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1. video channel 123 4 5 6 engine 1 123 400 engine 2 003412 Channel 1 2 SS Channel 3 4 Channel 5 6 Figure 6 22 In the above example two video channels channel 3 and channel 4 are logic video channels They can be displayed and moved over the complete display wall One logic video channel is setup with the adapters 3 of both rendering machines the other logic video channel is setup with the adapters 4 of both rendering machines Channel 1 2 5 and 6 can be displayed within the left part of the display wall respectively within the right part only Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _ 6 27 6 Advanced Configuration channels This section starts with the keyword channels and defines the assignment of graphic channels to projection channels This section must not to be changed manually but by aid of the script EOSconfig channel reordering see section 3 4 2 X 11 configuration If this section is not existing the standard assignment as described in section 3 2 5 Graphic cards is effective The graphic channel physical channel is defined by the order of the graphic card and the port number The number of the projection channel indicates the place where the data has to be displayed logical channel Usu ally graphic channel and projection channel have the same numbering see section 3 2 5 Graphic cards please
2. X Window TCP IP Figure 2 2 Eos ComPacT with Eos EXTENDER Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 3 2 Summary Eos Power The distributed system Eos Power consists of one Eos central device connected to several Eos rendering machines which control the projection modules N jm m m m m m m d m m m m g Eos POWER ae rendering machines Ethernet TCP IP DDDDDD DDDDDD Eos Power central device aaa BARCO Eos Ethernet TCP IP X Window T ll ii Figure 2 3 Eos POWER Eos Ultra To the Eos ULTRA system belongs depending on the wall size either a single Eos or a distributed system with ren dering machines The Visu units are connected to Eos and insert the video and RGB sources in the defined win dows To control the Visu units the software Osiris has to be installed on Eos and Visu m visu Eos Ultra Ethernet TCP IP X Window Figure 2 4 EOS ULTRA Barco
3. Data1 Datai Data1 Shield 5V Power Ground return for 5V Hot Plug Detect 0 15 11 6 red GND green GND blue GND 5V Power GND 5 1 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 CON AO UU Bh WN 11 12 13 14 15 Data2 Data2 Data2 Shield DDC Clock DDC Data Figure 7 2 DVI D connector DDC data Hsync Vsync DDC clock Figure 7 3 7 10 OmniScaler digital in 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 GND shield return for 5V GND GND GND GND GND 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 1 Data1 1 Data1 1 Clock 1 Clock 1 Hot Plug detect 1 LED PGA Scaler detect 0 LED PGA 0 Hot Plug detect 0 Clock 0 Clock 0 Data1 0 Data1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 Data0 1 Data0 1 Data2 1 Data2 Int Scaler 0 Data2 0 Data2 0 Data0 0 DataO Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 15 14 13 12 11 aon WO N WAU 7 Technical appendix GND GND 1 DDC clock 1 DDC data GND 0 DDC data 0 DDC clock GND GND Table 7 10 Dual DVI connector digital in 7 11 7 Technical appendix OmniScaler digital out 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
4. In the configuration file of Eos the hot keys can be re configured See section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 50 4 Operating 4 8 Utilities 4 8 1 Show wallinfo utility The X Server provides information about the hardware of the display wall and its setup This information can be requested as follows showwallinfo lt option gt The following options are available option argument value meaning d epn O lt display gt must be specified in two parts hostname displaynumber For the hostname the name of the Eos or its IP must be specified With the displaynumber the X Server is specified 0 must be indicated for the display of Eos 1 must be indicated PLUS for Osiris and Visu V lt verbose gt intl The level of information can be selected 1 is basic information 2 is full information Selecting 0 or omitting verbose provides just a very short description Table 4 40 4 8 2 DDC utility The UGX and AGX GRAPHIC CARD supports the DDC standard DDC stands for Display Data Channel As a standard communication channel between a computer display and a host system it allows to automatically detect the best setting for a DDC capable display by obtaining these parameters from the display itself If Eos is connected to display devices that support the DDC standard information of this graphic device c
5. Streaming Video Card 1 TD 5 2 TD 6 RD 3 RD 7 4 8 Dual RGB Input Card In 10 15 2 5 11 1 6 1 red 6 red GND 11 2 green 7 green GND 12 3 blue 8 blue GND 13 4 9 14 5 sync GND 10 sync GND 15 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 Figure 7 7 RJ 45 connector Streaming video card H C SYNC VSYNC Figure 7 8 7 13 7 Technical appendix PS 2 keyboard 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 data 4 5V 5 clock 3 GND 6 Figure 7 9 COM1 and COM2 1 5 6 9 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RxD 7 RIS 3 TxD 8 CTS 4 DIR 9 RI 5 GND Figure 7 10 Multiport 1 0 Card 3 9 1 6 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RxD 7 RIS 3 TxD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Figure 7 11 serial connector pin assignment Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 7 14 7 Technical appendix Network card and onboard LAN adapter For complete cabling details please refer to the IEEE802 3 specification section 8 4 Coaxial Cables and Electrical Parameters TX RX A W N COON O U Figure 7 12 RJ 45 connector pin assignments Connection cable keyboard extension 14 25 Plug 1 twisted pairs Plug 2 1 1 and 14 1 2 2 and 15 2 3 3 and 16 3 etc 13 13 etc 23 23 and 10 23 24 24 and 11 24 25 25 and 12 25 Shield connected Shield connected to plug housing to plug housing Ferrit Ferrit Figure 7 13 Barco Eos X Terminal
6. Anyhow depending on the configuration it might be useful to reorder the graphic channels and to connect the projection modules with the respective ports of the graphic cards The following example should point up the operating An Eos together with an Eos EXTENDER is used to display graphic and video on a 4x2 display wall Thereby some videos shall be movable on the left part of the wall others on the right part of the wall The two segments of the Eos EXTENDER are each equipped with OmniScALers and input cards With the standard ordering the first four modules would be controlled by the cards in seqment 1 counted line by line starting in the upper left corner The cards in segment 2 would control the remaining four modules in the lower row of the wall The video windows could only be displayed in one of these areas The figure below shows the standard ordering The graphic channels of segment 1 are illustrated bright graphic channels of segment 2 are illustrated dark gr ch 1 gr ch 2 gr ch 3 gr ch 4 eoV EEE or ch 1 pr ch 2 pr ch 3 pr ch 4 git Tit gres gr ch 6 gr ch 7 gr ch 8 prch s pr ch 6 preh 7 pr ch 8 Segment 2 Segment 1 H Eos G G Figure 6 23 standard numbering of graphic and projection channels And with a possible new numbering of the graphic
7. ISOC IL false see option canvasIconic above Srg Ox0 allows to limit the maximum size of the canvas panel 0x0 is unlimited SNE ALIN oxo allows to limit the min size of the canvas panel 0x0 is unlimited DoE true see option ratioAspect above BOOL true see option allowResize above BOOT false see option noBorder above orood oue see option canvasBackground above Table 4 18 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 435 4 Operating Resources of the XVideo class concerning module video and module RGB option moduleVideo moduleGeometry argument default meaning ge omete see option moduleVideo above GCO Ery see option moduleGeometry above Table 4 19 Resources of the XVideo class concerning the Quad Analog Video Card qav qav qav qav qav qav qav qav qav qav qav recording RefreshRate contrast brightness saturation boardMenu boardNumber boardChannelMenul boardChannelMenu32 boardChannelNumber playMode SNE TE ILI VHS see option qavRecording above IKUE 1 see option qavRefreshRate above double OD see option qavContrast above double OES see option gavBrightness above double O25 see option gavSaturation above SIE 16 LIC OAVC A hOAVC 2 OAV Cs law Sets the names of the video card appearing in the video cards menu 32 names each 12 characters separated by are all
8. NearBy color allocation X clients may exit on an allocation of a shared or private color cell if the color map is already full and the re quested color cell is not included in the color map yet However the NearBy Color Allocation guarantees that each request for a shared color cell returns a color cell whether or not the color map is already full or an entry in the color map matches the request Please refer to section 6 2 9 Nearby color allocation for more details Multi color depth With the multi color depth option of the X server two color modes 8 bit PseudoColor and 16 bit TrueColor are available for X clients in parallel The root window runs in one color mode whereas X clients may also display windows in the other color mode Multi color depth can be configured in the following way e 8 bit PseudoColor for the root window and 8 bit PseudoColor or 16 bit TrueColor as Option for X clients e 16 bit TrueColor for the root window and 8 bit PseudoColor or 16 bit TrueColor as Option for X clients By default most X clients start in the same color mode that the X server uses for the root window Some X clients have the ability to use alternatively another color mode There are two types of such X clients that can make use of this feature e Xclients that need to be started with an option identifying the wanted color mode e Xclients that have the ability to automatically start in the color mode most suitable to display their content Thi
9. The arrangement of the connected projection modules is specified in the form lt w gt x lt h gt Here lt w gt and lt h gt give the number of columns and rows For example 4x2 4 monitors next to each other 2 monitors on top of each other Configuring the Monolithic X Server Display Mode 1 Multi Screen 2 Multi Head Enter the X Server Screen mode 1 1 Configuring the Monolithic X Server Multiscreen Arrangement Enter the Multi Screen Arrangement Width x Height 2x1 4x2 These are your Output Device settings Graphic Card AGX 3281 Output Device digital Screen Configuration MultiScreen 4x2 Everything correct yes no yes y X Server General Settings Please enter the required settings for Visual Depth Visual Class X Server s background RGB values XDM Font Server Depth resolution Specifying the depth resolution tells X 11 how many colors you want to use Configuring the Depth resolution Bit Per Pixel N B 4 and 5 are Usable only for resolution up to 1400x1050 i for 8 bpp 256 colors for 16 bpp 64K colors for 32 bpp 16M colors for 8 and 16 bpp MultiDepth MultiColor Default visual PseudoColor 5 for 16 and 8 bpp MultiDepth MultiColor Default visual TrueColor Enter the depth resolution 2 4 Aa W N Dependent on the configuration and the requirements for video the depth resolution must be selected An ex tensive overview about correlation b
10. _ 312 TAS 2747 0 for PS 2 keyboard and RS 232 serial mouse LN LN 7 N i1 l l l L l YNIVLSVL ASNOW I Ee 8e LINSNYHL l TEA 5 l l l o e l MOUSE KEYBOARD i e i eea I 1 2 4 S 1 mouse 2 keyboard 3 interface box keyboard TAS 2707 4 connection cable 20m TAS 2710 5 interface box PC TAS 2706 6 PC cable TAS 2711 7 Eos 8 grounding Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 Getting started Figure 3 15 keyboard extension 3 Getting started 3 2 5 Graphic cards The DDC capable UGX and AGX GRapPHic Caros provide the facility for connecting CRT monitors or projectors analog mode or for connecting Barco projection modules digital mode to an Eos By means of a rotary switch on the board they can easily be switched between analog and digital mode For Eos systems with digital output and video or RGB insertions the output of the graphic cards is led over to OMNISCALERS and then connected to the display device Please refer to section 3 2 6 OmniScaler UGX Graphic Card The UGX GRAPHIC CARD provides two Dual DVI connectors to connect four display devices For digital output resolu tions up to UXGA can be processed LED port 0 1 port 0 1 out port 2 3 out o HERREN o o Ges LED port 2 3 Figure
11. right lt ctrl number gt sending right command to analog controller up lt ctrl number gt down lt ctrl number gt menu lt ctrl number gt sending up command to analog controller sending down command to analog controller sending menu command to analog controller enter lt ctrl number gt sending enter command to analog controller lt ctrl number gt lt ctrl number gt sending plus command to analog controller HERMES V2A and HERMES VXA only sending minus command to analog controller HERMES V2A and HERMES VXA only Table 4 36 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlswitch gt gt The commands can be abbreviated by unam biguous short cuts Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H ____1__1__1__1__1__1__1__1__1__1__1 4 46 4 Operating 4 7 3 The GUI Remote Control client An OverView display wall and DIGITAL SwitcHBoxes respective AVC Boxes HERMES V2A HERMES D2D HERMES VXA HERMES VXD can be controlled with the GUI REmoTE CoNTROL client The GUI REMOTE CoNTROL client retri can be started as follows retrl lt option gt After rctri is started e g choose from menu following left click on root window a control panel shows up offering a graphical user interface for controlling the OverView and ATLAS cubes and the switchboxes Display 1 Single cubes can be specified by scrolling with the arrow buttons All Send respec
12. 6 4 at the front lightens up This LED stays lightened as long as the failure persists even if the buzzer reset button was pressed 14 14 36 14 air supply 25 mains connection 35 power switch 36 green LED power module operating 37 securing screw 38 handle Figure 5 1 Power module on the rear of Eos or Eos EXTENDER for redundant operation The defective power module or the failing power net can be located by examining the individual LED s power module operating 36 on the back of Eos Eos EXTENDER If the green LED on a power module is off even though it is switched on the module is either defective and must be re placed or the power net connected to it has failed Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 53 5 Maintenance Exchange of a redundant power module Never touch the contacts on the backside of a power module There is the danger of being harmed by residual voltage Furthermore the functioning of the power module might be impacted by impurities Use gloves to remove the power module The cover of the power module is been used as heat sink for cooling usually the temperature is around 50 60 Celsius under full condition e Locate the defective power module by examining the green LED s 36 on the individual power modules If an LED is not lightened even though its power switch is in the position ON I the respective power module is defective e Switc
13. DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 715 7 Technical appendix 7 3 Order codes Documentation RSDOC30612 user s manual Eos X Terminal English R5976214 user s manual Visu English R5976144 users manual Osiris English Hardware RSEOS30264 Eos base unit 19 In standard RSEOS33271 Eos base unit 19 In with redundant power supply RSEOS31930 Eos EXTENDER 13 slots 19 In standard RSEOS31931 Eos EXTENDER 13 slots 19 In with redundant power supply RSDRV33490 hard drive in removable frame order options please indicate X 11 preinstalled operating system X server Eos english user s manual Eos X Terminal English RSDRV33100 RAID 1 controller including 2 hard drives order options please indicate X 11 preinstalled operating system X server Eos english user s manual Eos X Terminal English RSDRV33540 RAID 5 controller including 3 hard drives order options X 11 preinstalled operating system X server Eos english user s manual Eos X Terminal English RSMM127330 CD ROM drive for software upgrades RSDRV33560 DVD ROM drive for software upgrades RSAGX32811 UGX GRAPHIC CARD with DVI D adapter cable digital AGX 3281 0 UGX GRAPHIC CARD for Eos Dual DVI connector 4 channels CBL 3242 0 Dual DVI to 2xDVI D adapter cable RSAGX32812 UGX GRAPHIC CARD with CRT adapter cable analog AGX 3281 0 UGX GRAPHIC CARD for Eos Dual DVI connector 4 channels CBL 3243 0 Dual DVI to 2xCRT adapter cable RSAGX
14. Input Settings Auto Auto adjustment of source Sync Level Determine the sync level of the signal HV tuning the horizontal vertical sync level SoG tuning the Sync on Green level Position Position display area of visible RGB signal in the Canvas Panel H horizontal position of first active pixel in steps of two V vertical position of first active line Size Determine size of visible RGB signal H number of active pixels per line in steps of four V number of active lines Phase Tune phase shift of ADC PLL Devider Determine pixel frequency of RGB input Info Information about input signal V_Tot number of lines V_Freq frame rate Sync mode of synchronization Registry Clear Name Clear text box which displays name of current preset Append Current setting is added to the list of presets Insert Current setting is inserted in the list of presets before the highlighted preset Replace Replace highlighted preset by current setting Delete Delete highlighted preset Clear all Delete all listed presets Save Save all listed presets in preset file Reload Reload preset file and discard changes import Add Add all highlighted presets to list of presets Clear Select Clear selection Dismiss Dismiss dialog box o Barco Eos X Terminal If the applied signal changes while adjusting the settings then a warning message apears please see below You can change to the contol tab and select an appropriate timing for the new signal Fig
15. 10 57 11 88 OMNISCALER MaX SXGA 3 24 5 62 Coe OMNISCALER max UXGA 3 70 6 61 7 40 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 16 18 4 96 11 15 _ DUAL RGB INPUT CARD 14 33 4 96 10 38 8 z STREAMING VIDEO CARD 20 34 T2 14 94 optical cables 0 70 0 62 lt 100 Table 6 12 Calculator for V1 V2 V3 for Eos and Eos EXTENDER for redundant operation Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 12 6 Advanced Configuration Configuration table for criterion M1 for the complete Eos system Eos complete system M1 Factor Amount Result Eos base unit 213 Eos main memory 256 MB 6 25 AGX GRAPHIC CARD 945 UGX GRAPHIC CARD 7 19 OMNISCALER MaX SXGA 0 79 OMNISCALER Max UXGA 0 79 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 1 62 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD oy ee STREAMING VIDEO CARD To lt 100 Table 6 13 Calculator for M1 for complete Eos system Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 13 6 Advanced Configuration 6 1 6 Multiport 1 0 Card The Multiport 1 0 Card supports two serial devices Up to three cards can be inserted into one Eos Jumper settings Before inserting a Multiport 1 0 Card the jumper on the board has to be set in the correct way The following positions for JP1 can be chosen pin max speed in bps meaning 2 and 3 921600 recommended enhanced speed option 1
16. 100 if the con figuration shall be allowed The calculation for criterion M1 is similar but finally the sum of all Eos and Eos Ex TENDER devices of the system my not exceed 100 Eos Eos Extender Eos Eos Extender standard standard redundant operation V1 V2 V3 V1 V2 V3 V1 V2 V3 AGX GRAPHIC CARD 6 20 3 09 5 75 5 78 1 85 4 14 6 94 2 65 5 24 UGX GRAPHIC CARD 5 37 12 33 13 03 5 01 7 40 9 38 6 01 10 57 11 88 OMNISCALER Max SXGA 2 89 6 55 6 94 2 0 3 93 5 00 3 24 5 62 6 33 OMNISCALER Max UXGA 3 31 L1 8 12 3 09 4 63 5 85 3 70 6 61 7 40 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 14 45 5 78 12 23 13 49 3 47 8 81 16 18 4 96 11 15 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD 12 80 5 78 11 39 11 95 3 47 8 20 14 33 4 96 10 38 STREAMING VIDEO CARD 18 16 8 48 16 39 16 95 5 09 11 80 20 34 7 2 14 94 optical cables 0 81 0 68 0 49 0 49 0 70 0 62 Maximum allowed 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Table 6 6 components factors for configuration criteria calculation V1 V2 and V2 It is not allowed to configure combinations of cards that do not fullfil the three above criteria Otherwise there is the risk to destroy the power supply The calculation for criterion M1 is similar but finally the sum of all Eos and Eos ExtENDER devices and all expansion cards of the system my not exceed 100 Eos complete system M1 Eos base unit 3 13 Eos main memory 256 MB 6 25 AGX GRAPHIC CARD 9 45 UGX GRAPHIC CARD 19 OMNISCALER MaX SXGA 0 79 OMNISCALER Max UXGA 0 79 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 1 62
17. 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 1 1 1 Introduction 1 1 How this manual is organized This manual describes design and startup of Eos from Barco It is divided into nine chapters Introduction explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols Safety information is provided concerning the operation of computer systems from Barco Summary gives an overview about the features of Eos Getting Started describes the set up of Eos and provides you with a guide through the software configuration If your Eos is already configured within your working place you can skip this chapter and continue with chapter 4 Operating Operating shows the capabilities which Eos offers displaying graphics and video You are introduced into operating the X video client for displaying video and RGB signals and the REmoTE CONTROL client for controlling an OvERVIEW Display wall Maintenance describes the maintenance of Eos Advanced Configuration may provide useful information for reconfiguring the software and hardware of your Eos Technical Appendix gives tabular overviews about the technical details of Eos its components and of their interfaces Troubleshooting gives advice if your Eos does not operate properly Index lists the keywords of the manual Chapters pages figures and tables are numbered separately Chapters are indicated by a point syntax e g 4 2 3 pages by a dash synt
18. 2 2A 3 3V 44A 0 50 C at 8 80 humidity non condensing PCI long card 312 00 mm x 121 92 mm 480 g 1 x 64 bit 3 3 V 5 V PCI edge connector 2 x RJ45 connector 8 pin for redundant connection Table 7 7 1 Delivieries of the Streaming Video Card with power PC software version 1 1x do not provide full product specifications as given above Instead the following values apply 28 Mbps 4 D1 streams up to 7 Mbps stream 3 D1 streams up to 9 Mbps stream 1or2D1streams upto 12 Mbps stream If you are not sure about the state of your STREAMING VIDEO CARD please contact the Barco sup port see section 8 3 Hot line Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 H 7 5 Dual RGB Input Card A D converter scaler CPU System Controller CPU Frame Memory input colors internal frame rate input timing 7 Technical appendix 2 x Analog Devices AD9888 4 x Silicon Optix sxZX1 for 1 1 or downscaling NEC VR5000A 64bit MIPS Processor 200MHz NEC VRC5074 64bit 66MHz PCl Interface 100MHz CPU Bus Memory Interface 2 DMA Channels 64MB SDRAM Dual input mode up to SXGA 1280x1024 75 Hz input Pixel clock 20 MHz 135 MHz input Line frequency 15 kHz 115 kHz input Single input mode up to 2048x1536 65 Hz Pixel clock 20 MHz 270 MHz Line frequency 15 kHz 115 kHz Hsync Vsync Csync Sync on Green 15 bpp 32K 16 bpp 64K 24 bpp 16M max frame rate with inte
19. 2 mouse you must select e 8 PS 2 MicrosoftIntelliMouse and compatible Wheel Mice or e 12 No Mouse with Osiris where Eos is operated without local mouse Configuring the Monolithical X Server Please enter the required settings for Mouse Cursor size Configuring the Mouse Device First specify a mouse protocol type Choose one from the following list Microsoft Mouse and compatible 2 buttons Mice Mouse Systems 3 buttons Mice MM Series Logitech Mouse old type Logitech protocol Logitech MouseMan Microsoft compatible MM HitTablet PS 2 Microsoft Mouse and compatible Mice PS 2 Microsoft IntelliMouse and compatible Wheel Mice PS 2 Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer WO OANA OP WN EF Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 WH ________1__1__1__1__1__ 3 40 3 Getting started T0 Bus Mouse Tt Unknown LZ x No Mouse Enter a protocol number 7 8 Do you want to use the USB device yes no no no X11 big mouse cursor In particular for big display walls it can be useful to enlarge the mouse pointe tion factor Configuring the Big Mouse Cursor When using the X Server with high resolution the standard cursors are hard to track for some people Therefore you can define magnified mouse cursors Following magnification factors are available factor 1 standard cursors factor 2 20 magnified cursors Enter the magnification factor 1 2 These
20. 2005 _________1__1__1__1__1__1___1__ 3 44 3 Getting started Fire wall A firewall security level can be set Four different levels high medium disabled user defined can be chosen to disable unneeded network services The four security levels allow selecting between the following characteristics General Restrictions X Display Manager Font Server Network File System Root Filesystem High TCP UDP ports daemons Medium TCP UDP ports daemons Disable TCP UDP ports daemons X Display Manager xdm can only be started and port 177 is only accessible if it was indicated in the section above X Display Manager to start xdm The Font Server xfs can only be used if it was indicated in the section above Font Server to use a Font Server The Network File System NFS is only activated if a distributed system is configured The root filesystem is only exported if a distributed system is config ured and it can only be mounted to the rendering machines all ports less or equal 1023 are disabled except TCP UDP port 177 for XDMCP TCP UDP port 161 for SNMP the following daemons are disabled rsh daemon login daemon secure shell daemon all ports less or equal 1023 are disabled except TCP UDP port 177 for XDMCP TCP UDP port 161 for SNMP TCP port 513 for rlogin TCP port 514 for rsh TCP port 22 for secure shell the following daemons are enabled rsh daemon login daemon secure shel
21. 3 16 Ports of UGX GRAPHIC CARD AGX Graphic Card The AGX GRAPHIC CARD provides one Dual DVI connector to connect two display devices For digital output resolu tions up to SXGA can be processed LED port 0 port 0 1 out LED port 1 Figure 3 17 Ports of AGX GRAPHIC CARD Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 14 3 Getting started Depending on the configuration the card is delivered with different adapter cables e Dual DVI to 2xDVI D adapter cable Digital output for display on projection modules with digital input 1 7 Figure 3 18 Dual DVI to 2xDVI D adapter cable e Dual DVI to 2xCRT adapter cable Analog output for display on projection modules with analog input Figure 3 19 Dual DVI to 2xCRT adapter cable The DDC capable display devices must be connected to the graphic cards before Eos is switched on If they are connected afterwards Eos will not be able to detect them Order The first graphic card in respect to PCI slot numbering identifies itself as primary graphic adapter by lighting the green LED of the respective graphic channel when Eos is switched on The primary graphic adapter is the channel where the system emits diagnostic and status messages during system startup The other graphic cards should be inserted in sequence into the PCI slots and are numbered consequently following the numbering of the PCI slot
22. 3002 Within one system both types of OmNiScALERS can be used provided that the requirements given in the table below are considered OmniScaler maximal resolution channel required display driver AGX 3002 SXGA R 3 0 and higher AGX 3313 UXGA R 3 3 and higher Table 3 1 Compatibility matrix of OMNISCALER versions Connectors The OMNISCALER provides one Dual DVI connector for data insertion from the graphic card and one Dual DVI con nector for digital output for two projection modules port 0 1 in LED port 0 port 0 1 out LED port 1 Figure 3 25 ports of the OMNISCALER Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ______LL____ 3 18 3 Getting started In every OMNISCALER card package a Dual DVI to Dual DVI cable is included It serves to connect port 0 1 in of the OMNISCALER with port 0 1 or port 2 3 of the graphic card Figure 3 26 Dual DVI to Dual DVI adapter cable For the connection to the projection modules the Dual DVI to 2xDVI D adapter cable that was provided with the graphic card is used It must be plugged into port 0 1 out of the OMNISCALER Order The OMNISCALERS are inserted into the PCI slots next to the graphic cards They are numbered according to the graphic cards they are connected to The OMNISCALER that is connected to the first graphic card as primary graphic adapter lightens also the green LED of the respective graphic channel Omni Omni Graphic
23. Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 __________1__1__1__1__1__1__1_ 9 4 FOSOUICE Tiles ianen tacts Saat vhasankessorss 4 33 TAINO AATE AE TE E AA E AT 4 34 resources of the retel ClaSS uo eee eeseeeeeseeeeees 4 49 FES TAM DUO Micascss cess etacsserscdureewssiouczoetesesastuassenseuns 3 3 restart X server Utility 0 eee eeseereeneees 4 52 FES OE PO cedi eheto o 4 54 REA inira a a a eee 3 12 RGB display CONFIQUIATION eee ceeeteesceeseeseeeeeeseeseeeeeseeses 4 27 RGB values AKEL E EEE tn at EE E ota aes 4 3 RJ 45 WMC CFL ACS E A E 7 15 FOOL DACKO TOUNG neen a ase acc 4 9 COIS WIC asaan 6 7 6 8 screen arrangement configuration VisuP s oo 3 51 AAE OE EN T EEE 4 2 SCICENS OVE ora hase Ganosseseiasatuegasespeanssss ane 4 9 SOERA MS a AN 6 5 SECA Merenia cans tuasueaeatecanssates aioe 4 14 SCDal dle SCICONS cismi a dae 6 26 SOMA MLCT O Gre N 4 40 service Remote Control client ee 4 40 4 42 Service MMtserv utility ee ececeeeseeeneeees 4 52 shared COOL CCl nen 4 3 4 8 Shell system tOols ccc cccccsscesecesecsseeseeeseeees 4 11 Showwalllinfo utility occ eceeceeeseeeneeees 4 51 simultaneous operation cceecseeseesseeteeeteeees 4 12 AGE E Deena e a E 2 2 SUCCO ae a eee teed les aes 4 4 AC GV AY eia a aie 4 4 stream configuration 00 0 eee eceeeeteeseeeeeeteeeeeeees 4 22 Streaming Video Card oo eee eeeeseeeetseseeeeeseeeseeees 4 13 Dard SEUN
24. Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 3 43 3 Getting started Channel reordering For some installations it is useful to change the order of the projection channels This can be assigned in the Channel Reordering section If you want to reorder the projection channels enter y By entering n this section will be skipped X Server s Channel Reordering This is the reordering configuration part of the X Server It offers the possibility to define the reordering channels section The channels section defines the assignment of graphic channels to projection channels Please read the section X Server Configuration in the User s Manual Eos X Terminal Do you want to proceed yes no no y The correlation between graphic channels and projection channels is explained in section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration channels Please have a look there to have a further explanation Channel Reordering Assign to a default graphic channel a new position in the Display Wall Channel Reordering 1 redefine reordering 2 take default no reordering Enter selection 1 1 Enter the list of the default channels 1 2 123 45 67 8 Enter the list of the new channels 2 1 1357246 8 These are the Reordering Settings for the Monolithic X Server 12345 67 8 gt 13572468 Everything correct yes no yes y Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February
25. CARD Table 6 16 Please keep in mind that an entry set to zero does not disable the respective feature But its properties are not questioned during custom configuration This procedure must be carried out as described in section 6 2 1 Boot modes Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 23 6 2 6 X server parameters 6 Advanced Configuration If you want to make changes to the graphical user interface X 11 which are not supported by the configuration tools introduced in section 3 4 2 X 11 configuration you can manipulate the appearance and the properties of X 11 with a number of options On Eos there are manual pages about the Xserver available For reading these man pages enter man Xserver in the command line man Xserver Additional options are listed in the table below no_cursor on video ddc_ all no_ddc DRGB_888 new_video_layout The cursor becomes invisible as long as it is moved over videos DDC detection is asked for every graphic channel Each graphic channel needs up to 6 seconds for detection Therefore this should not be used as a Standard Only applicable with UGX AGX GRraPHic CARD see section 4 8 2 DDC utility DDC detection is not done at all All RGB sources are digitized and transferred to the OMNISCALER with 24 bpp RGB 8 8 8 instead of the default setting with 16 bpp RGB 5 6 5 Resta
26. CARDS are inserted into adjacent PCI slots If more than one QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD is built in they are numbered in the sequence of the PCI slots video video input input card card 1 2 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Figure 3 29 Numbering of video input cards With a single Eos without Eos ExTeNDers the numbering of the video channels as they are referred to by the video client refer to section 4 6 2 The video channels please is identical with the numbering of the cards channel 1 is assigned to video input 1 card 1 channel 2 is assigned to video input 2 card 1 and so on eae Within a distributed system there are many different possibilities to arrange video channels Please refer to section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD please refer to section 7 1 Technical data Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _________1____1__1__1__ 3 20 3 Getting started 3 2 8 Streaming Video Card The STREAMING VIDEO CARD provides the capability of displaying compressed encoded digital video streams The digital signal is decoded for further processing in the Eos Up to four video streams can be processed simultane ously The STREAMING VIDEO CARD allows a redundant connection to the Ethernet Standard The STREAMING VIDEO CARD supports MPEG 2 streams over Ethernet Please refer also t
27. Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 HH 4 19 4 Operating Control Panel for Streaming Video Card C B S Live still SVC 1 Channel 1 Stream Encoding Fps K xvideo control panel Figure 4 6 Xvideo control panel Set contrast of video display Set brightness of video display Set saturation of video display Start video display Freeze video display Select video card the cards can be renamed Select video channel of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD max 4 channels the channels can be renamed Assign a video stream to the selected Channel please refer also to section Configuring Streaming Video Card and Configuring video streams below Shows the detected video standard PAL NTSC Select the frame rate FULL HALF default Table 4 5 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 20 4 Operating Configuring Streaming Video Card For each STREAMING VIDEO CARD once the configuration parameters must be entered into the SVC Settings dialog therefore select SVC Pref gt Board Settings from the File menu please refer to section 4 6 3 The Xvideo client IP Configuration Address Netmask Gateway Decoder Configuration Algorithm Figure 4 7 SVC Settings dialog of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD IP address of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD Each STREAMING VIDEO CARD needs its own fixed IP address Net
28. GND shield return for 5V Hsync and Vsync GND GND GND GND GND 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 VGA Card and onboard VGA adapter ui Aa WN red green blue i 0 Data1 16 0 Data1 17 0 Clock 18 0 Clock 19 20 0 Hot Plug 21 detect 0 LED PGA 22 Scaler detect 23 1 LED PGA 24 1 Hot Plug 25 detect 26 1 Clock 27 1 Clock 28 1 Data1 29 1 Data1 30 10 15 11 6 6 red GND 7 green GND 8 blue GND 9 10 sync GND 0 Data0 0 Data0 0 Data2 0 Data2 Int Scaler 1 Data2 1 Data2 1 Data0 1 Data0 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 11 12 13 14 15 15 14 13 12 11 aon WO N WA UI Hsync Vsync GND GND 0 5V Power 0 DDC clock 0 DDC data GND 1 DDC data 1 DDC clock 1 5V Power GND GND Figure 7 4 Dual DVI connector digital out Figure 7 5 7 12 Quad Analog Video Card Breakout Cable CVBS Y C CVBS Y c 1 2 3 S Video Y GND C Composite FBAS GND not connected channel 1 CVBS Y 1 blue wire C1 grey wire channel 2 CVBS Y 2 black wire C2 purple wire channel 3 CVBS Y 3 red wire C3 orange wire channel 4 CVBS Y 4 yellow wire C4 green wire 7 Technical appendix 4 GND not connected Figure 7 6 Colors of the wires might differ please use the label on the wire for identification
29. ISBN 1565920155 Syntax The resource syntax knows loose binding and tight binding name variable value loose binding name variable value tight binding Table 4 16 The loose binding xvideo title my video determines both the title of the control panel and the title of the canvas panel Whereas the tight binding xvideo ctrl title my xvideo control panel xvideo canvas title my xvideo canvas panel determines the titles of control and canvas panel separately name option The xforms toolkit option name allows to control which resource is evaluated when starting xvideo So if two different resources for foo and for dummy are defined xvideo foo ctrl title foo control panel xvideo foo canvas title foo control panel xvideo dummy ctrl title dummy control panel xvideo dummy canvas title dummy control panel xvideo can be started two times with different settings eos root xvideo name xvideo foo eos root xvideo name xvideo dummy Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 433 4 Operating Classes An important component of the resource concept are classes The xvideo client belongs to the XVideo class Indeed all mentioned resources belong to this class This way it is possible to define settings which effect all xvideo clients E g XVideo encoding PAL XVideo recording VHS is evaluated by both clients xvideo foo and xvideo dummy concerning the example above Path
30. If you operate Eos in eXtended safety boot mode after the upgrade the backup partition still contains the backup of the working partition containing the state from before the upgrade If you are sure that you want to keep the new release it is recommended to make a new backup of the system please refer to section 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs Utility From release 3 4 on the default assignment of video channels in a distributed system has changed To maintain the former video assignment the option new_video_layout must be removed from the X server parameters file MMTServerConfig each time after the X 11 configuration before restarting the X server please see section 6 2 6 X server parameters Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 21 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 4 Installation of Osiris You find a description about the installation of Osiris in the Osiris user s manual see section 7 3 Order codes Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 HH 6 22 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 5 Custom configuration If you select Custom Configuration when starting the system configuration script you run through an ab breviated configuration The extent of the configuration can be customized i e you can decide for each parame ter whether it is called up by the configuration script or not Configuration
31. Introduction to the X Window System Oliver Jones Prentice Hall Inc Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _ ______LLLLL 4 4 4 Operating 4 2 2 Color capabilities of Eos Visual classes For operating your Eos you can use the following combinations of visual class and color depth depending on which kind of application is to be displayed e DirectColor 16bit R 5bit G 6bit B 5bit for displaying video 2 64K colors can be displayed Shared and private color cells are available e DirectColor 32bit R 8bit G 8bit B 8bit for displaying video 2 16M colors can be displayed Shared and private color cells are available e TrueColor 16bit R 5bit G 6bit B 5bit for displaying video 2 64K colors can be displayed The possible RGB values in the color map are predefined in equidistant steps Thus it is guaranteed that the whole spectrum of colors is covered e TrueColor 32bit R 8bit G 8bit B 8bit for displaying video 2 16M colors can be displayed The possible RGB values in the color map are predefined in equidistant steps Thus it is guaranteed that the whole spectrum of colors is covered e PseudoCcolor 8bit with NearBy Color Allocation for displaying pure 8 bit applications 2 256 colors out of 256 16M can be displayed Shared and private color cells are available The maxi mum number of shared and private color cells together is 256
32. Revision 12 February 2005 4 1 4 Operating 4 1 Multi screen capability An essential feature of Eos is the multi screen capability which differs in some points from the multi head mode of a conventional X server The X server of Eos allows a root window that extends over all connected projection modules In this case X clients use the whole display area without even knowing this transparent multi screen For an exact description of the differences between multi screen and multi head mode the terms display and screen of X 11 terminology are important Display A display contains all input and output devices which are assigned to an X server Two or more displays may be installed on a single computer In this case several X servers are running each of which has its own keyboard mouse tablet etc and its own screen however both servers operate logically independent from each other so that two separate workplaces are available Screen A screen is a logic output device of an X server which is represented generally by a physical output device An X server can quite operate several screens However such a construction has only one keyboard and one mouse It is a workplace for a single person The difference between a conventional X server in multi head mode with several monitors and the multi screen capable Eos controlling a display wall is described below Multi head Every screen is represented in the multi head mode by a
33. The default configuration for custom configuration is stored in a text file etc MMTconfig MMTProfile Each line contains a single keyword and its status e g ASK_PRIMARY_HOSTNAME 1 Status 1 stands for yes the item is called up during custom configuration and status 0 stands for no item is not called up Blank lines as well as unknown keywords are ignored Following table shows the standard configuration for custom configuration as stored in MMTProfile ASK_ PRIMARY NIC_TYPE 0 Type of interface 100 Mbps BNC ASK_X11_CURSOR 0 Size of X 11 cursor ASK_X11_MOUSE 0 Type of X 11 mouse ASK_X11_FONTSERVER 0 IP address and port number of font server ASK_X11_BITPERPIXEL 0 Color depth bit per pixel ASK_X11_VISUALCLASS 0 Visual class ASK_X11_XDM 0 IP address of XDM and type of query ASK_X11_MONITOR_TYPE 0 Type of monitor analog digital ASK_MONOLIT_SCREEN_MODE 0 Multi head multi screen ASK_MONOLIT_SCREEN_ARRANGEMENT 1 Layout of multi screen mode ASK_MONOLIT_MON_RESOLUTION 0 Resolution of monitor ASK ENGINE_NETWORK 0 IP address net mask broadcast address for rendering machine ASK_ENGINE_ETHERADDR 1 Ethernet address for rendering machine ASK_ENGINE_SCREEN_ARRANGEMENT 0 Multi screen layout for rendering machine ASK_ENGINE_NIC_TYPE 0 Type of interface of sub net network card ASK_MMT_SECURE_MODE 0 Secure mode ASK_GRAPHIC_ACCELERATOR_TYPE 0 Type of graphic accelerator ASK_MX REFRESH_RATE 0 Refresh rate of AGX UGX GRAPHIC
34. The figure on the following page shows schematically the parts and the cabling of the keyboard extension The keyboard extension is made up of two extension boxes remote extension box REX 3 local extension box LEX 5 and two connection cables connection cable 20m 4 PC cable 6 Keyboard and mouse are plugged into the remote extension box instead of being plugged directly into Eos The remote extension box is connected to the local extension box with the connection cable 20m The local extension box is connected to the PS 2 keyboard and mouse port either PS 2 or serial depending on the type of mouse and keyboard extension of Eos with the PC cable which has on the one end a single plug but on the other end two plugs The two interface boxes are prepared for grounding On each side labeled EXT and TRANSMIT respectively there is a thread for fixing a ring connector size 3 TAS 2747 1 for PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse lea A ame l B B l agy 3IsNon B B l Eg e ge 1x3 l ven A l l 5 l l O EXT e8 MOUSE KBD l E E l EE 1 2 4 T S 1 mouse 2 keyboard 3 remote extension box TAS 3196 4 connection cable 20m TAS 2710 5 local extension box TAS 3195 6 PC cable TAS 3201 7 Eos 8 grounding Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _______________
35. X MVGS X UCL extension only in the contiguous mode Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 8 4 5 Window manager 4 Operating The window manager which is pre configured on Eos offers a convenient and fast way to choose certain com mands By clicking on the root window background depending on left click or right click a menu opens Work menu Xterm Xvideo Rctrl Xgenlock Configuration Screensaver Default Immediately Blank Pattern after 5 min off Off Mouse Fast Normal Slow Left handed mouse Right handed mouse System beep Loud and long Loud Normal off Root Background BARCO logo Standard black Standard white Standard gray Standard navy blue Grid 640x480 Grid 800x600 Grid 1024x768 Grid 640x480 bold Grid 800x600 bold Grid 1024x768 bold Restart Eos X Server Work menu xXTerm xvideo Retrl XGenLock System Tools eS E a Event Test Configuration Vi Telnet Clocks Shells Window menu gt Window Manager ESIE Figure 4 1 Left click and right click on the root window background Start X terminal window Start Xvideo client for displaying video and RGB Start REMOTE CONTROL client without functionality Set screensaver to default settings Set screensaver to immediate screensaving Set screensaver to blank display Set screensaver to switch off pattern after 5 minutes Switch
36. X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 21 3 Getting started 3 2 9 Dual RGB Input Card The DUAL RGB INPuT CARD provides the capability of displaying RGB monitor signals Either two analog signals up to 1280x1024 75Hz or one analog signal up to UXGA resolution or higher are digitized for further processing in Eos Standard The synchronization modes Hsync Vsync Csync and Sync on Green are supported Connectors The DUAL RGB InPpuT CARD has two VGA compatible 15 pin SubMinD connectors Each is for connecting one RGB Signal to the OmniBus If an UXGA signal is inserted it must be connected to RGB In 1 while RGB In 2 is not avail able RGB In 1 ii i RGB In 2 E E ii Figure 3 31 connector of DUAL RGB INPUT CARD Order Within a single DUAL RGB INPUT CARD the numbering of the video channels is as shown in the figure above The order of the DUAL RGB INPUT Caros in Eos is determined in exactly the same way as with the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CarD Refer to section 3 2 7 Quad Analog Video Card please Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the DUAL RGB INpuT Caro please refer to section 7 1 Technical data Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _H_____________ _ _ 3 2 3 Getting started 3 2 10 Multiport 1 0 card The Multiport 1 0 Card extends the system with
37. XVideo class concerning the Dual RGB Input Card option drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb drgb Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 red green blue brightness reduction preset boardMenu boardNumber boardChannelMenul boardChannelMenu64 boardChannelNumber playMode argument default meaning 0 0 Wo OS see option drgbRed above 0 0 ae OS see option drgbGreen above 0 0 o O25 see option drgbBlue above 0 0 0 0 5 see option drgbBrightness above ERA E 6 see option drgbReduction above ere nae al 1 see option drgbPreset above SE ring DINGS JL IDINGIS 2 DINGIE F Sets the names of the video card appearing in the video cards menu 64 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first video card and so on aie il see option drgbBoardNumber above SNE IE LING Channel 1 Channel 2 Sets the names of the adapters of the first video card appearing in the channel menu 2 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first adapter and so on SE 16 LION Channel 1 Channel 2 Sets the names of the adapters of the 64 video card appearing in the channel menu 2 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first adapter and so on E see option drgbBoardChannelNumber above SE Live see option d
38. additional graphic card you have to repeat system configuration as Q described in section 3 4 2 X 11 configuration Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 7 6 1 4 Switching resolution of graphic card 6 Advanced Configuration Figure 6 7 Rotary switch for selecting appropriate resolution The appropriate resolution is selected with a rotary switch on the board The figure above shows this rotary switch located on top of an inserted graphic card All cards must be set to the same resolution The following table shows the possible settings switch 0 1 projection module OVERVIEW ML OVERVIEW ML OVERVIEW MD OVERVIEW ME OVERVIEW ML OVERVIEW MP ATLAS6 C4 PSI for modules older than Q2 03 OVERVIEW MP ATLAS6 C4 PS OVERVIEW ME digital output 60 Hz VESA timing OVERVIEW MP ATLAS6 C4 PS modules from Q2 03 and newer OverView MDR50 67 DL ATLAS CS4 S70 digital output via DVI connector digital output with DDC connected display device provides DDC information analog output CRT with DDC connected monitor provides DDC infor mation analog output CRT resolution DDC active VGA 640x480 no SVGA 800x600 no SVGA 800x600 SVGA 800x600 XGA 1024x768 no XGA 1024x768 no XGA 1024x768 SVGA 800x600 no SVGA 800x600 SVGA 800x600 SXGA 1280x1024 no XGA 1024x768 no SXGA 1280x1024
39. additional serial connectors They might be helpful for controlling multiple devices like Visu etc through the control room management software Osiris Connectors The Multiport 1 0 Card has two serial sockets 1 1st serial port 2nd serial port Figure 3 32 Multiport 1 0 Card Order The Multiport 1 0 Card has to be inserted into one of the PCI slots Eos supports up to three Multiport 1 0 Cards Multiport I O Card PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Figure 3 33 Position of Multiport 1 0 Card Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 23 3 Getting started 3 2 11 Eos Extender Power supply Check the power rating on your outlet before connecting the Eos ExtenoeR to the wall outlet or to a power strip Contact your facilities manager or a qualified electrician if you are not sure what type of power is supplied to your building The Eos EXTENDER is designed to operate with single phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor To reduce the risk of electrical shock do not plug into any other type of power system To connect the Eos ExTENDER to the power supply follow these steps e The current Eos EXTENDER Model performs a voltage auto range Elder models may have a voltage selector If your model is equipped with a voltage selector please make sure to select the appropriate type of power with the voltage selector on the back panel You can choose between 115V 60Hz AC a
40. and defines the geometry of the rendering machines if in a distributed system multiple logical screens are used This geometry section must not be changed manually but it is configured by means of the X 11 configuration script EOSconfig please refer to section 3 4 5 Configuring a distributed system with multiple logical screens General information about multiple logical screens can be found in section 4 1 Multi screen capability With multiple logical screens an individual color depth and visual class can be assigned to each screen Multiple logical screens can be used in two different modes Separate screens or Contiguous screens These modes differ only in the behavior of the cursor and in the demands of the arrangement of projection cubes The contiguous screens mode is used if multiple screens shall be displayed on one display wall The screens must completely fill the rectangular array of the display wall The cursor can be moved continuously over all screens on the whole display wall In the geometry section the keyword ContiguousScreens must be written in a line The following lines contain each a rendering machine engine x the module arrangement mxn the position within the display wall x yY and optional the color depth bpp xx and visual class cc x The visual class may have the values 3 pseudo color 4 true color or 5 direct color Please see section 4 2 2 Color capabilities of Eos for the possible color settings All screens
41. by the keyword NoCursorWrap This keyword can be inserted in any single line of the geometry section geometry 0 i separalescreens i Rendering 0 Rendering 1 Rendering 2 engine O 4x2 bpp 16 cc 5 ie engine 1l 1x1 engine 2 2x2 NoCursorwWrap Figure 6 20 Three independent screens in separate mode Video This section starts with the keyword video The system stores in this location the configuration of the logical video channels of a distributed system Please refer to section 4 6 2 The video channels for a basic explanation of video channels The video section must not be changed manually but by means of the script EOSconfig see section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system The way the configuration is written in this section is identical to the way you have to specify the configuration in EOSconfig Therefore you find here an instruction about it The syntax of the video section is as follows e For each rendering machine there must be a single line starting with the rendering machine s name e g engine 1 e Within this line the video adapters of this rendering machine must be listed The position where the entry of an adapter is located defines the corresponding video channel e The first position in the line corresponds with video channel 1 the second position with video channel 2 etc e The entr
42. capability allows you to con trol displays of nearly any size and layout The display area is one logically connected display It is able to digi tally control monitors based on modern technologies such as Single LCD DLP and Poly Silicon LCD with the highest display quality High contrast and absolute immunity to electromagnetic interference distinguishes this type of control CRT monitors and projectors can also be controlled by Eos using the optional analog output DLP is a trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated The hardware and software of Eos is based on world wide accepted standards so that the investment is pro tected Eos offers the following exceptional capabilities e High performance graphics output using the most modern processor and chip technologies e Supports current LAN and WAN interfaces e Graphic and video outputs in high color quality e Video in a window up and down scaleable e Overlapping and freely moveable video and graphics windows of unlimited size The Eos system provides a flexible and scalable architecture which is suitable to support all sizes of display walls Small systems up to 10 projection cubes can be set up with one Eos Compact For medium and large sized display walls Eos Compact with one or more Eos ExTENDERS or the distributed system Eos Power can be used Applications that require the video and RGB insertion unit Visu can be controlled with Eos ULTRA and the wall management software Osiris
43. channels enabling to split the display wall in a left and a right side as indicated in the figure and table below gr ch 1 gr ch 2 gr ch 5 gr ch 6 pr ch 1 pr ch 2 pr ch 3 pr ch 4 gr ch 3 gr ch 4 gr ch 7 gr ch 8 pr ch 5 pr ch 6 pr ch 7 pr ch 8 Figure 6 24 reordered numbering of graphic and projection channels Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _________L 6 28 6 Advanced Configuration OmniScaler 1 2 3 4 port 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 graphic channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 projection channel 1 2 5 6 3 4 7 8 Table 6 18 Relation between board port graphic channel and projection channel The entry in the configuration file just concerns the channels that differ from the default configuration Therefore the graphic channels 1 2 7 and 8 are not indicated Port 0 of OMNISCALER 1 still displays the information of the leftmost projection cubes on the top Graphic channel 3 Port 0 of OMNISCALER 2 shall display the information of the leftmost projection cubes on the lower row and is therefore correlated with the projection channel 5 etc You may insert blank lines and comments starting with a character for better clarity channels graphic channel numbers 3 45 6 projection channel numbers 5 63 4 Reassigning a system with rendering machines the name of the concerned rendering machine has to be men tioned as well channels engine 2 graphic chann
44. connect the rendering processors to the sub net either the onboard LAN adapters are used or the rendering machines are equipped with one network card each PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Sub net Figure 3 43 Network cards in a rendering processor Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 29 3 Getting started Sub net The Sub net is established via a Gigabit Ethernet Switch The Gigabit Ethernet Switch connects the rendering processors and the central processor Up to 7 rendering processors and the central processor can be connected with one Gigabit Ethernet Switch Switch Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ___________1__1__1__1___1_ 3 30 3 Getting started 3 2 14 Visu The connection of Visu Plus Plus to Eos ULTRA is described in the Visu user s manual see section 7 3 Order codes please Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _______________ 3 3 3 Getting started 3 3 Starting Up 3 3 1 Connecting First of all you have to provide the appropriate power supply Plug in the power cables on the back panel of your Eos Please refer to section 3 2 1 Power supply Mouse and keyboard must be connected to the respective sockets on the rear of Eos Please refer to sections 3 2 2 Mouse and 3 2 3 Keyboard If necessary con
45. e query will connect you directly to the specified XDM e indirect will cause a chooser box to be opened where you can select your XDM e broadcast will connect you to the XDM that replies first to your request The local X Display Manager can be used to login on the Eos X Terminal Do you want start the X Server with XDMCP yes no yes y Set the XDMCP Query Types 1 query direct 2 indirect 3 broadcast Enter query type 2 2 Enter the ip address of your XDM 150 158 181 149 199 123 222 17 Font server Please specify if you want to use a font server If necessary clarify the IP address as well as the respective port number with your network administrator Configuring the Font Server If you want a Font Server which supplies fonts for the X Server please answer the following question with either y or n Do you want to use a Font Server yes no yes y Enter the ip address of your Font Server 150 158 181 149 199 123 222 17 Enter the Font Server s port number 7100 7100 The script lists your settings Examine the values and confirm them by entering y or enter n for repeating the previous configuration steps These are your X Server General Settings Bits Per Pixel 8 and 16 Visual Class default visual PseudoColor 2nd visual TrueColor X Server s RGB Values 40 40 200 XDM Protocol indirect 199 123 222 177 Font Server tcp 199 123 222 17 7100 Everything correct yes no yes y
46. enter y to start with the configuration In the following the script presents you a list with the available net work cards You are prompted to select the network cards that form one team The AFT team of Eos is called bteamoO First enter the number of the network card that shall be the primary adapter Anew a list is shown but without the already selected card Enter the number of the next member of the team When all team members are selected enter 0 to continue with the configuration Select members for team bteam0 O done 1 etho 2 ethl 3 eth2 1 Select members for team bteam0 O done 1 ethl 2 eth2 1 Select members for team bteam0 O done 1 eth2 0 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 31 6 Advanced Configuration Enter the IP address and netmask for the team virtual adapter This is in general the same IP that was indicated in the system configuration Enter ip address for virtual adapter 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 Enter netmask for virtual adapter 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 Chosen values Virtual adapter members ethO ethl IP address LSOe LSS 26 Tel 7 6 Net mask 255 255 254 0 Are you sure y n y kkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxk kxxk BARCO iANS Configuration completed successfully x kkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkx
47. exist two different possibilities to achieve this It depends on the hardware that is used in your Eos system which one of these two methods is used Former systems used special rendering Ethernet cards that carry Etherboot code which requests the needed boot packets as soon as the central device is booted With Eos models RSEOS30265 and RSEOS33272 and from X server release 3 48 on no special rendering Ethernet cards are needed any longer anyhow the usage of these cards remains supported Instead PXE the Pre eXecution Envi ronment is used For reliable function of this mechanism it is necessary that wake on LAN WOL is configured in the server configuration see section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system and that WOL is also enabled in the BIOS of the mainboard of the respective rendering machines see section 6 2 10 BIOS settings for Wake On LAN e To connect an Eos central machine to the sub net Ethernet Card 100 Mbps Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps e To connect an Eos rendering machine to the sub net using PXE Ethernet Card 100 Mbps Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps Onboard LAN Adapter e To connect an Eos rendering machine to the sub net using Etherboot Ethernet Card 100 Mbps rendering Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps rendering Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 27 3 Getting started Connectors The onboard LAN adapter the 100 Mbps and the 1000 Mbps network card offer each a Twisted Pair con
48. in line mode log in as root The factory set password for root is barco eos login root Password barco Configuration can be carried out by means of the configuration script EOSconfig To start this script change the directory first eos root ed opt MMT2686 config then execute the script eos opt MMT2686 config EOSconfig EOSconfig will guide you through the configuration You can exit configuration without saving the modifications at any time by pressing simultaneously lt Ctrl gt C Thus all parameters entered up to now were deleted again It is more convenient however to check all data nec essary for configuration first and then start the script Therefore you are recommended to read through the fol lowing pages of this section before starting the configuration Below you can read through a typical course of the configuration script expanded with comments giving more details Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 39 3 Getting started KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK 8 Eos X Server Configuration i Release 3 4 x id x c 2005 BARCO F email support bcd barco com x X Tel 0049 721 6201 0 g K Fax 0049 721 6201 298 x kkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxkxkxxk kxx k 1 Config Eos Multi Screen X Server 2 Confi
49. in the section Decoder control above Only if a commu nication with the encoder is required tcp should be selected Startstring String that is sent to the specified encoder Figure 4 8 Parameters on the SVC Stream Params Editor As unicast streams are only sent to one single IP address only one Streaming Video Card at a time is able to display one particular unicast stream The following table lists the encoder specific values that must be entered into the SVC Stream Params Editor Encoder VCS Videojet 1000 firmware lt 2 0 firmware gt 2 0 Vbrick 4000 IMPath I Volution 4000 NKFC 20 firmware lt 2 0 firmware gt 2 0 Visiowave firmware gt 2 0 IP Protocol Skip bytes Skip bytes Stream type TCP PID at Start at End UDP 16 0 auto Off 0 Display stamping including Time Stamping Time Stamping is used RTP 4 0 auto Off 0 Display stamping including Time Stamping Time Stamping may not be used UDP 0 0 auto Off 0 The encoder setting Low Latency should not be used if there are big changes in the video image a green flash will appear at the bottom side of the video UDP 0 0 auto Off 0 UDP 28 0 auto Off 256 RTP 0 0 auto Off 256 UDP 0 0 auto ON 0 Use visiowave as startstring and specify also the other entries in the section Encoder Control Table 4 7 Encoder dependant parameter values Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 2
50. indicated by this symbol there is a risk that hot parts impact persons or objects This symbol marks passages concerning solely the distributed system The sheet icon indicates additional notes Next to this icon you find further information This arrow marks tips Next to this icon you find important notes Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 1 3 1 Introduction 1 3 Safety instructions This section describes safety precautions which must be observed when installing and operating a product from Barco 1 3 1 Standards Safety regulations Eos is built in accordance with the requirements of the international safety standard EN60950 UL1950 and CSA 22 2 No 950 which are the safety standards of information technology equipment including electrical business equipment These safety standards impose important requirements on the use of safety critical components materials and isolation in order to protect the user or operator against the risk of electric shock and energy hazard and having access to live parts Safety standards also impose requirements to the internal and external temperature variations radiation levels mechanical stability and strength enclosure construction and protection against risk of fire Simulated single fault condition testing ensures the safety of the equipment to the user even when the equip ment s normal operation fails Electromagnetic inter
51. is provided e The maximum recommended ambient temperature for this equipment is 40 C e When using the unit in a multi unit rack assembly or closed assembly the ambient temperature inside the assembly may not succeed the maximum rated ambient temperature e When installed in a rack the installation should be such that the amount of air flow required for safe opera tion of the equipment is not compromised The mounting of the equipment should be such that no hazardous condition is achieved due to uneven mechanical loading 1 3 5 Servicing Mechanical or electrical modifications others than described in this manual must not be made to the devices Barco is not liable for damages resulting from modified devices Only authorized personnel should carry out other maintenance work not explicitly mentioned in this installation manual Never open the case of Eos without first disconnecting all power supply cords Measurements and tests with the opened device may be carried out only in the factory or by specially trained personnel due to the dangers of electrical shock 1 3 6 Cleaning Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners See sec tion 5 3 Cleaning for a cleaning instruction 1 3 7 Re packing Keep the original shipping carton and packing material they will come in handy if you ever have to ship your unit For maximum protection repack your set as it was originally pack
