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DCMS Displa y Consistency Management Softw are User Manual K5960008-03[...]

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Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 3 About 1A b o u t 1.1 Contents of the user manual This guide consists of the following c hapters: Chapter 1: About Chapter 2: Important notice Chapter 3: About DCMS Chapter 4: Installing DCMS Chapter 5: Connecting the components Chapter 6: Running the DCMS app[...]

4 _________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual About 1.3 Notation conv ention Foll owing notations are applicab le to this manual and should be respected through the manual. WARNI NG : W a rnings – presented in this manual, provide information, which i f not adhe red to, may result in personal injury o[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 5 Important notice 2 Important notice 2.1 Commercial In Confidence The information contained herein is Barc o confidential information. No part of the information cont ained herein ma y be disclosed outside of the orga nization of the recipient, its sub-contr a[...]

6 _________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Important notice 2.6 Software License T erms 1 This Software License is betw een you and BARC O NV , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Belgium regist ered under number BE 0473.191.041, Commercial Companies' R egister of K ortrijk, h[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 7 Important notice copies of the Softw are then in your possession and returning al l associated materials and d ocumentat ion, to Barco or the appo inted Barco reseller that sold or provided these to you. Barco may terminate th is Software License forthwith by[...]

8 _________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Important notice SUCH ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED BY BARCO AND YOU ARE SOLEL Y RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS AN D EXPENSES ASSOCIA TED WITH RECTIFICA TION, REP AIR OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY SUCH ERRORS. YOU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT: (i) BARCO ACCEPTS NO LIABIL ITY[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 9 Important notice both parties. Excep t as otherwise expressly prov ided for in this Software License, no forbearance, delay or indulg ence by either party in enforcing the provisions of this Softw are License shall prejudice or rest rict the rights of that pa[...]

10 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual About DCMS 3A b o u t D C M S 3.1 What is DCMS? The Barco Display Consistency Mana gement So ft w ar e ( DC MS ) i s a so ft wa re to ol to calibr ate displays in terms of luminance, gamma and gr ay tracking*. DCMS is able to calibr ate displays to a predefi[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 11 About DCMS 3.3 K ey components 3.3.1 Calibr ation system Calibration with internal test pattern gener ation (without disconnecting the display from its source) The calibration can be done without disc onnecting the display . In thi s case, a laptop or desktop[...]

12 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual About DCMS IMPORTANT : When calibr ation is done with external computer gra p hics, please restore all color settings o f the host’ s graphics controller to their default v alue and disable any host services that ma y affect the colo r of the output pictur[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 13 About DCMS 3.4 P ackage content • USB color sensor (Marked ‘Configured for DCMS’) • RS232 cable male-female, 3-wire str aight, 1.8m • RS232 cable male-female, 3-wire crossed, 1.8m • Calibration sheet of the sensor • Sensor pod for sensor calibr [...]

14 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS 4 Installing DCMS 4.1 System requirements • Host: Pentium II or later • Memory: 256MB • Hard disk space: 80MB (including Jav a Run- Time Environmen t) •D r i v e s : C D - R O M + H D D • Opera ti ng system: Windows XP • Run- Time[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 15 Instal li ng DCMS •I n t r o d u c t i o n Read the introduction an d p r es s ‘ Next ’ to continue. It is strongly recommended to quit al l programs before conti nuing with the installation. If y ou want to change so mething on a previous screen, click[...]

16 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS •E n t e r L i c e n s e K e y T o continue the installation, enter your pers onal License Key , supplied on the DCMS license certificate. Press ‘ Next ’ to continue. • Choose Install Folder T ype or choose (with the folder bro wser) [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 17 Instal li ng DCMS • Choose Shor tcut Folder Choose the location wher e the shortcuts will be located. There is a shortcut available for the DCMS application in the Barco DCMS program Group. It is also possible to skip the creation of shortcuts. Press ‘ Ne[...]

18 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS • Installing… During the installation, a dialog with progress bar is displayed. • Install Complete The Install Complete panel shows if the in stallation w as successful or not. If not successful, the installer will refer t o the install[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 19 Instal li ng DCMS 4.4 Uninstalling DCMS T o remove DCMS from your system: • Be s ure you have A dmin ist rat or pr ivileges to uninstall the software • Exit the DCMS program • From the Start menu, se lect Settings > Control P anel • Double-click th[...]

20 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS • Click the Uninstall button to remo v e the DCMS program. NOTE : Log files and files co ntaining calibr ation parameters are n ot automatically remove d.[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 21 Connecting the components 5 Connecting the components 5.1 Optical sensor connection CAUTION : The USB sensor is deliv ered with a suction cup head that can be attached to the sensor for easy attachment to a displa y with front glass. The use of this su ction [...]

