Barco R98500400 manual

Date: 19/06/2001 INST ALLA TION & OPERA TIONS MANUAL Rev: 03 DA YLIGHT DISPLA Y SYSTEMS Art. No: R5976170 R9850040 DLite Sof tware R9828832 DLite Digitizer DLite System Control Software[...]

Due to constant research, the information contained this manual is subject to change without notice Trademarks are the rights of their respective owners All rights reserved Produced by BARCO NV, 19/06/2001 BARCO n.v./Daylight Display Systems Noordlaan 5 B-8520 Kuurne Belgium Tel: +32/56/368828 Fax: +32/56/368824 e-mail: sales.bps@barco.com Visit Ba[...]

Daylight Display Systems 3 BARCO DLite Software Content s continued on next page Block Dia g r am DLite Contr ol Softw ar e Menu S tructure ........................................ 7 CHAPTER 1 Introduction ............................................. 9 Implemented Features ............................................. 9 1.1.Introduction ..........[...]

Daylight Display Systems 4 BARCO DLite Software continued on next page Content s continued 2.General Settings ............................................................. 39 Window Positioning .............................................. 3 9 General ................................................................... 39 3.T emporary Chroma Correc[...]

Daylight Display Systems 5 BARCO DLite Software Content s continued continued on next page Luminance Delay ........................................................................ 78 Luma T racking ............................................................................ 79 Clip to Subblack .......................................................[...]

Daylight Display Systems 6 BARCO DLite Software Content s continued 8.5.T emperature Control .............................. 1 17 Introduction ..................................................................... 117 T emperature Control ........................................... 117 T emperature Log Files ........................................ 1[...]

Software Overview Daylight Display Systems 7 BARCO DLite Software Block Di a g r am DLite Contr ol Softwar e Me n u Str uctur e Dlit e System Moni tor Pro perties Monitor Properties Temperature Control Dli te Moni tor Propert ies Hot S wap Detect ion Diagnostics Temperature Logging AEC sens ing DL i t e Sy ste m Control Sof twar e Ver sion 1.04 Cha[...]

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Daylight Display Systems 9 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 1 Intr oduction The DLite System Control Software is designed preliminary as a user interface to be used with BARCO Digitizer and DLite Display in a windows environment (Windows 95/ Windows 98/ Windows NT). The Control Software can be used to control the Barco Digitizer/DLite Display when conn[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Daylight Display Systems 10 BARCO DLite Software Monitoring This part window resides in the T askbar and can be accessed by clicking the right mouse button over the icon. This p art is important for monitoring the DLite System. The software keep s monitoring (when enabled) even when the DLite System Control Software Dialog is[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Daylight Display Systems 11 BARCO DLite Software DA T ABASE MANAGEMENT CALIBRA TION INDIVIDUAL DIAGNOSTICS VISUALIZA TION OF HOT SW AP DETECTION 1.4.Source & Image Control USER DEFINED SOURCES AND QUICK SOURCE SWITCHING SIMULA TED REMOTE CONTROL IMAGE PROCESSING, T O IMPROVE THE IMAGE ON THE DLITE DISPLA Y SCALING: COMPRE[...]

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Daylight Display Systems 13 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 2 Contr ol Softwar e pack a ge System Requirements Inst all the Software Package on a PC with minimum 5 MB of free sp ace available. A minimum configuration of a 486 processor , 75 MHz and 32 MB RAM is necessary . The minimum operating system required is a 32 bit Windows version: - Win95 / Wi[...]

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Daylight Display Systems 15 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 3 Getting Star ted System Overview POSSIBLE START TILES FOR D A TA CONNECTION. MA Y BE REAL IZ ED IN THE VERTICAL O R HO RIZ ONT A L DIR ECTIO NS D ATA I N TO FI R ST TI LE DATA TO DISPLAY RS232 IN DIG ITI ZE R CONTROL P.C. RS232 O U T S OUR CE SIG N ALS DLite DISP LAY The three main pa rts o[...]

Chapter 3 Getting Started Daylight Display Systems 16 BARCO DLite Software RGB, SDI and PC Dat a. It s the Daylight Display Digitizer that processes all source signals for digital distribution to every DLite display tile. The Digitizer can be accessed directly or via the DLite Display Control Software. This sof tware is designed as a user interf[...]

Chapter 3 Getting Started Daylight Display Systems 17 BARCO DLite Software REMARK Exit the software by clicking the right mouse on the DLite Software icon and selecting < Exit > from the menu. 3. COMMUNICA TION SETUP Proceed as follows to change your communication settings COMMUNICA TION SETUP From the File menu, choose Communication Setup SE[...]

Chapter 3 Getting Started Daylight Display Systems 18 BARCO DLite Software OK BUTTON Click the OK button to save changes or CANCEL to abort. REMARKS Other settings as the data bits, stop bits and parity are default and can not be altered Exit the software by clicking the right mouse on the DLite Software icon and selecting < Exit > from the m[...]