52. more than a given number of colors con tained in the color table The number of colors in the color table up to that colors are allocated by exact match strategy is set by the following command line parameter Neeroy lt a gt If the color table already contains lt n gt colors further allocation of shared colors will be carried out using Nearby Color Allocation strategy Values between 16 and 256 are allowed A certain amount of colors can be reserved as private colors for X clients that are to be started later File mode The environment variable NEARBY_FILE specifies the name of a file that contains the definition of shared col ors The environment variable NEARBY_FILE is only considered if the command line parameter nearby is not set The number of entries in the file specifies the parameter lt n gt in that case If neither nearby lt n gt nor NEARBY FILE is set the X server searches for the file named nearby in the following directory etc MMTconfig nearby def If the file nearby def cannot be found color allocation will be carried out using standard strategy that means using exact matching strategy The nearby configuration file contains in the first line the keyword COLORCELLS separated by a blank from the number of colors defined in the following lines e g COLORCELLS Too In the following lines the RGB values are defined in hexadecimal notation separated by blanks and within a range of 0 to OxFF Lines beginning
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54. network cards Configuration of an AFT team To form a team of network cards the script config can be used Therefore log in as root and change to the di rectory opt MMT2686 ians The factory set password for root is barco eos login root Password barco root eos root cd opt MMT2686 ians Start the script by entering config root eos config config The script will prompt you to select the network cards that are part of the team The network cards are named eth0O eth1 etc This numbering follows the reverse order of the PCI slots in which the cards are inserted please refer also to section 3 2 12 Network Nevertheless it might be more convenient to first check the names of the network cards by means of the procfg utility see section 4 8 7 Network reporting utility procfg Below you can read through a typical course of the configuration script expanded with comments giving more details KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK X BARCO iANS configuration script 5 E G e A G S E O S A E S E S PS E h O P E PO O P G PO E SS A The configuration process will now ask you to enter your x x selection for the Intel R Advanced Network Services iANS K kkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxkxxkxkxk kxx k Do You want to continue Y n y First
55. no SXGA 1280x1024 no VGA 640x480 yes SVGA 800x600 XGA 1024x768 WXGA 1280x768 SXGA 1280x1024 software defined yes If DDC information conflicts with the display settings the X server terminates displaying a warning software defined no Table 6 4 selectable resolutions of the UGX and AGX GRAPHIC CARD 1 For OveRViEw MDR50 67 DL usually the switcher position F is selected as it provides DDC information Never theless in a set up where DDC can not be evaluated switcher position 8 can be selected instead G If a digital Visu For AGX Graphic Cards switcher position 7 and 8 is only available with BIOS revision FMW 3000 06 or newer and switcher position 9 is only availabe with BIOS revision FMW 3000 08 or newer The Version of the BIOS revision is printed on the mikrocontroller on the graphic card PLUS module has to be chosen Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 is connected between Eos and projection module nevertheless the resolution of the projection 6 8 6 Advanced Configuration 6 1 5 Combination rules When extending a system by inserting additional expansion cards into an Eos or Eos EXTENDER of by exchanging a card with a card of different type the following rules must be checked to see if the planned configuration is possible Functional rules e in an Eos the number of inserted cards must not exceed 6 in an Eos EXTENDER 13 expansion cards
56. of resource files The resources are stored in resource files These files must be located in certain directories and must be named correctly These paths and variables are evaluated in this sequence e usr lib X11 app defaults XVideo e SXAPPRLESDIR XVideo e RESOURCE_MANAGER or if empty Xdefaults e SXENVIRONMENT or if empty Xdefaults lt hostname gt e options on the command line Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 34 4 Operating Resources of the XVideo class concerning the control panel option ctrl title ctrl geometry ctrl visible ctrl iconic followMouse argument default meaning SEIS 1 VC xvideo control panel see option ctrlTitle above SUE IS ALING POO LONG see option ct rl1Geom above DOCE true see option ctrlVisible above BOOL false see option ctrlIconic above BoOoT true see option followMouse above Table 4 17 Resources of the XVideo class concerning the canvas panel option canvas canvas canvas canvas canvas canvas canvas canvas canvas canvas display title geometry iconic maxSize minSize ratioAspect AllowResize noBorder backGround argument default meaning Se ae DORTY see option canvasDisplay above SIL 12 110K xvideo canvas panel see option canvasTitle above Sie ALM 768x576 450 100 see option canvasGeom above
57. screensaver off Set speed of mouse to fast Set speed of mouse to normal Set speed of mouse to slow Configure mouse for left handed operation Configure mouse for right handed operation Set system beep to loud and long Set system beep to loud Set system beep to normal Switch off system beep Select Barco logo as background for root window Select black as background for root window Select white as background for root window Select gray as background for root window Select navy blue as background for root window Display adjustment grid maintenance Display adjustment grid maintenance Display adjustment grid maintenance Display adjustment grid maintenance Display adjustment grid maintenance Display adjustment grid maintenance Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 9 default mode Restart X server in default color mode pseudo 8 Bit color mode Restart X server in PseudoColor mode 8bpp true 16 Bit color mode Restart X server in TrueColor mode 16 bpp direct 16 Bit color mode Restart X server in DirectColor mode 16 bpp true 32 Bit color mode Restart X server in TrueColor mode 32 bpp 4 Operating direct 32 Bit color mode Restart X server in DirectColor mode 32 bpp Alternatively the X server can by restarted by means of the restart X server utility please refer to section 4 8 4 Restart X server utility service mmtserv Q G It
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59. the team and information about its primary adapter please refer also to section 6 2 8 Redundant network adapter m lists all members of the team and their current properties a lists interface name IP address netmask broadcast and state of the team members P lists the load time parameters and values of the team members adapters a Information about the link state speed and duplex of the network cards and AFT teams is displayed Table 4 42 Options of the procfg utility More information about procfg can be found in the manual pages The manual pages can be read by entering man procfg into the command line Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H _______1_1__1________ 4 56 5 Maintenance 5 Maintenance Eos requires very little maintenance Some maintenance operations are nevertheless necessary to maintain dis tortion free operation of Eos Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 5 5 Maintenance 5 1 Hot plug procedure 5 1 1 Redundant power module The redundant power modules of Eos or Eos EXTENDER can be connected to two independent power nets If one of the two power modules or a power net is failing you can hear a buzzer alarm that can be reset by pushing the red buzzer reset button 5 2 at the front of Eos Eos EXTENDER please refer to section 3 1 1 Eos 3 1 2 Eos Extender Also the LED power module failed
60. w d with rubber feet fixation handling standard case 183mm 482mm 500mm 7 20 in 18 98 in 19 76 in for redundant operation 183mm 482mm 565mm 7 20 in 18 98 in 22 24 in weight 15 7kg 34 6lbs power mains 100 240V 60HZ 50Hz power consumption standard power supply 300 W redundant power supply 400 W operating conditions 0 40 Celsius at max 80 humidity non condensing Table 7 1 Eos Extender dimensions h w d 177mm 440mm 450mm 6 97 in 17 13 in 17 72 in dimensions h w d with rubber feet fixation handling 183mm 482mm 500mm 7 20 in 18 98 in 19 76 in weight 14kg 30 9Ibs power mains 100 240V 60Hz 50Hz power consumption 400 W operating conditions 0 40 C at max 80 humidity non condensing Interfaces 13 PCI slots for expansion cards 1 slot for connecting to Eos Table 7 2 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 7 2 UGX Graphic Card graphic accelerator memory resolution amp colors analog 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x960 1280x1024 1600x1200 resolution amp colors digital video output stage bus connection supply voltage current consumption operating conditions dimensions weight plugs AGX Graphic Card graphic accelerator memory resolution amp colors analog 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x960 1280x1024 1600x1200 1900x1440 resolution amp colors digital 640x48
61. 0 800x600 800x600 1024x768 1024x768 1280x1024 video output stage bus connection supply voltage current consumption operating conditions dimensions weight plugs 7 Technical appendix 4xRadeon 7500 M7 CSP32 1x64MB SDRAM 8bpp 15 bpp 16 bpp 24 bpp 32 bpp 85 Hz 85 HZ 85 HZ 84 HZ 85 HZ 85 HZ 85 HZ 8 bpp 15 bpp 16 bpp 32 bpp up to 1600x1200 60Hz pixel clock digital 165 MHz pixel clock analog max 350 MHz PCI bus 32bit 33 MHz 64bit 66 MHz 5 V 5 3 3 V 0 3 V 5 V max 4 0 A 3 3 V max 2 0 A 0 50 C at 8 80 humidity non condensing PCI long card 312 00 mm x 121 92 mm with ISA retainer and front plate 352 18 mm x121 92 mm 280 g 1 64 32bit Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector 2 Dual DVI connector Table 7 3 2xRAGE MOBILITY 128 M 1x64MB SDRAM 8bpp 16 bpp 32 bpp 85 HZ 85 HZ 85 HZ 85 HZ 85 HZ 85 HZ 60 Hz 8 bpp 16 bpp 32 bpp 61 Hz 60 Hz 72 Hz only unscaled 60 Hz 68 Hz only unscaled 60 Hz pixel clock digital 135 MHz pixel clock analog max 250 MHz PCI bus 32bit 33 MHz 64bit 66 MHz 5 V 5 3 3 V 0 3 V 5V 0 8A 3 3V 2 5A 0 50 C at max 80 humidity non condensing PCI long card 312 00 mm x 121 92 mm with ISA retainer and front plate 352 18 mm x121 92 mm 270 gr 1 64 32bit 3 3V Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector 1 Dual DVI connector Table 7 4 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12
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64. 13 6 512MB MEM 3213 6 512MB 2048 MB Table 6 3 combinations of DDR RAM for Eos EOS 3026 5 EOS 3327 2 and EOS 3327 3 Orient the memory module so that it faces the same way the old module did Press the module firmly into place until it clicks into place and the plastic clips snap into position and fix it To release the memory module squeeze both plastic clips outwards until the module lifts up Replace the top cover connect Eos and restart it Log in as root After the next boot process the additional main memory is addressed and able to operate Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 6 6 Advanced Configuration 6 1 3 Inserting an additional expansion card The expansion cards are made of delicate electronic components that are extremely sensitive to static electricity Ordinary amounts of static from your clothes or work environment can destroy them Transport expansion cards only in the original packaging as delivered from the manufacturer Handle them only by their edges and their metal mounting bracket Do not touch the components nor the edge connectors that plug into the expansion slots Use a grounded workplace and wear a grounding wrist strap at least discharge your body s static electricity by touching a grounded surface e g a properly grounded system s metal chassis e Please check first the restrictions given in section 6 1 5 Co
65. 2686 bin linux RCtrl The following table lists all resources of the rctr1 class option argument default meaning title Seng REMOTE CONTROL Determines the window title of the retr1 control panel geometry SE A T OOOO see option geometry above KoSr lt hostname gt hoa nest Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started Porc Po E oTi Specifies port of the recria daemon Default should not be changed TCO TO O O Iconifies value 1 or resizes value 0 the retr1 control panel avcEnableConfig Ose el O see option e above avcReconfig OS te O see option r above Table 4 38 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 __________1__1__1__1__1_ 4 49 4 7 4 Hot keys The commands for controlling the illumination units of an OverView display wall can be entered directly with hot keys on the Eos keyboard hot keys CTRL LEFT CTRL LEFT CTRL LEFT CTRL LEFT SHIFT LEFT SHIFT LEFT Shift left SHIFT LEFT lt number of module gt lt number of module gt lt number of unit gt lt number of unit gt Q O T o 4 Operating meaning Switching on lamp Switching off lamp Switching to analog input In 1 Switching to digital input In 2 Table 4 39 The keys Ctrl left left Control key and Shift left left Shift key must be pressed until the hot key sequence is finished by entering the number of the respective projection module and the desired command
66. 3 4 Operating Control panel for Dual RGB Input Card Control R G B Lock RGB Bright Live Still DRGB 1 Channel 1 Presets Auto Reduction Barco Eos X Terminal K xvideo control panel Intensity of red component Intensity of green component Intensity of blue component Change red green and blue component together Brightness of display Start the RGB display Freeze the RGB display Select one DUAL RGB INPuT CARD the cards can be renamed Select video channel of the DUAL RGB INPUT CARD max 2 channels the channels can be renamed Select a timing current timing is indicated in the button Activate auto detect of source settings Set the dynamic reduction factor of the frame rate range 0 1 2 15 The static frame rate reduction determined by the input mode please refer to sec tion 4 6 1 The input cards Dual RGB Input Card can additionally be reduced by this factor 0 sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1 best quality 4 sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1 2 6 sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1 3 15 sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1 15 best performance Figure 4 9 Xvideo control panel DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 t ___________1__1__1__1_ 4 24 K xvideo control panel al ef fo aafe f a oT AE c of 4 Operating xvideo control panel owe 5 i tae ia ec J owas ose gt feo o gt
67. 33131 OMNISCALER with Dual DVI cable digital AGX 3313 0 OMNISCALER Dual DVI connector 2 channels CBL 3264 0 Dual DVI to Dual DVI cable RSMPG33450 STREAMING VIDEO CARD RSFRG32920 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD with video breakout cable 8xBNC RSCBL33520 RSRGB32930 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD RSNET27920 Ethernet card 10 100 Mbps RSNET27923 Ethernet card 10 100 Mbps server for redundancy RSNET32830 Ethernet card 10 100 1000 Mbps RSNET32832 Ethernet card 10 100 1000 Mbps rendering RSNET32833 Ethernet card 10 100 1000 Mbps server RSMM127340 VGA Card for central device RSEOS30521 Multiport 1 0 card PCI RSTAS32320 Logitech PS 2 optical mouse 2 5m cable RSWST23664 Keyboard MF II English RSNET28261 Gigabit Ethernet Switch 8 ports RSTAS27470 PC keyboard mouse extension TAS 2706 1 Interface box PC TAS 2707 1 Interface box keyboard mouse TAS 2710 0 Connection cable 20m TAS 2711 1 Connection cable PC Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 7 16 Spares RSMEM3 2133 RSMEM32134 RSMEM32135 RSMEM3 2136 RSPSU3 2840 RSDRV33499 RSDRV33109 RSDRV33549 RSEOS31040 RSEOS31041 Cables and adapters RSGBP26050 RSGBP26051 RSGBP26052 RSGBP26053 RSGBP26060 RSGBP27120 RSGBP27122 RSGBP27123 RSGBP27124 RSCBL3 1360 RSCBL3 1361 RSCBL3 1362 RSCBL31890 RSCBL31891 RSCBL31892 RSCBL32060 RSCBL32062 RSCBL32040 RSCBL32041 RSCBL32042 RSCBL32420 RSCBL32430 RSCBL32450 RSCBL32030 RSCBL32050 RSCBL31900
68. 4 1 color capabilities for X server and video of Eos 1 Only applicable if UGX GRAPHIC CARDS are used 2 Depending on X server start option Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 6 4 Operating 4 3 X display manager The X display manager xdm is a system process which manages a user session from the login to the logout The xdm provides a flexible and configurable method for logging in with an X server The xdm can be configured such that X 11 clients are started automatically The X server is reset for the next login following each user log out X display manager of Eos The X display manager comes pre installed with the system on your Eos Depending on the actual configuration the xdm is started automatically and opens a chooser box offering all possible xam hosts accessible by your Eos On Eos there are manual pages about the xdm available For reading these man pages enter man xdm in the command line eos root man xdm X display manager of host computers The X display manager for the host computers of Eos is not included in the delivery of Eos Further documentation The X display manager is documented in e X Window System Administrators Guide Volume 8 O Reilly amp Associates Inc This document specifically describes all configuration possibilities for the X display manager using corresponding files Barco Eos X Ter
69. 6 128 16 128 16 Table 7 9 7 8 7 2 Interfaces Seen from outside of Eos AGX Graphic Card and UGX Graphic Card 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 GND shield return for 5V Hsync and Vsync 0 green GND 0 Hsync 0 Vsync GND GND 1 Vsync 1 Hsync GND 1 green GND 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 0 Data1 0 Data1 0 Clock 0 Clock 0 Hot Plug detect 0 LED PGA Scaler detect 1 LED PGA 1 Hot Plug detect 1 Clock 1 Clock 1 Data1 1 Data1 i g S2 Ker 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 O a 0 Data0 0 Data0 0 Data2 0 Data2 Int Scaler 1 Data2 1 Data2 1 Data0 1 Data0 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 15 ee ee ee O N W A m NW A UONGO O 7 Technical appendix GND 0 red 0 blue GND 0 5V Power 0 DDC clock 0 DDC data GND 1 DDC data 1 DDC clock 1 5V Power GND 1 blue 1 red GND Figure 7 1 Dual DVI connector digital analog out 13 7 Technical appendix Dual DVI to 2xDVI D adapter cable 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Data0 Data0 Data0 Shield Clock Shield Clock Clock Dual DVI to 2xCRT adapter cable U Aa WN red green blue GND 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 C5 Oo ON OA 10
70. 6666 39 424 0 O 6 128 16 1280x960 75HZ 2 1686 1280 1000 960 13333 39 386 0 O 6 128 16 1280x960 85HZ 2 1728 1280 1011 960 11764 50 384 0 O 6 128 16 1280x1024 60Hz 2 1688 1280 1066 1024 16666 41 360 0 O 6 128 16 1280x1024 75Hz 2 1688 1280 1066 1024 13333 31 392 0 O 6 128 16 1280x1024 85Hz 2 1728 1280 1072 1024 11764 47 384 0 O 6 128 16 1600x1200 60Hz 2 2160 1600 1250 1200 16666 49 496 0 O 6 128 16 1600x1200 65Hz 2 2160 1600 1250 1200 15385 49 496 0 0 128 16 1600x1200 70Hz 2 2160 1600 1250 1200 14285 49 496 0 O 6 128 16 1600x1200 75Hz 2 2160 1600 1250 1200 13333 49 496 0 O 6 128 16 1600x1200 85Hz 2 2160 1600 1250 1200 11764 49 496 0 O 6 128 16 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 NN _ 7 7 1792x1344 60Hz 1792x1344 75Hz 1856x1392 60Hz 1856x1392 75Hz 1920x1440 60Hz 1920x1440 75Hz 2048x1536 45Hz l l l l l 2048x2048 45Hz Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 N N N N NNN WN 2448 2456 2528 2560 2600 2640 2804 2804 1792 1792 1856 1856 1920 1920 2048 2048 1394 1417 1439 1500 1500 1500 1600 2114 1344 1344 1392 1392 1440 1440 1536 2047 16666 13333 16666 13333 16666 13333 22222 22222 49 72 46 107 59 59 63 59 528 568 576 576 552 576 600 709 ee 7 Technical appendix Sn O O O O O O Aa A OW OW OW OQ OW 128 16 128 16 128 16 128 16 128 16 128 1
71. CARD and DUAL RGB INPUT CARD The video client xvideo can be started as follows xvideo lt option gt After xvideo is started two windows show up the control panel and the canvas panel The control panel of fers controls for customizing the display Whereas the canvas panel displays the video or RGB data The video client detects automatically what kind of signal is connected to channel 1 K gt xvideo control panel Figure 4 3 Xvideo client control and canvas panel The video client offers up to three tabs for QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD and DUAL RGB INPUT CARD depending on the actual hardware configuration of your Eos The options for starting the video client xvideo are listed in section 4 6 5 The options An important option is described below Module Video and Module RGB Module video and Module RGB All input cards allow to start the video client xvideo with an option for displaying the input signal without borders and fitted to complete projection modules 1 to nxn depending on configuration The command xvideo mv 1 mg 1x1 1 0 lets the video client start as Module Video mv 1 on the second cube from the left in the upper row mg 1x1 1 0 The displayed video or RGB signal is always on top other applications are beyond and can not be manipu lated by accident Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 4 17 4 Operating File menu Fi
72. DuaL RGB INPUT CARD 1 62 STREAMING VIDEO CARD 1 62 Maximum allowed 100 Table 6 7 components factors for configuration criterion calculation M1 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 10 6 Advanced Configuration Example The following example illustrates how a configuration can be checked Assuming a configuration with one Eos and two Eos Extenders both equipped with the same amount and types of boards We here fist calculate the three criteria V1 V2 and V3 for one Eos EXTENDER After that we check the criteria M1 for both the Eos and the Eos EXTENDERS For 1 UGX GRAPHIC CARD 2 OMNISCALERS UXGA 1 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARDS 1 DUAL RGB INPUT CARDS and 2 STREAMING VIDEO CARDS used together in one Eos EXTENDER for redundant operation the following calculation must be made V1 V2 V3 Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result AGX GRAPHIC CARD 6 94 2 65 5 24 UGX GRAPHIC CARD 6 01 1 601 1057 1 10 57 11 88 1 11 88 OMNISCALER Max SXGA 324 5 62 6 33 OMNISCALER Max UXGA 3 70 2 7 40 6 61 2 13 22 7 40 2 14 80 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 16 18 1 16 18 4 96 1 4 96 11 15 1 11 15 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD 14 33 1 14 33 4 96 1 4 96 10 38 1 10 38 STREAMING VIDEO CARD 20 34 2 40 68 7 2 7 2 14 54 14 94 2 29 88 optical cables 0 70 4 2 80 0 62 4 2 48 lt 100 84 60 51 05 80 57 Tabl
73. Eos ULTRA consists either of a single Eos or a distributed system Whether Eos Compact Eos Power or Eos ULTRA both the user and the application software see one single display Installation operation and service do not differ from that of a standard X terminal Eos offers the possibility to operate it in normal boot mode or in eXtended safety boot mode Normal boot mode offers full write access to the hard disk eXtended safety boot mode offers in addition to normal boot mode a backup partition for improved system safety System files are stored safely and faultless startup is guaranteed even after unpredictable events e g power failure Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 2 2 Summary Eos Compact Up to 12 projection cubes can be controlled by a single Eos Compact 883 E Eos COMPACT X Window TCP IP Figure 2 1 8 channel Eos Eos Extender An Eos EXTENDER increases the capacity of Eos for graphic channels and video and RGB insertion An X Window Desktop with multiple video and RGB sources can such be displayed on 12 projection modules PCI EOs EXTENDER DODD DODD __ amp DODDDD DODDDD 00000 DDDDDD Eos COMPACT EOS EXTENDER
74. Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 4 3 Getting started 3 Getting started This chapter describes the set up of Eos and provides you with a guide through the software configuration If your Eos is already configured within your working place you can skip this chapter and continue with chapter 4 Operating Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 1 3 Getting started 3 1 Examining 3 1 1 Eos The case of Eos is available in two models The standard case and the case for redundant power supply and RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks The front Eos standard 1 2 3478 9 10a 11 D po oC am Boa 12 13 Eos with redundancy options 1 2 34 567 8 9 10b 11 1eeeee gt ee0e8eeo 31000000000 co 1 eee0e0ec3e O LLALA AA S LLG eee0eee060 D E E OE E E DER E I IOI j 12 13 air supply handle of filter mounting restart button lock keyboard switch without functionality from model models EOS 3026 5 and FOS 3327 2 on buzzer reset button power module failed LED power module failed LED hard disk access LED power on floppy disk drive 10a b hard disk drive RAID subsystem 11 CD ROM drive 12 reserved 13 power button Oo ON OO UU F
75. February 2008 A 7 3 7 Technical appendix OmniScaler video RGB input format data input format data output format video source RAM bus connection supply voltage current consumption operating conditions dimensions weight plugs Quad Analog Video Card video decoder de interlacer scaler CPU System Controller CPU Frame Memory input formats colors video standard bus power supply power consumption operating conditions dimensions weight connectors YUV4 2 2 XRGB8 8 8 8 RGB8 8 8 RGB5 6 5 24 bpp PanelLink 24 bpp PanelLink in the resolution and timing of the input up to 1280x1024 AGX 3002 up to 1600x1200 AGX 3313 64 MB DDR SDRAM 64 bit PCI bus 32bit 33 MHz 64bit 66 MHz 5 V 45 3 3 V 5 5V 2 5A 3 3V 0 8A AGX 3002 5V 2 6A 3 3V 13A AGX 3313 0 50 C at 8 80 humidity non condensing PCI long card 312 00 mm x 121 92 mm with ISA retainer and front plate 352 18 mm x121 92 mm 250 gr 1 64 32bit Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector 1 Dual DVI connector in 1 Dual DVI connector out Table 7 5 4 x Micronas VPC3230D 4 x Micronas SDA9400 4 x Silicon Optix sxZX1 for 1 1 or downscaling NEC VR5000A 64bit MIPS Processor 200MHz NEC VRC5074 64bit 66MHz PCl Interface 100MHz CPU Bus Memory Interface 2 DMA Channels 64MB SDRAM Y C FBAS PAL B G H I M N NTSC M N 4 43 SECAM internal data path YUV 4 2 2 16 bit wide ITU R601 and ITU R656 compatib
76. G eerus 4 21 control pane ssvessrsancdsaiies seesesenecssaleseraaeaarsenies 4 20 Tee Ps a AEE E E E ES 7 13 module video sesssssssseessssssseessssessssressn 4 6 4 12 Ea a E E et E E ae 3 21 technical data 32s4s20 55sh50csc8eontevedabuedacdasoasnnenieatattants 7 5 UNE e aa T OOS 3 27 CODN eenn E 3 30 Sub net configuration eee eeceteeseeeeeteeteeesees 3 47 Sia pbs eee CaN eer eRe RENE MEPS AEE TE rE P OTE 3 20 SNIE Oa arene eee aces 3 20 SVN LUC aE E E 3 27 SVU CIVIC O eaa S 3 34 9 Index NENI Ol usec teense topics te teaddoe deka cedeectig ease 3 33 switching resolution of graphic cards AON Sipe Deena ene ent PEE ae Ene UE PRE an OURS Meee 6 8 WGI ios AEAT anes A EA E A AS 6 8 SYNC ON QheC M ee i E T A neeeeh a 3 22 syntax rESOUrCE TICS srra E eeeinteaeeans 4 33 systemi DEED oesie T 4 9 SYSTEM configurato eeren 3 35 system configuration SCFIPL ee eeeeeseceeeeeees 6 23 system software MSAN eiseni a 6 17 DAITE ANID PA EEE AE P E E E AEE 6 20 System tOO narpa a a 4 11 leinet Sys ten TOOS sesa 4 11 tight DIM GING sisirin e 4 33 umeong aoea a 3 38 transparent multi Screen ssssesensessseseessesseseseen 4 2 MOECIU ee ee 4 4 4 5 4 12 Twisted Paif i sccxescabscdeptavetecsdsdeadendsdvasvosedscdedteostees 3 28 upgrading systemsoftware ceeeeeseeseeeeesees 6 20 USEF ACCOUNTS CONFIGUIATION eeeseeteseeteeees 3 38 aa site re E ES EA TA E AE T 4 51 BOOU IO AGEN sroronunn nena 4 51 1B Geter emee
77. Graphic Scaler Scaler Board Board 1 2 1 2 PCl1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Figure 3 27 Numbering of OMNISCALERS Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the OMNISCALER please refer to section 7 1 Technical data Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _____1__1__1__1__1_1_1 3 19 3 Getting started 3 2 7 Quad Analog Video Card The QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD provides the capability of displaying video signals like VCR TV CCTV etc The analog video signals are digitized for further processing in the Eos Four video signals can be processed simultaneously Standard The video standards S Video S VHS Y C and Composite Video VHS FBAS CVBS CVS Y are supported Connectors The QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD provides one LFH 160 pin connector for video insertion In every QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD package a video breakout cable is included The breakout cable itself provides eight BNC connectors that can be used to connect four S Video or composite signals The eight cables are marked with CVBS Y 1 to 4 or with C 1 to 4 respectively please refer to section 7 2 Interfaces for appropriate signal connection Figure 3 28 connector of the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD left and video breakout cable right Order Within a single QUAD ANALOG VIDEO Caro the numbering of the video channels is as shown in the figure above The QUAD ANALOG VIDEO
78. IEE i Pal Te y al i i Ht ffi lisi lii ioi Figure 4 11 Configuring RGB input Switch to the Input Settings tab and press Auto This will automatically detect the source and set the right preset e f necessary switch to the Input Settings tab and tune PLL Devider approx 1 3 x horizontal size until the test pattern is displayed correctly e Align the display within the window with Position e If necessary tune Phase until the test pattern is displayed without flicker Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 26 4 Operating Managing the presets As already mentioned a set of presets is pre configured in the video client These presets are stored in a preset file The current preset file can be modified in the Registry tab i e you can replace an existing timing by your own settings or add these to the list of timings The video client can handle more than one preset file From the File menu you can choose to save the current preset file or read in another A certain preset file can also be invoked as an option on the command line when starting the video client Please refer to section 4 6 5 The options Configuration of the RGB display Back in the Control tab you can adjust the RGB display regarding hue saturation and brightness etc The video client can store these settings as well as the selected RGB channel and preset in a configuration fil
79. RMES V2A HERMES VXA DIGITAL SWITCHBOXES HERMES D2D and Hermes DXD can be scanned and switched If available the video controller can be operated Starting the daemon The REMOTE CONTROL daemon is started automatically on system start with the script S01 10 twO POZ d SoCrcr Lad Following options are available Option argument default a r Tie meaning auto configuration active Deactivates auto configuration of the REMoTE CoNTROL chain i e the automatic addressing of all connected devices having no address assigned reconfiguration active Deactivates automatic reconfiguration i e the reconfiguration of the REMOTE CONTROL chain on start up of the daemon Goo gt 13579 Specifies the port of the daemon Default should not be changed lt msec gt 200 Specifies delay time in milliseconds for sending messages OvERVIEW ML lt msec gt 20 Specifies delay time in milliseconds for sending messages OvERVIEW MD OVERVIEW MP ATLAS67C4 PSI AVC Box HERMES V2A DIGITAL SWITCHBOX HERMES D2D Table 4 24 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 40 4 Operating 4 7 2 The Remote Control clients command line based In accordance with the offered services of the REMOTE CONTROL daemon there are clients which use these services Different clients can use the same service simultaneously rctrimon The monitor client rctrlmon monitors the c
80. Remote Control thent ancessor 4 45 PAE eeen a 4 14 parameters X SeFVED aaaea A Bases 6 24 password 4 5320sacsayicvastaresandvouneuadadodasndesenasosaanedandserst 3 35 PCI Extender Box EX MONSLOM SLOUS 362 nce aru seer sutra awe 3 9 PCI slot numbering ON EOS uu eeeeseessceeesscseeeeeeseeseeeseees 3 6 OMNISCAN 3 19 order graphic CALS eee eeeeeeseesseseeeteeteeeseeees 3 15 order INDUT CALGS s 58 chsiar akon ns 3 20 PCI slots GOO O MTS AEE AEE E beens 3 7 OCIO eee treesetesttae cater wen cenret oh meet eet 6 4 numbering on Eos Extender ou eeeeeeseeeteeeees 3 9 Order EOS Extender cccccccsecesscessceseesseeseeees 3 25 oder oenen eee er peer Pee me ee 3 26 order multiport 1 0 Card eeeeseeseeseeeee 3 23 PLL DEVIJE aa aie ede cane 4 26 Poly Silicon LCD eee eecccscceseesscesscesceseesssesseeseeees 2 2 power GAD eeni ent ee etade estates anes 3 10 3 24 GIS CONIC CE coado sce esactdotdcsscontecs eeatonsen ornate 5 7 6 2 DOWEL COTA ianen a 1 5 Se enon ta nae a eects 1 4 DOWER DUON ceronecon iins N 3 3 DOWER TINU C Sacttacescrani E 2 2 6 16 9 Index preset file ile TENU ieie n 4 18 presets Dual RGB Input Card ue ccceeeceteeeeeteees 7 7 pivote Color CEN 4 3 POC UUI Vose E 4 56 projection channel EAE I A E E A 6 28 PSCUGOCOlOR knn rann na 4 4 4 5 4 12 Quad Analog Video Card CONTFO panei ecuri a E 4 19 intera E saak dear dcdpessnedstdsaakotacsated ens 7 13 module VIdCO eee ceeeecceesscceestseceessseeeees 4 6 4
81. Repeat the following for all rendering machines e Connect a keyboard to the rendering machine e Switch on this rendering machine by its power button 13 at the front e The device starts booting On one channel of the display wall its graphical output is displayed As soon as the system offers to enter the BIOS press the F2 key e Within the BIOS take care that the following settings are selected Power Power On Off LAN Enabled Power Failure Recovery Previous State e If using the onboard LAN adapter check that its use is enabled in the BIOS Peripheral Configuration LAN Controller Enabled e Save the BIOS settings and exit the BIOS e Switch off the device by its power button 13 at the front e Disconnect the keyboard After configuring all rendering machines you can switch on the whole system again please refer to section 3 3 2 Switching on Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 34 7 Technical appendix 7 Technical appendix This chapter provides tabular overviews about the technical details of Eos its components and of their interfaces Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 7 1 7 Technical appendix 7 1 Technical data Eos dimensions h w d standard case 177mm 440mm 450mm 6 97 in 17 32 in 17 72 in for redundant operation 177mm 440mm 516mm 6 97 in 17 32 in 20 32 in dimensions h
