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1. 10 2 10 Maintenance with CAST If a projection unit has been replaced CAST will discard all measurements related with this projection unit and the measurements have to be repeated with both lamps of the new projection unit e Inthe grid view click into one of the corresponding lamps of the projection unit e Select Lamp Exchange to start the procedure The following dialog pops up w Lamp Exchange F Change lamp lD D Change lamp runtime 2895625 c 853 h G Uh W Repeat lamp optimization j Reset all measurements Apply Cancel Figure 10 2 Lamp Exchange dialog Since the measurements are triggered by the exchange of a projection unit and not by the replacement of lamps make sure that the checkbox Change lamp runtime is NOT selected Otherwise the runtime of the lamp will be reset to zero and is irretrievably lost Also the checkbox Change lamp ID should not be ticked Select Repeat lamp optimization to get the max light output of the lamps CAST will automatically measure both lamps of the new projection unit CAST will determine the factory colors and will try to fit the projection unit and its two lamps into the target applied to the Display Wall In case all serial numbers do not match CAST refuses to connect to the wall CAST Warning AN The serial numbers of the projectors do not match You probalby tried to connect to the wrong wall Figure
2. 12 34 12 CAST User interface 12 7 10 Factory colors CAST measures luminance and color location of all lamps with the dimmer wheel switched to full transmittance These values are then used to determine an auto target 12 7 10 1 Grid view In the grid view of the Factory colors the a tick indicate that the color locations have been measured a question mark shows that the color locations have not been measured yet The Factory colors are measured for both lamps therefore the cell of a projection module is subdivided into an upper part lamp top and a lower part lamp bottom Bold indicates the currently active lamp Sn barco karlsruhe docu Barco CAST D E4 HE O File Wall Lamp Tools Help oie s Figure 12 52 Grid view factory colors Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 35 12 CAST User interface 12 7 10 2 Table view Lum White Red Green Blue Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 Erl barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D miie File Wall Lamp Tools Help ois ls Sle v Be oO F L Lum white Red Greer q Blue z ADT T 0 1780 0 481 0 435 7 0 528 0 126 0 578 004 0 187 70 121 A0 B 0 1859 7 0 480 0 462 0 530 0 121 7 0 577 0 185 7 0 122 0 BO1 T 0 178 7 0 483 0 461 0 528 0 114 0 577 0 180 7 0 125 B01 B 0 178 7 0 487 O44 0 526 0
3. 6 Overview of adjustment steps CAST measures the factory colors of every projector for both lamps All color locations can be seen by clicking All projectors in the dialog sheet Due to the dual lamp system a nxm configuration shows 2 n m measuring points color locations im 41 Bottom lamp Ea Error Status Individual targets 5200 K u 0 184 v 0 501 Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Close Figure 6 6 location of white of all lamps of the Display Wall im 41 Bottom lamp ea Error Status Auto Target All projectors Individual targets Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors 0 Close color location for red of all projectors Figure 6 7 In addition to the deviation of color locations imaging devices also differ in brightness due to different luminance values Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 6 10 6 Overview of adjustment steps CAST also determines the luminance of all lamps and adjusts them to a common luminance which of course cannot be higher than the luminance of the darkest lamp The luminance of all lamps are visualized on the dialog Lamp Color amp Luminance Luminance w BS Bottom lamp Luminance Error Status Modity Target gt gt Figure 6 8 luminance distribution of all lamps
4. Before connecting to the wall please make sure to clase all OSD menus and dialogs that are currently shown on the projectors by aid of the infrared control Otherwise CAST might not be able to talk to the projectors properly Figure 11 13 CAST warning Then the connection dialog pops up w Connect to wall satemto lamp mode Enable Disable te Hat stangay o teald stendby E Auto siiten ute gave Message bores Error messages Infrared control W Switch on all projectors Lane aptinieatorn Cancel Figure 11 14 Connect dialog Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 44 1 11 Manual adjustment Click on Connect to establish a connection CAST will read the serial numbers of the projection unit the illumination unit and of the lamp as well as the operating hours of the lamp and then displays the respective values in the cells of the corresponding grid view If you change to view the adjusted colors all cells display a hand to show that you are in the manual mode Er lbarco karlsruhe manual test Barco CAST D E4 File wal Lamp Tools Help Dle as Figure 11 15 Manul mode The icon Show adjusted colors is disabled since without spectrometer no values of the color locations of a common target can be calculated applied or verified respectively Also all menu commands related to meas
5. General Select modules in this order The command Wall Measure displays a dialog to start the measurement procedure w none selected x Press measure button to start Measure Close Figure 12 16 Starting the measurement When the procedure has been startet on any projection module CAST requires a confirmation to start the individual measurement This confirmation ensures that measurement is only startet after the CAST spectrometer has been positioned correctly w none selected E4 Lett click to measure right click or ESC to ent Measure Close Figure 12 17 CAST waits for an acknowledge Changing of the active lamp does not require a confirmation Right click to abort the procedure If later re startet again CAST will automatically proceed with the first projection module the first lamp which has not yet been measured Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 41 292 10 12 CAST User interface 12 3 3 Wall properties This dialog has two tabs General and Comment On the General tab the information entered during creating a new wall is displayed Customer Location Wallname and Technician are editable Creation shows the date when the wall has been created White peaking refers to the White Peaking Value which has been set for while adjusting the Display Wall The adjustment is only valid for one white peaking value
6. This example shows 8 lamps 4 projection modules with factory luminance values ranging from 2891x to 309 Ix Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ MA 1 6 Overview of adjustment steps 6 3 2 2 Applying the auto target Based on the measurements of the factor colors CAST calculates common color locations for the primaries and for the white point the so called Auto target To see the result of this calculation click the checkbox Auto target on Lamps Color amp Luminance Color w Al Bottom lamp Green f Blue J uto Target All projectors Individual targets 5000 u 0 188 v 0 502 Modify Target gt gt f Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors 0 Close Figure 6 9 white point of Auto Target Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ CU 6 12 6 Overview of adjustment steps w Al Bottom lamp x Green i Blue j m Suto Target All projectors Individual targets Modity Target gt gt f Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors 0 Close color location for red of the Auto Target Figure 6 10 As explained above the common color locations and thus the common color triangle is inside the color triangles of all lamps The Auto Target calculated by CAST can be achieved by all projectors no matter which lamp is s
7. ______ 141 13 11 Manual adjustment In manul adjustment mode CAST switches the projectors to relative brightness of 100 cf Brightness relative and absolute mode This is the starting point for the manual adjustment procedure If the projection modules show a colored white e g a reddish white first move the target white indicated by the purple dot in the bitmap towards this color Click on the spin buttons at the bottom right edge to position the target w Manual adjust fully manual Relative Luminance 100 White color u 0 202 0 505 Calibrate Lum Factory Colors Close Figure 11 18 moving the target towards red To re center the target in the color space click onto the little rectangular button between the horizontal and vertical spin buttons Now you have to tell CAST the actual color of the projector lamp with respect to the target To do this double click onto the color location in the bitmap which resembles the color of the current projector lamp Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 41 14 White amp Luminance White color u 0 194 v 0 468 w Manual adjust fully manual x Relative Luminance 100 Calibrate Lum Factory Colors Close 11 Manual adjustment Figure 11 19 Manul mode the projectior lamp has been adjusted towards the target CAST will adjust the pro
8. Changing the white peaking value requires a re adjustment of the Display Wall White Peaking Values which differ from 10 are only set on a signed request of the customer im Wall properties Customer Baco CisSCisS Location Example Weallname Demoram karlsruhe optional Colums Flows p pz Technician IR obert Creation 19 05 2003 white peaking 10 Manual Mode M Figure 12 18 Wall properties dialog General tab On the Comment tab the technician may enter any commenting texts he wants to store with the wall w Wall properties General Manual Mode M 0k Figure 12 19 Wall properties dialog Comment tab Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 41 2 174 12 CAST User interface 12 4 Lamp These menu items are only enabled if an individual lamp is selected Er manual everywhere test Barco CAST D Fie wall Lamp Tools Help i a J Activate Exchange Measure fy Manual adjust Dis conmect Color amp luminance v 0 T B T T Re agy Auto Target j A Figure 12 20 Lamp menu 12 4 1 Activate The active lamp of a projection unit is indicated by a bold tick color view or a bold information about the operating hours lamp view To change the active lamp click into the cell which represents the desired lamp and select Lamp Activate The lamp lift will move the desired lamp in fron
9. u 0 174 v 0 632 Modify Target gt gt fi y C Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors O Close Figure 7 26 colors locations after the adjustment Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 7 15 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall After the color adjustment of the entire Display Wall all projection modules are adjusted to the target Select All projectors to check that all projectors have the same color location only one triangle is displayed w Al Bottom lamp Green f Blue J 4uto Target All projectors Individual targets 1 Modify Target gt gt C Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors 0 Clase Figure 7 27 all lamps are adjusted to the same target If you zoom in the color triangle e g into white you see that indeed all white locations are within the range of the target white Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 7 16 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall w Al Bottom lamp x C Green i Blue j J uto Target All projectors Individual targets 4800 u 0 194 v 0 502 Modify Target gt gt C Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors 0 Close Figure 7 28 color locations for white are all within the range of the target For detailed information about the Colors tab cf Col
10. 10 3 CAST refuses to connect to the Display Wall Select the appropriate wall file Or create a new one Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _ 10 3 10 Maintenance with CAST 10 3 Lamp exchange OverView D employs a dual lamp system Both lamps are taken into consideration when determining the target of a Display Wall Thus changing the active lamp has not impact on the adjustment However if a lamp is broken and has to be replaced the new lamp has to be adjusted to the target During connecting to the Display Wall if CAST recognizes that the serial number of a lamp does no longer match the serial number stored in the file the following dialog is displayed CAST Question Since the last C457 adjustment the Following lamps have been exchanged in the wall A Alib Al t 42 b Beti IF you continue CAST will reset all measurments you did on theses lamps And you will need to readjust them l Cancel Figure 10 4 CAST detects changed serial numbers of lamps After the replacement of a lamp the adjustment of the respective projection unit is lost To exchange a lamp while CAST is connected to the Display Wall select the respective lamp in the grid Select Lamp Lamp exchange A dialog pops up Make sure that all checkboxes are ticked w Lamp Exchange W Change lamplD f Change lamp runtime 4302611 cl ah G Oh MW Rep
11. 13 2 13 2 Technical data of the cordless MOUSE ec eecccscccsccessesscesscesscesecssecssecsssesscseeesssesscesscesecesseeseeseeessensees 13 2 14 TEOUDIESIOOUIAG secs satees sitet cc S CA 14 1 AA OWN CS ixssaresssest actesywadeavaachaeieecna eles tahadso ade senators aan aa aaa as enon a ees 14 2 15 HOt OEEO 15 1 15 1 Addresses 1 Preliminary Remarks 1 Preliminary Remarks Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ i 4t 1 Preliminary Remarks 1 1 Overview This chapter explains the structure of the manual as well as the applied style conventions and symbols 1 2 Manual structure This manual is divided into 1 chapters Preliminary Remarks This chapter explains the structure of the manual itself as well as the applied style conventions and symbols OverView D Series in Short Introduces the OverView D imaging device CAST a tool for Color Adjustment This chapter explains why projection modules have to be adjusted and introduces CAST Installation and Cabling Explains the system requirements and the installation of CAST software spectroscope mouse and the remote control cabling Color Measurement and Color Adjustment Gives some background information on color measurement and explains how CAST works Overview of adjustment steps Shows a flow chart of the adjustment procedure and a list which refers to the most important topcis in the manual Fully auto
12. 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 4 8 11 Manual adjustment Check the adjusted white of the projector In case it is still too reddish bluish greenish indicate this again by clicking on the corresponding color location on the bitmap Always tell CAST the current color location not the desired color location If required you can adjust the position of the target in the bitmap Per default it will be centered which means the target white is perfect white If you e g prefer a more blusih white target you can move the target location towards blue by aid of the spin buttons in the lower right corner If a projectors white then is less bluish as desired you can click in the middle of the bitmap to tell CAST to make it more blueish e Proceed until your visual inspection is satisfactory Close the dialog by clicking Close Manual adjustment can be done of the current white location To reset the modification to the color location of the factory colors click onto the button Factory Colors When enabling manual adjustment all previous measurements and verifications are preserved and can be re applied to the wall if desired To return from the manual adjustment mode to the automated color adjustment facilities of CAST click on Disable manual All manual modifications then will be lost Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____
13. 2006 _____ Y Y D 11 Manual adjustment Manual adjustment can only performed on the active lamp The tab White amp Luminance is not enabled if a test pattern different from white is applied In manual mode CAST sets the projector to relative brightness mode cf Brightness relative and absolute mode By means of the luminance slider the brightness can be adjusted between 50 and 100 w Manual adjust Improve automatic adjust White amp Luminance Relative Luminance 10024 White color Double click the current color of the module to adjust it towards the target color al u 0 182 v 0 484 TE Disable manual Calibrate Lur Factory Colors Close Figure 11 2 manual adjustment white point Use the White amp Luminance tab to change the white of the lamp In the bitmap the target white is indicated by a purple dot Indicate in the bitmap the white color of the respective lamp by double clicking on this location CAST then adjusts the white of this lamp towards the white of the target CAST estimates a new color for white for this lamp this white color is visualized as a shadow point in the bitmap In the manual adjustment mode you tell CAST the actual white of the current projection module by double clicking onto the matching color on the White amp Luminance tab CAST then adjust this color location towards the white of the target purple dot Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329
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15. CAST from the Display Wall click on the green connection icon A dialog pops up w Disconnect from wall Switch to lamp mode Enable Disable f Hot standby C Cold standby C Auto switch M Auto save Message boxes Error messages W Infrared control Switch off all projectors Disconnect Figure 12 46 Disconnect dialog The Lamp mode options are only available if CAST has been connected to a Display Wall operated in Hot Standby mode In case the Display Wall usually is operated in Cold Standby mode and the connection of CAST has been terminated unexpectedly the Display Wall remains in Hot Standby operation mode Then re connect CAST and before disconnecting select Cold stnadby of the Lamp mode options The options on the right side of the dialog can be liberally selected or unselected Select Switch off all projectors to shut down every projection module Click on Disconnect to break the connection Select Cancel to maintain the connection Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 31 12 CAST User interface 12 7 5 Expected projector address The figure CAST displays in the grid is the expected Remote Control address of the projection module CAST requires that the projector addresses are assigned as indicated in the view projector addresses n barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D x FF File Wall
16. Firmware revision of the projector Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 33 12 CAST User interface 12 7 9 Lamp identification The grid is subdived into to parts the upper one represents the top lamp the lower one the bottom lamp For both lamps the runtime is displayed in hours Bold indications in a cell identify the active lamp 12 7 9 1 Grid view CAST displays the operating time of the top lamp upper cell and bottom lamp lower cell of every projection module Bold entries in a cell mark the currently active lamp barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D Oo Pat Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help Figure 12 50 Lamp identificaiton grid view 12 7 9 2 Table view In the table view in addition the serial number of the lamps is listed barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D Mi rar Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help les Slee Slv Ae l ID h F L T 20695625 B rr 4r4 l T 7050379 B 4140327 B T B 9619531 0562369 r riiiG pg24502 Figure 12 51 Lamp identificaiton table view P Position of the projection module on the Display Wall derived from the name of the row and the number of the column L Lamp T Lamp Top B Lamp Bottom ID Serial number of the lamp H Operating time of the lamp in hours Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006
17. Lamp Tools Help oles E seb RE OI Figure 12 47 expected projector address CAST addresses the projection module by means of this address There is no special sequence in the remote control cabling required However for a clear layout it is recommended to do the cabling in a horizontal or vertical way Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 11292 32 12 CAST User interface 12 7 6 Projector identification Gives information about serial number of a projection unit PU and an illumination unit IU In table view additional information about the firmware is displayed 12 7 7 Grid view Er lbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D Nel Ea Fie wal Lamp Tools Help oes Ejs E HE L A Bee vere IRESE eed 8626193 PU 790481 B U 140177 PU 607236 J 9495566 PU 36401 Figure 12 48 Grid view projector identification 12 7 8 Table view Er barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D Iof x File Wall Lamp Tools Help He OO 7852122 3789026 4284564 0979739 0226292 5433606 5137375 4629800 Ready Auto Targe z Figure 12 49 Table view projector identification Column Description P Indicates the position of the projection module on the Display Wall derived from the row name and the column name ID IU Indicates the serial number of the illumination unit ID PU Indicates the serial number of the projection unit Firmware Gives information about the
18. Revision 04 December 2006 8 User defined targets 8 1 1 Modifying the white point Unlock white before modifying the white point To unlock a color the respective button has to be clicked on bottom of the dialog sheet Moving the white point just requires to mid click onto the desired white location If the color is locked a warning pops up CAST Warning AN The white target is locked Figure 8 4 locked target Individual targets 004 Modify Target gt gt f Factor colors Adjusted colors f Adjusted colors 0 Close Enable Disable white a Are Cor 6 onis o484 0433 0526 o 128 o575 0184 0146 Rename docu Sppe Loum Figure 8 5 unlocking the White color locaction Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 84 8 User defined targets Look at the following picture to see the relationship between the freely selected white point and the white color locations of the involved projection engines The white has turned reddish ig No projector selected Luminance 4500 K 0 01 u 0 142 v 0 504 Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Del Apply Color tf white i Red C Green i Blue All projectors Individual targets Modify Target gt Close 0 433 0 526 0 128 0 575 0 184 0 146 Rename Apply Loum The picture is for demonstration purpo
