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  • Page 1 User’s manual Argus X Terminal...
  • Page 2 This manual refers to following hardware and software configurations of A X Terminal: RGUS Release X Server R3.48 Document history Modifications, which result in a new version, are indicated by a vertical bar. _______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 3 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.
  • Page 4 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-3265-2): page wrong correct ______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    3.4 Configuration software..........................3-38 3.4.1 System configuration.........................3-38 3.4.2 X.11 configuration ..........................3-42 3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system ......................3-50 3.4.4 Configuring a distributed system with multiple logical screens .............3-54 _______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 6 6.1.6 Advanced Argus configuration ......................6-9 6.1.7 Redundant network adapter ......................6-15 6.1.8 Nearby color allocation........................6-17 6.1.9 BIOS settings for Wake On LAN ......................6-18 7 Technical appendix ..........................7-1 ______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 7 7.3 Order codes..............................7-16 8 Troubleshooting ..........................8-1 8.1 Argus not booting............................8-2 8.2 Argus does not boot from CD........................8-3 8.3 Hot line .................................8-4 9 Index..............................9-1 ______________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 9: How This Manual Is Organized

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 10: Styles And Symbols

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 11: Safety Instructions

    The wires of the mains lead are colored in accordance with the following code: yellow + green Earth (Ground) blue Neutral brown Line (Life) Figure 1-1 CEE 7 plug _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 12 If not, the service person shall arrange for the installa- tion of a protective earthing conductor from the separate protective earthing terminal to the protective earth wire in the building. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 13: Unpacking Of Devices

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 14: Online Manual

    CD manually. On this start page you will find a link to the user's manual of Argus 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.
  • Page 15 2. Summary 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features of A X Terminal. RGUS _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 16: Properties

    RGB sources into desktop graphic data into digitally RGUS controlled display walls. However graphics only systems support also analog display connection. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 17 RGB only on parts of the wall. RGUS RGUS ROCESSOR RGUS RGUS Ethernet, TCP/IP X Window Figure 2-1 15 channel monolithic A RGUS _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 18 Rendering engine 3 RGUS RGUS RGUS Rendering Processor RGUS RGUS RGUS Ethernet, TCP/IP Central Processor RGUS Ethernet, TCP/IP X Window Figure 2-2 48 channel distributed system _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 19: Getting Started

    RGUS If your A is already configured within your working place you can skip this chapter and continue with chapter RGUS 4 Operating. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 20: Examining

    / RAID subsystem 10a/b CD ROM drive (reserved) power button Figure 3-1 front view of A RGUS ROCESSOR _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 21 The rendering processors of the distributed system are assembled accordingly. They are delivered without CD-ROM drive and hard disk drive. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 22 LED 10 Mbps connection lightens green 100 Mbps connection lightens yellow 1000 Mbps connection USB1, USB2 (optional) audio, micro (optional) _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 23 PCI slots on the back panel of A AGS-3270, AGS-3328-0/1 RGUS ROCESSOR In the following sections reference is taken to the numbering of the slots. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 24: Argus Omnibus

    In an OmniBus with redundant power supply the LED [3] is also lightened green, if one of the two power modules is removed but the remaining power module is working well. It is not an indicator that redundancy is available! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 25 [27a] and [27b]. Therefore the back panel has to be easily accessible! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 26 Connector CPU board [5] is reserved for the CPU board and connector link slot [6] is reserved for the connection to A . In the following sections reference is taken to the numbering of the PCI slots 0 – 17. RGUS ROCESSOR _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 27: Cabling

    The standard keyboard is a MF-II type keyboard with a PS/2 connector. Plug it into the PS/2 keyboard jack [27]. figure 3-11 PS/2 keyboard jack _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 28: Keyboard Extension

    TAS-3196 connection cable 20m TAS-2710 local extension box TAS-3195 PC cable TAS-3201 ROCESSOR grounding Figure 3-12 keyboard extension ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-10...

