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  • Page 1 User’s manual TransForm SCN...
  • Page 2 This manual refers to following hardware and software configurations of T SCN: RANS Firmware version 2.0.1.6 Document History Modifications which result in a new version are indicated by a vertical bar. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...
  • 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 (R5976968): page wrong correct __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    4.3.1 Starting the TransForm SCN web interface..................4-6 4.3.2 Structure of the TransForm SCN web interface ..................4-6 4.3.3 General settings...........................4-7 4.3.4 Network settings ..........................4-8 4.3.5 Encoder settings – Destination ......................4-10 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...
  • Page 6 7 Technical appendix ..........................7-1 7.1 Technical data...............................7-2 7.2 Interfaces ..............................7-4 7.3 Order codes..............................7-6 8 Trouble shooting ..........................8-1 8.1 Errors ................................8-2 8.1.1 General errors ............................8-2 8.2 Contact ................................8-3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 7: 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 – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 8: 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 – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 9: 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 – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 10: Safety Instructions

    This desktop power adapter must be grounded (earthed) via the supplied 3 conductor AC power cable. (If the supplied cable is not the correct one, consult your dealer.) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 11: Unpacking Of Devices

    This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and AC power-line surges. 1.3.3 Unpacking of devices Note advises on the packaging for unpacking! ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 12: Installation

    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 – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 13: Online Manual

    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 on the CD in section 3rd party tools. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...
  • Page 14 2. Summary 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features of T SCN. RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 15: Properties

    PC. SCN converts and compresses the graphical signal to a stream of graphical data and distributes it via RANS the LAN. This stream can be decoded by a wall controller of Barco which is equipped with a S TREAMING IDEO and be displayed on a display wall or other projection device.
  • Page 16 Host PC Master PC Image generator Remote pointer Wall controller USB for remote pointer with Streaming Video Card decoder LAN TCP/IP Figure 2-2 setup with remote pointer ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 17: Getting Started

    3. Getting started 3 Getting started This chapter describes the set up of the T SCN. RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 18: Examining

    TransForm SCN On the front panel of TransForm SCN there are eight LEDs [1-8], indicating the operating state of the device. On the left side there is a DVI in connector [9] and a DVI out connector [10] to insert and loop through the source signal.
  • Page 19 [18] and a LED [17] indicating power OK. To disconnect TransForm SCN from the power supply the DC output connector of the desktop power adapter has to be pulled of the power connection [18]. Therefore the back panel has...

  • Page 20: Cabling

    Plug the male end of the power cord into a power outlet. • Plug the plug of the DC output into the power connection [18] of the T SCN. RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 21: Graphical Data

    100 Mbps full duplex port switched (no hub) bandwidth capacity to transport a 30 Mbps T SCN stream without packet loss RANS Table 3-1 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 22: Remote Pointer

    The master PC and the T SCN have to be connected to the same LAN. RANS Please refer also to section 4.2 Remote pointer for the usage of remote pointer. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 23: Starting Up

    SCN simply the power supply has to be disconnected. RANS If TransForm SCN is switched off the graphical signal is also no longer looped through. Therefore after switching off the TransForm SCN you should connect the monitor directly to the host PC, to be able to see the graphical output! ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco –...

  • Page 24: Operating

    This chapter shows the capabilities that T SCN offers for decoding graphical data and for using remote RANS control. It explains also how the T SCN is configured. RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 25: Encoder

    Figure 4-2 loop through – format of input and output signal ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 26: Remote Pointer

    The remote pointer functionality offers a method to interact with the host PC without using its own mouse and keyboard. There are two manners to do so: • Usage of a PC which is a client computer for Barco’s wall management software A (FRG viewer from POLLO version 1.8 SR1 on)

  • Page 27: Configuration

    On the Advanced tab go to Java (Sun) and enable Use Java … • On the tab Security click the Custom Level … button and enable Scripting of Java applets • Click OK to save the settings ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 28: Using Remote Pointer

    Go to the Input Locales tab and click Change. In the Text Services dialog click Add… In the Add Input Language dialog select from the Input Language list the entry US (Barco). 3. Selecting keyboard layout from the Language Bar In the Notification area of the master PC there is usually the icon of the Language Bar.

  • Page 29: Transform Scn Web Interface

    If there are decisive differences between the two modes, you will find a note or addi- tional screenshots of the web interface in user mode. Figure 4-4 SCN web interface – home RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 30: General Settings

    1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes System Load average: 1.00, 1.06, 1,07 used firmware version and build date of this version Build Information Figure 4-5 SCN web interface – general settings RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 31: Network Settings

    Shows the IGMP version used in the network; IGMP v1, IGMP v2 and IGMP v3 is IGMP version possible Figure 4-6 SCN web interface – Network – Fast interface settings in administration (left) and standard user (right) mode RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...
  • Page 32 Behind the standard name the user defined name is displayed in brackets. Figure 4-7 SCN web interface – Network – All interface settings in administration (left) and standard user (right) mode RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 33: Encoder Settings - Destination

    Active Encoding is active (YES) or deactivated (NO) Figure 4-8 SCN web interface – encoder settings – destination RANS _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-10...

  • Page 34: Encoder Settings - Properties

    Lossless stands for lossless transfer of the images. Values from 1 up to 16 are possible, where 16 stands for optimal compression but may cause trails for moving objects. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-11...
  • Page 35 SCN web interface – encoder settings – properties RANS The scaling and cropping settings do not affect resolution or visible range of the graphic data of the loup-through output! _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-12...

  • Page 36: Encoder Settings - Timing

    Use 5 as a start value and adjust this value until the top border of the output fits Vertical Phase In case that picture jittering occurs the sampling phase can be adjusted. Sampling Phase Only applicable for analog sources! _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-13...
  • Page 37 Therefore, if you are not satisfied with the quality of the image of your digital displaying device, re-check the timing settings please. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-14...