Daylight Display Systems 19 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 4 Contr ol Softwa r e Setup 4.1.Guided Setup Introduction The guided setup wizard will start automatically when clicking the INITIAL TILE SETUP icon for the first time. It guides the user through the process of setting up a DLite Display Configuration, displaying each step the user has to tak[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 20 BARCO DLite Software Menu Structure Help Op era ti o n Pr oper tie s Gu id ed S e tUp Check For Devices He lp DLit e Sy stem Con tr ol Soft war e Ver s io n 1. 0 4 Wor k Of f Li ne DLit e Di sp la y Conf igur atio n About the DLi te Control Software DLit e Di sp la y Conf ig ur a ti on St[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 21 BARCO DLite Software Initialize the DLite Dimensions and Link Orientation as follows DLITE DIMENSIONS · select the desired number of rows and columns or use the corresponding arrows. The number of tiles will be changed automatically DLITE LINK ORIENT A TION · select the start corner , t[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 22 BARCO DLite Software A configuration file can be useful in the following situations · Disassembling an existing DLite Display and assembling it again (with the same dimensions and link orientation) 9 10 11 12 8 7 6 5 1 2 3 4 down load config urati on save t o di s k disa ss emb le a nd a[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 23 BARCO DLite Software · Accessing different DLite Displays (for example with a laptop) in dif ferent locations, with different configurations PLACE A down l oad conf igura tion save to d isk as C fgA PLACE B down load con figurati o n save to disk as CfgB ADV ANT AGE: Once configured for [...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 24 BARCO DLite Software 3.DISPLA Y AUT O ADDRESSING Here one can see which kind of display is used and what the possible resolution modes are. Check if the detected resolution modes are valid. If not, click the CANCEL -button. If everything is detected correctly , click the NEXT -button. 4.D[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 25 BARCO DLite Software 4.2.Initial T ile Setup Menu Structure DLi te System C ontrol So ft war e Version 1.04 Initial T ile Setup DLite Di splay SetU p Tile Addressing Tile Positioning DLite Display Configuration Files DLite Display Act io ns DLite Display Prog ress Info DLite Display Resol[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 26 BARCO DLite Software Here the DLite Display can be configured without following the guided setup wizard. 1.TILE ADDRESSING SELECT THE DLITE DIMENSIONS Select the desired number of rows and columns or use the corresponding arrows. The number of tiles will be changed automatically . Also th[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 27 BARCO DLite Software 2.TILE POSITIONING Define the horizontal and vertical start position of the incoming video. The information of one video image consists of several video lines. On such line contains more information than only the visual picture information (e.g. sync pulse, color burs[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 28 BARCO DLite Software 3.DISPLA Y CONFIGURA TION FILES A configuration file is the storage of the real configuration. It stores the addressing and the positioning of the display and the T ile Configuration (i.e. the correction data for the quadrants, the chroma measurements dat a and some g[...]

Chapter 4 Control Software/Setup Daylight Display Systems 29 BARCO DLite Software 4.DISPLA Y ACTIONS Downloads information about the tiles in the actual display . DOWNLOAD TILE CONFIGURA TION Downloads the T ile Configuration, i.e. the correction data for each quadrant, the chroma measurement dat a and general info for each tile separately . The ac[...]

