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1. ____ 7 25 7 OCM client application 7 4 5 3 Apply Factory White Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM ie File Action view Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode Load Frofile Save reddish Source Selection b d d Lamp Activation b Homogeneity I Test Patterns d d On Screen Display Create Mew Rename reddish Delete reddish Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory white Optimize all active lamps write ko EEPROM cop Standby FE 120 E Fully operable Every DLP projection unit has its native colors the so called Factory White The adjustment procedures either automatic color adjustment by CAST or manual color adjustment by CAST or by the OverView CONTROL MANGER manipulate these colors by applying some color modification algorithms To show the native colors of all projection modules select Apply Factory White A warning pops up Please Confirm 2 This action will apply Factory white For all lamps Are you sure Probably the display wall will now feature quite inhomgeneous color and brightness distribution Load the Service Adjustment Profile or one of the custom profiles to reset the adjustment Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 7 26 7 OCM client application 7 4 5 4 Optimize all active lamps De
2. _ 3 20 3 Getting started Module 41 bottom lamp E 16 0 30 Yo Coloris OUT OF RANGE Helg Unda Cast Factory White Close The OCM restricts color correction to a max distance from the original factor white Therefore your selected color may be considered to be out of range When you are satisfied with the white of the selected projection module click Close to exit the dialog You can also shift the color of the entire display wall by holding the CTRL key pressed when double clicking into the bitmap For special applications you might also want to shift the whitepoint towards e g red color temperature of 3200K This can also be done using the Color amp Brightness dialog Right click in the bitmap to modify the target Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 21 3 Getting started Module 41 bottom lamp Double click to apply color change u 0 004 y 0 001 Help Undo Last Factory White Close Click also on the Help button to learn what and how How to use manual color calibration D The little circle marks the white color that is desired For all modules in the wall To adjust a module towards the desired color First apply a white or gray testpattern to the whole wall Then double click on the modules current color The position of the desired color can be c
3. ra Source Selection Lamp Activation b b Homogeneity d Test Patterns d On Screen Display COLD Standby FEK 120 E Fully operable J The Run Mode menu entries shows if all of the projection modules are switched on or all of them switched off or if some of them are one others off The respective entries Switched ON Switched OFF are only then indicated with a black dot if all projection modules of the entire display wall are on or off If none of the entries show the dot some of the projection modules are on others off No matter if all projection systems have the same status the entire display wall can be switched to the same status on or off respectively by selecting the command Switched ON or switched OFF A dialog pops up which has to be confirmed to execute the switching Please Confirm Are vou sure that you wank to switch the wall on Via the context menu an individual projection module can be switched on off Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 16 7 OCM client application 7 4 2 Lamp Mode Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM a Fa File Action View Help Run Mode a n HOT Standby COLD Standby l Lamp Mode Source Selection Homogeneity Test Patterns b d d Lamp Activation b d d d On Screen Display COLD Stand
4. Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM B m E4 File Action view Help Before the dialog to modify color and brightness opens a white test pattern should be applied to the wall Then the Color amp Brightness dialog pops up Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 19 3 Getting started Module Al bottom lamp Color amp Brightness Und or erst Factory White Close 3 2 3 1 Color adjustment By means of the dialog the current color impression of the selected projection module can be entered into the color adjustment algorithm Example If you consider the white of the projection module to be too green indicate this green white in the color bitmap by double clicking on the corresponding color This will modify the color correction algorithm to shift the color of the projection module towards white The indicated color coordinates of white as shown on top of the color bitmap will change accordingly In the bitmap you have to indicate the actual color not the desired color Please make sure that the color settings of your Windows desktop is set to 24bit In case the color you indicated is out of range this is indicated on top of the color bitmap and you cannot modify the target Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service
5. Pun Mode aii o K Lamp Mode b es th Source Selection Wsi F as si J Lamp Activation Homogeneity Test Patterns On Screen Display Expert Level HOT Standby Protection P Lamp Driver d Change white Peaking Update lamp voltage Update Loj Level running coL Standby FIX 120 F Winor Problem Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 31 3 Getting started 3 3 6 Re calibrate brightness Although re calibrate is a command located in the context menu of the lamps in Lamp View it should not be performed for the selected lamp only but for all lamps active lamps and backup lamps of the entire display wall This can only be skipped if the measurement device for re calibration is about the same as the one used for the initial calibration probably done with CAST gt EXPERT MODE Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM of x File Action View Help CESES Activate Optimize Update Lamp Info Retry after Fail Re Calibrate Br ghtness eee eee Al running COLD Standby FIX 120 Minor Problem Re calibration resets the brightness correction factor and it requires that the lamp optimization procedure has been run Then a properly calibrated lux meter has to be centered on the screen the brightness value has to be measured and noted Finally this mea
6. Next to the option the respective brightness values Ix are indicated Option Brightness target Disabled In case the projection systems of a display wall do not have a common brightness target the dialog opens with Disabled selected Maximized The brightness target of the display wall is always the maximum value of the darkest lamp Minimized The brightness target of the display wall is always the minimum of the brightest lamp Fixed Use the slider bar to define the brightness target This might be recommended in case it is only one lamp which e g forces the max value down In case all projection systems of a display wall have the same brightness target the dialog opens with Fixed selected The value then corresponds to the value of the brightness target targets in case of lamp aging the target will be adjusted automatically represents the brightness mode Fixed a static target which might no longer be reached in case the lamps i Whereas the brightness mode Maximized and the brightness mode Minimized are dynamic show reduced brightness due to aging processes The brightness mode is indicated in the status bar The last applied brightness mode and the brightness target value is memorized and restored properly when the wall service is restarted Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 12 3 Getting started When changi
7. 2 Summary 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the functionality of the OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ______ 2 1 2 Summary 2 1 General OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER is a software to monitor and control projection systems of the OverView D series via a graphical and intuitive user interface 2 2 OverView D projection systems Projection systems of the OverView D series employ a projection unit based on DLP technology and a dual lamp illumination unit The sophisticated projection systems allow to be adjusted in color brightness luminance and to select the operating mode hot standby cold standby as well as the active lamp Serial numbers of the projection unit and the illumination unit as well as the runtime of the projection unit and the lamps are stored in the system and can be accessed and modified OverView D offers an OnScreen Display thus allowing controlling every individual projection system via an IR Remote Control By nature the OSD is overlaying the applications on the display wall and does not allow monitoring the system all the time Moreover the OSD refers to a single unit and not to the entire display wall To monitor and control an OverView D display wall use the OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software 2 3 OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software The OveRViEW CONTROL MANAGER software is
8. 4 service person must calibrate the brightness by aid of CAST or a lux meter Close On the Health Details tab the tool tip texts move the mouse slowly of ther information about the problem offers a solution However these solutions require probably to run the OCM client in service mode Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 6 3 Getting started As you can also see the brightness level is indicated by different gray level Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action View Help running running running a B2 B3 running running running COLD Standby Fix H4 F Minor Problem f if all representatives of the projection modules in the grid have the same gray level the display wall features homogeneous brightness In case the gray of the cells are different you can see which cubes are darker in the example these are the cubes A2 B2 B3 Besides you can use File Wall Information Health Details to find out how much the brightness differs Wall Information Display Wall Health Details a Ae top lamp 17 too dark to reach the current brightness target a B top lamp 9 too dark to reach the current brightness target a B3 bottom lamp 20 too dark to reach the current brightness target Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 Decemb
9. 0 marks parameters which are replaced by the system never replace change anything marked with curled brackets Translate the text strings and save the property file Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 4 8 Special configurations 8 1 2 How to facilitate the creation of language files Encoding special characters according the Unicode standard might be cumbersome To make translations easier you may visit e g http popeye sourceforge net Popeye is a freeware tool which offers to select the encoding standard Thus you don t have to care about special characters in your language It is NOT a translation tool you still have to translate every text string However you can do it in a kind of table which is more convenient than a simple text file where you have to overwrite the English text with the new localized string Popeye version 0 54 File View Project Tools Help er e z German ide enuULa Activate Aktivieren MenuLa Are you sure that you wantto activate the MenuLa Optimize Optimieren WMenuLa Are vou sure that you wantto optimize this Sind Sie sicher dass Sie diese Lampe optimieren m WMenuLa Update Lamp Info Update Lamp Info MenuLa Retry after fail MenuLa This action will reset the larmp fail error A This action will reset the larp fail error As the projecto key MenuL
10. File Authorization Starting with Release 1 2 different password for service mode and operator mode are supported The operator mode can be accessed either by the password for the service mode or for the operator mode The expert mode requires the password of the service mode Using the commands of the File menu or the button on the tool bars always refer to the entire display wall In case an individual module should be addressed select the respective module and use its context menu right mouse Click The representatives of the modules Module view or the lamps Lamp view in the grid have a context menu directly giving access to the commands of the item Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 3 7 OCM client application The caption of the window indicates configuration name and owner of the display wall The status bar informs about the projector status running the lamp operation mode cold standby the brightness modus fixed at 120Ix and the overall health of the system fully operable In the grid multiple information is displayed The icon on the upper left corner of every projection system shows the global health of the individual unit The characters in the upper right corner show the address of the projection system in the grid The reading in the center indicates the operation status The gray color indicates the brightne
11. Select a row in the table the respective lamp will be selected and indicated by a blue border Multiple selection of rows lamps is possible by using the SHIFT key adjacent rows and the CTRL key non adjacent rows respectively Selection can also happen in the grid then the respective row s in the table will be highlighted In the case there is no information available e g a lamp has never been running so no brightness could have been measured a question mark is displayed One of the properties listed in the table can be visualized in the representative of the projection systems in the grid Click on Show Lamp Property A sub menu opens The entries match the columns of the tables Select the one to be displayed in the module In the example it is the Operation state of the lamp indicated by a black dot can be cold standby hot standby or active Demo Wall 3 4 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 File Action view Help f l Module view 0 Lamp view Input Sources Brightness Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Show Lamp Property J Operation state of the lamp Runtime of the lamp GF updated correctly Serial number of the lamp iF updated correctly Current brightness DIS value of the module Maximal possible brightness of the lamp estimated Minimal possible brightness of the lamp festimated Manual correction For the brightness calibrat
12. e Enter the new value by means of the numeric keys of the IR Remote Control Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 4 2 4 Configuration of the projection modules 4 2 Baud rate The baud rate depends on the firmware of the projectors Projectors with firmware 2 x require a baud rate of 9600 Projectors with firmware 3 x require a baud rate of 115000 Please make sure that the RS 232baudrate of the projection units are set to the correct value e Inthe OSD navigate to Brightness e Enter the access code for the Service menu and press Enter e Inthe Service menu select RS232 Baudrate e Make sure that 9600 is marked with a white dot in case of firmware 2 x or 115000 in case of firmware 3 x Firmware 2 x requires a baudrate of 9600 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 4 3 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 5 1 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform 5 1 System requirements Release 1 0 and Release 1 1 of OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER support Windows platforms only Starting with Release 1 2 also Linux is supported e Minimum PC with at least PIII 400 MHz 256
13. Brightness dialog to adjust the correction factor Of course this adjustment can also saved as or within a profile Color and brightness adjustment may also be required due to lamp aging or when a lamp has been replaced and the new lamp no longer fits into the target Please see also Homogeneity Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 23 3 Getting started 3 2 4 Source selection and source switching mode firmware 3 x or higher only OverView D projection modules with firmware 3 x or higher feature two DVI interfaces to connect two sources The OCM client allows to check the sources to select the active source and to define the switching mode It goes without saying that all of these functionalities can be applied to the entire display wall menu commands or to an individual projection module command in the context menu of the grid in Module view To view the sources select View Input sources The grid shows to rectangles the left one represents source 1 input 1 the right one represents source 2 input 2 The selected switching mode is also indicated Green dots within the rectangles show that the sources are connected A missing source is indicated by a red dot The currently active source is shown with a bold black border To switch the active source for all projection modules select Action Source Selection The current
14. Chent Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service Configure Wall Service Open Console About Exit All possibilities to configure the service display the Configure OverView Control Manager dialog where the entries can be adjusted modified Please note Modifications will only be applied after re starting the service Configure O D Wall Service Val all Owner Barco Location Karlsruhe Name optional Demo wall Columns Rows Serial port B audrate 3 E EOM 3600 Demo Made Wall Serice Password Service ie SHIP Password Operator IP Pot TEOG Enter Name Owner and Location of the display wall as well as the configuration Columns Rows Select the Serial port the first projection system is connected to The baud rate has to be set to 9600 in case the projection modules have firmware 2 x The baud rate has to be set to 115000 in case the projection modules have firmware 3 x IP Port shows the name of the Port the OverVIEW CONTROL MANAGER web service uses This port has to be opened cf Used ports In case the port is already used by another application enter a free port number If you want the application to run in Demo Mode e g to get familiar with the menu bar and toolbar check Demo Mode Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 6 15 6 OverView Control Manag
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16. DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 4 3 Getting started 3 1 1 Monitoring a display wall When monitoring a display wall the main important information is about the health of the systems Does everything work as expected If not what s the problem The OveRVIEW CONTROL MANAGER provides a health icon in the status bar which indicates the health of the display wall In addition the individual health of a projection module and the both lamps are visualized in the grid If a problem occurs detailed information is given on a dedicated dialog tab Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM FER cal File Action View Help 2 Minor Problem J At a glance the status bar and the grid provide information about the health of the system To learn how to read it cf Wall Information Health Details Details of the problem can be found on the dialog File Wall information To open this dialog there are three possibilities e Double click on the yellow icon in the status bar e Double click on the yellow icon in the gird e Select the menu command File Wall information Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 3 5 3 Getting started Wall Information E4 a B3 botom lamp Brightness locking is not possible with this lamp because it has not been calibrated
17. Help Achy abe Optimize Update Lamp Info POS Operation Runtime Serialo Current max mn x actwe 3645 78911 rz G36 fs 11 0 cold stby 640 8042 Pg 23 0 FAILED 1455 1785 210 aE 17 0 cold sthy 2414 74901 20682 12 0 cold sthy 4176 730r 9 pez p3 60 actwe 1981 7150 723 078 1 J30 acte 3423 73848 72 72 e8 fao cold sthy 3090 80000 pes jer 50 cold sthy 4177 87720 BOA coL Standby ma 172 E Major Problem The command Retry after fail resets the error bit and tries again to ignite the lamp running Please Confirm 2 This action will reset the lamp Fail error 4s the projector is in cold standby the lamp will be automatically activated afterwards to make sure that it is able to start It is often due to a temporary change in voltage that the lamp fails Therefore it is always worth to retry it If it is a relatively new lamp check runtime you might want to try it again later In case you decide to replace the lamp after the failure of the Retry after fail command replace the lamp as described in the user s manual of the projection system After the new lamp has been inserted reset the error bit by pressing on the ON RES switch on the rear side of the projection module Since it is a new lamp the OCM does not know its brightness its serial number etc Therefore it is recommended to introduce it to the OCM select the new lamp to be the act
18. Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Show Module Property d Operation state of the module Brightness regulation stake of the module Current brightness DIS Value of the module Maximal possible brightness of active lamp Cestinated Minimal possible brightness of active lamp estimated Manual correction For the brightness calibration 30 L COLD Standby FIX 120 E Fully operable grid 03 00 is indicated Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 39 7 OCM client application 7 4 13 Lamps property table If the current view is Module View this command automatically switches to lamp view Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Miei x File Action view Help i o Module view i H Lamp view Input Sources Brightness Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Show Lamp Property Boke ree ae ar or cold sty 1322 yraa he his6 fer so cold sthy 401 gaso o par t o poao _ active larar ozsa mao ns fee hao cli sty 3499 para 72a gs cold sthy 3426 8978s 2312 84 20 clit 70 gia P28 s p active 3846 87966 20 nei p2 Hao cold stby 5728 70648 he hes ler han active 5821 reg n20 225 90 f10 active 4777 73669 20 2 171 68 J80 COLD Standby Fi 120 E Fully operable f The Lamp Property Table
19. The OCM then shows the display wall in small module view All projection modules are visible at a glance no scrolling is required gt Demo Wall 20 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Fie Action view Help OXO B83 490 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 9 8 Special configurations 8 3 Projection units with one and with two DVI inputs XGA resolution OverView D display walls with XGA resolution might employ projection units of the first and of the second generation Projection units of the first generation do only have one DVI interface therefore of course only one source can be connected and no source switching is available These projection units feature firmware 2 x Projection units of the second generation feature two DVI interfaces thus allowing to simultaneously connect two sources and to select the active source These projection units run with firmware 3 x The following picture shows a display wall where the projection module A1 employs a projection unit with one DVI interface This is indicated in the grid as single source All settings for source selection via Action Source Selection will not affect this projection module It goes without saying that its context menu has no command Source Selection Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH OF x File Acton View Help sO fi ce COLD Standby FIx 120 c
