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R3.5 Document History Modifications which result in a new version are indicated by a vertical bar. Windows and Windows NT are registered Trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. ______________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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-3062-2): page wrong correct _____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
3.4 Operating system ............................3-30 3.4.1 System requirements ........................3-30 3.4.2 Obsolete operating systems......................3-30 3.5 Configuring..............................3-31 3.5.1 Installing the display driver and switcher language compiler ............3-31 3.5.2 Configuring the display driver......................3-40 ______________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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6.1.5 Installing display drivers for new cards....................6-9 6.1.6 Windows XP activation ........................6-10 6.1.7 Combination rules..........................6-11 6.1.8 Multiport I/O card..........................6-15 6.2 Advanced software configuration......................6-17 6.2.1 Editing the registry ..........................6-17 6.2.2 Registry reference ..........................6-19 _____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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7.2 Interfaces ..............................7-9 7.3 Order codes..............................7-17 8 Trouble shooting ..........................8-1 8.1 E not booting .............................8-1 8.2 Other faults ..............................8-2 8.3 Contact ................................8-3 9 Index..............................9-1 _____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
This equipment must be grounded (earthed) via the supplied 3 conductor AC power cable. (If the supplied power cable is not the correct on, consult your dealer.) ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and AC power-line surges. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
If Acrobat Reader is already installed, the manual can be viewed just by a click on the link. Else the Acrobat Reader must be installed first. Its setup program can be found in section Releases of individual Products -> 3rd party tools and products. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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2. Summary 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features of E ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
, both the user and the application software ‘see’ one XTENDER single display. Installation, operation and service do not differ from that of a standard Windows workstation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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RGB insertion. A Windows 2000 or Windows XP Desk- XTENDER top with multiple video and RGB sources can such be displayed on 12 projection modules. Figure 2-2 with E XTENDER ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
3. Getting started 3 Getting started This chapter describes the set up of E Workstation for Windows and provides you with a guide through the software configuration. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
/ RAID subsystem 10a/b CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive (optional) (reserved) power button Figure 3-1 front view of E ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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On the right hand side there is the floppy disk drive [9], followed by the CD ROM or DVD ROM drive [11] and below it the hard disk drive [10a] or [10b]. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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1000 Mbps connection USB1, USB2 (optional) audio, micro (optional) power switch of individual power module LED: individual power module operating Figure3-2 rear view of E ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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To disconnect E from the power supply all power cords have to be pulled of the mains connection [25]. Therefore the back panel has to be easily accessible! ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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Figure 3-4 numbering of PCI slots on the back panel of EOS-3026-4/3/2/1/03 On the mainboard of EOS-3026-01 and EOS-3026-02 five expansion slots are PCI slots, one expansion slot is shared (PCI slot or ISA slot). Therefore the following possibilities exist:...
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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
Plug the female end of the power cords into the mains connections [25]. Figure 3-10 Mains connection • Plug the male end of each power cord into a power outlet. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-14...
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Analog output for display on projection modules with analog input. Figure 3-18 Dual-DVI to 2×CRT adapter cable DDC capable display devices must be connected to the graphic cards before Eos is switched on. If they are connected afterwards Eos will not be able to detect them! __________________________________________________________________________ Barco –...
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(view from in front of the screens). Please refer to section 3.5.3 Configuring the display wall for further details. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the graphic cards please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-16...
For the connection to the projection modules the Dual-DVI to 2×DVI-D adapter cable that was provided with the graphic card is used. It must be plugged into port 0/1 out of the O CALER __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-17...
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PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 Figure 3-24 Numbering of O CALERS Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the O please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. CALERS __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-18...
. Refer to section 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 ARDS __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-20...
. Refer to section 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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-21...
The Multiport I/O Card has to be inserted into one of the PCI slots. E supports up to three Multiport I/O Cards. Figure 3-30 Position of Multiport I/O Card __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-22...
Plug the female end of the power cords into the AC in [6]. Figure 3-32 Mains connection • Plug the male end of each power cord into a power outlet. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-23...