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Daylight Display Systems 31 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 5 Contr ol Softwar e System Control 5.1.Introduction Introduction Accessing the DLite System Control visualizes the DLite Display- tiles in their real configuration. From here its easy to access a single tile by double clicking it with the left mouse button or one can get a global access t[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 32 BARCO DLite Software Menu Structure DLi te S ystem Co ntr ol So ftwar e Version 1.04 DLi te System Control Gl ob al A cce ss Co nfigu rat ion Da ta Bas e DLite Display Visualisat ion Flas h U pd at e Calibr ation Flas h Upd ate Opt io ns Global LED Wall Access LED Wall Co nf ig u[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 33 BARCO DLite Software The icons underneath the visualization of the DLite Display provide features that influence the complete Display . These features are: 1.GLOBAL ACCESS For accessing all tiles at once 2.CONFIGURA TION For having an overview of the DLite Display configuration 3[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 34 BARCO DLite Software 5.2.Alter Configuration It is possible to simply change the configuration of the DLite Display by clicking on a tile, dragging and dropping it on another one. The addresses and corresponding files of both tiles will be switched[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 35 BARCO DLite Software 5.3.T ile Accessing/Enabling Clicking on a tile with the right mouse button opens the following pop up menu, where its possible to Access the tile or to Enable/Disable the (monitoring of the) tile: 1.ACCESS TILE Access all the tiles properties and settings[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 36 BARCO DLite Software 3.ENABLE/DISABLE TILE Enable or disable a tile. A tile is disabled when DISABLED appears in the tile: 4.EXCLUDE FROM CALIBRA TION Excludes the selected tile in the calculation for calibration. The tile will not influence the calibration of the wall in a[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 37 BARCO DLite Software 5.4.Individual Tile Control Introduction INDIVIDUAL TILE CONTROL (double click on a tile with the left mouse button) Double clicking the left mouse button on a tile gives access to all the tiles properties and settings. Switch between the different topics by [...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 38 BARCO DLite Software 1.T ile Properties ADDRESS The tiles address, each tile is addressed individually SERIAL NUMBER A tiles serial number, each tile has it s own Serial Number . SOFTW ARE IDENTIFICA TION The version of embedded software a tile uses. FIRMW ARE IDENTIFICA TION The[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 39 BARCO DLite Software 2.General Settings WINDOW POSITIONING 1. Read the actual window positioning by clicking the READ POSITION command button. 2. Change the positioning of the tile (horizontal and vertical start and end position) by typing the desired values in the corresponding [...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 40 BARCO DLite Software 3.T emporary Chroma Correction TEMPORAR Y CHROMA CORR. DA T A Overview of the chroma correction data of the tile. These correction data are used to adjust the slight color- differences between the four quadrants of a tile. For each quadrant and for each color[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 41 BARCO DLite Software 4.Definitive Chroma Correction DEFINITIVE CHROMA CORR DA T A. Overview of the chroma correction data of the tile. These correction data are used to adjust the slight color- differences between the four quadrants of a tile. For each quadrant and for each color[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 42 BARCO DLite Software 5.Individual Correction Access to the individual LEDs of the tile, and possibility to change their correction data. QUADRANT SELECTION Choose the desired quadrant by clicking on the corresponding square. COLOR Choose the desired color by clicking on the co[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 43 BARCO DLite Software Select or deselect a single led by clicking it with the left mouse button. Clicking the right mouse button opens a pop up menu: SELECTION SELECT/DESELECT ALL/CURRENT ROW/CURRENT COLUMN Its possible to select/ deselect all LEDs or one row or column at on[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 44 BARCO DLite Software ADJUST SELECTED ADDRESSES Fill in the desired correction data value (0-255) and by clicking the ADJUST -button all the values of the selected LED-addresses will be adjusted (off-line, for updating the tile click the UPLOAD CORRECTION DA T A-button in the prev[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 45 BARCO DLite Software 6.Chroma Measurements Overview of the measured values for this tile for each quadrant. Y -LUMINANCE Abbreviation or symbol for luminance, the black & white information in a video signal. x, y-COLOR COORDINA TE S Color-coordinates, the color part in a vide[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 46 BARCO DLite Software Each point on the next diagram, representing a unique color , may be identified by two coordinates, x and y.[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 47 BARCO DLite Software 5.5.Global Access (Click the GLOBAL ACCESS-icon) Pushing the Global Access Icon makes the Global LED W all Access box appear 1.TEMPORAR Y CHROMA CORRECTION. DA T A Change the chroma correction dat a of all the tiles of the DLite Display . These correction dat[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 48 BARCO DLite Software 4.GENERAL Change the clock- and the PWM value of all tiles of the DLite Display . 1. Click the appropriate 50 or 60 Hz button according to the used source. 2. Enter the desired values or use the default values. 3. Click the SEND CLOCK button. 5.DISPLA Y MODE [...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 49 BARCO DLite Software 5.6.Configuration (Click the CONFIGURA TION-icon) Overview of the configuration of the whole DLite Display . The most important information of each tile separately is displayed and its easy to switch from one tile to another . 1.QUICK TILE VIEW Overview of[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 50 BARCO DLite Software CHROMA MEASUREMENTS DA T A The measured values for this tile for each quadrant. For each color one can see the Y (intensity) and x-, y- (color coordinates) values. 2.CONFIGURA TION FILE The configuration file that is actually used. LOAD CONFIGURA TION FILE Lo[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 51 BARCO DLite Software 2. Select the configuration file to save (then this file will be overwritten) or fill in a new file name in the FILE NAME- screen 3. Click the SA VE-button. 3.CONTROL CONFIGURA TION DOWNLOAD CONFIGURA TION< Download the actual running configuration of the [...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 52 BARCO DLite Software 5.7.Dat abase (click the DA T ABASE-icon) All procedures only influence the data stored in the files and not the data of the related tiles, except for the INIT TILE> T ARGET TILES-button and the FILES> T ARGET TILES-button in the DA T ABASE MANAGEMENT -[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 53 BARCO DLite Software 3.VIEW Access to the individual LEDs of a tile and possibility to change their correction data. For using this view function follow the next steps: 1. Choose a tile by clicking the desired tile. This can be done in the CURRENT TILES-window , as well as in [...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 54 BARCO DLite Software After clicking YES the action proceeds. INITIALIZE INIT TILE WITH VALUE Click this button to give the tile selected as init tile an initial value. All the LED s of this tile will get this value as correction data. Because this action is definitive the syst[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 55 BARCO DLite Software After clicking YES the action proceeds. 4.ZIP MANAGEMENT This function gives the possibility to make a back up of the database. This can be very interesting; when some or all information in the tiles is lost, it can be repaired. For making this back up file d[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 56 BARCO DLite Software 5.TILE 3D CORRECTION APPL Y 3D CORRECTION This function can be applied when there is an inequality in the tiles due to measurements; then a correction formula is applied on the tiles. After clicking the APPL Y 3D CORRECTION-button choose between automatic and[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 57 BARCO DLite Software 5.8.Flash Up date Wizard (Click the FLASH UPDA TE-icon) FLASH UPDA T E Enables the user to easily update the embedded software (Program code of the tiles & Firmware of the Alteras) of the tiles through RS232. Updates the flash-memory of the tiles. Choo[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 58 BARCO DLite Software 1.RANGE OF TILES TO UPDA TE Select the range of tiles to update by selecting the start and end tile by use of the corresponding arrows. 2.OPTIONS Choose the number of retries; this is how many times the system must restart the update if eventually the update [...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 59 BARCO DLite Software 5.SYSTEM DEVICE UPDA TE Use this to update a particular system device HEX code such as that of an A EC 6.LOAD HEX FILE T o select the update file click on the corresponding arrow (>) to enter the following screen: Select the configuration file to use for u[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 60 BARCO DLite Software · Altera Configuration 2: a102Page1.hex · Ambient Environment Controller: Ambient.hex · ... 7.FLASH UPDA TE PROCESSING Finally click the FINISH-button to execute the Flash Update. The Flash Processing Window appears, showing the user the progress of the fl[...]

