Clarity WN=5230-S manuale d’uso

52” VideoWall Digital Light Processing TM Display WN-5230-S User’s Guide 070-0037-00[...]

ii  1999 by Clarity Visual Sy stems ® , Inc. All Rights Reserved. Contents of this publication m ay not be reproduced in any form without perm iss ion of Clarity Visual Sy st e ms, Inc. Tradem ar k Cr edits Macintosh is a r egistered tradem ar k of Apple Com puter Corp. IBM is a register ed tradem ark of International Business Machines, Inc . B[...]

iii LIMITED WARRA NTY . Clarity warrants to Buyer that the W N -5230-S (the “ Product”) , if properly used and serviced, will perfor m substantially in accordance with the produc t data sheet and users m anual, and will be f ree fr om defects in m aterial and work m anship for 1 year following date of shipm ent. T his warr anty does not apply t[...]

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v Table of Contents PRODUCT INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 F EATURES ...........................................................................[...]

vi Adjust the Black Input Level - PC, MAC or RGBS Da ta................................................ 36 Adjust the White Input Level - PC, MAC or R GBS Data ............................................... 37 Comp Video/S-Vide o Level Adjustment ..................................................................... 38 Set the Sharpne ss ..........[...]

vii RS-232 CONTROL ....................................................................................................... 98 RS-232 C ONTR OL I TEMS ................................................................................................. 101 SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................[...]

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1 Product Introduction Introduction The W N-5230-S is a 52-inch ( 132 cm) diag onal 800 x 600 (SVGA) r esolut ion rear-pr oj ect ion display system designed around T exas Inst r um ent s’ propriet ar y Digital Lig ht Processing ™ (DLP)™ t echnology. T he display featur es low power consumption, long lamp lif e and excellent f ocus and g eomet[...]