22 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Connecting the components • Select ‘No, not this time’ and click ‘Next’ to continue. • Select ‘Install the software automati cally’ and click ‘Next’ to continue.[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 23 Connecting the components • Browse to the path where th e file ‘s eqcal.sys’ is located and click ‘OK’ . If the DCMS is successful ly installed, the file should be av ailable in the sub- folder ‘drive rs’ of the inst a l la tion folder on your h[...]

24 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Connecting the components 5.2 Calibr a tion system connection Figure 4: Calibr ation system connection • Plug the sensor (delivered together with the DCMS software) in one of the USB connections of your PC. See als o ‘Optical sensor connection’ par agr[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 25 Connecting the components CAUTION : Barco displays ar e connected with a 3-w ire, crosse d or str aight serial cable. DCMS provides 2 serial cab les: one 3-wir e crossed ca ble and one 3- wire straight cable. The 3- wire crossed cable (Z3498894) is to be used[...]

26 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application 6 Running the DCMS application 6.1 User Interface 6.1.1 DCMS User Interface The DCMS User Interface window has 3 main panels: Figure 5: DCMS User Interface 1 2 3 1 2 3 Connec tio n panel S ens o r pa nel Cali b ratio n ta rget pa[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 27 Running the DCMS application 6.1.2 Connection panel The user ca n select the display type an d display communication details in the Connection P anel. The displays that are supported are the Barco ISIS, MDPW476, ADP361, NSL -4601 and the LCx4x series displays[...]

28 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Press the ‘Calibr a te Sensor’ button to start calibration. This process tak es about 10 seco nd s to com pl e t e . After successful connection and calibration of the sensor , the progress bar of the Sensor Ca libration dial[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 29 Running the DCMS application 6.1.4 Calibr ation target panel The Calibrati o n T arget Panel contains 8 sections. Eac h of these sections are listed and described below . Depending on the type of display that is selected, some of these sections may b e disabl[...]

30 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Note that the input source will not be vi sible for the dur ation of the calibration when the display pattern gener a tor is selected. White point The White point of a display is the color of full white. A color displa y’s whit[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 31 Running the DCMS application Select the ‘Color temper ature’ radi o bu tton to define the white point in color temperature and use the slider to set the desired color temper ature between 3200 and 9900K. Note that da ylight is typically 6500K. The selecte[...]

32 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application The three input text fields ‘x’ , ‘y’ and ‘Y ’ are disabled as long as the check box ‘Fol low white point and gamma’ is sele cted. This means that changing white point, gamma or brightness settings will influence [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 33 Running the DCMS application Figure 17: Gamma 4 Figure 18: Gamma 2 Figure 19: Gamma 1 The gamma slider can be used to set the desired gamma of the display . This value can also be seen in the text field on the right of the gam ma slider . The luminance of the[...]

34 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Get, Load, Save and Reset Besides u sing the contro ls above, the user h as the option to ‘Load’ a previously defined set of par ameters from file or ‘Save’ the current set to file. Use the ‘Get ’ function to acquire [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 35 Running the DCMS application 6.2 Using DCMS 6.2.1 Proper use and gener al remarks • Store the sensor at the same ambien t tempe rature as the display , facing down in the sensor pod. • When placing the sensor on the test patch, lead the cable over the top[...]

36 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Calibration target panel ” par agr aph above. V erify that the sensor status field states ‘CALIBRA TED’ . Step 3: Calibration target • Select the type of test patches to be used. Select ‘External computer graph- ics’ [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 37 Running the DCMS application 6.2.3 Match displays In this section we will calibr ate a display (target display) to match another display (r eference display). The displays d o not need to be of the same type. Figure 22: Matching of di splays Step 1: Connectio[...]

38 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application See the “User Interface, Sensor panel” paragr aph above for more details on the selection of the test patch. • There is no need to set other parameters as it is the objective of this process to acquire these from the refere[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 39 Running the DCMS application Step 7: The calibration routine • Press ‘Calibr ate now… ’ to open the calibr ation dialog. • Fol low the instructions as given in the calibration dialog and p r ess ‘Start’ to start the ca li b ration r out ine. •[...]

40 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Step 3: Measurement • Press the ‘Single measureme nt ’ button to open the measureme nt dialog. • Place the sensor on a color patch on the displa y to be measured and press ‘Measure’ . The luminance and xy color c oord[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 41 Display connection and calibration options 7 Display connection and calibr ation options 7.1 ADP361 Connection The Barco ADP361 can be connected to the host by means of a 3-wire str aight (Rx-Rx, Tx - Tx, GND-GND) male-female cabl e. This cable is provided in[...]