Chapter 5 Control Software/System Control Daylight Display Systems 61 BARCO DLite Software 5.9.Calibration (Click the Calibration-icon) INTRODUCTION Calibration enables the user to recalibrate the DLite Display . Normally A LL tiles are calibrated and this should only be performed when one or more tiles dont match the other tiles in the DLite Di[...]

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Daylight Display Systems 63 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 6 Contr ol Softwar e Source & Image Control 6.1.Introduction (Click the DLite SOURCE CONTROL-icon) Accessing the DLite Source Control makes it possible to switch easily between different user defined sources, adjust settings for a specific source and save those settings. Its easy to ad[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 64 BARCO DLite Software Menu Structure DLite S ystem Con trol Sof twa re Vers ion 1.04 DLit e Sour ce Contr ol Info Re mote C on tro l Ima gin g DLite Sou rce an d Image Contr ol Scal ing S ource Day L ight Di splay Digitizer Info Remote Control 240 Daylight D isplay Digitizer I mag[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 65 BARCO DLite Software SOURCE Create backup settings or restore backuped settings ADV ANCED Advanced features to improve the image on the DLite Display[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 66 BARCO DLite Software 6.2.Source Control 1.Defining and Using User Defined Sources The DLite System Control Software enables the user to store its own source settings to a file. The user defined Source contains the following information: 1.A name 2.An input related to the Digit[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 67 BARCO DLite Software 2.Add & Delete Sources The Source Control-window displays the user defined sources to switch between. Once such a source is defined its settings can be saved which makes it easy to switch between sources without having to reset every time the settings of [...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 68 BARCO DLite Software 4.Click the NEXT-button, to enter the following screen: 5.Fill in the Horizontal and V ertical S tart Position to determine the S tart Position of the Video Image on the DLite Display 6.Alter the resolution of the DLite Display for the specific source 7.Click[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 69 BARCO DLite Software 3.Edit a user Defined source Click the EDIT -button to enter the following screen SOURCE PROPERTIES In Source Properties one can change the Source Name and Input Relation DIGIT AL CONTRAST In Digital Contrast, adjust the slider to adjust the Digital Contrast.[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 70 BARCO DLite Software RESOLUTION MODE Change the resolution of the wall with the Resolution Mode combobox. The H Res & V Res will automatically change within there allowed limits. Restore the normal resolution for the selected Resolution Mode by clicking the <Restore Resolu[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 71 BARCO DLite Software 4.Import & Export Userdefined Sources The user has the ability to exchange his userdefined sources or save them to disk  No need to define a source twice, once defined for a specific display one can easily import it back again in the software. IMPORT S[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 72 BARCO DLite Software EXPORT SOURCE SETTING T o export a userdefined source: Click on [>> Export Source ] and a dialog will popup asking you which source to export ... Select the userdefined source to export and type a file name to store the source to [...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 73 BARCO DLite Software 5.Copying User Defined Source Settings T o copy settings of one userdefined source to another Once the settings for one userdefined source are initialized, another source can easily be initialized with the same settings: 1.Select the source to copy from by cl[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 74 BARCO DLite Software 6.3.Daylight Display Digitizer Select the address of the digitizer by use of the arrows.[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 75 BARCO DLite Software 6.4.Daylight Display Digitizer (D3) Controls 1.Info (Click the INFO-icon) DA YLIGHT DISPLA Y DIGITIZER INFO Displays information about the digitizer: SOFT VERSION V ersion of embedded control software TYPE T ype of Digitizer[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 76 BARCO DLite Software ST A TUS S t atus of Digitizer (Operating/Off ) SOURCE Current source FIRMW ARE VERSION V ersion of embedded video-processing software[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 77 BARCO DLite Software 2.Remote control (Click the REMOTE CONTROL-icon) Simulated Remote Control, to be used as the remote control of the digitizer . Main features: SOURCE SWITCHING By clicking a number , the corresponding input source of the digitizer is selected ADJUSTMENT Adjust[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 78 BARCO DLite Software 3.Imaging (Click the IMAGING-icon) General video-settings of the DLite Display System: 1.IMAGE PROCESSING SA TURA TION Adjustable from 0 to 15 with the corresponding slider Saturation is the intensity of the color , 0 will be black-and-white. TINT Adjustable [...