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This manual refers to following hardware and software configurations of E X Terminal: Release X Server R3.4 Document history Modifications, which result in a new version, are indicated by a vertical bar. _______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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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.
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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-3061-2): page wrong correct ______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
3.4 Configuration software..........................3-36 3.4.1 System configuration.........................3-36 3.4.2 X.11 configuration ..........................3-40 3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system ......................3-48 Plus 3.4.4 Configuring an X server for Visu standalone.................3-52 _______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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6 Advanced Configuration ........................6-1 6.1 Installing additional hardware........................6-2 6.1.1 Opening the case..........................6-2 6.1.2 Inserting additional main memory .....................6-5 6.1.3 Inserting an additional expansion card ....................6-7 ______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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7.3 Order codes..............................7-16 8 Troubleshooting ..........................8-1 8.1 Eos not booting.............................8-2 8.2 Eos does not boot from CD...........................8-3 8.3 Hot line .................................8-4 9 Index..............................9-1 ______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
This chapter explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols. Safety in- formation is provided concerning the operation of computer systems from Barco. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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 – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
The sheet icon indicates additional notes. Next to this icon you find further information. This arrow marks tips. Next to this icon you find important notes. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
This equipment must be grounded (earthen) via the supplied 3 conductor AC power cable. (If the supplied power cable is not the correct on, consult your dealer.) _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and AC power-line surges. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
Keep the original shipping carton and packing material; they will come in handy if you ever have to ship your unit. For maximum protection, repack your set as it was originally packed at the factory. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
CD manually. On this start page you will find a link to the user's manual of Eos X Terminal. Acrobat Reader can be used to view the file. Adobe® Acrobat® Reader is free and freely distributable software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
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2. Summary 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features of E X Terminal. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
System files are stored safely, and faultless startup is guaranteed even after unpredictable events, e.g. power failure. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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Desktop with multiple video and RGB sources can such be displayed on 12 projection modules. XTENDER OMPACT XTENDER X Window TCP/IP Figure 2-2 with E OMPACT XTENDER _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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O has to be installed on E and V SIRIS 19:00 LU S Eos Ultra Ethernet, TCP/IP X Window Figure 2-4 LTRA _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
If your is already configured within your working place you can skip this chapter and continue with chapter Operating. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
LED: power on floppy disk drive hard disk drive / RAID subsystem 10a/b CD ROM drive (reserved) power button Figure 3-1 front view of E _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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[10a] or [10b]. The rendering machines of the distributed system are assembled accordingly. They are delivered without CD-ROM drive and hard disk drive. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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100 Mbps connection lightens yellow 1000 Mbps connection USB1, USB2 (optional) audio, micro (optional) power switch of individual power module LED: individual power module operating _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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[25]. Therefore the back panel has to be easily accessible! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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PCI and ISA slots on the back panel of EOS-3026-01 and EOS-3026-02 In the following sections reference is taken to the numbering of the slots. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
3. Getting started 3.1.2 Eos Extender offers five or six PCI slots. These slots are used by expansion cards of Barco (e. g., graphic cards, O CALERS video and RGB input cards). When connecting to larger display walls and displaying several videos simultane- ously the number of slots in E may not be big enough.
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XTENDER switches [8] on each module and green LEDs [9] that indicate that the power module is operating. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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PCI Slots and Segments Connector PCI 0 is reserved for the connection to E In the following sections reference is taken to the numbering of the slots. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
Plug the female end of the power cords into the mains connections [25]. Figure 3-10 Mains connection of E • Plug the male end of each power cord into a power outlet. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-10...
The standard keyboard is a MF-II type keyboard with a PS/2 connector. Plug it into the PS/2 keyboard jack [27]. Figure 3-13 PS/2 keyboard jack ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-11...
Dual-DVI connector to connect two display devices. For digital output, resolu- RAPHIC tions up to SXGA can be processed. Figure 3-16 Ports of AGX G RAPHIC ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-14...
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Please refer to section 6.1.5 Combination RAPHIC ARDS rules for information about mixing cards in digital and in analog mode. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-15...
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This numbering is carried on for distributed systems. For each rendering machine the modules are numbered as described. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the graphic cards please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-16...
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VGA adapter of the central device, please refer to section 3.1.1 Eos. Figure 3-23 VGA-Card of A RGUS ROCESSOR ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-17...