  • Page 29: Graphic Cards

    Dual-DVI connector to connect two display devices. For digital output, resolu- RAPHIC tions up to SXGA can be processed. Figure 3-14 Ports of AGX G RAPHIC ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-11...
  • Page 30 The DDC capable display devices must be connected to the graphic cards before Argus is switched on. If they are connected afterwards Argus will not be able to detect them! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-12...
  • Page 31 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-13...
  • Page 32 VGA adapter of the central processor, please refer to section 3.1.1 Argus Processor. Figure 3-20 VGA-Card of A RGUS ROCESSOR ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-14...

  • Page 33: Omniscaler

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-15...
  • Page 34 3.2.14 Argus OmniBus 3.2.15 Arrangement of CALERS expansion cards. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the O please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. CALER ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-16...

  • Page 35: Quad Analog Video Card

    3.2.14 Argus OmniBus 3.2.15 Arrangement of expansion cards. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the Q please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. NALOG IDEO ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-17...

  • Page 36: Streaming Video Card

    OmniBus 3.2.15 Arrangement of expansion cards. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the S please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. TREAMING IDEO ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-18...

  • Page 37: Dual Rgb Input Card

    3.2.15 Arrangement of expansion cards. Specifications For detailed technical specifications of the D RGB I please refer to section 7.1 Technical data. NPUT ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-19...

  • Page 38: Multiport I/O Card

    Inserting a Multiport I/O Card in an Argus OmniBus is not supported! Multiport I/O Card PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 Figure 3-27 Position of Multiport I/O Card ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-20...

  • Page 39: Network

    Onboard LAN Adapter • To connect an Argus rendering machine to the sub-net using Etherboot Ethernet Card 100 Mbps, rendering Ethernet Card 1000 Mbps, rendering ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-21...
  • Page 40 1000 Mbps network cards should be inserted in the PCI slots with the higher numbers than the 100 Mbps network cards. Inserting a network card in an Argus OmniBus is not supported! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-22...

  • Page 41: Distributed System

    Sub-net PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6 Figure 3-32 Network cards in a rendering processor ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-23...
  • Page 42 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 Gigabit Ethernet Switch. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-24...

  • Page 43: Cpu Board

    Do not mix up the connetors for remote power on/off with the mechanically identical connectors of the network adapters! Mixing the connectores will cause damage to the system. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-25...
  • Page 44 System 1 RGUS Rendering 2 Central Processor Rendering 1 System 2 RGUS Rendering 2 Figure 3-35 cabling for remote power on/off and external genlock ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-26...

  • Page 45: Argus Omnibus

    The Processor expects the primary graphic adapter in the first Argus OmniBus. Therefore the OmniBus that is connected to the link interface 1 must be equipped with graphic cards. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-27...
  • Page 46 PCI 16 PCI 17 board slot Figure 3-38 Example for the numbering in a configuration with three O devices of a monolithic system ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-28...

  • Page 47: Arrangement Of Expansion Cards

    3. Getting started 3.2.15 Arrangement of expansion cards There are various ways how Barco’s expansion cards can be arranged in the PCI slots of the A RGUS vices. The most important rules are listed below: • A graphic card with digital output transmits the data to an O...
  • Page 48 O . Input cards follow the O CALERS CALERS using the slots with the highest numbers. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-30...
  • Page 49 Input cards are following the CALERS without leaving an empty slot. If there remain unused slots the PCI slots with the highest numbers CALERS should remain empty. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-31...
  • Page 50 (and some further graphic cards) and provide the final display data for the projection modules. The video output of each O can be displayed on its respective display area but can not be moved into another display area. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-32...
  • Page 51 To build larger display walls, simply connect further rendering machines to the sub-net. By this virtually unlim- ited display walls can be set up, all being configured in the way explained in the example above. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-33...
  • Page 52 2). On this area 16 video windows can be displayed and freely scaled and moved. If a video window is moved to the display of O 1, the video can no longer be displayed. Instead the window background ap- pears. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-34...

  • Page 53: Starting Up

    Connect the rendering machines with the central processor and the O devices with the rendering processors. Refer to section 3.2.12 Distributed system, please! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-35...