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 79 BARCO DLite Software LUMA TRACKING Adjustable from -15 to 0 with the corresponding slider Luma Tracking prevent that green haze appears in low lights. CLIP TO SUBBLACK Adjustable from -15 to 0 with the corresponding slider Clip T o Subblack will filter spurious LSBs in low lig[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 80 BARCO DLite Software EBU European S t andard (P AL/SECAM) ANSI American S tandard (NTSC) 6.GENERAL GAMMA TWEAK GAMMA CORRECTION REFERENCE CURVES The < General Gamma > option in < Imaging > enables control on the gamma of the displayed source. The curve represents the [...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 81 BARCO DLite Software CONTROLS The gamma curve is represented through 4 points and 2 slopes. Changing any of the points or slopes results in a different gamma. One can change the points by clicking the arrows below the gamma curve or by moving the crosses (representing the positio[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 82 BARCO DLite Software 4.Scaling (Click the SCALING-icon) VIDEO SCALING COMPRESSION Adjust the horizontal and vertical compression factor of the video image. One can change this compression by clicking on a border of the scaled video (i.e. the gray colored rectangle) and drag it un[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 83 BARCO DLite Software PANNING Change the panning of the scaled video. One can change this panning by clicking on the scaled video (i.e. the gray colored rectangle) and drag it until desired panning is reached. When trying to pan the scaled video outside the active video, the scale[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 84 BARCO DLite Software POP UP MENU By clicking the right mouse button one can open the following popup menu (only with the Windowing option): Here one can select: SHOW COORDINA TES Displays the horizontal and vertical start and end position of the Video Image. SHOW LED WALL MASK Vi[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 85 BARCO DLite Software SHOW BORDER Visualizes the active incoming video by means of a white colored rectangle. VIDEO Selects video DA T A Selects data VIDEO ON DA T A Sets the video to be displayed on top of the data. DA T A ON VIDEO Sets the data to be displayed on top of the vide[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 86 BARCO DLite Software WINDOWING OPTION When a windowing option is present, the scaling window will automatically be adjusted to this option. A W indowing toolbox will appear allowing the user to define the data/video window . As well as for data as for video three parameters can b[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 87 BARCO DLite Software WINDOWING TOOLBOX This tool box is available only when the Windowing Option is installed. THE DA T A CUTOUT TAB Represents the H & V cutout position of the data cutout window . THE DA T A SIZE TAB Represents the H & V cutout size of the dat a cutout w[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 88 BARCO DLite Software Example 1 On the above picture one distinguishes 3 parts: 1) blue rectangle = mask of the DLite Display 2) full gray window = total video window 3) dashed red/ white rectangle = video cutout[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 89 BARCO DLite Software Example 2 The panning is the of fset between the LED W all mask and the total video window . The two pictures below show the above picture but panned H & V <force cutout to full video> forces the video cutout to the total information[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 90 BARCO DLite Software 5.Source (Click the SOURCE-icon) D3 SOURCE SETTINGS BACKUP SETTINGS For one input source or for all input sources (select corresponding selection-button). CREA TE BACKUP SETTINGS Applied changes can be stored. If anybody makes changes to certain settings, you[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 91 BARCO DLite Software 6.Advanced (Click the ADV ANCED-icon) ADV ANCED SETTINGS SOURCE SPECIFIC CLAMPGA TING (ON/OFF) Clampgating is to be used for video with Macrovision Protection and Time Base Correction ON. Macrovision Protection: Pseudo Sync Pulses and modulated AGC pulses Wit[...]

Chapter 6 Control Software/Source Control Daylight Display Systems 92 BARCO DLite Software VREF ORIGIN (FROM PLL/FROM DIRECT COMPOSITE) Select if vertical reference has to come from sync or from PLL .e.g. for Fast Forward Search select FROM DIRECT COMPOSITE when FROM PLL selected, source errors will be compensated INSERT BLANKING (ON/OFF) W ill ins[...]