20. and scroll at the end of the file There you find the DisplayWall tag One of the attributes is baudrate O D WallService xml WordPad Of x File Edit wiew Insert Format Help Pi jc Gel ealkl al ael S instance 1p port This i the ip port which is used for communication hetween the Service and the clients This entry should only be altered if the port is already in use and can t be freed default 6063 If you change the port you also have to start the OLN Client application with cmd option ip port xXxXxx derio set this entry to 1 to enable the demo wode of the Service Which Simulates a wall connected to the service Set to o for disabling demo mode re agent Set this entry to 1 to enable OCM RO Agent OD Wall Serive will then expose an SNMP Agent interface The behaviour of OCH RC Agent is configured in OCM Red gent xml pasiwed Allows to specify a password that is used for Authorization in the OCM Client application default harcal OCM Client can be started with cmd option paswd barco for automatic authorization You can also specify as paswd to completely remove password protection gt lt DisplayWall width 3 height 42 com port COMNS Haudrate S6e00 owners Barco location Karlsruhe wallname Demo Wall ip port 68005 demo 1 re agent 0 passud harco gt lt DisplayWall gt For Help press F1 a Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s
21. application In case the icon is gray yellow orange or red additional information is given to track the problem This information can be seen in the tool tips showing up when moving the mouse over the information Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Miel x File Action View Help Oo xO Me 4 COLD Standby F 120 F Minor Problem 4 Wall Information E4 Display Wall vall Service Health Details a The current color and brightness settings have not been saved in an adjustment profile It s recommended to either save vour changes or re load one of the saved adiustrment profiles Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 12 7 OCM client application The following table lists some possible problem and how they are indicated with respect to their severity Possible problems Minor Major Critical unknown Connection health client does not find host system X client does not find service on host system X connection lost between client and server X build version of client different from build version of x host configured COM port does not exist X configured COM port cannot be opened X no wall hardware can be found X Module health modules have different brightness targets X modules do not respond X unknown wall health X software control disabled X lamps differ too much in brightness to find a comm
22. as soon as the slider has been released If Fixed is selected and a value is set which is above the value indicated vow the max brightness or below the value entered for the minimal brightness the display wall cannot be adjusted to feature homogeneous brightness The representative of the cubes in the grid show different gray color to indicate the different brightness level of the cubes The health status will then indicate a minor problem yellow Use File Wall Information Health Details to view the distance of the target of those projector which cannot be adjusted to the target Demo Wall 3 4 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM M Ea File Action view Help OXO m a 1 AS running running running a E1 2 B2 B3 running running running COLD Standby FE 214 F Winor Problems wall Information x a AS top lamp 17 too dark to reach the current brightness target a B2 top lamp 9 too dark to reach the current brightness target a B3 bottom larip 20 too dark to reach the current brightness target Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 61 7 OCM client application In case the lamps differ too much and difference between the max target and the min target is too small lt 10 and the selected brightness locking mode is minimized the OveRVIEW CONTROL MANAGER will automatically switch to Maximized and disable t
23. comes in total with 5 language files all called messages_en properties Barco OverView Control Manager Client com barco sgcm ovd_client control messages_en properties Barco OverView Control Manager Client com barco sgcm ovd_client model messages_en properties Barco OverView Control Manager Client com barco sgcm ovd_client model health messages_en properties Barco OverView Control Manager Client com barco sgcm ovd_client view messages_en properties Barco OverView Control Manager Client com barco sgcm ovd_wallservice iface messages_en properties Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 3 8 Special configurations To create a different language file proceed as follows e Navigate to the folder of the English language file e Copy the English language file and paste it into the identical location e Rename the file by replace the iso 639 digits by the new code e g messages_fr properties It is mandatory that the file name is composed like this messages _iso639digits properties All other file names are invalid Use your favorite editor and open the new lanquage file You will see something similar to the picture below B messages_en properties WordPad ON File Edit View Insert Format Help Helk Sie al 8 Pele E PrOJector 13 1H NolL standypy Che Lamp W1lLlLl He FeStLArLed ALLerwarads HenuLanp U06 Re C
24. coupling Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 27 7 OCM client application 7 4 5 5 Write to EEPROM Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action view Help i Run Mode l Lamp Mode FEF g A Source Selection Load Profile Save reddish b d d Lamp Activation b Homogeneity I Test Patterns d d On Screen Display Create Mew Rename reddish Delete reddish Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory white Optimize all active lamps write to EEPROM running COLD Standby FE 120 E Fully operable 4 This command writes the settings of all projection modules to their EEPROM Whenever you switch a projection module to Standby its settings are written to the EEPROM too Please Confirm gt This action will persistenti save all settings including color settings ee in the modules EEPROM Explicit EEPROM saving iz only required if you want to shut down and disconnect the OWD Wall Service lis not required when QCM ts running all the time at this wall Further settings are always sawed implicitly when the wall is switched to standby mode Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 28 7 OCM client application 7 4 6 Test Patterns Demo Wall 3 x 2 Ba
25. is automatically disabled when the OverViEW CONTROL MANAGER is running To get access to the menus of the OSD the Software Control of the OverView Control Manager has to be disabled Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure that you want to disalbe software control For module 41 This will allow you to use the O50 menu on the projector but all monitoring and control Functionality will be disabled Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 56 7 OCM client application 7 5 2 Lamp view 4 Demo Wall 3 x Z Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Miel x Fie Action View Help Activate Optimize Update Lamp Info Retry aber Fail COLD Standby Fic 120 ja Fully operable i The context menu in the Lamp View always refers to the currently selected lamp Depending on the lamp status active lamp or backup lamp commands are enabled available or disabled 7 5 2 1 Activate This command is only available for the backup lamp and moves the backup lamp to illuminate the optics In case of cold standby mode the backup lamp of course is ignited first Please Confirm Ea 2 Gre vou sure that you want to activate the backup lamp 7 5 2 2 Optimize 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 l
26. of Auto Preference Mode if the failed controller re boots at once this signal will be displayed on the display wall Worst case nobody logs in and the log in window is displayed for hours Just to give you an idea about the differences of the two modes Auto Preference Mode and Auto Switch Mode Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 24 Let s assume source 1 and source 2 are connected source 1 is the active source Then source 1 fails and is re established later Source 1 Source 2 Preference present present gets disconnected present not connected present gets connected present Manual mode Selected source will remain source 1 during all combinations source 1 display source 1 switch to background background switch to source Auto Preference Selected source will remain source 1 during all combinations source 1 display source 1 display source 2 display source 2 switch to source 3 Getting started Auto Switch Selected source preference will toggle between source 1 and source 2 source 1 lt gt source 2 display source 1 preference source 1 display source 2 preference source 2 display source 2 preference source 2 display source 2 preference source 2 In Auto Switch mode as soon as the source is switched preference is also switched Barco OverVi
27. of the operating platform Special configurations explains how to display an OverView Control Manager grid for large display walls without scrollbars and display wall employing projection units of the first and second generation Trouble shooting shows solutions in case a problem occurs Chapters pages figures and tables are numbered separately Chapters are indicated by a point syntax e g 4 2 3 pages by a dash syntax e g 2 1 as figures and tables are e g figure 5 4 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 1 2 1 Introduction 1 2 Styles and Symbols The typographic styles and the symbols used in this document have the following meaning Bold Labels menus and buttons are printed in Bold font Condensed Links to both other chapters of this manual and to sites in the Internet are printed condensed In the on line version of this manual all hyperlinks appear teal Courier Names of files and parts from programs are printed in the Courier font Courier bold Inputs you are supposed to do from the keyboard are printed in Courier bold font The sheet icon indicates additional notes Next to this icon you find further information This icon marks tips Next to this icon you find important notes Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ ___ 1 3
28. recommended PIII 1 GHz 512 MB e Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or later or Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 or later e Internet Explorer 6 0 SP1 or later The setup of OverView Control Manager automatically installs the required JRE 6 2 Best practice It is recommended to first read the readme file located on the CD ROM You need administrative privileges to install the OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software In addition the desktop resolution should be at least XGA 1024x768 and the color depth set to 24bit For color adjustment a color bitmap is used In case the color depth of the desktop is only 16 bit the colors of this bitmap will never match the color impression of the projection module thus making it impossible to adjust the projection modules in color 6 3 Used ports Per default OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER uses the following port Application ports OverView Control Manager TCP IP port 6063 In case the port is already used you can change it using Configure Service With Windows XP SP2 the firewall is activated and all ports are closed Make sure to open the used ports Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 6 2 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 4 Setup You need administrative privileges to install the software When installing OverView Control Manager clicking on setup exe will first d
29. sinks Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 10 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform The shortcuts to launch the client application include the computer name or IP address of the workstation where the OVD WALL SERVICE is installed In case the client and service run at the same PC it s localhost OCM For Service Properties Ei Colors Compatibility Security General Shortcut Options Font Layout OCH For Service Target type Application Target location systems Target lentStartClient vbs hostname localhost service Start in C Program Files Barco Overview Control Mana Shortcut key None Run Minimize ss Comment C Find T arget Change Icon Advanced cancel Apo _ In case the computer name or IP address of the PC running the service did change edit the shortcut and modify accordingly The shortcut can include more than one parameter e g you may want to also add the password passwd password to control the OCM Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 6 11 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 5 1 Configuration of the shortcut The following table lists the command switches and parameter Switch default description language en language for th
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31. the error flag is set again Switch off the projector and switch it on again If the error still remains call Barco Support Lift This error occurs if the lift did not reach the switches at its upper and lower end position respectively Reset the error flag by selecting Solve Problem Reset Errors Lift In case the error flag is set again call Barco Support Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 7 54 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 8 Reboot Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH Reboot running COLD Standby F120 a Minor Problemi Use this command if the projector does no longer react to any commands Usually rebooting should not be required unless a firmware update has been done Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 55 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 9 Enable Infrared Control Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH File Acton View Help hy A ma oO we Switch OFF Lamp Mode b Source Selection b Activate Backup Lamp Test Patterns Reset Errors Reboot Enable Infrared Control running Eo Standby FE 120 F Minor Problern Projection systems of the OverView D series feature an OSD to be operated by means of an infra red control unit The IR control
32. the projection module in the display wall as combined of the letter representing the row and the figure representing the column Operation Operation state of the module can be one of the following Running Standby Regulation Brightness regulation state of the module Can be one of the following reached target is reached busy on reaching the target Current Current brightness DIS value of the module Max Maximal possible brightness of active lamp estimated dimmer position at 100 Min 1 Minimal possible brightness of active lamp estimated dimmer position at 40 X 2 Manual correction for the brightness calibration 30 1 Please refer also to the chapter Brightness Locking Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service Tal 7 OCM client application 2 Calibration factor and correction value and the DIS raw data Display walls consisting of OverView D projection modules are adjusted to homogeneous brightness All projectors are individually adjusted to match this common brightness This individual projector adjustment is done after set up of the Display Wall by the Barco Support Technicians On the screen the brightness is measured by means of a lux meter and the sensor of the optical dimmer DIS is calibrated based on this measurement This calibration is done for both lamps If in spite of this adjustment the user considers the projection module
33. you want to save the current adjustment as new profile reddish Subsequently these settings are stored as reddish in the directory Barco OverView Control Manager Service Adjustment Name_of_display_wall on the workstation running the OVD wall service and can thus be copied renamed deleted using the standard WINDOWS file managing commands This profile then also shows up in the list of available profiles which you get when you select the command Load Profile It will also show the last modification date The currently loaded profile is indicated by a black dot When a profile is loaded and the settings of the display wall are changed but not saved yet to this profile or as another profile the entry of the currently loaded profile will show next to the name two asterix as an indicator that the current status does not represent this profile any more Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ _ 7 23 7 OCM client application Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action View Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode Source Selection Lamp Activation Homogeneity Load Profile 3 reddish 2005 06 71 Sawe reddish SERVICE ADJUSTMENT 2005 06 21 Create Mer Test Patterns On Screen Display Rename reddish Delete reddish Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory white Opti
34. 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 6 8 Special configurations OCH For Service Properties lentStarClient vb language tr hostname local CNProgram Files B arco Overview Control Mana Ne Minimized O O The language parameter has to be the first parameter in the list Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 7 8 Special configurations 8 2 Large display wall For the convenient monitoring of large display wall the OCM can be started in small module view Add the start parameter small to the shortcut cf Configuration of the shortcut This parameter then will minimize the projection modules in the grid This small module view allows monitoring the entire display wall without the need of scrolling The following picture shows a large display wall with the projection modules in the grid of standard size Please note the scrollbar it is only a part of the display wall which can be viewed Demo Wall 20 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM OXO eS agg i2 Minor Problem To enable small module view the start parameter small has to be added Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 8 8 Special configurations OCH For Service Properties CAPragram Files Barca Overview Control Mana Ne Minimized O O
35. 6 user mode service _ 5 4 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform e Type i to activate the insert mode of the vi editor e Adjust the settings according the actual requirements e Type wq to save the adjusted settings and to exit the vi editor roota mycomputername mnt cdrom File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help To remove password protection set passwd passwd operator Additional authorization password for the Operator Mode of OCH Client ADVANCED ddp err auto restart If this is set to 1 OCM will automatically Stop and restart a module when it detected a DOF Master Slave Communication Error on an OverView DR gt lt DisplayWall width 3 height 2 com port COMN1 Haudrate S600 owner Barco location Karlsruhe wallnamne Dermo Wall ip port 6063 demo 1 re agent 0 passud harco passwd aperator harco ddp err auto restart O0 gt lt DisplayWall gt WO Setup asks if you want to start the OVD wall service Type y to start the OVD wall service Then you are asked if to start the OverView Control Manager Client rootamycomputername opt ocm Service File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help rootlmycomputername cd mnt cdrom roothmycomputername Linux sh install sh This will install Barco OGverView Control Manager 1 3 The service settings need to be changed in the server s configuration file during setup Install Barco OvrerView Control Manag
36. 80 colisty eao or p pu e an actie 1485 r1res f2 BA coli stiy 2414 raor P 052 o active 438 81935 72 p893 7 p20 coi sty are rror P eas active 1981 77150 frz fres 1 fpo cold sthy 4409 prorez p fre go pao active a23 rasa8 n2 nr2 ese hao cold stby 3030 e000 f hes er fo cold sthy 4177 87720 N60 64 2310 running COLE Standby ma 172 E Fully operable As you can see B3 bottom is active and has a max of only 172 whereas B3 top has a max of 214 So you might want to change the active lamp in B3 for a brighter setting of the display wall By means of this property table you can also decide if you want to extra replace some lamps e g in case it is a very old lamp sort criteria Runtime or a very dark on sort criteria MaX In the grid you also see when a lamp fails it is indicated with a red dot Whenever a lamp fails before replacing it retry to ignite it again To do this the OCM client offers the command Retry after fail in the context menu of the failed lamp in lamp view When a lamp failure occurs redundancy is no longer given If the command Retry after fail don t ignite the lamp it is recommended to immediately replace the lamp to re establish redundancy Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 16 3 Getting started Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Fa File Action View
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38. Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 7 14 7 OCM client application 7 4 Action menu The Action menu comprises the menu items Run Mode Lamp Mode Source Selection Firmware 3 x only Lamp Activation Homegeneity Test patterns On Screen Display Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 Fa File Action View Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode Source Selection Homogeneity d d d Lamp Activation b d Test Patterns d d On Screen Display COLD Standby F 120 ce Fully operable In the Action menu a black dot is indicating that the respective status applies for every projection module of the entire display wall In case there is no black dot some of the projection modules show this features the others not In addition it is possible to switch the entire display wall into the desired status by simply selecting this status e g selecting Action Run Mode Switched OFF will switch off every projection module and make the entire display wall having the status Switched OFF indicated by a black dot Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 15 7 OCM client application 7 4 1 Run Mode Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action view Help i Run Mode d amp Switched OM Lamp Mode Switched OFF
39. DeviceAgent Lib jar OVD_DeviceAgent jar OVD_WallService jar lib log4j 1 2 9 jar lib co mm linux jar lib jecl jar lib snmpagent jar lib xercesImpl jar lib wa sp_embedded server_java60 lib wasp jar Djava library path lib Dwasp locatio n lib wasp_embedded Default_Client_FProfile_6_0_ com barco sgcm ovd_wallservi ce facade WebServiceStartup 3684 pts 1 R 0 00 grep ovd_wallservice roothmycomputername Service In case the wall service is running the systems shows a message similar the one showed in the screenshot In case the wall service is not running only the line including grep ovd_wallservice is displayed Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 5 7 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform 5 6 2 Disable re enable automatic startup of the OVD wall service On Linux systems OverView Control Manager Release 1 2 is always installed completely server and client If only the client is required disable the automatic startup of the OVD wall service After the installation the OVD wall service is set to start when booting the system If required this behavior can be disabled e Get root e Enter the following 3 commands root mycomputername opt ocm service File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help roothmycomputername Service rm fetcfre d res d S960cmservice roothmycomputername
40. Fully operable Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 10 8 Special configurations Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH File Acton iew Help Oo O B24 Lamp Mode Activate Backup Lamp Homogeneity Test Patterns Reseb SiGe Reboot Enable Infrared Control COLD Standby FIX 120 E Fully operable f Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCh OF E4 File Acton View Help O O BES Lamp Mode Source Selection Activate Backup Lamp Homogeneity Test Patterns eset Enos Reboot Enable Infrared Control COLD Standby FIX 170 E Fully operable f Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 8 11 9 The OverView Control Manager configuration file 9 The OverView Control Manager configuration file Some parameters of the OverView Control Manager can only be set or modified by editing the file OverView Control Manager Service OVD_WallService xml The following table list the entries of this file Information about the parameters is also given in the file itself Setting description Width Number of columns of the display wall horizontal cubes Height Number of rows of the display wall vertical cubes COM_port COM Port OCM uses for communication change to dev TTYSO to use COM1 with Linux Ba
