RGB Spectrum SuperView 3000 manual

RGB Spectrum 950 Marina Village Pkwy. Alameda, CA 94501 P/N 350-7322 May 9, 2002 SuperView 3000 Video Windowing System User Manual[...]

SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002[...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Intr oduction 1 General W indow I nputs Output V i deo Overlays – Chroma Key Contro l of t he SuperV iew System Features Chapter 2 Supplied C omponents 5 Stan dard Supplied Co mponents Optional Items Chapter 3 System Basics 7 System Indepen dence Contro l of t he SuperV iew W indow s Selecting an d Displaying W indows[...]

SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 Chapter 6 Serial Command Set 27 General Serial Comm and Set Usa ge Contro l Software For W indows Chapter 7 T echnical Sp ecifica tions 39 Chapter 8 T r o ubleshoo ting 41 T roublesho oting Guide How to Contact RGB Spectrum Firmware Updates/README Files Appe ndi x A RS- 232 Cont r o l 45 Conne cti ng the RS-[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 1 1 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . I NTRODUCTION ........... ................ ................ ..... GENERAL The SuperV iew 3000 video windowing syst em displays up to twelve live video/com puter windows on a high-resol ution, RGB display device. Each channel accepts high-resolution RGB, Y P B[...]

INTRODUCTION W indow Inp uts 2 SuperV iew 3 000 Use r Man ual May 9, 2002 1 ........... ................ ................ ..... WINDOW INPUTS Each channel on the SuperV iew accepts four types of in puts—NTSC or P AL Composite, S -V ideo , Y P B P R Component, and RGB. Al l of th e inpu t connectors can be pop ulated with sou rces but only one is [...]

INTRODUCTION V ideo Ov erlay s – Chr oma Key May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 3 ..... ........... ................ ................ ..... VIDEO OVERLAYS – CHROMA KEY The S uper V ie w pro vides chro ma ke y circu itr y for ov erl aying the w indo w inpu t imagery with the background computer graphics (gray scale or color). This feature[...]

INTRODUCTION Syste m Featur es 4 SuperV iew 3 000 Use r Man ual May 9, 2002 1 • Input windows can b e positioned, scaled, overlaid wi th computer text an d graphics, and clipped to an arbitrar y size or shape. Scaling of each window is continuous up to the full s ize of the display raster . Zooming in on a region of in terest is also supp orted. [...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 5 2 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . S UPPLIED C OMPONENTS ........... ................ ................ ..... STANDARD SUPPL IED COMPONENTS The followin g equipment is included in your SuperV iew’ s shipping carton: ........... ................ ................ ..... OPTIONAL ITEMS RGB Spectr[...]

SUPPL IED COMPON ENTS Optional Items 6 SuperV iew 3 000 Use r Man ual May 9, 2002 2 VCP for SuperV iew 720-7295 V irtual Co ntrol Panel for the SuperV iew . Thi s is a Windows compat ible softw are appli cation that prov ides a graphic al user inter face to serial co ntrol of a SuperV iew . DVI cabl e --- This cab le is used t o connect th e opti o[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 7 3 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . S YSTEM B ASI C S The SuperV iew 3000 video windowing syst em displays up to twelve live video/com puter windows on a high-resol ution, RGB display device. Each channel accepts RGB, co mponent video, composite video, and S-V ideo sources for simul taneous dis[...]

SYSTEM B ASICS W indow s 8 SuperV iew 3 000 Use r Man ual May 9, 2002 3 terminal -emulator program (i.e. Hyperte rminal or Procomm) runn ing on a computer , in order to try out th e examples lis ted in this man ual. Optionally , RGB Spectru m offers soft ware control progr ams for Microsoft W indows environments. In this chapter , we will relat e o[...]

SYSTEM BASIC S Sele cting and Di splayin g W indows– Serial Po rt Control May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 9 ..... input imag e can be viewed, and it is shown in onl y one window . The Super V iew automatically changes an in put’ s source rectangle as you use various fron t panel zoom and pan controls to select and zo om in on portio n[...]

SYSTEM B ASICS Selec ting and Display ing W indows– Serial Por t Contr ol 10 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 3 Example–– define the destination rectangle in Figur e 4. That is, place th e top left corner of window 1 at ( 300, 700) of the disp lay’ s r aster, and use a win dow 600 pi xel s wid e and 2 50 lines high: > wdr 1 300 7[...]

SYSTEM BASIC S V isibility of W indow Imagery May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 1 1 ..... FIGURE 5. A Clipped Win dow ........... ................ ................ ..... VISIBILITY OF WINDOW IMAGERY The Super V iew’ s output consi sts of a high- resolution image as sembled from a specified num ber of input images. It is import ant to unde[...]