Septem ber 1999 2 Options and Accessories Clarity’s display products can be upgr aded with several accessories. See your re se ll er o r vi s it www. C l a r it yV i su a l . c om f or a c u r r e nt l i st i n g of ava i la bl e o pt i o ns . ! Ultra-T hin Mu llion Sc reen – There are t hr ee scr een options: • The standard scr een has a mul[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 3 Safety Please read this chapter car e f ully befor e attem pt ing to inst all, use, ser vice, or repair the W N-5230- S VideoW all. Haz ardous voltage inside. Can shock, bur n, or cause death. No user ser v iceable par t s inside. Refer all service to qualif ied ser vicem an. WARNUNG Im Innern des Monitors l[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 4 Haz ardous voltage. Can shock, bur n or cause deat h. Disconnect power cor d bef ore servicing t his unit . Refer to service manual f or details. GEFAHR Im Innern des Monitors liegt gefährlic he Hochspannung an. F alls Sie unter Hochspannung s tehende Teile berühren, k önnen Sie einen elektrisc hen Sch[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 5 Hot surface near lam p. Skin burn hazard. Wait m or e than 5 minutes f or lam p housing t o cool bef ore replacing lamp assembly. See inst r uction manual. WARNUNG Oberflächen in der Nähe der Lampe sind heiß! Ver brennungsgefahr! Geben Sie dem Lampengehäuse wenigstens 5 Minuten Zeit zum Abkühlen, bevor [...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 6 WARNUNG Nur die W N-5230-S Lampe, der Luf tf ilter und die Sicher ung können vom Benutzer selbst ausg etauscht werden. Alle anderen W artung s- und Repar aturar beit en sollt en einem qualif izierten Kundendienst über lassen werden. Nicht bef olg ung kann zu elekt r ischen Schläg en, Verbr ennungen dur[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 7 WARNING The W N-5230-S uses a hig h-intensit y proj ect ion- lam p m odule. Do not attem pt to replace t he pr oj ection lamp m odule with any alternative light source. Doing so can cause overheating or unacceptable imag e q uality. Replacement lamp modules m ay be ordered f rom Clar it y Visual Systems, I n[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 8 Quick Start This is a brief sequence of act ions t hat m ust be fo llowed to properly setup t he W N-5230-S. Complet e inst r uct ions and explanations of t he st eps are contained in the f ollowing chapters. 1 Remove the screens and build the w all starting with the low e r row. Bolt the displays togethe[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 9 9 Select (or deselect) SHARPNESS in the M isc Control menu. 10 Display a checkerboard pattern (alternating black and w hite pixels) from the data/video source and adjust the FREQUENCY . This step is most applicable to computer sources. 11 Adjust the PHASE using the checkerboard pattern from the source. This [...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 10 Site Preparation Read the chapter on saf ety precaut ions bef ore inst alling and operat ing t he W N-5230-S VideoW all. The f ollowing table shows the installation specif ications f or a variety of common video wall configur at ions. Height X Wid th - 1X1 1X2 2x2 2X3 3X3 3X4 4X4 Single 2 displays 4 disp[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 11 Power Consumption Typical power consumption of t he W N-5230- S is 160 W at t s , but the maximum potential of 200 W att s should be used f or calculat ing the load on the power source. At 200 W att s the curr ent dr aw is approximately 1.7 Amps at 115 VAC (0. 9 Am ps at 230 VAC). Voltage Range The W N-5230[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 12 WA RNUNG Im I nnern des Monitors liegt gef ährliche Hochspannung an. Falls Sie unter Hochspannung st ehende T eile berühren, können Sie einen elektr ischen Schlag erhalten bzw. Verbrennung en oder sogar den T od erleiden. I m I nnern bef inden sich keine T eile, die von einem Laien gewartet oder r epa[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 13 To allow proper cooling, the minimu m r eq uired clearance t o the rear of t he Unit is 4 inches. If inst alled in a video wall configurat ion, a m inimum of 12 inches to t he ceiling fr om t he t op of t he hig hest display is needed if t he units are inst alled f r om t he front. Cables and Sign als Video[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 14 Optical Alignment Tools Required : 3/32 inch Allen-hex driver 3/8 inch socket driver Optical Alig nm ent m eans to the adj ust the size and position of the im age and to correct f or k eystoning and r o t at ion. Bef or e installing a display, check it to verify that t he imag e is opt ically aligned. W [...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 15 Figure 1. Optic al Engine, left side. T he addition hole between LS1 and LS2 which lets you see the LS screws m ore eas ily . S1 LS2 N2 S2 LS1 LD1 Vie w Hole N1[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 16 Figure 2. Optical Engine, r ight side. N2 LD2 S4 LS 2 S3[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 17 For an imag e t hat is way out of alignm ent and that needs major adjustme nt, start w ith everything in a “norm al” position: • If t he scr een is Ultra- T hin Mullion, remove the screen and check t hat all the pointed alig nm ent bolts are at the same dist ance. Put the shipping shim behind each bol[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 18 Keystone, top wid er To f ix this, loosen nuts S1 and S3 in eq ual amounts to m a k e the t op sm aller . This will lower the imag e on t he m ir r or , shortening the distance to the screen f or t he t op, thus m ak ing it sm aller . The whole image will be lowered, but you can fix this l ater w ith the[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 19 Size To increase im ag e size, loosen N1 and N2 tog et her . To mak e the imag e smaller, tight en them bot h. Befor e adj ust ing N1 and N2, loosen t he locking nuts LD1 and LD2 (lock down nuts). Up, down, right, left Use LS1 and LS2 to move the imag e vertically or horizontally. W hen you think you are fi[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 20 Adjustment Summary (Viewed from t he f ront ) Rotation A djustment Hardw are Direction Effect On Image S1 and S2 together Tighten Right side up S1 and S2 together Loosen Right side down S3 and S4 together Tighten Left side up S3 and S4 together Loosen Left side down Keystone A djustment Hardw are Directi[...]