Dual-DVI connector for data insertion from the graphic card and one Dual-DVI con- CALER nector for digital output for two projection modules. Figure 3-24 ports of the O CALER ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-18...
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PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 Figure 3-26 Numbering of O CALERS Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the O please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. CALER ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-19...
1 card 1, channel 2 is assigned to video-input 2 card 1, and so on. Within a distributed system there are many different possibilities to arrange video channels. Please, refer to section 6.2.7 Advanced Eos configuration. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-20...
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3. Getting started Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the Q please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. NALOG IDEO ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-21...
3.2.7 Quad Analog Video Card, please. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the S please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. TREAMING IDEO ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-22...
3.2.7 Quad Analog Video Card, please. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the D RGB I please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. NPUT ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-23...
Plug the female end of the power cords into the AC in [6]. Figure 3-34 Mains connection • Plug the male end of each power cord into a power outlet. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-25...
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Ext. Ext. Ext. PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 Figure 3-36 connection cards to the E XTENDERS ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-26...
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Depending on the type of the cards used in one Eos or Eos Extender and the model of the device, the maximum amount of cards within the device varies, please refer to section 6.1.5 Combination rules. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-27...
Figure 3-38 Connecting to Twisted Pair (RJ-45) 100 Mbps onboard LAN adapter (left), 100 Mbps Ethernet Card (middle) and 1000 Mbps Ethernet Card (right) ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-28...
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1000 Mbps network cards should be inserted in the PCI slots with the higher numbers than the 100 Mbps network cards. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-29...
The rendering machines are equipped with one network card each: Sub-net PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 Figure 3-42 Network cards in a rendering processor ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-30...
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The Sub-net is established via a Gigabit Ethernet Switch. The Gigabit Ethernet switch connects the rendering processors and the central processor. Up to 7 rendering processors and the central processor can be connected with one Fast Ethernet Hub. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-31...
3.2.14 Visu Plus The connection of V to E is described in the V user’s manual, see section, 7.3 Order codes please. LTRA ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-32...
Connect the rendering machines with the central E the O modules or V ' with the rendering machines. Refer to section 3.2.13 Distributed system, please! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-33...
If software configuration has already been carried out you can go on with chapter Operating. Otherwise proceed configuring E in section 3.4 Configuration software. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-34...
To disconnect the whole device the power plug has to be pulled of after switching off. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-35...
There are also help files available. Each window contains a Help button. The Help button of the main window offers general help. The Help buttons of the sub windows offer help, concerning the content of the sub window. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-36...
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Ethernetcard 10 Mbps, ISA eepro100 Ethernetcard 100 Mbps, PCI e100 Ethernetcard 100 Mbps, PCI possible e1000 Ethernetcard 1000 Mbps, PCI possible bcm4400 onboard LAN adapter ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-37...
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1 , 2 , 3 , etc. Clarify the corresponding Netmask addresses with your network administrator. In the field Primary name + domain insert eos-core . Figure 3-46 Confirm your changes with Accept or leave with Cancel. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-38...
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4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-39...
Therefore leave X.11 for configura- tion purposes with the following keys pressed simultaneously: <Ctrl> <Alt> <Backspace> Now, back in line mode log in as root ! The factory set password for root is barco : eos login: root Password: barco Configuration can be carried out by means of the configuration script EOSconfig.
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Logitech MouseMan (Microsoft compatible) MM HitTablet PS/2 Microsoft Mouse and compatible Mice PS/2 Microsoft IntelliMouse and compatible Wheel Mice PS/2 Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-41...
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If you have analog output the monitor resolution and the refresh rate has to be specified. In case of analog and digital mixed output just the refresh rate for the analog outputs is to be specified. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-42...
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Specifying a visual class tells X.11 how to handle colors. This is only asked if you selected above the numbers 2 or 4 . Refer also to section 4.2 Color management for a more detailed description, please! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-43...
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XDM that replies first to your request. Configuring X Display Manager (XDM) ----------------------------------- The local X Display Manager can be used to login on the Eos X Terminal. Do you want start the X Server with XDMCP (yes/no)? [yes]: y Set the XDMCP Query Types...
Here <x> and <y> give the horizontal and vertical position within the display wall starting with the upper left module as 0,0 . 4×2 4×2 Figure3-47 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-48...
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Assign to a default graphic channel within a graphic engine a new position in the Display Wall Enter graphic engine's number for reordering[1]: 1 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-49...