19. Wall Measure to start the adjust and verify procedure As expected three lamps do not reach the target and show a big cross the cells of the other lamps displays a tick Er lbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D el Ea File Wall Lamp Tools Help Di EE Figure 8 16 user defined target of the Display Wall has been measured Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 8 11 8 User defined targets Click again into the top lamp of the projection module A1 to see the reached color location in relationship to the target color location and the achieved luminance in relationship to the target luminance ig 4 amp 1 Top lamp Luminance i White f Red C Green f Blue docu All projectors Individual targets Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors 0 Figure 8 17 actual color location and target color location The achieved color location for red is very close to the tolerance range of the target You might also want to check the luminance w Al Top lamp CO o EnaStaus oo o mor Status gt Lum Red LI Green LI Blue Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Clase Figure 8 18 desired luminance 80 and achieved luminace 67 Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 8 12 8 User defined tar
20. a target the respective parameters red green blue white luminance have to be unlocked Click onto the button with the respective caption Mouse click actions in color triangle Right mouse click Zoom in out Mid mouse click Define the color locations of a user target The numeric values of the coordinates are updated in the u v fields of the respective color Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 41 2 18 12 CAST User interface 12 4 6 2 Luminance w Multi Selection Ea Luminance Eror Status 68 O g2 95 68 72 60 f Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Figure 12 30 Luminance tab On this tab the luminance values of the lamps are displayed It is a frequency distribution On the x axis the luminance values are shown on the y axis you can see how many lamps feature this luminance Use Steps to configure how the lux values are grouped in the diagram As with the colors the factory luminance of the lamps may vary a lot Select Factory Colors to display them After adjusting the lamps to the target color locations the luminance values are different Click on Adjusted Color to view them Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 41 292 19 12 CAST User interface w No projector selected Luminance Error Status 66 of 108 f Adjusted
21. automatically The Advanced tab of this looks like this w Define anew wall white Peaking 10 Manual mode M Figure 12 4 Define a new wall Advanced tab If not explicitly requested and signed by the customer the White Peaking value has to be 10 Manual mode is only to check if the Display Wall is to be completely adjusted without spectrometer This kind of adjustment is only recommended to experienced personell Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 3 12 CAST User interface The standard Windows dialog for saving a file opens Save wall file Ea Save int E CAST_D e f amp ee EE Examples T Help My Recent TemplateDB Documents Deskto m My Documents My Computer File name si hy Network Save as tupe Access Database rodb Cancel ve Figure 12 5 Select folder and file name Browse for a folder to store the file or create a new one CAST uses the information entered on the Basic tab to define a file name You can modify it however with regards to a global file system where all CAST files are stored the name should include the information which Display Wall customer project name has been adjusted The caption of the CAST main window will then show the current file name Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 D
22. calibration ensures that the luminance set in the manual adjustment mode relative brightness mode will not be changed when returning to the absolute brightness mode The target remains the same for all projectors On disconnecting CAST automatically performs this calibration In case you are satisfied with the result for the projector switch to the next projector by clicking into the respective projector in the grid view e Close the dialog by clicking Close 11 3 Exclude a projector from the adjustment procedure 11 3 1 Before connecting CAST If a projector is broken or if the lamp is broken and there is no replacement for it CAST can determine the target for the Display Wall without this projection module To bypass this projection module it has to be set to Standby mode When connecting to the Display Wall CAST asks whether to switch on all projector Clear this checkbox to ensure that the projectors set to standby are not taken into consideration for the target w Connect to wall sAtemto lamp mode Enable Disable te iat stangay o teald stendby Auto siiten Sua eave Message bores Error messages Infrared control T Switch on all projectors P Camp aptinieaton Cancel Figure 11 4 clear the second checkbox to bypass the projectors in Standby mode The projector can be replaced and then fitted into the target cf Exchange or it can be adjusted manually cf Manual adjus
23. different viewing angles This is mainly due to the characteristic of the screen CAST measures directly in front of the screen thus achieving a merely good homogenity impression for all viewing angles However if you want to optimize the homogenity for one specific viewing position this can only be done via manual improvement 11 2 Fine tuning after the automated adjustment procedure As mentioned earlier the objective measurement and adjustment by CAST is not always recognized perfect since the human eyes judges color differently particularly when seen from a viewing angle other than 90 Therefore it might be recommended to complete the automated adjustment procedure by a visual one by the manual adjustment Since an automated adjustment has already taken place the manual adjustment procedure has a very homogeneous starting point for all projectors e To start the manual fine tuning of a Display Wall choose a white test pattern click into the desired Lamp and select Lamp Manual Adjust A hand is displayed in the gid to show that you are in the manual mode Sn barco karslruhe test Barco CAST D Miel x FF Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help React Auta Targe z Figure 11 1 manual mode e The Adjust manual dialog opens Click on Enable manual to start the manual adjustment The caption of the button will switch to Disable manual Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December
24. for both lamps are determined CAST measures in the middle of a projection module The measurement sequence is white red green blue Thus per lamp one location for R G and B is determined as well as a position for the white point and the luminosities related to the colors Thus per projection unit two locations for R G B and white are measured 6 3 2 1 Factory colors Measuring the Factor Colors uncorrected color location is the first measurement cycle CAST measures the uncorrected color locations for red green blue and white as well as their luminosity By comparing the DIS values with the values of the CAST spectrometer the DIS calibraton factor and the DIS correction factors are determined Thus later entering a target value for brightness the dimmer wheel controlled by the DIS will be positioned accordingly The measurements are done subsequently for both lamps It is thus possible to receive the threshold values corners of the color triangle for every lamp The adjustment can only take the direction towards the inner of the triangle CAST then calculates a common color location and a common luminance the Auto target and applies it to the Display Wall This calucation considers all lamps to ensure that the color adjustment of the Display Wall does not change when changing the active lamp After the first measuring cycle the wall should be already quite well adjusted If the target color and the homogeneity of
25. for the spectrosopes have been copied to the folder Windows and Windows INF No more actions to activate enable the drivers are required After the successful installation the Windows Device Manager includes a new nod Ocean Optics Devices and lists CAST spectroscope as a new hardware device Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 4 ZF 4 Installation and Cabling Computer Management m Fie Action view Window Ha gS 2a lt R I KO amp RCLTOUS9 ih System Tools Acronis Devices Event viewer Computer Go Shared Folders See Disk drives Fs Local Users and Groups a Display adapters E z Performance Logs and Alerts HS DYDICD ROM drives Sa Device Manager 4 Floppy disk controllers S Storage Eh Floppy disk drives o H Removable Storage ey IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Disk Defragmenter Keyboards 3 Disk Management ne a Mice and other pointing devices s Services and Applications ia Monitors BB Network adapters BS Ocean Optics Devices fee ocean Optics USB4000 4 Ports COM amp LPT S88 Processors Sound video and game controllers See Storage volumes 9 System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Figure 4 9 The spectroscope Ocean Optics USB4000 is listed in the Device Manager In case you encounter problems with your spe
26. in this order 5 S S 2 mo 0 an an Figure 7 7 Tools Options General tab To perform the required adjustment procedure CAST has to be connected to the wall Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall 7 3 Connecting the Display Wall Make sure that the projector addresses are assigned in the requested order Switch to the remote control view to see the expected device numbers Erlbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D O File Wall Lamp Tools Help Figure 7 8 expected projector address CAST has not been connected yet e Click on the red Connect icon of the toolbar n barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D O FF File Wall Lamp Tools Help oie E ep lv l is sf Connect ko DLP all Figure 7 9 connect icon After clicking onto the red connection icon CAST warns about the interference of the OSD and CAST Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ CO 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall CAST Information 1 Before connecting to the wall please make sure to close all OSD menus and dialogs that are currently shown on the projectors by aid of the infrared control Gtherwise CAST might not be able to talk to the projectors properly Figure 7 10 CAST warning After confirmation and hopefull
27. looked at under different viewing angles Therefore an observer might judge the result of the automatic color adjustment by CAST to be unsatisfying Q CAST works on a formal objective basis Human color perception is a highly subjective matter 3 4 Visual evaluation optimizes automatic adjusting To overcome the above mentioned limitations CAST offers in addition the possibility of a manual adjustment After an automatic color adjustment a visual fine tuning can be done Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 3 2 4 Installation and Cabling 4 Installation and Cabling Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 4 4 Installation and Cabling 4 1 Requirements e Windows 2000 or WindowsXP e Standard PC or Laptop e Processor Pentium II 500 MHz or higher e Main memory 64 MB e Screen resolution XGA 1024x768 or higher e Interfaces 1x USB spectroscope 1x USB cordless mouse 1x Serial remote control 4 2 Components of CAST CAST consists of a color measuring unit spectrometer 2 connected with a notebook computer via a USB interface 3 and a cordless mouse 4 with its receiver 5 to control the measurement During measurement the sensor S of the spectrometer has to touch the screen The CAST software 1 controls the measuring instrument processes the measured data and a
28. purple for better visibility the triangle itself is drawn white Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ______ 41 2 17 12 CAST User interface Select Factory Colors to display the factory color locations and their related color triangles Click Adjusted Colors to display the color locations after the adjustment to a selected target TThe scale is displayed on the lower left edge of the color diagram Zoom in the color diagram either by right click or by means of the radio buttons in the Zoom frame Shift the position of the diagram by means of the spin buttons on the upper right edge You can extend or reduce the color tab by clicking on Modify Target The extension also shows the numeric values of the color coordinates for white red green and blue as well as the luminance in lux If more than one target exists the desired target can be selected in the list box The selected target is immediately applied to the Display Wall Copy Copy a target and modify its luminance or color saturation by means of the respective spin buttons Click on the header of a respective color to enable it Except for the autotarget the selected target can be deleted Del or renamed Rename It is also possible to mid click in the color triangle to define a color location for white and or for one all of the primaries To do this the respective parameters first have to be unlocked To modify
29. the projector again to the target cf Lamp exchange Another possibility might be the modification of the target cf User defined targets Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ______ O 8 16 9 Adjusting adjacent display walls 9 Adjusting adjacent display walls Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 91 9 Adjusting adjacent display walls 9 1 Multi Wall Target In case a control room houses more than one display wall it might be desired to have all walls adjusted to a common target CAST provides the command MultiWall Target to perform this task This command can be found in the File menu Sr Barco CAST D O File wal Lamp Toole Help Mew Chi Open Ctrl 0 Hlase Etri HE inelete tr elu Mult all T arget E wit Figure 9 1 File menu Multi Wall Target This command requires to have performed the first adjustment individually on all walls which have to be adjusted to a common target For every display wall to be adjusted to a common target Create a wall file Connect to the display wall Perform the first adjustment step for the display wall find auto target Disconnect from the display wall Close the wall file Subsequently select the command Wall MultiWall Target A dialog pops up where the display walls to be adjusted to a common target can be entered
30. the wall are already satisfying you can disconnect from the wall The second measuring cycle is optional You might also consider to improve the result manually The result of this measurement is visualized on the Color tab of the Lamp Color amp Luminance dialog The caption indicates both the projection module and the lamp Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 6 6 6 Overview of adjustment steps w Al Top lamp Luminance White f Red Green Blue Auto Target All projectors Individual targets u 0 213 v 0 627 i Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Figure 6 2 color triangle of the top lamp measured by CAST If you zoom in the graphic right mouse click you can have a detailed look on measurement points for white and the primaries You can also use the zoom option on the dialog sheet The following pictures show the color location for white and for red Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 6 7 6 Overview of adjustment steps w 41 Bottom lamp Luminance i Green Blue Auto Target All projectors Individual targets iM y 0 545 v 0 408 Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Close Figure 6 3 white location w 41 Bottom lamp Luminance 4 Fl fa Blue Au
31. to rel 2 2 it is recommended to update the driver of this spectroscope as well In case the spectroscope USB2000 shows a strange behavior update of the driver file is mandatory During the installation of the CAST software the driver files of the spectroscope have been copied to C windows inf To update the driver navigate to the entry of the spectroscope in the Windows Device Manager A Device Manager x Action View weet KAR CLT 4H f computer eo Disk drives 3 Display adapters GF DYE CD ROM drives oe Floppy disk controllers A Floppy disk drives H IDE ATA ATAPT controllers ae Keyboards ce Mice and other pointing devices ce a Monitors fle Network adapters HS Ports COM amp LPT BENE Sound video and game controllers th System devices ey Other devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Ocean Optics USB2000 EEPROM Load Standard Universal PCT to USB Host Controller Standard Universal PCI bo USB Host Controller USB Rook Hub USB Rook Hub e Figure 4 4 The spectroscope Ocean Optics USB2000 is listed in the Device Manager Right click on the entry of spectroscope From the context menu select Properties and then activate the tab Driver Click the button Update driver Select the file ooi_usb inf located in C Windows Inf Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 5 4 Installation and Cabling Har
32. will Luri lie vl iu an o defined slale aid nig il eause serivus problems el ren oa li ai g with khe wall adusktnent You should only interrupt C457 ir sitsatons where the azplization s hanging It is strongly recommended te discornect and reconnect wita COST afterwards Are you Sure yod want CAST to Interrupt this nteactonr w C Figure 12 59 Interrupt button warning If you interrupt CAST it is strongly recommended to disconnect and re connect again Therefore CAST displays this warning CAST Warning You hawe to disconneck and reconneck now Figure 12 60 Interrupt button reminder Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 40 13 Technical Data 13 Technical Data Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 13 1 13 Technical Data 13 1 Technical data of the CAST spectroscope Vcc 5 5 VDC Voltage on any pin Vcc 0 2 VDC Power requirement master 130 mA at 5 VDC Supply voltage AS 55N Dynamic range 2x108 Signal to Noise 250 1 single acquisition Resolution FWHM 0 3 10 0 nm Temperature 30 70 Storage 10 60 C Operation 13 2 Technical data of the cordless mouse Hardware IBM compatible PC running Windows98SE 2000 ME or XP or Mac compatible Compatibility USB Port Operating Temp 10 to 40 C 50 to 104 F Storage Temp 30 t
33. 01 Lum Calibration Date 1 24 2002 Load Calibration Figure 12 36 calibration is outdated In spite of this warning the spectrometer can still be used for measurements but the correctness of the values can no longer be guaranteed Click on Load Calibration to update the calibration file Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 23 12 CAST User interface 12 5 1 3 Advanced Options Fa Saturation of red Saturation of green f CIE197 Saturation of blue ee oe C 0E1931 UmINaNCE Tolerances Tolerance White E Skip venfication measurement Tolerance Red during second measuring cycle Tolerance Green Tolerance Blue Defaults Close Figure 12 37 Tools Options Advanced tab On this tab some measurement parameters can be set 12 5 1 4 How CAST determines the auto target After having measured the factory color locations the common color location for all lamps has to be calculated Reduce autotarget by these values Since color locations and luminance are not independent it is recommended to shift the calculated color locations of the primaries a bit into the color triangle to make sure that the values can be reached The same applies for luminance Check the quality of the lamps by selecting Lamps Projector Properties and visualize the distribution of the color locations and the luminance The more uniform the smaller the
34. 127 r 0577 0 1780 7 0 122 AD2 T 0 175 7 0 484 0 445 7 52 0 123 7 0 578 0 176 7 0134 U AD2 B 0 175 7 0 479 0 445 7 0 530 0 119 7 0 579 0 180 7 0 137 BOZ T 0 183 7 0 487 0 446 7 0 530 0 126 0 577 0 187 7 0 126 U B02 6 0 181 0 485 0 440 7 0 528 0 115 70 579 0 1780 7 0 124 Ready Factory Colors z Figure 12 53 table view factory colors Description Indicates the position of the projection module on the Display Wall derived from the row name and the column name Indicates the lamp T lamp top B lamp bottom Indicates the luminance of the projector Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Displays the color coordinates for white in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 1931 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Shows the distance of the white color location to the white target Displays the color coordinates for red in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 1931 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Shows the distance of the red color location to the red target Displays the color coordinates for green in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 19
35. 19 dividing the Display Wall into multiple chains In the current release 2 0 CAST for OverView D series does not fully support Display Walls larger than 32 projection modules As a work around when CAST has reached the end of one chain it displays a message during which the user can switch between the serial cables and then he can proceed the measurement by clicking Retry on the current CAST warning CAST then will do the adjustment procedure chain for chain Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ CO 4 18 4 Installation and Cabling 4 12 Sequence of communication lt lt RS232 gt gt N amp Barco Support ib Engineer Figure 4 20 communication process Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ CO F 12729 5 Color measurement and color adjustment 5 Color measurement and color adjustment Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 51 5 Color measurement and color adjustment 5 1 Introduction Display walls are installed wherever computer information or videos have to be presented on a large area Stacking and stringing of projection modules yield display walls in any desired size while retaining the original brightness level Production processes cause color deviations with the image sources which are unplea
36. 31 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Shows the distance fo the green color location to the green target Displays the color coordinates for blue in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 1931 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Shows the distance of the blue color location to the blue target Shows the number of measurement steps 12 36 12 7 10 3 Adjusted color As long as the adjusted colors had not been verified a question mark is displayed 12 7 10 4 Grid view After the adjustment procedure the interior color of the cells shows the result A tick indicates that the target has been reached A cross indicates that the targethas not been reached Bold marks the currently active lamp Br lbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D lel File Wall Lamp Tools Help 12 7 10 5 Table view barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D FF File Wall Lamp Tools Help Ollie Slay Be ol FP L Lum white l Red i Green q Blue ADIIT 0 180 7 0 484 0 434 7 0 526 0 129 0 575 0 183 0 146 ADI B 0 182 7 0 484 0 433 7 0 525 0 127 0 576 0 184 0 146 BOI T 0 181 0 484 0 433 7 0 525 0 128 0 576 0 183 0 146 B T B 0 182 7 0 484 0 434 7 0 527 0 128 0 576 0 184 0 146 Ale T 0 182 7 0 484 0 432 0 526 0 127 0 57