Daylight Display Systems 93 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 7 Contr ol Softwa r e Devices 7.1.Ambient Environment Controller (Click the AEC-icon) Introduction The Ambient Environment Controller (AEC) is a device containing one temperature sensor and four light sensors used to measure the ambient environment. The software integrates the control of the [...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 94 BARCO DLite Software Menu Structure DLite Sy stem Control Soft wa re Ve rs ion 1. 04 A mbi ent Controller Sen sor Wei ght AEC [ ] Am bi en t En vi r on m e nt Controller AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER By pushing the Ambient Controller button in the main window , the AEC Box appears In t[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 95 BARCO DLite Software value is proportional to the Light Output (expressed in Nit) E.g. when the ambient light is only half as bright as normal, you can set the reference number to 250 instead of 500. The AEC will be calibrated according to this number . T o Calibrate the AEC push the AE[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 96 BARCO DLite Software 7.2.Fiberlink (Click the Fiberlink-icon) Introduction The Fiberlink is a digital fiber optic transmission system from Digitizer to DLite Display . It covers very long distances and has a very high bandwidth (1.5 GB/s). This enables the end-user for inst ance to setu[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 97 BARCO DLite Software Menu Structure DLite Sys tem Contro l So ft w ar e Vers ion 1.04 F ib er li nk Pat tern Gene rat or Tra nsmitt er Fibe rlink: S elected Addres s Pat tern Gene rat or Rec eiv er Dia gnos ti c s of Fi ber l ink Tr ansmi t/Rec eiv e Non e H Ramp V Ra mp Cros shatc h By[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 98 BARCO DLite Software P A TTERN GENERA T OR TYPE The Pattern Generator box allows generation of p atterns for the Dlite Display . There are several test p atterns to choose from and all can be tuned in different ways. NONE Pattern Generator <None> switches to the normal output (no [...]

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Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 100 BARCO DLite Software CROSSHA TCH <Crosshatch> generates an adjustable crosshatch. Once again, choose the direction and/or dynamics of the pattern by Y ou can let the crosshatch scroll in any direction: lef t, right, up, down or a combination. Choose the color with the appropriate[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 101 BARCO DLite Software BYTE LEVEL <Byte Level> creates a byte level pattern with an amplitude that can be adjusted with the slider in the Byte Level t ab. Y ou can also adjust the color of the screen and put in a color scroll loop.[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 102 BARCO DLite Software MUL TIBURST <Multiburst> generates a multiburst pattern with an adjust able burst type of 1 to 8 bytes high/low . The color can once again be adjusted.[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 103 BARCO DLite Software FIBER DIAGNOSTICS BOX T o bring out the Fiber Diagnostics box, push <Fiber Diagnostics> The Fiber Diagnostics box allows you to see the diagnostics of the fiberlink. (same as shown on the T ransmitter s display) POSSIBLE DIAGNOSTICS  Fiberlink fully ope[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 104 BARCO DLite Software  Link Ready: OK/F AIL ED  PLL Locked: OK/F A ILE D DISPLA Y POWER OFF/ON <Power OFF> shut s down the DLite Display and pushing the same button - now with the text <Power ON> - rest arts the DLite Display . The Receiver Controls tab appears if a Fi[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 105 BARCO DLite Software 7.3.Windowing Option (Click the Windowing Option-icon) Introduction The V ideo/data Windowing option is a sof tware controlled windowing system enabling video inserts and underlay/overlay effect s , thus enabling the customer to display video, data, video on data a[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 106 BARCO DLite Software WINDOWING OPTION INFO By pushing the Windowing Option button in the main window , the Windowing Option Info Box appears: At the right side of the box, one can find the detected Windowing Options in the Device Listing tab. By selecting one of the listed Windowing Op[...]

Chapter 7 Control Software/Devices Daylight Display Systems 107 BARCO DLite Software 7.4.Routerbox Menu Structure DLite System Control Software Version 1.04 Router Box Router B ox[...]