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These are the Logical Video settings for the Distributed X Server: ================================================================== engine_1 : 1 2 0 engine_2 : 0 1 2 Everything correct? (yes/no)? [yes]: y ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-50...
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4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-51...
EOS X Server **************************************************************** When configuration is completed, you can enter service mmtserv to start the X server: eos:/opt/MMT2686/config # service mmtserv ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-52...
The following visual class are supported. - TrueColor (read only visual) - DirectColor (read/write visual) ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-53...
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4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-54...
The configuration of O is explained in the O user's manual. For the O user's manual see section SIRIS SIRIS SIRIS Order codes. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 3-55...
You are introduced into operating the video client for displaying video and RGB signals and the remote control client for controlling an O display wall. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
(geometry). Note that multiple logical screens can not be used simultaneously together with the X MultiCursor extension (XMC), see section 4.4 X server extensions. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
= 256 on-screen colors. A color depth of 24 bits corresponds to 2 = 16.7 million (16M) colors and is said to cover all shades of colors the human eye can distinguish. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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The Definitive Guide to the X Window System – Volume 1 Adrian Nye, O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. • Introduction to the X Window System Oliver Jones, Prentice Hall, Inc. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
The same color capabilities apply as with movable and scalable video and RGB windows. Please, refer also to section 4.6.3 The Xvideo client for more details. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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X server and video of E 1) Only applicable, if UGX G are used. RAPHIC ARDS 2) Depending on X server start option. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
X Window System Administrators Guide – Volume 8 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. This document specifically describes all configuration possibilities for the X display manager using corresponding files. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
These two colors are changed with an optional frequency. DIN blinking frequencies are provided. X Video The X Video extension for connecting a Barco video input card is dealt with in detail in the following chapter. X UCL This extension is required for O .
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, see section 7.3 Order codes. LTRA SIRIS Video and RGB signals can be displayed on an Barco display wall with the optional input cards Q NALOG IDEO and D RGB I . Based on an extension library of the X server the Barco video...
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4. Operating 4.6.1 The input cards For showing information from external sources like video or RGB data on a Barco display wall a set of input cards is provided. For integration of video the Q and the S is available and for...
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20 fps in normal cases gives an acceptable performance. If the RGB-source is mostly static even lower frame rates can be selected. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-14...
Color depth RGB sources can be digitized with 16 bpp or with 24 bpp (depending on the visual class of the X server). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-15...
3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system. Additional background information about the configuration of logical video channels can be found in section 6.2.7 Advanced Eos configuration. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-16...
1x1+1+0 ). The displayed video or RGB signal is always »on top«, other applications are »beyond« and can not be manipu- lated by accident. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-17...
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If no signal is connected to a video channel, the corresponding video window appears in background color. If a signal is connected later, the Channel, Port or Live button must be pressed. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-18...
A certain configuration file can also be invoked as an option on the command line when starting the video client. Please, refer to section 4.6.5 The options. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-19...
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Streaming Video Card Configuring video streams below Encoding Shows the detected video standard (PAL, NTSC) Select the frame rate (FULL, HALF - default) Table 4-5 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-20...
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All video streams processed by one S must have the same com- Algorithm TREAMING IDEO pression algorithem. Currently mpeg2 and visiowave is supported Table 4-6 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-21...
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Encoder dependant value of the number of bytes that must be skipped at the beginning Start / end of each packet, please see table below. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-22...
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≥ 2.0 auto Use »visiowave« as startstring and specify also the other entries in the section Encoder Control! Table 4-7 Encoder dependant parameter values ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-23...
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6: sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1/3; 15: sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1/15, best performance Figure 4-9 Xvideo control panel ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-24...
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It is also possible, that the system detects a new timing, if the settings have been displaced too much. In this case click NO and readjust the settings again. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-25...
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• Align the display within the window with Position. • If necessary tune Phase until the test pattern is displayed without flicker. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-26...
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A certain configuration file can also be invoked as an option on the command line when starting the video client. Please, refer to section 4.6.5 The options. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-27...
Q ( 3 ), D RGB I ( 5 ), or S NALOG IDEO NPUT TREAMING ( 7 ) IDEO Table 4-9 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-28...
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-qavBoardChannelNumber 1..4 –qavbc selects the video adapter on the card -qavPlayMode Live, Still Live -qavpm selects display mode Table 4-11 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-29...