37. 4 4 11 2 1 Manual adjustment luminance If a projector cannot reach the luminance target it is too bright or too dark cannot be improved manually It will be set to lowest brightness projector too bright or highest brightness projector too dark respectively e Select the white test pattern e Click on a Lamp e Select Manual adjust from the context menu or select Lamp Manual adjust e A dialog opens with the tab White amp Luminance e Click on the button Enable manual CAST then sets the projection module to relative brightness mode cf Brightness relative and absolute mode The luminance slider gets enabled w Manual adjust Improve automatic adjust White amp Luminance Relative Luminance 7024 Pee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee White color u 0 197 v 0 497 Digable manual Calibrate Lum Factor Colors Close manual adjustment of luminance Figure 11 3 The luminance slider on this dialog indicates luminance for the selected lamps with the indicated location for white Use the slider to change the luminance from in the range between 50 and 100 Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 4 85 11 Manual adjustment Whenever a new color location for white is indicated by clicking into the matching color of the bitmap the luminance slider will not change its value Click on Calibrate Lum to manually calibrate the DIS This
38. 5 0 184 0147 Alle B 0 181 7 0 4855 0 433 0 526 0 127 7 0 574 0 185 7 0 145 B024 T 0 181 7 0 484 0 432 0 526 0 127 0 574 0 1847 0147 B02 B 0 181 7 0 484 0 433 0 526 0 128 0 575 0 184 7 0147 Ready Auto Target f adjusted colors table view Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 hi Ma Ma Mi M a a Mafe 12 CAST User interface Figure 12 54 adjusted colors grid view Figure 12 55 12 37 Column Lum White Red Green Blue 12 CAST User interface Description Indicates the position of the projection module on the Display Wall derived from the row name and the column name Indicates the lamp T lamp top B lamp bottom Indicates the luminance of the projector as after the first measurement cycle Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Displays the color coordinates for white in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 1931 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Shows the distance of the white color location to the white target Displays the color coordinates for red in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 1931 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the v
39. 5 0 6 Figure 5 2 moving from B to W hue remains constant saturation decreases Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 gt _ 53 5 Color measurement and color adjustment 5 4 Principle of color adjustment Due to production processes imaging devices have native color deviations In case of two imaging devices the two color triangles might look like this o S a l o u 0 0 0 4 03 03 0 4 05 0 6 Figure 5 3 color triangles of two imaging devices schematic A Display Wall housing these imaging devices features rather inhomogeneous color and brightness Therefore the projection engines have to be adjusted to a common color triangle It is obvious that the common color triangle is the intersection of the individual color triangles 0 3 3 u 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 Figure 5 4 common color triangle Compared to the color locations before adjustment the primary colors of the adjusted imaging devices are less saturated Besides the luminance has decreased Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ d2iF 5 Color measurement and color adjustment 5 5 Color adjustment on OverView D series 5 5 1 Principle With OverView D series there are two components to balance color and brightness Brightness is controlled via the optical dimmer which adjusts the light flux Color can be
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41. Apply Color to load the new color target to the wall Click Apply Lum to load the new luminance target to the wall Since for demonstration purposes the target is out of range the cells of the wall show a big cross The big cross is the indication that the target will not be reached has not been reached Since verification has not been performed yet the cells of those lamps which will reach the target are marked with a question mark n barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D 5 Fa ar Fil Wall Lamp Tools Help Figure 8 13 values not measured yet With the Lamp Color amp Luminance dialog tab still open click into a lamp to see why the target cannot be reached n barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D O war File Wall Lamp Tools Help Figure 8 14 selecting a lamp to check why the target cannot be reached Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ _ 8 10 8 User defined targets w Al Top lamp Green Cf Blue j docuz All projectors Individual targets Modity Target gt gt Adjusted colors 0 Clase Figure 8 15 coloar location for red is not reached the same applies for the luminance The selected lamp is indicated blue The color tab shows an unreachable list on the right where Red and Lum is checked This informs that this lamp can neither reach the target for red nor for the luminance Click on
42. Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 9 2 w Create common target for multiple adjacent walls 9 Adjusting adjacent display walls Figure 9 2 Add walls for a common target Clicking on the button Add Wall opens the standard file open dialog of Windows Browse to the respective directory and browse to the desired files Click on Open to add them to the list of walls to be adjusted to a common target Open wall file My Recent Documents Deskto p rN r wis My Documents r i i Mo Computer S i My Network Places w Create common target for multiple adjacent walls x Orms SCY a Barco Example Broadcast 2 dip 2003_05_20 mdb i Barco Example Demoroom Karlsruhe See dip 2003_05_19 mdb docu barco test docu 22 dip 2005_06_ 25 mdb docu barco test docu 22 dip 2005 08 25 mdb gt Access Database mdb 7 E barco docu test docu 2x2 Example Barco Demoroom Karlsruhe asz Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 Figure 9 3 Select the walls for a common target Figure 9 4 List of walls for a common target 9 3 9 Adjusting adjacent display walls When all walls are added click on Find Multi Wall Target A warning pops up CAST Question Figure 9 5 CAST warning The targets of the walls are preserved even if they have identical nam
43. ST will disconnect from this projector and do the adjustment procedure without this projector Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 11 7 11 Manual adjustment er manual everywhere best Barco CA5 D _ O x Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help lar fs Ble v EE OI CAST Information _l CAST has disconnected From this projector Reach Auto Target A Figure 11 7 CAST information disconnected from projector If afterwards the problems are solved the projector can be reconnected to the wall e Click into the respective cell in the grid e Select Lamp Connect e Cast will connect to this projector When finished the following message pops up Er lmanual everywhere test Barco CAST D j x Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help Ola fe CAST Information i CAST has connected to the projector Ready Auto Target g Figure 11 8 CAST information connected to projector Now the measurements for this projectors can be done via Lamps Measure The commands Lamp Disconnect and Lam Connect respectively allow to connect to or disconnect from a single projector while CAST is connected to the display wall Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 11 8 11 4 Adjusting projectors with extremely bad color locations When measuring the factory colors CAST migh
44. Set Program Access and Defaults a gt Remote Assistance BA visio 2000 G Windows Media Player A WordPad BA Earca CAST 2 1 Td CAST O Programs b Ei ee Documents Release Motes User s Manual CAST O page T User s Manual C45T P 9 Search b 7 Help and Support y Pun Shut Down Start Manuals CASTiscreen 4 Windows XP Professional Figure 7 1 starting the software The About dialog is displayed E7 About CAST D x Color Adjustment Service Tool for Overview D Senes firmware 2 and 3 4 Version 2 1 SR1 buid 49 Barco Control Rooms c 2001 2005 Figure 7 2 CAST About dialog Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ C 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall Then the main window of CAST is opened File all Lamp Tools Help olej l Figure 7 3 CAST main window CAST stores all information about a Display Wall in a database file During installation some sample databases have been created in the folder C Program Files Barco Cast Cast_D Examples To use CAST in the field the user has to create a new database at his desired location Select File New to create a new database In this file CAST will mainly store the following information in the wall The configuration of the Display Wall the product information of the projection unit and the illumination unit S
45. The measured values of all projection modules are taken into consideration when calculating a common color location a so called target Then the projection units and its lamps are adjusted to this calculated target The user may stop the adjustment procedure whenever he wants to In case of a later resume CAST starts exactly with the following step of the aborted procedure CAST user First measuring cycle factory colors Modify target Second measuring cycle improve adjustement and verify result Manual improve CAST software Connect initialize projectors for adjustment procedure Find automatic target color Initial automatic correction Automatic improve Disconnect put projectors back to operational state Figure 6 1 flow chart of adjustment Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ C 6 Overview of adjustment steps 6 2 CAST options of operation The flow chart shows all possible options how to operate CAST For better overview the different ways are drawn in different styles 6 2 1 Recommended standard procedure bold This flow shows the fully automated adjustment process cf Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall It comprises two measuring cycles one to measure the factory colors the second to measure the adjusted colors Auto target If desired the measurement procedure can be followed by a ma
46. User interface After confirmation the measurement result of the lux meter has to be entered into the following dialog Calibrate spectrometer Ei Date of last Lux 01 011900 calibration The lus value at 47 iz 150 Hold spectrometer to the same spot and press any mousebutton to calibrate Cancel Figure 12 39 Calibration of spectroscope Click on Start to start the measurement with the spectrometer Make sure that the spectrometer is hold on approximately the same spot as the lux meter After the measurement CAST displays the following message box CAST Information Figure 12 40 Luminance calibration is completed The date in the Calibrate spectrometer dialog will be updated Luminance calibration has no influence of quality when adjusting a Display Wall The calibration is only used to show a true value on the Luminance tab in Projector Projector properties The color calibration of the spectrometer is done in the optics lab and saved to a file Each spectrometer has an own calibration file which has to be loaded when installing the device cf Spectroscope The spectrometer has to be sent to the optics lab in regular intervals 1 year for re calibration The updated calibration file then is loaded by clicking on Load calibration on the hardware tab in Tools Options There is no possibility to check whether a calibration file is still valid or whether the spectrometer has to be re calibrated Howev
47. User interface Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 1 12 CAST User interface 12 1 Menu bar of CAST 12 2 File menu EF Barco CAST D eth le Rip hel Figure 12 1 File menu To facilitate file exchange every Display Wall is saved in an individual database file Thus every database consist of only one file one Display Wall This is in contrast to previous releases CAST for OverView P series 12 2 1 New Use this command to create a new file In case there is already a file open this file will be closed if CAST is not connected to the Display Wall In case there is already a connection to the Display Wall a warning pops up which informs to disconnect first CAST Warning Figure 12 2 CAST warning CAST then asks for some information like customer location wall configuration Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 2 12 CAST User interface i Define a new wall Customer Location Wwalname optional Colums Flows E E Technician docu barca Creation 25 08 2005 OF Cancel Figure 12 3 Define a new wall basic tab Please enter the required information Customer Location and Wallname are fields to identify the wall Columns and Rows are mandatory for CAST Creation Date and Technician are filled in
48. User s manual CAST FOR OVERVIEW D SERIES DOC 3329 2 DOC 3329 2 Title Cast for OverView D Series User Manual ID NO DOC 3329 2 Date 2006 12 Revision 04 Primary Edition Update Chapter 1 new Chapter 2 new Chapter 3 new Chapter 4 new Chapter 5 new Chapter 6 new Chapter 7 new Chapter 8 new Chapter 9 new Chapter 10 new Chapter 11 new Chapter 12 new Chapter 13 new Chapter 14 new Chapter 15 new new The corresponding chapters were newly generated or completely revised COTT Parts of the corresponding chapter were corrected see edit mark add Missing parts of the corresponding chapter were added see edit mark Document History Changes resulting in a new version are marked with a bar in the margin of the text Do not discard this page This manual refers to CAST Release 2 2 CAST 2 0 was the first release of CAST software to support color adjustment of the OverView D series Firmware CAST for OverView D Series Release 2 2 supports firmware versions 2 xx 3 xx of the projection units In case projectors still have firmware 1 xxx the firmware has to be upgraded CAST for OverView D Series Release 2 2 has been modified to support the spectrometer of type USB4000 Trademarks Company and product names listed in this manual are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners All of the company and product names listed in this publication serve as reference or example and are not intended as adverti
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50. adjusted by the ASIC controlling the DMD chip 5 5 1 1 Optical dimmer The optical dimmer is controlled by the DIS direct illumination sensor If the DIS is correctly calibrated any desired brightness value within the available range of the lamp can be set Therefore CAST has to calibrate the DIS 5 9 1 2 ASIC The ASIC has to be told the uncorrected color locations and the total white and the desired color location Based on these information an algorithm is applied to adjust the parameters CAST has to provide the uncorrected color locations factory colors and the target color location Auto target user defined target 5 5 2 How CAST works CAST has to calibrate the DIS and to provide the necessary information about color locations to the ASIC CAST uses a spectrometer for measurement The spectrometer has been calibrated by aid of a lux meter thus CAST then in turn can calibrate the DIS by measuring the brightness of a lamp and setting these values into relationship to those measured by the DIS The spectrometer also measures the uncorrected color locations of all lamps and CAST then calculates a common target for all lamps the Auto target The information about the uncorrected color locations and the desired color locations is given to the ASIC which then applies the appropriate algorithm to adjust the colors 5 5 3 Operating conditions of CAST For the color adjustment of optical engines which are used in rear projection modul
51. adjusted color and since the color locations had not been verified yet a question mark is displayed However the measurement cycle indicator already shows a 1 barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D ea war File Wall Lamp Tools Help Dle as React Auto Target oy Figure 7 21 adjusted colors not measured yet Click on Measure to start the verification procedure w 41 Bottom 1 x Fress measure button to start Measure Close Figure 7 22 start measuring Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 7 13 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall Unless explicitely selected cf Advanced Tools Options Advanced each lamp is measured twice the colors are adjusted and verified than luminance is adjusted and since luminance adjustment might influence the color adjustment the colors are measured again If the entire measurement is completed the cell is ticked and indicates a 2 Er barco karlsruhe docu Barco CAST D a EJ File Wall Lamp Tools Help oie ae Figure 7 23 the measured lamps show a tick in their cell The various steps can be understood when looking at Lamps Color amp Luminance Colors If e g both lamps of the projection module A1 are selected click e g in the upper the cells and then hold down the shift key and click in the lower cell to do a multiselection you can see the
52. after the time of risk transference If the complaints are justified Barco Control Rooms GmbH can chose to repair or replace the goods within an appropriate timeframe If repairs are not possible or if they failed the buyer can demand a price reduction or withdraw from the contract cancellation Barco Control Rooms GmbH is not liable for any additional demands especially for direct or indirect damages as well as damages caused by operating the software or other services system integral or independent provided by Barco Control Rooms GmbH if it cannot be proven that the damage is caused or based on missing properties guaranteed in writing or that Barco Control Rooms GmbH is guilty of gross negligence or intend of defrauding the buyer If the buyer or a third party changes modifies repairs or improperly operates or uses the goods delivered by Barco Control Rooms GmbH especially if systems are started or operated incorrectly or if goods are subjected to risks after the transfer of risk which are not covered by the contract the buyer s warranty claims become null and void System failures caused by programs or special electronics supplied by the customer e g interfaces are also not covered by the warranty Normal wear and tear as well as normal maintenance is not covered by the Barco Control Rooms GmbH warranty The environmental conditions specified in this manual as well as the care and maintenance guidelines have to be adhered to by the custom
53. ain when re installing the CAST spectroscope If this message is ignored and CAST is started without the necessary calibration file of the CAST spectroscope no measurements will be taken by CAST On the Hardware tab this status is notified The serial number of the CAST spectroscope then is written in red Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ CO 4 7 4 Installation and Cabling w Options USE Spectrometer Serial Mr USE2E1856 Color Calibration Date o 132003 Lum Calibration Date o m3003 tus O PEE Displaywall connection Fort com z B audrate 2600 Defaults OK Figure 4 7 spectrometer status is OK In regular intervals about one year the CAST spectroscope has to be re calibrated in the factory cf Hardware Recalibration results in a new calibration file Before operating the CAST spectroscope it is recommended to do a luminance calibration cf Calibrate spectrometer CAST is able to manage multiple CAST spectroscopes and their corresponding calibration files The serial numbers of the spectroscope are read and the calibration files requested if they are not available yet All calibration files which have been used with CAST systems are saved in the WinNT folder in the file spectroscope ini If the USB interface is plugged into the laptop and not recognized when booting the laptop unplug it and plug it in again It then sh
54. alues descending Shows the distance of the red color location to the red target Displays the color coordinates for green in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 1931 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Shows the distance fo the green color location to the green target Displays the color coordinates for blue in the u v color space CIE 1976 is selected on Tools Options Advanced or in the x y color space CIE 1931 is selected on Tools Options Advanced Click on the header of the column to sort the values descending Shows the distance of the blue color location to the blue target Shows the number of measurement steps Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 129 338 12 7 11 Test pattern 12 CAST User interface CAST provides several test pattern to apply to the Display Wall to e g check the result of color adjustment On the RGB tab the available test pattern are white the primary colors and the secondary colors By means of a Slider bar the R G B components of a color can be equally modified w Choose Test Pattern O EJ EEEE fofofo Figure 12 56 Test pattern RGB tab On the Special tab some geometric patterns can be selected Pattern RGB Original Color bars Outline Hatch Pixe
55. amp of B1 blue Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ OOF2 14 8 User defined targets w B1 Top lamp a0 Modity Target gt gt 65 Bi 0 95 f Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors 0 Close Figure 8 21 desired luminance cannot be reached It is evident that the projector cannot reach a target with this luminance This information can also be found in the unreachability section on the tab Lamp Color amp Luminance Luminance Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ O 15 8 User defined targets 8 3 4 Not reachable What to do A lamp which is indicated as probably not to reach the target might nevertheless reach the target or come very close the tolerance of the target after the adjustment steps As mentioned earlier CAST is based on objectives rules and calculations which sometimes do not match the visual impression Even lamps which CAST indicates as out of the target might match with the overall impression of homogeneity of the Display Wall Apply a test pattern to judge by eye the result of the adjustment process In case the eyes also reject the quality of the projection module a manual improvement might do the trick cf Manual adjustment If e g a projector is too dark exchange of the lamp might result in higher luminance After replacement of the lamp adjust