82. S each type of card is separately numbered The numbering of graphic cards and input cards follows the order implicitly given by the Eos Extenpers and their interconnection The OMNISCALERS are numbered according to the graphic cards they are connected to Numbering begins at the PCI 1 slot of Eos As soon as an Eos EXTENDER is connected numbering continues with the PCI slots of this Eos EXTENDER After that the remaining slots of Eos are numbered The numbering is illustrated in the figure below Eos Eos Graph Graph Ext Card Card Box 1 1 2 e BE l PCI14 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PCI Segment 0 Aly Eos Extender 1 Dual Omni Omni Quad Omni Omni RGB Scaler Scaler Analog Scaler Scaler Input Video Card 1 4 Card 1 2 1 z l7 A a P oO s aN C s l s o PCIO PCI6 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 PCI7 PCI6 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 PCI Segment 2 PCI Segment 1 Figure 3 38 Example for the numbering in a configuration with an Eos EXTENDER Depending on the type of the cards used in one Eos or Eos Extender and the model of the device the maximum amount of cards within the device varies please refer to section 6 1 5 Combination rules Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H_ _________1__1__1__1__1__1_1 3 26 3 Getting started 3 2 12 Network Network adapters With Eos the following netw
83. Software RSOVT26861 RSOVT26867 RSEOS30701 RSEOS30702 RSEOS30703 RSLIC32912 7 Technical appendix fOr RSEOS30264 RSEOS33270 RSEOS33271 memory 256MB DDR RAM DIMM memory 512MB DDR RAM DIMM fOr RSEOS30265 RSEOS33272 RSEOS33273 memory 256MB DDR RAM DIMM memory 512MB DDR RAM DIMM redundant power supply for Eos RSEOS3327 or EOS EXTENDER RSEOS3193 Spare hard drive in removable frame without operating system Spare hard drive for RAID 1 in removable frame without operating system Spare hard drive for RAID 5 in removable frame without operating system Dust filter for Eos base unit Dust filter for Eos EXTENDER REMOTE CONTROL cable 9 m cable 0 2 m cable 3 5 m cable 5 m shortening plug graphical data MDR26 lt gt MDR26 max XGA 6 m MDR26 lt gt MDR26 max XGA 2 m MDR26 lt gt MDR26 max XGA 10 m MDR26 lt gt MDR26 max XGA 1 5 m DVI D gt MDR26 max XGA 1 5 m DVI D gt MDR26 max XGA 2 m DVI D gt MDR26 max XGA 10 m MDR26 gt DVI D max XGA 1 5 m MDR26 gt DVI D max XGA 2 m MDR26 gt DVI D max XGA 10 m DVI D lt gt DVI D max SXGA 2 m DVI D lt gt DVI D max XGA 5 m DVI D gt DVI D optical max SXGA 10 m DVI D gt DVI D optical max SXGA 20 m DVI D gt DVI D optical max SXGA 50 m Dual DVI gt 2xDVI D adapter cable Dual DVI gt 2xCRT adapter cable Dual DVI lt gt Dual DVI cable MDR26 gt DVI D adapter DVI D gt MDR26 adapter DVI A gt VGA ada
84. User s manual EOS X Terminal DOC 3061 2 Current version Title Eos X Terminal User s Manual ID no DOC 3061 2 Revision 12 Date February 2005 main issue update chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 add chapter 4 add chapter 5 chapter 6 add chapter 7 add chapter 8 chapter 9 new The corresponding chapters are new or completely revised COTT Passages of the corresponding chapter were corrected see modification bars add Passages of the corresponding chapter were added see modification bars This manual refers to following hardware and software configurations of Eos X Terminal Release X Server R3 48 Document history Modifications which result in a new version are indicated by a vertical bar Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 j Trademarks Brand and product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective holders All brand and product names mentioned in this manual serve as comments or examples and are not to be understood as advertising for the products or their manufacturers Copyright 1997 2005 by Barco Die Weitergabe sowie die Vervielf ltigung aller Unterlagen die von uns berlassen werden deren Verwertung und Mitteilung ihres Inhaltes an Dritte ist nicht gestattet soweit dies nicht ausdr cklich zugestanden ist Urheberrechte insbesondere auch solche an Software werden nur insoweit bertrag
85. an be requested as follows ddcinfo No further options are required ddcinfo can only be requested as long as the Xserver is not running 4 8 3 Boot loader utility When booting Eos a graphical menu appears to select the boot partition See also section 6 2 1 Boot modes The boot loader utility helps to change this if wanted Therefore change by using cd to the directory cd opt MMT2686 config To switch on the graphical boot selection use opt MMT2686 config bootgraph on To switch it off use opt MMT2686 config bootgraph off Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 5 4 Operating 4 8 4 Restart X server utility service mmtserv The service mmtserv utility can be used to restart the X server By means of the options the color mode can be determined If the utility is called without option the X server settings that were assigned in the X 11 configura tion are applied Thus the utility enables to change the color mode without the necessity to run through the X 11 configuration The following options are available option meaning pseudo Restart X server in PseudoColor mode 8 bpp true Restart X server in TrueColor mode 16 bpp direct Restart X server in DirectColor mode 16 bpp true32 Restart X server in TrueColor mode 32 bpp direct32 Restart X server in DirectColor mode 32 bpp Table 4 41 options of service mmtserv To restart the X server in DirectColor mode with 16 bpp
86. and 2 115200 compatibility speed for direct port access ca ET 7 OBB Fpa T ef i oa O CH U3 a J5 OR DT MADE IN Taiwan CEHI m Figure 6 8 jumper setting on Multiport 1 0 Card Configuration The configuration script runs automatically after rebooting Eos The devices are named according to the table below depending on the number of inserted Multiport 1 0 Cards multiple devices are added connection device number of Multiport 1 0 Card COM3 ttyS2 1 COM4 ttyS3 1 COM5 ttyS4 2 COM6 ttys5 2 COM7 ttys6 3 COM8 ttyS7 3 Table 6 14 commands for the installation of additional serial ports Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _______________ 6 14 6 Advanced Configuration Combination of Multiport 1 0 Card and Ethernet cards If the Multiport 1 0 Card is used together with the Ethernet Card 100 Mbps or the Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps some restrictions concerning the used PCI slots have to be taken into account depending on the model of Eos model of Eos EOS 3026 02 and earlier EOS 3026 03 up to EOS 3327 0 1 combination of Multiport 1 0 Card and Ethernet Card 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps PCI1 and PCI5 if the shared slot is used for PCI card PCI2 and PCI6 don t use both slots at the same time for Ethernet cards and Multiport 1 0 cards PCI1 and PCI5 if the shared slot is used for ISA card don t use both slots at the same time for Ethernet cards and M
87. any liquid or solid object fall into the cabinet unplug the set and have it checked by qualified service personnel before resuming operations e Lightning For extra protection for this video product during a lightning storm or when it is lift unattended and unused for a long period of time unplug it from the wall outlet This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and AC power line surges Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 15 1 Introduction 1 3 3 Unpacking of devices Note advises on the packaging for unpacking 1 3 4 Installation e Do not place this unit on an unstable cart stand or table The unit may fall causing serious damage to it e Do not use this unit near water e Use only the power cord supplied with your unit While appearing to be similar other power cords have not been safety tested at the factory and may not be used to power the unit For a replacement power cord contact your dealer e Slots and openings in the cabinet and the sides are provided for ventilation to ensure reliable operation of the unit and to protect it from overheating these openings must not be blocked or covered The openings should never be blocked by placing the product on a bed sofa rug or other similar surface This product should never be placed near or over a radiator or heat register This unit should not be placed in a built in in Stallation or enclosure unless proper ventilation
88. ards menu 32 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first video card and so on IE il see option mpgBoardNumber above Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Sets the names of the video channels of the first video card appearing in the channel menu 4 names each 12 characters separated by are al lowed First name matches first adapter and so on SIE ISA IC Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Sets the names of the video channels of the 32 video card appearing in the channel menu 4 names each 12 characters separated by are al lowed First name matches first adapter and so on SIE 12 ine TNE I see option mpgBoardChannelNumber above SUE IE TO Live see option mpgPlayMode above TAC I see option mpgPreset above Slee eae see option mpgPresetName above Table 4 21 Resources of the XVideo class concerning config and preset files option configFile noConfigFile presetFile factoryPresetFile Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 argument default meaning lt filename gt eee MMIC tense 5 suele ore mns see option configFile above see option noConfigFile above lt filename gt ee MMiGo mre presece sola see option presetFile above opt MMEACS6 Cre lt 71deo presets ors see option factoryPresetFile above ti lLename gt Table 4 22 4 37 4 Operating Resources of the
89. are your Input Device settings Cursor size Factor 2 Mouse Protocol ImPS 2 Mouse device PS 2 dev psaux Everything correct yes no yes y Settings for the Output Devices Please enter the required settings for Graphic Card Types AGX 3000 or AGX 3281 Output Signal analog or digital Monitor Resolution only for analog devices Refresh Rate r Indicate the desired magnifica Screen Type Multi Head or Multi Screen only monolithic Server Screen Arrangement only monolithic Server Graphic card Select the graphic card Eos supports from X server release 3 4 on exclusively the UGX and AGX GRAPHIC CARDS Setting the Graphic card type 1 AGX 3000 2 MAGX 3281 Enter the graphic card type 2 2 Output signal Select the output signal type Configuring the output signal 1 Analog ee MDA asta Enter the output signal 2 2 Monitor resolution and refresh rate If you have analog output the monitor resolution and the refresh rate has to be specified In case of analog and digital mixed output just the refresh rate for the analog outputs is to be specified Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 41 3 Getting started Multi screen server display layout In multi screen mode the display wall is operated as a single large display area Refer to section 4 1 Multi screen capability for a more detailed description please
90. ase enter your choice kkxkxkxkxkx xkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxkxkxkkxkkxxk 1 Exit configuration all your current entries will be lost 2 Finish configuration Enter your X Server Configuration 2 22 The EOS X System will be configured now Please wait kkxkxkxkxk xkxk xkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxxkx k Multiscreen X Server setup done Have fun NOTE enter service mmtserv to start the EOS X Server kkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxkkxkxkxxk When configuration is completed you can enter service mmt serv to start the X server eos opt MMT2686 config service mmtserv If you operate Eos in eXtended safety boot mode please take care to update the backup partition after successful configuration see section 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs utility Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 46 3 Getting started 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system Configuring a distributed system is largely similar to configuring a monolithic system See RZ section 3 4 2 X 11 configuration for the basic course of the installation script This section describes the addi
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92. ax e g 2 1 as figures and tables are e g figure 5 4 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 1 2 1 Introduction 1 2 Styles and symbols The typographic styles and the symbols used in this document have the following meaning Bold Labels menus and buttons are printed in Bold font Condensed Links to both other chapters of this manual and to sites in the Internet are printed condensed In the on line version of this manual all hyperlinks appear teal Courier Names of files and parts from programs are printed in the Courier font Courier bold Inputs you are supposed to do from the keyboard are printed in Courier bold font S K OPIS COO Within a piece of programming code this arrow marks a line that must be made up in two lines though meant to be one line If you do not heed instructions indicated by this symbol there is a risk of damage to the equipment If you do not heed instructions indicated by this symbol there is a risk of electrical shock and danger to personal health If you do not heed instructions indicated by this symbol there is a risk of damage to parts which are sensitive towared electrostatic charge If you do not heed instructions indicated by this symbol there is a risk to get harmed by sharp objects If you do not heed instructions indicated by this symbol there is a risk that parts may explode If you do not heed instructions
93. case letters Hit Accept when fin ished Changing a user s password optional Select Config Users accounts Normal User accounts This will open the Users accounts window Select the account whose password you wish to change This will open the User information window Select Passwd from the options at the bottom of the screen The configuration software will then prompt you to enter the new password There is also a field called Confirmation where you will need to type the password again This is to prevent you from mistyping the pass word Passwords must be at least 6 characters in length They may contain numbers as well as a mix of lower case and uppercase letters If you decide against changing the password just hit Cancel Once you have entered the new password select Accept You have to reboot Eos to make changes become effective If you operate Eos in eXtended safety boot mode please take care to update the backup partition after successful configuration see section 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs Utility Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 __ ____1__1__1__1__1__1__1___ 3 38 3 Getting started 3 4 2 X 11 configuration For the X 11 configuration of Eos the script call must be entered in line mode Therefore leave X 11 for configura tion purposes with the following keys pressed simultaneously lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Backspace gt Now back
94. cepr scorn eerie wn ser rpc cr nee eon ornare ae ee 4 51 COSIO sre teanaae aes 4 55 COS NS a eee es 4 53 network reporting cece eeeeteeseeseeeteeseeeseeees 4 56 POC rne a carne ave On eRe Nee 4 56 service MME dnni ta saa 4 52 showwallinfo sssssonnensensensnseennsneseseessesesnees 4 51 utiltiy eStart A SENE iona 4 52 VESA MINOS iine ar 4 13 4 26 VGA aTa eas eee cates 3 17 INTCFFACE E T 7 12 WETS EEE TET ETE EFA E NE EA EE eeutem 3 20 Vise SVSUCIATOOIS n E 4 11 video AG ADIEN rsca noes 4 16 WIGEO Channels aseron 4 16 ASSIGMIMENE erenneren aaa 6 26 visual class JENON essa it oalee cere ta dee es sae 4 4 QTE OS 1s ctssacdivetanes doses a a ANS 4 5 visual class configuration ceeeceeseesseseeeeeeees 3 42 E APEA E EEE EE EE EE 2 2 2 4 color capabilities 0 cece eeteceteeteeeeeeeee 4 6 configuration of standalone device 3 40 3 51 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A _ 9 5 COMM CCUG saian 3 31 displaying video and RGB signals 4 12 MULT DOF 1 0 Cai dennan a 3 23 VOM SEIEN cspern nne 3 24 V SVC ena E N em sueteancaneeeas 3 22 WAN crenn A den sedatetert 2 2 WINGOW MANAGEL ceccescesseeeesscessesseseeesseseeeseeseens 4 9 WINGOW MENU gsiicianscciateeenen nee 4 10 W OPK MENU 3 cacsn sscneabsedesleassesndsdasdendedeasunusdvedesdeosbens 4 9 KAN Seen errren A re eerie er ee rye en eR renee 4 8 X client displaying video RGB eceee
95. color depth the following input would be necessary service mmtserv direct Alternatively the X server can by restarted by means of the entries in the work menu of the window manager please refer to section 4 5 Window manager Q Please keep in mind that a higher color depth requires also a higher bandwidth for graphic data In addition changing the color mode of the X server might change the color mode of video or RGB and lead therefore also to an increase in required bandwidth for video please refer to section 4 2 2 Color capabilities of Eos to see which video color mode applies for which X server color mode and if the X server color mode is applicable for the used graphic cards and to section 4 6 1 The input cards to see the required bandwidth for video and RGB Both effects might lead to a loss of performance It is not possible to restart the X server in multi color depth if an other color mode has Q been configured in the X 11 configuration But if the X server has been configured in multi color depth it can be restarted with the other color depths mentioned above To revert to multi color depth the X server must be restarted without option in the default setting Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 WH 452 4 Operating 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs Utility If Eos is operated in eXtended safety boot mode see section 6 2 1 Boot modes a backup of the complete wor
96. corresponding monitor and has its own root window An X client which is connected to this server can open windows on both screens However an individual window is always completely attached to a screen Moreover the client must be specifically programmed for the use of several screens what is hardly the case among standard X 11 applications In addition when starting such clients the output screen must be indicated immediately Finally there are only few window managers which allow consistent management over several screens Multi screen In multi screen mode Eos offers in the sense of X 11 only a single root window which extends over the whole display wall with an unlimited number of projection modules Every window manager allows to position the windows of any client somewhere on the display wall to displace them to another projection module or even to expand them over several or all projection modules simultaneously Multiple logical screens With the multiple logical screens mode Eos combines in a way the multi head mode and the multi screen mode It allows one X server to display multiple screens each on an individual rectangular array of mxn graphic chan nels Each screen can be configured with its own color depth and visual class Multiple logical screens can only be used with a distributed system Each rendering machine displays one screen The configuration of multiple logical screens is explained in section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos con
97. ct Send enter command to analog controller Send plus command to analog controller HERMES V2A only Send minus command to analog controller HERMES V2A only Figure 4 14 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H ______1__1__1__1__1__1__1__ 4 48 Options 4 Operating The rct ri client accepts the following options on the command line The options are listed together with their respective arguments and default values and a short description of their meaning option name adic play e e argument default meaning Ing none Changes application name and allows to specify a certain resource file SC ELNO SDISP AY Specifies remote host geometry 70 OF oo Specifies position and size of the rctr1 control panel lt hostname gt hoe al ne st Specifies hostname or IP address where the rct r1 daemon is started lt port gt 135 7s Specifies port of the recria daemon Default should not be changed G 1 0 Activates or deactivates automatic reconfiguration Invokes reconfiguration Table 4 37 Refer to section 4 6 5 The options for a description of the geomet ry type in X 11 please Resources of the rctrl class Refer to section 4 6 6 The resource files please for a description of the resources concept of X 11 including the respective path names The name of the resource file itself must be RCtr1 instead A template for such a re source file is opt MMT
98. ction cubes or more input sources can be connected It is available with a standard power supply or a redundant hot plug power supply Front Eos Extender 13 slots The Eos EXTENDER looks like this or similar PMBUZZ On Off switch buzzer reset button power module failed only used with redundant power supply LED power on hm WN LED power module failed only used with redundant power supply Figure 3 7 Front of the Eos EXTENDER On the front of the Eos Extender behind the lockable flap on the lowest position there is the On Off switch 1 On the top position is a buzzer reset button 2 for power module failure of a redundant power module Be tween these two buttons there are two LED s the green LED power on 3 to the left is indicating if power is on The red LED power module failed 4 to the right indicates that a redundant power module is not operable please refer to section 5 1 1 Redundant power module Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 3 7 3 Getting started Back Eos Extender 13 slots Connector for connecting cable to Eos mains connection air supply power switch of individual power module LED individual power module operating O CON AD UI Figure 3 8 Sockets on the back of the Eos EXTENDER standard left and with redundant power supply right On the back of the Eos Extenoer there is the mains connection 6 To the right there is the connec
99. dule RGB option moduleVideo mv moduleGeometry Table 4 14 argument default meaning PO 0 1 video is displayed as Module Video RGB signals as Module RGB GAOS Eny determines layout of Module Video and Module RGB Table 4 15 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 31 4 Operating X 11 window geometry The geometry variable of an X 11 window specifies its size and its placement on the screen The geometry specified with the geometry resource has the form wWex lt ho gt r lt xOLi gt lt Vyorti gt Here w and h give the width and height of the window measured in pixels The values xoff and yoff give the offset in pixels from the screen s left edge and top edge respectively If the preceding is replaced by xoff and yoff give the offset of the screen s right edge or bottom edge For example 300x400 200 100 width 300 pixel height 400 pixel top left corner positioned at x 200 y 100 relative to the top left corner of the screen 300x400 width 300 pixel height 400 pixel position not specified 300x400 200 100 width 300 pixel height 400 pixel top right corner positioned at x 200 y 100 relative to the top right corner of the screen S00x400 200 100 width 300 pixel height 400 pixel bottom right corner positioned at x 200 y 100 relative to the bottom right corner of the screen You can omit any o
100. e OMNISCALER SXGA AGX 3002 and OMNISCALER UXGA AGX 3313 can be mixed e Systems with UGX GRAPHIC CARD and UXGA output must use OMNISCALERS UXGA e QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD and DUAL RGB INPUT CARD may only be used together with OMNISCALERS e AGX GRAPHIC CARDS and UGX GRAPHIC CARDS may only be mixed in some cases Please see the table below type monolithic system distributed system UGX and AGX no no UGX digital and UGX analog no yes 1 AGX digital and AGX analog no yes 1 Table 6 5 1 same type within one engine For best display quality of the video and RGB sources in addition the following should be considered e Video and RGB windows may not require too much bandwidth please see section 4 6 1 The input cards Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 9 6 Advanced Configuration Overload calculation e Not more than 6 AGX GRAPHIC CARDS or 3 UGX GRAPHIC CARDS may be inserted into a monolithic Eos system e There are four criteria V1 V2 V3 and M1 Each of them must be valid to allow the card to be inserted In a distributed system each rendering machine may contain 5 AGX GRAPHIC CARDS or 3 UGX GRAPHIC CARDS The rule for the criteria V1 V2 and V3 is the following For each card there is a factor that must be multiplied by the amount how often it is inserted in the device Eos or Eos EXTENDER The sum may not exceed
101. e From the File menu you can choose to save the current configuration or read in other A certain configuration file can also be invoked as an option on the command line when starting the video client Please refer to section 4 6 5 The options Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 27 4 6 5 The options 4 Operating The video client accepts the following options on the command line The options are listed together with their respective arguments and default values and a short description Options concerning control panel option name display ctrlTitle cilt ctrlGeom clg ctrlVisible clv ctrliIconic cli followMouse fm activeGrabber argument default meaning SIE 18 WING none changes application name and allows to specify a certain resource file Sering SDiSe LAY Specifies remote host SIE 16 ANG xvideo control panel determines the window title of the xvideo control panel geometry Oar ROO specifies position and size of the xvideo control panel Oy ol i shows 1 or hides 0 the xvideo control panel O Fame O iconifies 1 or resizes 0 the control panel 0 1 i starts the control panel at the standard position 0 or at the position of the mouse pointer 1 oror selects QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 3 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD 5 Or STREAMING VIDEO CARD 7 Table 4 9 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revisi
102. e 6 8 Calculating the configuration criteria V1 V2 and V2 for Eos EXTENDER with redundant operation For the criterion M1 the Eos and both Eos Extenders have to be considered The Eos EXTENDERS are equipped equally this means all together with 2 UGX GRAPHIC CARDS 4 OMNISCALERS UXGA 2 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARDS 2 DUAL RGB INPUT CARDS and 4 STREAMING VIDEO CARDS The Eos is equipped with 512 MB main memory therefore the factor for 256 MB main memory must be multiplied by 2 This leads to the following calculation M1 Factor Amount Result Eos base unit 313 9 1 3 13 Eos main memory 256 MB 625 2 12 50 AGX GRAPHIC CARD SAS UGX GRAPHIC CARD rA ae 34 38 OMNISCALER Max SXGA Oo rs OMNISCALER Max UXGA 0 79 4 3 16 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 1 62 2 3 24 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD 1 62 2 3 24 STREAMING VIDEO CARD 1 62 4 6 48 lt 100 66 13 Table 6 9 Calculating the configuration criterion M1 for the whole Eos system The results for V1 V2 and V3 as well as the result for M1 are each smaller than 100 the configuration is possible Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 11 6 Advanced Configuration To calculate the ability to insert additional cards into your system below there are three calculation tables given for the calculation of V1 V2 and V3 of the respective Eos devices and one table for the calculation of M1 of the complete syst
103. e Screen displays a selection of installation options Select the type for your installation and enter the required keyword e Eos in eXtended safety boot mode press the lt Enter gt key e Eos in normal boot mode type eosn and press the lt Enter gt key e Upgrade Eos please see section 6 2 3 Upgrading system software To install press the lt ENTER gt key To install type eosn lt ENTER gt To upgrade the E systen type upgrade lt ENTER gt boot Figure 6 9 After selecting the type of your installation you are asked if you really want to delete the partitions and install the system software If you want to skip the installation you can press lt alt gt lt ctr1 gt lt delete gt simultane ously If you want to install you must confirm with y lt er gt and the Eos operating system is getting installed SECS EEE EEE EE EEE EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EE Eee EE Ea aaa Your HARDDISK will be formatted NOW ALL of the partitions on your hard drive s will be erased This means that all of the data on your system will be destroyed If you want te continue type y and press ENTER If you do net want to lose all your partitions press CTRL ALT DELETE t reboot don t forget to REMOVE the bootable Eos cD ttt ttt Yt ttt EEE tt ttt EEE EEE EEE EEE EE EEE EEE EE Ea Ea EE Ea a EE ae ee Figure 6 10 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A _ 6 17 6 Advanced Configurati
104. e choice to enable Wake On LAN for the network adapters of the rendering machines From Re lease 3 48 of the X server on PXE can be used to boot the rendering machines In this case Wake On LAN must be activated to enable the rendering machines to boot and reboot reliable If still the Etherboot mechanism is used Wake On LAN can also be activated but there is no need to do so Please refer to section 3 2 12 Network for a short explanation of Etherboot and PXE boot mechanism and in case you activate WOL check also for the appropriate BIOS settings see section 6 2 10 BIOS settings for Wake On LAN Engine s boot mode Configuration The Engines can be switched on by the Core Machine by using the WOL Wake On LAN facility NB When using WOL you have to enable WOL also in the motherboard BIOS Do you want to use WOL yes no no yes The script lists your settings Examine the values and confirm them by entering y or enter n for repeating the previous installation steps These are your Distributed Server settings Core machine s second IP 192 168 149 254 Engines Netmask Address 255 255 255 0 NIC card 100 Mbit Number engines 2 Values for engine 1 IP 192 168 149 1 Ether 00 60 08 a6 a9 58 arrangement 4x2 position 0 0 Values for engine 2 IP 192 168 149 2 Ether 00 60 08 a6 a9 73 arrangement 4x2 position 0 0 WakeOnLAN Yes Everything correct yes no yes y Channel reordering For some i
105. e in which the dialogs are held Hit Accept when fin ished Time optional If Eos is just used as X terminal it does no date amp time related processing Select Control Date amp Time Adjust Eos to your time and confirm with Accept User accounts optional As Eos comes preconfigured with user lt mmt gt and password lt mmt gt usually defining an additional user account is not required Select Config Users accounts Normal User accounts This will open the Users accounts tab If you have more than 15 accounts on the system Linuxconf will provide you with a filter screen You can use this to select a smaller range of accounts than the full list To get the full list select Accept without changing any of the parameters Select Add This will open the User account creation tab The User account creation tab is where you enter all the information on the new account It has a number of fields only the login name is required though filling in the Full name field is strongly recommended Once you have entered the login name and any other desired information select the Accept button If you decide against creating a new user hit Cancel instead Upon hitting Accept the configuration program will prompt you to enter the password There is also a field called Confirmation where you will need to type the password again Passwords must be at least 6 characters in length They may contain numbers as well as a mix of lowercase and upper
106. e models EOS 3026 5 EOS 3327 2 and EOS 3327 3 all six expansion slots are PCI slots The following numbering exists PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Figure 3 4 numbering of PCI slots on the back panel of EOS 3026 5 E0S 3327 2 3 Also in the models EOS 3327 1 EOS 3327 0 EOS 3026 4 EOS 3026 3 EOS 3026 2 EOS 3026 1 and EOS 3026 03 there are six PCI expansion slots They have the following numbering PCI6 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI Figure 3 5 numbering of PCI slots on the back panel of EOS 3026 4 3 2 1 03 On the mainboard of EOS 3026 01 and EOS 3026 02 five expansion slots are PCI slots one expansion slot is shared PCI slot or ISA slot Therefore the following possibilities exist PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI1 ISA1 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PCI2 PCI1 Figure 3 6 numbering of PCI and ISA slots on the back panel of EOS 3026 01 and EOS 3026 02 In the following sections reference is taken to the numbering of the slots Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _____1_1__1__1__1__1__1__1__ 3 6 3 Getting started 3 1 2 Eos Extender Eos offers five or six PCI slots These slots are used by expansion cards of Barco e g graphic cards OMNISCALERS video and RGB input cards When connecting to larger display walls and displaying several videos simultane ously the number of slots in Eos may not be big enough The Eos EXTENDER extends Eos by adding 13 PCI slots Thus a bigger number of proje
107. ed at the factory Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 1 6 1 Introduction 1 4 Online manual On the documentation CD OVT 2686 7 this manual DOC 3061 2 can also be found in electronic form Insert the CD in the CD ROM drive to view the manual If autorun is enabled on the computer the start page of the CD comes up automatically On a Linux computer you might first need to mount the CD by using the following command mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom and then to open the start page index html of the CD manually On this start page you will find a link to the user s manual of Eos X Terminal Acrobat Reader can be used to view the file Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and freely distributable software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format PDF files If Acrobat Reader is already installed the manual can be viewed just by a click on the respective link Else the Acrobat Reader must be installed first The required installation files can also be found on the CD Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 AN 1 7 2 Summary 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features of Eos X Terminal Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 1 2 Summary 2 1 Properties Eos was designed to control large modular OverView display walls Its multi screen