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The respective expansion cards are inserted in the PCI slots with the lowest numbers. If more than one E is connected, they are numbered in the sequence of the PCI slots. TENDER Figure 3-34 Connection cards to the E XTENDER __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-24...
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Example for the numbering in a configuration with an E XTENDER 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 6.1.7...
Connect the external transceiver to the AUI port. • Move the slide latch up to the closed position to lock the cable in place. Figure 3-37 Connecting to Cheapernet (BNC) __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-26...
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Connecting to Twisted Pair (RJ-45) 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps onboard LAN adapter (left), 100 Mbps Ethernet Card (middle) and 1000 Mbps Ethernet Card (right) __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-27...
After that enter the product key. The Microsoft Windows product key is labeled on the inside of the front flap of the Eos. When asked for the administrator password, enter barco and reenter it once again. Finally adjust the date and time settings as well as the network settings.
To disconnect the whole device, if available the power switch on the back must be switched off and all power plugs have to be pulled off after switching off. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-29...
The operating system Windows NT is no longer supported. The display driver 3.5 will no longer be able to run under Windows NT! If you have an E system with Windows NT and you want to upgrade the display driver please contact the Barco support, see section Contact! __________________________________________________________________________ Barco –...
(VGA Compatible) select Install from a list or dialog select Search for a suitable driver for my specific location and click Next > to continue. device and continue with Next. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-31...
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ARDS c:\BARCO\Windows Drivers (OVS-2686)\Windows Drivers X.X\AGX3000\agx3000.inf Also the folder Windows X.X\INF\ contains a file agx3281.inf and Drivers agx3000.inf . These files may NOT be selected! __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-32...
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Windows XP will inform you, that the software has not signature for this software. Ignore this message and passed the Windows Logo testing. Ignore this message click Yes. and click Continue Anyway. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-33...
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Ignore – Install the software anyway and don’t ask me for approval Now the graphics driver gets installed. When the installation is ready, the final dialog of the Found New Hardware Wizzard appears. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-34...
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As long as a new Found New Hardware Wizard comes up, repeat the steps of this section again for it. If the Found New Hardware Wizard does not start any longer you should restart the computer manually. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-35...
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Executing setup.exe Due to the information assigned in the steps before the standard Windows graphic driver is no longer assigned to the Barco graphic cards. Instead Eos operates temporarily in a default 16 colors mode. After the restart log in as Administrator, open the Windows Explorer and go to the folder: c:\BARCO\Windows Drivers (OVS-2686)\Windows Drivers X.X...
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Depending on your demands you can select the features that shall be installed, either the graphics and frame grabber driver or the switcher language compiler or both. Selecting Display driver installs the drivers for Barco’s graphic cards and input cards. Selecting Switcher language compiler installs the switcher language compiler,...
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The files will be copied to your system. This may last a few minutes: Figure 3-46 copying files The system will prompt you to restart the computer. For further configuration you have to reboot now. Therefore click Yes. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-38...
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Apply: The following dialog must be confirmed with Yes. Configuration After the driver installation you can specify the arrangement and the order of the connected Barco projection cubes, projectors or monitors. Refer to section 3.5.2 Configuring the display driver, please! As well you can configure the video switcher.
The Control Panel dialog box is displayed. Double-click Display for displaying the Display Properties dialog box and click the Settings tab: Figure 3-48 Display Properties – Settings __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-40...
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3. Getting started On the Setting tab, click Advanced... to open the dialog box for the Barco graphic cards properties. Click the Driver Options tab: Figure 3-49 Display Properties – Driver Options UseDeviceBitmaps With this option selected device bitmaps (off-screen video memory) are used.
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(linear or gamma corrected). Default not selected Effective initially after rebooting Table 3-9 Hardware information Under Hardware Information some information about the hardware configuration is displayed. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-42...