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57. ate Fx riaroe Measure Manual adjust y Lornect Color amp luminance J 2 2 Auto arget Figure 12 27 Lamp menu connect Er imanual everywhere test Barco CAS T O 0 x File Wal Lamo Tools Hep Blalls a Ge oO CAST Intormation a 1 CAST has connected o the projectar Ready Auta Target a Figure 12 28 Lamp menu connection to a single projector established Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 1 2 16 12 CAST User interface 12 4 6 ColoraLuminance Selecting this command opens a multi page with 2 tabs On the Colors and Luminance tab the color and luminance values of one or multiple all lamps are visualized 12 4 6 1 Colors w Multi Selection Ea i white i Red C Green Blue All projectors Individual targets SS 0 1 u 0 170 v 0 630 Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 elas Copy Del Appli Eola Rename Apply Lun 0 184 0 142 ike Auto Target hi Figure 12 29 Colors tab On this tab all color related information is given The interior colors of the options next to the chromaticity diagram are equivalent to the color in which the selected options are displayed in the diagram the selected projectors are displayed in blue the color triangles of all projectors are displayed in black The color locations of the target are
58. ateBlueUmin lab validateBluevmax lab validateBlue min lab alidateGreenEmax lab alidateGreenEmin lab alidateGreenUmax lab alidateGreenUmin lab validateGreenmax lab validateGreen ymin lab validateRedEmax lab alidateRedEmin lab validateRedUmax lab validateRedUmin lab validateRedymax lab alidateRed min ab validate WhiteEmax lab validateWwhiteEmin ahi lelke ee ee ee Ieo 4 My ComputertHEEY CURRENT USER Software BarcoylasT Common Type REG of REG 52 REGS 52 REG of REG 52 REG 52 REG SZ REG 52 REG of RES 52 RES 52 REG 52 REG 52 RES 52 REG 52 REG 52 REGS 52 REG 52 REG of REG 52 REG 52 RES 52 REG of REG 52 RES 52 nr Oom Data value not set 2 00 0022 0 O barco docu 200 1 0 25 O12 0 26 0 08 00 1 0 16 O 1 0 6 0 5 200 Figure 11 9 Registry editor Except for the registry keys for color validation all other values are to be modified on Tools Options only Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 11 Manual adjustment To reset all values to their defaults click on the Defaults button on Tools Options Advanced This command also resets the manually edited registry values Editing registry keys should be restricted to emergency cases and to the values for color validation 11 5 Fully manual adjustment without spectrometer This operation mode works completely without spectrom
59. ated by the other lamp Since the lamp is switched on some minutes in advance the takeover of the other lamp is nearly not noticeable Both lamps are taken into consideration when adjusting the Display Wall Therefore the adjustment tool switches the Display Wall into Hot Standby mode Please note that operating the Display Wall in Hot Standby mode is only available if activated upon special request Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 21 2 OverView D Series in Short 2 3 Lamp optimization Since the light is coupled into the light rod by means of a mirror the position of the mirror together with the actual lamp properties determine the light yield During the Lamp Optimization procedure the light output of the active lamp in dependance of the tilting angle of the mirror is measured and the optimized mirror position for the lamp is determined The procedure has to be performed subsequently for both lamps The optimised positions are stored independently for both lamps so that after setting the lamp lift in motion and thus changing the active lamp the mirror position is adjusted accordingly i During this procedure the display gets dark for about 30seconds 2 4 Color wheel The color wheel incorporated in the DLP projection engine has 4 sectors red R green G white W and blue B White is generated by the primary colors via the addit
60. colors Outline border round the projection module Pixel On Off alternating white and black pixels Interrupt button This button only shows up while CAST is wating for status changes in the projector By means of this button the interaction of CAST with the display wall can be interrupted without using the killing functionalitiy of the Windows Task Manager 12 7 1 Create new wall Clicking this icon corresponds to the command File New cf New In case a wall is already opened it will be closed provided there is no connection established A new wall is created The wall properties dialog is displayed enter the required information 12 7 2 Open existing wall Clicking this icon corresponds to the command File Open wall cf Open All walls saved in the specified folder are displayed Select the desired wall from the list Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 12 29 12 CAST User interface 12 7 3 Connect There is no corresponding menu entry Click on this icon to establish a connection between CAST and the Display Wall The projector identifications stored in the wall will be compared with the actual projector properties and the lamp run time of the lamps will be updated In case a serial number is missing CAST refuses to connect cf Troubleshooting In case CAST recognizes that a projection unit or an illumination unit does not match e g a projection uni
61. colors 0 Modity Target gt gt Close Figure 12 31 Luminance tab adjusted colors The luminance CAST calculates for the auto target is based on the least luminance value even reduced by a certain factor This factor is defined in Tools Options Advanced and guaranties that the luminance will be met by all projectors Since luminance and color locations are not independent the color adjustment of e g the lamp with the least luminance could result in a luminance for this lampwhich is lower than before Therefore it is recommended to have the target luminance purple lower than the least luminance and this factor is defined on the above mentioned tab in the Tools Options menu cf Options Mouse click actions Mid mouse click Define the luminance of user target The numeric value of this luminance is updated in the respective field next the spin buttons of the luminance Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 412 20 12 4 6 3 Error status 12 CAST User interface ig No projector selected x Luminance System Errors LI Top lamp C Bottom lamp L Lamp door J Over temperature C Under voltage J Ullurnination unit read Reference search C Litt L Fan C Brightness set Factory colors Reset Modify Target gt gt f Adjusted colors 0 Close Adjusted colors Figure 12 32 Error Status tab Use this tab to get
62. configuration the projector address equals P n m n n m 1 actual column total columns actual row 1 CAST represents the Display Wall in a kind of table the rows labeled A B C and so on the columns labeled 1 2 3 One view depicts the expected projector addresses Er Barco Karlsruhe test Barco CAST D Miel E4 File Wall Lamp Tools Help ic Figure 4 12 expected projector addresses You can see the projector addresses expected according the rule explained above Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 7 14 4 Installation and Cabling After production every projector has the projector address 255 To assign the correct projector address proceed as follows e Press the ADJ key on the RCU to display the menu bar Operation Figure 4 13 menu bar of the OSD e Move the cursor to Brightness e Enter the access code for the service menu via the numeric keys on the IR Remote Control The Service menu entry is shown e Move the cursor to Projector Address e Press Enter to select Service Projector Address Figure 4 14 service menu of the OSD The projector address and the common RC5 address is displayed Projector addresses 5 0 Figure 4 15 projector address To change a value e Move the cursor key to the respective field e Enter the new value by means of the numeric keys of the IR Remote Control T
63. cted in the picture above cannot be reached by 2 of 8 lamps These two lamps then are adjusted to a red color location which is calculated as the intersection point of the straight line defined by desired color location and the white point and the color triangle of the lamp Select Individual target to view the color locations those lamps are adjusted to which cannot reach the target color location w No projector selected Ea All projectors d Individual targets Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors 0 Close Del Apply Color Rename Apply Lun Figure 8 9 individual targets The color locations for red of all the lamps are on a straight line defined by the white point and the target red Thus all color have the same hue but differ in saturation Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 8 7 8 User defined targets 8 1 4 Modification of luminance As with the color locations CAST also selects as auto target for luminance a value which can be reached by all projectors involved Naturally this luminance is comparable the luminance of the darkest projector Select Lamps Color amp Luminance Luminance to see the luminance distribution of the lamps In case one single projector is far out of range you can define a luminance for the Display Wall which is higher than this least luminance Of course the respe
64. ctive lamp will then probably not reach the target w No projector selected CO Eon Status oo mor Status Step l m l l l Modify Target gt gt f Factory colors Adjusted colors f Adjusted colors 0 Close Appli Eola Apply Lum Figure 8 10 luminance distribution of the lamps To modify the luminance the luminance target has to be unlocked Otherwise a warning pops up CAST Warning A The luminance target is locked Figure 8 11 target is locked Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 8 8 8 User defined targets Click on the Lum button on the bottom of the dialog to unlock the luminance target To define a new luminance target mid click onto the desired luminance value w No projector selected Luminance CO Enota oo Status Sheps l l l Modify Target gt gt f Factory colors Adjusted colors f Adjusted colors 0 Close Apply Color Apple Lum Figure 8 12 click onto the desired luminance If this target purple is applied to the wall two lamps will not reach the target You can always reset the values to the values of the Auto target if you re lock the lum white red green and blue button Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 89 8 User defined targets 8 2 Activating the Modified target Click
65. ctroscope navigate to the respective entry in the device manager and right click on the device to check its properties and or to update the driver For location of the driver files see above In addition to the driver files CAST requires a calibration file which is specific for every CAST spectroscope When the spectroscope is connected CAST determines its serial number and requests for the corresponding calibration file Starting measurements without the calibration file results in the message CAST Warning Before You can use a spectrometer you must load it s individual calibration data to your system The calibration data for this spectrometer i provided in a file named USB4C00476 cal AN Tou have not yet loaded the calibration data for this spectrometer Figure 4 10 The calibration file is missing If the calibration file is missing this message also pops up when switching to the Hardware tab in Tools Options Every CAST spectroscope includes a calibration file It is recommended to store this file in a safe location since it is needed again when re installing the CAST spectroscope If this message is ignored and CAST is started without the necessary calibration file of the CAST spectroscope no measurements will be taken by CAST On the Hardware tab this status is notified The serial number of the CAST spectroscope then is written in red Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 Dec
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67. djusts the projectors via remote control For remote control cabling the delivery of CAST includes the connection between the laptop and the first projection engine either a V24 cable with an adapter 6 7 or a 1 1 cable with a male and a female Sub D9 interface cable length 15m The shortening plug 8 is only required for projection modules of the OverView P series Do not use it with OverView D Figure 4 1 CAST Installation therefore comprises installation of software CAST software and hardware spectrometer cordless mouse Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ O 2 4 Installation and Cabling 4 3 Setup You need administrative access rights to install CAST Enter the CD into the computer drive and run setup exe The Install Shield Wizard will guide you through the installation process Follow the displayed instructions InstallShield Wizard mmi E e e Ths 4 a Figure 4 2 InstallShield Wizard The installation procedure offers a complete and a custom installation InstallShield Wizard Program Selection etal Shela Figure 4 3 InstallShield Wizard Select 1 Complete to install the CAST software both versions for OverView D series and OverVierw P series as well as the spectrometer Activex control Select 2 Custom to install only one of the software versions or the spectrometer Activex control only Barco CAST
68. ds Disk Management fo Mice and other pointing devices ae Services and Applications E Monitors BS Network adapters H A Be Ge GE a Processors B Sound video and game controllers i System devices 2 Universal Serial Bus controllers IntelfP 8280166 USE Universal Host Controller 2778 IntelfP 8280166 USE Universal Host Controller 2779 IntekR 8280166 USE Universal Host Controller 27TA IntelfP 8280166 USE Universal Host Controller 27CB InteR 8280166 USB2 Enhanced Host Controller 2707 USE Root Hub USB Rook Hub USB Rook Hub USB Rook Hub USB Fook Hub In addition to the driver files CAST requires a calibration file which is specific for every CAST spectroscope When the spectroscope is connected CAST determines its serial number and requests for the corresponding calibration file Starting measurements without the calibration file results in the message You have not yet loaded the calibration data for this spectrometer n E x Before vou can use a spectrometer you must load it s individual calibration data to your system The calibration data For this spectrometer is provided in a file named USB2E956 cal Figure 4 6 The calibration file is missing If the calibration file is missing this message also pops up when switching to the Hardware tab in Tools Options Every CAST spectroscope includes a calibration file It is recommended to store this file in a safe location since it is needed ag
69. dware Update Wizard Please select the best match for your hardware from the list below Ucean Uptics USB 2000 Version Manufacturer Location Unknown Ocean Optics Inc c windowesinFyoor usb int Unknown Ocean Optics Inc cc windowssinFyoern int 2000 EEPROM Load Unknown Ocean Optics Ine c windowssinfyoernd inf 3 ed This driver is not digitally signed Tell me why driver signing i important Figure 4 5 Driver file for the spectroscope This driver supports the spectroscope USB2000 as well as the spectroscope USB4000 However with USB4000 in addition Java Runtime Environment has to be installed For USB2000 no JRE is required After the update of the driver the spectroscope USB2000 gets a dedicated entry in the Windows Device Manager It is no longer listed below the Universal Serial Bus controllers Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 46 4 Installation and Cabling Computer Management m EJ m File Action View Window amera 2 Computer Management Local a KARCLTO0S9 i System Tools Eg Acronis Devices Event Viewer Computer Shared Folders Se Disk drives Ps Local Users and Groups a Display adapters Performance Logs and Alerts 6 DYDICD ROM drives Device Manager h Floppy disk controllers Storage H Floppy disk drives Removable Storage h IDE ATASATAPI controllers Disk Defragmenter gt Keyboar
70. e except for a target called Multi Target This will be overwritten with the new target CAST Information gt Figure 9 6 CAST information about a common target If you open then one of the walls you see that a target Multi Wall was created and applied Figure 9 7 The common target has been applied to the wall Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 94 10 Maintenance with CAST 10 Maintenance with CAST Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 10 1 10 Maintenance with CAST 10 1 General After the adjustment procedure with CAST the Display Wall features a homogeneous color and brightness distribution This homogeneity counts for all current lamps whether set active or not But due to ageing processes of the lamps and or the projection unit the adjustment does not last for ever Furthermore every replacement of a lamp and or a projection unit will require to adjust this projection module to fit into the Display Wall again After replacement of the lamp and or the projector this projection module might no longer fit into the target of the Display Wall Therefore it has to be re adjusted to match again the target color locations and the target luminance In case the exchange replacement the projector features a lower quality than before it won t be possible to adjust i
71. e OverView D series can be switched between relative and absolute brightness mode In both operation modes the brightness is set by means of the dimmer wheel The dimmer wheel has a characteristic which assigns a position of the dimmer wheel to a certain amount of brightness This amount varies from 100 to 50 it is evident that for 100 brightness the dimmer has its biggest aperture In absolute mode the dimmer wheel is controlled by the DIS a target value for brightness is given the dimmer driven into the position which should result in this brightness then the brightness is measured compared with the target and depending on this result the dimmer wheel is driven to a position with a more opened or more closed slit In absolute mode the brightness of a projection module can be locked within a defined frequency the brightness is measured by the DIS and then the dimmer wheel adjusted that the actual brightness will meet the target brightness Normal operation mode of the OverView D projection modules is absolute brightness mode However the factory setting of a projection unit is relative brightness mode since then no brightness measurements values are available to set the appropriate dimmer position CAST calibrates the DIS in order to fine tuning the luminance a well defined luminance target can only be achieved by means of a control loop As mentioned above all DIS values that are displayed and used in the projector are compo
72. e of the sequence buttons With the selected sequence measurement will start on the upper left module down the first column on bottom row switching to the next column and so on The last module to be measured will be the upper right one Please note this sequence is not related to the sequence of the Remote Control cabling Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 22 12 5 1 2 Hardware w Options General USB Spectrometer Serial Mr Color Calibration D ate o 3 2003 Lum Calibration ate o ms e003 status Load Calvan Displaywall connection Fort com z Baudrate 9600 12 CAST User interface Defaults OF Select from the list of Serial Ports the one connected to the Display Wall Figure 12 35 Tools Options hardware tab On this tab the information about the spectrometer is listed Serial Nr ColorCalibration date Luminance Calibration Date The status indicates whether the spectrometer can be operated or not Whereas luminance calibration can be done by the user by means of a lux meter for spectral calibration the spectrometer has to be sent to the factory It is recommended to have it re calibrated every year In case the date of calibration is more than one year expired this information will also be shown in the status USB Spectrometer Serial Mr USB2E1856 Color Calibration D ate 10 26 20
73. e operation of a wall cf Manual adjust 6 2 5 Without any spectrometer dash dot dash This adjustment procedure requires skilled personnel who is very experienced in adjusting Display Walls The dual lamp system involves that both lamps of a projector have to fit into a target The bigger the Display Wall the more difficult the task cf Fully manual adjustment without spectrometer In this adjustment mode every command related to measurement or to spectrometer is disabled Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 3 6 Overview of adjustment steps 6 2 6 Adjustment of individual projection modules only With CAST the entire Display Wall is adjusted to homogeneous brightness and color using one of the procedures described above However these options are also available for an individual combination projector lamp e g in case the projection unit or a lamp has been exchanged and has to be adjusted to the target of the Display Wall cf Exchange Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ F4 6 Overview of adjustment steps 6 3 Short Introduction to the measurement procedure 6 3 1 Prerequisite When CAST is connected to the Display Wall it knows the configuration and it looks if all projection modules respond to the supposed address In case a projection module does not react it is exclud
74. eat lamp optimization Cancel jw Reset measurements Figure 10 5 Lamp Exchange dialog Especially if there is no spectrometer available and the new lamp has to be adjusted to the target of the Display Wall in manual mode it might be recommended to uncheck Reset measurement thus providing a kind of close starting point the projector is still the same and also contributes to the color locations Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 104 10 Maintenance with CAST It is recommended to have the lamp serial number adjusted before clicking Apply although you can still do it afterwards if you again select Lamp Exchange and clear all checkboxes besides Change lamp ID If Reset all measurements is checked after clicking Apply CAST requires a confirmation CAST Question j Are vou sure that you want to reset all measurements of this lamp x C Figure 10 6 CAST warning If confirmed CAST resets all measuremetns and performs Lamp Optimization The operating hours are set to zero This can be viewed in the corresponding cell of the lamp Erl barco karslruhe test Barco CAST D 0 E4 File Wall Lamp Tools Help oe s Ele So EE l o o SSS es 651 h fbf h 886 h B fd0 h 507 h 645 h 881 h Reach Auta Targe z Figure 10 7 Lamp runtime is reset to 0 If changed to view the factory colors and or the adjusted co