108. ed to the operation of software as well as to other services provided by Barco being a component of the system or independent services will be deemed invalid provided the damage is not proven to be attributed to the absence of properties guaranteed in writing or due to the intent or gross negligence on the part of Barco If the purchaser or a third party carries out modifications or repairs on good delivered by Barco or if the goods are handled incorrectly in particular if the systems are commissioned or operated incorrectly or if after the transfer of risks the goods are subject to influences not agreed upon in the contract all guarantee claims of the purchaser will be rendered invalid Not included in the guarantee coverage are system failures which are attrib uted to programs or special electronic circuitry provided by the purchaser e g interfaces Normal wear as well as normal maintenance are not subject to the guarantee provided by Barco either The environmental conditions as well as the servicing and maintenance regulations specified in this manual must be complied with by the customer Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 2 ijji Revision sheet To e Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Rossweid 5 D 76229 Karlsruhe Phone 49 721 6201 0 Fax 49 721 6201 298 E mail docu de bcd barco com Web www barcocontrolrooms com From Date Please correct the following points in this document
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113. el numbers 123 4 projection channel numbers 2341 engine 3 graphic channel numbers 234 projection channel numbers 42 3 The graphic channels of the rendering machine 1 and the graphic channel 1 of the rendering machine 3 remain unchanged It is just possible to reassign the channels within the displayed area of a rendering machine To change size or place of the displayed area see section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system please Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 29 rctrl 6 Advanced Configuration This section starts with the keyword retri and defines the hot keys for Remote Control If the rctr1 section does not contain any data Eos applies a default setting soy wag al xrctrl_enable rctrl_key_1l rctrl_key_2 rctrl_host retrl_port rctrl_wall rctrl_switch entry rcectrl_ enable retrl_keyl reer lL keyZ 1a iega Ie AOSE ae te a O Ortare Ber la vall ec ied owi c cher For retrl_key1 1 XK_Control_L XK_Shift_L host name 13579 1 1 argument default meaning O 1 Activates deactivates hot keys a E Defines first key for hot keys XK e E Defines second key for hot keys lt hostname gt Toca IMOS E Specifies hostname or IP address where the retri daemon is started Po MSO 1S Specifies port of the recria daemon Default should not be changed lt displaywa lli i Specifi
114. em Configuration table for a standard Eos Eos standard V1 V2 V3 Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result AGX GRAPHIC CARD 6 20 3 09 oy ames UGX GRAPHIC CARD 5 37 Roa BOT OMNISCALER Max SXGA 2 89 6 55 6 94 OMNISCALER Max UXGA 2o 7 71 812 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 14 45 5 78 12 23 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD 12 80 Sith 11 39 STREAMING VIDEO CARD 18 16 8 48 16 39 optical cables 0 31 0 68 lt 100 Table 6 10 Calculator for V1 V2 V3 for standard Eos Configuration table for a standard Eos EXTENDER Eos Extender standard V1 V2 V3 Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result AGX GRAPHIC CARD 5 78 1 85 4 14 UGX GRAPHIC CARD 5 01 7 40 9 38 OMNISCALER Max SXGA 2 70 3 93 5 5 00 OMNISCALER Max UXGA 3 09 4 63 i 5 85 QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD 13 49 3 47 8 81 7 DUAL RGB INPUT CARD ids ois 3 47 8 20 STREAMING VIDEO CARD 16 95 5 09 11 80 optical cables 0 49 0 49 lt 100 Table 6 11 Calculator for V1 V2 V3 for standard Eos EXTENDER Configuration table for an Eos base unit or Eos EXTENDER for redundant operation Eos redundant operation Eos Extender redundant operation V1 V2 V3 Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result Factor Amount Result AGX GRAPHIC CARD 6 94 2 65 524 UGX GRAPHIC CARD 6 01
115. en als es f r die Erreichung des speziellen Vertragszwecks erforderlich ist Zuwiderhandlungen k nnen zu Schadensersatz verpflichten Alle Rechte aus der Erteilung eines Patents oder der Eintragung eines Gebrauchsmusters verbleiben bei uns Copyright 1997 2005 by Barco All rights reserved No part of this document may be copied reproduced or translated It shall not otherwise be recorded transmitted or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of Barco Guarantee and compensation Barco provides a guarantee relating to perfect manufacturing as part of the legally stipulated terms of guarantee On receipt the purchaser must immediately inspect all delivered goods for damage incurred during transport as well as for material and manufacturing faults Barco must be informed immediately in writing of any complaints The period of guarantee begins on the date of transfer of risks in the case of special systems and software on the date of commissioning at the latest 30 days after the transfer of risks In the event of justified notice of complaint Barco can repair the fault or provide a replacement at its own discretion within an appropriate period If this measure proves to be impossible or unsuccessful the purchaser can demand a reduction in the purchase price or cancellation of the contract redhibition All other claims in particular those relating to compensation for direct or indirect damage and also damage attribut
116. ering machine with a video adapter of the same type in a different rendering engine to a logical video channel allows to display the connected video source in a window that is freely movable and displayable across both display areas A logical video channel may contain a video adapter of every rendering engine enabling to move this video on the whole display wall If considering a distributed system with two rendering machines each equipped with one QUAD ANALOG VIDEO Carb the default configuration would correspond to an entry in the video section like this Rendering 1 Rendering 2 video channel 1234567 8 engine 1 12340000 engine 2 0000123 4 Channel 1 4 S Channel 5 8 Figure 6 21 In the above example eight different videos can be displayed simultaneously channel 12 3 45 67 8 Note The number of video channels is not defined in the comment line but by the number of entries fol lowing the rendering machines names Four videos can be displayed on the left part of the display wall by the four adapters of the first rendering machine engine 1 The other videos can be displayed on the right part of the display wall by the four adapters of second rendering machine engine 2 A configuration of the same system that enables two logic video channels could look like this Rendering 1 Rendering 2
117. es type of OverView display wall 1 OVERVIEW ML 2 OVERVIEW MP ATLAS6 C4 PSI 3 OVERVIEW MD lt switcherType gt i Specifies type of multiplexer 1 AVC Box HERMES V2A DIGITAL SWITCHBOX HERMES D2D Table 6 19 and rctri_key2 all key codes defined within the X 11 include file keysymdef h can be specified The hot keys for Eos are listed in section 4 7 4 Hot keys Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _________1____1__1__1__1__1 6 30 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 8 Redundant network adapter To obtain a redundant network connection to the LAN the central device can be equipped with multiple network cards that form an AFT Adapter Fault Tolerance team A team consists of two or more network cards of the same type At least one of the cards must be a server adapter The other ones can be server or desktop adapters Nevertheless we recommend to use for a redundant network adapter exclusively server adapters to achieve an easy spare part handling A team has an active primary adapter and one or more secondary adapters The pri mary adapter is the network card that is used by default for data transfer One of the secondary adapters is only used if a fault occurs that prevents data transfer via the primary adapter Whether the primary adapter is a server adapter or not is of no importance but all cards of a team must be either exclusive 100 Mbps network cards or exclusive 1000 Mbps
118. es within a display wall The actual subdivision into arrays depends on the requirements of each display wall e g displaying video The following figure shows an example for a 9x5 arrangement Dopo mo Hz BE eis nooo o Eic e DD Do 2 Figure 3 41 Example for the assignment of rendering machines and projection modules Additional information about the assignment of rendering machines and projection modules ES can be found in section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration channels The rendering machines are connected to the central Eos within a separate Sub net see also section 3 2 12 Network Therefore the central unit is equipped with an additional network card If also for the LAN connection an extra network card is used and not the onboard LAN adapter then the network card with the lower Ethernet address respectively the higher PCI slot number connects to the LAN the card with the higher Ethernet address respectively the lower PCI slot number connects to the Sub net Sub net Sub net LAN a q 4 PCI4 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Figure 3 42 Example for network cards in the central processor LAN connection via onboard LAN adapter left and via a network card right To
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120. etween settings of X 11 and the display of video as well as an explanation of multi color depth is given in section 4 2 2 Color capabilities of Eos An overview about bandwidth requirements of video and RGB in dependence of color depth is given in section 4 6 1 The input cards Visual class Specifying a visual class tells X 11 how to handle colors This is only asked if you selected above the numbers 2 or 4 Refer also to section 4 2 Color management for a more detailed description please Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _____ _________ _ 3 4 3 Getting started Background of the X server The background of the X server can be set Specify if you want to set your individual background color and how In RGB values red is 255 0 0 green is 0 255 0 and blue is 0 0 255 You can choose any combination of these colors within the range of 0 to 255 Configuring the X Server s background Do you want set the X Server s background color yes no yes yes Enter the RGB values range 0 255 0 0 0 40 40 200 X display manager The X display manager xdm is a system process which manages a user session from the login to the logout xdm provides a flexible and configurable method for logging in with an X server Refer to section 4 3 X display manager for a more detailed description please Entering y allows you to specify the query type entering n causes X 11 to start without xdm
121. eviations have the following meaning e res res resolution of the source in x and y direction in pixels It is important to consider the final scaling used to display the window Up scaling of the input sources is per formed in the OMNISCALER therefore data is transferred 1 1 and the original resolution must be inserted into the formula If the source is displayed smaller than 1 1 the source is downscaled directly in the input card The original size of the different video types can be read from the table above e 6 fr frame rate For video a frame rate of 25fps PAL SECAM and 30fps NTSC is standard For dynamic RGB input a frame rate of 20 fps in normal cases gives an acceptable performance If the RGB source is mostly static even lower frame rates can be selected Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 14 4 Operating e cd color depth For all video windows with the color mode YUV 4 2 2 is used which means the factor is cd 2 For RGB windows two different color modes may be useful please refer to section 4 2 2 Color capabilities of Eos Color mode RGB 16 bpp cd 2 Color mode RGB 24 bpp cd 3 With the effective bandwidth of the Eos system of 100 MBps the sum of the bandwidth of the individual win dows may not be bigger than 100 MBps to provide optimal performance 100 MBps B B B Bandwidth optimization for video and RGB windows All optimization set
122. f the elements in the geometry specification e g the position in canvasGeom 300x400 The window manager a special client controlling the layout of the windows will use default val ues for the missing elements Example for canvasDisplay The canvas and control panel can be displayed on different desktops The control panel can be directed to any host computer with the option display In this case the canvas panel can be directed to Eos with the option canvasDisplay canvas i display oo DON ET control Video panel X Window Figure 4 12 Redirected control panel Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 432 4 Operating 4 6 6 The resource files You can adjust the behavior of an X client by providing options on the command line when you call it These options specify the values of certain attributes of clients called resources In addition you can place specifications that establish defaults for resources in resource files The concept of resource files is complex and therefore only the basics necessary for fundamental understanding can be treated here Further documentation A detailed and complete description can be found in e X Window System User s Guide Volume 3 Valerie Quercia Tim O Reilly O Reilly amp Associates January 1993
123. feat the purpose of the ground ing type plug e This equipment must be grounded earthen via the supplied 3 conductor AC power cable If the supplied power cable is not the correct on consult your dealer Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _________1__1__1__1__1__1__ 1 4 1 Introduction Mains lead AC power cord with CEE 7 plug The wires of the mains lead are colored in accordance with the following code LINE BROWN NEUTRAL BLUE GROUND YELLOW GREEN yellow green Earth Ground blue Neutral brown Line Life Figure 1 1 CEE 7 plug Power cord with ANSI 73 11 plug The wires of the power cord are colored in accordance with the following code A yellow green Earth Ground white Neutral black Line Life Figure 1 2 ANSI 73 11 plug e Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not locate this product where people will walk on the cord To disconnect the cord pull it out by the plug Never pull the cord itself e Ifan extension cord is used with this product make sure that the total of the ampere ratings on the products plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating e Never push objects of any kind into this product through cabinet slots as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a risk of fire or electrical shock e Never spill liquid of any kind on the product Should
124. ference Electromagnetic emission of Eos complies with EN55022 EN61000 3 2 EN61000 3 3 and the limits for a class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules Electromagnetic immunity of Eos complies with EN55024 1 3 2 Precautions For your own protection observe the following safety precautions when installing operating and servicing your device e Before operating the units please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference e Observe all warnings and instructions printed on the devices e Servicing not explicitly mentioned in this manual should never be carried out by unauthorized personnel Never open the case of the unit without first disconnecting the power supply cord e To prevent fire or electrical shock hazard do not expose this unit to rain or moisture e This product should be operated from an AC power source e This unit may be connected to an IT power system e check that the voltage and frequency of your power supply match those printed on the device label with the rated electrical values e lf you are not sure of the type of AC power available consult your dealer or local power company e This product is equipped with a 3 wire grounding plug a plug having a third grounding pin This plug will only fit into a grounding type power outlet This is a safety feature If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact your electrician to replace your obsolete outlet Do not de
125. figuration geometry Note that multiple logical screens can not be used simultaneously together with the X MultiCursor extension XMC see section 4 4 X server extensions Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 J 4 4 Operating 4 2 Color management 4 2 1 Basic understanding The translation between RGB values specified in applications and the color displayed on screen is controlled by pixel values serving as indices to a color map The application obtains the pixel values from the X window sys tem RGB values RGB values are the red green and blue intensity values that are used to define a color According to the X 11 protocol these values are represented as 16 bit unsigned numbers with 0 the minimum intensity and 65535 the maximum intensity Most hardware however represents each value as a number in the range from 0 to 255 Color map A color map consists of a set of numbered entries so called color cells defining pixel values Each color cell contains a single RGB triple a combination of RGB values The color map will be filled at runtime X 11 supports two ways for handling color maps e shared color cell Colors that can be used by different X clients are called shared colors A color that was once allocated can not be changed When an X client is requesting for a shared color the X server searches the color map for exactly the requested color exact match If the color
126. g Eos Distributed X Server 3 Config Visu Plus Standalone X Server 4 Config Eos Multiple Logical Screens X Server 5 Exit Enter your X Server Configuration 1 1 Customized Configuration yes no no no The value indicated in square brackets will be taken by simply pressing lt Return gt This can be the default value if the configuration script is running the first time or the value entered during the last configuration The first question allows you to choose between the configuration of a single Eos 1 a distributed system 2 an X server for Visu standalone 3 or an Eos configuration with multiple logical screens 4 Entering 5 exits the script Configuring a distributed system is largely similar to configuring a single Eos In this section Tm configuration of a single Eos is demonstrated but this part is identical for both kinds of configuration See section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system for the additional parts PLUS standalone is explained in section 3 4 4 Configuring an X server for standalone The configuration of an X server to control a Visu VisuPlus standalone Please continue there if configuring the X server for Visu The second question allows you to choose between a complete and a custom configuration see section 6 2 5 Custom configuration Mouse device You can connect different types of mice Please enter the type of mouse you want to use and specify its proper ties If you have a PS
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128. gt OMNISCALER has its big advantage in a reduced need of PCI Bus bandwidth Furthermore the OMNISCALER provides up scaling capabilities until full screen resolution and far beyond The backend scaling uses linear interpolation for calculating new pixels In standard configuration the X server depending on the size of the video window and the type of the input card automatically controls the usage of backend scaling Dependant on the scaling factor either the OMNISCALER or the input card scales data As soon as the size of the video or RGB window is larger than 1 1 the OMNISCALER scales data up to the displayed size If the video is dis played in a lower resolution than 1 1 then the input card itself performs a downscaling to reduce the need of bandwidth for the data transfer Module video The QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD and the DuAL RGB INPUT CARD can also display videos and RGB Signals respectively without borders and fitted to complete projection modules 1 to nxn depending on configu ration The display is always on top other applications are behind and can not be manipulated by accident If the display is removed from the desktop quit or iconified all covered applications show up again immedi ately In a distributed system the display wall is controlled by multiple rendering machines If a 7 video shall be displayed on the display areas of multiple rendering machines all concerned rendering machines mus
129. h the power switch 35 of the defective power module to position OFF O e Loosen the securing screws 39 on the top of the power module e Remove the defective power module by pulling at the handle 38 e Take anew power module and check that its power switch 35 is at the position OFF O e Insert the power module into the system Take care to insert it in the same orientation like the other module with the mains connection 25 on the upper side e Tighten the securing screw e Switch on the power module with the power switch 35 e check that the green LED 36 lightens up e Check that the red LED power module failed 6 4 at the front of Eos Eos ExTeNber stops lightening 5 1 2 RAID An instruction of the operation of the RAID hard disks can be found in the attached user s manual of the manu facturer Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ___________1__1__1__1__1__1__ 5 4 5 Maintenance 5 2 Exchange of consumables 5 2 1 Replacing the filter pad of Eos The filter pad of Eos case has to be changed in intervals depending on the grade of pollution of the air The air filter is located behind the ventilation slits on the front of Eos e Unlock the front cover of Eos with the key e Pull the handle of the filter mounting into your direction e Pull out the filter mounting to the right e Remove the old filter pad e Insert a new filter pad e Insert the
130. he arrangement of the Resolution of output The resolution of the projection modules controlled via Visu has to be indicated You want to install the X Server for The Visu Plus following values are needed Visu Screen Resolution Visu Screen Arrangement Enter the Visu Screen Resolution Width x Height 1024x768 800x600 Screen arrangement The arrangement of the projection modules is indicated in the following form lt w gt x lt h gt Here lt w gt and lt n gt give the number of columns and rows For exapmle 4x2 4 monitors next to each other 2 monitors on top of each other Configuring the Monolithic X Server Multiscreen Arrangement Enter the Visu Screen Arrangement Width x Height 1x1 2x2 These are your Visu Plus settings Visu Screen Resolution 800x600 Visu Screen Arrangement 2x2 Everything correct yes no yes y KKEKKKKKKKK KKK KKK KK KKK KK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKKKKKKKKK Visu Plus Standalone X Server setup done Have fun NOTE enter service mmtserv to start the EOS X Server kkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxk kxxk When configuration is completed you can enter service mmt serv to start the X server eos opt MMT2686 config service mmtserv Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 tH 3 5 3 Getting started 3 4 5 C
131. he installation is finished you are prompted to press the lt Enter gt key to reboot Eos Congratulations EOS installation is complete Press ENTER to reboot and then REMOVE the bootable EOS CD Figure 6 15 The system will reboot now Remove the CD from the drive as soon as the drawer ejects it After this system installation you have also to run through 3 4 1 System configuration and 3 4 2 X 11 configuration and if you have a distributed system through 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system or 3 4 5 Configuring a distributed system with multiple logical screens Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 19 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 3 Upgrading system software Upgrading the system software to the current release is only possible if already release 2 4 or higher is installed on Eos For upgrading purposes use the installation CD Release 2 3 and earlier can not be upgrated to release 2 4 and higher Instead a complete system installation is necessary Please note that this will delete any data from the harddisk and that also complete configuration is necessary after the installation Information about system installation you find in section 6 2 2 Installing system software on the hard drive From release 3 1 on an Eos with the legacy failsafe boot mode can not be upgraded Please refer to section 6 2 1 Boot modes Booting Eos for upgrading If you ins
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133. icates the folder is closed Select the folder by putting the focus on it Arrow up key and Arrow down key and confirming with the Enter key to change its state An arrow after a word sig nalizes that there is a list hidden Open the list by putting the focus on the word and pressing lt Ctrl gt x Put the focus on a list item to select it and confirm There are also help files available Each window contains a Help button The Help button of the main window offers general help The Help buttons of the sub windows offer help concerning the content of the sub window Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 3 35 3 Getting started Network configuration Select Config Networking Client Tasks Host name and IP network devices localhost localdomain Linuxconf 1 24 subrev 2 Profile Office Config Networking Client tasks Host name and IP network devices Name server specification DNS Routing and gateways Host name search path Network Information System HI IPX interface setup server tasks Misc Users accounts Norma 1l special accounts Policies 4 Dismiss act Changes He1p fo Figure 3 45 Up to four network cards are automatically detected during the system installation This means the settings for net device and kernel module are correct if the cards have been present during installation If a card is inserted afterwards also these setting
134. ies in one line are separated by a space e lf no video adapter of that rendering machine uses a particular video channel then a 0 has to be in that position e if multiple rendering machines have an entry for a video adapter at the same position this means that these adapters form together a logic video channel e There might be blank lines and comments starting with a character for better clarity It is e g helpful to have a commented line that lists the available video channels and makes the positions for the video adapt ers more obvious You may not mix adapters of input cards of different type to one logic video channel Dual RGB Input Cards may not be used to set up a logic video channel Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ____LLL______ 6 26 6 Advanced Configuration By default the video section is empty and a standard assignment is applied see section 4 6 2 The video channels This standard assignment numbers the individual video adapters in the order of the PCI slots beginning in the order of the rendering engines This means at first the video adapters of the first rendering machine are num bered in the scanning order of the PCI slots followed by the video adapters of the second rendering machine etc With this standard assignment a video is restricted to the display area of the rendering engine where the input card is located Combining a video adapter of one rend
135. individual power module operating Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 a connection exists activity 10 Mbps connection 100 Mbps connection 1000 Mbps connection Figure3 3 rear view of Eos 3 4 3 Getting started On the left hand side is the mains connection 25 At the case of the Eos for redundant operation there is for both of the two power modules a mains connection 25 and additionally a power switch 35 and an LED 36 indicating operation of the power module if lightened In the middle of the power modules there is the air sup ply 14 COM1 29 is for plugging in a serial mouse or PS 2 mouse 26 is for plugging in a PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard 27 is for plugging in a PS 2 keyboard If available with network adapter 32 the network connection can be established On the right hand side there are different cards 19 24 inserted depending on the actual hardware configuration of your Eos To protect Eos from overheating the air supply openings in the case shall be kept free of obstructions To disconnect Eos from the power supply all power cords have to be pulled of the mains connection 25 Therefore the back panel has to be easily accessible Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ARM 3 5 3 Getting started The expansion slots Depending on the model of Eos it provides different expansion slot resources In th
136. ion describes the display of video and RGB signals with Eos Compact and Eos Power The display of video and RGB signals with Eos ULTRA is described in the user s manuals of Visu and Osiris see section 7 3 Order codes Video and RGB signals can be displayed on an Barco display wall with the optional input cards QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD and DUAL RGB INPUT CARD Based on an extension library of the X server the Barco video client xvideo allows the convenient handling of analog video streaming video and RGB signals Simultaneous operation Multiple input cards can be operated simultaneously In this case the corresponding video windows may freely overlap For large display walls a distributed system with separate PCI segments may be required OmniScaler Due to the dual color mode capability of the OMNISCALER Eos can display video and RGB signals in their native color mode e g YUV4 2 2 and 16 bit RGB TrueColor while the X Server operates in 8 bit PseudoColor mode with 256 colors Please refer to section 4 2 Color management for more details One OMNISCALER provides the capability to process up to 128 video and RGB inputs simultaneously Video and RGB data is triple buffered Therefore only entire frames are displayed in sync with the graphical data to avoid frame tearing Backend scaling The OMNISCALER is able to do backend scaling Scaling the video data at the backend of data transfer chain Input card gt PCI Bus
137. is carried on for distributed systems For each rendering machine the modules are numbered as described Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the graphic cards please refer to section 7 1 Technical data Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 __________L_ 3 16 3 Getting started VGA card For configuring a distributed system the graphical output of the central device must be oa displayed somewhere Therefore a VGA monitor can be connected either to the VGA Card of the central processor or if available to the onboard VGA adapter of the central device please refer to section 3 1 1 Eos Ti Figure 3 24 VGA Card of the central device Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 17 3 Getting started 3 2 6 OmniScaler In addition to graphic cards also OMNISCALERS are a substantial part of Eos to connect to projection modules The OMNISCALERS provide the ability to integrate video and RGB data into the graphical data from the graphic cards Therefore the out connector of the graphic card needs to be connected to the in connector of the OmMNISCALER Only graphic cards in digital mode can be connected DDC information from the projection device is looped through to the graphic card for further processing The OMNISCALER exists in two versions OMNISCALER AGX 3313 is a replacement for the OmMNISCALER AGX
138. is not found a new color will be allocated in the color map e private color cell A color that can only be used by one client is considered to be a private color Only the client that allocated it can use a private color A client is able to change the contents of a private cell As long as entries are avail able in the color map private colors can be allocated Color depth On a black and white screen each pixel is represented with a single binary digit i e a color depth of 1 Many color workstations have a color depth of 8bit each pixel on such a screen is represented by eight bits allowing 2 256 on screen colors A color depth of 24 bits corresponds to 2 16 7 million 16M colors and is said to cover all shades of colors the human eye can distinguish Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 3 4 Operating Visual class Due to the different display capabilities of workstations reaching from a color depth of 1 bit up to 24 bits differ ent strategies for translating pixel values into on screen colors have been developed in the X window system These strategies are called visual classes The X window system defines six visual classes three of them are dynamic PseudoColor GrayScale DirectColor and three are static StaticColor StaticGray TrueColor PseudoColor is a class having a color map in which a pixel value indexes the color
139. is not possible to restart the X server in multi color depth if an other color mode has been configured in the X 11 configuration But if the X server has been configured in multi color depth it can be restarted with the other color depths mentioned above To revert to multi color depth the X server must be restarted in the default mode Please keep in mind that a higher color depth requires also a higher bandwidth for graphic data In addition changing the color mode of the X server might change the color mode of video or RGB and lead therefore also to an increase in required bandwidth for video please refer to section 4 2 2 Color capabilities of Eos to see which video color mode applies for which X server color mode and if the X server color mode is applicable for the used graphic cards and to section 4 6 1 The input cards to see the required bandwidth for video and RGB Both effects might lead to a loss of performance Window Menu Move Move window Resize Resize window Iconify Iconify window Maximize Normal Maximize window respective return to normal Un Stick Stick window to its position on a virtual desktop Refresh Refresh window Raise Raise window Lower Lower window Next Next window Previous Previous window Window list Display window list Close Close window Kill Kill window Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _________1___1__ __1__1_ 4 10 Fvwm2 Resta