3. Getting started 3.5.3 Configuring the display wall For configuring the display wall open the dialog box for the Barco graphic cards properties as described in section 3.5.2 Configuring the display driver. Click the Wall Configuration tab. Figure 3-50 Display Properties – Wall Configuration Configure your display wall by entering the number of columns into the Columns box and the number of rows into the Rows box.
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4.2.5 Distributed video, a reassignment as explained above can be nec- essary to meet the specific needs with respect to PCI segmentation and projection cube assignment. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-44...
Click Advanced... to open the dialog box for the Barco graphic cards properties. To select the refresh frequency of an analog monitor click the Monitor tab. In the Monitor Settings box click the desired refresh rate. Click OK to confirm the settings in the Display Properties or the dialog box for the Barco graphic cards proper- ties.
Windows automatically switches to a software cursor. Therefore use the standard pointer scheme or, if using another pointer scheme, try out if it is correctly displayed over video. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 3-46...
4. Operating 4 Operating This chapter shows the capabilities that E offers for displaying video and RGB signals. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
4. Operating 4.1 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 are available and...
100 MBps the sum of the bandwidth of the individual win- dows may not be bigger than 100 MBps to provide optimal performance: 100 MBps = B + … + B ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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When displaying one video on multiple PCI segments with distributed video, then also a reduced bandwidth requirement can be considered, please refer to section 4.2.5 Distributed video. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
For the operation of distributed video also a video switcher may be used. For the configuration of the video switcher see section 6.2.3 Configuring video. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
The example above shows a simplified E configuration in order to explain the principles of distributed video and to avoid complexity at the same time. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
If video does not show up please refer also to section 8.2 Other faults for troubleshooting. Figure 4-4 Video window and dialog box ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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Make video window a topmost window Table 4-3 options of video.exe If using the option /c:, take care to indicate the complete absolute or relative path to the configuration file! ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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. The default configuration files are stored in the folder: \%USERPROFILE%\APPLICATION DATA\Seufert\VideoConf With the factory default settings the variable %USERPROFILE% is: ?:\Documents and Settings\< USER >. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
• slc.cfg provides information about used hardware components for the compiler. This file must not be changed. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-10...
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Table 6-29. The number of the input is indicated in square brackets. Grabber "QAVC-1" device=frg3008[0]; Grabber "QAVC-2" device=frg3008[1]; Grabber "QAVC-3" device=frg3008[4]; Grabber "QAVC-4" device=frg3008[5]; Grabber "QAVC-5" device=frg3008[6]; __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-11...
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Sourcelist in quotes, followed by the keyword to and finally the DFRG channel. ROUTES "Sources a" to DVid1; "Sources b" to DVid2; "Sources c" to Vid1; __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-12...
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-f . Then the description of the switcher definition file is adopted to the registry. c:\Program Files\Barco\SLC>slc.exe example.vsw __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-13...
Black and white at 50 frames per second (PAL, SECAM) BW 50Hz Black and white at 60 frames per second (NTSC) BW 60Hz Table 4-5 Video dialog box – analog video __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-14...
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Not applicable for video Calibration Open the dialog to edit output settings of the O Scaler Settings CALER Table 4-6 Menus in the control panel __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-15...
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Increase the selected value <up> Drag down Decrease the selected value <down> Right-click Set default value <center> Table 4-7 Short cuts for controlling the video display __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-16...
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(16 bpp) – Default, optimal video quality and bandwidth efficiency Pixel Format YUV 4:2:2 (16 bpp) or (32 bpp) – should not be selected (only for test purposes) RGB 5:6:5 XRGB 8:8:8:8 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-17...
Switch to native aspect ratio of source Format Source Switch to native aspect of display Display Resize x and y independently Manual Table 4-8 Video dialog box – streaming video __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-18...
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Open the dialog to edit the board settings Board settings Open the dialog to edit output settings of the O Scaler Settings CALER Table 4-9 Menus in the control panel __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-19...
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Increase the selected value <up> Drag down Decrease the selected value <down> Right-click Set default value <center> Table 4-10 Short cuts for controlling the video display __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-20...
