3. Getting started
Barco – TransForm A - Workstation for Windows – DOC-3266-2 – Revision 16 – August 2007
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3.2.6
OmniScaler
In addition to graphic cards, also O
MNI
S
CALERS
are a substantial part of T
RANS
F
ORM
A to connect to projection mod-
ules. O
MNI
S
CALERS
provide the ability to integrate video and RGB data into the graphical data from the graphic
cards. Therefore the
out
connector of the graphic card needs to be connected to the
in
connector of the O
MNI
-
S
CALER
. Only graphic cards in digital mode can be connected. DDC information from the projection device is looped
through to the graphic card for further processing.
Connectors
The O
MNI
S
CALER
provides one Dual-DVI connector for data insertion from the graphic card and one Dual-DVI con-
nector for digital output for two projection modules.
Figure 3-24
ports of the O
MNI
S
CALER
In every O
MNI
S
CALER
card package a Dual-DVI to Dual-DVI cable is included. It serves to connect
port 0/1 in
of the
O
MNI
S
CALER
with
port 0/1
or
port 2/3
of the graphic card:
Figure 3-25
Dual-DVI to Dual-DVI adapter cable
For the connection to the projection modules the Dual-DVI to 2×DVI-D adapter cable that was provided with the
graphic card is used. It must be plugged into
port 0/1 out
of the O
MNI
S
CALER
.
