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Summary of Contents for Barco Coronis
- Page 1 Coronis User Manual...
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- Page 3 Using the online User Guide...
- Page 4 Sources of information Sources of information Overview of Coronis documentation Document Content Quick install sheet Gives a short overview of the instal- lation of a complete system. Getting started guide Gives a detailed description of the (booklet) installation and connection of a complete system.
- Page 5 User interface User interface Items in the navigation frame: Item Description Contents Shows the complete content of the help system. Index Shows the available help topic entries in alphabetic order. Search Allows to search for a particular entry in the help system. Favorites Allows to add and remove help top- ics to a list of favorites.
- Page 6 User interface Item Description Press this button to bookmark the Bookmark current help topic. This topic will then appear in the web browser’s Favorites menu. (requires cookies)
- Page 7 Graphic board information...
- Page 8 Select the Barco tab from the Properties screen. Using the Barco tab The Barco tab is divided into three sections. The first section provides information about the graphics controller and allows access to the graphics controller advanced configuration pages. The second section...
- Page 9 ARCO provides information about the display. The bottom section allows access to two Barco tools, Barco System Report and MediCal QAWeb. Aslo, there is a active link to the Barco Medical Imaging Systems web site. Figure 1: Barco Tab Barco System Report...
- Page 10 There is also a checkbox provided for enabling Custom Settings. Custom Settings Note: Barco recommends that you use the default settings, unless your viewing application vendor provides detailed information on custom settings.
- Page 11 MXRT control panel settings ARCO • Anisotropic filtering • SMOOTHVISION • Texture preference • Mipmap detail level • Wait for Vertical Sync Anisotropic Filtering Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three-dimensional perspective and fade away into the background.
- Page 12 MXRT control panel settings ARCO Wait for Vertical Sync: • For OpenGL the default setting is Default Off. • For Direct3D the defaul setting is Application Preference. Please refer to the on-line help for more information on using advanced features such as Wait for Vertical Sync. Mipmap detail level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object’s surface as it moves into the background.
- Page 13 Click the Apply or OK button to enable your Configuration settings. Barco The Barco page allows you to switch between True Color Mode (32-bit) and 256 Color Mode (8-bit). Use the 256 Color Mode (8-bit) if your application requires a specific grayscale palette mode such as User...
- Page 14 MXRT control panel settings ARCO Modifiable Color Palette, Static Gray Palette, or Static Gray Palette with NO system colors. Otherwise use the True Color Mode (32-bit). When the 256 Color Mode is enabled you can select one of three palette modes: User Modifiable Color Palette: This option allows applications to...
- Page 15 Introduction After the BarcoMed Windows display controller driver is installed, three new Display Properties tabs are available for configuring special features of the BarcoMed Coronis display controller. The three new tabs are: • the BarcoMed Driver Tab, • the BarcoMed Hardware Tab, and •...
- Page 16 Accessing the BarcoMed tabs Note: You must have logged on to Windows using an account with administrator privileges in order to use the Barco portions of the Windows Display Control Panel to change any display settings. Open the Windows Display Control Panel by one of the two methods below: Start >...
- Page 17 Use this palette option for applications, such as Java, which require True Color support. Such applications may not work correctly when using one of Barco's three “Standard 8-bit (256-color)” palette modes. All applications that are designed to work correctly with 8-bit (256-color) modes should continue to work normally.
- Page 18 Display properties ARCO ORONIS Drawing Modes In the Drawing Mode section you can choose from the following Drawing Modes. If any of the options in this section are grayed out, then they are not available for the model controller with which you are working.
- Page 19 Implications: When turned on the “Disable Extended Depth” option causes a BarcoMed Coronis display controller to run in 8-bit mode, which results in increased performance since the frame buffer is set to run with 8-bit pixels. While this option may be used with applications that normally require 10-bit support, there will be a loss of pixel depth, i.e.
- Page 20 The Barco System Report, also known as BarcoMed SelfExam Report, is a wizard based tool which collects data about the components that are installed in your system. This information is used by the Barco MIS Support team when trying to resolve customer issues. Update Device... Button: Clicking this button will launch the BarcoMed Hardware Configuration utility.
- Page 21 The user will be prompted to select a firmware update file to use for the update process. This file will be provided by Barco Medical Imaging Systems if and when a firmware update is required.
- Page 22 You must have logged on to Windows using an account with administrator privileges in order to use the Barco portions of the Windows Display Control Panel to change any display settings. The recommended configuration for best grayscale image quality when...
- Page 23 True Color (32 bits per pixel). Even though this palette mode supports 32 bit True Color, Barco recommends that when using a using a color display in conjunction with your high-resolution grayscale display(s) that you still set the color display as the primary monitor of the Windows desktop.
- Page 24 Display properties ARCO ORONIS...
- Page 25 Display information...