41. IEG YAS 8 Dg ane cee nae tet eee eres nCa EE AN CARI ON ORT tr OO RN OE re oe 10 5 1 Introduction 1 Introduction This chapter explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 1 1 1 Introduction 1 1 How this manual is organized This section explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols Safety information is provided concerning the operation of computer systems from BARCO Introduction gives an overview about the used styles and symbols Summary gives an overview about the functionality of the OvERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software Getting started gives an overview about the functionality of the OCM client for the different run modes Configuration of the projection modules informs about the required settings and cabling of OverView D Installation of OverView Control Manager on Linux platform explains the installation of the OverView Control Manager on Linux systems the start parameters and special commands Installation of OverView Control Manager on Windows platform explains the installation of the OverView Control Manager on Windows systems the start parameters and shortcuts OverView Control Manager Client shows the different operating modes of the client and the corresponding user interfaces This is independent
42. Infrared Contral COLD Standby FIX 120 j Wajar Problem The context menu of the modules representatives comprises the entries Menu entry description Switch off on switches the current projector to standby in case it is running or in run mode in case it is in standby Lamp Mode switches between hot standby and cold standby Source Selection Firmware 3 x only allows to select one of the sources as active source and to set the source switching mode manual Auto Preference Auto switch Activate Backup Lamp switches the active lamp Homogeneity Displays the dialog to adjust the brightness and the correction factor Test Patterns allows to select a test pattern to apply on the projection module Reset Errors allows to reset the respective error bit Reboot Allows to reboot the projector Enable Infrared Control disables the Software control for the current projector and enables the IR Remote Control OSD Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 44 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 1 Switch off File Action view Help ox O Hes Please Confirm 2 Are you sure that you want to switch OFF module 41 COLD Standby F 120 E Fully operable In case it is accepted the projector is switched to standby This is visualized in the grid by a dark module The entry in the context menu then toggles to switch on of course all lamp re
43. M client allows checking and viewing all relevant lamp data e runtime and serial number e minimum and maximum brightness dimmer position at 40 or at 100 open respectively e operation mode e brightness correction factor All lamp relevant values can be viewed in the lamp property table Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM O File Action view Help Module view O i Lamp view Input Sources Brightness Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table 2 Show Lamp Property ET P05 operation Fortine sera curet wx Min im cold sthy i _ REME 2 1 i 39 0 0 easy 118 a a 20 cold sthy 468393715 Seine r p Oneenr active 5472 a 560 cold sty 138 00682 gt running Festa Standby m 120 a Minor Problern a re F wo L ome AS gg 09 ae et 0D ge a l oal H M co Beem oala By means of this table the darkest lamps can easily be identified click on the column header Max to sort the lamps at the criteria of max brightness Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 3 15 3 Getting started Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 5 E4 File Action view Help Tonan E Serial No ee es ace ee ete ri 0 pe d T active 3383 fraes r2 aa a L2
44. MB For server installation recommended PIV 2 GHz 512 MB For client installation recommended PIII 1 GHz 512 MB 5 2 Best practice It is recommended to first read the readme file located on the CD ROM You have to get root to install OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software 5 3 Additional requirements The installation procedure starts the vi editor to modify the configuration file Make sure that the vi editor is available on the system In addition the desktop resolution should be at least XGA 1024x768 and the color depth set to 24bit 16 bit the colors of this bitmap will never match the color impression of the projection For color adjustment a color bitmap is used In case the color depth of the desktop is only module thus making it impossible to adjust the projection modules in color 5 4 Installation of the OverView Control Manager on Linux You need to get root to install the software When installing OverView Control Manager starting the installation will automatically de install any older version Files which had been changed will not be removed cf Uninstalling the OverView Control Manager OverView Control Manager will automatically install the required JRE On Linux system always the Server and the Client software is installed In case no Server software is required it can be deactivated by removing it from the autostart cf Disable re enable automatic startup of the OVD wall service On a
45. Service rm fetc fre d res d S960cmservice roothmycomputername Service rcm fetcfre dfinit d ocmservice To re enable automatic startup of the OVD wall service when the system boots after it has been disabled e Get root and change to opt ocm Service e Enter the following 3 commands rootamycomputername opt ocm Service File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help roothmycomputername Service ln a ocmeservice fetesre d init d ocmservice roothmycomputername Service ln s init d ocmservice fetc fre d res d S960cmservice roothmycomputername Service ln s init d ocmservice fetcfre d res d S960cmservice 5 6 3 Start stop restart the OVD wall service To manually start stop and restart the OVD wall service change to opt ocm Service and use the following commands Please note the command restart is a sequence of the commands stop and start rootamycomputername opt ocm Service File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help roothmycomputername Service focmeervice start starting OD device service roothmycomputername Service ocmeservice stop stopping OD device service roothmycomputername Service focmeervice restart stopping OD device service starting OD device service Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 5 8 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform 5 6 4 Check the log file The Over
46. Service has to be configured Edit the configuration file Service OCM_RCAgent xml to define the trap destinations iJ root mycomputername tmp File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help please configure public the read community public please configure barco the write community barco gt lt Agqent ipa address durmy port 4 700 readCommunity public woeiteComeunity hbarco gt lt Trapsink This section allows to specify hosts to receive SNMP traps ip ddress IP address of trap receiver Port port number used by host to receive SNMP traps from the gent lt TrapSink ipdddress 150 156 180 61 port 1i6z2 f gt lt TrapSink ipdddress 150 156 182 39 port 162 f gt gt lt Srmp gt Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 5 10 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 6 1 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 1 System requirements Release 1 0 and Release 1 1 of OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER support Windows platforms only Starting with Release 1 2 also Linux is supported e Minimum PC with at least PIII 400 MHz 256 MB For server installation recommended PIV 2 GHz 512 MB For client installation
47. Test Patterns Reset Eras Reboot Enable Infrared Control COLD Standby FIX 120 E Fully operable This command opens a dialog to manually adjust the color and the brightness correction factor of the selected projection module To manually adjust the display wall a white test pattern has to be applied Please Confirm 2 Do you want to apply a white test pattern to the wall Mow If confirmed the dialog to modify the brightness correction factor and to indicate the actual color of the projection module is displayed Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 49 7 OCM client application Module Al bottom lamp Color amp Brightness vane el a ba G Under last How is it done In the bitmap the target white is indicated by a dot Indicate in the bitmap the white color of the respective projection module by double clicking on this location E g if you think the current module is reddish click on the corresponding red in the bitmap The color settings of your desktop have to be 24bit With 16bit only the colors will never match The color location will be indicated at the bottom of the dialog Subsequently the white of this projection module is adjusted towards the white of the target and a new color for white for this projection module is estimated and visualized as a shadow point in the bitma
48. TransForm A X Terminal you might first need to mount the CD by using the following command mount dev cdrom mnt cdrom e The CD ROM includes the required files to install OverView Control Manager on Linux install sh ocm 1 02 Xxxx i1386 rpm e Change the directory to mnt cdrom e Open a console and get root Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 5 2 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform e Run the install script It is located on the root directory of the CD ROM To run the script regardless to the set file attributes type the command sh install sh The following message is displayed root mycomputername opt ocm Service File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help roothmycomputername cd mnt cdrom roothmycomputername Linux sh install sh This will install Barco OverView Control Manager 1 2 The Service settings need to be changed in the server s configuration file during setup Install Barco OverView Control Manager 1 2 7 Y N NM To install OverView Control Manager type or y The default value is always indicated in brackets and will be applied if you simply press ENTER In case of a previous installation of the OverView Control Manager the customized configuration file OVD_WallService xml has been kept during the de installation of the previous version cf Uninstalling the Over
49. User s manual OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER Doc 33 8 2 User level service DOC 3378 2 Current Version Title OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER DOC 3378 2 Revision 04 Date December 06 main issue update chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 Chapter7 Chapters Chapter9 Chapter10 new The corresponding chapters are new or completely revised COTT Passages of the corresponding chapter were corrected see modification bars add Passages of the corresponding chapter were added see modification bars This manual refers to following software versions OverView Control Manager Release 1 3 Document History Modifications which result in a new version are indicated by a vertical bar New in release 1 3 JRE installation is included in the setup Extended error information Support of localization Advanced configuration paramaters Visualization of the selected mini module in the grid on the display wall press ALT while selecting New in release 1 2 Support for Linux Support of small module view Support of display walls comprising projection units with one and with two DVI interfaces Test patterns for individual projection modules Different password for Operator mode and Service mode Start of the OCM client via the context menu of the icon in the system tray Trademarks Brand and product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective h
50. View Control Manager and been renamed to OVD_WallService xml rpmsave The setup procedure asks if this configuration file is to be used root mycomputername opt ocm Service File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help roothmycomputername cd mnt cdrom roothmycomputername Linux sh install sh This will install Barco GyerView Control Manager 1 2 The Service settings need to be changed in the server s configuration file during setup Install Barco GrerView Control Manager 1 2 7 N N y Barco OyerYiew Control Manager 1 2 needs an already installed Java runtime environment JRE 1 5 0 Typically this is located in usr java jrel 5 0 O6 bin java Please enter the path and filename to the jawa executable for your system fusr java jrel 5 0 04 bin java Java runtime environment JRE 1 5 0 found in uar java jrel 5 0 04 bin java Installing package Installing package finished Do you want to use the old wall service configuration file N WN Please edit the wall Service configuration file to meet your wishes If the old wall configuration file is to be used the installation procedure renames the file OVD _WallService xml rpmsave to OVD_WallService xml Setup continues The file OVD_WallService xml either the default one installed by the rpm package or the old one of a previous configuration is automatically opened by the vi Editor to allow changing the settings as already indicated at the beginning of the ins
51. View Control Manager log files both for the OVD wall service and for the client are located in the directory opt ocm log To check the files change to opt ocm log and type The files can be checked using the command tail f OVD_WallService log root mycomputername opt ocm log File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help roothmycomputername log tail f OVD WallService log 5 6 5 Uninstalling the OverView Control Manager To uninstall the OverView Control Manager proceed as follows e Open a console e Get root e Enter rpm e ocm RPM will remove the OverView Control Manager and all related files from your system Files which had been changed since the installation are not removed The following list shows the files which are not removed e opt ocm Client OCM_Client log4j e opt ocm Service OCM_RCAgent xml e opt ocm Service OCM_RCAgent xsd e opt ocm Service OVD_WallService xml e opt ocm Service OVD_WallService log4j The following files will never be removed by rpm uninstall routines e the directory opt ocm Service Adjustment and all files within e the directory opt ocm log and all the files within Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 5 9 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform 5 7 Configuration of the Barco RC Agent In case the Barco RC Agent also runs on the system the SNMP interface of OVD Wall
52. a Java application to monitor and control projection systems of the OverView D series Starting with Release 1 2 not only Windows platforms are supported but also Linux and X 11 Once installed the OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER service OVD wall service runs on the PC after booting the systems Thus it is completely independent if and who logged in Depending on the actual requirements the client software OCM client can be run in different modes allowing different levels of interactions In the Operator mode the user is informed about the status health of every projection system he can switch the entire display wall or a selected projection module on and off In case the projection module provide two DVI interfaces to display alternatively two sources only for projection systems with firmware 3 x or higher he can select the active source In Service mode advanced mode in addition to these basic features the user can introduce new lamps into the system e g after a lamp failure and replacement of the lamp module view and reset errors change the brightness target and view detailed data of system If hot standby is enabled the operating modus can be selected Color and luminance can be adjusted and multiple profiles can be created to store the current settings and to reload them whenever wanted In case the projection modules provide two DVI interfaces to display alternatively two sources firmware 3 x or higher in addition to the se
53. alibrate Brightness MenuLamp O0O09 4re you sure that you want to recalibrate this lamp HenuLanmp O1lO Please ma Sure to select Brightness lock rode Fixed during re calibration to make sure the brightness target is not changed between measuring and entering the measured value O15 a module See ge measure 0 with a calibrated lux meter at the shown rectangl nter the measured value and press ak to re calibrate O0 is a value 1 is a module MenuLamp 012 4re you sure tha ou measured a lux value of 0 on a White test pattern on module O and 1 are values HenuLanmnp 0ls Brightness is expected to be between 0 and il lux HenuLanp 014 Simulate MenuLanmp 015 Lamp Fail For Help press F A language file assigns a text string to a key A key is e g MenuLamp 008 in short everything left of the equal sign The text which is assigned to a key is on the right side of the equal side To get a localized user interface replace the English texts by their translation into the desired language OverView Control Manager is a Java based software and requires that characters are encoded according the Unicode standard However for a carriage return a new line you may enter the escape sequence n and you don t have to use its coding u000A There are several characters with a special meaning marks a comment you do not see it in the user interface n marks a line break to avoid message boxes which are too wide
54. alls employing projection units with firmware 2 x and firmware 3 x projection units of the first and second generation cf Projection units with one and with two DVI inputs XGA resolution In case a source is connected the rectangle shows a green dot In case no source is connected the rectangle shows a red dot The currently active source has a bold border The selected switch mode Manual Auto Preference Auto Switch is also indicated Pile Es Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action wiew Help O B28 Aga COLD Standby fae 120 E Fully operable f Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 36 7 OCM client application 7 4 12 Brightness Property Table If the current view is Lamp View this command automatically switches to Module View Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action view Help Module View O Lamp view Input Sources Brightness Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Show Module Property EAE bea a DO CR T running Reached 120 812 P2 p34 running Reached 120 215 86 2 fa running Reached 1200022690 running Reached 120 71 2 BBB COLD Standby Fix 120 E Fully operable The Brightness Property Table comprises the following columns Column Description Position Position of
55. and the tool bar Or click on Lamp View to see the lamp representatives in the grid Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 59 7 OCM client application 7 6 1 Brightness Locking This button opens a dialog to select the desired brightness mode Brightness Locking Ea C Disabled C Maximized 163 Minimized 95 Fixed 119 By means of the optical dimmer the light output of a lamp can be controlled The dimmer can be set between the maximum value all light of the lamp is coupled into the light rode and its minimum value 40 of the entire light output Since the display wall shall feature a homogeneous brightness homogeneity can only be achieved in the range defined by the maximum light output of the darkest lamp and the minimum output of the brightest lamp The display wall can be run at maximized brightness determined by the darkest lamp minimized brightness determined by the brightest lamp or at a fixed brightness target between the maximum value and the minimum value Next to the option the respective brightness values Ix are indicated Option Brightness target Disabled In case the projection systems of a display wall do not have a common brightness target the dialog opens with Disabled selected Maximized The brightness target of the display wall is always the maximum value of the darkest lamp Minim
56. aracters lt gt IP Port shows the name of the Port the OvERVIEw CONTROL MANAGER web service uses This port has to be opened cf Used ports In case the port is already used by another application enter a free port number If you want the application to run in Demo Mode e g to get familiar with the menu bar and toolbar check Demo Mode You can later always modify the OVD Wall Service using the shortcut Start Barco OverView Control Manager WallConfiguration This will display this dialog Changes during operation will only be applied after the dialog has been closed OK button and the service has been manually restarted anew Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 6 5 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform In case you want to run the Barco OCM RC Agent select SNMP and enter the trap destination Enter your desired password for the Service mode and the Operator mode The default password is barco all small The password prevents unauthorized personnel to manipulate the display wall The default password is barco all small After you have quit the dialog setup continues After the setup is completed you have the option to start the application immediately Select OCM For Operators to start it in standard operation mode select OCM For Service to start it with extended functionality Subs
57. arnp oo4 English en Update Lamp Info German de Upd late Lamp Info Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 8 5 8 Special configurations 8 1 3 How to start the OverView Control Manager in a different language Precondition the respective language files are stored in the folders mentioned above In case this precondition is fulfilled changing your regional settings to the specific country and then launching the OCM will show you the localized user interface Select Start Setting Control Panel Regional Optionsand select your location Regional Options General Numbers Currency Time Date Input Locales Settings for the curent user Many programe support international settings for numbers currencies times and dates Set the locale in order to use the standard settings four locale location Language settings for the system Tour system is configured to read and write documents in multiple languages C Arabic J Armenian C Baltic C Central Europe C Cyrillic Set default Advanced mea am _ In case your favorite regional settings do not match the desired language keep your settings and add e g the parameter language fr to the shortcut starting the OCM client Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision
58. as been determined by using a lux meter and all the target values of the projection modules are calculated with reference to this calibration factor and the dimmer adjusted accordingly However the brightness has been measured in the center of the projection module In case of adjacent projection modules the joints may differ in brightness in spite of the identical center brightness To overcome the inhomogeneities on the borders the correction factor of the projection modules can be modified in order to make the projection module more bright less bright on the borders by having the brightness value in the center constant at this target This is done by modifying the brightness correction factor by means of the slider bar Use the slider bar until the brightness of the borders best matches the brightness of the adjacent projection module Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _____ 7 51 7 OCM client application Use this button to increase the intensity of the bitmap Depending on the actual computer the bitmap shows only faint colors which makes it difficult to indicate the color of the projection module Therefore the button I has been implemented to change the intensity Undo Last This button allows to undo the last performed step of the adjustment procedure color adjustment or adjustment of the correction factor Factory White Clic