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Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 22 Mechanical Setup The mechanical set up is br ok en down into three processes - t he physical assembly of the wall, the at tachment of cables to each display and the setting of each display’s number, or addr ess, in t he wall. The W N-5230-S comes with either a standard scr een, an Ultr a- T hin Mullion[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 23 To setup t he W N-5230- S display in a video wall configur at ion, f ollow these steps: 1. Grasp the screen o n each side at the bottom The “screen” you are remov ing is 5 inches thick. Pull out at the bottom first, to separate the latch-hooks from the latches. It comes out with a “pop.” T he screen[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 24 10. Reinst all screens Reinstall each display’s screen. Mechan ical Setup, Ultra-Th in Mullion or Blacks creen CAUTION T he displays with Ultra-Thin Mullion screens are not serviceable fr om t he f ront . Service should be perf ormed t hroug h t he r ear access cover. Instruct ions f or Black Screen ar[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 25 Basic Steps f or Alignm ent This is a summ ar y of the steps necessar y to build a video wall thin mullion displays and align their scr eens. T his is a summary only. The details on how to perf or m each st ep f ollow the summar y. 1. Remove the screens f rom all t he display units. 2. Build the video wall.[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 26 displays on it. (If the BAS-520 is used with Ultra- Thin M ullion screens, remove the adapter plate before you put the unit on the base.) Stack the next higher row . Sliding the legs of each display into the mating sockets of the display in the first (lower) row . C. Insert a bolt (supplied). Insert a bo[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 27 picture will look. F. If the two measurements are the same, you have a rectangle with perfectly square corners, and you may go on to Step 4. G. If the two measurements are not the same, within 1/32 nd inch (0.8 mm), the frame is not a rectangle with perfectly square corners, it is a parallelogram. Loosen th[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 28 units in the row abov e at this time.) F. W ith the Alignment Tool still in place, check display #2 for squareness by measuring the diagonals. Loosen the Locking Screws on #2 that are on the other side from the Alignment Tool, and adjust adapter plate #2 until it is square- cornered rectangle. G. W hen y[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 29 screen IN (away from you) by 1/32nd of an inch (0.8 mm). E. Hang the screens again and check your w ork. F. W ith the screens in place on the bottom row, put the screens on the next row above. “Flatten” this row in the same w ay, pay ing attention to how these fit with the bottom row as well as w ith th[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 30 Lo ck i n g Scre w Al ignmen t Bolt Al ignmen t Hol e Hole f or Spring- Loaded screw Al ignmen t Bolt Al ignmen t Hol e Lo ck i n g Scre w[...]