- Page 26 Precautions Precautions Operating precautions Continuous operation of the display with the same image may result in some image sticking on the LCD panel. Over 10 hours operation with the same image content is not recommended. Switching on DPMS on display and PC and activating a good screen saver may decrease the risk of image sticking (image retention).
- Page 27 Display controls Display controls Overview of controls The front controls are soft touch keys. When you touch any of them while no on-screen display (OSD) is on the screen, the front illumination is switched on for a few seconds. When you touch a key again while the illumination is on, the function of the key is executed.
- Page 28 Display controls To display the OSD (on-screen display). In the OSD, this button acts as Enter button to make selections. Standby To put the display in standby mode. Ambient light sensor Senses the ambient light around the display. The ambient light measurement is taken into account in the DICOM display function calibration.
- Page 29 Display controls To open a submenu, use the Up or Down touch keys to select the submenu. Next, press the Enter touch key to open the submenu. To exit from a submenu, use Up or Down to select EXIT. Next, press Enter If you exit from the Main Menu, you exit the OSD.
- Page 30 Display controls • Touching Up and Enter at the same time selects the maximum value. • Touching Down and Enter at the same time selects the minimum value. Stand-by switching To switch from on state to stand-by: Touch the Stand-by touch key.
- Page 31 On-screen display (OSD) On-screen display (OSD) Complete OSD Luminance and color menu Luminance and color menu Name Description Measured luminance Indicates the actual luminance mea- sured by the I-Guard sensor. This is a read-only value. Measured x* Indicates the actual measured x co- ordinate (color).
- Page 32 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Stabilizer Switches I-Guard stabilizer on/off BLOF state Indicates the current BLOF (backlight sensor) state. * Available only on color displays Note: When you change the luminance target, the display will adjust its backlight to reach the target. This can be seen in the Measured luminance line.
- Page 33 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Defined in Indicates how the color temperature is defined: in (x,y) co-ordinates or Kelvin (K). You can switch between both by using the Up and Down touch keys. This function is available only when the User color target is selected. Allows to define the x co-ordinate of the color temperature that corre- sponds to the color target.
- Page 34 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Restore factory x,y val- Allows to reset the (x,y) co-ordi- nates of the color temperature to the factory values. This function is not available when the Native White color target is selected.
- Page 35 On-screen display (OSD) Display Function menu Display function menu Name Description Display function Allows to select from a list of pre- defined display functions. If the DICOM DF is selected, a num- ber of additional settings is avail- able. ALC & DICOM options Jumps to the ALC &...
- Page 36 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Correction value Shows the ambient light correction value that is taken into account in the calculation of the display func- tion. Correction value Indicates the correction value in cd/ m² Reflection coefficient Indicates the panel reflection coeffi- cient measured in the factory.
- Page 37 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description DICOM offset When Continuous DICOM ALC is switched off, the DICOM DF is recal- culated at the moment the DICOM Offset is changed, taking the new DICOM Offset into account. • When set to “Dark Room”, the ambient light is not taken into account.
- Page 38 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Calibration info Jumps to the calculation informa- tion submenu, which displays infor- mation about the values taken into account to recalculate the DICOM DF.
- Page 39 On-screen display (OSD) Reading room definition submenu Name Description Measured ambient Indicates the ambient light actually light measured by the ambient light sen- sor on the front of the display. This is a read-only value. Averaged ambient light Shows the average of the measured ambient light since the display was switched on.
- Page 40 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Measure ALC value The value shown here is taken into account in the calculation of the DICOM DF if Continuous DICOM ALC is switched off and DICOM Offset is set to “Measured ALC”. When you select this line and press Enter , the actual averaged ambi- ent light value is stored here, over-...
- Page 41 On-screen display (OSD) Calibration Information submenu Name Description Preset ambient value / Shows the ambient light correction Measured ALC ambient value taken into account to calcu- value / Average ambi- late the DICOM DF, expressed in lux. ent value Bright luminance Shows the bright luminance value taken into account to calculate the DICOM DF.
- Page 42 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description User controls Allows to disable the touch keys on the front. When switched off, the user cannot display the OSD until the user con- trols keycode is entered. Sound Allows to switch the sound on/off. When switched on, a short beep sounds each time you touch a soft touch key.
- Page 43 • The DPMS system will power down the display when the connected computer is left idle for a certain time. Barco recommends to switch DPMS on to prevent image burn-in (image retention) on the LCD panel. • To enter the user controls keycode, the OSD must not be visible.
- Page 44 On-screen display (OSD) Information menu Information Name Description Product The display type Serial No Indicates the display serial number SW Version Displays the current internal software ver- sion Display Lifetime Indicates the total time the display has been operating, including the time in stand-by Backlight Life- Indicates the total time the display has...
- Page 45 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Display stock no The order number for the display Panel ser no The LCD panel serial number Panel prod date The LCD panel production date...