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Pressing the Cancel button closes the window, anyhow changes that are already confirmed with the Add or Delete button can not be revoked. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-21...
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As unicast streams are only sent to one single IP address, only one Streaming Video Card at a time is able to display one particular unicast stream. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-22...
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(16 bpp) – Default, optimal video quality and bandwidth efficiency Pixel Format YUV 4:2:2 (16 bpp) or (32 bpp) – should not be selected (only for test purposes) RGB 5:6:5 XRGB 8:8:8:8 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-23...
(the names of the presets in the default preset file are combina- rgb3010.prs tions of resolution and refresh rate). Edit the preset. Edit Create new preset. Table 4-13 Video dialog box – RGB sources __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-24...
RGB I Calibration NPUT Opens the dialog to edit output settings of the O Scaler Settings CALER Table 4-14 Entries in the video dialog box __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-25...
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<center> Video dialog box Drag up Increase the selected value <up> Drag down Decrease the selected value <down> Right-click Set default value <center> Table 4-15 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-26...
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Enables the automatic setting of the following parameters: Set manually VCO Range VCO Range Charge Pump Current Charge Pump Current Horizontal Vertical Sync Level HV Level Sync on Green Level SoG Level __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-27...
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RGB window, e.g the clock, default is 0 Transparency adjustment of sharpness factor, default is 0 Sharpness (16 bpp) Pixel Format RGB 5:6:5 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-28...
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If the monitor signal is not yet displayed in proper quality you have to adjust the pre-configured timing. Figure 4-14 Automatically selected preset has to be adjusted __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-29...
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If using e.g. a Q 350 horizontal and vertical lines may appear as wavy lines; a reduction of the PLITTER value of the HV Level will resolve this. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-30...
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A .prs file is a user defined preset file which can be imported and exported. Click Select File to specify a certain preset file. Table 4-17 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-31...
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Find (capitalization and small initial letters are taken into account) Table 4-18 No presets can be added to or removed from the default preset rgb3010.prs. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-32...
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Please, refer to section 4.3.1 Display in a window. If using the option /c:, take care to indicate the complete absolute or relative path of the configuration file! __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 4-33...
5. Maintenance 5 Maintenance requires very little maintenance. Some maintenance operations are nevertheless necessary to maintain dis- tortion free operation of E ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
XTENDER 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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
Battery on the main board • Replace the lithium battery by a new one of the identical type. Do not use any other type! • Replace the top cover. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
6. Advanced configuration 6 Advanced configuration This chapter provides help for reconfiguring the software and hardware of your E ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
Before closing the housing the transportation lock must be readjusted. Therefore first insert the plate, then turn in the screws but do not tighten them. Push the plate as far towards the cards as possible. Just then tighten the screws: ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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E or might damage the cards themselves! The described graphic and video capabilities of E are only available with the original expansion cards from Barco. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
Locate the memory sockets: The 184-pin slots (EOS-3026-3/4/5, EOS-3327-0/1/2/3) respectively 168-pin slots (EOS-3026-0/1/2) are lined up parallel and you will find them near the CPU. Because the number of pins is different on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the correct orientation.
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The order of the memory modules must be taken into consideration: On the mainboard of the models EOS-3026-3/-4 or EOS-3327-0/-1 there are three sockets. The socket clos- est to the CPU is the socket 1 followed by socket 2 and socket 3. The table below lists the possible combina- tions.
It might be necessary to re-activate the Windows XP operating system after adding or exchanging components of Eos, please check section 6.1.6 Windows XP activation. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
Figure 6-11 system settings change After the installation of the display drivers you have to configure the additional graphic cards, see section 3.5.2 Configuring the display driver. ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
Windows XP again. Therefore start the Windows activation (Start -> Accessories –> System Tools –> Activate Windows). You can activate Windows XP via the Internet or telephone depending on your preferences. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-10...
It is not allowed to configure combinations of cards that do not fullfil the three above criteria. Otherwise there is the risk to destroy the power supply! __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-11...