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Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 32 Operation Aft er t he displays are installed, use t hese pr ocedur es: Step 1 - Power-On Step 2 - Adjust the Input Signal Settings Step 3 - Adjus t the Colors Step 4 - Save the Settings Step 1 – Power-On 1. Turn the main power switch on t he power supply to the O N position The Standby LED flashes, ind[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 33 operation electronics “thinks” the lamp is on, the STBY LED is off, and the fan and lamp LEDs are on. Howev er, the electronics does not know w hether the lamp is actually lit. A faint glow from the lamp ex haust vent in the rear of the unit indicates the lamp is on. Step 2 - Adjust the In put Signal Se[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 34 Aft er t he displays are t urned on, use t his pr ocedur e t o select the correct source. T his must be done with each unit in a video wall. 1. On the remote contro l, press SOURCE The Source Select menu is displayed. 2. Press the Up/D own arrow keys and highlight the upper pair of arrows # # # # $ $ $ $[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 35 Input L evel W hen the black and white levels are correct ly set, the display will know what the absolute minimum and m aximum sig nal amplit ude is t hat the source is sending t o it . T he procedure f or I nput Level adjustm ent , and the menus f or it, ar e dif f erent f or com put er sources and video s[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 36 Adjust the Blac k Input Level - PC, MAC or RGBS Data (This does not apply to Composite or S- Video sourc es – see Comp Video/S-Video Level Adjust ment on page 38.) Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hours Save Config Recall Config Reset Config M[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 37 4. Select Auto Press the Up/Dow n arrow buttons to highlight Auto. Press ENTER to automatically set the display’s black level point. 5. Exit from the Black Level menu Press the PREV ME NU button to ex it out of the menus. Adjust the White Input Level - PC, MAC or RGBS D ata (This does not apply to Composi[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 38 2. Press t he remote co ntrol LEVEL button The Input Lev el menu is displayed. 3. Select Whit e Level Pre ss the Up/Down arrow keys to highlight White Level. Press the ENTER button to display the White Leve l menu. 4. Select Auto Press the Up/Dow n arrow buttons to highlight the Auto feature. Press the E[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 39 Hue: Changes the tint of imag es to be m or e g reen or m or e magent a color ed. 1. Press the remo te cont rol LEVE L button Brings up the Video Controls menu (must have Comp Video or S-Video selected as a source). 2. Display an all-b lack image from the sourc e (not from the built-i n test patter ns) Fram[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 40 8. Adjust S aturati on Adjust Saturation up or down until the large color bars at the each end of the pattern (white and blue) match the smaller color bars beneath them. 9. Adj ust Hue Adjust Hue up or down until the tw o central color bars (cyan and magenta) match the smaller color bars beneath them. 10[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 41 Set the Sharpn ess Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hours Save Config Recall Config Reset Config Misc Control About Misc Control [X] Sharpness [X] Buzzer Enable [ ] Flip Horz [ ] Flip Vert [ ] Auto Lamp On [ ] Test Patterns Use the Sharpness menu t[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 42 Adjust the Frequency (This c ontrol has different effec ts with computer and video sourc es.) Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hours Save Config Recall Config Reset Config Misc Control About Frequency Select 096 For RGBS, Composite, and S-v ideo[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 43 2. Display an image containing many on/off (bl ack/white ) transitions A fine-grain checkerboard pattern works best. One of the “fill” patterns in W indows 95 Paint has this. Start the Paint program found under Accessories. Select Image, Attributes, Black and W hite, OK, Yes. Select View and see that Co[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 44 Use the PHASE button t o adjust t he phase of t he int ernal sampling clock relative to the incoming data. Phase noise is usually seen as f ine, horizontal lines moving throug h the imag e or as f lick er ing edges on t he displayed text. Note: For video inputs, t he Phase control does not af f ect t he [...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 45 Use the arrow keys to adj ust the posit ion of t he im ag e on each display. 1. Press the ME NU button on the remote co ntrol Displays the main menu. 2. Go to the Misc Control menu Use the U p/Down arrow buttons to scroll down to the Position item and then press the ENTER button to open it. 2. Posit ion the[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 46 2. Press the Up/Down arrow keys Mov e the cursor to the Zoom selection. 3. Press ENTER Displays the Zoom Factor menu. 4. Scale the image Select an edge of the image that needs to be expanded or compressed (Left, Right, Up or Down). It is easiest to see the effect of Zoom when the image is a some form of [...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 47 balance is the same f or all sources. T he color balance inf orm at ion is saved in memory in only one location, not f or each source. However, when a lamp is changed, you should color balance again. The goal of color balancing the displays is to mat c h t he br ight ness and white “color” of all the di[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 48 Use the W hite and 50% Gray inter nal T est Patt erns f rom t he M i sc Control menu, not an exter nal pat tern. 1. Display an all-white image On each display in the v ideo wall, open the M isc Control menu, select Test Pattern and choose W hite. 2. Open the COLOR menu Press the Color button on the remot[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 49 is having to the overall imag e. T hen back of f t o f ine t une. T his helps to g ive an intuitive f eel f or t he color balance process. It is of ten helpf ul to switch between the inter nal white and g r ay patt er ns and actual video images to f ine tune the system . Avoid making m ajor chang es when ad[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 50 Step 4 – Save, Recall, or Rese t the Settings Aft er all adj ustment s have been made, Save the set t ing s. T her e is a separ at e Save location for each sour ce in each m ode – PC at 800x600, PC at 640x480, RGBS at 31.5 MHz, RGBS at 15.75 MHz, etc. Af ter you have adjusted the displays f or one so[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 51 1. Press the remo te control MENU button The M ain menu is displayed. 2. Pre ss the Up/Down arrow keys M ove the cursor to the Save C onfig (or Recall Config or Reset Config) selection. 3. Press ENTER The Save C onfig (or Recall Config or Reset Config) menu is displayed. 4. Pre ss the Up/Down arrow keys to [...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 52 Turning off the System Turning off t he Display, Enter ing Standb y Mode W hen the OFF butt on on t he r em ote is pressed, t he display will power down and, af t er about 5 seconds, t he STANDBY LED will turn on. W hen t he STANDBY LED is on, t he display is in the st andby mode and is r eady to be turn[...]

