Status Menu; Using Multiple Projectors - Christie DS+5K User Manual

Section 3: Operation
How Old is My Lamp?
When to Replace
the Lamp
3.9

Status Menu

3.10 Using Multiple
Projectors
Matching Colors
In Multiple Screens
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When a new lamp is installed and its serial
number recorded by selecting "Change
Lamp" in the Lamp menu, the lamp timer
resets to "0" and begins logging time for
the new lamp. This tally appears in both
the Lamp menu (see right) and the Status
menu.
To review the number of hours logged for
previous lamps, consult the Lamp History
menu.
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If the "Lamp Message" checkbox has been enabled in the Lamp menu
(recommended), an expiry message will appear upon power-up when the lamp has
reached its defined "Lamp Limit". The lamp should be replaced.
The "Lamp Limit" setting should not exceed the expected lamp life, as an old lamp
becomes increasingly fragile and more prone to sudden failure. See also 4.4, Lamp
and Filter Replacement.
The read-only Status menu lists a variety of details about the standard and optional
components currently detected in the projector. Refer to the Status menu for versions
of hardware and software installed, the type (size) of lamp, the hours logged in total
and for a specific period (such as a rental period), and for your projector model name
and serial number. In addition, the Status menu identifies the current channel, its
location, its frequencies and other details.
Scroll the full Status menu using
When an installation requires multiple projectors, you can use the RS232 serial ports
to daisy-chain the units together and control the group with a single keypad or a
computer/controller connected to the first projector. In such a network, you can
choose to broadcast commands to the entire group, or use the
limit responses to an individual projector.
Alternatively, you may want to add projectors to a hub on an Ethernet network. See
2.4, Connecting Communications for full routing details.
NOTE: Refer back to 3.6, Adjusting System Parameters and Advanced Controls for
complete information about communicating with multiple projectors.
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In a multiple-projector wall, you will likely want to precisely match color and intensity
from image-to-image so that the full wall is as uniform as possible. This matching is
typically done in conjunction with brightness uniformity and edge blending.
Preliminary Calibration
As a final part of the manufacturing process, all primary colors in the projector are
precisely set to pre-established values to ensure that overall color performance is
optimized and is as accurate as possible. Upon installation at a site, however, lighting
and other environmental factors may slightly change how these colors appear on your
screen. While the change is negligible in most cases, you may prefer to recover the
originally intended color performance before trying to match colors from several
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