140. ive to static electricity Ordinary amounts of static from your clothes or work environment can destroy them Transport memory modules only in the original packaging as delivered from the manufacturer Handle them only by the edges Do not touch the components Use a grounded workplace and wear a grounding wrist strap at least discharge your body s static electricity by touching a grounded surface e g a properly grounded system s metal chassis e Open the case as described in Section 6 1 1 Opening the case e Locate the memory sockets The 184 pin slots EOS 3026 3 4 5 EOS 3327 0 1 2 3 respectively 168 pin slots EOS 3026 0 1 2 are lined up parallel and you will find them near the CPU Because the number of pins is different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the correct orientation e Examine the memory modules before removing from the anti static bag If there is any visible damage do not install the module and contact the manufacturer e Donot remove the memory module from the anti static bag until you are ready to install it Use a grounded workplace Do not lay parts on the anti static bags Only the insides are anti static Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 JH 6 5 6 Advanced Configuration The order of the memory modules must be taken into consideration On the mainboard of the models E0S 3026 3 4 or EOS 3327 0 1 there are three sockets The socket clo
141. k has failed and should be replaced Please note for RAID 5 systems Never remove more than one hard disk while the system is running Otherwise the system will crash and not be able to restore A hard disk is already switched off by turning the frame lock key Never change the sequential order of the hard disks Otherwise the complete data on the drives will get corrupt and not be able to restore The rendering machines of the distributed system are assembled accordingly They are delivered without CD ROM drive and hard disk drive Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 3 The back Eos standard 14 18 19 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 14 14 air supply reserved network cards link interface card and other PCI cards mains connection PS 2 mouse green jack PS 2 keyboard purple jack USB3 USB4 if position 33 is not available USB1 USB2 COM1 LPT1 3 Getting started 18 19 24 onboard VGA adapter models EOS 3026 5 EOS 3327 2 3 or COM2 models EOS 3026 4 and earlier E0S 3327 1 and earlier onboard LAN adapter from model AGS 3328 2 on with the following LED signals left LED lightens green blinking green right LED off lightens green lightens yellow USB1 USB2 optional audio micro optional power switch of individual power module LED
142. king partition including the Eos system installation the X 11 configuration and any additional configuration can be made Besides the main intention of eliminating the risk of a corrupted file system new configurations can first be checked and undone if derived Check backup procedure To check if a fully functional system backup is stored on the backup partition enter service eosxs with the option check into the command line service eosxs check With an operable backup the system will respond eosxs check OK check passed Backup information Date and time when the backup was made gets returned by means of the info option Therefore enter the following expression into the command line service eosxs info Thereupon date and time of the backup is displayed Backup procedure The following steps must be performed to get a backup of the current state of an Eos configuration e After finishing the configuration reboot Eos to make sure that the configuration is really functional e Ifthe Eos rebooted properly and the system works the way it was intended then locally log in on Eos as root Take care that the X server does not run and enter to the command line service eosxs with the option backup service eosxs backup e Date and time of the last backup is displayed and you will be prompted to confirm the backup procedure by typing y e Now the system changes into a lower operating level and copies the working partition onto the bac
143. kup par tition When copying is finished the system reboots from the working partition and can be used as before but with the security of having an actual system backup for the unlikely but not impossible case of a cor rupted file system on the working partition Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 53 4 Operating Restore procedure Whenever it is necessary to go back to a saved configuration or to restore the working partition one out of two possible procedures can be performed Either e When booting Eos the option backup can be selected It either must be selected from the graphical menu when the system comes up please refer to section 3 3 2 Switching on or the option must be typed as soon as the Lilo prompt appears This is dependent on the settings chosen by means of the boot loader utility please refer to section 4 8 3 Boot loader utility Or e When Eos is running enter into the command line service eosxs with the option restore to boot from the backup partition service eosxs restore In both cases you have to be logged in locally on the Eos and the X server must not be started Before the restore procedure actually starts date and time of the backup is displayed and you will be prompted to confirm the restore procedure by typing y Following that the Eos boots from the backup partition After booting it copies back the versio
144. kxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxxkx kxxk When confirming the selected values with y the AFT team will be configured else you will exit the script without changes Revoking an AFT team The members of an AFT team can be released as well To achieve this log in as root and change to the directory otp MMT2686 ians like explained above and run the script unconfig root eos ians unconfig After confirming to unconfigure the AFT team with y the script revokes the team The network cards of the team get the same IP address and netmask they had before building the team You want to continue Y n y unconfig done Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 32 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 9 Nearby color allocation In order to ensure that X clients can allocate their colors in 8 bit PseudoColor mode even if the color map is al ready filled completely the Nearby Color Allocation has been implemented If an X client requests a shared color and the X server is not able to allocate this color exactly it decides to return a color that is nearby the re quested one Nearby Color Allocation can be applied optional whether by a command line parameter on start up of the X server option mode or by specifying a file with a set of predefined colors file mode Option mode Nearby Color Allocation is used if the color table is full or if there are
145. l support bcd barco com Web www barcocontrolrooms com Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 8 Troubleshooting 8 4 9 Index abbreviated configuration ce eeeeeeteeseeeeeees 6 23 SOIUS TMGN LCS EUS vse asada sioaeyte AR 4 26 advanced Eos CONFIGUIATION cceeceeteeseeeeeees 6 25 AFT adapter fault tolerance ccc ccsceseeeeeseeees 6 31 analog video and RGB Signals cece 4 12 assignment of video channels cccceeseeees 6 26 Atlas Remote Control client 4 40 4 45 23516 UL aKG aE nen naa ee trea ne 6 8 authorization MECHANISM ccccceseeesseeseeeeeeeees 4 8 AVC Box Remote Control client 4 40 4 46 Da CKOMNG SCAN nresecha ie tecen 4 12 background CONFIGUIATION cece eeeeteeteeeeeeees 3 43 backup partition occ eeceseceseceseceseeseeeseeees 2 2 backup procedure ceecceeessceseesseeseceseeeseesseensees 4 53 patte EXGh ale soir EA A 5 6 DAKIO ER 4 8 boot loader utility 0 ec ceecceesseeeeneees 4 51 boot mode normal extended safety oo eeeseseeseeseees 2 2 normal extended safety failsafe 6 16 SWIUCIMING Ofaiiseran na a eee eee 3 33 CANVAS Panelis annaka 4 17 CORON GIVE oea O 3 3 changing a user s password ceeeseeseeseeteeseeeees 3 38 channel configuration 00 3 44 3 48 6 28 classes resource FICS cece eeeetseseeeeeseeeeeeaes 4 34 ALE ERANA AEE EA E A E arm T 57 CMOS
146. l daemon all ports are enabled the following daemons are enabled rsh daemon login daemon secure shell daemon User defined don t change the existing firewall policies TCP UDP ports rsh daemon login daemon secure shell daemon None of these ports and daemons is disabled Changes in the configuration of these ports and daemons by the user will not be changed by the X 11 configuration Table 3 2 Security options Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 a 3 4 3 Getting started Setting the Eos FireWall Policies If you want to configure the Eos as secure X Terminal choose the policy high then only X11 Connection are permitted Choose one of the FireWall Policies 1 High 2 Medium 3 Disable 4 Don t change the existing FireWall Policy Enter the FireWall Policies 2 2 2 You have chosen the FireWall Policy Medium Is this correct yes no yes y Finishing the configuration If you do install a single Eos configuration is done and the script is finished with the next step When configuring a distributed system you have to specify the data for the central unit and the rendering machines See section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system kkxkxkxkxkxkxk xk xkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxk xkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkxkkxkxxk The EOS X configuration is finished now ple
147. le PCI bus 32bit 33 MHz 64bit 66 MHz 3 3 5 V 5 V 2 3 3 V 0 3 V 12 V 10 12 V 10 5 V 1 5 A 3 3 V 3 5 A 12 V 100 mA 12 V 100 mA 0 50 C at 8 80 humidity non condensing PCI long card 312 00 mm x 121 92 mm 425 g 1 x 64 bit 3 3 V 5 V PCI edge connector 1 x 160pol LFH connector Table 7 6 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 7 4 Streaming Video Card Scaler CPU System Controller CPU Frame Memory Compression algorithm Digital network carrier Bitrate 1 Video transmission protocol connection protocols supported encoders colors bus power supply power consumption operating conditions dimensions Weight connectors Q Bitrate 7 Technical appendix 4 x Silicon Optix sxZX1 for 1 1 or downscaling NEC VR5000A 64bit MIPS Processor 200MHz NEC VRC5074 64bit 66MHz PCl Interface 100MHz CPU Bus Memory Interface 2 DMA Channels 64MB SDRAM MPEG 1 ISO 11172 MPEG 2 18013818 DVB ETR 154 SPTR the DVB format is MPEG 2 based Ethernet 10 100Mbps 40Mbps MPEG 2 D1 streams with up to 12 Mbps each max 4 streams UDP RTP headers not interpreted IGMP multicast subscription VCS iMPath Vbrick NELL Teleste NKF Synectics Optibase ASI to IP internal data path YUV 4 2 2 16 bit wide PCI bus 32bit 33 MHz 64bit 66 MHz 3 3 5 V 5 V 2 3 3 V 0 3 V 5V
148. le Read Config File Save Config File Save Config File As Read Preset File Save Preset File Save Preset File As Exit Pref Save After Exit Canvas Pref RGB Pref Set Remote Display On Off Remote Pointer Map Unmap Remote Keyboard SVC Pref Stream Settings Board Settings View Close Canvas Panel Iconify Canvas Panel Raise Canvas Panel Close Control Panel Help Read configuration file Save configuration file Save configuration file to another path and file name Read preset file Save preset file Save preset file to another path and file name Quit video client Save not save configuration on quitting the video client Define position and size of Canvas Panel Opens a dialag to enter IP address and screen number of the screen that is connected to the current RGB channel Switches the remote pointer ability of the above set screen on or off i e the pointer of the Eos can be used to operate the screen displayed by the RGB channel Maps or unmaps the remote keyboard i e the keyboard of the Eos can be used to operate the screen displayed by the RGB channel it is also switched to the country scheme of the keyboard Define settings of video streams Define settings of a STREAMING VIDEO CARD Close canvas panel Iconify canvas panel Raise canvas panel Close control panel Display help in canvas panel Table 4 4 A left mouse click in the canvas panel raises the control panel anothe
149. lection 1 1 Enter the list of the default channels 1 2 123 4 Enter the list of the new channels 2 1 12 4 3 Reordering of a new engine yes no no y Enter graphic engine s number for reordering 2 2 Channel Reordering 1 redefine reordering 2 take default no reordering Enter selection 1 1 Enter the list of the default channels 1 2 123 4 Enter the list of the new channels 2 1 43 21 Reordering of a new engine yes no no n These are the Reordering Settings for the Distributed X Server engine_l 1 2 3 4 gt 12 4 3 engine_2 1 2 3 4 gt 4321 Everything correct yes no yes y Logic video channels The assignment of the adapters of QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARDS Or STREAMING VIDEO CARDS to a logic video channels can be defined This assignment is explained in detail in section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration video The num bers of the assigned channels result like described there and have to be inserted into the lines of the respective rendering machines engine 1 etc Logical Video Channels This is the configuration part for the assignment of Phisical Video Adapters to Logical Video Channels This assignment specifies which video is displayed on which part of the Display wall Please read the section X Server Configuration in the User s Manual Eos X Terminal Do you want to proceed yes no no y Logical Video Channels 1 define Video settings 2 take default Video set
150. ll video streams in alphabetic order Decoder Control IP Address select the type of stream unicast broadcast Of multicast when multicast is selected also the multicast IP address must be specified Port Encoder port appendant to the IP address IP Portocol Selection of the used IP protocol firmware lt 2 0 of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD only supports UDP Stream Protocol auto Auto detection of the stream protocol elementary Elementary stream program Program stream transport Transport stream PID Should be entered for transport streams when the PAT program allocation tables or PMT program map tables are not sent 0 is a predefined value It causes an auto search for the video PID If no valid PID is found no video will be shown Skip bytes at Start Encoder dependant value of the number of bytes that must be skipped at the beginning End end of each packet please see table below Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 2 Encoder Control 4 Operating This section contains data that is used if initial communication with the encoder is needed to prompt the encoder to send a stream All fields must be filled in IP Address IP address of the encoder may only be filled in if TCP has been selected for IP Protocol Port Port where the encoder listens to TCP start commands may only be filled in if TCP has been selected for IP Protocol IP Protocol Should remain udp as indicated
151. lumns and rows For example 4x2 4 monitors next to each other 2 monitors on top of each other For every rendering machine the position of the projection modules that is the position of the upper left module is indicated in the following form lt gt lt gt Here lt x gt and lt y gt give the horizontal and vertical position within the display wall starting with the upper left module as 0 0 0 0 4 0 a2 ae Figure3 48 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 47 3 Getting started For each rendering machine a unique IP address within the specified sub net must be provided In addition the Ethernet addresses of the rendering machines network cards must be entered The Ethernet address is printed on a label on the network card For example EA 00 60 97 78 29 0a As well the Ethernet address can be read from the output during the boot process Enter number of graphic engines 2 2 IP address for engine 1 192 168 149 1 192 168 60 1 Ethernet address for engine 1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 08 a6 a9 58 Screen arrangement for engine 1 Width x Height 2x4 4x2 Position for engine 1 X Y 0 0 0 0 IP address for engine 2 192 168 149 2 192 168 60 2 Ethernet address for engine 2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 08 a6 a9 73 Screen arrangement for engine 2 Width x Height 2x4 4x2 Position for engine 2 X Y 0 0 4 0 Next there is th
152. m as explained in section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system The section Adaptor 2 treats the network options of the subnet used with the distributed system For the sub net network card of the central unit IP addresses must be specified Use the IP addresses 192 168 60 xxx as long as it will not collide with any other subnet within the Internet Select 192 168 60 254 for the central Eos This enables the numbering of the rendering machines conse quently with 1 2 3 etc Clarify the corresponding Netmask addresses with your network administrator In the field Primary name domain insert eos core Host nase and IP devices You are allowed to control the parameters which are specific to this host and related to its gain connection to the local IP network A fdaptor 2 X Enabled Config mode o Manual Dhcp Bootp Primary name domain eos core Aliases opt IP address 192 168 60 254 Netmask opt ad eran era pei V Net device eth1 v Kernel module e100 v I 0 port opt Irq Copt Y Adaptor 3 v Accept Help Figure 3 47 Confirm your changes with Accept or leave with Cancel Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 37 3 Getting started Keyboard Select Control Features The Features tab opens Here is the keyboard map that provides the different keyboard types You have also the possibility to choose the languag
153. map entry to produce an independent RGB value that is the color map is viewed as an array of triples RGB values Shared and private color cells can be allocated e StaticColor can be viewed as a case of PseudoColor in which the RGB values are predefined and read only no private color cells are available GrayScale can be viewed as a case of PseudoColor in which the red green and blue values in any given color map en try are equal and thus produce shades of gray Shared and private color cells can be allocated e 6 StaticGray can be viewed as a case of GrayScale in which the gray values are predefined and read only no private color cells are available DirectColor is a class of color map in which a pixel value is decomposed into three separate subfields for indexing The first subfield indexes an array to produce red intensity values The second subfield indexes a second array to produce blue intensity values The third subfield indexes a third array to produce green intensity values Shared and private color cells can be allocated e TrueColor can be viewed as a case of DirectColor in which the subfields in the pixel value directly en code the corresponding RGB values That is the color map has predefined read only RGB values Further documentation The color management of the X window system is explained in more detail in The Definitive Guide to the X Window System Volume 1 Adrian Nye O Reilly amp Associates Inc
154. mask of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD must be the same value for all cards Gateway must be the same value for all cards Even if the network does not require an indication of the Gateway a value must be filled in All video streams processed by one STREAMING VIDEO CARD must have the same com pression algorithem Currently mpeg2 and visiowave is supported Table 4 6 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 2 4 Operating Configuring video streams The parameters of a video stream must be defined in the SVC Stream Params Editor before the STREAMING VIDEO CaRD can display it Once defined it is available for every STREAMING VIDEO CARD in the system To open the SVC Stream Params Editor select SVC Pref gt Stream Settings from the File menu please refer to section 4 6 3 The Xvideo client Pressing the Add button adds a new stream with the entered name into the Streams list The parameters that are displayed at that time are saved together with it If there exists already an entry with the same name then its parameters are not changed Pressing the Apply button applies the displayed parameters to the hardware In that way changes can be controlled directly Pressing the OK button applies the parameters to the hardware and to the system Pressing the Cancel button closes the window anyhow changes that are already confirmed with the Add or Delete button can not be revoked Stream A list of a
155. mbination rules before inserting or exchanging an expansion card e Open the case as described in section 6 1 1 Opening the case e Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the screw you have to remove and keep the bracket for possible further use e Examine the card before removing from the anti static bag If there is any visible damage do not install the card and contact Barco e Do not remove the card from the anti static bag until you are ready to install it Use a grounded workplace Do not lay parts on the anti static bag Only the insides are antistatic e lf you are inserting a Multiport 1 0 Card please check the jumper settings and order of the card first see section 6 1 6 Multiport 1 0 Card e Carefully align the card s connectors with the socket and press firmly The ISA retainer at the end of the card or the end of the card itself must be fitted into the respective guide if there is any 1 Card 2 Bracket 3 guide at ventilation case ISA retainer Figure 6 6 Inserting an expansion card e Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 2 e If you have inserted a UGX AGX GRAPHIC CARD or a graphic card with digital output you have to select the appropriate resolution with a rotary switch on the board as described in section 6 1 4 Switching resolution of graphic card e Replace the top cover After inserting an
156. minal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 7 4 Operating 4 4 X server extensions Besides some standard X server extensions Eos offers a set of additional specialized X server extensions These extensions are mentioned here briefly Full documents for software development are available on request X MultiCursor XMC The X MultiCursor extension allows the simultaneous use of several mouse pointers which can be moved inde pendently from each other over the root window The XMC extension behaves like the standard X 11 input ex tension of the X Consortiums and can be handled exactly the same way Note that the X MultiCursor can not be used simultaneously together with multiple logical screens see section 4 1 Multi screen capability X Blink With the X Blink extension a blinking property can be put on shared color cells A blinking color has two color information These two colors are changed with an optional frequency DIN blinking frequencies are provided X Video The X Video extension for connecting a Barco video input card is dealt with in detail in the following chapter X UCL This extension is required for Osiris The functionality includes authorization mechanisms for X Clients and support of constraint areas for windows X MVGS This extension is required for Osiris It offers layout configuration management and remote pointer Multiple logical screens can be used together with Osiris and the
157. more the type of the graphic card must be indicated and the depth resolution must be assigned Subnet Configuration Enter IP Address for the subnet NIC card 192 168 1 254 Enter Sub Netmask of graphic engines 255 255 255 0 Graphic Engines Configuration Enter number of graphic engines 2 IP address for engine 1 192 168 1 1 Ethernet address for engine 1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 c0 83 76 98 Screen arrangement for engine 1 Width x Height 2x4 2x2 Position for engine 1 X Y 0 0 Graphic card type for engine 1 1 AGX 3000 2 AGX 3281 Enter the graphic card type 1 2 Configuring the Depth Resolution Bit Per Pixel 1 for 8 bpp 256 colors for 16 bpp 64K colors for 8 and 16 bpp MultiDepth MultiColor feature Usable only for resolution up to 1400x1050 4 for 32 bpp 16M colors Enter the Depth Resolution 3 2 Configuring the Visual Class A visual class describes the characteristics of a virtual colormap that has been or can be created for use a particular screen The following visual class are supported 1 TrueColor read only visual 2 DirectColor read write visual Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 352 Enter the Visual Class 1 1 IP address for engine 2 192 168 1 2 Ethernet address for engine 2 Screen arrangement for engine 2 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 c0 83 54 77 Width x Height 2x4 2
158. mounting into Eos until the handle engages e Lock the front cover an acceptable method to maintain a good air ventilation within the system Q As long as the filter pad is not irreversibly blocked cleaning it with a vacuum cleaner is also Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 AA 5 5 5 Maintenance 5 2 2 Replacing the battery The battery is located inside of Eos on the main board Incorrect replacement of the lithium battery may lead to a risk of exposion The lithium battery may be replaced only with an identical battery or with a type recommended by the manufacturer Do not throw lithium batteries into the household waste They must be disposed of in accordance with local regulations concerning special waste The battery may explode if mistreated Do not dispose it of in fire Do not disassemble it or attempt to recharge it Make sure that you insert the battery the right way round The plus pole must be on the top e Open the case as described in Section 6 1 1 Opening the case e Locate the battery on the main board e Tear back the clamp until the battery lifts up Figure5 2 Battery on the main board e Replace the lithium battery by a new one of the identical type Do not use any other type e Replace the top cover Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ______1___1__1__1__1__1___ 5 6 5 Maintena
159. n n ems Tor een aN 6 24 DIG UTH eirese a 4 51 GIGI E AEE E A AEE P T E A AE 4 51 DOR RAM ae oes oes 6 5 depth resolution configuration ceeeeeeees 3 42 Digital Switchbox Remote Control client 4 40 4 46 DIFC CICO OF sot cicstiutossstadulaaasteieinetocstodes 4 4 4 5 display definition cece eeteceseetecetseeeeeees 4 2 display Wealllcccissoassicahigdestesssecodsdasdesdesvarsasisacdessauasteass 2 2 Fe 0 6 cok eee nacre ree reel neem E 3 7 SUDGIVISIOMN yt cinta accueil ene ncaa ais 3 29 displaying video and RGB signals 06 4 12 distributed SYSTEM cece ceseeseceseeeteeeeeeees 2 2 2 4 arrangement Of video ee ceeeeeseeeeseeseeeseees 3 20 assignment of graphic Cards cceeeeeeeees 3 16 CAD NING eases aectaccatetet taeda Gan ot tetera se thea 3 29 CONFIQUIATION ec eceeceessesseeteeseeeseeseens 3 40 3 47 MIXING graphic cards uu eee eeeessesseeeeteeeeeesees 6 9 NE LWOIK OPTIONS aoii n nEn Oh 3 37 simultaneous operation cc ee eeeeseeeteeeeees 4 12 VGA monitor for configuration 3 17 3 32 distributed video Configuration cece 3 49 DUP S ica taeda a aaa a ea 22 documentation nescence ee eee 177 Dual RGB Input Card COO CAPADINMES 2263 4 n5 taci AS 4 6 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 9 1 CONTIQUPAU ON PARE EE E N 4 26 control panel CONTIO eee eee ceceseeee
160. n of the working partition that is stored on the backup partition to the working partition This means that the currently used work ing partition becomes overwritten When copying is finished Eos reboots automatically this time it boots from the working partition and is therewith operable again based on the state of system and configuration from the time of the backup Whenever booting from the backup partition the content of the working partition becomes overwritten with the backup This means the current content of the working partition gets lost Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ________1___1__1__1__1___1 4 54 4 8 6 Release integrity utility eosinfo 4 Operating The integrity of the current installation can easily be checked by means of the eosinfo utility If eosinfo Is entered into the command line all RPM packages that are installed will be returned This might look like the following list This are the Factory shipped RPM Packages eosbigcursor 2 4 0 1 eoscfg 2 5 0 1 eosconfig 2 5 0 1 eosdiskless 2 5 0 1 eosmisc 2 5 0 1 eosrctrl 2 4 0 1 eosuser 2 4 0 1 eosutil 2 4 0 1 eosvwm2cfg 2 5 0 1 osxblink 2 4 0 1 eosxmc 2 4 0 1 eosxserver dis 2 5 0 1 eosxserver mon 2 5 0 1 eosxtest 2 4 0 1 eosxtrap 2 4 0 1 eosxvideo 2 4 0 1 The EOS System is in a save state Rel 2 5 0 If there are RPM packages installed on the hard disk that do not belong to the c
161. nce 5 3 Cleaning Use a soft cloth to periodically clean the cabinet Stubborn stains may be removed with a cloth lightly dampened with mild detergent solution Never use strong solvents such as thinner or benzine or abrasive cleaners since these will damage the cabinet Unplug the device from the wall outlet before cleaning Never clean the case of Eos without first disconnecting all power supply cords Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 5 7 6 Advanced Configuration 6 Advanced Configuration This chapter provides help for reconfiguring the software and hardware of your Eos Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 1 6 Advanced Configuration 6 1 Installing additional hardware 6 1 1 Opening the case Before opening the case switch off Eos Disconnect all power plugs Remove all cables The boards of Eos contain CMOS components Do not touch the components they could be destroyed 1 2 Gan OO o amp G amp o x T Figure 6 1 Position of screws on the side of Eos Loosen the screws 1 and 2 shown in the figure above on both sides of the case For these screws as well as for the screws inside of Eos you need a size 2 Phillips screwdriver Some screw
162. nd 230V 50Hz AC Figure 3 34 Voltage selector e Plug the female end of the power cords into the AC in 6 Figure 3 35 Mains connection e Plug the male end of each power cord into a power outlet Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _________1__1__1__1__1__1__ 3 24 3 Getting started Connecting to Eos The data connection between Eos and an Eos EXTENDER is established with a ribbon cable or with a round cable Figure 3 36 Ribbon cable left and round cable right connecting Eos and Eos EXTENDER The cable between Eos and the Eos Extenoer is fragile It may not last under tension or being bent or twisted Therefore in both Eos and the Eos EXTENDER a PCI card is inserted I e in Eos one PCI slot is reserved Connecting several Eos Extenders The number of Eos EXTENDERS which can be connected to Eos is equal to the number of free PCI slots on its main board Order The expansion cards are inserted in the PCI slots with the lowest numbers If more than one Eos EXTENDER is con nected they are numbered in the sequence of the PCI slots PCI PCI PCI Ext Ext Ext Box Box Box 1 2 3 I PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Figure 3 37 connection cards to the Eos EXTENDERS Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 25 3 Getting started Order of graphic and input cards In a configuration with Eos EXTENDER
163. nect the Eos EXTENDERS to Eos Please refer to 3 2 11 Eos Extender Connect the graphic cards to the OmNISCALERS if OMNISCALERS are used Connect the display devices to the graphic cards of OMNISCALERS At least one display must be connected for administrating Eos Please refer to 3 2 5 Graphic cards and 3 2 6 OmniScaler Connect the video and RGB sources to the video input cards of Eos Please refer to 3 2 7 Quad Analog Video Card 3 2 8 Streaming Video Card and 3 2 9 Dual RGB Input Card Connect your Eos to the local area network Connect the network to the appropriate port of the network card or to the network onboard adapter Please refer to 3 2 12 Network For configuring a distributed system the central unit must be connected to a monitor Refer to section 3 2 5 Graphic cards please Connect the rendering machines with the central Eos and the OverView modules or Visu with the rendering machines Refer to section 3 2 13 Distributed system please Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _H_______________ _ 3 3 3 Getting started 3 3 2 Switching on Switch on Eos by pressing the power button on the front Q If you have expanded your Eos with Eos ExtTENDERS switch on these first There are two different boot modes for Eos Normal boot mode and eXtended safety boot mode See section 6 2 1 Boot modes The operation of Eos differs a little depending on this mode Normal bo
164. nection DATA DATA ACT LNK ACT LNK S ih a i Hi a 100 TX 10 OFF 100 GRN 1000 YLW Figure 3 39 Connecting to Twisted Pair RJ 45 100 Mbps onboard LAN adapter left 100 Mbps Ethernet Card middle and 1000 Mbps Ethernet Card right Order The network cards are inserted in sequence into the PCI slots with the highest numbers If more than one net work card is built in they are numbered in ascending order for descending PCI slot numbers The Ethernet addresses are labeled on the network cards PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 LAN LAN Eth 2 Eth 1 Figure 3 40 Example for inserting LAN and Sub net network cards If using different types of network cards this type determines the order as well The system detects first the onboard LAN adapter then 100 Mbps network cards in the order of the PCI slots and finally the 1000 Mbps network cards Therefore to get a straight numbering of the cards the 1000 Mbps network cards should be inserted in the PCI slots with the higher numbers than the 100 Mbps network cards Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 Getting started 3 2 13 Distributed system With the distributed system the OverView projection modules are connected to the graphic cards of the rendering machines Each rendering machine operates a rectangular array of projection modul