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Daylight Display Systems 109 BARCO DLite Software CHAPTER 8 Softwa r e Monitoring Controlling the Taskbar When the software st arts up, the DLite T askbar Icon resides in the t askbar at your desktop. If this icon shows on your taskbar , it means that the software is still running on your system. (resident or even monitoring) The software is contro[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 110 BARCO DLite Software System Monitoring 8.1.Introduction Menu Structure DLite System Control Softwar e Version 1.04 D lite Sys tem Monitor Properties Monitor P roperti es Temperatu re Contr ol Dlite M onitor Propert ies Hot Swap De te ct io n Diagno stics Temperatu re Loggin[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 111 BARCO DLite Software 8.2.Monitoring Properties TIME SETTINGS In <Time Settings> , the user has to determine: S tart T ime of monitoring End T ime of monitoring T ime of the polling interval Choosing <Continuous Check> sets the S tart T ime at the start of monito[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 112 BARCO DLite Software CALENDAR Change the desired day by clicking on it. DA TE SELECTION Change the MONTH and YEAR of the moment to st art (end) the monitoring by use of the corresponding arrows. The CALENDAR box will be adapted automatically . TIME SELECTION Change the HOUR[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 113 BARCO DLite Software REMARK 1. The user has the ability to work further with the DLite System Control Software while monitoring is in process. If the user decides to perform an action during monitoring that consumes a lot of communication time between the computer and the d[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 114 BARCO DLite Software 8.3.Hot Swap Detection Introduction While a DLite Display is connected to a computer , it is possible to check whether a tile is hot swapped or whether a tile is not responding/missing. The DLite Sof tware automatically detects whether a tile is missing[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 115 BARCO DLite Software When the software detects a new tile, everything is automatically rep aired.[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 116 BARCO DLite Software 8.4.Diagnostics Introduction The DLite Display can also be monitored for errors. When errors are detected, they are listed in the dialog below with there serial number , description of the error, time of detection an description of the action t aken. (n[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 117 BARCO DLite Software 8.5.T emperature Control Introduction T emperature Control features control over the temperature of the T ile. The temperature of a tile can be viewed in its properties (see Individual T ile Access). The average internal temperature of a tile with an[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 118 BARCO DLite Software TEMPERA TURE LOG FILES In <T emperature Log Files> all logged files are shown in a list with their name, size, date of first logging and data of last logging. If the user selects a file, the files properties are shown in the lower <Propertie[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 119 BARCO DLite Software TEMPERA TURE MONITORING DIAGNOSTICS In <T emperature Monitoring Diagnostics> , the user can display several T emperature Characteristics. A l l these characteristics are drawn in an Excel chart, so having excel installed is a must to display the g[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 120 BARCO DLite Software 2. AVERAGE TEMPERA TURE EACH TILE 3. AVERAGE TEMPERA TURE DISPLA Y[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 121 BARCO DLite Software 4. Digital Contrast T racking Display REMARK All information is not only displayed in charts but also in Excel sheet s, and besides that, the user has all control to his Excel dat a.[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 122 BARCO DLite Software 8.6.AEC Sensing Introduction This t ab only appears when an Ambient Environment Controller is implemented in the hardware and configured in the Dlite Software. In <Monitor Properties> , one can select the <AEC Sensing> checkbutton to let the[...]

Chapter 8 Control Software/Software Monitoring Daylight Display Systems 123 BARCO DLite Software The light output of the DLite Display is automatically adjusted to the measurements ... (referenced towards the calibration value.). The light output is limited between the minimum and maximum limit that can be set. The output of the measurements (real [...]

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Daylight Display Systems 125 BARCO DLite Software Cha pter 9 T r ouble shooting General THERE IS NO PICTURE ON THE WALL AND THE DIGITIZER IS NOT OPERATIONAL  Check Check the power on the digitizer  Make sure the digitizer isnt in stand-by mode THERE IS NO PICTURE ON THE WALL AND THE DIGITIZER IS FULLY OPERATIONAL  Check the main power o[...]

Chapter 9 T rouble Shooting Daylight Display Systems 126 BARCO DLite Software THERE IS NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE DIGITIZER  Check the RS232 address setup on the digitizer. This should be the same as the address setup in the DLite Soft. THERE IS A PICTURE ON THE WALL, BUT IT STOPS OR STARTS BEING CORRUPTED, AFTER ONE OF THE TILES  Check to see[...]

Chapter 9 T rouble Shooting Daylight Display Systems 127 BARCO DLite Software Initial Tile Setup / Guided setup RS232-SWITCH NOT OPEN  Check the communication port settings: port number, baudrate,   Make sure the selected serial port isnt currently in use by another program  Check whether the RS232 cable is intact and plugged in righ[...]

Chapter 9 T rouble Shooting Daylight Display Systems 128 BARCO DLite Software System Control THE VIDEO IS FLICKERING  Check to see whether the Clock and the PWM setting in the Global Access window is conform to the video source you want to display: 50 or 60 Hz ONE MODULE IS BRIGHTER OR IS NOT DISPLAYING THE RIGHT COLOR  Try to readjust the co[...]

Chapter 9 T rouble Shooting Daylight Display Systems 129 BARCO DLite Software Source and Image Control THE ACTIVE VIDEO IS JOINED BY A VERTICAL BAR AT THE BOTTOM AND A HORIZONTAL BAR AT THE RIGHT. THIS MEANS THE BLANKING IS COMING THROUGH.  Check the setting Insert Blanking in the Advanced Settings window . This setting should be turned Of f THE[...]

Chapter 9 T rouble Shooting Daylight Display Systems 130 BARCO DLite Software Devices THE AEC DOESNT CALIBRATE RIGHT.  Check whether none of the sensors on the AEC is completely covered.  Check whether the AEC is not placed on its bottom! THE FIBERLINK TRANSMITTER DISPLAYS THIS MESSAGE: SYSTEM OPERATIONAL BUT SIGNAL MISMATCH TX-RX[...]

Chapter 9 T rouble Shooting Daylight Display Systems 131 BARCO DLite Software Monitoring DURING HOT SWAPPING A TILE IS REPLACED, BUT THE NEW TILE DOESNT GET THE SETTINGS OF THE ORIGINAL TILE  Hot Swapping is among other things based on the serial numbers of the tiles in order to provide each tile with the exact portion of the total video. So,[...]