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-drgbBoardChannelNumber 1, 2 –drgbbc selects the adapter on the input card -drgbPlayMode Live, Still Live -drpm select display mode Table 4-13 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-30...
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( 1 ) video is displayed as Module Video, RGB signals as Module RGB -moduleGeometry geometry determines layout of Module Video and Module RGB Table 4-15 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-31...
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–display . In this case, the canvas panel can be directed to E with the option –canvasDisplay . Figure 4-12 Redirected control panel ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-32...
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These paths and variables are evaluated in this sequence: • /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XVideo • $XAPPRLESDIR/XVideo • RESOURCE_MANAGER or if empty: ~/.Xdefaults • $XENVIRONMENT or if empty: ~/.Xdefaults-<hostname> • options on the command line ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-34...
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-allowResize above canvas.noBorder bool false see option -noBorder above canvas.backGround bool blue see option –canvasBackground above Table 4-18 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-35...
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4 names, each 12 characters, separated by ‘|’ are allowed. First name matches first adapter and so on. qav.boardChannelNumber see option -qavBoardChannelNumber above qav.playMode string Live see option -qavPlayMode above Table 4-20 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-36...
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-configFile above noConfigFile see option -noConfigFile above presetFile <filename> /etc/MMTconfig/presets.prf see option -presetFile above factoryPresetFile <filename> /opt/MMT2686/etc/xvideo/presets.prs see option -factoryPresetFile above Table 4-22 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-37...
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2 names, each 12 characters, separated by ‘|’ are allowed. First name matches first adapter and so on. drgb.boardChannelNumber see option -drgbBoardChannelNumber above drgb.playMode string Live see option -drgbPlayMode above Table 4-23 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-38...
Alternatively the additional wall management software O offers as well the functionality of a remote control, SIRIS for the O users manual see section 7.3 Order codes. SIRIS ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-39...
Specifies delay time in milliseconds for sending messages (O D, O 67C4-PSI, AVC-B V2A, D D2D) TLAS ERMES IGITAL WITCHBOX ERMES Table 4-24 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-40...
5 sec Specifies the period between two keep-alive-telegrams. <KeepAliveRetries> Specifies the maximum number of missing telegrams, after which the daemon reboots E Table 4-25 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-41...
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Table 4-27 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlservice>> . The commands can be shortened by unam- biguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-42...
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Exits the client. exit Table 4-29 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlleg>> . The commands can be shortened by unambiguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-43...
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Exits the client. exit Table 4-31 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrldlp>> . The commands can be shortened by unambiguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-44...
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Exits the client. exit Table 4-33 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrldlp>> . The commands can be shortened by unambiguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-45...
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ERMES Table 4-36 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlswitch>> . The commands can be abbreviated by unam- biguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-46...
Be careful not to switch off the cube, that currently displays the control panel, because it would be difficult to switch it on again by R EMOTE ONTROL ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-47...
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Send enter command to analog controller Send plus command to analog controller (H V2A only) ERMES Send minus command to analog controller (H V2A only) ERMES Figure 4-14 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-48...
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Iconifies ( value=1 ) or resizes ( value=0 ) the rctrl control panel. avcEnableConfig 0 | 1 see option –e above avcReconfig 0 | 1 see option –r above Table 4-38 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-49...
In the configuration file of E the hot-keys can be re-configured. See section 6.2.7 Advanced configuration. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-50...
Therefore change by using cd to the directory: cd /opt/MMT2686/config/ To switch on the graphical boot selection use: /opt/MMT2686/config/bootgraph on To switch it off use: /opt/MMT2686/config/bootgraph off ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-51...
But if the X server has been configured in multi-color-depth it can be restarted with the other color depths mentioned above. To revert to multi-color-depth the X server must be restarted without option in the default setting. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-52...
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Whenever booting from the backup partition the content of the working partition becomes overwritten with the backup. This means the current content of the working partition gets lost! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-54...
–--------------------------------------------------- WARNING!! The following EOS RPM Package(s) have been altered: –------------------------------------------------- eosxserver-mon-2.5.0-1 eosxvideo-2.4.0-1 –------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-55...
More information about procfg can be found in the manual pages. The manual pages can be read by entering man procfg into the command line. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 4-56...