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Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 54 Clarity’s Big Picture™ Wall Processor Setup Instructions These are t he basic st eps t o f ollow to display a single imag e over an entire wall of displays. Big Picture can be set up and saved for each video source, so you can switch between sources while maintaining the specif ic mag n if ication an[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 55 Assign each display a unique address using the Unit ID knob. Both the Group and Unit ID numbers are used The address of the display in the upper left corner (as seen from the front) must be zero. The addresses of the other displays must increase left to right, top bottom, increasing by one for each display.[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 56 Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hours Save Config Recall Config Reset Config Misc Control About If t he display has Big Pict ur e, you will see a menu like this: Wall Processor Wall Size: Horizontal: 002 Vertical: 002 Current Unit: 01 Misc: [ ][...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 57 11. S ave the s ettings Open the Save Config menu and sav e the settings for the current Source and Mode on each display , as described above in Step 4 – Save, Recall, or Reset the Settings on page 50. If t her e ar e other video sources on dif f er ent input connectors t hat will use Big Pictur e, g o th[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 58 Source video RGB S 15.7 5 kHz 9 -pin of "next " displ ay 15- pin to 9-pin ada pter c abl e 15- pi n RG BS connector L OOP-THRU connector 1 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 13 6[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 59 Installin g Big Picture Option Key The Big Pict ure Opt ion Key enables the f unctions and f eatures associated with Clarity’s Big Picture™. The O pt ion Key consists of an integr at ed pr int ed circuit boar d assem bly and a cable harness. Included as part of the Print ed Circuit Boar d Assem b ly are[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 60 Other Features and Adjustments The f ollowing feat ur es and adj ustment s ar e available via the remot e. Curtain Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hours Save Config Recall Config Reset Config Misc Control About Curtain Select [ ] Curtain On The[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 61 Monitor Select Disables most rem ot e f unct ions on the display to pr event t he unit f r om unintended adjustm ent via the remot e cont rol. 1. Press MON SEL on th e remote The M onitor Select menu is displayed. 2. Enable Monitor Select Press the ENTER button to enable the M onitor Select feature. To rest[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 62 Miscellan eous Controls The Misc Control menu contains: Sharpness Buzzer Enable Horizontal Flip Vertical Flip Auto Lamp On Test Patterns Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hours Save Config Recall Config Reset Config Misc Control About Misc Contro[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 63 Buzzer Enable - W hen t his f eat ur e is enabled, a buzzer will sound w henever the display detects a valid command f rom t he r em ote. I f disabled, com m ands are received silently. Flip Ho rz – Reverses the image hor izontally. Flip Ve rt – Reverses the imag e vert ically. A uto Lamp On - W hen AC [...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 64 Reset Lam p Hours Aft er you chang e t he lam p, use this menu t o r eset the lamp hour t im er to zero. Lamp hour s count up whenever the VideoW all is running ( FAN and LAMP LEDs are on). The system hour t imer displays the tot al hours that power has been applied to t he VideoW all with the power supp[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 65 About This displays the Clarity Visual Systems cont act inf or m at ion. It also displays the version of f irm ware being used. (T he Pr oj ect and Build infor m at ion is of concer n only to manuf act ur ing .) Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hou[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 66 Cleaning and Maintenance Once the W N-5230-S is set up and adj usted, per iodic m aint enance will consist of cleaning the display and replacing consum able parts such as the lamp and f ilter. Use t he procedures in t his sect ion to rem ove and replace W N-5230-S modules as needed t o m aint a in t r ou[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 67 panels or the f ront scr een r em oved f rom t he unit , except when required for ser vicing. Operat ing the display with access panels or the f r ont screen removed can expose service or operating per sonnel t o ultraviolet burns and hig h electrical voltag es. Always wear ultraviolet- blocking eyewear wit[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 68 8. Detach the l amp cable Using your thumb and middle finger to unlock the lamp cable connector, use your index finger to pull the connector away from the lamp. The lamp cable w ill remain connected to the optical engine. 9. Remov e the lamp Push the lamp to the right (into the optical engine) w hile tur[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 69 Figure 6 SRT -100, Screen Rem oval T ool Lamp Replacement, Rear Access, Any Screen Typ e 1. Turn off t he power Sw itch off the W N-5230-S using the remote and allow the cooling cycle to complete (30 seconds) before sw itching off the AC power at the rear-panel sw itch. 2. Unplug powe r cor d Remove the AC [...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 70 6. Remov e the lamp Push the lamp to the left (into the optical engine) while turning counterclockwise. T he lamp will rotate about an eighth of a turn before it can be pulled to the right and removed. 7. Install th e new lamp and reassemble the display Reinsert a UHP 100W lamp in the same orientation. P[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 71 Air Filter Replacement, Rear Access 1. Turn off t he power Sw itch off the W N-5230-S using the remote and allow the cooling cycle to complete (30 seconds) before sw itching off the AC power at the rear-panel sw itch. 2. Unplug powe r cor d Remove the AC pow er cord from the display. 3. Remov e the rear acc[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 72 Troubleshooting This section provides tips and st r at eg ies f or r esolving pr oblem s or issues you may encounter, eit her dur ing inst allat ion or in nor m al use of t he W N-5230- S. Many problems can be rect if ied without the need f or ser vice by following t he troubleshooting steps below. If yo[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 73 Normal Power- Up Sequence Seq uence Note Failure Symptoms A t This P art Of The Sequence 1. Att ach acceptab le AC power to the display The pow er module is auto ranging – no voltage selection is necessary 2. Turn o n main po wer switch The main pow er switch is located on the back of the W N-5230-S, next[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 74 6. The elect ronics turn on the DLP engi ne and start sending data to it If there is video present on the selected source (see Source Select in menu), the video image w ill be displayed If there is no video present, the message “SOURCE ABSENT” w ill be displayed. Menus can be accessed and settings sa[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 75 Much of the preliminar y diag nost ics can be done by observing the 3 LEDs on the rear connect or panel. Table 2 shows the LED combinations f or t he most likely f ailur e m odes if t he W N-5230- S is not operating correct ly. Standby LED Fan LED Lamp LED Indication Flashing slow ly Off Off Normal oper ati[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 76 Image Problems Follow these steps in order. Check Sy m ptom the operation of the dis play after each step . Image is dim 1. Verify that the input signal is good 2. Adjust the Black Level via the menu w hile displaying a black video image and the W hite Level while displaying a w hite video image 3. Set e[...]