59. but also the brightness calibration of the DIS This status first has to be saved as backup before any manipulation of brightness and color can be done via the OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER In case of a mal adjustment then this profile can be reloaded again as default status Please Confirm P This action will backup the current color and brightness settings as the special adjustment profile Service Adjustment The Service Adjustment can only be deleted or overwritten in expert mode Thus the customer can always Fall back on these settings In contrast to user adjustments the Service Adjustment includes the brightness calibration of the BIS Thus it is recommended to calibrate the brighntess For all modules and both lamps by aid of CAST or by aid of a lux meber before creating the service adjustment Are vou sure that the brightness had been properly calibrated For all lamps If confirmed the settings are saved as Service Adjustment thus allowing to restore the display wall adjustment at a simple mouse click In case of a negative answer the save command is not executed When the save command has been executed the other functionalities are enabled to allow the user to manage custom settings profiles It is only the Barco technician who can overwrite or delete the Service Adjustment e g in case a re adjustment of the display wall has been made with CAST Only if the Service Adjustments are saved the color and brightness ca
60. by F 120 E Fully operable Projection systems of the OverView D series employ an illumination unit with a dual lamp system It is always one lamp illuminating the optics This lamp is called active lamp The second lamp is for redundancy reasons and is called backup lamp It can be switched on to ensure changing of the active lamp without any impact on the availability of the display wall hot standby mode or it is switched off and in case of a lamp failure of the active lamp automatically switched on and activated cold standby Hot standby mode is available on special request only and has to be enabled by a Barco technician As soon it is enabled the system can be run either in cold standby mode or in hot standby mode The menu entry Lamp Mode is only enabled if the hot standby operation modus of the projection modules has been released Then the command opens a submenu which shows if the entire display wall is operated in hot standby mode or in cold standby mode or if there are some projection modules operated in hot standby others in cold standby If all projection modules are operated in hot standby or in cold standby respectively the entry HOT Standby or COLD Standby shows a black dot Use the respective command to switch all projection modules of the entire display wall in hot standby mode or in cold standby A dialog pops up which requires confirmation before executing the command Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure tha
61. display will then show the booting window The system automatically switches to the other source and displays this source until this source fails then of course it will look again for the other source Auto Switch Mode The menu Action Source Selection allows to select the current source for all projection modules and also to define the behavior in case of a failure also for the entire display wall The currently selected source and behavior is indicated by a black dot provided all of the projection modules have the same setting Via the context menu the settings of an individual projection module can be modified Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 18 7 OCM client application 7 4 4 Lamp Activation Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM I0 Ea File Action wiew Help 04 gg Run Mode Lamp Activation Activate all brighter lamps Lamp Mode Source Selection Homogeneity Activate all darker lamps Test Patterns Activate all older lamps On Screen Display Activate all newer lamps Activate all backup lamps Activate all top lamps Activate all bottom lamps COLD Standby FIX 120 E Fully operable Since the OverView D projection systems employ a dual lamp illumination unit where one lamp illuminates the optics the user might want to select the active lamp of every projection modu
62. e can be set in order to change the time the OVD wall service updates the information about the display wall However the more the updating happens the bigger the load on the system Demo Wall 3 4 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM O File Action view Help Besaga Authorization Refresh Rate wall Information Exit running COLD Standby FEK 120 E Fully operable J Please Confirm You are about to change the refresh rake ak which OCM Client updates the status of the wall Increasing the refresh rate will increase the load on your system If confirmed a dialog opens to enter the new refresh rate It might be set between 1 and 25 seconds The default value is 5 seconds Input 2 Change the Refresh rate 1 25 sec Cancel Click OK to activate the new refresh rate or Cancel to abort the procedure The current refreh rate is indicated in the dialog Wall information Wall Service Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 7 7 3 3 Wall Information The menu item Wall Information opens a dialog with 3 sheets Display Wall Wall Service Health Details 7 3 3 1 Wall Information Display Wall Wall Information x Display Wall yall Service Health Details Mame Derma wall Owner Barca Location Karleruhe SIZE 3x2 Module Type Overview DR Resolution SXGA 1400x1050 Lamp Mode COLD Standby Firm
63. e client as digits ISO 639 code en de ja es cf Localization if this parameter is specified it must be at the first position in the paramter list hostname localhost Computer name or network address of the wall OVD wall service the client connects to passwd barco Password to operate the OverView Control Manager otherwise it starts read only Please mind the password is case sensitive The default password barco is all small ip_port 6063 Port the web service uses service Starts the client application in service mode refreshrate 5 Poll rate the OCM client asks the OVD wall service for information small 5 Starts the OCM in small module view to display large display walls without the need to use scrollbars 6 6 Icon created by the setup procedure The installation of the OVD WALL service places an icon in the system tray The context menu of this item allows to start restart and stop the service as well as to configure the service the Wall Configuration dialog is launched Slat yell Semice Start OCH Client Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service Configure Wall Service Open Console The icon does not indicate that the service is running The service is intended to start automatically when booting the system To check if the service is running go to Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services Check the entry Barco OVD Wall Service Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revi
64. e install any older version Subsequently you have to run setup exe again Place the CD into the CD drive and run setup exe The Install Shield Wizard will guide you through the installation process Follow the displayed instructions Barco Over iew Control Manager InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Barco Overview Control Manager The InstallShield Wizard will install Barco Overview Control Manager on your computer To continue click Nest Tan installshield Cancel Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 63 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform There are two options to install the software Barco Over iew Control Manager InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Select the setup type that best suits pour needs Click the hoe or setup wou prefer Des criptia p pnsas sssaaa 2 Client only Choose this for a Control Room server which has a direct AS32323 connection to an OVD display wall or for a standalone installation on a laptop This configuration can also be setup for demonstration with simulating a wall connected to the Bie a ane RT Cancel installshield lt Back i Next gt Mode description Server Installation of the server OVD wall service and client components OCM client the required libraries logging utility VB runtime and the
65. e on the date of commissioning at the latest 30 days after the transfer of risks In the event of justified notice of complaint BARCO can repair the fault or provide a replacement at its own discretion within an appropriate period If this measure proves to be impossible or unsuccessful the purchaser can demand a reduction in the purchase price or cancellation of the contract redhibition All other claims in particular those relating to compensation for direct or indirect damage and also damage attributed to the operation of software as well as to other services provided by BARCO being a component of the system or independent services will be deemed invalid provided the damage is not proven to be attributed to the absence of properties guaranteed in writing or due to the intent or gross negligence on the part of BARCO If the purchaser or a third party carries out modifications or repairs on good delivered by BARCO or if the goods are handled incorrectly in particular if the systems are commissioned or operated incorrectly or if after the transfer of risks the goods are subject to influences not agreed upon in the contract all guarantee claims of the purchaser will be rendered invalid Not included in the guarantee coverage are system failures which are attributed to programs or special electronic circuitry provided by the purchaser e g interfaces Normal wear as well as normal maintenance are not subject to the guarantee provided by BARCO eit
66. e the password has already been entered as start parameter in the short cut you will have enabled menus and buttons from start In the operator mode the OCM allows to monitor the health of a display wall to switch the entire display wall or individual projection modules on or off The OverView D projection systems employ a dual lamp illumination system with a top lamp and a bottom lamp One of these lamps is the active lamp to illuminate the optics the other one is the backup lamp fall back in case of a lamp failure The operator can check which lamp is the active one and he may also switch the active lamp In case the projection modules provide two DVI interfaces to connect two sources he can also switch between these sources only available with firmware 3 x or higher The respective actions can be selected in the Action menu If selected they will be executed on all projection modules of the display wall In addition the OCM client offers different views These views are selected in the View menu The Module View shows the representatives of the display wall in a grid in the Lamp View a further refinement is made each cell displays lamp top and lamp bottom In case the projection systems support two DVI inputs Source Selection shows the active source By means of the context menu when right clicking one of the items in the grid a single projection module can be addressed and switched Barco OverView Control Manager
67. een Display b b Expert Level HOT Standby Protection P Lamp Driver I Change White Peaking Update lamp voltage Update Log Level running coL Standby Fr 120 F Minor Problem f This command allows you to change the white peaking factor of all projection modules the respective command for a single projection module Is in the context menu of the grid in Module view Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 28 3 Getting started File Action wiew Help PR Sa A lle A A G l e w O e ww J l Switch OFF Lamp Mode Source Selection Activate Backup Lamp Homogeneity Reset Errors Reboot Enable Infrared Control Disable Overtenperature Protector xpert Levre running COLD Standby Fla 120 Change White Peaking Factor Disable Optical Dimmer Lamp Lriver Changing the white peaking factor has impact on the color adjustment a color adjustment is only valid for the white peaking factor it has been created with Handle with care Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 29 3 Getting started 3 3 4 Update lamp voltage Lamp voltage might be an indicator about the health of the lamp Therefore it might be useful to monitor and check it In the Lamp prop
68. eneity Test Patterns ki FF F F F F F On Screen Display Software Control Enabled Infrared Control Enabled Error Boxes Enabled Error Boxes Disabled Message Boxes Enabled Message Boxes Disabled COLD Standby F 120 E Fully operable f 7 4 7 1 Software Control Enabled The projection modules of OverView D series can be either controlled via the OSD and the IR Remote Control unit or by the OveRViIEW CONTROL MANAGER When the OCM is started Software Control is automatically enabled for all projection modules Then the entry Action On Screen Display Software Control Enabled is indicated by a black dot In case the OVD wall service is stopped Software Control for all projection systems is automatically disabled and IR Remote Control of the projection unit is enabled 7 4 7 2 Infrared Control Enabled When the OCM is started automatically Infrared control of the projection modules is disabled To control all projection modules by Infrared Control select the command Action On Screen Display Infrared Control Enabled Then this entry will show a black dot With Infrared Control Enabled no more monitoring and control functionality of the OCM will be available Please Confirm ee Are you sure that pou want to disable all monitoring and control functionality for the wall This will allow you to access the modules via the IA Control and OSD menu If the dialog is quit with Yes the representatives of t
69. equently click Finish Barco Over iew Control Manager InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successtully installed Barco Overview Control Manager Click Finish to exit the wizard Wf OCH For Operators E OCH For Service The setup procedure creates an icon of the OVD wall service in the system tray and starts the service immediately after the Configure OverView Wall Service dialog has been closed After being installed the OVD wauu service will always start when booting the system If one of the operating modes is checked OCM will be launched and run in the desired mode Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 6 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 4 2 Client only installation Barco Over iew Control Manager InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Select the setup type that best suits pour needs Click the type of setup wou preter Descrptionp _ _ _ cx HA Client only Choose this for Control Room clients with a network connection to the control room server that hosts the wall service E InstallShield lt Back P Next gt Cancel This option only installs the OCM client components on the computer The OCM client then will access the OVD wall service on the server PC Therefore this PC has to be introduced to the cl
70. er DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ _ 7 24 7 OCM client application 7 4 5 2 Reset manual brightness correction Manual brightness correction means defining a brightness correction factor to increase decrease the brightness of a projection module without changing the indicated DIS value in lux The brightness correction factor can be set in the range of 30 To reset the brightness correction factor of all active lamps select Action Homogeneity Reset manual brightness correction Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM O File Action view Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode Source Selection Load Profile Save reddish Homogeneity d d d Lamp Activation b d Test Patterns p d On Screen Display Create Mew Rename reddish Delete reddish Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory white Optimize all active lamps write Co EEPROM COLD Standby Fic 120 E Fully operable 4 A warning pops up Please Confirm 2 This action will reset the manual brightness correction correction Factor For all lamps ta 0 Are vou sure If confirmed the values of the brightness correction factor will be set to zero for all lamps cf Brightness Property Table Lamps property table Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service
71. er 1 3 7 N NM Installing package Installing package finished Do you want to use the old wall service configuration file N WN Please edit the wall service configuration file to meet your wishes Do you want to start the OWD wall service now N M Y starting OND wall Service Do you want to start the Barco OverView Control Manager client now Y N Mi As default OVD wall service will always be started when booting the system If required disable this behavior cf Disable re enable automatic startup of the OVD wall service Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 5 5 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform 5 5 Start parameter for the OverView Control Manager client application Starting the OCM client by typing y during the setup procedure starts the OCM client in Service mode without any start parameters switches To customize the starting of the client application type N and then enter the start command including the desired parameters manually The following lists comprises the parameters and switches to start OCM client Switch default description language en language for the client as digits ISO 639 code en de ja es cf Localization if this parameter is specified it must be at the first position in the paramter list hostname Localhost Computer name or network address of the wall OVD wall se
72. er 2006 user mode service __ 3 7 3 Getting started 3 1 2 Switching a display wall on off The OverVIEW CONTROL MANAGER enables to switch the entire display wall on off at a simple mouse click Demo Wall 3 x Z Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM OF x Fie Action View Help o ae a Switch CFF Source Selection Activate Backup Lamp Reboot running F Minor Frobler It goes without saying that it is also possible to switch a single projection module on off 3 1 3 Switching an individual projection module on or off In the grid clicking on a cell will open the context menu with the command to switch the projection module on or off 4 Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco ocmM i I0 x File Action View Help Be amp Switch CFF Source Selection Activate Backup Lamp Reboot ja Minor Problern Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 8 3 Getting started 3 1 4 Check lamp status determine the active lamp change the active lamp Projection systems of the OverView D series are dual lamp systems One lamp is active the other one is the backup lamp In case of a lamp failure the backup lamp becomes the active lamp However it might be desired to change the active lamp deliberately The lamp view allows seeing which lamp is running and which one is in cold or hot standby The contex
73. er on Windows platform The Password prevents unauthorized users to manipulate the display wall via the OCM client Different passwords for the Service mode and the Operator mode are supported The default password is barco all small The information is stored in an XML file Therefore the strings entered as Name Owner Location may not include the following characters lt gt SNMP opens a dialog to enable and configure the Barco OCM RC Agent 6 7 6 1 Barco OCM RC Agent The Barco OCM RC Agent provides the compatibility with device management in APOLLO wall management software especially to allow creating scenarios to control the OverView D projection systems The Barco OCM RC Agent can send traps to up to 5 trap sinks which can be added after the Enable Agent checkbox has been ticked The trap destinations can be entered as IP address or with the friendly computer name w Configure SNMP OFX OCH AC Agent Fort Read community Write community 4700 public barco Trap destinations Add Edit Remove OF Cancel Subsequently the Add button gets enabled Click to enter the trap destinations w Odd Trap Destination Ea Please enter a valid host name or IF address Fort booo l men Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 16 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platfor
74. erty table there is already a column foreseen to show the lamp voltages However their measurement has to be triggered by means of the command Action Expert Level Update Lamp Voltage 4 EXPERT MODE Demo Wall 3 x Z Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Miel x File Action View Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode iaai Source Selection Lamp Activation Homogeneity Test Patterns On Screen Display Expert Level HOT Standby Protection P Lamp Driver b Change White Peaking Update larrp voltage Update Log Level running COLD Standby Fix 120 F Minor Problern Please note that lamp voltage depends on the lamp driver As a rule of thumb we can say the higher the lamp voltage the higher the possibility that the lamp will fail soon However the lamp voltage depends on the lamp driver and also its measurement is not accurate enough to give a clear message when a lamp will really fail 3 3 5 Update log level OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER provides a log console to supervise the system To display the OVD_WallService Console select Open Console from the context menu of the OCM icon in the Start Wall GeMvine Start OCM Client Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service Configure Wall Service Upen Console Subsequently the console window is displayed Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 30 3 Ge
75. ew Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 3 25 3 Getting started 3 2 5 Control of Infra Red Control message boxes and error boxes of the OSD OCM client in service mode grants full control over the message boxes and error boxes of the OSD They can be enabled and disabled for all projection modules by means of the commands Action On Screen Display Also Infra red control can be enabled This will however the projection module exclude from being controlled by the OverView Control Manager For stability reasons and for optimization a projection module can EITHER be controlled by the OCM OR by Infrared Remote Control Selecting software control OCM disables IR Remote Control and vice versa Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Tel x File Action View Help Run Mode an Lamp Mode Source Selection _ es Lamp Activation Homogeneity Test Patterns On Screen Disnlay Error Boxes Disabled Message Boxes Enabled Message Boxes Disabled Le eT ee EEE running COLD Standby FIX 120 j Minor Problern us Lad Please refer also to the respective commands in the reference section chapter 7 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 26 3 Getting started 3 3 OCM For Barco technicians For c