  • Page 54: Switching On

    If software configuration has already been carried out you can go on with chapter Operating. Otherwise proceed configuring A in section 3.4 Configuration software. RGUS ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-36...

  • Page 55: Switching Off

    RGUS supply. To disconnect the whole device the power plug has to be pulled out after switching off. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-37...

  • Page 56: Configuration Software

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-38...
  • Page 57 Ethernetcard 100 Mbps, PCI possible e1000 Ethernetcard 1000 Mbps, PCI possible e1000 onboard LAN adapter (AGS-3328-2 and higher) bcm4400 onboard LAN adapter (AGS-3328-1 and lower) ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-39...

  • Page 58: Configuring A Distributed System

    1 , 2 , 3 , etc. Clarify the corresponding Netmask addresses with your network administrator. In the field Primary name + domain insert eos-core . Figure 3-47 Confirm your changes with Accept or leave with Cancel. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-40...
  • Page 59 RGUS partition after successful configuration, see section 4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-41...

  • Page 60: X.11 Configuration

    RGUS ration 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. To start this script change the...
  • Page 61 MM HitTablet PS/2 Microsoft Mouse and compatible Mice PS/2 Microsoft IntelliMouse and compatible Wheel Mice PS/2 Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer Bus Mouse Unknown No Mouse ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-43...
  • Page 62 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-44...
  • Page 63 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-45...
  • Page 64 = PseudoColor; 2nd visual = TrueColor - X Server's RGB Values: 40 40 200 - XDM Protocol: -indirect 199.123.222.17 - Font Server: tcp/199.123.222.17:7100 Everything correct? (yes/no)? [yes]: y ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-46...
  • Page 65 ============================================================= 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 --> 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 Everything correct? (yes/no)? [yes]: y ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-47...
  • Page 66 X.11 daemon configuration. Table 3-2 Security options ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-48...
  • Page 67 RGUS partition after successful configuration, see section 4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-49...
  • Page 68 For example: EA=00.60.97.78.29.0a As well the Ethernet address can be read from the output during the boot process. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-50...
  • Page 69 6.1.6 Advanced Argus configuration (channels). Please have a look there to have a further explanation. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-51...
  • Page 70 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-52...
  • Page 71 RGUS partition after successful configuration, see section 4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-53...

  • Page 72: Configuring A Distributed System With Multiple Logical Screens

    A visual class describes the characteristics of a virtual colormap, that has been or can be created for use a particular screen The following visual class are supported. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-54...
  • Page 73 If you operate Argus in eXtended safety boot mode, please take care to update the backup partition after successful configuration, see section 4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 3-55...

  • Page 74: Operating

    You are introduced into operating the video client for displaying video and RGB signals and the remote control client for controlling a Barco display wall. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 75: Multi-Screen Capability

    (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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 76: Color Management

    = 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 77 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 78: Color Capabilities Of Argus

    YUV4:2:2 / 16 bit TrueColor mode. Complete correlation between color mode of the X Server and the video/RGB window is listed in the table below. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 79 X server and video of A RGUS 1) Only applicable, if UGX G are used. RAPHIC ARDS 2) Depending on X server start option. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 80: Display Manager

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 81: Server Extensions

    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 .

  • Page 82: Window Manager

    Set speed of mouse to fast Normal Set speed of mouse to normal Slow Set speed of mouse to slow Left handed mouse Configure mouse for left handed operation _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 83 Maximize/Normal Maximize window, respective return to normal (Un)Stick Stick window to its position on a virtual desktop Refresh Refresh window Raise Raise window ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-10...
  • Page 84 Login bash Start login bash shell Tcsh Tcsh Start tcsh shell Big tcsh Start big tcsh shell Login tcsh Start login tcsh shell ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-11...