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Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 78 Technical Support Many of t he t e chnicians who install Clarity displays have been factor y trained by Clarity to diagnose and repair t he display. I f t echnical suppor t is req uired, call the installer f irst . In addit ion to their under st anding of Clarity’s products , they have specific knowled[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 79 Technical Support Request Company: Date: Reseller/In st aller : Unit Serial Number : Contact Name: Phone or E-mail: Description of the Failure: Did the f ailur e occur dur ing st ar t - up or was the display in operation when the failur e occur r ed? Lamp Hours of the display (if accessible): System Hours o[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 80 Connector Pinouts RGBS 1. R ed Video 2. Green Video 3. Blue Video 4. Composite Sync 5. Ground 6. Ground 7. Ground 8. Ground 9. Ground[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 81 MAC 1. Ground 2. Red Video 3. Horizontal Sync 4. Ground 5. Green Video 6. Ground 7. No Connect 8. No Connect 9. Blue Video 10. No Connect 11. Ground 12. Vertical Sync 13. Ground 14. Ground 15. No Connect PC & LOOP-THRU 1. Red Video 2. Green Video 3. Blue Video 4. No Connect 5. No Connect 6. Ground 7. Gr[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 82 RS-232 IN 1. No Connect 2. Transmit Data (TXD) 3. Receive Data (RXD) 4. Connected to pins 6 and 8 in the display 5. Ground 6. Connected to pins 4 and 8 in the display 7. No Connect 8. Connected to pins 4 and 6 in the display 9. No Connect RS-232 OUT 1. No Connect 2. Receive Data (RXD) 3. Transmit Data (T[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 83 S-VIDEO 1. Ground 2. Ground 3. Y (Luma) 4. C (Chroma)[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 84 Interface and Controls Rear Pa nel I nd icat o rs, C o nnect o r s a nd Contro l s The rear panel of the W N-5230- S VideoW all display is depicted below. The S- Video and Composite Video inputs ar e par t of t he VI M-300 option. If your units do not have this option, these connect or port s will be emp[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 85 SOURCE On = valid source detected on the selected input. If this is off, either the wrong source is selected, or the source has no signal in it. GLOBAL This LED glow s whenev er data activity is detected at the RS-232 connector. It does not matter w hether the packet was addressed to this unit on not, or ev[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 86 Rear Panel Connec tors Connector Description MAC Macintosh II data signal input, 800x 600 or 640x480 pixels. 15-pin D-Sub, female. PC IBM-compatible SVG A or VGA signal input, 800x 600 or 640x480 pix els. 15-pin high-density D-Sub, female. LOOP THRU The selected input is output to this 15-pin high-densit[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 87 Rear Panel Contr ols Control Description MONITOR ID 16-position rotary sw itches select a unique Monitor ID number for each unit in a video w all configuration. The tw o switches have a total number of 256 individual M onitor ID settings. GROUP - ID numbers are 0 – 9 and A – F for a total of 16 differen[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 88 Remote Button Description On Sw itches the display on when the Standby LED is on steady . Off Switches the display off. T he display will enter a 30 second standby- delay mode, after w hich the display can be turned back on. Source Displays the Source Select menu, from which the type of input source, SVG[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 89 On-Screen Menus and Messa g es Source Select Frequency Phase Input Level Position Zoom Wall Processor Color Balance Curtain Hours Save Config Recall Config Reset Config Misc Control About The main menu can be accessed by pressing the MENU button. Each sub-menu can be selected by scrolling t o it with the Up[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 90 Menu Selection Description W N-5230-S may be power cycled w i thout loosing the settings. Recall Config Recalls previous user-saved configuration settings. Rese t Confi g Resets all of the display’s settings to the factory defaults. Menu Selection Description Misc Control Sharpness: Buzzer Enable: Flip[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 91 Menus Notes f or m enu descr ipt ions: * T his command is also available f rom a special but t on on the rem ot e cont rol. † In the Color Balance m enu, the up-down arrows move the hig hlig ht thr ough t he t wo columns. T he lef t- rig ht ar rows change the hig hlight ed value. ‡ This comm and is avai[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 92 Frequency Select 000 Adjust frequency; number show n does not directly correlate to freq. § Phase Select 000 Adjust phase; number shown does not directly correlate to phase. § Input Level (T his menu shown only when selected source is PC, M AC or RGBS) Black Level Opens Black Level menu White Level Ope[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 93 Color Balance † * Wht Gry W ht (white) values 000 – 031; Gry (gray ) values 000-007 Red 031 007 Left-right arrows change Red v alues of W hite or Gray Color Balance Green 031 007 Left-right arrows change Green v alues of W hite or Gray Color Balance Blue 031 007 Left-right arrows change Blue values of W[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 94 Wall Processor Wall Size: Horizontal: xxx Vertical: xxx Current Unit: xx Enter number of units in video w all horizontally Enter number of unit is video w all vertically Number of current unit, taken from Group and Unit knobs Misc: [ ] Calc Wall Pos [ ] Wall Mode Select and press Enter to automatically c[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 95 Recall Config # # # # $ $ $ $ [source] Left-right arrows select source to recall: All PC MAC 9-pin (RGBS) BNC (RGBS) C-video S-video # # # # $ $ $ $ [mode] Left-right arrows select mode to recall: Source Mode All All [modes are recalled for all sources] PC All [PC modes are recalled] 640x480 800x600 M AC Al[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 96 Reset Config # # # # $ $ $ $ [source] Left-right arrows select source to reset: All PC MAC 9-pin (RGBS) BNC (RGBS) C-video S-video # # # # $ $ $ $ [mode] Left-right arrows select mode to reset: Source Mode All All [modes are reset for all sources] PC All [PC modes are reset] 640x480 800x600 M AC All [MAC[...]