- Page 46 On-screen display (OSD) Firmware information submenu Name Description Boot code ver- The version of the boot code firmware sion Run code ver- The version of the run code firmware sion FPGA1 code ver- The version of the firmware code for sion FPGA1 FPGA2 code ver-...
- Page 47 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description BLOF tempera- The temperature measured near the back- ture light sensor Fan speed The speed of the fan IGuard x value* The x co-ordinate of the color measured by the I-Guard IGuard y value* The y co-ordinate of the color measured by the I-Guard IGuard X value* The X value of the color measured by the...
- Page 48 On-screen display (OSD) Scan measurement information submenu Name Description DVI input Indicates the DVI format of the connected video signal DVI link Indicates the current DVI link format Resolution Indicates the video signal resolution Clock frequence Indicates the internal clock frequence Hor.
- Page 49 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Nr reconfigura- Indicates the number of reconfigurations tions Nr TFC retries The number of TFC retries Nr PIX retries The number of PIX retries Adjusting Luminance and Color Concepts • On a grayscale display you can adjust the luminance target. On a color display you can adjust the color target.
- Page 50 On-screen display (OSD) Use the Up or Down touch keys to select the Luminance menu. Use Enter to open the menu. Use Up or Down to select Luminance Target. Use Enter go into edit mode. Use Up or Down to adjust the luminance target. Use Enter to save the changes.
- Page 51 On-screen display (OSD) Name Description Native white The native, unmodified color tem- perature of the LCD panel. User A completely modifiable color tar- get. Color target definition Note: For the Native White color target, only the luminance target can be modified.
- Page 52 On-screen display (OSD) To modify the units in which the color temperature is defined (only for User color target), use Up or Down to select Defined in. Use Enter to go into edit mode. Use Up or Down to change the units: Kelvin units or (x,y) co-ordinates.
- Page 53 On-screen display (OSD) be a continuous recalculation (“Continuous DICOM ALC” on) or single recalculation (“Continuous DICOM ALC” off). • When you choose for a single recalculation, the recalculation can be based on an illuminance of 0 lux (“Dark Room”), a preset value (“Preset”) or a single, real-time measurement (“Measured ALC”).
- Page 54 On-screen display (OSD) Use the Up or Down touch keys to select the Display Function menu. Use Enter to open the menu. Use Up or Down to select Display Function. Use Enter go into edit mode. Use Up or Down to select the desired DF.
- Page 55 On-screen display (OSD) ALC & DICOM Options Continuous DICOM ALC Introduction When you select the DICOM DF, the display offers the possibility to take the ambient light into account for calculating the DICOM display function. This function is called Continuous DICOM ALC (ALC is short for Ambient Light Compensation).
- Page 56 On-screen display (OSD) To select a DICOM offset: Select the DICOM display function. See To select a display function (DF):, on page 53. Switch Continuous DICOM ALC off. See To switch continuous DICOM ALC on/off:, on page 55. In the ALC & DICOM Options menu, use Up or Down to select DICOM Offset.
- Page 57 On-screen display (OSD) Value Description Measured ALC The DICOM DF will be recalculated taking the averaged measured ambient light value into account that is determined by the selected Reading Room. This value can be changed by executing the “Measure ALC Value” function in the Reading Room Definition submenu.
- Page 58 On-screen display (OSD) Use Enter to confirm the selection. You can select the following reading room types:: Name Description CR/DR/MAMMO Corresponds to light conditions in diagnostic reading rooms for com- puted radiology, digital radiology or mammography. This setting has the lowest maximum ambient light.
- Page 59 On-screen display (OSD) Switch Continuous DICOM ALC off. See To switch continuous DICOM ALC on/off:, on page 55. In the ALC & DICOM Options menu, use Up or Down to select Reading Room Def. Use Enter to open the submenu. Select the reading room definition you wish to modify.
- Page 60 On-screen display (OSD) • Use Enter . As a result the Measured ALC value will be limited to the maximum ambient light value. Use Enter again to store the value. • However, if you wish to adapt the ambient light conditions to the definition of the selected reading room, dim the light in the room so that the measured ambient light becomes lower that the maximum ambient light.
- Page 61 On-screen display (OSD) Use Enter to save the changes. Switching Power LED on/off To switch the power LED on/off: Touch any of the soft touch keys. The front illumination is switched on. While the illumination is on, touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu.
- Page 62 On-screen display (OSD) Use the Up or Down touch keys to select the Settings menu. Use Enter to open the menu. Use Up or Down to select User Controls. Use Enter to go into edit mode. Use Up or Down to select Off.
- Page 63 Barco web sites...
- Page 64 Internet addresses Internet addresses Visit Barco at: http://www.barco.com Visit Medical Imaging at: http://www.barco.com/medical...
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