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77. hanged with right click All modifications can be saved as profile using the command Action Homogeneity Create New This will display a dialog to enter the name of the profile Input 2 This action will save your manual color and brightness adjustments as new profile Please specify a profile name reddish Cancel Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 3 22 3 Getting started If you don t save these modifications they will be lost when shutting down the projector As long as the modifications are not saved the Service Adjustment profile will show two asterix next to its name to indicate that the current status of the display wall does not reflect the status of this profile Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH IO x File Acton Wiew Help Run Mode Lamp Mode a 1 Load Profile H SERVICE ADJUSTMENT 2006 05 02 i a J Source Selection Lamp Activation p p b l p p Homogeneity Ern ON See oer 2 m a rr ir est Patten F mareka Wes W ei ia Create Mew Eerste i tel ital Th On Screen Display gt Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory White Optimize all active lamps write to EEPROM COLD Standby FIX 120 cE Major Problern All modifications saved as a profile can be re applied to the display wall whenever wanted Thi
78. he Minimized mode This is indicated on the bottom of the dialog Brightness Locking C Disabled C Minimized 95 C Fixed 100 a 1l ray Minimized mode disabled because variation is too big Close Additional information is given on the health dialog Wall Information x Display Wall Wall Service Health Details a A04 top lamp 1 is too brightto reach the current brightness target 1 a COP bottom lamp 0 is too brightto reach the current brightness target 0 3 O15 top lamp 0 is too brightto reach the current brightness target 0 J Vall Problem Brightness Locking The difference between the brightest and the darkest of all active lamps is rather large Thus it might soon become Impossible to tind a brightness target thatis reachable by all active lamps because Replace or deactivate the darkest lampisi When no common brightness target can be found because the lamps differ too much in brightness the dynamic target Maximized will be applied in a way that the brighter lamps reach the target while the darker lamps won t reach it Brightness Locking Ea C Disabled C Minimized 95 Fixed 80 Please replace dark lamps Close Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ _ 7 62 7 OCM client application As you can see the caption of the slider bar now indicates opt to sho
79. he projection system get black and the reading in the center indicates disabled The display wall then can no longer be controlled via the OvERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ _ 7 31 7 OCM client application 7 4 7 3 Error Boxes Enabled This command enables the error Boxes of the OSD to be shown on the projection modules when controlled by the OverVIEW CONTROL MANAGER A black dot indicates that this feature is selected for all projection modules The error boxes will overlay the application 7 4 7 4 Error Boxes Disabled This command disables the error boxes of the OSD If the error boxes of all projection modules are hidden this entry is indicated by a black dot 7 4 7 5 Message Boxes Enabled This command enables the message Boxes of the OSD to be shown on the projection modules when controlled by the OverView CONTROL MANAGER A black dot indicates that this feature is selected for all projection modules The message boxes will overlay the application 7 4 7 6 Message Boxes Disabled This command disables the message boxes of the OSD If the message boxes of all projection modules are hidden this entry is indicated by a black dot have them disabled during normal operation of the display wall Since the error and message boxes are overlaying the application it is recommended to Barco OverView Con
80. hen in the dialog Configure OverView Control Manager a password has been entered the functionalities of the OverVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software are read only until the correct password has been entered in the Authorization dialog This authorization feature has been introduced to make sure that only authorized people control the display wall Select Authorization from the File menu A dialog pops up to enter the password Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 5 7 OCM client application File Action view Help Authorization a Fassworg erana OK COLD Standby Fi 120 E Fully operable 4 running Close the dialog with OK In case the entry matches the password the menus and buttons get enabled and you are informed about your access rights Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM T Tee F AIEE iis fete Su File Action view Help OCM Authorization i Full access was granted to this wall Owner Barco Location Karlsruhe Demo Wall Mame running COLD Standby fae 120 E Fully operable You can also add the password as parameter to the shortcut launching the OCM client Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 6 7 OCM client application 7 3 2 Refresh rate The refresh rat
81. her The environmental conditions as well as the servicing and maintenance regulations specified in this manual must be complied with by the customer Revision sheet To e BARCO Control Rooms GmbH An der Rossweid 5 D 76229 Karlsruhe Phone 49 721 6201 0 Fax 49 721 6201 298 E mail docu de bcd barco com Web www barcocontrolrooms com From Date Please correct the following points in this documentation DOC 3378 2 page wrong correct Contents A ITITRO UCT ON osinn notis steadiness eee 1 1 T HOW UNIS Mondal sogane Oetker tesa ett act Meee ae ah eather areca aed ates Soe teen 1 2 Te 2 GU VCS a IGS YMA Ol Sixcae vars E e I E shin ab gee ee we E A ou eae ee ee 1 3 SUMM ay eera aa 2 1 DGC E EEE A E AEA T E EE E E E A AAE A E E E 2 2 2 2 OVERVIEW D Droje cton SYSTEMS cacan a a A Danes uaaoanh hanes 2 2 2 3 OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER SOF WATE ssnsnsnsenseosessesneeesseesiersresresresrestsstesissrenisresrassestssessisnisnisresresreseeseestsn 2 2 BGO CUMIN E AE teat epee N N A A A A A E EA T E cue eanee 3 3 L TOCM TOL O PCPA tls mnit a A bnaupued aosouteSeenancees 3 4 3 11 Monitonng a display Walles u yc sence Gao a aaliosnecetedavaeaee eels exuoaeaiaato acres 3 5 212 SWitching a display Well ON AO bec sosis ca seest oui tcacnan ii cacs R 3 8 3 1 3 Switching an individual projection module ON OF Offa cece ccceseceeesscesscessceseeecesecesecesecsseeseenees 3 8 3 1 4 Check lamp status determine the active lamp change
82. ient application A dialog pops up asking for the name of the PC running the OVD Wall Service Either enter the IP address of this PC or its friendly name in the Local Area Network Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 6 7 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform Barco Over iew Control Manager InstallShield Wizard Enter Text Please enter information in the field below The Barco Overview Control Manager chent software needs to know the address of the Barco OVO Wall Service This can be any reachable IF address or a computer name Cancel Like with the installation of the OVD watt Service the last dialog of the Install Shield Wizard allows to launch the client application Select OCM For Operators to start it in standard operation mode select OCM For Service to start it with extended functionality Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 8 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform Barco Over iew Control Manager InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successtully installed Barco Overview Control Manager Click Finish to exit the wizard Wf OCH For Operators E OCH For Service enh j Finish Cancel installi Subsequently click Finish Barco OverV
83. iew Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 1 1 a l a a a 6 9 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 5 Shortcuts created by the setup procedure The setup procedure creates the shortcuts to start the client application in standard operator mode OCM For Operators or in Service Mode OCM For Service In case of a complete setup server components and client components also a shortcut Wall Configuration is created E GY set Program 4ccess and Defaults B3 Windows Catalog j Windows Update eee CorelDRAW 7 gt re HTML Help workshop EG Documents Barco Ny b l fag Barco Overview Control Manager Release Notes Settings EJ OCM For Operators fod Search ka Wall Configuration EJ OCH For Service TF ICIP A Loy J Run Windows X Professignal Shut O owr TP Start K Demo wal 3x 2 Barco K J Demo wall 3 s 2 Barca K kod EXPERT MODE Demo O CADoc Shortcut action Release Notes Opens Notepad and displays the release notes OCM For Operators Starts the client application in standard operator mode OCM For Service Starts the client application in advanced operator mode Wall Configuration Displays the respective dialog to enter name location configuration of the display wall as well as the serial port and the TCP IP port Allows to start the Barco OCM RC Agent and to define the trap
84. ight output of the active lamp in dependence of the tilting angle of the mirror is measured and the optimized mirror position for the lamp is determined The display gets dark for a few seconds Whenever a lamp has been replaced it is strongly recommended to run the lamp optimization procedure on this lamp Please note that running the procedure on a lamp already fit into the target may invalidate the adjustment Therefore confirmation is required This command is only available for the active lamp When this procedure runs the display gets dark Selecting this command requires confirmation Please Confirm 2 Are you sure that you want to optimise this lamp Please note that also the colors of the module might be affected Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 7 57 7 OCM client application 7 5 2 3 Update Lamp Info After replacing a lamp use this command to enter serial number and runtime of the new lamp 41 bottom lamp Runtime h fasas serial Mo last T5 Update Close 7 5 2 4 Retry after fail Sometimes a lamp switches off due to a voltage error This is considered by the system as a broken lamp The error bit is set and the lift does not move any longer However it might be possible to re ignite the lamp The command Retry after fail resets the error bit of this lamp and enables the lift again I
85. interface of the client application has the same look and feel and provides the same commands and functions on Linux and on Windows systems 7 2 Launching the client application After starting the client application the startup screen is displayed Starting Barco Overview Control Manager E3 visibly yours Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 2 7 OCM client application Subsequently the reduced window of the OveRViEW CONTROL MANAGER shows up As soon as the OVD wall service is found the window extends and shows the configuration of the display wall in a grid view Unknown Display Wall Barco OCM OO File Action view Help searching service unknown DISABLED E Unknown Health i Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 File Action view Help COLD Standby Fi 120 E Fully operable The OverViEW CONTROL MANAGER Window has a menu bar comprising the entries File Action View and Help Below the menu bar the tool bar allows to select the most frequent commands via a simple mouse click on a button When in the dialog Configure OverView Control Manager a password has been entered for the display wall the client starts up in the read only mode i e all menus and buttons are disabled Enabling of the functionalities then requires to enter the correct password in the Authorization dialog
86. ion 30 Runtime Current Max actwe 2771 rg549 120 167 actie 3797 F0284 120 215 86 30 cold stby 3498 83073 222 e8 p50 cold stby 3426 e9785 212 BA cold stby 3750 71124 239 95 J20 cold sthy 5728 70644 169 BF acte 5821 regr7 120 225 a0 M0 active 4777 73659 120 171 68 80 cop Standby Fic 120 F Fully operable J Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 7 41 7 4 14 Configuration property table If the current view is Lamp View this command automatically switches to Module View Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH OF File Action View Help Module View O Lamp Wie Input Sources Brightness Property T able Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Show Module Property 03 00 COLD 31204 31472 215 72 _ Disabl Overvi 03 00 COLD 20850 22354 44 3819 Disabl Owerri 03 00 COLD 21616 24173 8059 1142 Disabl vervi 03 00 COLD 22166 24697 8062 7277 Disabl Overvi 03 00 COLD 22567 24281 8022 6986 Disabl Overvi 03 00 COLD 21346 22776 8075 3918 Disabl Overvi_ COLD Standby FIx 120 j Major Froblem These are the columns of the Configuration Property table Column description 7 OCM client application Position Position of the projection mod
87. ive lamp Then the OCM can measure its data To get the best values first run lamp optimization Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 3 17 3 Getting started Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action View Help Update Lamp Info Retry after fail COLD Standby Man 172 E Fully operable 4 It is also recommended to select the command Optimize to align the position of the mirror for the new lamp This procedure can only be performed on the active lamp The display gets dark for about 3 seconds After this you might decide to keep the new lamp as active one or as backup lamp No matter whether it is the active lamp or the backup lamp enter serial number and runtime Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action View Help O O He Activate Optimize Update Lamp Info A1 top lamp x Retry alter Fail Runtime h l3 Serial Mo 74303 Update Close running COLD Standby FEK 120 F Minor Problern Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 18 3 Getting started 3 2 3 Color and brightness adjustment homogeneity After a display wall has been adjusted with CAST all projection modules feature a homogeneous color and brightness distribution When starting the OCM client fo
88. ized The brightness target of the display wall is always the minimum of the brightest lamp Fixed Use the slider bar to define the brightness target It goes without saying that only a target between the minimum and the maximum can be realized In case all projection systems of a display wall have the same brightness target the dialog opens with Fixed selected The value then corresponds to the value of the brightness target Whereas the brightness mode Maximized and the brightness mode Minimized are dynamic targets in case of lamp aging the target will be adjusted automatically represents the brightness mode Fixed a static target which might no longer be reached in case the lamps show reduced brightness due to aging processes The brightness mode is indicated in the status bar restored properly when the wall service is restarted The last applied brightness mode and the brightness target value is memorized and When the OCM is started and the Brightness Locking dialog is opened the first time it will show Fixed in case the display wall has a common brightness target all projection units set to the same target Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 60 7 OCM client application In case the projection units differ in brightness target the dialog will come up showing Disabled When changing the value for Fixed changes are applied
89. k this button to show the native colors of the projection module There is no UNDO of this command on the dialog however if you close the dialog and load a profile all modifications will be lost Close Click to close the dialog The system asks if the test pattern should be removed again Please Confirm 2 Do you want to re apply the original image to the wall now In case you don t want to adjust one projection module but the entire display wall press the CTRL key while a modifying the color location the correction factor To prevent you from unintentionally adjusting the entire wall you have to confirm that you do it on purpose Please Confirm 2 Are you sure that you wank to apply a color change to the whole wall Help This button displays a dialog which indicates how to use the Color amp Brightness dialog How to use manual color calibration G The little circle marks the white color that is desired For all modules in the wall To adjust a module towards the desired color First apply a white or gray testpattern to the whole wall Then double click on the modules current color The position of the desired color can be changed with right click Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _____ 7 52 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 6 Test Patterns The command Test Patterns of the context menu allows applying
90. lated entries are disabled since they are not available with a projector in standby mode Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH File Action View Help OH Lamp Mode Source Selection Aeivate Backup lama Homogener Test Patterns Reset Errors Reboot Enable Infrared Control COLD Standby FIX 120 j Major Problem Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 45 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 2 Lamp Mode This command shows the currently activated lamp mode and allows switching to the other operating mode provided hot standby mode has been released Slate ca A a In case hot standby mode has been released the lamp mode can be switched from cold standby active lamp on backup lamp off to hot standby both lamps on The currently status is indicated by If the other status is selected confirmation is required Please Confirm Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 46 7 5 1 3 Source Selection firmware 3 x only gt Demo wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco UCH Source Selection a wren Rete or pele e bs Activate macrum Lana The currently selected source and switch mode is indicated by To switch the source select the currently inactive one 7 OCM client application Se
91. le A1 However by means of special key combination all projection modules can be adjusted Corresponds to the command View Module View Toggles between showing and hiding the grid expands and reduces the windows Corresponds to the command View Lamp View Toggles between showing and hiding the grid expands and reduces the windows Corresponds to the command View Source Selection SXGA only Toggles between showing and hiding the grid expands and reduces the windows Corresponds to the command View Brightness Property Table Toggles between showing and hiding the table However the table is only shown when the window is expanded i e it shows the grid If enabled the brightness property to be indicated in the grid can be selected Corresponds to the command View Lamp Property Table Toggles between showing and hiding the table However the table is only shown when the window is expanded i e it shows the grid If enabled the lamp property to be indicated in the grid can be selected Corresponds to the command View Configuration Property Table Toggles between showing and hiding the table However the table is only shown when the window is expanded i e it shows the grid If enabled the configuratione property to be indicated in the grid can be selected The buttons switching the views and the property tables are toggle buttons Click once to e g select Module View Click again to reduce the window to show only the menu bar
92. le to be the brightest lamp or the darkest lamp the older lamp or the newer lamp the backup lamp the top lamp or the bottom lamp All of these selections can be done using the menu Action Lamp Activation All of the listed commands then switch the entire display wall to be illuminated by the selected lamp Before the desired command is executed a dialog pops up to make sure that in every projection module really e g the brightest lamp has to be activated Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure that you wank to activate the brighter lamp in each module Via the context menu for a individual projection module the lamp can be selected to be the brighter darker older newer backup top bottom lamp 7 4 4 1 Activate all brighter This command will activate the lamp with the highest brightness in every projection module In case of cold standby if the currently active lamp is not the brighter one the other lamp will be ignited and then activated Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure that you wank to activate the brighter lamp in each module Of course only these lamps can be taken into consideration which are known to the OverVIEW CONTROL MANAGER e g they at least once had been running to measure their brightness value shown in the lamp property table during the current uptime of the OVD wall service In case the OCM is shut down the information of max and min brightness is lost After restarting the service the brightness informa
93. lect the desired switch mode and click it to activate the black dot will be set to the newly selected mode Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 47 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 4 Activate Backup Lamp This command switches the active lamp In case of cold standby the backup lamp first is ignited and then the lamp lift moves to position the backup lamp in front of the optics The formerly running lamp is switched off In case of hot standby all lamps are on and activating the backup lamp changes reduces to move the lift The backup lamp becomes the running lamp and vice versa a Demo Wall 3 ke Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH OF x File Acton View Help O O Bee Switch OF Lamp Mode Source Selection Activate Backup Lamp Homogeneity Test Patterns Reset Errors Reboot Enable Infrared Panta COLD Standby FIX 120 2 hajor Problem i This command requires confirmation before being executed Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure that you want to activate the backup lamp For module 417 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 48 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 5 Homogeneity Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH Jol x File Acton View Help xO meg Switch OFF Lamp Mode Source Selection Activate Backup Lamp Homogeneity
94. lection of the source also the switching mode behavior on signal loss and re establishing of the previous signal can be selected For Barco technicians an extended Expert mode is provided to view and manage system data perform recalibration disable over temperature protection and the dimmer change the white peaking factor release hot standby operation mode and to introduce the actual lamp driver into the system when taking into operation a display wall for the first time or after the entire wall has been upgraded with a new lamp driver Authorization to modify and manage system data is granted after entering the correct password independent passwords to access the Service mode and the Operator mode The following chapters might give you an idea about the capabilities of OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER software For further information please refer to the description of the user interface in chapter 7 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 2 2 3 Getting started Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 Getting started 3 3 3 Getting started 3 1 OCM for operators To be able to operate the OCM client first of all authorization has to be given Select File Authorization and enter the correct password Subsequently the commands and buttons will be enabled In cas