75. eating a new wall which has more than 32 modules a warning pops up CAST Warning AN Please note that a serial chain with more than 32 projectors is out of the hardware specification Figure 4 17 CAST warning Click OK to proceed Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ O F717 4 Installation and Cabling CAST shows the expected Remote Control addresses for every projector example 20x4 configuration Et barco karlsruhe big test Barco CAST D Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help Dice E Pel l 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Soele or e llor ol oin 7 o Ready Factory Colors z Figure 4 18 expected RC addresses in large Display Walls Now this Display Wall has to be devided into 3 chains since one chain does not comprise more than 32 projection modules The projection modules of a chain have to form a rectangle It is recommended to have approximately the same number of modules in a chain The following picture shows the modules allocated to chain 1 rectangle straight line allocated to chain 2 rectangle dashed line and allocated to chain 3 rectangle dotted line EP barco karlsruhe big test Barco CAST D fal eS File Wall Lamp Tools Help Dial ff wlll Gl l pappaa SEIscIcnc Socio OIE RoC Ie Bo e eo es os es ejes 7071 727048670 7 78 79 sd Ready Factory Colors athe 4
76. ecember 2006 12 CAST User interface 12 2 2 Open In case there is already a file open this file will be closed if CAST is not connected to the Display Wall In case there is already a connection to the Display Wall a warning pops up which informs to disconnect first Use this command to open an existing file The Windows standard dialog for opening a file pops up Browse for the required file to open it Open wall file Ed Look in E cast_ walls de FQ i EE Fe E barco karlsruhe test 2x2 dip 2003_06_17 mdb l Mo Recent Documents E Deskto m o My Documents My Computer ko File name barco karlsruhe test 22 dip 2003_06_17 mdb a Neco Piles of type Access Database mdb Cancel Open as read only ve Figure 12 6 Select folder and file name 12 2 3 Close Use this command to close the current wall All changes are saved You can only close a file if CAST is disconnected from the Wall In case the connection is still established a warning pops up which requests to disconnect first Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 49 5 12 CAST User interface 12 2 4 Delete wall This command refers to the currently opened file A warning pops up CAST Question Are vou sure that you want to delete the current wall Ciibarco karlsruhet teste 2x dip 2003 06 16 mdb Figure 12 7 CAST warnin
77. ed from the adjustment procedure In case you want to exclude one or more projection modules on purpose there are three possibilites e Switch off the main power of the projector e Switch the projector to standby and clear the checkbox Switch on all projectors in the Connect dialog e Assign an unexpected address to the projection module In case CAST requires a confirmation about the missing projector acknowledge it In case the address matches CAST switches the projector to Hot Standby mode Before being disconnected CAST will switch the projectors back to their previous operation mode Then CAST drives the dimmer wheel to its position with the maximum transmission If the dimmer has been disabled CAST first enables it In case the dimmer cannot be enabled dimmer wheel broken the command to enable the dimmer results in a dark projector Exclude this projector from the adjustment procedure see above Or replace the dimmer wheel first and then perform the adjustment of the Display Wall For both lamps the DIS calibration factor is set to 1 the DIS correction factor is set to 0 and Brightness is set to relativ CAST then adjusts the tiltable mirror to maximize the lamp output This Lamp optimization is performed for both lamps and the position of the mirror is saved for each lamp individually In case the Display Wall has been switched off operated in Cold Standby mode or in Auto Switch mode
78. elected the active lamp Also customized target can be defined for the projectors cf User defined targets After the adjustment procedure all projectors feature the same color locations and therefore the entire Display Wall features a homogeneous color Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 6 13 6 Overview of adjustment steps After the adjustment procedure the luminance distribution is more homogeneous and all lamps have similar luminance values w BS Bottom lamp Ea Luminance Eror Status 5 2 0 Modity Target gt gt 225 265 309 Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Clase Figure 6 11 luminance distribution after adjustment Even when changing the active lamp e g due to a lamp failure or if the activation time of a lamp in Auto Switch mode has expired the new lamp fits in the target provided of course the lamp has not been replaced by a lamp which has not been installed while doing the adjustment procedure Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 14 6 Overview of adjustment steps 6 3 3 Second measurement cycle The second measurement cycle can either be performed on the Auto target or on a user defined target e Incase you are satisfied with the Auto target and just want to further improve the homogeneity of the Display Wall perform t
79. ember 2006 ____ O 4 10 4 Installation and Cabling w Options Tolerances Advanced File locations USB Spectrometer Geral connection to wall Seral Mr Color Calibration Date 07 07 1900 Fort Eom Lum Calibration Date 07 07 1900 Timeout sec ja al sone Calibration data missing Load Calibration Fetries a fel Min Measuretine apo KILA m Eepaeuretime auto afe Defaults Figure 4 11 spectrometer status is not OK In regular intervals about one year the CAST spectroscope has to be re calibrated in the factory cf Hardware Recalibration results in a new calibration file Before operating the CAST spectroscope it is recommended to do a luminance calibration cf Calibrate spectrometer CAST is able to manage multiple CAST spectroscopes and their corresponding calibration files The serial numbers of the spectroscope are read and the calibration files requested if they are not available yet All calibration files which have been used with CAST systems are saved in the WinNT folder in the file spectroscope ini If the USB interface is plugged into the laptop and not recognized when booting the laptop unplug it and plug it in again It then should be recognized Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 7 174 4 Installation and Cabling 4 7 Use of miscellaneous spectrometers When using miscellaneous spec
80. emote Control while doing the adjustment procedure Click on Connect to establish the connection The background of the grid changes from grey not connected to white connected When connecting CAST will read the serial number of the projection unit the illumination unit as well as the lamp operating hours All these information then are displayed in the various view Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ CS 7 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall Click on Projector Identification to see the serial numbers of the components Er barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D IO File Wall Lamp Tools Help L Ga Show projector identifications A U 7055475 PU 533424 U 8626193 PU 790480 B U 140177 PU 7607236 U 9495566 PU 36401 React AUC g Figure 7 12 Projector identiification Select Lamp identification to view the operating hours of the lamps Since there are two lamps each cell of the projector grid is subdivided into two parts the upper one is dedicated to the top lamp the lower one to the bottom lamp eri barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D O File Wall Lamp Tools Help ole s Sleeps Sv EO Show lamp identifications Figure 7 13 lamp identification Whenever the grid is subdivided the entries in bold indicate the currently active lamp of the projection module In the picture above all projection unit
81. ent Service Tool for Over View D series firmware 2 xx and 3 xx Version 2 1 SR1 buid 49 Barco Control Rooms c 2001 2005 Figure 12 44 About dialog Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ _ 1 2 28 12 CAST User interface 12 7 Tool bar e IC m e T lt E Hl oO x The first three icons are action buttons Create new wall file Open existing wall file Connect The following 4 icons define the information which is displayed Expected projector address Projector Identification Lamps Factory Colors Adjusted Colors Select the style how the information is displayed by pressing the corresponding button Grid View The information is displayed in a grid each cell representing a projection module a lamp Table View The information is displayed in a table two rows per projection unit one for the top lamp one for the bottom lamp Test pattern There are multiple test pattern included to apply to the Display Wall On the RGB tab one of white the primaries or the secondaries can be selected By means of a Slider also the components of the respective color can be equally modified On the Special tab the following test pattern can be selected RGB Original customer application Hatch a grid Checkerboad alternating black and white areas Color bar stripes of the primary and secondary
82. er Corrections TO e Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Rossweid 5 D 76229 Karlsruhe Telephon 49 721 6201 0 Fax 49 721 6201 298 E mail docu de bcd barco com Web www barcocontrolrooms de Sender Date Please correct the following items in the documentation Doc 3329 2 Page Incorrect Text Correction Contents A PROMINENT YR CINNGLKS osnovce EE EEE ETETEN EEE E asus 1 1 TeV HOV CE VIC W ins carn sied a O A E Weaeusenu ned ecananab muerte 1 2 TL2 Manual SS CHIT IS iiu a Uadessdudesnaneiadeas 1 2 De NOMON Gaie dea cc cee seee sce aa tahe R 1 3 TASES ands DO a tsanch seit seatea oa E sea 1 3 2 OVERVIEW D senes UM SHOT so i6 55 e555 de dela dada dade lelseneuayeasunyscavesseieeeareseaccieeeicseeseereeeeeeeeneeee 2 1 2A MM PaGinG GCViCe eras ness Gena ie eesti ean Lac eae eked lease Lacie eked ieee 2 1 DD NAMM Seater E aetsdate Dac ales Sete on cca Dace lela ete he gare sla TN 2 1 Z SAAR OPU QUI M ses ciehet dass usch acu anenatgunstaisetunaduancehauts e a E ua eantentiae 2 2 DE OOT WOE horona a e caer okt ew te eects ge eames enact de naan eens 2 2 DZ SOU Cal UMMC ae E E E O 2 3 20DE CAMBRAI ON itO ee E O 2 3 2 7 Brightness relative and absolute MOE eee eeccesscessessceseesecsseesecsecesecseessecsecessesecesesseceeseseeeeseseeeeeseeas 2 4 3 CAST a Tool for Color Adjustment noooeesseesssoeesssoesssoesssoesssoesssoeesssoesssoesssoesssoessseoesssoesssoesseesssees 3 1 BU UDO GU CUONN sorin e aa aa a e a a eE 3 2
83. er if CAST refuses the result of a measurement and there is no chance that the user caused a measuring error then it is quite likely that the spectrometer has to be sent to the optics lab to be re calibrated When refusing a measuring result CAST displays the following information CAST Question x The last measuring result was not recognized as green u 0 394 v 0 534 Tlum 26 IF this problem persists this migh have one of the Following reasons a The luminance calibraton of your spectrometer is bad gt Use a luxmeter to re calibrate it bi The color calibration of your spectrometer is bad gt Send the spectrometer to Barco For re calibration c The projector s colors are outside the validation range gt See manual how to adjust the validation range Press lt OK gt to repeat measuring this module x Tee Figure 12 41 CAST refuses to accept a value Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 41 292 96 12 CAST User interface 12 6 Help Sr barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D OF x FF Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help C a Contents F1 Select language About CAST D Figure 12 42 Help menu The Help menu gives access to the online help of CAST allows to select the language of the help file and gives information about the software version 12 6 1 Contents Select Help Contents to open the online he
84. erial number of the lamps and its operation time Factory colors of the projection unit operated with lamp top and operated with lamp bottom The automatic calculated color locations for all projection modules both lamps are taken into consideration auto target User defined targets Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 7 3 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall Select File New to create a new wall The following dialog pops up w Define a new wall Customer Location Wwalname optional Colums Flows lz E Technician docu barca Creation 25 08 2005 OF Cancel Figure 7 4 define a new wall basic tab Please enter the required information Customer Location and Wallname are fields to identify the wall Columns and Rows are mandatory for CAST Creation Date and Technician are filled in automatically On the Advanced tab the white peaking value has to be entered i Define a new wall white Peaking 10 Manual mode M Figure 7 5 define a new wall advanced tab The White Peaking value has to be set to 10 All other values require a signed request of the customer Check Manual mode if you don t want to use a spectrometer but do exclusively visual adjustment To learn more about the manual mode cf Manual adjustment Before you can start using CAST some customizations have to be done the serial port
85. es measurements of the uncorrected primary colors are required These measurements will be done in the field at the final installation under different ambient light conditions Even if the rear projection principle is much less sensitive to the ambient light the measured color coordinates might be wrong by the impact of the ambient light Due to the laws of color mixing red and blue are expected to suffer most under the spoiling effect of the background light Especially in blue for a real precision measurement it is mandatory to dimm down the ambient light To achieve an accuracy in u v of better than 0 001 when measuring on a 50 screen it is recommended to ensure an outside illumination of the screen by less than 50 Lux For larger screen sizes the upper limit becomes even smaller Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ _ 55 5 Color measurement and color adjustment i The upper limit of the ambient light is calculated according the following rule o so y upper limit 50 Lux screensize with screensize is the screen diagonal value in inch Please note that the upper limit might also depend on the stray element of the screen During measurement it is mandatory that Q e the backside of the projection modules is closed by the backside sheetmetal shielding e the CAST sensor is pressed tightly on the screen to avoid the direct detect
86. eter In contrast to the automated adjustment procedure this way to adjust a Display Wall is based on visual impression only The Remote Control chain has to be set up the same way as when adjusting with the spectrometer The fully manual adjustment procedure might be an option if no spectrometer is available This adjustment procedure is only recommended for well experienced personell Adjusting a Display Wall by eye requires to click the Manual mode checkbox in the dialog Define a new wall Create a new wall file Check Manual mode i Define a new wall white Peaking 70 Manual mode hy Figure 11 10 Manul mode has to be checked to adjust a Display Wall without spectrometer A warning pops up CAST Question TF you enable this option the whole adjustment procedure For this wall ww will be perfomed manually withouk the aid of a spectrometer Do you want to adjust this wall manually Figure 11 11 CAST warning Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 4 1 10 11 Manual adjustment After saving the wall file the main window of CAST shows the Display Wall and the status bar indicates Manual Er lbarco karlsruhe manual test Barco CAST D OF x File Wall Lamp Tools Help ole E bel E Figure 11 12 new wall created in manual mode Clicking on the red connection icon CAST will ask you to close all OSD menus CAST Information 1
87. factory color locations of the two lamps make sure that on this tab Factory Colors are selected and the various checkboxes are cleared i Multi Selection Terie Individual targets u 0 174 v 0 622 Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Clase factory color location of two lamps Figure 7 24 Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 7 14 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall It can be seen that the color locations of these two lamps differ The Auto Target which was determined by CAST considers all lamps and all projection modules so its color triangle must also be inside the triangles span by these two lamps Select Auto Target to view it Luminance ia Multi Selection Zoom of All White Red C Green le Auto Target All projectors Individual targets Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Close Figure 7 25 Auto target After the adjustment procedure the color locations of these two lamps and of course of the entire wall are the same as for the Auto Target Select Adjusted colors on the bottom of this tab to see the adjusted color locations w Multi Selection Error Status Zoom All White C Red C Green C Blue Auto Target All projectors Individual targets
88. for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 43 4 Installation and Cabling A folder named Barco CAST is created during the installation in the directory Program Files and shortcuts are generated as well The following subfolders are created as well Cast P complete installation or selected component with custom installation with the subfolders Help PSI Backup Settings PSI Factory Settings Template DB as well as the examples database Help In this subfolders the help file and the manual is located TemplateDB In this subfolder an Access database named template mdb is created This database is prepared for the projector data but initially contains no data PSI Factory Settings It is recommended to save the PSI factory settings from the CAST CD ROM to this folder PSI Backup Settings For each wall when restoring user settings CAST will automatically create an appropriate subfolder to the PSI Backup Settings folder to save the user settings In Tools Options File locations cf File locations CAST refers to these folders If you choose to have different folders for the PSI factory settings and PSI user settings you have to adjust the entries on this tab accordingly Examples There you can find some samples databases Cast D complete installation or selected component with custom installation Inf with the subfolders Help Examples Template DB Help In t
89. for a common target w Create common target for multiple adjacent walls E4 barco docu test docu 2x2 Example Barco Demoroom Karlsruhe asz Figure 12 10 List of walls for a common target Figure 12 11 CAST warning The targets of the walls are preserved even if they have identical name except for a target called Multi Target This will be overwritten with the new target Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 7 12 CAST User interface CAST Information i Figure 12 12 CAST information about a common target If you open then one of the walls you see that a target Multi Wall was created and applied Figure 12 13 The common target has been applied to the wall 12 2 6 Exit This command closes the application Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _ 12 8 12 CAST User interface 12 3 Wall All commands of this menu are applied to the entire Display Wall Et lbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D Miel File Wall Lamp Tools Help Gli Adjustment EE Measure A Wall properties Figure 12 14 wall menu 12 3 1 Adjustment This menu entry opens a list with all the targets of this wall available in the database The current loaded target is indicated by a tick Et lbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D File Wall Lamp Tool
90. g If confirmed the active file is deleted There is no undo available All measurements and adjustments are deleted 12 2 5 Multi Wall Target This command allows to adjust adjacent display walls to a common target This command requires to have performed the first adjustment individually on all walls which have to be adjusted to a common target When this has been done and all wall files are closed the command Wall MultiWall Target can be selected A dialog pops up where the display walls to be adjusted to a common target can be entered w Create common target for multiple adjacent walls Find Mult wall Target Cancel Figure 12 8 Add walls for a common target Clicking on the button Add Wall opens the standard file open dialog of Windows Browse to the respective directory and browse to the desired files Click on Open to add them to the list of walls to be adjusted to a common target Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 6 12 CAST User interface Open wall file Fe Barco Example Broadcast x2 dip 2003_05 20 mdb G i Barco Example Demoroom Karlsruhe See dip 2003_05_19 mdb My Recent docu barco test docu 22 dip 2005_06_ 25 mdb Documents Deskto p e My Documents Mo Computer m docu barco test docu 2x2 dip 2005 08 25 mdb gt hy Se Access Database mdb kd Places wl Figure 12 9 Select the walls
91. ged before first use Fully depleted batteries require up to 9 hours of charge for full replenishment To charge the mouse simply plug the charging cradle into a standard electrical outlet and place the mouse in the cradle The LED light on the charging cradle will light solid and the LED light on the top of the mouse will pulsate slowly Note The mouse does not require a full charge to operate and the batteries have no memory effect so charging it for longer or shorter times between uses will have no adverse effects Plug in USB Receiver Turn on the computer and plug the USB receiver into an available USB port on your computer The Ultra USB receiver will also work with USB hubs or USB extenders Depending on your operating system your computer may perform a brief USB Device Installation routine If so simply follow any on screen instructions Put USB Receiver into LEARN Mode The LEARN button is located on the top of the USB receiver Press the LEARN button for 2 seconds then release The receiver STATUS light will flash slowly indicating the receiver is now ready to be synchronized with the mouse Synchronize Mouse The TEACH button is located on the bottom of the Ultra Mouse Press the TEACH button and release The STATUS light on the USB receiver will flicker for 5 seconds indicating the USB receiver has recognized and synchronized the mouse Take the USB Receiver out of LEARN Mode Press the LEARN button on the USB Recei