165. ng Eos is designed to operate with single phase power systems having a grounded neutral conductor To reduce the risk of electrical shock do not plug into any other type of power system To connect Eos to the power supply follow these steps e Plug the female end of the power cords into the mains connections 25 Figure 3 11 Mains connection of Eos e Plug the male end of each power cord into a power outlet Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H ______1_____1__1__1___1 3 10 3 Getting started 3 2 2 Mouse The standard mouse is either a serial mechanical mouse or a PS 2 mechanical mouse Serial mouse Plug a serial mouse into the COM1 jack 29 and screw in the strain relief screws B Figure 3 12 COM1 port PS 2 mouse Plug a PS 2 mouse into the PS 2 mouse jack 26 Figure 3 13 PS 2 mouse jack 3 2 3 Keyboard The standard keyboard is a MF II type keyboard with a PS 2 connector Plug it into the PS 2 keyboard jack 27 Figure 3 14 PS 2 keyboard jack Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _______________ _ 3 1 3 Getting started 3 2 4 Keyboard extension The keyboard extension allows a distant positioning of keyboard and mouse Depending on the type of the mouse it is available in two versions either for the connection of a PS 2 mouse TAS 2747 1 or a serial mouse TAS 2747 0
166. nnels In a monolithic system where input cards are located in multiple OmniBus devices the video display is restricted to the display area of the respective PCI segment where the input card is plugged in In a distributed system video adapters of multiple rendering machines one from each rendering machine can be integrated to a logic video channel A logic video channel can be displayed on the display area of all ap pendant rendering machines gge ae Channel 1 E F Channel 2 Channel 1 Figure 4 2 video input cards in different rendering machines left operated separately right as one logical channel The configration of logical video channels is done by means of the configuration script EOSconfig please refer to section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system Additional background information about the configuration of logical video channels can be found in section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _____ ________1__1___1 4 16 4 Operating 4 6 3 The Xvideo client For displaying videos and RGB signals on the display wall an X client is available The client is called xvideo and handles all inputs from QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO
167. nstallations it is useful to change the order of the projection channels This can be assigned in the Channel Reordering section If you want to reorder the projection channels enter y By entering n this section will be skipped X Server s Channel Reordering This is the reordering configuration part of the X Server It offers the possibility to define the reordering channels section The channels section defines the assignment of graphic channels to projection channels Please read the section X Server Configuration in the User s Manual Eos X Terminal Do you want to proceed yes no no y The order can be changed only within the rendering machines graphic engines First the engine has to be indi cated then the graphic channels default and the projection channels new can be entered The correlation Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 48 3 Getting started between graphic channels and projection channels is explained in section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration channels Please have a look there to have a further explanation Channel Reordering for the Distributed X Server Assign to a default graphic channel within a graphic engine a new position in the Display Wall Enter graphic engine s number for reordering 1 1 Channel Reordering 1 redefine reordering 2 take default no reordering Enter se
168. o section 7 1 Technical data Connectors The STREAMING VIDEO CARD provides two RJ45 connectors to establish the connection to the network For a redun dant connection a network cable should be plugged into each of the plugs 1 and 2 These network cables should connect on the other side to a redundant network In case of a failure of one connection the other con nection will take over the complete network traffic If a redundant connection is not required either plug 1 or plug 2 can be used for the connection Both plugs use the same IP and MAC address so no configuration in regard of the used plug is required fal s d 2 T O 1 RJ45 Network connector 1 2 RJ45 Network connector 2 3 green LED connector 1 connected to the Ethernet 4 green LED connector 2 connected to the Ethernet 5 green LED ON connector 1 connected with 100 Mbps OFF connector 1 connected with 10 Mbps 6 green LED ON connector 2 connected with 100 Mbps OFF connector 2 connected with 10 Mbps 7 stream 1 is active 8 stream 2 is active 9 stream 3 is active 10 stream 4 is active Figure 3 30 connectors of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD Order The order of the STREAMING VIDEO CARDS in Eos is determined in exactly the same way as with the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CarD Refer to section 3 2 7 Quad Analog Video Card please Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the STREAMING VIDEO CARD please refer to section 7 1 Technical data Barco Eos
169. on When the system software is installed just the keyboard and the IP address of the primary network card must be specified Select the type of the used keyboard with the arrow keys and confirm OK If you press Cancel a key board of us type becomes installed by default Figure 6 11 The configuration of the keyboard is reported Figure 6 12 The second configuration item is the network configuration Pressing the Yes button enables to insert an individ ual IP address and netmask Pressing the No button configures the default IP address 192 168 0 1 Figure 6 13 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _______LLL__ 6 18 6 Advanced Configuration To set up networking enter the IP address and netmask and if needed a default gateway and the primary name server and confirm with OK If in doubt about the network settings ask your network administrator for the values When navigating through the dialog and leaving empty the fields for the default gateway or primary name server there will be default values entered automatically into the empty fields To overcome this the F12 key can be pressed instead of the OK button Configure TCP IP Please enter the IP configuration for this machine Each item should be entered as an IP address in dotted decimal notation for example 1 2 3 4 IP address Het mask t Default gateway IF Primacy nameserver t Figure 6 14 When t
170. on 12 February 2005 H ______1__1__1__1__1__1__1__1__ 4 28 4 Operating Options concerning canvas panel option canvasDisplay cvd canvasTitle cvt canvasGeom cvg canvasBackground cvbg canvasIconic Cvi allowResize ar ratioAspect ra winRatioAspect cvwa noBorder nb argument default meaning string same aS display Of SDISPLAY specifies another remote host for video display SNE IE 1 INC xvideo canvas panel determines the window title of the canvas panel geometry TOSS O14 0G TOO specifies position and size of the canvas panel color name blue Specifies the background color of the canvas panel To specify a color a name defined in the file rgb txt in the folder usr X11RELEASE6 lib X11 rgb txt must be used Oye ll O iconifies 1 or resizes 0 the canvas panel IP il enables 1 interactive resizing of the canvas panel Opa 1 restricts 1 re sizing of the canvas panel to constant ratio of width and height of the video Oye O restricts 1 re sizing of the canvas panel to constant ratio of width and height of the window OT O starts the canvas panel with 0 or without 1 border Options concerning Quad Analog Video Card option qavRecording qavre qavRefreshRate qavrr qavContrast qavco gqavBrightness qavbr gavSaturation qavsa gqavBoardNumber qavbn qavBoardChannelNumber qavbc qavPlayMode qav
171. onfiguring a distributed system with multiple logical screens Configuring a distributed system with multiple logical screens is largely similar to Tm configuring a monolithic system See section 3 4 2 X 11 configuration for the basic course of the installation script This section describes the additional part for configuring multiple logical screens More information concerning multiple logical screens can be found in the sections 4 1 Multi screen capability and 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration The configuration runs mostly along the X 11 configuration and the configuration of a distributed system Mode of multiple logical screens Select the multiple logical screens mode If you select separate mode you are also prompted to indicate whether you want cursor wrap or not Please see the keyword NoCursorwrap in section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration Configuring the Multiple Logical Screen X Server There are two modes of MLS operation 1 Contiguous mode 2 Separate mode Please enter the MLS mode 1 Switching on the cursor wrap around feature yes no no no Subnet and rendering machines Next the subnet and the Rendering Machines are configured Please see section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system The number of rendering machines graphic engines is asked For each rendering machine the IP address and the arrangement must be specified The position of the engine is only asked if you configure continuous mode Further
172. onnection between client on host computer and daemon on Eos For this purpose the client sends periodically keep alive telegrams for the daemon The daemon boots Eos after absence of the telegrams The rctrlmon client can be started as follows rectrlmon lt option gt Following options are available option argument default meaning H lt hostname gt liocal hos Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started p Port iS Specifies port of the recria daemon Default should not be changed i lt KeepAlivelIntervall gt 5 sec Specifies the period between two keep alive telegrams a lt KeepAliveRetries gt 10 Specifies the maximum number of missing telegrams after which the daemon reboots Eos Table 4 25 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H 4 4 4 Operating rctriservice The service client rct rlservice can be operated interactively or command by command The rctrlservice Client can be started as follows rctrlservice lt option gt Following options are available option argument default meaning h lt hostname gt local hose Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started p oe E oTo Specifies port of the recria daemon Default should not be changed e lt exec command gt Specifies desired command Table 4 26 The rctrlservice client accepts following commands command meaning restartxserv Restarting X Server s
173. oot shutdown h now When Eos has shut down it switches off automatically To avoid any complications it is recommended to switch off Eos in the way explained above The order in which you switch off Eos and Eos Extenbers is insignificant If Eos is switched off as explained above not all parts are disconnected from the power supply To disconnect the whole device the power plug has to be pulled out after switching off Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H ________1__1__1__1__1__1__1__1___ 3 34 3 Getting started 3 4 Configuration software Eos comes to you with installed and pre configured software Nevertheless before you put Eos into operation you have to run through a system configuration to insert the properties of your network like the IP address and the keyboard type Furthermore an X 11 configuration is needed to adjust Eos to your local conditions 3 4 1 System configuration The following section describes how to change or insert the network configuration keyboard properties user properties or passwords To change the configuration log in as root and start the configuration utility The factory set password for root is barco eos login root Password barco Enter Linuxconf eos root linuxconft Navigate within the configuration window by using the Tab key and the arrow keys A in front of a folder sig nificates the folder is open a signif
174. oot mode the hard disk of the Eos system contains two partitions the working partition and the backup partition eXtended safety boot mode is like normal boot mode also based on the ext3 file sys tem But in addition it offers the possibility to store on the backup partition a backup of the whole system includ ing its configuration A backup with the current state of the working partition can be made at any time and the working partition can easily be restored in case of a miss configuration or failure in operability Please see sec tion 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs Utility for details eXtended safety boot mode is the recommended boot mode for Eos Failsafe boot mode The legacy failsafe boot mode is not longer supported from release 3 1 on An Eos that was Q operated in failsafe boot mode can be installed in normal or eXtended boot mode instead Please contact the Barco support before installation Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _________L_ 6 16 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 2 Installing system software on the hard drive Usually Eos comes with preinstalled system software In case you want to reinstall the system software or install a new hard disk please follow the instructions in this section Installation Switch on Eos and insert the system CD Eos will boot from CD The installation follows the same procedure for all kind of operating modes The Welcom
175. ork adapters are available The onboard LAN adapter on the mainboard the Ethernet Card 100 Mbps as well as the Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps These adapters are used to connect the Eos to the LAN local area network and to connect central device and rendering machines to the sub net The onboard LAN adapter and the Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps have the ability to establish a 10 Mbps 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps connection The Ethernet Card 100 Mbps has the ability to establish a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connec tion The sub net connection is established via a Gigabit Ethernet Switch see section 3 2 13 Distributed system Redundant network connection For a redundant connection to the LAN the Ethernet Card 100 Mbps as well as the Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps are also available as server adapters allowing to configure them in teaming mode sharing one single IP address On the label on the card is indicated whether a network card is of server or desktop type Please refer also to section 6 2 8 Redundant network adapter for more information Models For the different applications the network cards are delivered in different models e To connect an Eos to the LAN Ethernet Card 100 Mbps Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps Onboard LAN Adapter In a distributed system the rendering machines are booted via the sub net by means of packets sent by the central device Therefore the network adapter in the rendering machines must be ca pable to boot via a network For the Eos system there
176. os Using other cards or hardware combinations other than described in this manual might cause damage to the Eos or might damage the cards themselves The described graphic and video capabilities of Eos are only available with the original expansion cards from Barco Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ____LL____ _ 6 4 6 Advanced Configuration 6 1 2 Inserting additional main memory In standard configuration Eos is equipped with 256MB or 512MB main memory With additional memory modules main memory can be increased Please see the table below for the maximal increase of main memory Maximal Main Memory EOS 3026 01 EOS 3026 02 1GB SD RAM EOS 3026 03 EOS 3026 1 EOS 3026 2 512GB SD RAM EOS 3026 3 EOS 3026 4 EOS 3327 0 EOS 3327 1 1GB DDR RAM EOS 3026 5 E0S 3327 2 EOS 3327 3 2GB DDR RAM Table 6 1 maximal main memory of Eos It is highly recommended to get DIMMs from Barco Please refer to section 7 3 Order codes If you use other memory modules Barco can not guarantee for proper and stable system function Please note that the versions EOS 3026 3 4 and EOS 3327 0 1 of the Processor use different memory modules than the versions EOS 3026 5 EOS 3327 2 and EOS 3327 3 Slot 1 Channel A Slot 3 Channel A Slot 2 Channel B Slot 4 Channel B Figure 6 5 Inserting additional memory Memory modules are made of delicate electronic components that are extremely sensit
177. ot mode The displays show their respective bus and slot no e g PCI Bus 2 PORT 1 After a few minutes the graphical user interface X 11 appears If software configuration has already been carried out you can go on with chapter 4 Operating Otherwise proceed configuring Eos in section 3 4 Configuration software eXtended safety boot mode The displays show their respective bus and slot no e g PCI Bus 2 PORI l The Eos startup screen comes up Select linux to boot from the working partition If you select backup the restore procedure is started and the working partition becomes overwritten with the backup system which might lead to a loss of current data depending on the state of the backup please see section 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs Utility Press control x for text mode Figure 3 44 Eos startup screen After a few minutes the graphical user interface X 11 appears If software configuration has already been carried out you can go on with chapter 4 Operating Otherwise proceed configuring Eos in section 3 4 Configuration software Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 33 3 Getting started 3 3 3 Switching off To switch off Eos save your work remove any disk or CD from the drives and exit from any application Terminate the X Server log on as root and enter shutdown h now for shutting down of shutdown r now for re booting eos r
178. owed First name matches first video card and so on TONE il see option gavBoardNumber above SIE SALI Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Sets the names of the adapters of the first video card appearing in the channel menu 4 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first adapter and so on SUE IS ILING Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Sets the names of the adapters of the 32 video card appearing in the channel menu 4 names each 12 characters separated by are allowed First name matches first adapter and so on ALICE il see option gavBoardChannelNumber above SIE 1S 10 Live see option gavPlayMode above Table 4 20 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 36 4 Operating Resources of the XVideo class concerning the Streaming Video Card mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg mpg refreshRate contrast brightness saturation boardMenu boardNumber boardChannelMenul boardChannelMenu32 boardChannelNumber playMode preset presetName INE il see option mpgRefreshRate above double RE see option mpgContrast above double oag see option mpgBrightness above double ORS see option mpgSaturation above SIE LOG SVO ey Sve al Ske ae e Sets the names of the video card appearing in the video c
179. pm Table 4 10 argument default meaning VHS SVHS VHS selects the recording standard P 1 selects full 2 or half 1 refresh rate OET O OE oo determines the start value of contrast CeO Reece 075 determines the start value of brightness OC OMe wile OMe determines the start value of saturation aes 2 i selects the video card lea i selects the video adapter on the card nls omc a Ll Live selects display mode Table 4 11 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H H_________1__1__1__1__1_ 4 29 4 Operating Options concerning Streaming Video Card option mpgBoardNumber mpgbn mpgBoardChannelNumber mpgbc mpgPresetName mpgpn mpgPreset mpgpr mpgRefreshRate mpgrr mpgContrast mpgco mpgBrightness mpgbr mpgSaturation mpgsa mpgP layMode mpgpm argument default meaning aera wee it selects the video card P il selects the video channel on the card filename selects a streaming video preset by specifying the presets name impari Tonin selects a streaming video preset by specifying the number that represents its order in the alphabetic list of all streaming video presets Options concerning Dual RGB Input Card option drgbRed drgbre drgbGreen drgbgr drgbBlue drgbbl drgbBrightness drgbbr drgbReduction drgbrd drgbPreset drgbpr drgbBoa
180. pp RGB 8 8 8 Switching between these two modes requires a restart of the X server with the respective option set please refer to section 6 2 6 X server parameters Overview of color capabilities The following table lists color depth and format of the video and of the X clients in dependence of color depth and visual class of the X server The video and RGB color format applies with module video as well as with video in a window QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD DuaL RGB INPUT CARD application windows of STREAMING VIDEO CARD X clients PseudoColor 8 bit Video in YUV4 2 2 RGB format with 16 bpp or color mode of X server RGB format with 24 bpp multi color depth Video in YUV4 2 2 RGB format with 16 bpp or color mode of X server or PseudoColor 8 bit and RGB format with 24 bpp 16 bit TrueColor TrueColor 16 bit overlay p DirectColor 16 bit Video in YUV4 2 2 RGB format with 16 bpp or color mode of X server RGB format with 24 bpp TrueColor 16 bit Video in YUV4 2 2 RGB format with 16 bpp or color mode of X server RGB format with 24 bpp multi color depth Video in YUV4 2 2 RGB format with 16 bpp or color mode of X server or TrueColor 16 bit and RGB format with 24 bpp 8 bit PseudoColor PseudoColor 8 bit overlay DirectColor 32 bit Video in YUV4 2 2 RGB format with 16 bpp or color mode of X server RGB format with 24 bpp TrueColor 32 bit Video in YUV4 2 2 RGB format with 16 bpp or color mode of X server RGB format with 24 bpp Table
181. pter CD ROM Medium Eos software CD ROM medium documentation and supplement Eos Eos base license X 11 Eos central device license Eos rendering device license driver license per graphic channel of UGX GRAPHIC CARD Table 7 11 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 717 8 Troubleshooting 8 Troubleshooting Check this chapter for help if your Eos does not boot properly and for information how to contact the technical support of Barco Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 8 1 8 1 Eos not booting 8 Troubleshooting When Eos is not booting properly it is important to state at which point of the boot process a fault occurs The display while booting is as follows so you can see where the process is stopped On the first display board 1 port 0 see section 3 2 5 Graphic cards respectively on the central unit s VGA moni tor S3 Mobile PCI VGA BIOS 3 02 Copyright C 1996 S3 Incorporated S3 M5 On Board OVT BIOS FMW 2882 03 14 08 2000 Interface Typ 2 gt digital Scan PCI Bus for OVT 2882 PCI gt PCI bridges found 2 Dev Bus Slot 0 2 0 init PhysBase 1 2 1 init PhysBase The ordinary self test report of a PC is displayed SDC000000 done PGA SD8000000 done The other displays show their respective bus and slot no e g S3 Mobile PCI VGA BIOS 3 02 Copyright C 1996 S3 Incorpora
182. r click dismisses it If no signal is connected to a video channel the corresponding video window appears in pressed background color If a signal is connected later the Channel Port or Live button must be Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H______1___1__1__1__1__1__ 4 18 4 Operating 4 6 4 Displaying video and RGB signals Control panel for Quad Analog Video Card K xvideo control panel Figure 4 4 Xvideo control panel C Set contrast of video display B Set brightness of video display S Set saturation of video display Live Start video display Still Freeze video display QAVC 1 Select video card the cards can be renamed Channel 1 Select video channel max 4 channels the channels can be renamed Encoding Shows the detected video standard PAL NTSC SECAM Signal Select recording standard VHS S VHS Fps Select the frame rate FULL HALF default Figure 4 5 Configuration of the video display In the Control Panel you can adjust the video display regarding hue saturation and brightness etc The video client can store these settings as well as the selected video channel in a configuration file From the File menu you can choose to save the current configuration or read in other A certain configuration file can also be invoked as an option on the command line when starting the video client Please refer to section 4 6 5 The options Barco
183. rdNumber drgbbn drgbBoardChannelNumber drgbbc drgbP layMode drpm Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ey 2 i selects full 2 or half 1 refresh rate 0 0 L O Chere determines the start value of contrast ORRO lie ONS determines the start value of brightness 0 0 RRO O determines the start value of saturation lye oe Sie a ML Live select display mode Table 4 12 argument default meaning 0 0 EUG 0 5 determines the start value of red 0 0 lien O25 determines the start value of green 0 0 Lee ONS determines the start value of blue 0 0 1 0 OSS determine the start value of brightness OET elie 6 determine the reduction rate TA RA 1 Determine preset as line number in preset file l 64 1 selects the input card E 1 selects the adapter on the input card Eivo Sieh Live select display mode Table 4 13 4 30 4 Operating Options concerning config and preset files option configFile ef noConfigFile ncf presetFile spf factoryPresetFile fpf argument default meaning lt filename gt lere MMi Comin de since er eont specifies user configuration file user configuration file will not be read lt filename gt etc MMTconfig presets prf specifies preset file lt filename gt opt MMT2686 etc xvideo presets prs specifies factory preset file see Table 7 9 read if no other preset file is specified Options concerning module video and mo
184. rgbPlayMode above Table 4 23 4 38 4 Operating 4 7 Remote Control for OverView display walls An OverView display wall can be controlled by Eos Commands can be sent to switch the lamps and analog video controllers on and off or the status of the illumination units can be scanned The REMOTE CONTROL can also be used for monitoring Eos It s operating status can be scanned and if necessary it can be halted or rebooted Alternatively the additional wall management software Osiris offers as well the functionality of a remote control for the Osiris users manual see section 7 3 Order codes Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 39 4 1 The 4 Operating 1 The Remote Control daemon REMOTE CONTROL is implemented in a client server architecture The REMOTE CONTROL daemon is the central authority server that connects the REmoTE CONTROL clients with the serial interface Four different REMOTE CONTROL clients are available Monitor This service sets up a software based monitoring function Eos is rebooted automatically after absence of specific monitor telegrams Service This service includes the possibilities to halt or to restart the X server or to shut down or to reboot Eos OVERVIEW The cubes of an OverView display wall OVERVIEW ML OVERVIEW MD OVERVIEW MP ATLAS67C4 PSI can be scanned and switched Switch The AVC Boxes HE
185. rnal color depth of 16 bpp and 24 bpp dual input mode also other combinations if considering pixel clock and line frequency requirements 1280x1024 60Hz and textmode 70Hz 2 X 1280x1024 60Hz 2 X 1280x1024 75Hz 1280x1024 60Hz 1280x1024 75Hz 1280x1024 85Hz 1400x1050 70Hz 1600x1200 85Hz 1920x1440 60Hz 1920x1440 75Hz 2048x1536 60Hz 2048x1536 65Hz 2 x 20Hz at 16 bpp 2 x 20Hz at 16 bpp 2 x 25Hz at 16 bpp single input mode 60Hz at 16 bpp 75Hz at 16 bpp 42 5Hz at 16 bpp 35Hz at 16 bpp 42 5Hz at 16 bpp 30Hz at 16 bpp 37 5Hz at 16 bpp 30Hz at 16 bpp 32 5Hz at 16 bpp 2 x 20Hz at 24 bpp 2 x 20Hz at 24 bpp 2 x 18Hz at 24 bpp 60Hz at 24 bpp 75Hz at 24 bpp 42 5Hz at 24 bpp 35Hz at 24 bpp 42 5Hz at 24 bpp 30Hz at 24 bpp 30Hz at 24 bpp bus power supply power consumption operating conditions dimensions weight connectors PCI bus 32bit 33 MHz 64bit 66 MHz 3 3 5 V 5 V 2 3 3 V 0 3 V 12 V 410 5V 1 5 A 3 3 V 3 1 A 12 V 20 mA 0 50 C at 8 80 humidity non condensing PCI long card 312 00 mm x 121 92 mm 425 g 1 x 64 bit 3 3 5 V PCI edge connector 2 x 15 pin SubMinD HD connector VGA compatible Table 7 8 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 7 6 7 Technical appendix Presets of Dual RGB Input Card Default Presets file opt MMT2686 etc xvideo presets prs Presets with PRESET _TYPE 2 are
186. rt Fvwm2 Modules Audio AutoRaise on AutoRaise off Banner Buttons Debug Icon Box Icon Man Ident Pager Save SaveDesk Scroll Talk WinList System tools EOSinfo Event Test Vi Telnet Clocks Analog Digital Shells Bash Bash Big bash Login bash Tcsh Tcsh Big tcsh Login tcsh Restart window manager Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Please Display release integrity status please refer also to section 4 8 6 refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages refer to the fvwm2 man pages Release integrity utility eosinfo Start event monitor Start vi text editor Start telnet client Display analog clock Display digital clock Start bash shell Start big bash shell Start login bash shell Start tcsh shell Start big tcsh shell Start login tcsh shell Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 Operating 4 11 4 Operating 4 6 Displaying video and RGB signals This sect
187. rting the X server without this option resets the default settings Configures in a distributed system to each video adapter its own video channel For usage of logical video channels please refer to section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system and 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration Table 6 17 The desired options must be entered manually each in a single line in the file etc MMTconfig MMTServerConfig X Server parameters that shall not be changed at a new run of the script EOSconfig can be entered between the two lines BeginSection Private EndSection This procedure must be carried out as described in section 6 2 1 Boot modes The file MMTServerConfig contains already lines inserted automatically by the configuration script Do not change these entries manually Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 24 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration The geometry of the rendering machines the assignment of video and graphic channels the REMOTE CONTROL hot keys and the configuration of the projection channels are defined in the configuration file etc MMTconfig MMTConfigSections This procedure must be carried out as described in section 6 2 Software installation and configuration The file MMTConfigSections consists of four sections geometry video channels and rctrl geometry This section starts with the keyword geometry
188. s Board Board Board 1 2 3 e e e PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 Figure 3 20 Green LED indicates board 1 Auf die genaue Reihenfolge der Grafikkarten wird in den Abschnitten 3 2 11 Eos Extender eingegangen AGX and UGX GRAPHIC CARDS may not be mixed within the same system Please refer to section 6 1 5 Combination rules for information about mixing cards in digital and in analog mode Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 _ 315 3 Getting started Each UGX GRAPHIC CARD provides four ports for connecting projection cubes monitors projectors or Visu The upper connector contains port 0 and 1 the lower one contains port 2 and 3 Thus the default sequence of the graphic channels is board 1 2 3 port 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Figure 3 21 Each AGX GRAPHIC CARD provides two ports the upper one is port 0 the lower one port 1 Thus the default se quence of the graphic channels is board 1 2 3 4 5 port 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Figure 3 22 For non default sequence see section 6 2 7 Advanced Eos configuration channels The OverView projection modules are assigned from left to right view from in front of the screens or if arranged in a square numbered in rows starting at the top left Figure 3 23 Numbering of projection channels This numbering
189. s est to the CPU is the socket 1 followed by socket 2 and socket 3 The table below lists the possible combina tions Socket 1 Socket 2 Socket 3 total memory MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB 256 MB MEM 3213 1 or 4 512MB 512 MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB 512 MB MEM 3213 1 or 4 512MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB 768 MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB MEM 3213 1 or 4 512MB 768 MB MEM 3213 1 or 4 512MB MEM 3213 1 or 4 512MB 1024 MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB 768 MB MEM 3213 1 or 4 512MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB MEM 3213 0 or 3 256MB 1024 MB Table 6 2 combinations of DDR RAM for EOS 3026 3 4 EOS 3327 0 1 e On the mainboard of the models EOS 3026 5 EOS 3327 2 and EOS 3327 3 there are four sockets The socket closest to the CPU is the socket 1 followed by socket 3 socket 2 and socket 4 please see the figure above Fastest memory access is achieved if always a pair of sockets socket 1 and 2 and socket 3 and 4 is equipped with identical memory modules The table below lists these optimal combinations Socket 1 Socket 3 Socket 2 Socket 4 total memory MEM 3213 5 256MB MEM 3213 5 256MB 512 MB MEM 3213 6 512MB MEM 3213 6 512MB 1024 MB MEM 3213 5 256MB MEM 3213 5 256MB MEM 3213 5 256MB MEM 3213 5 256MB 1024 MB MEM 3213 6 512MB MEM 3213 5 256MB MEM 3213 6 512MB MEM 3213 5 256MB 1536 MB MEM 3213 6 512MB MEM 3213 6 512MB MEM 32
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191. s feature is available with UGX GraPuic CARDS and for resolutions up to 1400x1050 OmniScaler The OMNISCALER enables to display video and RGB sources no matter in what color mode and color depth the X server operates Thus optimal integration of 8 bit PseudoColor applications with high quality video and RGB display is possible If the X server operates in 8 bit PseudoColor mode the video RGB window is displayed in YUV4 2 2 16 bit TrueColor mode Complete correlation between color mode of the X Server and the video RGB window is listed in the table below Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ANN 45 4 Operating Module video With Module Video the video or RGB signals of the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD STREAMING VIDEO CARD or DUAL RGB INPUT CARD are displayed without borders and fitted to complete projection modules 1 to nxn depending on configura tion The same color capabilities apply as with movable and scalable video and RGB windows Please refer also to section 4 6 3 The Xvideo client for more details Visu With the external Video Insertion Unit Visu video and RGB data can be displayed in 24 bit RGB format whereas the X server operates independently in 8 bit 16 bit or 32 bit color modes Video windows are freely moveable over 4 cubes per Visu unit Dual RGB Input Card The DUAL RGB INPUT CARD offers the possibility to provide RGB data either in 16 bpp RGB 5 6 5 or in 24 b