SYSTEM B ASICS V isibili ty of W indow Imagery 12 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 3 Example–– tu rn win dow 2 on: > window 2 on PRIORIT Y . ... ..... .... LEVELS The SuperV iew uses window priority levels to determine which of several overlapp ing windows a re visible. Y ou can change the priority l evels of windows s o that diff er[...]

SYSTEM BASIC S Autos ync and Fr ee-Run Dis play Modes May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 13 ..... Example ––set wi ndow 2 to priorit y level 1: > priority 2 1 Since level one corres ponds to the highest pri ority level, window 2 has prio rity over all o ther video wind ows, and hides any overl apped window wi th a lower priority level[...]

SYSTEM B ASICS Autosy nc and Fr ee-Run D isplay Mo des 14 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 3 to place TV weather people in front of live satellite i mages. The co lor that is replaced by the v ideo window is adjus table (via serial command) to include any r a n g eo fR G Bc o l o rv a l u e s . The chroma key option can only be turne d on w[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 15 4 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . I NSTA LLATION AND S YSTE M S ET U P ........... ................ ................ ..... CONNECTORS FIGURE 7. SuperV iew Rear Panel, With Six Input s in a 2RU Enclosure The figure above illustrates t he rear panel of a 2U SuperV iew configur ed with six inpu[...]

INSTALLATION AND SYST EM SET UP Installing the Su perV iew 16 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 4 ........... ................ ................ ..... INSTALLING THE SUPERVIEW T o install a SuperV iew , follo w the step s outlined below: STEP 1: POWE R Connect a power cord to the SuperV iew . The SuperV iew is equipped with a univers al, 100-[...]

INSTALLA TION AND SYSTEM SET UP Set Up: Autosync Mode May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 17 ..... resp onses fr om it s Auxil iar y port b ack to th e con sole. See Appen dix D , “Seria l Control of Multiple Units,” for details. FIGURE 8. Serial Control of T wo SuperViews ........... ................ ................ ..... SET UP: AUT OS[...]

INSTALLATION AND SYST EM SET UP Set Up: Fr ee-Run Mode 18 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 4 FRONT PANEL ADJUSTMENT T o adjust the host t iming from the f ront panel, foll ow the steps below . S tep 1 - V erify connections T o perform the interactiv e timing adjustment, make sure the hos t computer is switched on and connected at the SuperV[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 19 5 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . F RONT P ANE L C ONTROL The front pan el provides cont rol over most SuperV iew function s (Figure 9). These controls include: Savi ng and Recalling Presets, I nput and Output Timing, W indow S ize, Wi ndow Positi on, Zoom, Pan, W indow Priority , Motion Fil[...]

FRONT PANEL CONTR OL Image Menu 20 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 5 The bottom row of buttons provides access to the menu s ystem of the SuperV iew . These menus are dis cussed in greater detail later in this chapter . The buttons to the right of the LCD allow navigation and s election throug h the menu system. I n general, the E NTER but[...]

FR ONT PANEL CONTROL Input Menu May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 21 ..... The currently active wi ndow (i.e. 3) is shown in p arenthesis on the top line an d the first three menu items and their current values are al so shown. There is a prompt (>) wh ich indicates the active menu item. Us e the arrow keys to scroll through the menu ite[...]

FRONT PANEL CONTR OL Output M enu 22 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 5 The currently active wind ow (i.e. 3) is shown in p arenthesis on the top line an d the first three menu items and their current values are also s hown. There is a prompt (>) wh ich indicates the active menu item. Us e the arrow keys to scroll through the menu items [...]

FR ONT PANEL CONTROL W i ndow Me nu May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 23 ..... values for an active menu item. Once y ou have adjusted to the des ired value, pres s E NTER to confirm and save the new value. Pres sing E SCA PE or the Up/Down arrow keys will cancel changes . Some of the menus in the Output section are interativ e menus (i.e. [...]

FRONT PANEL CONTR OL Miscella neous Me nu 24 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 5 ........... ................ ................ ..... MISCELLANEOUS MENU Press the M ISCELLANEOUS button to access this menu. It contains menus for some overall system paramete rs. The menus include T est Pattern, Restore Factory Default s, Auto Save, Save Configu[...]

FR ONT PANEL CONTROL Pr esets May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 25 ..... ........... ................ ................ ..... PRES ETS The SuperV iew stores up to six user- defined presets. These prese ts store a specific s creen configur ation for the Su perV iew . This configur ation includes window size, posi tion, and order , image param[...]