92. gets 8 2 1 Modifying a target If the respective properties are unlocked every target can be modified but the verifications and improvements which have already been done for this target will get lost CAST Question This action will modify the adjustment target TF you continue CAST will delete all verifications amp improvements on the current target Please consider to make a copy of the current target First x Te Figure 8 19 applying a user defined target after having modified it This warning only pops up if the user defined target already has been verified since applying a modified target will invalidate all previous verification measurements Recommendation Whenever a target has to be modified copy the target and then perform the modification on the copy Thus always every verified target can be re applied to the wall 8 3 Unreachable targets 8 3 1 General A lamp cannot reach a target e if the luminance of the target is higher than its factory luminance e if the luminance of the target is more than 50 lower than its factory luminance e if at least one color location of the target features a more saturated color than the factory color location 8 3 2 Not reachable color A projector will not reach the target in case the selected color location is beyond its factory color location When calculation the auto target CAST considers all projection unit and all lamps and defines the common co
93. has to be configured and a measurement sequence has to be selected Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 7 F4 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall 7 2 Configuration of measurement e Define the serial port Remote Control Select Tools Options Hardware and enter the serial port w Options USE Spectrometer Seral Nr USB2E1 856 Color Calibration D ate Jo103 2003 Lum Calibration D ate Jor ns2003 Stee eae Load Calibration Displaywall connection Fort com Baudrate JER Defaults Ok Figure 7 6 hardware tab e Define the baud rate Remote Control Select Tools Options Hardware to define the baud rate Projectors with firmware 3 x may be operated at 115200 for projectors with firmware 2 x 9600 is mandatory e Define a measurement sequence by selecting one of the proposals in Tools Options General Select modules in this order This setting has nothing to do with the projector sequence in the remote cable linkup but serves only to optimize the measuring order concerning the length of the USB cable With the selected sequence pressed button measurement will start on the upper left module down the first column on bottom row switching to the next column and so on The last module to be measured will be the upper right one Options Mame of service technician docu karlsruhe Select modules
94. he Remote Control cable from the Laptop to the first projection is a 1 1 cable with a male and female Sub D9 interface Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 4 15 4 Installation and Cabling DSR O e 6 DSR RxD 2 _ 2 RxD RTS I e 7 RTS TxD 3 _ 3 TxD CTS 8C 8 CTS DTR 4C 4 DTR RI 9 9 RI a a a GND From PC To Projector This cable can be ordered as R9827560 length 15m The projection units have an interface labeled RS232 IN and RS232 OUT e RS232 IN This female D9 pin connector is used to connect the first projection engine with the computer By means of this connector all other projection engines are connected to the previous projection engine in chain e RS232 OUT This male D9 pin connector is used to drive the next projector in a chain Plug the communication cable from the PC into the RS232 IN socket of the first projection engines e connect all other projection engines to the remote control chain by connecting the remote out socket of the previous engine to the remote in socket of the following engine by means of the communication cable included in the projection modules This kind of cabling is called daisy chain Figure 4 16 remote control cabling For OverView D series you can either use the 15m 1 1 cable or the VGA cable together with the adapter Howeve
95. he color correction model is only valid for one White Peaking Value setting 2 5 Optical dimmer For brightness control OverView D uses a dimmer wheel with a variable slit The slit defines the light aperture of the light pipe entry Figure 2 2 Dimmer Wheel variable slit The amount of light emitted into the projection unit depends on the position i e slit width of the dimmer wheel Adjusting a lamp to a given luminance requires setting the dimmer to a defined position related to this luminance Changing the dimmer position afterwards changing the brightness might have impacts on the color adjustment 2 6 DIS calibration factor OverView D uses a direct illumination sensor DIS to measure the emitted brightness in order to keep the brightness of a constant level The DIS controls the the dimmer All DIS values that are displayed and used in the projector are composed by the raw data of the DIS multiplied by a calibration factor DIS value DIS Calibration Factor l correction factor DIS raw data The calibration factor ensures that the DIS values are identical the luminance values measured by the CAST spectrometer i The DIS Calibration Factor and the DIS correction factor are set for both lamps individually Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ OF3 2 OverView D Series in Short 2 7 Brightness relative and absolute mode Projectors of th
96. he procedure described above are based on measurement However it is also possible to re adjust a projection module by eye for example if a lamp has been replaced or a projector has been exchanged and the use of the spectrometer is not desired or not possible For more information cf Manual adjustment Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 10 6 11 Manual adjustment 11 Manual adjustment Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 4 4 11 Manual adjustment 11 1 General Besides the automated adjustment procedure which requires the use of a spectrometer and adjusts the colors to a given target CAST also offers the possibility to adjust a Display Wall by eye In manual mode only the white location and the luminance is adjusted The following situations might ask for manual adjustment e Adjustment is only required for a single projection module e g after the replacement of a projector and or the lamp cf Exchange Lamp exchange An automated adjustment would require a ladder which is too much trouble and spectrometer which might be not available e The automated color adjustment does not satisfy your visual impression In spite of being a measurable property color is an impression of a physiological sense and perceived differently by different observers above all when looked at under
97. he second measuring cycle can be skipped if the corresponding checkbox is ticked Skipping the second measurement has no impact on the quality of the adjustment It simply means that there won t be a verification of the result Color Model There are multiple color models which are related by algorithms CAST works in the u v color space of the CIE 1976 chromaticity diagram Internally the DLP projection unit works in the x y color space of the CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram To see the values of the color locations in the x y color space CAST allows to switch between the two color models CIE 1976 and CIE 1931 This has only impact on the values listed in the projector table Visualization of the color location on the color tab will always be in the u v chromaticity diagram no matter which model has been selected 12 5 2 Calibrate spectrometer This menu entry refers to the luminance calibration and can be done by the user by means of a lux meter To start the procedure apply a test picture to e g the projection module A01 and measure the luminance Select Tools Calibrate spectrometer A dialog pops up CAST Information y 1 Measure the middle of the highlighted rectangle with a luxmeter and enter the result Then press the start butkon Figure 12 38 calibration of the CAST spectrometer Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 1 2 295 12 CAST
98. he second measuring cycle on the Auto target e Incase the Auto target does not meet your needs too dark saturation of colors too low etc it can be modified This user defined target then is applied to the Display Wall and the color locations are measured and verified during the second measurement cycle To save time verification can be skipped on the second measurement cycle cf Advanced 6 3 4 Manual improvement This operation is always performed on a single lamp only No spectrometer is required The projection module is adjusted by eye 6 3 5 User targets CAST calculates the Auto target and adjusts the projectors accordingly The user has the possibility to modify this target by creating user targets and specifying the color coordinates of white and the primaries and or the luminance The auto target as well as all user defined targets are stored in the wall database and can be applied liberally to the wall Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 6 15 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 71 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall 7 1 Starting the software Select Start Programs Barco CAST Cast D to start the software i Outlook Express
99. his subfolders the help file and the manual is located TemplateDB In this subfolder an Access database named template mdb is created This database is prepared for the projector data but initially contains no data Examples There you can find some sample databases This is the subfolder for the driver files of the CAST spectroscopes If CAST propose to restart the system follow this advice After re booting log in again with administrative rights to make sure that Windows 2000 can perform the update of the configuration files If this update is done no longer administrative rights are required for CAST Q 4 4 Update of previous releases of CAST To update previous releases of CAST you have to de install the software and then to install the new release You need administrative privileges to de install and re install the software The database files of previous versions of CAST 2 0 B versions are not compatible CAST Rel 2 2 still supports the spectroscope USB2000 It is recommended to update the driver cf Spectroscope USB2000 Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 44 4 Installation and Cabling 4 5 Spectroscope USB2000 Check the label on the spectroscope if it reads CST 3122 01 then the spectroscope is of type USB2000 With previous deliveries of CAST a spectroscope of type USB2000 has been included When updating the CAST software
100. ication white should look more reddish or more bluish than the average white CAST has calculated in broadcast application white tends to be more red whereas in computer application white might be desired to be more blue Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 8 2 8 User defined targets To modify the Auto Target click on the button Modify Target The dialog is expanded w Multi Selection White C Red C Green Individual targets EEE 0 1 u 0 136 0 613 Modify Target gt Close f Factory colors Adjusted colors f Adjusted colors 0 Apply Color Apply Lum Auto Target k Figure 8 2 expand the dialog to modify the target Although you can directly modify the Auto target first you have to unlock the parameters see below it is recommended to copy it If preserved it can be applied to the wall e g as an UNDO operation for a unsatisfying user defined target In case the Auto target has been modified the related color locations can again be applied by clicking onto the button with the respective caption to lock it again Enter a name for the user defined target CASTForDLP specihy a Name for the WallT arget Figure 8 3 enter a name for the target Now this target is applied to the Wall and you can modify the target according your needs Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual
101. ick In the status bar the colors are indicated Sr barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D war File Wall Lamp Tools Help oie s 0 0 J J i i B 0 0 Ready Factory Colors z Figure 7 16 Factory colors are measured CAST determines a common color locations the so called Auto Target and loads the new values CAST Information P Jl The adjustment values will be loaded now Figure 7 17 CAST applies the common target Click on OK to apply the Auto Target to the Display Wall The colors are adjusted and in the status bar the target is named eri barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D OF x Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help fa ed ee E L Figure 7 18 Auto target is applied to the Display Wall Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 7 14 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall 7 6 Auto target After the factory colors of all projection engines have been measured CAST determines the best target Auto Target for the Display Wall and suggests to load this target to the wall The Auto Target is the common color location and luminance CAST determines after having measured the factory color locations and luminances Apply one or more of the test pattern to see how the Display Wall looks in e g white or You might be already satisfied with the result of applying the Auto target red or with the original app
102. ion of ambient light 5 5 4 Color adjustment of projection modules equipped with the 3200K color filter cartridge If the projection modules are operated with the 3200K color filter cartridge also adjustment is done with this filter employed Always use CAST on the actual operation conditions of a display wall Modifying any paramters after the adjustment of CAST filter white peaking etc will have impact on the homogeneity of the adjustment 5 5 5 Color adjustment of projection modules equipped with Multi Input Module If the projection modules are operated with a Multi Input Module proceed as follows e Use input signals VGA RGB e Perform a color adjustment with CAST e Perform a manual fine tuning to get the best result on internal patterns e Perform an adjustment on the Multi Input Modules cf chapter 3 8 in the user manual of the Multi Input Module Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 56 6 Overview of adjustment steps 6 Overview of adjustment steps Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ Y 6 1 Flow chart 6 Overview of adjustment steps CAST uses a spectrometer to measure the native color locations of the two combinations projection unit lamp top and projection unit lamp bottom of every projection module The native color locations are called Factory Colors
103. ion of full red full green and full blue W1 R G B White is also generated by the white segment W2 W White is also generated by the so called spoke light recapture If the DMD is left ON while the color segments change there are additional contributions of adjacent segments R G G W W B B R Spoke light recapture ee Time Spoke Light Recapture SLR R G G W W B B R 2 R G B 2 W W3 In case the white segment and spoke light recapture are activated the white output is boosted The White Peaking Factor is defined as the relation of all whites to the RGB White WI W2 W3 RGB W SLR WI 7 RGB It s obvious that the minimum of the White Peaking Factor equals 1 no white segment no spoke light recapture White Peaking Factor The maximum of the White Peaking Factor all three contributions is about 1 8 It varies slightly with different lamps The White Peaking Factor can be linear scaled between its minimum and its maximum by means of the White Peaking Value White Peaking values are in the range between 0 and 10 10 max White Peaking Factor Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 2 2 2 OverView D Series in Short The White Peaking Value has impacts on color adjustment Therefore it has to be specified when using CAST After changing the White Peaking Value the color adjustment has to be repeated T
104. jector towards this target The shadow point indicates the color correction Proceed until the color of the projector meets your needs If necessary use the luminance slider to reduce the brightness Click on Calibrate Lum to do a manual calibration of the DIS This ensures that the adjusted luminance remains constant even after setting the brightness mode to absolute Subsequently select and adjust all other active lamps Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 When disconnecting CAST automatically does the manual calibration of the DIS 11 15 11 Manual adjustment If the Display Wall then features a homogeneous color and brightness distribution you can start to fit the inactive lamps into this target Do not switch all projectors at once but one by one first activate the second lamp of a projector adjust it to the target then proceed with the next projector and so on Finally the Display Wall should feature a homogeneous color and brightness distributions no matter which lamp of which projector is set active If you want to reset the adjusted color location of a projector lamp to its original color location click on Factory Colors To inspect the result of the adjustment procedure apply some test pattern cf Test pattern Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 11 16 12 CAST User interface 12 CAST
105. l On Off Checkerboard Choose Test Pattern x f AGB C Outline C Original Hatch Colorbar Pixel On Ofi Checkerboard Figure 12 57 Test pattern Special tab description The color selected on the RGB tab Customer application Primary and secondary color stripes to check primaries and secondaries Border round the projection module to check geometry adjustment Grid to check geometry adjustment Alternating black and white pixels to check electronics and projection lens performance Alternating black and white areas to check for straylight Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 122 39 12 CAST User interface 12 7 12 Interrupt button The interrupt button only shows up when CAST is waiting for status changes in the projector By means of this interrupt button the application can be ended without the need to use the killing functionality of the Windows Task Manager in case CAST hangs Sri Barco Karlsruhe Demoroom Barco CAST D E O x FFF File wal Lemp Tools Help Dil Ele E EF x A U 5109336 PU 510880 Tt LIE B U 5108400 PU 5108060 U 5108337 PU 510834 U 5108356 PU 510837 DISCONNECTING Auto Target Pe Figure 12 58 Tool bar Interrupt button When clicking this button the following warning pops up CASTforDLP x You are about to interrupt an interaction of CAST wita the wall Pleas e Lial Lit
106. lems e Barco Control Rooms GmbH An der Rossweid 5 D 76229 Karlsruhe Phone 49 721 6201 227 Fax 49 721 6201 298 E mail info de bcd barco com Web www barcocontrolrooms de e BARCO N V Projection Systems Nordlaan 5 B 8520 Kuurne Phone 32 56 368 282 Fax 32 56 368 251 E mail support controlrooms barco com Web www barcocontrolrooms com Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 15 2
107. lication of the customer n barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D at File Wall Lamp Tools Help oleje Slee E OI V i V i T U B Figure 7 19 choose test pattern A dialog pops up where you can select a color and or a test pattern to apply to the Display Wall Choose Test Pattern x EEEE FECEEEETECETI RGE AGE C Outline Original Hatch Colorbar C Pixel On Off Checkerboard Figure 7 20 available test pattern Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ O 12 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall Use the slider to equally adjust the RGB components of the selected color In case you want to further improve the color adjustment there are three possibilities e Start a second measurement procedure to automatically verify and improve the auto target The homogeneity will further be improved e Perform a manual improvement to change the color and or luminance of the Display Wall cf Fine tuning after the automated adjustment procedure e Select a user defined target and apply this to the Display Wall cf User defined targets Whenever a target is applied there is the possiblity of automatic or manual improvement 7 7 Verifying the auto target Let s assume to continue with the automatic adjustment procedure To continue select again Wall Measure The view changes to show the
108. lor locations thus all lamps can reach it Normally unreachability of red green blue color should only occur when defining a customized target The following detail shows the color location of the user defined target purple triangle white which is more saturated than the color location of the bottom lamp of B2 blue Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ O 8 13 8 User defined targets w B2 Bottom lamp Green Individual targets Modity Target gt gt Adjusted colors 0 Clase Figure 8 20 color location of the target is beyond the factory color location It is evident that the projector cannot reach a target with this color location for red This information can also be found in the unreachability section on the tab Lamp Color amp Luminance Color 8 3 3 Not reachable luminance A projector will not reach the target in case the selected luminance target is higher than its factor luminance or if the luminance of the target is more than 50 lower than its factory luminance When calculation the auto target CAST considers all projection unit and all lamps and defines the common luminance thus all lamps can reach it Normally unreachability of luminance should only occur when defining a customized target The following detail shows the luminance of the user defined target purple which is higher than the luminance of the top l
109. lors the question mark indicates that no information about color locations are available You then have to select Lamp Measure to perform the measurements of the new lamp and to adjust it to the target Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 10 5 10 Maintenance with CAST 10 4 Lamp ageing Luminance and color changes during operation time CAST does not automatically detect this drift To activate CAST to re measure the current factory colors and to fit the projector again into the target the previous measurements have to be reset and a new measurement has to be done To reset the measurement for a lamp proceed as follows e Click on the respective lamp in the grid view e Select Lamp Exchange A dialog pops up Make sure to clear the checkboxes to change lamp ID lamp runtime and lamp optimization Only Reset all measurements is to be checked w Lamp Exchange Changelamp lO Change lamp runtime 2895625 c oh G Oh jf Reset all measurements Apply Cancel Figure 10 8 Lamp Exchange dialog Again this action has to be confirmed CAST Question j 4re vou sure that you want to reset all measurements of this lamp x C Figure 10 9 CAST warning If OK CAST will discard all measurements Subsequently the measurement of this lamp has to be done again by selecting Lamp Measure 10 5 Maintenance without spectrometer T