192. s have to be adopted The drivers Setting Kernel module for the different net work cards are driver network card redundancy 3c509 Ethernetcard 10 Mbps ISA no eepro100 Ethernetcard 100 Mbps PCI no e100 Ethernetcard 100 Mbps PCI possible e1000 Ethernetcard 1000 Mbps PCI possible e1000 onboard LAN adapter EOS 3026 5 EOS 3327 2 and higher no bcm4400 onboard LAN adapter EOS 3026 4 EOS 3327 1 and lower no Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 3 Getting started The section Adaptor 1 treats the network options of the LAN connection of Eos You can change them by select ing and editing them If you are putting Eos into operation you have to change the pre adjusted IP address to your own Host name and IP devices You are allowed to control the parameters which are specific to this host and related to its main connection to the local IP network Host name eos _fidaptor 1 X Enabled co Manual Dhep C Bootp eos Host name domain Config mode Primary name domain Aliases opt IP address Netmask opt Net device Kernel module Iv0 port Copt Irg Copt fccept i lis Jessi WL Us ta Meera a gel bey eth e108 eee 4 cance He1p Figure 3 46 Take care to insert the same sub net IP address within the configuration for a distributed TEE syste
193. s inside Eos can be loosen with a 5 5 spanner as well Figure 6 2 Screws of the case of Eos Now you can easily remove the top cover If you have removed the top cover of Eos in order to add boards or memory or to exchange the battery be sure to replace the cover before powering up again Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 2 6 Advanced Configuration Inside of the housing there is a transportation lock which must also be removed to be able to insert expansion cards Loosen the screws 4 5 and 6 and take out the plate Before closing the housing the transportation lock must be readjusted Therefore first insert the plate then turn in the screws but do not tighten them Push the plate as far towards the cards as possible Just then tighten the Screws Figure 6 3 Transportation lock of the Eos EOS 3026 top left of the Eos EOS 3327 for redundant operation top right and of the Eos EXTENDER EOS 3193 bottom Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 3 6 Advanced Configuration On the mainboard of Eos there are PCI slots for inserting expansion cards PCI slots PCI slots for graphic cards OMNISCALERS input cards network cards and Multiport 1 0 Card Figure 6 4 PCI slots Barco recommends certain expansion cards for the use in E
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195. short cuts Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 43 rctridip 4 Operating The OverView mD client rctr1ldilp can be operated interactively or command by command The client rct rldlp can be started as follows rectrldlp lt option gt Following options are available option argument default meaning h lt hostname gt locals host Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started p Port LOTS Specifies port of the recria daemon Default should not be changed e lt exec command gt Specifies desired command s Switch off broadcast mode Table 4 30 The client accepts following commands command help enable disable reconfig bulb lt number all gt lt on off gt info lt number all gt restime version exit meaning Returns a list and short descriptions of all available commands Returns a list and short descriptions of all available commands Activate auto config mode Deactivate auto config mode Invoke reconfiguration Switch lamp on off Scan status of OverViEW cube Reset operating hours to zero Get version number Exits the client Table 4 31 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rct r1dlp gt gt The commands can be shortened by unambiguous short cuts Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 44 rctripsi 4 Operating The O
196. sizes In the last column there is in addition the value of maximal windows of that type This value is valid if only windows with the specified properties are displayed type number of frame rate color depth pixels fps bpp bandwidth MBps 1 1 or higher 2 1 Sources of Quad Analog Video Card and Streaming Video Card NTSC 640x480 30 16 19 5 PAL SECAM 720x540 25 16 20 5 Sources of Dual RGB Input Card XGA 1024x768 10 16 16 4 XGA 1024x768 15 16 24 6 XGA 1024x768 20 16 32 8 SXGA 1280x1024 10 16 27 7 SXGA 1280x1024 15 16 40 10 SXGA 1280x1024 20 16 53 14 UXGA 1600x1200 10 16 39 10 UXGA 1600x1200 15 16 58 15 UXGA 1600x1200 20 16 77 20 XGA 1024x768 10 24 24 6 XGA 1024x768 15 24 36 9 XGA 1024x768 20 24 48 12 SXGA 1280x1024 10 24 40 10 SXGA 1280x1024 15 24 59 15 SXGA 1280x1024 20 24 79 20 UXGA 1600x1200 10 24 58 15 UXGA 1600x1200 15 24 87 22 max amount of windows 1 1 or higher 2 1 5 5 6 4 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 21 20 25 16 12 15 10 7 10 6 5 16 11 8 10 6 5 6 4 Table 4 3 size of video RGB data and number of displayable video windows in case that only this type of video window is displayed by the system To calculate the bandwidth for windows of different sizes or frame rates the following formula can be used B res res fr cd The abbr
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198. t WN Figure 3 1 front view of Eos Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 2 3 Getting started Next to the air supply openings 1 there is the handle of the filter mounting 2 In the center of the standard case there are three buttons The upper one is the restart button 3 the one in the middle is the lock keyboard switch 4 that serves to enable or disable keyboard input and the lower one is the power button 13 The two LEDs next to the switches indicate hard disk drive operating 7 respectively power on 8 The case for redundant operation additionally has a buzzer reset button for power module failure 5 which is located on the top leftmost position The restart button 3 is located between the lock keyboard switch 4 and the power button 13 instead On the front there is also an additional LED indicating power module failure 6 please refer also to section 5 1 1 Redundant power module On the right hand side there is the floppy disk driver 9 followed by the CD ROM drive 11 and below it the hard disk drive 10a or 10b The RAID hard disk drive system 10b is available for RAID 1 as shown in Figure 3 1 front view of Eos or for RAID 5 please see the figure below Figure 3 2 RAID 5 hard disk drivers Each RAID 5 hard disk provides three LED s at the front of the removable frame If the red LED lightens this indi cates that this particular hard dis
199. t be supplied with the video signal Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 12 4 Operating 4 6 1 The input cards For showing information from external sources like video or RGB data on a Barco display wall a set of input cards is provided For integration of video the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD and the STREAMING VIDEO CARD is available and for RGB data the Duar RGB INPUT CARD can be used Multiple input cards can be inserted into an Eos An X video application allows to display the sources connected to the input cards in individual windows on the display wall that can be freely scaled and moved within the projection cubes connected to Eos The display op tions can be set in a dialog box Quad Analog Video Card Four different video sources VHS or S VHS can be connected to a QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD and displayed simulta neously Streaming Video Card Up to four MPEG 2 D 1 or CIF video streams per STREAMING VIDEO CARD can be decoded and displayed simultane ously by one STREAMING VIDEO CARD Dual RGB Input Card The DUAL RGB Input Caro digitizes one or two analog monitor signals In dual input mode it supports two monitor Signals with a pixel frequency between 10 MHz and 135 MHz in single input mode it supports one signal with a pixel frequency up to 270 MHz The most common VESA timings are stored as presets In addition user defined timings can be saved The timing and aspect ratio of
200. tall the system software for normal boot mode switch on Eos and insert the system CD Eos will boot from CD Upgrade The upgrade is the same procedure for all kind of operating modes The Welcome Screen displays a selection of installation and upgrade options To upgrade Eos type upgrade and press the lt Enter gt key To instal press the lt ENTER gt key To install type eosn lt ENTER gt To upgrade the systen type upgrade lt ENTER gt boot Figure 6 16 Before the upgrade starts just the keyboard must be specified Select the type of the used keyboard with the arrow keys and confirm OK If you press Cancel a keyboard of us type becomes installed by default Configure Keyboard Hhat type of keyboard do you have Figure 6 17 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H ________L_L___ 6 20 6 Advanced Configuration When the upgrade is finished you are prompted to press the lt Enter gt key to reboot Eos Congratulations EOS upgrade is complete Press ENTER to reboot and then REMOVE the bootable EOS CD Figure 6 18 The system will reboot now Remove the CD from the drive as soon as the drawer ejects it After this system upgrade you have also to run through 3 4 2 X 11 configuration and if you have a distributed system through 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed system or 3 4 5 Configuring a distributed system with multiple logical screens
201. tarted as follows rcetrlswitch lt option gt Following options are available option argument default meaning h lt hostname gt local hose Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started p Oe To Specifies port of the rcrid daemon Default should not be changed e lt exec command gt Specifies desired command Table 4 34 The rctrlswitch client accepts following commands command enable disable reconfig aux lt ctrl number all gt lt on off gt switch lt ctrl number all gt lt input output gt meaning activating auto config mode deactivating auto config mode invoking reconfiguration switching between different inputs assigning input to output channels HERMES DXD and HERMES VXA only version lt ctrl number all gt help exit input and output can either be indicated in the form e g 1 2 or 2 2 or a shortcut can be used thru Of In1 to Out 1 In2 to Out 2 cross Of x In1 to Out 2 In2 to Out 1 1 both of 1 b In1 to Out 1 and Out2 2 both of 2 b In2 to Out 1 and Out2 returning the version of the device returning a list and short descriptions of all available com mands Exits the client Table 4 35 Additionally for an AVC Box a HERMES V2A or a HERMES VXA which is equipped with an analog controller for RGB or video signals following commands are available command left lt ctrl number gt Meaning sending left command to analog controller
202. ted S3 M5 On Board OVT BIOS FMW 2882 03 14 08 2000 Interface Typ 2 gt digital HEX Switch 4 gt 1024 768 Light Engine XGA fault cause steps boot process is aborted while Dey Bus Slot 0 D 0 sie apie emer PhysBase DC000000 done PGA 1 2 1 EAE eee PhysBase D8000000 done is displayed boot process is aborted CMOS checksum error appears on the display boot process is aborted This PC has no hard disk or hard disk is unreadable SYSTEM HALTED appears on the display There is probably a problem with the graphic cards Make sure of all graphic cards are inserted correctly Refer to sec tion 6 1 3 Inserting an additional expansion card please If the fault remains contact Barco please The battery is empty Replace it by a fresh one Please refer to section 5 2 2 Replacing the battery Contact Barco please Table 8 1 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 8 8 Troubleshooting 8 2 Eos does not boot from CD Check if booting from CD is enabled in the mainboard BIOS setup CD needs to have higher booting order than the hard drive Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 JH 8 3 8 3 Hot line Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions Barco N V Projection Systems Europe Noordlaan 5 B 8520 Kuurne Phone 32 56 368 211 Fax 32 56 368 251 E mai
203. the connected RGB signal are detected automatically The DuAL RGB Input CARD has an automated static frame rate reduction depending on number and type of the Signals it processes please see the table below static frame rate reduction used socket dual input mode two signals both lt 1280x1024 75Hz 1 3 RGB in 1 AND RGB in 2 single input mode one signal lt 1280x1024 75Hz 1 RGB in 1 OR RGB in 2 single input mode one signal gt 1280x1024 75Hz 2 RGB in 1 Table 4 2 static frame rate reduction for RGB sources values are valid from release of the X server 3 4 on and Control ware 6 of the DUAL RGB INPUT CARD To take advantage of the higher frame rate for signals lt 1280x1024 75Hz in single input mode the other socket may be connected to a second signal but that signal may not be displayed on the display wall The X video application allows selecting additionally a dynamic frame rate reduction of the source which must be multiplied to the static frame rate reduction to obtain the overall frame rate reduction please refer also to section 4 6 4 Displaying video and RGB signals Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 13 Amount of video and RGB windows 4 Operating The number of video and RGB data that can be processed in an Eos system underlies the available bandwidth These are 100 MBps The following table gives an overview about the bandwidth required for some standard window
204. tings Enter selection 1 1 Enter for each video channel the video adapters for engine 1l 1 1 Enter for each video channel the video adapters for engine 2 1 O0 These are the Logical Video settings for the Distributed X Server Everything correct yes no yes y Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H________1__1__1__1__1__1__ 3 49 3 Getting started Finishing the configuration KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Distributed X Server setup done Have fun NOTE enter service mmtserv to start the EOS X Server KKKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKEKK When configuration is completed you can enter service mmtserv to start the X server eos opt MMT2686 config service mmtserv If you operate Eos in eXtended safety boot mode please take care to update the backup partition after successful configuration see section 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs Utility Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 50 3 Getting started 3 4 4 Configuring an X server for Visu standalone PLUS The configuration script for an X server for Visu configuration As well the resolution of the projection modules controlled via Visu modules has to be inserted standalone is started as explained in section 3 4 2 X 11 as t
205. tings are made by means of the X video client please refer to the section 4 6 4 Displaying video and RGB signals Frame rate For video sources there are two settings with different frame rate reduction factors selectable to optimize the bandwidth usage For RGB sources the static reduction of the frame rate depends on the input mode and the dynamic frame rate reduction is selectable Use the Fps setting for video data and Reduction for RGB data respectively and refer to the subsection Dual RGB Input Card above Color depth RGB sources can be digitized with 16 bpp or with 24 bpp depending on the visual class of the X server Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 415 4 Operating 4 6 2 The video channels For digitalization of the analog or streaming video data and of RGB sources a hardware module adapter is necessary Each video and RGB adapter offers one input port Accordingly the QUAD ANALOG VIDEO CARD as well as the STREAMING VIDEO CARD has 4 adapters with one port each and the DUAL RGB Input CARD has two adapters with one port each The Eos system automatically creates video channels according to the available input adapters by simply assign ing one channel per adapter in the order in which the input cards are inserted into the PCI slots of the Eos PE In a distributed system in addition the order of the rendering machines is considered when creating the numbers of the video cha
206. tional part for configuring a distributed system On the one hand the additional sections in the configuration of a distributed system contain the specification of the Sub net and on the other hand the successive parameterization of every individual rendering machine Subnet Indicate the transmission rate of the sub net network card and the desired interface type Configuring Distributed X Server s Subnet You want to install the Distributed Server therefore additional configuring values are needed Setting Subnet Network Interface Card only for 10 MBit Card Engines Subnet Engines IP Address Engines Multiscreen Arrangement The IP address of the sub net network card of the central unit must be specified identical to the IP address speci fied with linuxconf See section 3 4 1 System configuration You have to insert the sub net specification according to the specifications explained in section 3 4 1 System configuration Changes have to be made in a consistent way in both places Enter IP Address for the subnet NIC card 192 168 149 254 192 168 60 0 Enter Sub Netmask of graphic engines 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 Rendering machines The parameterization of the Eos rendering machines is carried out successively for every device For every Eos rendering machine the arrangement of the OverView projection modules is indicated in the following form lt w gt x lt h gt Here lt w gt and lt h gt give the number of co
207. tive command to all connected cubes On Switch on specified cube Off Switch off specified cube State Send a request to the specified cube The reply is displayed in the status display below Clear Clear the status display above File Exit Exit the rctr1 client Figure 4 13 The REMOTE CONTROL daemon detects automatically which type of OverView display wall is connected to Eos Ini tially the statuses of the connected cubes are displayed also automatically in the status display Be careful not to switch off the cube that currently displays the control panel because it would be difficult to switch it on again by REMOTE CONTROL Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 4 47 4 Operating Switch 1 A single unit can be specified by scrolling with the arrow buttons All Send respective command to all connected unit In 1 for Out 1 Switch first output to first input In 2 for Out 1 Switch first output to second input Only applicable for Hermes DXD and HERMES VXA In 1 for Out 2 Switch second output to first input color code according to LEDs In 2 for Out 2 Switch second output to second input color code according to LEDs AVC Box HERMES V2A and HERMES VXA only Left Send left command to analog controller Right Send right command to analog controller Up Send up command to analog controller Down Send down command to analog controller Menu Send menu command to analog controller Sele
208. topxserv Halting X Server shut downmmt Rebooting Eos haltmmt Halting Eos help Returning a list and short descriptions of all available commands exit Exits the client Table 4 27 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlservice gt gt The commands can be shortened by unam biguous short cuts Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 4 rctrileg 4 Operating The OverView ML client rctrlleg can be operated interactively or command by command The client rct rlleg can be started as follows rcetrlleg lt option gt Following options are available option h Te argument default meaning lt hostname gt loce IL Nes E Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started oe Po Specifies port of the rcrid daemon Default should not be changed lt exec command gt Specifies desired command Table 4 28 The client accepts following commands command meaning bulb lt number gt all gt lt on off gt Switching off lamp aux lt number gt all gt lt on off gt Switching to analog controller info lt number gt all gt Scanning status of OverViEw cube help exit Returning a list and short descriptions of all available commands Exits the client Table 4 29 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rct rlleg gt gt The commands can be shortened by unambiguous
209. tor for the connecting cable to Eos 5 The Eos Extenper with redundant power supply in addition has individual power switches 8 on each module and green LEDs 9 that indicate that the power module is operating Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 ___ _____1__1__1__1__1__1__1__1__ 3 8 3 Getting started The expansion slots Depending on the model of the Eos EXTENDER it provides either 7 or 13 PCI slots in either 1 or two PCI segments The models Eos EXTENDER Eos 3193 0 1 and the PCI EXTENDER Box MMT 2789 02 each with 13 slots provides them in two segments Segment 2 Segment 1 PCIO PCI6 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 PCI7 PCI6 PCI5 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 Figure 3 9 PCI Slots and Segments The model PCI EXTENDER Box MMT 2788 1 with 7 slots has a single segment Segment 1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 PCI7 PCIO Figure 3 10 PCI Slots and Seqments Connector PCI 0 is reserved for the connection to Eos In the following sections reference is taken to the numbering of the slots Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 3 9 3 Getting started 3 2 Cabling 3 2 1 Power supply Check the power rating on your outlet before connecting Eos to the wall outlet or to a power strip Contact your facilities manager or a qualified electrician if you are not sure what type of power is supplied to your buildi
210. ultiport 1 0 cards PCI2 and PCI6 don t use both slots at the same time for Ethernet cards and Multiport 1 0 cards Table 6 15 The location of the PCI slots in your Eos is described in section 3 1 1 Eos The model of the Eos you can see on the label on the back of the Eos housing Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A _ 6 15 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 Software installation and configuration 6 2 1 Boot modes Eos can either be installed with normal boot mode or with eXtended safety boot mode Furthermore there is the legacy failsafe boot mode Normal boot mode With normal boot mode the hard disk of the Eos system is configured to have one partition this is the working partition Underlying is the ext3 file system that offers widely immunity to file corruption in case of power failure or when switching of the system without having performed a system shutdown before An Eos with normal boot mode offers full write access to the system partition To configure Eos just insert the configuration disk into the CD ROM or call the corresponding configuration script from the hard disk and perform the configuration as explained in the corresponding sections Although the ext3 file system offers good protection against file system inconsistencies for safely switching off the system has to be shut down first see section 3 3 3 Switching off eXtended safety boot mode With eXtended safety b
211. ure 4 10 click YES It is also possible that the system detects a new timing if the settings have been displaced too much In this case click NO and readjust the settings again DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 4 25 4 Operating Configuration of RGB input The DUAL RGB INPUT CARD digitizes monitor signals with a pixel frequency to 270 MHz The video client is pre configured for displaying most common VESA timings Since most monitor signals differ slightly from the VESA timings the user can adjust the pre configured modes to the provided monitor signals Also additional timings can be entered and stored as new presets For configuring the DUAL RGB INPuT Carob it is useful to have a suitable test pattern basically thin black and white vertical lines Windows 95 98 NT Switch desktop pattern to alternating one pixel wide black and white vertical Macintosh lines PowerMacintosh Sun Workstation In console window emdtool enter xsetroot mod 4 4 enter xsetroot mod 4 4 for removing the pattern again Others Display text which contains many HHHHHHH Table 4 8 Adjusting the preset e Set up a suitable test pattern on the connected computer e Start the video client xvideo e Select the input channel in the Control tab Channel 1 or Channel 2 teli E ji Ea TNI is ei j l ii E j j F kil jjj E ti i ua ft Bi il i Eh ji Bi jis ry Ep P i xl Hs
212. urrent release or if there are appendant RPM packages missing this is specially marked in the list and might look like the following This are the Factory shipped RPM Packages eosbigcursor 2 4 0 1 eoscfg 2 5 0 1 eosconfig 2 5 0 1 eosdiskless 2 5 0 1 eosmisc 2 5 0 1 eosrctrl 2 4 0 1 eosuser 2 4 0 1 eosutil 2 4 0 1 eosvwm2cfg 2 5 0 1 eosxblink 2 4 0 1 eosxmc 2 4 0 1 eosxserver dis 2 O1 O1 S01 eosxserver mon 2 Q 1 eosxtest 2 4 0 1 eosxtrap 2 4 0 1 eosxvideo 2 4 0 1 WARNING The following EOS RPM Package s have been altered eosxserver mon 2 5 0 1 eosxvideo 2 4 0 1 Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 Rel 2 5 0 4 55 4 Operating 4 8 7 Network reporting utility procfg The procfg utility serves to gain information about the configuration and state of the network cards It can be used for network cards that use the driver e100 or e1000 please refer to section 3 4 1 System configuration The information can be requested as follows procfg lt option gt The following command line options are the most useful option argument value meaning blink eth nmr E Seconds The LED on the Ethernet card with the specified number lt nr gt starts fast blinking for 10 seconds If t is indicated the LED blinks during the specified time interval Eres Displays an overview about the inserted network cards including an AFT team teams lists name and mode of
213. used for DUAL RGB INPUT CARD with the H_POS value Hor Sync Time H Back Porc H Left Border D al gt O PRE 4 59 Ennn oO a x gt IE T EEEE T 640x350 70Hz 2 800 640 449 350 14285 60 137 0 1 6 128 16 640x350 85Hz 2 832 640 445 350 11764 63 160 0 1 6 128 16 640x400 70Hz 2 800 640 450 400 14285 35 137 1 1 6 128 16 640x400 85Hz 2 832 640 445 400 11764 44 160 1 0 6 128 16 640x480 60Hz 2 800 640 525 480 16666 35 144 1 1 6 128 16 640x480 72Hz 2 832 640 520 480 13888 31 168 1 1 6 128 16 640x480 75Hz 2 840 640 500 480 13333 19 184 1 1 6 128 16 640x480 85Hz 2 832 640 509 480 11764 28 136 1 1 6 128 16 720x400 70HZ 2 900 720 449 400 14285 36 154 1 0 6 128 16 720x400 85Hz 2 936 720 446 400 11764 45 180 1 0 6 128 16 800x600 56Hz 2 1024 800 625 600 17857 24 200 0 O 6 128 16 800x600 60Hz 2 1056 800 628 600 16666 27 216 0 O 6 128 16 800x600 72Hz 2 1040 800 666 600 13888 29 184 0 O 6 128 16 800x600 75Hz 2 1056 800 625 600 13333 24 240 0 O 6 128 16 800x600 85Hz 2 1048 800 631 600 11764 30 216 0 O 6 128 16 1024x768 43HzZ 2 1264 1024 817 768 23256 24 232 0 0 128 16 1024x768 60HZ 2 1344 1024 806 768 16666 35 296 1 1 6 128 16 1024x768 70HZ 2 1328 1024 806 768 14285 35 280 1 1 6 128 16 1024x768 75HZ 2 1312 1024 800 768 13333 31 272 0 O 6 128 16 1024x768 85HZ 2 1376 1024 808 768 11764 39 304 0 O 6 128 16 1152x864 75HZ 2 1600 1152 900 864 13333 35 384 0 O 6 128 16 1280x960 60HZ 2 1800 1280 1000 960 1
214. verView mP or ATLAS67C4 PSI client rctrlpsi can be operated interactively or command by command The client rctrlpsi can be started as follows rectrlpsi lt option gt Following options are available option argument default meaning h lt hostname gt locals host Specifies hostname or IP address where the daemon is started p Port LOTS Specifies port of the recria daemon Default should not be changed e lt exec command gt Specifies desired command S Starting client in special mode for re setting operation hours Table 4 32 The client accepts following commands command help enable disable reconfig bulb lt number all gt lt on off gt info lt number all gt restime version exit meaning Returns a list and short descriptions of all available commands Returns a list and short descriptions of all available commands Activate auto config mode Deactivate auto config mode Invoke reconfiguration Switch lamp on off Scan status of OverViEW cube Reset operating hours to zero Get version number Exits the client Table 4 33 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rct r1dlp gt gt The commands can be shortened by unambiguous short cuts Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 4 45 rctriswitch 4 Operating The client rct rlswitch can be operated interactively or command by command The client rct rl switch can be s
215. where not explicitly color depth and visual class is assigned use the settings of the X server configuration geometry L C ContiguousSsScreens Rendering 2 Rendering 0 Rendering 1 OHR OER gge engine 0 2x1 00 bpp 16 cc 4 engine 1 1x1 2 0 bpp 16 cc 5 O 1 engine 2 3x1 Figure 6 19 Three independent screens in contiguous mode Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 A 6 25 6 Advanced Configuration The separate screens mode allows displaying multiple screens on multiple display walls and single projection modules Nevertheless it is required that the pixel resolution of each projection module that is used to display the different screens is identical To use separate screens the keyword SeparateScreens must be written in a line of the geometry section As with contiguous screens each following line contains the information of one screen but the position must not be indicated With separate screens the cursor is first displayed on screen 0 Moving the cursor out of screen 0 to the right lets the cursor enter screen 1 on the left side It will enter screen 1 on the same ratio of height as it has left screen 0 This can be continued until the screen with the highest number displays the cursor Moving out to the right usu ally brings the cursor again on screen 0 This can be prevented
216. with the character are considered to be comments E g t red FF 00 00 green 00 FF 00 blue 00 00 FF grey 32 32 32 In file mode all specified colors are allocated as shared color cells on start up of the X server By specifying a balanced set of colors you can avoid color distortions as they may appear in option mode if e g only shades of blue have been allocated and yellow is requested In the file nearby def a maximum of 256 colors can be specified If there is a need for private cells only a correspondingly smaller number of colors may be defined Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 6 33 6 Advanced Configuration 6 2 10 BIOS settings for Wake On LAN In a distributed Eos system that is delivered with X server release 3 48 or newer the BIOS of the mainboards of the rendering machines is already configured to enable Wake On LAN WOL If you want to check the settings or if it is necessary to enable WOL for another reason e g if you want to use the onboard LAN adapter and to re move the rendering network cards with Etherboot mechanism please refer to section 3 2 12 Network you can do the following provided that you have an Eos model with order number RSEOS30265 or RSEOS33272 or higher e Switch off the complete Eos system please refer to section 3 3 3 Switching off but leave the power switch 35 of the rendering processor on
217. x2 Position for engine 2 X Y 0 0 2 0 Graphic card type for engine 2 1l AGX 3000 2 AGX 3281 Enter the graphic card type 1 Configuring the Depth Resolution 1 for 8 bpp 256 colors for 16 bpp 64K colors 2 Bit Per Pixel for 8 and 16 bpp MultiDepth MultiColor feature Usable only for resolution up to 1400x1050 4 for 32 bpp 16M colors Enter the Depth Resolution 3 Configuring the Visual Class 2 A visual class describes the characteristics of a virtual colormap that has been or can be created for use a particular screen The following visual class are supported 1 TrueColor 2 DirectColor Enter the Visual Class 1 2 read only visual read write visual These are your MLS Server settings Core machine s second IP Engines Netmask Address Operational mode Number engines Values for engine 1 Values for engine 2 Everything correct yes no Finishing the configuration 192 166 s1ls254 255e 2I 0 Contiguous 2 IP 192 168 1 1 Ether 00 a0 c0 83 76 98 arrangement 2x2 position 0 0 AGX 3281 Bpp 16 Visual TrueColor IP 192 168 1 2 Ether 00 a0 c0 83 54 77 arrangement 2x2 position 2 0 AGX 3281 Bpp 16 Visual DirectColor yes 3 Getting started After specifying the parameters for multiple logical screens the values explained in section 3 4 2 X 11 configuration and section 3 4 3 Configuring a distributed s
218. ystem must be indicated KKKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKK KKK KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKEKK MLS X Server setup done Have fun NOTE enter service mmtserv to start the EOS Distributed X Server KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK When configuration is completed you can enter service mmtserv to Start the X server eos opt MMT2686 config service mmtserv Utility Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 If you operate Eos in eXtended safety boot mode please take care to update the backup partition after successful configuration see section 4 8 5 Backup and restore procedures eosxs Ja 3 Getting started 3 4 6 Configuring Osiris The configuration of Osiris is explained in the Osiris user s manual For the Osiris user s manual see section 7 3 Order codes Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual Revision 12 February 2005 H__________1__1__1__1__1__1 3 54 4 Operating 4 Operating This chapter shows the capabilities that Eos offers displaying graphics and video The multi screen capability of Eos the extensions of the X server and the X window system s strategies for color management are explained You are introduced into operating the video client for displaying video and RGB signals and the remote control client for controlling an OverView display wall Barco Eos X Terminal DOC 3061 2 user s manual

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