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Daylight Display Systems 133 BARCO DLite Digitizer Cha pter 10 Digitizer Operation POWER REQUIREMENTS The Digitizer D 3 10 is equipped with a built-in Power Supply Autoranging from 100 to 240 V , 80W , 1.2-0.7A, 50 - 60 Hz. FEDERAL COMMUNICA TION COMMISSION (FCC ST ATEMENT) This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a cl[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 134 BARCO DLite Digitizer NOTICE ON OWNER'S MANUAL Before operating your equipment please read this manual thoroughly , and retain it for future reference. Installation and preliminary adjustments should be performed by qualified BARCO personnel or authorized BARCO service dealers. OWNERS RECORD[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 135 BARCO DLite Digitizer NOTICE ON SERVICING Do not attempt to service this device yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage potentials an d risk of electric shock! Refer all sevicing to qualified service personnel. Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer se[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 136 BARCO DLite Digitizer Front Panel Description Describes the general operation of the front panel controls and indications. 1 2 3 6 4 7 8 9 5 (1) LCD SCREEN An easy to read two-line by 24 characters display permits simultaneous viewing of any chosen menu in the adjustment mode or the last selected in[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 137 BARCO DLite Digitizer Rear Panel Input s Describes the connections of the input sources, output signals to display and control signals. INPUT 1 (SELECTION 1) Video 1 (BNC) CVSB: 1Vpp±3dB (0.7V Video+0.3V Sync) 75 Ohm termination Audio L & R (Cinch) Input Impedance: 47kOhm Input Level: max. 2Vpp[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 138 BARCO DLite Digitizer INPUT 5 (SELECTION 5) Component Video (BNC) Ys: 1Vpp±3dB (0.7V Luma+0.3V Sync) 75 Ohm termination Y (when using separate Sync): (0.7V Luma±3dB) 75 Ohm termination R-Y: 0.7Vpp ±3dB 75 Ohm termination B-Y : 0.7Vpp±3dB 75 Ohm termination S: 0.3Vpp to 5Vpp 75 Ohm termination Au[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 139 BARCO DLite Digitizer OUTPUT DA T A (8B) - TO DELITE DISPLA Y OUTPUT SDI (7B) - SDI LOOP THROUGH 525/625 interlaced 270 Mbit/s transmission coax (75 ohm) Output Level: -65 dB <input level< +6 dB OUTPUT RGBHV (DD15) (9) - RGBHV (DD15) RED (75 OHM OUTPUT IMPEDANCE) Default: 0.7 Vpp Adjustable: 0[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 140 BARCO DLite Digitizer Connection Diagram Camera (S-Video) Laserdisc (S-Video) Photo CD Player (RGB-S/RGsB) Audio Amplifier Monitor PC (RS232) RS232 (out) RS232 (in) DVD Player (Component Video) Camera (Composite Video) Video Recorder (Composite Video) Audio In Audio In (L-R Cinch) Audio Out (Cinch) [...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 141 BARCO DLite Digitizer Remote Control Functions keys of the IR Remote Control (1) MENU ARROWS Not active (2) A D J Not active (3) TEXT Not active (4) ADDRESS KEY (RECESSED KEY) Used to enter the address of the Remote Control (between 0 and 9). T o change the address of the RC, press the address key w[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 142 BARCO DLite Digitizer Power Up/Down AC POWER (MAINS) CORD CONNECTIONS This Digitizer has a built-in Power Supply which is Autoranging from 100 to 240 V , 80 W , 1.2-0.7A, 50 - 60 Hz . Use the supplied Power Cord to connect your Digitizer to the wall outlet. Plug the female power connector into the m[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 143 BARCO DLite Digitizer Overview Menu S tructure Refer to software section for further explanations Video (S)-Video YUV RGB SDI Time Base Correction <ON>/OFF Input Options Steadysync TM Sync Restore <AUTO>/OFF Use Input as <SVHS>/ Video Film Mode <ON>/OFF <Auto on Y / S->[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 144 BARCO DLite Digitizer Overview Menu S tructure (continued) Refer to software section for further explanations RGB DATA Video (S)-Video SDI Horizontal Vertical Output Options Scale Image Horizontal Vertical Pan Image Insert Blanking ON/<OFF> Full Frame Freeze ON/<OFF> Monitor Options Moni[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 145 BARCO DLite Digitizer Overview Menu S tructure (continued) Refer to software section for further explanations User Interface Device address ADD. RS232 Edit Name Edit Input Name IR Remote Control <ON>/OFF Store this Input Store Settings Store all inputs User Val this input User Val all inputs F[...]

Chapter 10 Operation Daylight Display Systems 146 BARCO DLite Digitizer Overview Menu S tructure (continued) Refer to software section for further explanations Advanced Options Warning Message <Direct Composite> Vertical Ref Orig From PLL Luminance Delay Clampgating ON/<OFF> Luminance Tracking Clamp Correction <ON>/OFF Clamp Cor.D[...]