FRONT PANEL CONTR OL Presets 26 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 5[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 27 6 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . S ERIAL C OMMAND S ET This section discusses the SuperV iew serial control comman ds. The command set provides access to all of the unit’ s functions. An option al software cont rol program, called the V irtual Control P anel (VCP), is also availabl e. See[...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Seri al Comma nd Set Usag e 28 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 6 INPUT COMMANDS These co mmands allow yo u to make ad justments for your inp uts and th en save these settings into the unit’ s internal memo ry . Command Argumen t s Description INput <inpu t # | ALL> [ AUTO | LOCK | DEBUG] Sets the inp ut mode for [...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Serial Co mmand Se t Usage May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 29 ..... HOST COMM ANDS The Host comman ds control the outpu t of the SuperV i ew . They define the output o r “host” timing an d sync format, and save, load , and delete timing s to the Host List. INp utTY PE <inp ut#> < COMPO SITE | SVIDEO | COMPO[...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Seri al Comma nd Set Usag e 30 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 6 HostIn teractiv e (none) Enters the host inter active mo de. This is an adjust ment mode for changi ng the Host Timing val ues to better sui t your display d evice. Once in th e interactive mo de, a white box and cross h air appea r on the o utput d isplay [...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Serial Co mmand Se t Usage May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 31 ..... WINDOW POSITIONING /VISIBILITY This section co ntains commands for contro lling the display conf iguration, zoom and pan operations, and freezing inputs. Command Arg uments Description BackG round <ON | OFF> This comma nd is used if you are runn i[...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Seri al Comma nd Set Usag e 32 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 6 POSitio n <input #> [< direction> <rep etit ion> ] Activa tes the positio n utility , allowing yo u to move the specifie d input arou nd the o utput di splay . The controls fo r the ut ility ar e as foll ows: i = move up m = move down j =m[...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Serial Co mmand Se t Usage May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 33 ..... WINdow <input# | ALL> < ON| OFF> The Window command is used to turn off one or a ll inputs. If W i ndow is Off and th e input to t hat chan nel is remo ved and r eapplied withi n two second s then the statu s remains o ff. If W i ndow is On [...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Seri al Comma nd Set Usag e 34 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 6 IMAGE CONTROLS After you have made your adjustmen ts with the I npu t Comm ands , you can th en adjust the image co ntrols for each input. Command Arguments Description BRIght <input# | ALL> < -500…5 00> Sets bright ness value of the sel ected[...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Serial Co mmand Se t Usage May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 35 ..... SERIAL PORT FU NCTIONS These comman ds control the baud and echo settings . MISCELLANEO US These comman ds control a variety of general Super V iew functi ons. Command Arguments Description BAUDrate <1200 | 2400 | 9600 | 19200 | 38400 | 57 600 | 1152[...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Seri al Comma nd Set Usag e 36 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 6 T ABLE 4. De finiti ons and Ranges for Input Timing Par ameters SA VE CON FIGurat ion (no ne) Force s an updat e and expl icit save of the system’s NVRAM. Thi s stores config uration infor mation such as HostList , InputList , Host settin gs and displ ay [...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Serial Co mmand Se t Usage May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 37 ..... T ABLE 5. Ho st List # NAME HFP HS HBP HACT VFP VS VBP V ACT HFREQSYNC HPOL VPOL IL 1 . (user defined hosts) . 10 11 VESA_1280x1024_75 16 144 248 1280 1 3 38 1024 79980 5 1 1 0 12 VESA_12 80x1024_60 48 112 248 1280 1 3 38 1024 639835 1 1 0 13 1280x1024_[...]

SERIAL COMMAND SET Cont r ol S oftware For Windows 38 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 6 61 852x480_____ 59.94 20 66 52 852 6 6 33 480 31 4685 0 0 0 62 1360x1024__7 5.1 32 136 272 1360 3 3 35 1024 8000 0 5 1 1 0 63 1360x768__60 92 40 276 1360 3 6 18 768 47700 5 1 1 0 64 1600x1200___ __60 55 164 259 1365 1 3 46 1200 75001 5 1 1 0 ...........[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 39 7 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . T ECHNICAL S PECIFICATIONS Input Sig nals (in windows) Input Sig nal (in background ) Outp ut Signal Other Number Up to 12 RG B/vide o channe ls Ty p e RGB: 640x480 to 1600 x1200 pi xels V ideo: NTSC/ P AL Com posite, S-Vi deo, Y P B P R Co mponent Horizo nt[...]

T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 40 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 7 Size 2RU (up to six input s): W idth 17. 5" (44.5 cm) Depth 18. 0" (45.7 cm) Height 3. 5" (8.9 cm ) 3RU (up to twe lve inputs ): W idth 17. 5" (44.5 cm) Depth 18. 0" (45.7 cm) Height 5. 3" (13.3 cm ) We i g ht Approximate ly 22 lbs (10 kg)[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 41 8 ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . T ROUBLESHOOTING Probl ems with the Supe rV iew’ s operation may r esult from inapp ropriate system connections and settings. In the event of difficulty or anomalous results, first check cable connections, the video format associated with each input, the m[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING How to Conta ct RGB Spectrum 42 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 8 ........... ................ ................ ..... HOW TO CONTACT RGB SPECTRUM RGB Spectrum can be reached via phone, fax, mail and e-mail: RGB Spectrum 950 Marina Village Parkway Alameda, CA 94501 Phone: (510) 814-7 000 Fax: (510) 814-7026 E-Mail: support@[...]