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Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 98 RS-232 Control Transmission Speed 19200 BAUD Transmission Data Data Length: 8, Stop Bit: 1, Parity Bit: None No standard hardware or sof tware pacing is used such as DT R/RT S or XON/ X OFF. Com mands should be paced using t he ACK, NAK, UNK, or ERR responses f r om t he display. Standard RS-232 levels, [...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 99 IDT – IDT is a 2-byte ID charact er str ing . Monitor I D bytes are used t o identif y which display will receiv e the RS-232 comm and. T his is a 2 byte address that is set by the G r oup and Unit Monitor ID knobs on t he display’s connector panel. Each k nob has 16 possible setting s with the Group se[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 100 ☺ 06 PON ❤ Note : For a dat a packet t o be valid, it must st ar t with STX and end with ETX , and the time f rom ST X t o ET X must be less than one second.[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 101 RS-232 Control Items Notes: * Indicates an ASCII char acter is returned f rom the cube in this location. $ Indicates 8-bit data is returned f rom the cube in this location # Indicates 8-bit data is transm itted to the cube in this location 1 ACK or NCK will be trans m itted following the video cube rec eiv[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 102 Function RS-232 COMMANDS Inc Dec RS-232 DATA Get Set Comment s Recall All Settin gs RCA Recall V G A S etti ngs RC1 Recall MAC S etti ngs RC2 Recall RGB S 9-pi n S etti ngs RC3 Recall RGB S BNC Set t ings RC4 Recall Com posi t e Video Set tings RC5 Recall S -vi deo S ett i ngs RC6 Reset All Se ttings RS[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 103 Function RS-232 COMMANDS Inc Dec RS-232 DATA Get Set Comment s Auto re-strike Co ntrols System st atus reques t S 0$ B it 7: Lamp st at us (1=on; 0=of f ) Bit 6: Lamp failure (1=f ai l ; 0=OK) Bit 5: Not used Bit 4: Not used Bit 3: System st at e: bit 3 Bit 2: System s tate: bit 2 Bit 1: System s tate: bit[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 104 Function RS-232 COMMANDS Inc Dec RS-232 DATA Get Set Comment s Param et er error ERR P a ram eter error.[...]