110. lp With respect to structure and contents the help file is identical to the electronic manual When operating CAST press F1 to get information to the current topic If no topic is assigned the Table of Contents of the help file is displayed Use Index to find a topic in alphabetic order Use Search to search for a key word E CAST OLX Hide Back Pint Options CAST Contents index Search Benefits of CAST Imaging devices have native ce Installation color deviations Therefore ce Adjustment procedure projection engines Advanced use Incorporated in large Display CAST user interface Walls have to be adjusted so g Theoretical Principles that the entire Display Wall Technical Data features a homogeneous color Troubleshooting and brightness distribution Hotline For the quick and automatic color adjustment Barco has developed CAST I Figure 12 43 online help Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 1 292 27 12 CAST User interface 12 6 2 Select language Use this command to browse for the desired help file CAST _D chm ist the English help file To make use of the German help file select CAST D_de chm Both help files are installed during setup in the folder Barco CAST CAST_D Help 12 6 3 About About informs about the software version The About dialog is also displayed when starting the application x Color Adjustm
111. manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ F 3 CAST a Tool for Color Adjustment 3 1 Introduction As known from computer monitors and TV every device has its specific color rendering In case this color rendering does not meet your needs you adjust the colors until the results pleases you Usually this is done once and should be valid for all applications or all broadcasting respectively In case of a single monitor color adjustment is quite an easy task In case of multiple monitors which should look the same this task is difficult Due to production processes the desired color rendering as set on one monitor might not be achieved by the other monitors 3 2 Automatic color adjustment by CAST Due to tolerances modular rear projection Display Walls don t feature a homogenous color and brightness distribution every projection module houses its own projection engine with its individual color rendering CAST is a software with a measuring device which measures the factory colors of every projector Subsequently it determines a color space which can be reached by every projection engine and then adjusts every projection engine to this common color space As a result the Display Wall features homogenous color and brightness 3 3 Limitations of automatic color adjustment In spite of being a measurable property color is an impression of a physiological sense and perceived differently by different observers above all when
112. mated adjustment of a Display Wall Gives a detailed description of the various steps CAST performs during an adjustment procedure User defined targets Explains how the target of CAST can be customized to meet special requirements or to deal with projectors of lower quality Adjusting adjacent display walls Describes how to adjust all display walls in a control room to a common target Maintenance with CAST Describes how to preserve or re new the adjustment of a Display Wall Manual Adjustment Introduces into the adjustment procedure without spectrometer CAST user interface This chapter is a reference to the GUI and explains the menus and dialogs Technical Data Includes the technical specification of the CAST hardware spectrometer and cordless mouse Trouble shooting Lists possible problems and their solution Hotline Lists the contact addresses in case you encounter problems Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 1 2 1 Preliminary Remarks 1 3 Numbering Chapters pages illustrations and tables are numbered separately The chapters and the chapter sections feature a point syntax e g 4 2 3 however pages feature a line syntax 1 4 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
113. nd CAST will display a dialog for manual adjustment On this dialog a button Enable manual has to be clicked to prevent CAST from automatic adjustment for this lamp The user will be able to modify luminance and or the white color location cf Manual adjustment w Manual Adjust White amp Luminance Relative Luminance unknown White color u 0 156 v 0 492 Disable manual Palibrate Lum Factory Colors Close Figure 12 25 Manual adjust White amp Luminance tab Enable manual will only be successful if the active lamp is selected Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 129 15 12 CAST User interface 12 4 5 Disconnect Connect Selecting this command allows to disconnect a single projector from the CAST measurements while CAST is connected to the display wall The command Lamp Disconnect excludes a projector from the adjustment procedure EF manual everywhere test Dorco CAST O gt File wal Lamp Icos Felp oes Else Saas El Ol CAST Information l CAST has disconnected From this projector IK Meaody Auto Target Figure 12 26 Lamp menu connection to a single projector cancelled The respective projector can be re activated again included in the adjustmet procedure by selecting the command Lamp Connect Er manual everywhere test Barco CAST D Oy x Fils Well Lanp Tools Felp E Activ
114. nual fine tuning cf Fine tuning after the automated adjustment procedure 6 2 2 Skip second measuring cycle dotted The second measuring cycle is optional Please note that the second measuring cycle lasts at least twice as long as the first one First the distance of the actual color location to the target is measured then the correction is calculated applied and again the distance to the target is measured In case of large Display Walls where measuring requires the use of a ladder or rack trained personnel may skip the second measuring cycle and decide either to accept the result of the first adjustment or to manually improve individual modules cf Manual adjust Using this method no proof for the quality of the adjusted colors measurement results will be available The quality of the adjustment will be lower 6 2 3 Modify target dash If you are not satisfied with the quality of the Auto target e g the Display Wall is too dark or has an unacceptable white color you can modify the target and apply a user defined target CAST will then calculate a new inital correction for all modules cf User defined targets This must be done before the second measuring cycle or any manual improvements 6 2 4 Manual improve thin solid line If you are not satisfied with the end result of the automatic adjustment you can manually improve the adjustment Manual improve can also be used to maintain the adjustment quality during th
115. o 70 C 86 to 158 F Pointer Mouse L 4 8 in W 2 in H 1 8 in Weight 5 3 oz Operating Range Up to 30 ft 9 144m not limited to line of sight Radio Multi channel 8 FM 49 MHz 36 000 addresses Batteries NiMH rechargeable 4 5days 10 hours use per day Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 13 2 14 Troubleshooting 14 Troubleshooting Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 44 4 14 Troubleshooting 14 1 Troubles Troubles solution Cast refuses to connect to The firmware of the projection units does not match The firmware has to be wall 1 XX Dark projector The dimmer wheel is broken For operating the Display Wall disable the dimmer Exclude the projector from the CAST adjustment procedure Replace the dimmer Too many projector don t Adjust the values in Tolerances Tools Options Advanced reach the target Communication failure Make sure that during the measurement with CAST no IR Remote Control are sent Communication failure If the laptop has an enabled IR interface data transfer via the serial interface may be disturbed and CAST will hang when closing the connection In the BIOS Setup disable the IR interface If you run Windows 2000 check the device manager if the device has actually been removed If not reboot the system and check again After
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117. orrection factor for the DIS The DIS calibration factor and the DIS correction factor transform the signal of the DIS in the same value and unit as achieved with the lux meter CAST then activates the second lamp and measures the related color location for red green blue white White is measured several times at multiple dimmer positions in order to get a calibration factor and a correction factor for the DIS The DIS calibration factor and the DIS correction factor are stored for both lamps individually The projection modules are measured in the sequence as defined on the tab Tools Options General Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ______ CO F7 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall 7 5 Measuring the factory colors The factory colors are the native color locations of a projection engine illuminated by a lamp Factory colors have the max possible saturation CAST displays a rectangle in the center of the screen position the CAST spectrometer inside this rectangle Make sure that the sensor is hold tight on the screen and that the position of the spectrometer remains the same without drift In case of a drift the sensor might measure the white line of the rectangle instead of the test pattern When measuring hold the spectroscope perpendicular to the screen The spectroscope has to touch the screen Never remove the scattering pane of
118. ors Adjust a test pattern on the Display Wall and check the result Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ 17 8 User defined targets 8 User defined targets Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ OS7 4 8 User defined targets 8 1 General The fully automated adjustment procedure by CAST measures the factory colors of all lamps Then the auto target is calculated which represents a triangle within all the color triangles Select Lamps Color amp Luminance to visualize the color locations Check Auto Target to see the color locations CAST has calculated ig Multi Selection Individual targets w 0 415 v 1 624 Modify Target gt gt f Adjusted colors 0 Figure 8 1 color tab after the adjustment to the auto target This Auto Target can be modified to a target with customized color locations and or customized luminance A modification might be recommended if e g one projector is too dark Then the luminance of the target can be selected without taking into account the dark projector A modification might also be advisable if there is one projector whose color locations are far out of range and which thus forces down the common color triangle and the color saturation of the Display Wall A modification might be recommended e g to adjust white Depending on the appl
119. ould be recognized Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 48 4 Installation and Cabling 4 6 Installation of the spectroscope USB4000 new Check the label on the spectroscope if it reads CST 3122 11 then the spectroscope is of type USB4000 The spectroscope USB4000 requires JRE 1 4 or 1 5 or JRE 6 On the CAST CD ROM JRE1 5 is provided in the folder Accessories Java Runtime Environment In case there are multiple JRE installed on a computer make sure that JRE current version points to JRE 1 4 or 1 5 or 1 6 To check the respective registry key select Start RUN Regedit Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE JavaSoft Java Runtime Environment CurrentVersion a Registry Editor Registe Edit View Favorites Help A INTERSOLY EM JavaSoft Oi BA Java Development Kit Es Java Plug in H E Java Runtime Environmen value not set FREG_S 1 5 Currentyersion My Computers HKEY LOCAL MACHINESSOFT WARE Javad oft ava Auntine Environment If CurrentVersion is different from 1 4 or 1 5 or 1 6 modify the key The CAST spectroscope has an USB interface and is being installed via Plug amp Play The following dialog is displayed when you plug in the spectroscope Found New Hardware Ocean Optics USB4000 Figure 4 8 Plug amp Play Found New Hardware During the installation of the CAST software the driver files
120. r with OverView P series the VGA cable and adapter is mandatory There is a high risk of dammaging the controller when using the 15m 1 1 cable As every projector has its own unique projector address there are no requirements for the routing of the chain But to be able to maintain an installation it is recommended to route cables in a horizontal or vertical way between the projectors Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ O 4 16 4 Installation and Cabling Before starting a communication with RS232 every projector must have a different projector address Maximum allowed channels in one RS232 chain are 64 It is recommended to use only 32 channels with one RS232 driver O Use multiple outputs for Display Walls which comprise more than 32 channels 4 10 Connection settings The physical medium for data transfer is based on a RS 232 C interface signal level RS 232 C baud rate 9 600 baud Defines the speed of data transfer For projection modules with firmware 3 x baud rate can be set to 115200 CAST will not disable the IR receiver Please DO NOT adjust a Display Wall with CAST and try Q to control a projection unit by means of the IR Remote Control 4 11 Display walls comprising more than 32 projection modules For large Display Wall the wall has to be divided into multiple chains each of them having at most 32 projection modules When cr
121. rebooting the system the device no longer should be listed Communication failure Please switch off all settings with regards to Power Management both in the BIOS setup and in the operating system Communication failure SNMP agent has to be indicated as unmanaged to avoid conflicts with e maintenance CAST refuses to measure The calibration of the spectroscope has diminished Send it to the factory for recalibration CAST refuses to measure The values of the projector are out of range If the projector has to be adjusted with CAST the values in the registry have to be manipulated cf Adjusting projectors with extremely bad color locations CAST cannot be started CAST shares some files with other Barco applications e g PS REMOTE CONTROL oF APOLLO If your CAST does not work any longer after having installed one of the other programs re installation of an updated version will be required Contact Barco Control Rooms GmbH for receiving an update CAST maintains a log file located in the folder Documents and Settings username In case you cannot solve the problem copy this file and send it to Barco Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ OCY FAD 15 Hotline 15 Hotline Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 42 15 Hotline 15 1 Addresses Please feel free to contact us if you encounter any prob
122. ries DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 1 2 13 12 CAST User interface This can also be seen on the Color tab Lamp Color amp Luminance There is no color triangle for the lamp which measurements had been reset w Al Top lamp C Green f Blue Individual targets u 0 222 y 0616 Modify Target gt gt f Factory colors Adjusted colors f Adjusted colors 0 Close new lamp no color information available Figure 12 24 Now the measurements for this lamp have to be made again cf Measure This command can also be used to only perform one of the actions mentioned on the dialog changing the serial number of a lamp resetting its runtime to zero repeating Lamp Optimization or to discard all the measurements and measure anew Make sure that only the desired options are checked 12 4 3 Measure When a lamp has been replaced or if the projection unit has been exchanged this projection module is no longer adjusted to the target Fortunately it is not necessary to re do the adjustment of the entire wall but it is possible to adjust this single projection unit this lamp by means of the command Lamp Measure The dialog displayed is identical the one when selecting Wall Measure cf Measure Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 41 29 14 12 CAST User interface 12 4 4 Manual adjust Selecting this comma
123. s Help i f Adjustment Factory calors _ Measure Auto Target w docu ul A Wall properties 2 Fa 4 Figure 12 15 Adjustment List of targets There are two special targets the Factory colors and the Auto target Selecting Factory colors the max color locations and the max luminance of the projection unit and its lamps are applied Thus the Display Wall will show differences in colors and brightness After measuring the color locations of all projection units and its lamps CAST calculates a common color location for red green and blue as well as a common luminance for all of the projection modules and adjusts the colors and brightness accordingly This target is called Auto target CAST allows to modify the Auto target thus the entry Auto target of this list could already apply a user defined target It is recommended NOT to modify the Auto target but to modify a copy of it which can be clearly distinguished by a user defined name All user defined target are added to the list Just select one to apply it to the Display Wall Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 12 9 12 CAST User interface 12 3 2 Measure This command starts the measuring procedure The measurement is performed for both lamps of a projection units Then the measurement proceeds with the next projection module in the measuring sequence as defined in Tools Options
124. s are illuminated by the bottom lamp A subdivided grid is also used in the view for the factory colors and for the adjusted colors This is easy to understand if we keep in mind that it is not only the projection unit but the combination projection unit lamp which generate color Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall If you click on Factory colors the view changes as follows r barco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D e F File al Lamp Tools Help Dae Figure 7 14 Factory colors not measured yet As long as no measurement has been performed the cells depict a question mark The digit in the upper right corner shows the number of performed measurement cycles 7 4 Process of measurement During measurement the CAST spectrometer has to be positioned at the center of the screens It is recommended to dimm down the ambient light cf Operating conditions of CAST Due to the dual lamp system and the influence of the lamp on the color location both lamps have to be activated in turn and the measurement has to be performed on both lamp A measurement cycle comprises the following steps With the active lamp CAST applies the following test pattern and measures the related color location Red Green Blue White White is measured several times at multiple dimmer positions in order to get a calibration factor and a c
125. s two functions 1 to collect the light from each on state mirror and 2 to project an enlarged image of the mirror surface to a projection screen The picture shows a color wheel with three segments red green and blue It is also possible that the segments for the primaries exist twice RGBRGB or that a white segment is added RGBW OverView D series uses a color wheel with four segments RGWB 2 2 Lamps Projection modules of the OverView D series have dual lamp system i e the illumination unit is armed with two lamps but it is only one lamp which illuminates the optics This lamp is called active lamp The lamps can be operated in 3 modes Hot Standby Cold Standby Auto Switch mode In Hot Standby both lamps are on In case of a lamp failure the light output of the other lamp is immediately switched to illuminate the optics and there is no noticeable effect on the displayed information no loss of information no impact on quality Switching time is about half a second In Cold Standby mode the second lamp is only switched on in case a failure occurs with the active lamp Since the second lamp needs about one minute to reach a stable operating temperature at the beginning the display will have reduced brightness The contents of information however is available nearly without any interrupt Auto Switch mode is a special version of the Cold Standby mode the lamps are active in turns every 500 hours the light path is illumin
126. sant to the human eye CAST is a Color Adjustment Service Tool developed to measure the tristimulus value of the imaging devices and to adjust these values to a common value range The thus adjusted imaging devices then yield a display wall featuring a homogeneous color and brightness distribution to adjust these values to a common value range The thus adjusted imaging devices then yield a display wall featuring a homogeneous color and brightness distribution 5 2 color Color is an impression of a physiological sense By means of the CIE 1976 chromaticity diagram color can be described by its coordinates V 0 6 UJ 0 4 0 3 U 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 Figure 5 1 CIE 1976 chromaticity diagram If three points in this diagram are selected and combined to a triangle every color within this triangle can be created by mixing the three colors placed at the corners With display devices usually Red Green and Blue are selected colors placed at the corner These colors are called primaries Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _ 5 2 5 Color measurement and color adjustment 5 3 White point hue and saturation On the straight line defined by a color located on the outline of the triangle and the white point the hue of this color remains the same but the saturation decreases towards the white point 0 3 3 3 3 uU 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0
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128. se only target Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 Figure 8 6 new location of white CAST will not allow to select a color location too far beyond the color locations of the Auto 8 5 8 User defined targets 8 1 2 Modifying the color locations for the primaries To modify the color locations for the primaries the respective primary color has also to be unlocked Zoom in the respective color and mid click on the desired color location for the target In case the color won t be any longer within the allowed range of this color e g you select a color location for red which is already blue CAST rejects this color location CAST Warning AN Invalid color location Figure 8 7 selected color location beyond the defined range of the color 8 1 3 Individual targets If a color location is selected which cannot be reached by the projection units with their lamps these lamps are adjusted to an individual target w No projector selected Luminance Individual targets Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors C Adjusted colors Goce Copy Del Apply Ealar 0 164 0 142 Rename Apply Lum Figure 8 8 color location cannot be reached by all projectors Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 8 6 8 User defined targets The red location sele