T ROUBLES HOOTING Firmwar e Updates/README Files May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 43 ..... C for details) and README files, off ering late-breaking technical information on our pro duc ts.[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING Firmwar e Updates/READM E Files 44 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 8[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 45 A ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . RS-232 C ONTROL The SuperV iew has two RS- 232 serial communi cations ports fo r remote control of its function s, enabling the SuperV iew to receive data and in structions from host applications, and to be explicitly controlled with commands sent via the se[...]

RS-232 CONTROL Connectin g the RS-232 Por t 46 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 A echo” is ma de with t he ECHO command. If the SuperV iew is connected to a computer configur ed as Data C ommunications Equ ipment (D.C.E.), you need to use a nu ll modem. See “ The Null Modem” on page 48. Almost all ASCII terminals, and most com puter s[...]

RS-232 CONTROL Conn ecting the RS -232 Port May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 47 ..... RS-232 . ... ..... .... PARAMETERS Ensure that your device is set up with these defaul t serial port parameters. Ensure that the contr olling host computer or ASCII terminal is set for 960 0 baud, 8 data bits, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit and no parity . These[...]

RS-232 CONTROL Connectin g the RS-232 Por t 48 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 A Almost all ASCII terminals, and most com puter serial ports, are configur ed as Data T erminal Equipment. T o connect these to the SuperV i ew , you need a “straight throu gh” cable with pins 1 through 8 connect ed. “Straig ht through” implies that pin[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 49 B ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . V IDEO L EVEL S AND C HROMA K EY If you have t he optional B ACKGR OUND I NPUT connector on your SuperV iew unit, then in Autosy nc mode you have the option of using the Chroma Key mode. In t his Autosyn c display opt ion, window s selectively replace the ba[...]

V IDEO LEVELS AND CHROMA KEY 50 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 B Most users w ill use one of the six fu ll amplitude s aturated col ors, or black o r white, for the key color . (See Ta b l e x x ). The situatio n is more complex if you wish to key on a color other than a full amplitu de saturated color , or if your host compu ter outputs [...]

V IDEO LEVELS AND CHROMA KE Y May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 51 ..... chroma key . This is because the frame buffer color must lie wit hin the correct range for all three colo r components simultaneously . The fraction of all colors reserved f or the chroma key is the produ ct of the indiv idual fractions . For the example g iven, this i[...]

V IDEO LEVELS AND CHROMA KEY 52 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 B[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 53 C ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . U PDATIN G S YSTE M F IRMW ARE The firmware versi on in the SuperV iew can be field update d via the RS-232 serial port. The firmware i s like the operati ng system in your co mputer—it instructs the SuperV iew in all of its operations. ...... .. ... ... .[...]

UPDATING SYSTE M FIRMWARE 54 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 C[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 55 D ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . S ERIAL C ONTROL OF M ULTI PLE U NITS The Multi-Pro duct Serial Driver (MPS D) is a protocol for contro lling more than one RGB Spect rum product thro ugh a single co nsole. The maxim um number of MPSD su pported product s in a single ch ain is ten. An extra[...]

SERIAL CONTROL OF MULTIPLE UNITS MPSD Comma nds 56 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 D which device they are working with. Since all MPSD commands are buffered, Device 0 is respon sible for echoing MP SD commands to the console. :unassign - cancels MPSD mode for all connected devices :unassign This command removes all con nected devices from[...]

SERIAL CONTROL OF MULTIPLE UNITS MPSD Exam ple: B aud Rat e Change May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 57 ..... Device 0> :addname 1 Screen2 :report - check the identity of one or all MPSD device(s) in the chain :report <device number | device name> Reports the identificatio n of one or all MPSD device(s) in the chain. If the command[...]

SERIAL CONTROL OF MULTIPLE UNITS MPSD Example: Ba ud Rate Change 58 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 D can enter MPSD commands. Selecting th e next upstream device in the chain , which is still at the old bau d rate, re-establishes communication. Afte r chan ging the b aud r ate for the co nsol e, th e :unassign command is issued to clear o[...]

May 9, 2 002 SuperV iew 3000 User Man ual 59 E ..... ........ ..... ...... ..... ........ . P RODUCT W ARRANTY ........... ................ ................ ..... WARRANTY RGB Spectrum (RGB) warrants that this product will be free from defects i n material and workmanship, u nder normal use and service when cor rectly installed an d maintained, f o[...]

PRODUCT W ARR ANTY Exte nded W a rranty 60 SuperV iew 3000 User M anual May 9, 2002 E[...]