  • Page 85: Displaying Video And Rgb Signals

    4. Operating 4.6 Displaying video and RGB signals 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...

  • Page 86: The Input Cards

    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...
  • Page 87 20 fps in normal cases gives an acceptable performance. If the RGB-source is mostly static even lower frame rates can be selected. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-14...
  • Page 88 Color depth RGB sources can be digitized with 16 bpp or with 24 bpp (depending on the visual class of the X server). ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-15...

  • Page 89: The Video Channels

    3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system. Additional background information about the configuration of logical video channels can be found in section 6.1.6 Advanced Argus configuration. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-16...

  • Page 90: The Xvideo Client

    ( -mg 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-17...
  • Page 91 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-18...

  • Page 92: Displaying Video And Rgb Signals

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-19...
  • Page 93 Streaming Video Card Configuring video streams below Encoding Shows the detected video standard (PAL, NTSC) Select the frame rate (FULL, HALF - default) Table 4-6 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-20...
  • Page 94 All video streams processed by one S must have the same com- Algorithm TREAMING IDEO pression algorithem. Currently mpeg2 and visiowave is supported Table 4-7 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-21...
  • Page 95 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-22...
  • Page 96 ≥ 2.0 auto Use »visiowave« as startstring and specify also the other entries in the section Encoder Control! Table 4-8 Encoder dependant parameter values ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-23...
  • Page 97 6: sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1/3; 15: sets dynamic part of frame rate reduction to 1/15, best performance Table 4-9 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-24...
  • Page 98 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-25...
  • Page 99 • Align the display within the window with Position. • If necessary tune Phase until the test pattern is displayed without flicker. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-26...
  • Page 100 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-27...

  • Page 101: The Options

    Q ( 3 ), D RGB I ( 5 ), or S NALOG IDEO NPUT TREAMING ( 7 ) IDEO Table 4-11 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-28...
  • Page 102 -qavBoardChannelNumber 1..4 –qavbc selects the video adapter on the card -qavPlayMode Live, Still Live -qavpm selects display mode Table 4-13 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-29...
  • Page 103 -drgbBoardChannelNumber 1, 2 –drgbbc selects the adapter on the input card -drgbPlayMode Live, Still Live -drpm select display mode Table 4-15 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-30...
  • Page 104 ( 1 ) video is displayed as Module Video, RGB signals as Module RGB -moduleGeometry geometry determines layout of Module Video and Module RGB Table 4-17 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-31...
  • Page 105 –display . In this case, the canvas panel can be directed to A with the op- RGUS tion –canvasDisplay . Figure 4-11 Redirected control panel ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-32...

  • Page 106: The Resource Files

    # xvideo -name xvideo-foo eos:/root # xvideo -name xvideo-dummy ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-33...
  • Page 107 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-34...
  • Page 108 -allowResize above canvas.noBorder bool false see option -noBorder above canvas.backGround bool blue see option –canvasBackground above Table 4-20 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-35...
  • Page 109 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 4-22 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-36...
  • Page 110 -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 4-24 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-37...
  • Page 111 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 4-25 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-38...

  • Page 112: Remote-Control For Overview Display Walls

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-39...

  • Page 113: The Remote-Control Daemon

    Specifies delay time in milliseconds for sending messages (O D, O 67C4-PSI, H V2A, H D2D, H VXA, H DXD) TLAS ERMES ERMES ERMES ERMES Table 4-26 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-40...

  • Page 114: The Remote-Control Clients (Command Line Based)

    5 sec Specifies the period between two keep-alive-telegrams. <KeepAliveRetries> Specifies the maximum number of missing telegrams, after which the daemon reboots RGUS Table 4-27 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-41...
  • Page 115 Table 4-29 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlservice>> . The commands can be shortened by unam- biguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-42...
  • Page 116 Exits the client. exit Table 4-31 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlleg>> . The commands can be shortened by unambiguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-43...
  • Page 117 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-44...
  • Page 118 Exits the client. exit Table 4-35 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrldlp>> . The commands can be shortened by unambiguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-45...
  • Page 119 - <ctrl number> Table 4-38 If the client is operated interactively it prompts rctrlswitch>> . The commands can be abbreviated by unam- biguous short cuts. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-46...