95. lists the property for both lamps Column Description Position Position of the projection module in the display wall as combined of the letter representing the row and the figure representing the column In addition since it s the lamp property table and the systems house two lamps it is indicated if the properties refer to lamp top T or to lamp bottom B Operation Operating state of the lamp can be one of the following Running cold standby hot standby Please note running means being the active lamp Runtime Runtime of the lamp measured in hours Serial number Serial number of the lamp Current Current brightness DIS value of the lamp Min Minimal possible brightness of the lamp estimated dimmer position 40 Max Maximal possible brightness of the lamp estimated dimmer position 100 X Manual correction for the brightness calibration 30 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 7 40 7 OCM client application Use the mouse to enlarge the dialog and to get the entire view of all columns However if the application is closed and restarted again the window will not memorize neither its size nor its position but pop up in standard size at the standard location of the desktop Left Click on a column header to sort the data using this property as sorting criteria Right Click on a column header to show this property in the grid
96. lso to the reference section chapter 7 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 3 10 3 Getting started 3 2 OCM for service In this chapter only the additional functionalities are explained Of course all commands and functions of the Operator mode are also available oo RANA emee mae n Demo Wall3 x2 Barco Karlsruhe E arro OC r II zi File Action view Help OCM Authorization i Full access was granted to this wall Owner Barco Location Karlsruhe Mame Demo Vall cop Standby FE 120 E Fully operable 3 2 1 Brightness locking OverView D projection modules are designed with the possibility of brightness regulation a direct illumination sensor DIS measures the light output By means of an optical dimmer the light output of a lamp can be controlled The dimmer can be set between the maximum value all light of the lamp is coupled into the light rode and its minimum value 40 of the entire light output Thus the light output can be set to and compared with a given target Setting all projection modules of the entire display wall to the same target results in a display wall featuring homogeneous brightness distribution Of course this brightness target has to be achieved by all active lamps In case the active lamp changes or in case of lamp replacement this lamp may no longer fit into this targe
97. ly active source is indicated by a black dot To activate the other source click its entry in this sub menu Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM O E3 File Action View Help Run Mode Lamp Mode E 2 A Source Selection Source 1 SOUrCE 2 Lamp Activation Homogeneity Manual Mode Suto Preference Mode Auto Switch Mode Test Patterns d d d d d d d On Screen Display running COLD Standby Fix 120 F Minor Problem As you can see this sub menu allows also to select the switching mode In Manual Mode all source switching has to be done by user intervention If the active source fails and no user intervention happens the display shows the selected background image e g color bars In Auto Preference Mode the user selects its preferred source This source is displayed until it fails Then the system automatically switches to the second sources In case the previous source is restored the system will switch back to the previous source since this is the preferred one In Auto Switch mode the user selects the source to be displayed This source is displayed until it fails Then the system automatically switches to the second sources This source will be displayed no matter if source 1 is re established or not It is up to you to decide which mode to apply In case of a redundant controller if source 1 fails in both Auto modes the second source is displayed In case
98. m Please note The Barco OCM RC Agent does not support multiple serial chains and does not offer functionalities which have never been used in Apollo It is also not meant as an open API for OVD wall service It is basically meant to provide compatibility with Apollo If OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER Service is running to access the device control of APOLLO API the Barco OCM RC Agent has to be enabled The Barco RC Agent can ran simultaneously provided it does not use the same COM port as the OCM In the Barco RC Agent control of the OverView D projection modules has to be disabled they are controlled by the Barco OCM RC Agent In Apollo release 1 7 and earlier the read community has to be changed to ulcibp and the write community to acorb In Apollo release 1 8 and later no change of the read and write community is required use the default ones public barco 6 7 7 Open Console Staal SEICE Start OCM Client Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service Configure Wall Service pen ons ole About Exit OVD wall service provides a logging console to supervise the system This console is opened via the command Open Console Subsequently the console window is displayed c 0 D WallServiceConsole tail exe follow O D_WallService log lines 50 sleep interval 2005 06 22 09 14 OVO Hall Service is beeing shut doun NOH con barco conpose devices backend owd OYO Hall i 22 09 14 07 900 J Enablin
99. manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 10 2 10 Troubleshooting Reduce the baud rate gradually Allowed values are 9600 19200 38400 57600 115000 To apply a value the service has to be stopped and restarted again Check the log file Set the baud rate to the highest possible one which still has a stable communication 10 2 DDP communication error In case of a DDP master slave communication error in OverView DR SXGA resolution the following configuration option must be set in OVD_WallService xml ddp_err_auto restart 1 O YD WallService xml WordPad Fle Edt Yiew Insert Format Help Heal alk al aea S passed Authorization password for the wall Service Users of OCM Client will be limited to read only functionality unless they specified this password To remove password protection set passwd passwd operator Additional authorization password for the Operator Mode of OCM Client ADVANCED ddp err auto restart If this 15 set to 1 OCN will automatically stop and restart a module when it detected a DDP Master Slave Communication Error on an CverView DR F DisplayWall widths 3 height 2 com ports oMi b baudrate gg00 omner Barca location Karlsruhe wallname Demo Wall ip _ port 6063 demos re agent T0T pnassud harco passud operator barco Cddp err auto restart 1 gt gt lt Displaywall gt r For Help press F1 NUM
100. menu entry Enable Infrared Control Service mode Expert mode When the OVD wall service is stopped IR control is automatically enabled again In case a test pattern has been applied to the wall by the OCM this test pattern is also removed 6 7 2 Start service The OVD WALL SERVICE is started automatically when the system is booted To check if the service is really running or not use Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services In case the service is not running you can start it in the dialog Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services Select the entry Barco OVD Wall Service and start the service using the context menu of this entry Or use the context menu of the icon in the system tray Start OCM Client Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service Configure Wall Service Open Console About Exit e After starting the OVD wall service the IR Remote Control is automatically disabled for the entire wall For stability reasons and for optimization projection module can not be controlled simultaneously by the OCM and the IR Remote Control Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 6 13 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 7 3 Start OCM Client Use this command to start the OCM Client in service mode localhost Shark Vell Service Start OCM Client er Stop Wall Ser
101. mize all active lamps Write to EEPROM running coL Standby FIX 120 E Fully operable In the OverView CONTROL MANAGER the current settings can also be renamed copied or deleted by selecting the respective command from the then available command entries Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 E4 File Action view Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode Source Selection Load Profile Save reddish Homogeneity d d d Lamp Activation b d Test Patterns d On Screen Display Create Mew Rename reddish Delete reddish Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory white Optimize all active lamps write tko EEPROM runnin COLD Standb Fix 120 Fully operable c Y Of The currently loaded profile can also be deleted Deleting a profile will not change the current adjustment and look of the display wall i e the settings are not removed from the projection modules It is only the respective profile file which is deleted from the profile directory How to use profiles Up to three different adjustment profiles can be created saved and reloaded to provide the possibility to apply an application optimized adjustment e g for gray backgrounds etc It might be also be necessary to modify the adjustment due to aging processes of the lamps or because lamps had to be replaced and the new lamps no longer fit into the target Barco OverView Control Manag
102. mo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM OI File Action View Help Run Mode os l Lamp Mode H fi A g o EN Source Selection Load Profile Save reddish d b Lamp Activation b Homogeneity I Test Patterns b d On Screen Display Create Mew Rename reddish Delete reddish Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory white Optimize all active lamps Write fo EEPROM running coL Standby Fix 120 E Fully operable To get the best possible light output the mirror for coupling in the light of a lamp can be optimized with regards to its angle towards the lamp This procedure should be performed after a lamp replacement and is also part of the adjustment procedure with CAST However if this command is run during the display wall operation besides the impact on the display wall content the projection modules will get dark for some seconds this command might also influence color and brightness distribution Please Confirm x 2 Gre you sure that you want to perform lamp optimization For all active lamps Please note that this might have impact on the color and brightness homogeneity of the wall Please note in case of brightness and or color inhomogeneities after the lamp optimization procedure only a re adjustment of the display wall will bring back homogeneity The profiles do not store nor change the physical position of the lamps towards the mirror for light
103. n the actual lamp driver has to be introduced In case it is really Power Pack 120W nothing has to be done In case of Power Pack 100W or Osram 200W the lamp driver has to be corrected Select the command Action Lamp driver and select the correct lamp driver for this display wall This command switches the lamp driver information of every projection module into the selected one Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 3 27 3 Getting started File Action View Help Run Mode Lamp Mode Source Selection Lamp Activation Homogeneity Test Patterns On Screen Display Expert Level HOT Standby Protection P Lamp Drive Compact 120 Y Change White Peaking Power Pack 100 Update lamp voltage Power Pack 120 Wy Osram 200 Vy Update Log Level running COLD Standby Fix 120 ja Minor Problern This command might only be selected if all projection modules of the entire display wall have the same lamp driver Never select this command without first having checked that all illumination units employ the same lamp driver 3 3 3 Change White Peaking EXPERT MODE Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM OF x File Action view Help h gg Run Mode P Lamp Mode b Source Selection Lamp Activation Test Patterns b b Homogeneity I b On Scr
104. n be modified using the context menu of the lamps Homogeneity or the respective button in the tool bar third left button These commands display the Color amp Brightness dialog to modify the color location and or the brightness correction factor c f Homogeneity After manual color adjustment and or modification of the brightness correction factor these settings can be stored in a new profile The command Action Homogeneitiy Create New offers a dialog to enter a meaningful name for these settings so that they can be re applied Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ______ 7 22 7 OCM client application Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action View Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode Source Selection Load Frofile Save SERVICE ADIUSTMENT Homogeneity Test Patterns d d d Lamp Activation b d d d Create flew Rename SERVICE ADJUSTMENT Delete SERVICE ADJUSTMENT On Screen Display Reset manual brightness correction Apply Factory white Optimize all active lamps write to EEPROM running COLD Standby FIX 120 E Fully operable i Input 2 This action will save your manual color and brightness adjustments as new profile Please specify a profile name reddish After the profile name has been entered the action has to be confirmed Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure that
105. n case the system is operated in hot standby mode the lamp is tried to be ignited If it fails the error bit is set again In case of the system is operated in cold standby mode the error bit is reset and the lift moves again The lamp is not ignited before it becomes the active lamp If it fails the error bit is set again Since the employed lamps are of type short arc lamps it is always recommended to try again to ignite them after a lamp failure did occur especially in case of compact lamp driver Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 58 7 OCM client application 7 6 Tool bar The icons of the tool bar give direct access to the following commands Corresponds to the command Action Run Mode On off button to switch the entire display wall on from standby modus into operation modus or off from operation modus to standby modus This button is called brightness locking It has no correspondence in a menu entry Allows to set the brightness mode to maximum brightness minimum brightness dynamic mode or to fix the target static mode This command refers always to the entire wall 1 Corresponds to the context menu command Homogeneity Only enabled if the Service Adjustment has been saved This command always refers to one single projection system In case no module is selected in the grid it will take the modu
106. nding if the hot standby modus has been special requested and has been unlocked by the customer support Should be 10 Sum of all operating hours of all lamps ever installed in the display wall Sum of all hours the projection modules have been operated in hot standby mode both lamps on Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 9 7 OCM client application 7 3 4 Wall Information Wall Service wall Information Ed Display Wall Wall Service Health Details Host karct4h barco com Up Time 7 h 20 min 52 sec COM Port COnMS Baud Rate 9600 Refresh Rate 5 Build version 1 1 0031 OCM RC Agent Active The Wall Service dialog informs about the OVD WALL service Entry description Host Computer name or IP address of the computer where the OVD wau service is running entered during the setup of the client components Up Time Time the OVD wall service is running COM Port Com Port used to connect the PC running the OVD wall service to the display wall entered during configuring the OVD wall service Baud Rate Has to be 9600 in case of firmware version 2 x or 115000 in case of firmware version 3 x Refresh Rate Update frequency of the display wall information poll rate at which the client requests information from the OVD wall service Build Version Build version of the OVD WALL SERVICE OCM RC Agent Can be active
107. ng the value for Fixed changes will be applied to the display wall as soon as the slider bar has been released If Fixed is selected and a value is set which is above the value indicated as the max brightness or below the value indicated for the minimal brightness the display wall cannot be adjusted to feature homogeneous brightness The representative of the cubes in the grid show different gray color to indicate the different brightness level of the cubes The health status will then indicate a minor problem yellow Use File Wall Information Health Details to view the distance of the target of those projector which cannot be adjusted to the target Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Fy 0 File Action wiew Help Ox DERS 3 g running running running running running running COLD Standby Fix H4 E Minor Problem Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 3 13 3 Getting started Wall Information Wal Service FSET Ba Please keep in mind that brightness also influences the color adjustment In case the brightness locking mode is e g set to Maximum and the brightness shifts due to aging processes also the color will shift Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 14 3 Getting started 3 2 2 Lamp maintenance The OC
108. ngs can only be modified by editing the file OVD_WallService xml increase the birghtness_tolerance However this only influences the visualization of a In case you never succeed in reaching the brightness target for all projectors you might problem and not the problem itself Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 9 1 10 Troubleshooting 10 Troubleshooting Check this chapter for help and for information how to contact the technical support of BARCO Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 10 1 10 Troubleshooting 10 1 Communication problems In case the baud rate is set to 115000 projection modules with firmware 3 x only and there are a lot of communication errors logged in the logging console cf Open Console the baud rate has to be reduced Problems in communication might occur in case the cable to the first projection unit is too long or the cable is placed next to a power cable or Since the dialog Configure OverView Control Manager only offers the baud rates 9600 and 115000 for a gradually reduction of the baud rate the file Barco OverView Control Manager Servie OVD_WallService xml has to be edited This file is located on the workstation where the OVD wall service is running Open this file with notepad
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110. o conpose snnp AgentRoot Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 17 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 7 8 About the service Use the entry in the context menu of the icon in the system tray to open the About dialog of OVERVIEw CONTROL MANAGER Service Stark wall SEE Start OCM Client Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service E Configure Wall Service m Open Console Exit G 10 22 MI About Barco Overview Control Manager BARCe Barco Overview Control Manager Release 1 3 140 Copyright c 2004 2006 Barco Control Roorne Visibly yours 6 7 9 Exit This command closes the context menu of the OVD wall service icon in the system tray and removes the icon from the system tray To make the icon re appear select Start Programs OverView Control Manager Wall Configurtion Stam Wall Service Start OCH Chent Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service Configure Wall Service Open Console About Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 18 7 OCM client application 7 OCM client application Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 1 7 OCM client application 7 1 Different operating systems The user
111. ofile b Save GER CE AWS TRE Te eate NEw Rename SERIE CUIUS TRE Ty Delete SERVICE AIG WIE Ty Save As SEAWCE ADJUSTMENT Reset irenuallbiGhthebes carectan I Lamp Mode Lamp Activation b F Source Selection b b Homogeneity Test Patterns On Screen Display Appi Ratton a hte Uptime all sche lampe Write to EEPROM COLD Standby FIX 120 ja Wajar Problem This menu allows to create save delete rename and load different profiles for the display wall as well as to reset the manual brightness correction to discard any brightness and color adjustment Factory White to optimize the lamps and to write deliberately the status to EEPROM Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 7 21 7 OCM client application 7 4 5 1 Profiles The very first time a OCM client is started on a display wall only the commands Save as Service Adjustment and Write to EEPROM are enabled All other functionalities are disabled What is Service Adjustment After a display wall has been set up the Barco service technician adjusts the entire display wall to a common brightness and color by means of CAST the color adjustment service tools This results in a homogeneous brightness and color distribution of the display wall This is called Service Adjustment The Service Adjustment not only includes color and brightness settings
112. olders All brand and product names mentioned in this manual serve as comments or examples and are not to be understood as advertising for the products or their manufacturers Copyright 2005 2006 by BARCO Die Weitergabe sowie die Vervielf ltigung aller Unterlagen die von uns berlassen werden deren Verwertung und Mitteilung ihres Inhaltes an Dritte ist nicht gestattet soweit dies nicht ausdr cklich zugestanden ist Urheberrechte insbesondere auch solche an Software werden nur insoweit Ubertragen als es fur 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 2005 2006 by BARCO All rights reserved No part of this document may be copied reproduced or translated It shall not otherwise be recorded transmitted or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of BARCO Guarantee and Compensation BARCO provides a guarantee relating to perfect manufacturing as part of the legally stipulated terms of guarantee On receipt the purchaser must immediately inspect all delivered goods for damage incurred during transport as well as for material and manufacturing faults BARCO must be informed immediately in writing of any complaints The period of guarantee begins on the date of transfer of risks in the case of special systems and softwar
113. on X target lamps differ too much in brightness probably soon no x common target will be reached any more lamp problem on active lamp X X X X lamp problem on backup lamp in hot standby X X X X cold standby and critical lamp problem on backup lamp X cold standby and major minor lamp problem on backup x lamp active lamp failure X backup lamp failure cold standby X backup lamp failure hot standby X old firmware of projection unit X unsupported unknown firmware of projection unit X module has been shut down due to a problem X projector in standby lamp door open X projector running lamp door open X dimmer error X fan error X over temperature error X Problem with projector electronics stepper motor X Problem with optical dimmer Motor is stuck X Problem with optical dimemr motor was hanging X Problem with optical dimmer no mark X Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _____ 7 13 7 OCM client application Possible problems Minor Major Critical unknown Problem with optical dimmer multiple marks X Lamp health lamp cannot reach brightness target X lamp failure X lamp optimization failed X brightness calibration invalid X In case of critical or major configuration and or connection problems the wall status is indicated as unknown 7 3 6 Exit Use this command to quit the client application Barco OverView