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Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 106 Specifications Optical Specification Units Maximum Minimum Ty pical Notes Viewable screen size Inches Diagonal 51.68 W idth 41.36 Height 30.95 Image position Pixels -1 +1 0 Deviation of center pix el Rotation Pixels -1 +1 0 Slope displacement over image length Pincushion/Barrel Pixels -2 +2 0 Deviation [...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 107 W hite color matching CIE x y Relative to any other x ± 0.005 W N-5230-S y ± 0.005 Primary color matching CIE xy Relative to any other R, G, or B x ± 0.005 W N-5230-S y ± 0.005 Luminance matching Percent 10 Relative to any other W N-5230-S after calibration Gamma (user selectable) 1.8-2.5 Resoluti on C[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 108 Environmental Specification Units Maximum Minimum Ty pical Notes Temperature (operating) Deg. C 35 0 All performance specifications are maintained within this temperature range Non operating Deg. C 60 -10 Shock G’s 10 Shipping ASTM Qualified Altitude Feet 10,000 Humidity % R.H. 80 20 ≤ 40 ° C N on-[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 109 Electrical Specification Units Maximum Minimum Ty pical Notes Video input amplitude V p-p Separate RGB analog 1.4 0.35 0.7 75 Ω termination Composite sync 5.0 0.3 75 Ω termination Input connectors BNC (row of 4 connectors) 38/15.75 kHz video input, RGBS 9-pin D-Sub (female) 38/15.75 kHz video input, RG[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 110 Regulatory Information Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer’s Name: Clarity Visual Systems Manufacturer’s Address: 9025 SW Hillman Cour t, Suit e 3122 W ilsonville, Oregon 97070 declares that the product Model Number: W N- 5230- S ( DLP pr oj ect or) Product Opti ons: All conforms to the fol low i[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 111 FCC Regu lations This eq uipm ent has been t ested and f ound to com ply with the limits f or a Class A dig ital device, pursuant to Par t 15 of t he FCC r ules. These limit s are desig ned t o pr ovide reasonable protect ion ag ainst harm f ul int er f erence in an inst allation. T his eq uipment generat [...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 112 Index 1 15.75 K Video ........................................................... 58 3 31.5K Vid eo ....................................................... 58, 87 A About ................................................................. 66, 91 Accessori es ...............................................[...]

W N-5230-S VideoW all Us er’s G uide 113 local ......................................................................... 86 Loop Thru ................................................................ 87 of sour ce vi deo .................................................... 58 loop-thru connector .................................................. 8[...]

Clarity Visual Sy s tem s Septem ber 1999 114 V VGA........................................................... 14, 87, 110 Video Controls menu ............................................... 93 Video Input Module . ................................................... 2 Video W all Clearance .............................................. 14 Voltage .[...]