  • Page 38: Encoder Settings - Status

    4. Operating 4.3.8 Encoder settings – status The Status screen lists the detected timing. Figure 4-11 SCN web interface – encoder timing – status RANS _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-15...

  • Page 39: Keyboard & Mouse - Remote Pointer

    The Keyboard & Mouse section is used to configure and use remote pointer. Keyboard and mouse of the master PC control may remotely control the content of the screen of the host PC. To enable remote keyboard and mouse a USB connection between TransForm SCN and the host PC has to be established! Extensive information about remote pointer can be found in section 4.2 Remote...
  • Page 40 If remote pointer is enabled and you click on the left on the menu entry Remote Pointer then first there ap- pears a dialog for the Barco Java applet. This applet is required for the functioning of the remote pointer. There- fore click on Always to be able to use remote pointer on this computer.

  • Page 41: Keyboard & Mouse - Settings

    Make sure that Java, Java script and Active scripting are enabled in clicks the browser settings. Clear the browser's cache. Refresh the remote pointer page. Finally, try another browser. Table 4-2 usage of remote pointer _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-18...
  • Page 42 Used, if the network or remote pointer client is slow to interpolate jerkily mouse movement. Figure 4-14 SCN web interface – keyboard & mouse – settings RANS _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-19...

  • Page 43: Status Summary

    CGI commands from the T SCN web interface RANS Figure 4-15 SCN web interface – status summary in administration (left) and standard user (right) mode RANS _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-20...

  • Page 44: System Access - Reboot

    RANS Reboot button. While the TransForm SCN reboots, no stream is sent out and the looped through image for the monitor might be disturbed shortly. Also the TransForm SCN web interface does not react to any input unless the TransForm SCN has completely booted.

  • Page 45: System Access - Devices

    As the configuration assigns a fixed IP address, DHCP will not be used. If the device was originally configured to use DHCP, DHCP usage will be disabled automatically. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-22...

  • Page 46: Firmware Upgrade

    The file needs to be of the format firmware-scn.2.0.X.XX.tar.gz. Click on the Browse button to select this file and afterwards on the Upload button to start the upgrade. Do not reboot the TransForm SCN, it will reboot automatically after upgrading the firmware. Figure 4-18 SCN web interface –...

  • Page 47: Administration Login/Logout

    Admin. If you click it again you will be back in standard user mode. At delivery time the device has the following access settings: user name admin password barco Table 4-3 access settings _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-24...

  • Page 48: Change Admin Password

    After an update it will be changed. Figure 4-20 SCN web interface – Login/Logout Admin – change admin password, only in administration mode RANS _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006 4-25...

  • Page 49: Maintenance

    Never use strong solvents, such as thinner or benzine, or abrasive cleaners, since these will damage the cabinet. Unplug the device from the wall outlet before cleaning. Never clean the case of a TransForm SCN device without first disconnecting the power supply cord! Please refer to seciton 3.3.3 Switching off.

  • Page 50: Advanced Configuration

    6. Advanced configuration 6 Advanced configuration This chapter provides help to initially adapt the T SCN to your network. RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 51: Initial Configuration Of The Network Settings

    The network settings will be activated only, if IP address and default gateway are configured correctly. That is, if they belong to the same subnet. If a TransForm SCN, which is configured to have an IP address assigned via DHCP is connected to a network without DHCP server, it uses its last received IP address instead! ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco –...

  • Page 52: Resetting Factory Settings

    • Wait till the T SCN is back to operating state RANS • Disconnect the T SCN once again from the power supply and reconnect it. RANS ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 53: Technical Appendix

    7. Technical appendix 7 Technical appendix This chapter provides tabular overview about the technical details of T SCN, its components and of their RANS interfaces. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 54: Technical Data

    FPS test 7 fps 7 – 18 Mbps 150 – 600 ms slide show 11.8 fps 11 – 18 Mbps 400 – 600 ms scrolling text Table 7-2 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...
  • Page 55 1280×1024@60Hz 1280×1024@75Hz 1280×1024@85Hz 1600×1200@60Hz Table 7-3 supported VESA timings of T RANS Following VESA timings are not supported: • 640×350@85Hz • interlaced sources • timings above 1600×1200@60Hz ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 56: Interfaces

    TMDS data2 shield TMDS data1 shield TMDS data0 shield TMDS data2+ TMDS data1+ TMDS data0+ TMDS data2- TMDS data1- TMDS data0- Figure 7-2 DVI-I in connector – pin assignment ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...
  • Page 57 For complete cabling details, please refer to the IEEE802.3 specification, section 8.4, Coaxial Cables and Electrical Parameters. TD– RD– Figure 7-3 RJ-45 connector pin assignment USB connector Power D– Ground Figure 7-4 USB – type B pin assignment ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 58: Order Codes

    R5976968 RANS Hardware R9842470 RANS Spare parts desktop power adapter R9832191 Software CD-ROM T SCN documentation & supplement, R5976969 RANS including firmware, tools and documentation Table 7-4 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 59: Trouble Shooting

    8 Trouble shooting Check this chapter for help, if your T SCN does not operate properly and for information how to contact RANS the technical support of Barco. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 60: Errors

    Maximum DDC Timing are used, please check that these settings are correctly set. (section 4.3.7 Encoder settings – timing) ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

  • Page 61: Contact

    Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions! • Barco N.V. Projection Systems - Europe Noordlaan 5, B-8520 Kuurne Phone: +32-56-368-282, Fax: +32-56-368-251 E-mail: support.controlrooms@barco.com, Web: www.barcocontrolrooms.com ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – TransForm SCN – R5976968 – Revision 01 – May 2006...

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