.
Laser Diode Array Tool: LDAT™
Barco's LDAT
TM
marks reference patterns to effectively align display
channels. The LDAT
TM
provides a solution for up to 30 dedicated
laser light sources which can be independantly directed to points
on the screen.
Multiple arrays are used to mark a complete
multi-channel system.
Barco’s LDAT
TM
is a permanent maintenance tool to verify the
proper alignment of the display system.
Polaris
TM
, Barco's own pattern generating program
, generates
the necessary test patterns projected by the display system to
match the geometry onto the fixed reference pattern provided by
the LDAT
TM
.
x
RACU™: multi-system Remote Alignment and
Control Unit
The Barco
x
RACU
TM
is the most flexible projector control system
available. As a world’s first, it
allows you to operate, calibrate,
configure and diagnose multiple Barco projectors (any mix
of CRT, LCD, DLP and LCoS) from a single hand-held
controller.
The Barco
x
RACU
TM
reduces set-up and maintenance time.
It automatically detects the projector type and location, and
automatically downloads its parameters (video timings, etc).
The system uses a common interface across all projector types
and technologies and allows the
simultaneous control of all
projectors.
For flexible operation, the
x
RACU
TM
can store multiple
Time of Day modes, with
calibrated interpolation between
modes. The centralized storage
of parameters considerably
reduces MTTR.