  • Page 120: The Gui Remote-Control Client

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-47...
  • Page 121 Send menu command to analog controller Select Send enter command to analog controller Send plus command to analog controller Send minus command to analog controller Figure 4-13 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-48...
  • Page 122 Activates or deactivates automatic reconfiguration. Invokes reconfiguration. Table 4-39 Refer to section 4.6.5 The options for a description of the geometry type in X.11, please. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-49...
  • Page 123 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 4-40 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-50...

  • Page 124: Hot-Keys

    In the configuration file of A the hot-keys can be re-configured. See section 6.1.6 RGUS Advanced Argus configuration. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-51...

  • Page 125: Utilities

    The boot loader utility helps to change this if wanted. 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-52...

  • Page 126: Restart X Server Utility (Service Mmtserv)

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-53...

  • Page 127: Backup And Restore Procedures (Eosxs Utility)

    ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-54...
  • Page 128 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-55...

  • Page 129: Release Integrity Utility (Eosinfo)

    –--------------------------------------------------- WARNING!! The following EOS RPM Package(s) have been altered: –------------------------------------------------- eosxserver-mon-2.5.0-1 eosxvideo-2.4.0-1 –------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-56...

  • Page 130: Network Reporting Utility (Procfg)

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-57...

  • Page 131: Genlock Utility

    Therefore the external signal should be unplugged before switching to an other type of genlock! ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 4-58...

  • Page 132: Maintenance

    5. Maintenance 5 Maintenance requires very little maintenance. Ask authorized personnel, if anyhow maintenance work is necessary. RGUS _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 133: Cleaning

    Never clean the case of an A device without first disconnecting all power supply cords! RGUS Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners! _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 134: Advanced Configuration

    6. Advanced configuration 6 Advanced configuration This chapter provides help for reconfiguring the software of your A RGUS _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 135: Software Installation And Configuration

    Please see sec- tion 4.8.5 Backup and restore procedures (eosxs Utility) for details. eXtended safety boot mode is the recommended boot mode for A RGUS _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 136: Installing System Software On The Hard Drive

    Select the type of the used keyboard with the arrow keys and confirm OK. If you press Cancel a key- board of us type becomes installed by default. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 137 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 6-5 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 138 3.4.2 X.11 configuration and if you have a distributed system through 3.4.3 Configuring a distributed system 3.4.4 Configuring a distributed system with multiple logical screens. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 139: Upgrading System Software

    X server parameters file MMTServerConfig each time after the X.11 configuration before restarting the X server, please see section 6.1.5 X server parameters. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 140: Custom Configuration

    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. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 141: Server Parameters

    # BeginSection Private # EndSection The file MMTServerConfig contains already lines inserted automatically by the configuration script. Do not change these entries manually. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 142: Advanced Argus Configuration

    16 cc 4 engine-1 bpp 16 cc 5 RGUS RGUS RGUS engine-2 RGUS RGUS RGUS RGUS Figure 6-11 Three independent screens in contiguous mode _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 143 By default the video section is empty and a standard assignment is applied, see section 4.6.2 The video channels. This standard assignment numbers the individual video adapters in the order of the PCI slots, beginning in the ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-10...
  • Page 144 Channel 1, 2, 5 and 6 can be displayed within the left part of the display wall, respectively within the right part only. ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-11...
  • Page 145 Figure 6-16 reordered numbering of graphic and projection channels ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-12...
  • Page 146 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-13...
  • Page 147 For rctrl_key1 and rctrl_key2 all key codes, defined within the X.11 include file keysymdef.h can be specified. The hot-keys for A are listed in section 4.7.4 Hot-keys. RGUS ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-14...

  • Page 148: Redundant Network Adapter

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-15...
  • Page 149 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-16...

  • Page 150: Nearby Color Allocation

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-17...

  • Page 151: Bios Settings For Wake On Lan

    • Disconnect the keyboard After configuring all rendering processors, you can switch on the whole system again, please refer to section 3.3.2 Switching ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 6-18...