129. sed by the raw data of the DIS multiplied by a calibration factor DIS value DIS Calibration Factor correction factor DIS raw data For operating in absolute brightness mode CAST determines the DIS calibration factor individually for each lamp Then the projection module is set to the target brightness The adjustment procedure by means of the CAST spectrometer is done in the absolute brightness operation mode In case the visual inspection judges a projector module to be too bright or too dark the user then can adjust the brightness individualy by means of the correction factor This factor can be set in the range from 30 to 30 and slightly changes the calibration of the DIS The target value of the DIS remains constant If CAST is used without spectromater manual mode there is no measurement value of the luminance available and the projection modules are adjusted in relative mode In relative brightness mode the DIS calibration factor is set to one and the correction factor is set to zero The adjustment procedure without the CAST spectrometer is done in the relative brightness operation mode Afterwards then the brightness mode is switched back to absolute Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 24 3 CAST a Tool for Color Adjustment 3 CAST a Tool for Color Adjustment Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s
130. sement for these products or manufacturers Copyright 2001 2006 Barco Control Rooms GmbH 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 bertragen 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 2001 2006 Barco Control Rooms GmbH 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 the Barco Control Rooms GmbH Warranty and Compensation for Damages The company Barco Control Rooms GmbH guarantees perfect manufacture within the scope of legal warranty periods The buyer has to inspect the goods delivered by Barco Control Rooms GmbH for transport material or manufacturing damages defects immediately upon receiving the goods Any complaints have to be immediately submitted to Barco Control Rooms GmbH in writing The warranty period starts with at time of risk transference and with initial operation for special systems and software but not later than 30 days
131. some information in case an error occurs to check and or to reset the respective error bit Error Lamp Top Lamp Bottom Lamp Door OverTemperature UnderVoltage Illumination Unit read RefSearch Lift Fan Brightness Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 Description Lamp Top is broken Lamp Bottom is broken Lamp door is open Overtemperature in illumination unit or on Power Factor Correcition detected Undervoltage of Power Factor Correction detected Communication to illumination unit is not ok Search of reference position of the optical dimmer was not successful End position not reached or lift motor defect Fan speed not ok or fan stopped Target brightness could not be reached due to lamp tolerance or aging or end position of dimmer 12 21 12 CAST User interface 12 5 Tools Er lbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D M File Wall Lamp Tools Help Dja E E Options Figure 12 33 Tools menu This menu gives access to the Options submenu and to the spectrometer related items 12 5 1 Options The Options command opens a multi page with 3 tabs 12 5 1 1 General Options Name of service technician docu karlsruhe Select modules in this order Figure 12 34 Tools Options General tab If required edit the name of the technician For the measurement and adjustment procedure the sequence of measurement can be defined by clicking into on
132. t Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 11 6 11 Manual adjustment 11 3 2 CAST is already connected to the display wall When CAST is connected and a projector should be deliberately be excluded or if a problem with this projector occurs then CAST can be disconnected from this projector only without the need to disconnect from the entire display wall In case the projector should be deliberately be excluded from the adjustment the command Lamp Disconnect has been introduced EF manual everywhere test Barco C45T D File Wall Lamp Tools Help i S J Activate Exchange Measure Pan Manual adjust Dis connect Color amp luminance Figure 11 5 Lamp menu Disconnect If CAST detects a problem it will ask if the projector is to be disconnected Let s image a projector which shows problems during the adjustment procedure the serial communication of this projector get lost CAST then displays a message indicating the problem CAST Question x T Serial communication with the device Failed Frojector hr Please check your serial conm ction Are vou sure that the dewice address 2 is assigned to this projector Press lt Retry gt to retry the last action Press lt Cancel gt to disconnect From this projector crel Figure 11 6 CAST warning serial communication failed If CANCEL is pressed CA
133. t has been replaced you have to confirm the situation The measurements for this projection unit both lamps will have to be repeated If a connection is established the color of the connection icon turns green and the icon button looks pressed When connecting for the first time CAST proposes to performs lamp optimization and to switch on all projectors in case some of them are in standby mode It is highly recommended to run lamp optimization first w Connect to wall satem lamp mode Enable Disable te iat stanoay o pold standby E Suta switch sua save Message bores Error messages Infrared control W Switch on all projectors Lane aptinieatorn Cancel Figure 12 45 Connect dialog To exclude a projection module from the measurement procedure uncheck the checkbox and shut down the respective projection module The disabled options are only to inform about the status of the Display Wall CAST performs the required actions by itself If desired infrared control can be checked in order to be able to e g check some values settings during running CAST However keep in mind that CAST cannot work properly if the projectors are sent any commands by IR Remote Control while doing the adjustment procedure Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 122 30 12 CAST User interface 12 7 4 Disconnect To disconnect
134. t of the optics 12 4 2 Exchange Selecting this command a dialog pops up w Lamp Exchange W Change lamplD Change lamp runtime 3193770 2 682 h G Oh If Repeat lamp optimization i Reset all measurements Apply Cancel Figure 12 21 Lamp Exchange dialog Use this command to change a lamp Check Change Lamp ID Change Lamp Run time Repeat Lamp Optimization Use this command also to re adjust the lamps after the exchang of a projection unit DO NOT check Change lamp ID Change lamp runtime Since this command discards all measurements and verifications of the selected lamp a confirmation is required Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 41 292 12 12 CAST User interface CAST Question He J Are yau sure that you want to rest all measurements of this lamp x C Figure 12 22 CAST warning If OK is selected CAST discards all measurements and performs the desired operations For a newly replaced lamp it is strongly recommended to run lamp optimization CAST performs the desired actions and discards all measurements A question mark is displayed in the respective cell indicating that there are no values for any color locations Erlbarco karlsruhe test Barco CAST D File Wall Lamp Tools Help oie s Figure 12 23 new lamp no color information available Barco CAST for OverView D se
135. t refuse to accept the values 11 Manual adjustment If this is the rule the calibration of the spectroscope has to be re done Send the spectroscope back to factory for re calibration If this only happens once in a blue moon and you still want CAST to do the measurement you have to edit the registry In the registry the range of color locations CAST assigns to a color are defined There is always the maximum and the minimum given for white red green blue and luminance Modify the property which is out of range carefully by editing the respective registry key You should modify the value only temporary After measurement of this projector reset the respective registry key again in order not to lose quality Hi Registry Editor Fie Edit Wiew Favorites Help n Console H E Control Panel Environment H E Identities H E keyboard Layout H E Network E E Printers oo J SessionInformation E Software Ei Barco Eg cast Fl Cast b i J DLPObjects ommon H E Classes H E Intel H E Madonion com H E Microsoft ia Netscape H E Network Associates H E Folicies o H visio M UNTCODE Program Groups oe Volatile Environment H E HREY_LOCAL_MACHINE H E HKEY_USERS ia HKEY CURRENT CONFIG a al Mame ab Default lab casT ersion ab DebugMadeEnabled lab IndicateUnexpectedErrors lab UserName lab ValidateBlueEmax lab ValidateBlueEmin lab validateBlueLImax lab valid
136. t to the previous target The projector then will be indicated unreachable Use CAST to do a convenient re adjustment of the Display Wall In case more than half of the projectors has been exchanged CAST refuses to connect to the wall but requires to define a new wall and do the adjustment from the scratch 10 2 Exchange of projection unit To exchange a projection unit disconnect from CAST replace the projection unit and then re connnect CAST stores all information about the projection units and the lamps of a Display Wall in the file and will compare the stored values with the current ones Therefore when connecting CAST to the Display Wall after the exchange of a projection unit CAST will indicate that the product number of the replaced projector does not match the former one and requires confirmation of this situation CAST Question Based on the projectors serial numbers CAST Found out that the Following projectors have been exchanged in the wall since the last adjustment A2 BZ IF you continue CAST will reset all measurments you did on theses projectors 4nd you will need to readjust them IF vou think that no projectors hawe been exchanged click lt Cancel gt and make sure that the device addresses have not been changed Cancel Figure 10 1 CAST warning about serial number which does not match Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006
137. the sensor Select Wall Measure to start the measurement procedures The following dialog pops up w 41 Top 0 E Press measure button to start Measure Close Figure 7 15 Starting the measurement the caption indicates the lamp to be measured Click on Measure to start the measurement on the projection module A1 The measurement of lamp top is automatically followed by the measurement of lamp bottom After both lamps of the projection module have been measured the measurement is continued on the next projecton module in sequence Position the CAST spectrometer and click Measure to go on with the adjustment procedure Whenever the projection module changes CAST waits for an acknowledge that the spectrometer has been positioned the right way and the measurement can be proceeded Click on OK to go on with the procedure Press ESC to interrupt the measurement sequence or use the mouse and right click Whenever you cancel a measurement and resume it later CAST knows which projection engines and which lamps have already been measured and starts automatically with the first projection module in the chain which has not been completely measured Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ___ 7 10 7 Fully automated adjustment of the Display Wall If the measurement has been performed for both lamps of all projection modules the grid depicts a t
138. 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 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 CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _ 1 3 2 OverView D Series in Short 2 OverView D Series in Short 2 1 Impaging device OverView D series is based on DLP technology using a single chip DMD For a single chip projection system the DMD is sequentially illuminated with the three primary colors red green and blue RGB 0MD circuit F optics o l w light filter Figure 2 1 principle of a single chip DLP projection system A condenser lens collects the light which is imaged onto the surface of a transmissive color wheel A second lens collects the light that passes through the color wheel and evenly illuminates the surface of the DMD The DMD is controlled by the ASIC Depending on the rotational state of the mirror 10 or 10 degrees the light is directed either into the pupil of the projection lens on or away from the pupil of the projection lens off The projection lens ha
139. thus CAST having ignited the second lamp CAST will wait with Lamp optimization until all lamps of all projectors are warmed up During this time the application shows an hourglass and the status bar of the CAST window informs about waiting for projectors CAST performs Lamp optimization the first time it is connected to the Display Wall Any subsequent connection will not trigger Lamp optimization However lamp optimization can be triggered manually by selecting Lamp Exchange and selectingthe related checkbox Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 6 5 6 Overview of adjustment steps Now the adjustment procedure can be started 6 3 2 Measurement steps CAST includes a spectrometer to measure the color locations of the projection engines as well as a software to determine a common color location The respective correction then is done by the DLP ASIC For a real precision measurement it is mandatory to dimm down the ambient light cf Operating conditions of CAST As an inherit feature of the one chip DLP technology used in CAST the color distribution in one projector is quite homogeneous Therefore locally only one measurement point is required Since the OverView D series feature a dual lamp system and since color and brightness are dependent on the lamp in a measurement series the two lamps are activated in sequence and the color locations
140. to Target All projectors Individual targets Modify Target gt gt Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 Pines Figure 6 4 location for red In the zoom view the color coordinates are indicated bottom left Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 _____ _ C F 6 Overview of adjustment steps If you zoom in the white location also the correlated color temperature is displayed w No projector selected oom C All fe White C Red C Green i Blue J Suto Target z ifs projectors ZOOM right click MODIFY TARGET middle click Individual targets B200 K u 0 181 v 0 483 Modify Target gt gt C Factory colors Adjusted colors Adjusted colors 0 nee Figure 6 5 correlated color temperature Planck curve The Planck curve is displayed as a dotted line the distance between two dots is 100K The dot of the Planck curve which has the least distance to the white point is taken as reference point and the corresponding temperature is indicated in the bitmap as the correlated color temperature To select a color temperature scan the bitmap with the mouse watch the value of the displayed temperature and if it meets your desires double click in the bitmap to define the white point Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 6 9
141. trometers e g USB2000 and USB4000 in one installation you should keep in mind that the measurement values may differ USB4000 for example in principle measures colors which are more saturated When adjusting replaced projection units to the target of a display wall make sure to use the type of spectrometer which has been used to determine the target In case you are not sure about the type of spectrometer or in case this type of spectrometer is not available re measuring and re adjustment of the entire display wall including the new projection unit is recommended Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 4 12 4 Installation and Cabling 4 8 Installation of the cordless mouse CAST comes with a cordless mouse the Ultra GT cordless optical mouse of Gyration Its installation is quite easy no driver files are required The following installation instructions are copied from Gyration web page Remove Protective Tab from Mouse STEP 1 Remove Protective Tab The Ultra Mouse ships with a clear plastic sheet inserted beneath the battery pack This keeps the battery from fully discharging before the product is sold Remove the battery pack by depressing the button at the base of the mouse Remove the plastic tab and discard Replace the battery pack f Charge Mouse Batteries STEP 2 Charge Mouse Batteries The rechargeable Ultra Mouse batteries may need to be rechar
142. urements are disabled As a Starting point for manual adjustment CAST has set all lamps to their factory colors Select one projector lamp as a reference target Since CAST has done Lamp Optimization and since the Display Wall has been set to relative brightness mode with 100 the darkest projector will determine the target It might be recommended to first activate all inactive lamps to find out the darkest projector To start the manual adjustment click into a cell of the reference lamp and select Lamp Manual adjust First adjust the projector lamp which has been selected as reference Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 4 1 12 11 Manual adjustment Br lbarco karlsruhe manual test Barco CAST D Of Fie Wall Lamp Tools Help Exchange C l Activate Measure Manual adjust Color amp luminance 0 B th uh I 0 Figure 11 16 Click on a lamp and then select Lamp Manual adjust The Manual adjust dialog pops up The caption indicates that the adjustment procedure is done completely manually w Manual adjust fully manual Relative Luminance 1004 White color u 0 192 v 0 504 Calibrate Lum Factory Colors Close Figure 11 17 White amp Luminance tab of the manual adjustment mode Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006
143. values specified for reducing saturation and luminance can be chosen If there are big deviations between the projectors the auto target should be recalculated with more reduced values Tolerances A target value is considered to be reached if the value is within a certain range of the target This range is set by means of the spin buttons for white red green and blue If a lamp cannot reach the target it might be recommended to increase the tolerances The tolerances are saved in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Barco CAST CAST D DLPObjects Modifications of tolerances If a lamp cannot reach the target the tolerances on this tab might be modified accordingly to get the target reached tick for this projector This should be handled with utmost care Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 41 292 94 12 CAST User interface Skip verification measurement during second measuring cycle The second measurement cycle can strongly improve the homogeneity but it will last more than twice as the first measurement cycle since the integration time of the spectrometer has to be improved Furthermore CAST performs two additional measuring steps for each color at each lamp The first measurement step is used to improve the adjustment quality the second measuring step is used as verification of the adjustment result To save time this second measuring step in t
144. ver again for 2 seconds then release The receiver STATUS light will stop flashing indicating the receiver is now in normal operating mode This step is optional because the receiver will automatically return to Normal mode after 5 minutes Doing so manually ensures that your receiver will not accidentally Learn any other devices that may be in the vicinity Barco CAST for OverView D series DOC 3329 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 ____ 7 43 4 Installation and Cabling 4 9 Remote control cabling Remote Control chains up to 32 projection modules are supported If a Display Wall Q comprises more than 32 projection modules cf Display walls comprising more than 32 projection modules Make sure that there is no SNMP agent running Indicate the Display Wall as being Q unmanaged Communication between CAST and the projection engines is done via the serial line Before adjusting a Display wall the remote control cabling has to be done It is also mandatory that all projectors have been assigned a unique projector address according the following rule The most left projector of the top row gets the address 1 the projector next right to him the address 2 and so on seen from front of the Display Wall If all projectors of the top row have received an address start with the most left projector of the second row row below the top row and assign him the following number So for a Display Wall with an nxm
145. y doing as been advised the following dialog pops w Connect to wall satemto lamp mode Enable Disable te iat stanoay o teald stendby E Auto siaiten Suto gave Message bores Error messages Infrared control W Switch on all projectors Lane aptinieston Cancel Figure 7 11 Connect dialog If it is a new wall and CAST will be connected to it the first time lamp optimization should be performed in order to ensure that the tiltable mirror is in its adjusted position with respect to the lamp Therefore the respective check box is selected To learn more about lamp optimization cf Lamp optimization Lamp optimization is only performed when connecting to the Display Wall for the first time To define a target for all lamps and all projectors of the Display Wall it is mandatory that all projectors are switched on CAST will care for this provided the checkbox Switch on all projectors is selected In case there are good reasons to exclude some projectors from the adjustment procedure switch the projectors off and remove the tick of this checkbox The disabled options are only to inform about the status of the Display Wall CAST performs the required actions by itself If desired infrared control can be checked in order to be able to e g check some values settings during running CAST However keep in mind that CAST cannot work properly if the projectors are sent any commands by IR R

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