5. Maintenance 5 Maintenance requires very little maintenance. Some maintenance operations are nevertheless necessary to maintain dis- tortion free operation of E _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
. If the green LED on a power module is off even though XTENDER it is switched on, the module is either defective and must be re-placed or the power net connected to it has failed. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
5.1.2 RAID An instruction of the operation of the RAID hard disks can be found in the attached user’s manual of the manu- facturer. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
As long as the filter pad is not irreversibly blocked, cleaning it with a vacuum cleaner is also an acceptable method to maintain a good air ventilation within the system! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
• Replace the lithium battery by a new one of the identical type. Do not use any other type! • Replace the top cover. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
Unplug the device from the wall outlet before cleaning. Never clean the case of E without first disconnecting all power supply cords! Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
6. Advanced Configuration 6 Advanced Configuration This chapter provides help for reconfiguring the software and hardware of your E _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
If you have removed the top cover of E in order to add boards or memory or to exchange the battery, be sure to replace the cover before powering up again! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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Transportation lock of the E EOS-3026 (top left), of the E EOS-3327 for redundant operation (top right) and of the E EOS-3193 (bottom) XTENDER _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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The described graphic and video capabilities of E are only available with the original expansion cards from Barco. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
Do not remove the memory module from the anti static bag until you are ready to install it. Use a grounded workplace. Do not lay parts on the anti static bags. Only the insides are anti static. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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Replace the top cover, connect E and restart it. Log in as root! After the next boot process the additional main memory is addressed and able to operate. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
• Replace the top cover. After inserting an additional graphic card you have to repeat system configuration as described in section 3.4.2 X.11 configuration. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
The Version of the BIOS revision is printed on the mikrocontroller on the graphic card. If a digital V is connected between E and projection module nevertheless the resolution of the projection module has to be chosen. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
For best display quality of the video and RGB sources, in addition the following should be considered: • Video and RGB windows may not require too much bandwidth, please see section 4.6.1 The input cards. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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UXGA CALER 1.62 NALOG IDEO 1.62 RGB I NPUT 1.62 TREAMING IDEO Maximum allowed: Table 6-7 components factors for configuration criterion calculation M1 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-10...
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The results for V1, V2 and V3 as well as the result for M1 are each smaller than 100; the configuration is possible! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-11...
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+ optical cables – 0.70 0.62 ( ≤ 100 ) Table 6-12 Calculator for V1, V2, V3 for Eos and E for redundant operation XTENDER ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-12...
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1.62 NALOG IDEO 1.62 RGB I NPUT 1.62 TREAMING IDEO ( ≤ 100 ) Table 6-13 Calculator for M1 for complete Eos system ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-13...
Multiport I/O Card COM3 ttyS2 COM4 ttyS3 COM5 ttyS4 COM6 ttyS5 COM7 ttyS6 COM8 ttyS7 Table 6-14 commands for the installation of additional serial ports ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-14...
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3.1.1 Eos. The model of the Eos you can see on the label on the back of the E housing. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-15...
The legacy failsafe boot mode is not longer supported from release 3.1 on. An Eos that was operated in failsafe boot mode can be installed in normal or eXtended boot mode instead. Please contact the Barco support before installation! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-16...
If you want to skip the installation you can press <alt><ctrl><delete> simultane- ously. If you want to install you must confirm with y <cr> and the E operating system is getting installed. Figure 6-10 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-17...
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The second configuration item is the network configuration. Pressing the Yes button enables to insert an individ- ual IP address and netmask. Pressing the No button configures the default IP address 192.168.0.1. Figure 6-13 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-18...
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3.4.2 X.11 configuration and if you have a distributed system through 3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system 3.4.5 Configuring a distributed system with multiple logical screens. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-19...
Before the upgrade starts just the keyboard must be specified. Select the type of the used keyboard with the arrow keys and confirm OK. If you press Cancel a keyboard of us type becomes installed by default. Figure 6-17 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-20...
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X server parameters file MMTServerConfig each time after the X.11 configuration before restarting the X server, please see section 6.2.6 X server parameters. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-21...
6.2.4 Installation of Osiris You find a description about the installation of O in the O user’s manual, see section 7.3 Order codes. SIRIS SIRIS ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-22...
Please, keep in mind, that an entry set to zero does not disable the respective feature. But its properties are not questioned during custom configuration. This procedure must be carried out as described in section 6.2.1 Boot modes. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-23...