114. one of the test patterns to the selected projection module only For this local command the same test patterns are available as for the entire display wall when selecting Action Test Patterns Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 53 7 OCM client application 7 5 1 7 Reset Errors This command is only enabled if an error bit is set In case a problem occurs the error flag indicating the problem is set in the system This flag is not only to inform about the error It also has to be reset in order to make the system running again In case the error flag is reset and the error still exists the system will set the error flag again When enabled it gives access to reset the lift error and the dimmer error Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH a Switch OFF Lamp Mode Source Selection Activate Backup ae LU es seabed BS Test Patterns File Action iew Help Wimmer Lift Reset Errors Reboot Enable Infrared Control running COLD Standby FIX 120 F Minor Problem f Dimmer This error occurs if the mechanical dimmer cannot find its home position Starting with firmware release 2 0 a new algorithm ensures that there is at least some light on the screen With Firmware release 1 x the screen remains dark Reset the error flag by selecting Solve Problem Reset Errors Dimmer In case
115. or inactive for the OCM RC Agent being active it is required to enable it on the dialog Configure OverView Control Manager SNMP In case it is enabled but inactive try to start it manually Right Click on My Computer on the desktop From the context menu select Manage In the tree select services and application Navigate to the Barco OCM RC Agent Right click to open its context menu Select Start Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 10 7 OCM client application 7 3 5 Wall Information Health Details Wall Information Fully operable The Health Details dialog shows the overall health of the display wall This information is also indicated in the status bar The color of the icon has following meaning Color Green Grey Yellow Orange Red status Functional no problems are known Unknown the system cannot be accessed no information is available if it is ok or not A minor problem has occurred This problem should be solved during the next scheduled maintenance action A major problem has occurred This problem should be solved as soon as possible since it can easily grow into a critical one Critical problem the system is no longer available Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ______ 7 11 7 OCM client
116. p Always tell the actual white of the current projection module by double clicking onto the matching color on the Color and brightness dialog Then this color location is adjusted towards the white of the target dot 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 the current color location not the desired color location In case the colors of the bitmap are too faint on your computer press the button I to increase the intensity of the bitmap Proceed until your visual inspection is satisfactory Close the dialog by clicking Close Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 50 7 OCM client application You can also shift the target e g towards red right click on the desired location in the bitmap the target will be shifted to this location Module Al bottom lamp Color amp Brightness Se Mee OR irl Gn erst Factory White Close The slider bar on top of the dialog allows adjusting the DIS correction factor in the range of 30 to 27 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 Calibratin Factor correction factor DIS raw data The DIS calibration factor h
117. r DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 29 7 OCM client application Special Outline Border round the projection module to check geometry adjustment Special pixel on off Alternating black and white pixels to check electronics and projection lens performance Special Chessboard Alternating black and white areas to check for stray light Special Lens Adjust 1 This command displays a dialog to enter the gray level Input 2 Enter gray Level 0 255 i a 2 The RGB color can be selected from a palette of colors Choose a color for the test pattern Fa P EE ERE tt ee a ERRANTE TL ee A EE Bees BRS LE _ tee EERE tt tL EEL VES S a O O A See EENT EEE EEN Belle SRR ERATEN BRE BESS eee d O UES a a a E m m E E E m JE _ a m E Sample Text Sample Text Cancel Reset In case the OVD wall service is stopped the test pattern will be removed automatically Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 30 7 OCM client application 7 4 7 On Screen Display Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File action View Help _ Run Mode l Lamp Mode Source Selection Lamp Activation Homog
118. r the first time these settings will have to be saved as Service Adjustment to enable a customized modification of color and or brightness Service Adjustment is a special profile which if applied will always turn the display wall into the adjustment Status done by CAST no matter which manual modifications had been made It is only after the Service Adjustment is saved that the buttons for modifying color and brightness and brightness locking get enabled To save the Service Adjustment profile select Action Homogeneity Save as Service Adjustment Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH OP x File Action View Help Aun Mode s aii d e 3 g Alg Source Selection Load Frofile b Save SERCE AWS TRE Te eate NEw Rename SERIE CUIUS TRE Ty DAE SERMIGE AEE NIE Tp Save As SEAWCE ADJUSTMENT Beseimanua biahtnhess carecia Homogeneity b F Lamp Actiwation P Test Patterns b On Screen Display Anpi Ractom Write Eptimeze all acte lamps Write to EEPROM COLD Standby FIX 120 j Major Problem Subsequently the buttons on the toolbar are enabled and you are allowed to change color and brightness and to save your modifications also as a profile to be able to re load it on the wall To modify color and brightness select the button Homogeneity improve on the tool bar third left button see also tool tips or select the respective command from the context menu in Module View
119. rco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 Fa File Action View Help Bun Mode l Lamp Mode Source Selection Lamp Activation Homogeneity Test Patterns None white Red Green On Screen Display Blue Gray 128 RGE Color 128 126 0 Special COLD Standby F 120 E Fully operable f The OveRViEW CONTROL MANAGER provides the possibility to apply several test patterns to the wall They are mainly to show the result of the color adjustment in case of e g a red or a blue color For the procedure of the color adjustment a white test pattern will automatically be applied The software also offers some special test patterns for e g the optical adjustment lens Whenever a test pattern is selected a warning pops up Please Confirm 9 Are vou sure that you want to show the selected test pattern on the wall wd The original source will not be visible on the wall any more ou can press lt ESC gt to restore the orginal picture Pattern description None Customer application White Full white for color adjustment Red Full red primary color Green Full green primary color Blue Full blue primary color Gray To apply gray levels in the range of 0 full black to 255 full white 1 RGB color to select a non primary color 2 Special Grid to check geometry adjustment Special Color bars Primary and secondary color stripes to check primaries and secondaries Barco OverView Control Manage
120. rd of the Operator mode default is barco all small Percentual brightness difference that must be reached before OCM indicates that a projector did not reach a brightness target Default value 5 Polling intervall for frequently changing paramters default value 2 seconds Polling intervall for less frequently changing paramters default value 10 seconds Period the brightness manager waits befween updates of the brightness target default value 25 seconds Only for SXGA resolution If set to 1 a hotfix is activated to switch the projection modules off and on again in case a ddp master slave communication occurs cf DDP communication error roota mycomputername mnt cdrom Help to read only functionality unless they specified this password To remove password protection set passwd passwd operator ADVANCED Additional authorization password for the Operator Mode of OCM Client ddp err auto restart If this 15 set to 1 OCH will automatically Stop and restart a module when it detected a DDP Master Slave Communication Error on an OverView DR lt DisplayWall width 3 height 2 com port COMN1 Haudrate S600 owner Barco location Karlsruhe wallnamne Dermo Wall ip port 6063 demo r 1 re agent 0 passud harco passwd operator harco ddp err auto restart 0 gt lt DisplayWall gt Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 200
121. rty Table Configuration Property Table Show Lamp Property COLD Standby FE 120 E Fully operable 7 OCM client application In Lamp View every projection module is sub divided in lamp top and lamp bottom The active lamp has a bold border The status of every lamp is indicated by the color of the square In case the lamp is switched off cold standby no information can be derived from this lamp Therefore the square is grey In case of a lamp failure the indicator will turn from green to red In case it is run in cold standby a broken lamp is a major problem which very soon can become a critical one if the broken lamp is not replaced In case it is run in hot standby a broken lamp is a critical problem Depending on how the lamp problem is regarded the health status of the module shows a minor or a major problem The round icon then will turn from green to yellow or to orange If Lamp View is active and this entry is selected again the view is reduced to the menu bar and the tool bar and does no longer show the sub divided grid Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 35 7 OCM client application 7 4 11 Input Sources firmware 3 x only When View Input Sources is selected in every projection modules two rectangles represent input 1 source1 left rectangle and input 2 source 2 right rectangle For display w
122. rty in the grid Select a row in the table the respective module will be selected and indicated by a blue border Multiple selection of rows is possible by using the SHIFT key adjacent rows and the CTRL key non adjacent rows respectively Selection can also happen in the grid then the respective row s in the table will be highlighted 7 4 15 Help Menu The Help menu gives access to the user s manual in PDF format and has the entry About OverView Control Manager which informs about the software version and the user level of the client application Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 E4 File Action view Help eee Users manual pdr 3 About Overview Control Manager COLD Standby F 120 E Fully operable i About Barco Overview Control Manager Barco Overview Control Manager BARC Release 1 3 140 Copyright fc 2004 2006 Barco Control Rooms User Level Service Visibly yours Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 43 7 OCM client application 7 5 Context menu of the items in the grid Right click on a cell in the grid The entries of the context menu depend on the selected view 7 5 1 Module view Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 x File Acton iew Help i Lamp Mode Source Selechon Activate Backup Lamp Homogeneity Test Patterns Reset Eline Reboot Enable
123. rvice the client connects to passwd barco Password to operate the OverView Control Manager otherwise it starts read only Please mind the password is case sensitive The default password barco is all small ip_ port 6063 Port the web service uses service Starts the client application in service mode refreshrate 5 Poll rate the OCM client asks the OVD wall service for information small Starts the OCM in small module view to display large display walls without the need to use scrollbars To start the OCM client manually including start parameters e Change to the Client directory e Enter StartClient sh parameter1 parameter2 parameter3 roota mycomputername mnt cdrom File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help rootlmycomputername cd fopt ocm Client roothmycomputername Client StartClient sh service Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 5 6 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform 5 6 Additional commands for the OVD wall service 5 6 1 Check if the OVD wall service is running As default the OVD wall service is started when booting the system To check if the service is running use the following command roota mycomputername opt ocm Service File Edit View Terminal Tabs Help roothmycomputername Service ps ax grep owd wallservice 3664 pts 1 S1 0 02 usr java jrel 5 0_04 bin java classpath
124. s allows creating e g a profile for an application with a gray background or a special profile for a special desktop layout Up to three profiles can be created The related files are stored in the folder Barco OverView Control Manager Service Adjustment Name_of_display_wall on the computer running the OVD wall service The information stored in this file also include serial number of the projection unit and illumination unit In case discrepancies occur e g a projection unit has been replaced confirmation is required before the profile can be loaded again If the discrepancies are too big e g the entire display wall has been upgraded with new projection units the profile will not be loaded any more 3 2 3 2 Brightness adjustment The brightness values are typically measured in the center of the projection module After the adjustment with CAST all projection modules have the same brightness Due to inhomogeneities in brightness distribution within a single projection module there might however occur brightness differences on the border of adjacent projection modules So one of these projection modules should be brighter so that the border is brighter too the other one darker But nonetheless both should be within the target To solve this conflict the correction factor has been introduced This factor allows to change the brightness in the range of 30 without changing the DIS value Use the slider bar on top of the Color amp
125. s in every projection module In case of cold standby if the currently active lamp is not the newer one the other lamp will be ignited and then activated Please Confirm 2 Are you sure that you want to activate the darker lamp in each module Of course only these lamps can be taken into consideration which runtimes are known to the OverView Control Manager e g the runtime had been entered value shown in the lamp property table 7 4 4 5 Activate all backup lamps This command will activate the backup lamp in every projection module Use this command to switch the active lamp of every system in regular intervals to ensure simultaneous aging of the lamps Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure that you want to activate the backup lamp in each module Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 7 20 7 OCM client application 7 4 4 6 Activate all top lamps This command will activate the top lamp in every projection module Please Confirm 2 Gre wou sure khat you want to activate the bop lamp in each module 7 4 4 7 Activate all bottom lamps This command will activate the bottom lamp in every projection module Please Confirm 2 Are vou sure that you want to activate the bottom lamp in each module 7 4 5 Homogeneity Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCH File Action View Help Hey Aun Mode Load Pr
126. s on the ON RES button on the rear side of the projection modules In case the OCM is programmatically shut down IR remote control will automatically be re enabled Minimum and maximum brightness of a lamp are not stored in a file In case the OCM is shut down after re Start all lamps have to be running at least once to enable the OCM to retrieve min and max brightness Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ ____ 3 1 4 Configuration of the projection modules 4 Configuration of the projection modules Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _____ 4 1 4 Configuration of the projection modules 4 1 Projector address and cabling OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER 1 2 supports projection systems of the OverView D series with firmware version 2 22 XGA SXGA and 3 4 XGA SXGA If required first update the firmware use Serial Programmer updated to firmware version 3 x Q Projection units with only one DVI interface require firmware version 2 x and must not be The individual projection systems have to be assigned a unique projector address and to be connected in an RS232 chain It is mandatory that the projector address complies with the following rule Seen from front D The most left projector of the most upper row has the projector address 1 the second lef
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128. selected The reduced window cannot display property tables The View menu allows to switch between Module View and Lamp View and Input Sources in case of firmware 3 x and to select the Brightness Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Each of these tables has multiple columns It is possible to select the value of a column to be indicated in the grid Once a property table is selected the menu entries are enhanced to select the respective property which is then displayed in the grid Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 7 33 7 OCM client application 7 4 9 Module View Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM E4 File Action View Help Module View O Lamp view Input Sources Brightness Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Show Module Property COLD Standby FEK 120 E Fully operable The Module View shows the configuration of the display wall as projection modules The display wall is seen from front If you press the ALT key when selecting a module in the grid the OverView Control Manger highlights the respective projection module on the display wall The green icon on the upper left corner of every projection module shows the health of this module The icon can have the following colors Color
129. sion 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 6 12 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 7 OVD wall service 6 7 1 General The OVD wall service runs on the workstation probably the TRANsForm A controller connected via RS232 with the first projection unit of the display wall provided the Barco RC Agent does not use the COM port of the OCM In case you want to run the Barco OCM RC Agent start it using the dialog Configure OverView Control Manager cf Configure Service Check if the Barco OCM RC Agent is running by the entry on the dialog File Wall information Wall service Barco OCM RC Agent active inactive O Barco RC Agent as used in Apollo and Barco OCM RC Agent can run simultaneously installation of the OverView Control Manager OCM client can access and control the display wall via the OCM client provided they know the password Otherwise the OverView All workstation in the network who can access the TansForm A and which have a client Control Manager application will be read only As soon as the service is started the IR Remote Control is automatically disabled for all projection units In case IR Remote Control is required this has to be explicitly selected in the OCM either for the entire wall using Action On Screen Display infrared Control enabled Service and Expert mode only or for a dedicated projection system by selecting this unit in the grid view and using the context
130. ss If all cells have the same gray color the display wall features homogeneous brightness In case the gray color is different you can easily make out the brighter and darker cubes on the wall Except for the address all these information can change either automatically health or by selection operation status is only one of the properties Of course to change the values on intention authorization has to be given cf File Authorization In case there is no information available about the projection unit or a lamp this is indicated by a question mark e g if the lamp is a backup lamp in cold standby mode and has not been run since the OVD wall service has been started Then activate the lamp to introduce it to the OVD wall service The question marks will disappear and the actual values of the respective properties will be shown For more information cf Wall Information Health Details and Lamps property table respectively Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 7 4 7 OCM client application 7 3 File menu Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 File Action wiew Help Authorization woe GF QB GO Wall InFormation Exit running COLD Standby Fix 120 E Fully operable J The File menu comprises the entries Authorization Refresh Rate Wall Information and Exit 7 3 1 Authorization W
131. status Green Functional no problems are known Gray Unknown the system cannot be accessed no information is available if it is ok or not yellow A minor problem has occurred This problem should be solved during the next scheduled maintenance action Orange A major problem has occurred This problem should be solved as soon as possible since it can easily grow into a critical one Red Critical problem the system is no longer available In the upper right corner the module position in the configuration of the display wall is indicated The most upper row is named row A the second on row B and so on The most left module of every row gets the number 1 the next module 2 and so on The module name combines the position in the display wall with respect to rows and columns If no property table is selected the modules show the overall status of the projection unit In case there is no information available about the system a question mark is displayed If Module View is active and this entry is selected again the view is reduced to the menu bar and the tool bar and does no longer show the grid Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 34 7 4 10 Lamp View Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM OI Fa File Action View Help Module view Lamp view Input Sources Brightness Property Table Lamp Prope
132. sured value has to be entered in the dialog popping up after the command Re Calibrate Brightness has been selected Input 2 Please measure 1 with a calibrated lux meter at the shown rectangle Enter the measured value and press ok to re calibrate Please refer also to the reference section chapter 7 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 32 3 Getting started 3 4 Known Issues If OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER Service is running to access the device control of APOLLO API the Barco OCM RC Agent has to be enabled Configure OverView Control Manager However the OverView D projection modules can either be controlled by Apotto or by the OCM Therefore make sure that in the Barco RC Agent OVD control is disabled The Barco RC Agent and the Barco OVD wall service shall not run simultaneously To make use o f device control in Apollo wall management software activate the Barco OCM RC Agent In Apollo rel 1 7 and earlier in addition the read community has to be changed to ulcibp and the write community to acorb In Apollo rel 1 8 or higher no changes of the read and write community are required Since the OveRVIEW CONTROL MANAGER disables IR remote control of the projection modules in case the OCM crashes IR remote control of the projection modules has to be manually re enabled either by RS232 or by clicking about 10 second
133. t Also lamp aging processes might result in lamps no longer adjustable to this target Then of course the brightness distribution of the display wall will no longer be homogeneous That s why the OverViIEW CONTROL MANAGER Offers Brightness locking Click on the Brightness locking button of the toolbar second left button see also tool tips The brightness dialog pops up When the OCM is started and the Brightness Locking dialog is opened the first time it will show Fixed in case the display wall has a common brightness target all projection modules set to the same target In case the projection modules differ in brightness target the dialog will come up showing Disabled Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 3 11 3 Getting started Brightness Locking Ea C Disabled C Maximized 163 Minimized 95 Fixed 119 The minimum value and the maximum value refers to the currently active lamps only Since the display wall shall feature a homogeneous brightness homogeneity can only be achieved in the range defined by the maximum light output of the darkest lamp and the minimum output of the brightest lamp The display wall can be run at maximized brightness determined by the darkest lamp minimized brightness determined by the brightest lamp or at a fixed brightness target between the maximum value and the minimum value