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, both equipped with the same amount and types of boards. We here fist calculate the XTENDERS three criteria V1, V2 and V3 for one E . After that we check the criteria M1 for both the Eos and the E XTENDER XTENDERS...
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18.16 8.48 16.39 TREAMING IDEO + optical cables – 0.81 0.68 ( ≤ 100 ) Table 6-9 Calculator for V1, V2, V3 for standard E __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-13...
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UXGA CALER 1.62 NALOG IDEO 1.62 RGB I NPUT 1.62 TREAMING IDEO ( ≤ 100 ) Table 6-12 Calculator for M1 for complete Eos system __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-14...
Multiport I/O Cards, multiple devices are added: connection number of Multiport I/O Card COM3 COM4 COM5 COM6 COM7 COM8 Table 6-13 commands for the installation of additional serial ports __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-15...
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The location of the PCI slots in your E is described in section 3.1.1 Eos. The number of the model of the E labeled on the back of the E housing. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-16...
Enter regedt32 as the program to be opened and click OK. The Registry Editor is started. Follow the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \System \CurrentControlSet \Services \OverView \Device0 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-17...
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Click OK and exit the registry editor unless you want to make further changes to the registry. Unless indicated otherwise all changes will take effect after rebooting. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-18...
The projection cubes are counted starting with zero. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-19...
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On the other hand you can decrease the value for the MappingCache. This can lead to a small loss of perform- ance for some graphic operations. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-20...
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Table 6-25 Write combining enables the CPU to transfer images to the graphical boards faster but may cause rendering er- rors under rare conditions. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-22...
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Set to 1, the display driver offers a single 8 bpp format with a fixed palette containing up to 256 shades of gray (linear or gamma corrected). __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-23...
If the switcher language compiler is already installed the needed files can be found in the folder: C:\Program Files\BARCO\SLC\ or if not installed to the default folder in the folder indicated during the installation process. Else the switcher language compiler has to be installed, please refer to section 3.5.1 Installing the display driver and...
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Video LAN 12xVideo 4xRGB vsw1 vsw0 Video Switcher XTENDER serial analog input Video/RGB Figure 6-16 Example configuration, using video switcher, multiple computers and distributed video __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-25...
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= 4; Videotype = rgbhv; Host = server; Port = 4999; Switcher "vsw1" Device = vsw2974[0][1]; Outputs = 12; Videotype = svideo; Port = 5000; __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-26...
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. Must be the same for each S TREAMING IDEO TREAMING IDEO codec The coding algorithm, currently mpeg2 is supported. Board mpg3012[0] ipaddress="192.168.0.176"; ipnetmask="255.255.255.0"; ipgateway="192.168.0.1"; codec="mpeg2"; Board mpg3012[1] ipaddress="192.168.0.177"; ipnetmask="255.255.255.0"; ipgateway="192.168.0.1"; codec="mpeg2"; __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-27...
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Grabber "RGBe-1" Grabber "QAVCs-5" device = eos-2:frg3008[4]; device = server:frg3008[10]; Grabber "RGBe-2" Grabber "QAVCs-6" device = eos-2:frg3008[5]; device = server:frg3008[11]; //continued in the next column __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-28...
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"analog video" to QAVCs-2, QAVCs-3, QAVCs-4; "analog video" to server:frg3008[11], server:frg3008[12], server:frg3008[13]; "analog video" to eos-2:frg3008[0], eos-2:frg3008[1], eos-2:frg3008[2], eos-2:frg3008[3]; "RGB" to RGBs-1, RGBs-2, eos-2:frg3008[4], eos-2:frg3008[5]; __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-29...
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Table 6-30 If multiple Eos’ are configured, each of them need to be in operation while the compiler is running. The user has to have administrator rights on each of the Eos’. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
Properties button. The Properties dialog appears. On the Driver tab you find driver information including the currently used driver version. Click the Update Driver… button. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-33...
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I can the driver to install. and click Next. choose a specific driver and click Next. A list with the models of the display drivers appears. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-34...
