Summary of Contents for G-LEC S-Drive II
- Page 1 G-Lec S-Drive II Quick Start Guide Version 0.1, April 2010 refers to S-Drive Firmware 1.4, G-Lec Software 3.5.19 G-Lec Vision GmbH S-Drive II Quick Setup Guide Page 1...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
About this manual This manual is intended as a quick guide, to get you started with the newly developed S-Drive II. It will be replaced with a fully fledged manual, including more examples, troubleshooting etc. as soon as possible. For the time being, in case of questions, please do not hesitate to contact G-Lec Vision GmbH (see chapter Contacts for details). -
Page 3: Safety Precautions
– Auto-sync: the S-Drive II allows for any sync setting (+/+, -/-, +/-, -/+) – EDID: S-Drive II sends its own EDID. The data of an optionally connected display is not processed nor – forwarded Fiber output: a selectable rectangle, being cropped out from the input signal. Cropping area is –... -
Page 4: System Requirements
System requirements G-Lec Phantom Frames, with accessories (power supplies, cabling, suspension etc.) – Mains power (90-240 V, 50/60 Hz) – DVI-D source (standard computer, video converter or similar). Please note that it needs to be DVI-D. – Any hard-wired adapter VGA-DVI will output DVI-A, and will not work. In turn, adapters HDMI-DVI will work. - Page 5 Steady Off: DVI not present (not connected or no signal) (version 1.4) Fast Blinking: DVI present but cropping area entirely outside DVI size Power: On: unit powered up Off: unit switched off G-Lec Vision GmbH S-Drive II Quick Setup Guide Page 5...
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Page 6: Installation
USB cable (however, if Windows doesn't find the drivers later, you might point it manually to [G-Lec program folder]\drv – in standard XP installations: c:\program files\G-Lec Phantom II\drv). Connect USB cable. -
Page 7: Adjusting The Panels
Additionally, the Variable Cropping is displayed at the bottom of the Main window, like: Variable Cropping area: 128 x 96 (13)Click the Upload Data button: The Upload Data window pops open. G-Lec Vision GmbH S-Drive II Quick Setup Guide Page 7... - Page 8 (hopefully:-) - and your panels toggle back to normal video mode, showing your video signal in correct position and correct brightness After uploading, check your S-Drive II display: the cropping reading must match the cropping data in the software's Main window (see step (12)).
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Page 9: Understanding Variable Cropping
When using S-Drive II, it's common to position frames at y < 40 (see above explanation) – in fact at least one panel will be at y < 40, since it's the S-Drive who cares for the overall offset. If such a panel is connected to an S-Drive 1 later, it will be in the blanking area. - Page 10 Example 1 – see text above: 1 panel located at 200x100, Variable Cropping not activated – no green border around the panel Watch the messages: Cropping: 200 x 140 Variable Cropping is not mentioned G-Lec Vision GmbH S-Drive II Quick Setup Guide Page 10...
- Page 11 Group brightness: 0, Total brightness: 89 Cropping: 0x0 Gamma was overwritten by zeros ! Upload speed: 0.027881 Upload statistic, total packages: 6 ----------- Upload ended sucessfull thread ended Fig. 8: Upload, Variable Cropping activated G-Lec Vision GmbH S-Drive II Quick Setup Guide Page 11...
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Page 12: Contact, Help, Support
(including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, or other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use the S-Drive II or any part of a G-Lec system even if G-Lec GmbH has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you.
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