  • Page 152: Technical Appendix

    7. Technical appendix 7 Technical appendix This chapter provides tabular overviews about the technical details of A , its components and of their inter- RGUS faces. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 153: Technical Data

    100-240V, 60Hz/50Hz power mains 600 W power consumption 0 .. 40° Celsius at max. 80% humidity, non condensing operating conditions Table 7-2 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 154 ISA retainer and front plate 352.18 mm ×121.92 mm 270 gr weight 1 64/32bit, Dual Voltage Signaling PCI edge connector plugs 1 Dual-DVI connector Table 7-4 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 155 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 156 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 157 425 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 158 6 128 [1600x1200@75Hz] 2 2160 1600 1250 1200 13333 49 496 6 128 [1600x1200@85Hz] 2 2160 1600 1250 1200 11764 49 496 6 128 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 159 [2048x1536@45Hz] 2 2804 2048 1600 1536 22222 63 600 6 128 [2048x2048@45Hz] 2 2804 2048 2114 2047 22222 59 709 6 128 Table 7-9 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 160: Interfaces

    1 - green 1 - Data1- 1 - Data0- 1 - red 1 - Data1+ 1 - Data0+ Figure 7-1 Dual-DVI connector digital/analog out _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 161 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-10...
  • Page 162 0 - Clock+ 0 - Data2+ 0 - Data1- 0 - Data0- 0 - Data1+ 0 - Data0+ Table 7-10 Dual-DVI connector digital in ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-11...
  • Page 163 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-12...
  • Page 164 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-13...
  • Page 165 PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse data clock Figure 7-9 COM1 and COM2 Figure 7-10 Multiport I/O Card Figure 7-11 serial connector pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-14...
  • Page 166 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-15...

  • Page 167: Order Codes

    RSTAS27471 TAS-3195: Local extension box TAS-3196: Remote extension box TAS-2710: Connection cable 20m TAS-3201: Connection cable PC Gigabit Ethernet Switch, 8 ports RSNET28261 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-16...
  • Page 168 CD-ROM medium: documentation and supplement A RSOVT26867 RGUS base license RSLIC32910 RGUS driver license per graphic channel of UGX G RSLIC32912 RAPHIC Table 7-11 ___________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005 7-17...

  • Page 169: Troubleshooting

    Check this chapter for help, if your A does not boot properly and for information how to contact the technical RGUS support of Barco. _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 170: Argus Not Booting

    This PC has no hard disk or hard disk is remains after restarting A , contact Barco, please. RGUS unreadable. SYSTEM HALTED appears on the display Table 8-1 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 171: Argus Does Not Boot From Cd

    8.2 Argus 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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 172: Hot Line

    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 – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

  • Page 173: Index

    ............4-3, 6-17 documentation ............1-7 Dual RGB Input Card interface ............7-14 color capabilities..........4-6 composite video............3-17 configuration............. 4-26 configuration file control panel control ........4-24 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 174 ............3-3 Remote-Control client ......4-40, 4-41 Hermes D2D monitor resolution configuration......3-44 Remote-Control client ......4-40, 4-46 monolithic system ..........2-3 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 175 Processor..........3-27 options PLL Devider ............4-26 canvas panel .............4-29 Poly-Silicon LCD ............2-2 config and preset files ........4-31 power control panel .............4-28 cabling..............3-9 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 176 ............. 7-5 channels ............6-13 Sub-net ..............3-21 configuration .............3-50 cabling............... 3-24 geometry.............6-9 Sub-net configuration........... 3-50 IP address ............3-50 S-VHS..............3-17 network cards............3-21 S-video ..............3-17 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...
  • Page 177 XMC ................. 4-8 showwallinfo.............4-52 Xvideo ..............4-17 VESA timings ..........4-13, 4-26 Xvideo client ............4-9 VGA-Card..............3-14 Y................3-17 interface ............7-12 Y/C ................ 3-17 VHS.................3-17 _____________________________________________________________________ Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005...

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