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. These files may NOT be selected! When the suitable folder is selected click Next >. Now all information for the driver installation is se- lected. Click again Next >. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-35...
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OK and you are ready with the display driver update. It is not necessary to reapply the display properties as for a new installation of the driver. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-36...
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6. Advanced configuration On the Driver tab of the Properties dialog, there is now the new driver version indicated. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-37...
6.2.6 Deinstallation of the display driver (agxuninst.exe) If the Barco display driver shall be removed from the system, the tool agxuninst.exe should be used. This is necessary if you want to revert to an earlier release of the display driver.
Room Suite. For this purpose there is an overview on the Control Room Suite, about which driver should be se- lected depending on the network card and the used operating system. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-39...
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(Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Mouse -> Pointers Tab -> Enable pointer shadow), please refer also to section 3.6.1 Appropriate cursor for video applications for further information on software and hardware cursor. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-40...
With a right click on the list of network cards open the drop down menu and select Add to Team -> Create New Team ..This opens the Teaming Wizard. In the wizard select Adapter Fault Toleranz and click two times Next >: __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-41...
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Now the wizard lists all network cards of the AFT team. Click Finish to confirm the configuration: The team is now entered to the network components. Nevertheless it is not yet installed. Therefore click OK. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-42...
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You might be prompted to enter the TCP/IP settings for the AFT team. After that the system requires to reboot, to make the changes effective. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-43...
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Open the drop down menu by a right click on the cards entry and choose Remove. After confirming the following dialog, the team will be removed and the computer will need to reboot. __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 6-44...
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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 7-3 ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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ISA retainer and front plate 352.18 mm ×121.92 mm 250 gr weight 1 64/32bit, Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector plugs 1 Dual-DVI connector in, 1 Dual-DVI connector out Table 7-5 ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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12 Mbps / stream If you are not sure about the state of your S , please contact the Barco sup- TREAMING IDEO port, see section Contact! ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 7-7 ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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PCI long-card, 312.00 mm x 121.92 mm dimensions 425 g weight 1 x 64 bit, 3,3/5 V PCI edge connector connectors 2 x 15-pin SubMinD HD connector, VGA compatible Table 7-8 ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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DVI-D connector 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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-10...
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0 - Data2- 0 - Clock+ 0 - Data2+ 0 - Data1- 0 - Data0- 0 - Data1+ 0 - Data0+ Table 7-10 Dual-DVI connector digital in __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-11...
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1 - Data2- 1 - Clock+ 1 - Data2+ 1 - Data1- 1 - Data0- 1 - Data1+ 1 - Data0+ Figure 7-4 Dual-DVI connector digital out __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 7-7 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-13...
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7. Technical appendix PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse data clock Figure 7-8 COM1 and COM2 Figure 7-9 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-14...
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– etc. 23 and 10 24 and 11 25 and 12 Shield connected Shield connected to plug housing to plug housing Ferrit Ferrit Figure 7-11 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-15...
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– receive + +12V power return voltage shield Figure 7-13 AUI connector pin assignments Signal Shield Figure 7-14 BNC connector pin assignments __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-16...
Spare hard drive for RAID in removable frame without operating system RSDRV33109 Dust filter for E base unit RSEOS31040 Dust filter for E RSEOS31041 XTENDER __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-17...
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Windows 2000 Professional OEM license, English RSEOS30981 Windows XP Professional license, multilingual RSLIC33480 base license Windows 2000 RSEOS30704 Driver license per graphic channel of UGX G RSLIC32912 RAPHIC Table 7-11 __________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004 7-18...
If the error message remains hard disk or hard disk is after restarting E , contact Barco, please. unreadable. SYSTEM HALTED appears on the display ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
High Color (16bit) Medium (16 bit) 24 bit High (24 bit) 32 bit True Color (32bit) Hightest (32 bit) Table 8-1 color depth dependant on operating system ____________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Eos Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-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 Workstation for Windows – DOC-3062-2 – Revision 12 – August-2004...
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