42 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options 7.2 LCx -4x Connection The Barco LCx -4x series displays (LCN/ LCS-42/47) can be connected to the host by means of a 3-wire straight (Rx -Rx, Tx - Tx, GND-GND) male-female cable. This cable is pro vided in the DCMS [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 43 Display connection and calibration options 7.3 MDP471 (ISIS) Connection The Barco MDP471 (code name ISIS) display can be connected to the host by means of a 3-wire crossed male-femal e cable (Rx - Tx, Tx-R x, GND-GND). This cable is pro vided in the DCMS pack[...]

44 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options After calibration fo llowi n g dialog box pops up: Here you can choose whether th e calibrat ion v alue should be stored or not. Pressing the Cal pushbutton on the MDP 471 control uni t will take the stored brightne[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 45 Display connection and calibration options 7.4 MDPW476 Connection The Barco MDPW476 display can be connected t o the host by means of a 3-wire crossed male-female cable (Rx- Tx, Tx -Rx, GND-GND). This cable is provided in the DCMS package. Calibration options[...]

46 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options Figure 27: MDPW LUT selection The user can now select which of the 3 look -up-table slots the user wishes to overwrite with t he new calibr ation (slot 0 is reserved for a native 1-to-1 LUT). Select one of the 3 ava[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 47 Display connection and calibration options 7.5 NSL -4601 Connection The Barco NSL -4601 displa ys c an b e connec ted to the host by means of a 3-wire strai ght (Rx-Rx, Tx - Tx, GND-GND) male-female cabl e. This cable is provid ed in the DCMS package. For a s[...]

48 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options The monitor ID is the address of a monitor . The monitor address is a double (x, y) where x represents the horizontal position (column) and y the v ertical position (row) of the m onitor in the wall . The top left m[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 49 Display connection and calibration options Color versus brightness NOTE : Note that reducin g the color temper ature reduces the ov erall achiev able brightness. The table below provides an indication of the relativ e brightness compared to the brightness at [...]

50 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Calibration 8 Calibr ation Calibration is done in 3 major steps: Figure 31: Calibr ation steps flowchart Each of these step s is ex pl ai ne d in detail in the following sub p a ragraphs. Calibration reset The first step in the calibration process is resetti[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 51 Calibration Finally , we measure the luminance an d color of the maximum nativ e white. This is our starting point from where we calibrate to the required white point. Calibration The third step in the calibr ation process is the actual calibr ation. Everythi[...]

52 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Ve r i f i c a t i o n 9 V erification The verification table below lists an example output of a verification table. After the calibration proc ess, the user can start a v erification of the results by pressing the ‘Start verification’ button in the cal [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 53 Ve r i f i c a t i o n The report shows: T able 3: V erification table expl anation[...]

54 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual The log file 10 The log file Each time th e DCMS applicat ion is starte d, a new log file is created. This file is named ‘dcmsxxx.log’ where xx x is the timestamp of creation. T he log file contains all text that is display e d in the instructions panel [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 55 List of abbreviations 11 List of abbreviations A ADP Auxiliary Display Panel ALC Ambient Light Controller B BCM Barco wall Control Manager BIT Built In Test Bkl Backlight BLOS Backlight OpticaL Stabilisation Bri Brightness C Cal Calibrate CCFL Cold Cathode Fl[...]

56 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual List of abbreviations SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers STD Standard SVGA Super Video Graphic Array SW Software SXGA Super extended Graphics Array S/N Serial Number T Temp Temperature TX Transmitter U UMAN User Manual USB Universal Ser[...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 57 Appendix A: Open Source Softw are 12 Appendix A: Open Source Software DCMS copyright DCMS is copyrighted by Barco nv wi th exception of the RXTXComm libr ary . RXTXComm is open source software, licensed under the ‘RXTX extension to LGPL ’ . The fu ll RXTX[...]

58 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Appendix B: Specifcations 13 Appendix B: Specifcations 13.1 Specifications of the USB sensor • Connection type: USB • P ower supply: through USB. •A c c u r a c y : • Maximum deviation from refe ren ce sens or (Minolta CA 210) on reference color and [...]

Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 59 T a ble of contents 14 T able of contents 1 About ......... .......................... .......................................... ................. 3 1.1 Contents of the user manual .................... .......................... .............. ... 3 1.2 Chan[...]

60 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Ta b l e o f c o n t e n t s 11 List of abbrevia tions ..................... ..................... ..................... ....... 55 12 Appendix A: Open Source Soft ware .............. ......................... ........... 57 13 Appendix B: Specifcations ....[...]

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