134. t projector of the most upper row the address two and so on until all projectors of the most upper row have got their address accordingly Subsequently proceed with the second upper row also start with the most left projector The diagrams below show a display wall seen from front the projector addresses and the two allowed ways of remote control cabling COM1 COM1 es ee G eee T As 3141151016 ZI 8 9 10 1112 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 COM1 the COM interface of the PC running the OvERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER service With OverView DG and OverView DR chains with up to 32 projectors are supported with firmware 3 x chains up to 254 projectors are supported Release 1 0 release 1 1 and release 1 2 and release 1 3 of OVERVIEW CONTROL MANAGER do not support multiple chains To assign a projector address use the IR Remote Control Unit and activate the Service menu of the OSD cf Installation manual of OverView D In the Service menu select Projector Address The projector address and the common RC5 address is displayed Projector addresses To change a value e Move the cursor key to the respective field
135. t menu allows activating the backup lamp In case of a lamp failure the broken lamp is indicated by a red dot Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Eel File Action view a Activate Retry after Fail running ja Wlinor Problern Demo Wall 3 x Z Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM ES fal File Action View Help ge E Major Problem t Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 3 9 3 Getting started 3 1 5 Select the active source firmware 3 x or higher only In case the projection modules provides two DVI interfaces to connect two sources the active input can be selected for all projection modules using the command Action Source Selection Of course it can also be checked if a source is connected Select View Input sources to show input 1 and input 2 as rectangles in the grid the left rectangle refers to input 1 the right one to input 2 In case a source is connected there is a green dot within the rectangle A missing source is indicated with a red dot The rectangle of the active source has got a bold black border To change the active source for an individual projection module use the context menu Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM Fes fal File Action View Help ie Switch OFF Source Selection d Source 1 Activate Backup Lamp Source Reboot th F Wlinor Problem Please refer a
136. t you wank to change the lamp mode to HOT standby The current operating mode is also indicated in the status bar Via the context menu the settings of an individual projection module can be modified Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 7 17 7 OCM client application 7 4 3 Source Selection firmware 3 x only Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 E4 File Action View Help Run Mode l Lamp Mode tj A Source Selection Source Lamp Activation SOURCE 2 Homogeneity Manual Mode Auto Preference Mode Auto Switch Mode Test Patterns d d d d d d d On Screen Display COLD Standby FE 120 E Fully operable i Projection modules with firmware 3 x have two DVI inputs which allow to display alternatively two sources The current source to be displayed can be selected In case of a source failure there are three different types of behavior The user manually switches to the other source Manual Mode Up to this moment the desktop will show the selected background image e g color bars The system automatically switches to the other source and in case the previous source is present again it immediately activates this source again Auto Preference Mode If the controller fails re booting of the controller will already be considered as signal present again and the
137. tallation Carefully read the explanations given at the beginning of the file and then scroll down to the section where the configuration is specified Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 53 5 OverView Control Manager on Linux platform The configuration section includes the following settings Setting Width Height COM_port Baudrate Owner Location Wallname ip_ port Demo Rc_agent Passwd Passwd_ operator brightness _ tolerance poll interval_ hf poll interval_ mf bl_ check_interval ddp_err_auto_restart File Edit View Terminal description Number of columns of the display wall horizontal cubes Number of rows of the display wall vertical cubes COM Port OCM uses for communication change to dev TTYSO to use COM1 with Linux Baud rate of RS232 communication 9600 mandatory for firmware 2 x for firmware 3 x also higher baud rates are possible Name of customer Name of location Friendly name of the display wall TCP IP Port the OCM uses for communication default port is 6063 Allows running the OCM in demo mode e g simulating a display wall Indicates whether the Barco RC Agent shall also run In case the Barco RC Agent has been selected it has also to be configured cf Configuration of the Barco RC Agent Password of the Service and Expert mode default is barco all small Passwo
138. ting criteria Right Click on a column header to show this property in the grid Select a row in the table the respective module will be selected and indicated by a blue border Multiple selection of rows is possible by using the SHIFT key adjacent rows and the CTRL key non adjacent rows respectively Selection can also happen in the grid then the respective row s in the table will be highlighted One of the properties listed in the table can be visualized in the representative of the projection systems in the grid Click on Show Module Property A sub menu opens The entries match the columns of the tables Select the one to be displayed in the module In the screen shot it is Operation state of the module indicated by a black dot Therefore in the cells in the grid running is indicated Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 38 7 OCM client application Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM File Action view Help In the screen shot it is Operation state of the module indicated by a black dot Therefore in the cells in the o e ogem te Itt J running Reached 120 167 BP running Reached A20 mta ps f running Reached 120 181 2 O F2 O p34 running Reached 120 fa es o running Reached 20 225 90 2 Mi running Reached 120 MP1 O 68 B8 Module view Lamp view Input Sources Brightness
139. tion will be retrieved However it can only be retrieved of a running lamp Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 19 7 OCM client application 7 4 4 2 Activate all darker lamps This command will activate the lamp with the darkest brightness in every projection module In case of cold standby if the currently active lamp is not the darker one the other lamp will be ignited and then activated Please Confirm 2 Are you sure that you want to activate the darker lamp in each module Of course only these lamps can be taken into consideration which are known to the OverView Control Manager e g they at least once had been running to measure their brightness value shown in the lamp property table 7 4 4 3 Activate all older lamps This command will activate the lamp with the higher operating hours in every projection module In case of cold standby if the currently active lamp is not the older one the other lamp will be ignited and then activated Please Confirm 2 Are you sure that you want to activate the darker lamp in each module Of course only these lamps can be taken into consideration which runtimes are known to the OverView Control Manager e g the runtime had been entered value shown in the lamp property table 7 4 4 4 Activate all newer lamps This command will activate the lamp with the lower operating hour
140. too dark or too bright he can modify this brightness by correcting the DIS calibration value by 30 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 correction factor DIS raw data The calibration factor ensures that the DIS values are identical the luminance values measured by a lux meter The raw data is the value that is returned from the uncalibrated DIS Values are in the range between 100 and 1000 If a value is out of this range indicates a problem with the DIS A value which is too low indicates that the sensor does not get enough light This might be due to dirt due to a sensor problem or maybe due to the plastic cover protecting the light entry to the projection unit which has not been removed A value which is too high indicates that the sensor gets too much light This might be due to holes in the folding mirror or due to a sensor problem In case the calibration did fail replace the lamp and perform re calibration as described in the context menu of the lamps Use the mouse to enlarge the dialog and to get the entire view of all columns However if the application is closed and restarted again the window will memorize neither its size nor its position but pop up in standard size at the standard location of the desktop Left Click on a column header to sort the data using this property as sor
141. trol Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ____ 7 32 7 OCM client application 7 4 8 View Menu The window of the OverViEw CONTROL MANAGER manifests in three modes It can be reduced to show only the menu bar and the tool bar Reduction is done by selecting the already selected view again the commands in the View menu are toggle commands Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM OF x File Action view Help Module view 0 Lamp view Input Sources Brightness Property Table Lamp Property Table Configuration Property Table Show Module Property COLD Standby F 120 E Fully operable f Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM E4 Fie Action wiew Help running COLD Standby FE 120 E Fully operable The reduced view can be extended to show the display wall grid view This view can be a module view or a lamp view In case of projection modules with firmware 3 x also a dedicated view showing the settings of the input sources is available In addition property tables can be shown or hidden Click once on the entry of the respective table to display it Click another time on the same entry to hide the table Or switch to a different property table by clicking on the respective entry in the View menu or the respective button on the tool bar Property tables can only be displayed if one of the views is
142. tting started YO _WallServiceConsole tail exe follow O D _WallService log lines 50 a interval 2 THF ONO Hall Service is beeing shut doun HOH Enabling IR Control of all ae eel a Closing Ser rial Port COWS icon bar OVO Wall Servi a 1 OND Hall Halls Bar cer TOY Ha edev ices backend owd 040 Hall AND re a OND oH OD af i r r r r r r r r r r r r i e e e a eR ee a a eRe a a T N ep tt a Ut al cocscescsoceocosooos con T O38 J i j a nent belongs oa dif it aie con barco 2 J SHHP ne an o re ED 158 18 ee barco con Hpi ea a ve SHAP traps uill be send to 150 159 18 T a a urat amd Initializing OCH RC Agent for SHHF a a Sn OCH RE Agent available at port 4700 ei Te public cian a as granted to OCH Client Parpi con ate PA Full ACCESS Hi granted to OCH Client at karclt4h con barco a avi Read st access was granted to OCH Client it eee con bar a Se Se eee ee ag alan ag al Socoocoscss The features which are supervised and logged can be modified by editing the file OVD_WallService_log4j This file is located in the folder Barco OverView Control Manager Service on the workstation the OVD wall service is running After updating this file use the command Update Log Level to activate the modifications or restart the service gt EyPERT MODE Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM 0 File Action View Help
143. udrate Baud rate of RS232 communication 9600 mandatory for firmware 2 x for firmware 3 x also higher baud rates are possible Owner Name of customer Location Name of location Wallname Friendly name of the display wall ip_port TCP IP Port the OCM uses for communication default port is 6063 Demo Allows running the OCM in demo mode e g simulating a display wall Rc_agent Indicates whether the Barco RC Agent shall also run In case the Barco RC Agent has been selected it has also to be configured cf Configuration of the Barco RC Agent Passwd Password of the Service and Expert mode default is barco all small Passwd_ operator brightness_tolerance poll_interval_hf poll_interval_mf bl_check_interval ddp_err_auto_ restart Password of the Operator mode default is barco all small Percentual brightness difference that must be reached before OCM indicates that a projector did not reach a brightness target Default value 5 Polling intervall for frequently changing paramters default value 2 seconds Polling intervall for less frequently changing paramters default value 10 seconds Period the brightness manager waits befween updates of the brightness target default value 25 seconds Only for SXGA resolution If set to 1 a hotfix is activated to switch the projection modules off and on again in case a ddp master slave communication occurs cf DDP communication error These setti
144. ule in the display wall as combined of the letter representing the row and the figure representing the column Firmware Firmware version of the projection modules can be one of the following 2 xx in case of OverView DG OverView DR 3 xx in case of OverView DG OverView DR lamp modus Lamp operation modus can be one of the following hot standby if hot standby has been released cold standby IU Serial number Serial number of the illumination unit PU Serial number Serial number of the projection unit Runtime PU Total runtime of the module h Hot Time Total hot standby runtime of the module h OSD Msg Can be one of the following msg message boxes enabled only err error boxes enabled only msg err message boxes and error boxes enabled disabled neither message boxes nor error boxes enabled Type Projector type can be one of the following OverView DG OverView DR OverView DR Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 7 42 7 OCM client application Use the mouse to enlarge the dialog and to get the entire view of all columns However if the application is closed and restarted again the window will memorize neither its size nor its position but pop up in standard size at the standard location of the desktop Left Click on a column header to sort the data using this property as sorting criteria Right Click on a column header to show this prope
145. urity General Shortcut Options Font l Layout OCM For Service Ed Target type Application Target location systems Target Jient StantClient vbs language fr hostname local Start in C Program Files Barco Overview Control Mana Shortcut key None Rur Minmieed sis Comment FP Find Target Change Icon Advanced cancel Apo _ The language has to be set as digits ISO 639 code en de ja es The standard delivery of OverView Control Manager comes exclusively with English language files All other language files are not part of the product of the setup For the creation and implementation of different language files see chapter below Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 8 2 8 1 1 How to create language files A valid language file has to comply with the following specifications Location identical to the location of the corrsponding English language file 8 Special configurations Filename identical to the corresponding English language file except of the iso 639 code The following table lists some of the iso 639 codes Language Chinese Danish Dutch Englisch French Finnish German Greek Italian Japanese Korean Norwegian Portuguese Spanish Swedish Turkish Iso 639 code zh da nl en fr fi de el no pt es SV tr OverView Control Manager
146. user documentation Also the Barco OCM RC Agent is installed Client only Installation of the client components the required libraries VB runtime and the user documentation Select the desired installation Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 4 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 4 1 Server installation If Server has been selected server and client components are installed to allow testing the application on the server PC The configuration of the service is also part of the setup Therefore during installation the Configure OverView Control Manager dialog pops up Configure O D Wall Service Val all Owner Barco Location Karlsruhe Name optional Demo wall Columns Rows Serial port B audrate 3 E EOM 3600 Demo Made Wall Semice Password Service SHMP Password Operator fia IP Pot Eog Enter Name Owner and Location of the display wall as well as the configuration Columns Rows Select the Serial port the first projection system is connected to The baud rate has to be set to 9600 in case the firmware version of the projection modules is 2 x The baud rate has to be set to 115000 in case the firmware version of the projection modules is 3 x The information is stored in an XML file Therefore the strings entered as Name Owner Location may not include the following ch
147. ustomer support engineers the OveRVIEW CONTROL MANAGER Offers additional commands to release the hot standby operation mode to introduce the actual lamp driver to a new display wall to update lamp driver information after an upgrade of the entire display wall to change the white peaking factor to measure the lamp voltage update the log level re calibrate lamps disable overtemperature protection and to disable the optical dimmer Authorization is given by entering the password of the Service mode 3 3 1 Release and lock hot standby operation mode To release and to lock the hot standby operation mode after the selection of the respective command the license key for the projection module A1 has to be entered 4 EXPERT MODE Demo Wall 3 x 2 Barco Karlsruhe Barco OCM OF x File Action View Help Run Mode Lamp Mode Source Selection Lamp Activation Homogeneity Test Patterns On Screen Display SP Pet Released Locked Expert Level Lamp Driver b Change White Peaking Update lamp volkage Update Log Level running COLD Standby Fix 120 F Minor Froblern released This information has to be added to the customer data Make sure that you inform BCD customer support center that hot standby has been 3 3 2 Lamp Driver The lamp driver information of a new projection module is set to Power Pack 120W default When the display wall is set up before taking it into operatio
148. vice Restart Wall Service im Configure Wall Service m lt i D 10 22 Upen Console About E mit 6 7 4 Stop Service The OVD wall service can be stopped using the context menu of the icon in the system tray Alternatively the context menu of the service entry in the dialog Start Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools Services can be used The icon in the system tray is no indication for a running service After stopping the service the IR Remote Control is enabled again Sharh we SEICE Tm Start OCM Client stop Wall Service Fy Restart Wall Service E Configure Wall Service m i D 10 22 Open Console About Exit 6 7 5 Restart Service After having modified the Wall Configuration use this command to re start the service and to apply the modifications made in the Wall Configuration dialog Stam Yall Service Start OCh Client Stop Wall Service Restart Wall Service Configure Wall Service Open Console About E vit Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 6 14 6 OverView Control Manager on Windows platform 6 7 6 Configure Service Use the shortcut Start Programs Barco OverView Control Manager Wall Configuration Or click on the icon in the system tray Alternatively select Configure Service in the context menu of the icon in the system tray Stan Well Service Start OCH
149. w that it is no more a common target Additional information is given on the health dialog Wall Information E4 Display Wall Wall Service Health Details B all Problem Brightness Locking The difference between the brightest and the darkest of all active lamps is too large Thus itis impossible to find a brightness target thatis reachable by all active lamps a 201 bottom lamp 19 15 too bridh Replace or deactivate the darkest lampfsi 113 a AOS Bottom lamp 11 is too Bright to reach the current brigniness target 11 a AUS top lamp 6 is too brightto reach the current brightness target 6 a C03 bottom lamp 14 is too brightto reach the current brightness target 14 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 63 8 Special configurations 8 Special configurations Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service ___ 8 1 8 Special configurations 8 1 Localization Starting with release 1 3 the OverView Control Manager allows setting the language of the user interface There are two requirements e The language files must be installed this is not part of the setup e The language parameter has to be given as the first start parameter in the shortcut OCH For Service Properties Ei Ed Colors Compatibility l Sec
150. ware Version 03 00 Lamp Driver 120 VY Compact Hot Standby released YES Whitepeaking 10 Total Lamp Hours 63516 h Total HOT Hours 23063 fi On the Display Wall tab the following information can be found Entry Name Location Owner Size Module Type Resolution description 7 OCM client application Name of the display wall as entered when configuring the OVD wall service Location of the display wall as entered when configuring the OVD wall service Owner of the display wall as entered when configuring the OVD wall service Customer Size of the display wall combined from the entries columns and rows as entered when configuring the OVD wall service Type of projection system received from the projection unit D means based on DLP technology G means XGA resolution R means SXGA resolution R means SXGA resolution 1024x768 XGA Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service _ 7 8 Lamp Mode Firmware Version Lamp Driver Hot standby released Whitepeaking Total lamp hours Total HOT hours 7 OCM client application 1280x1042 SXGA 1400x1050 SXGA Type of operation mode Hot standby both lamps on Cold standby active lamp on backup lamp off Version of the firmware Can be one of the following Compact driver 120W Power Pack 120W Power Pack 100W Osram 200W Can be yes or no depe
151. we This setting activates the hotfix In case of a DDP master slave communication error the OCM will then recognize this error within max 15 seconds and switch this projection module off and on again In the file OVD_WallService log this action is listed as Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service __ 10 3 10 Troubleshooting 2005 10 17 15 26 13 812 WARN A DDP Master Slave Communication Error was detected on module A1 2005 10 17 15 26 13 812 WARN As work around for this problem OCM will now switch this module off and on again 2005 10 17 15 26 13 812 WARN Switching Off module A1 2005 10 17 15 26 18 812 WARN Switching On module A1 Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 10 4 10 3 Hot Line Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions e BARCO N V Projection Systems Europe Noordlaan 5 B 8520 Kuurne Phone 32 56 36 8282 Fax 32 56 368 2821 E mail support controlrooms barco com Web www barcocontrolrooms com Barco OverView Control Manager DOC 3378 2 user s manual Revision 04 December 2006 user mode service 10 Troubleshooting 10 5

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