This procedure must be carried out as described in section 6.2.1 Boot modes. The file MMTServerConfig contains already lines inserted automatically by the configuration script. Do not change these entries manually. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-24...
X server configuration. geometry ContiguousScreens engine-0 bpp 16 cc 4 engine-1 bpp 16 cc 5 engine-2 Figure 6-19 Three independent screens in contiguous mode ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-25...
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You may not mix adapters of input cards of different type to one logic video channel. Dual RGB Input Cards may not be used to set up a logic video channel. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-26...
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Channel 1, 2, 5 and 6 can be displayed within the left part of the display wall, respectively within the right part only. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-27...
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Figure 6-24 reordered numbering of graphic and projection channels ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-28...
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It is just possible to reassign the channels within the displayed area of a rendering machine. To change size or place of the displayed area see section 3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system, please. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-29...
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Table 6-19 codes, defined within X.11 include file rctrl_key1 rctrl_key2 keysymdef.h can be specified. The hot-keys for E are listed in section 4.7.4 Hot-keys. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-30...
2. eth1 3. eth2 Select members for team bteam0: 0. done 1. eth1 2. eth2 Select members for team bteam0: 0. done 1. eth2 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-31...
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After confirming to unconfigure the AFT team with y , the script revokes the team. The network cards of the team get the same IP address and netmask they had before building the team: You want to continue([Y]/n): y unconfig: ...done ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-32...
In the file nearby.def a maximum of 256 colors can be specified. If there is a need for private cells, only a correspondingly smaller number of colors may be defined. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 6-33...
7. Technical appendix 7 Technical appendix This chapter provides tabular overviews about the technical details of E , its components and of their interfaces. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
0° .. 40° C at max. 80% humidity, non condensing operating conditions 13 PCI slots for expansion cards Interfaces 1 slot for connecting to E Table 7-2 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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ISA retainer and front plate, 352.18 mm ×121.92 mm 270 gr weight 1 64/32bit, 3.3V Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector plugs 1 Dual-DVI connector Table 7-4 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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PCI long-card, 312.00 mm x 121.92 mm dimensions 425 g weight 1 x 64 bit, 3.3 V/5 V PCI edge connector connectors 1 x 160pol. LFH connector Table 7-6 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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If you are not sure about the state of your S , please contact the Barco sup- TREAMING IDEO port, see section 8.3 Hot line! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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425 g weight 1 x 64 bit, 3,3/5 V PCI edge connector connectors 2 x 15-pin SubMinD HD connector, VGA compatible Table 7-8 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
1 - green 32 1 - Data1- 1 - Data0- 1 - red 31 1 - Data1+ 1 - Data0+ Figure 7-1 Dual-DVI connector digital/analog out _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
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Dual-DVI to 2xCRT adapter cable red GND green green GND DDC data blue blue GND Hsync +5V Power Vsync DDC clock Figure 7-3 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 7-10...
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Dual-DVI connector digital out VGA-Card and onboard VGA adapter red GND green green GND blue blue GND Hsync Vsync sync GND Figure 7-5 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 7-12...
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RJ-45 connector, Streaming video card Dual RGB Input Card In red GND green green GND blue blue GND H/C SYNC VSYNC sync GND sync GND Figure 7-8 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 7-13...
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7. Technical appendix PS/2 keyboard data clock Figure 7-9 COM1 and COM2 Figure 7-10 Multiport I/O Card Figure 7-11 serial connector pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 7-14...
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23 and 10 24 and 11 25 and 12 Shield connected Shield connected to plug housing to plug housing Ferrit Ferrit Figure 7-13 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004 7-15...
8 Troubleshooting Check this chapter for help, if your E does not boot properly and for information how to contact the technical support of Barco. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
Contact Barco, please. This PC has no hard disk or hard disk is unreadable. SYSTEM HALTED appears on the display Table 8-1 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
8.2 Eos does not boot from CD Check if booting from CD is enabled in the mainboard BIOS setup. CD needs to have higher booting order than the hard drive. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...
Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions! • Barco N.V. Projection Systems - Europe Noordlaan 5, B-8520 Kuurne Phone: +32-56-368-211, Fax: +32-56-368-251 E-mail: support.bcd@barco.com, Web: www.barcocontrolrooms.com _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos X Terminal – DOC-3061-2 – user's manual – Revision 11 – November-2004...