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USER'S GUIDE
simFUSION 6000/6500
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  • Page 1 USER'S GUIDE simFUSION 6000/6500 0000002685 AD • 3 September 2004...
  • Page 2 The information contained in this document is the exclusive property of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation or its Licensors. This work is protected under United States copyright law and the copyright laws of the given countries of origin and applicable international laws, treaties, and/or conventions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.3.2 Installing the Driver from the CD-ROM ..........24 2.3.3 Installing the Driver from the Hard Disk ..........26 2.3.4 Viewing E&S OPENsim Driver Version ..........26 2.3.5 Configuration using simFUSION Control..........26 Launching simFUSION Control ..............27 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 4 3.10 Reverting Settings ..................58 3.11 Shutdown and Reboot ................58 3.12 Saving and Restoring Configurations ............59 3.13 Command Line Options ................60 3.14 Getting Help....................60 About ChanLock ..................61 ChanLock Configurations ................62 External Sync....................63 ChanLock Setup ..................64 Verification ....................65 simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 5 7.3.3 Power Cord Grounding ..............87 7.3.4 Environmental Requirements ............87 7.3.5 Unpacking and Inspection ..............87 7.3.6 Chassis Grounding ................88 7.3.7 KVM ....................89 7.3.8 Power-On Options ................89 External Sync Signal Specifications ..............91 External Sync Connector..................92 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 6 Contents U.S. Product Safety Specifications ..............103 European Regulatory Specifications............104 Warranty/Product Support Plans................108 simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 7 Figure 10. Double-Wide Mode ..................71 Figure 11. High-Precision Monochrome Output Format ...........74 Figure 12. RVP2 Cable Connection ..................75 Figure 13. 3DP Cable Connection..................86 Figure 14. simFUSION Air Filter When NOT Taken Care of Properly ......102 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 8 Table 11. Overview of Cabinet Dimensions ..............100 Table 12. Environmental Specifications ................100 Table 13. 6000 Power Requirements................100 Table 14. 6500 Power Requirements................101 Table 15. U.S. Product Safety Specifications ..............103 Table 16. European Regulatory Specifications ...............104 simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 9: About This Manual

    If you find any errors, or have suggestions for improvements to this document, please contact E&S at: essupport@es.com Technical Communications Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation P.O. Box 58700 600 Komas Dr. Salt Lake City, UT 84158-0700 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 10: Organization

    Appendix E: System Warranty Important Information If You Need Help E&S is a strong believer in customer satisfaction. Our products are designed to provide you with the best performance for your money and we want to simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 11: Conventions

    Typewriter Typewriter text indicates information or a prompt that appears on the screen. Typewriter italics Typewriter italics in a code example indicates text or commands you are required to enter. Example: type A:\install 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 12 About This Manual simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 13: N T R O D U C I N G S I M F U S I O N

    The E&S simFUSION visual system is based on the E&S OPENsim graphics accelerator subsystem. Several choices of accelerators provide a wide variety of options and performance. The graphics subsystem is based on an ATI 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 14: Acceleration Of Opengl

    • Custom video mode support allowing users to define video modes for use with a wide range of projectors. • High-precision monochrome output with up to 16 bits precision for sensor simulation. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 15: Simfusion Hardware

    The motherboard and processors are chosen to maintain optimum performance characteristics. Installed in the system is an E&S OPENsim 3D graphics accelerator subsystem. Standard configurations also include an IDE hard drive, CD-ROM, and floppy drive. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 16: Motherboard Identification

    To keep the simFUSION PC at the leading edge of technology, E&S supports several motherboards. Active motherboards are described in Appendix B. 1.2.2 Keyboard, Mouse, and Displays The simFUSION supports most keyboards, mice, and displays. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 17: Simfusion Software

    The information contained in this user’s guide covers a typical driver installation. Refer to the specific driver installation notes for any changes. If you have problems, contact E&S support. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 18 Introducing simFUSION simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 19: N S T A L L I N G S I M F U S I O N

    1400 BTUs per chassis on 6500-based systems. The chassis air inlet temperature, located at the air filter, cannot exceed 35 ˚C. Airflow is from the front of the chassis to the back of the chassis. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 20: Installing The System

    Important! Save the box and packing materials should further shipment become necessary. 2.2.3 Make Sure You Have Everything The simFUSION package should contain the items listed as standard simFUSION listed in Table 2. The optional items may be included if required simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 21: Figure 2. Simfusion Chassis

    External ChanLock cable DVI to VGA adapter Keys for hard drive and Chassis Current simFUSION driver CD Rack-mount mounting ears US power cord Second DVI to VGA adapter 2 meter DVI to DVI cable 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 22: Install The Chassis

    Connect the keyboard, mouse, and (optionally) Ethernet cables. Then connect the power cable. Detailed information for these connectors is available in the documentation supplied by the appropriate motherboard manufacturer, packed in the box with the system. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 23: Power On

    From time to time, E&S may release newer versions of the driver software to improve performance or add new features. The following instructions describe the procedure to replace the existing software with a newer version. It is 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 24: Uninstalling Old Drivers

    CD-ROM drive. On the desktop, right-click the My Computer icon, then select Properties. The Properties applet window is displayed. In the Properties applet, select the Hardware tab, then select Device Manager. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 25 10. If no driver was previously installed continue to step 6. Click Next. Click Yes to accept the license agreement. Select Complete to install all software and click Next. Click Next in the Select Program Folder dialog. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 26: Installing The Driver From The Hard Disk

    Properties from the pull-down menu. Select the Driver tab. The current driver version is listed for reference. 2.3.5 Configuration using simFUSION Control Additional configuration is set through simFUSION Control (refer to Chapter 3). simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 27: I M F U S I O N C O N T R O L

    Quickstart bar. simFUSION Control can also be launched by clicking Start Programs Evans and Sutherland simFUSION Control. NOTE: The simFUSION Control GUI might look slightly different depending upon the driver version being used. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 28: The Simfusion Control Philosophy

    The goal of ordering nodes is to make the node list reflect the physical cabling between simFUSION systems. For the Chanlock cluster organization, the first node in simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 29: Adding Nodes

    Add Node from the Context menu. A node with a default name is added to the list and a new name can be entered. Node names can either be hostnames or dotted decimal IP addresses. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 30: Removing Nodes

    To rename nodes, right-click on a node in the node list and select Rename from the Context menu. The new name can then be entered. Renaming a node does not alter the settings of that node. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 31: Reordering Nodes

    Checking the Enable Genlock checkbox on the Sync tab modifies each node's genlock mode so that genlock is enabled on the whole Chanlock cluster. Unchecking the Enable Genlock checkbox sets each node to be a genlock 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 32: Synchronizing To An External Video Source

    1. Genlock 2 provides improved fault tolerance over genlock 1 in the cases where a ChanLock cable is removed or a node goes down. For simFUSION 6000/6500 systems, it is recommended to use genlock 2 unless genlocking to an external sync source.

  • Page 33: Configuring Swap Interval

    Node-Oriented Configuration of Settings By selecting a node in the cluster list, the tabs for configuring settings for that node become available. The following subsections describe the settings available on each of the node-oriented configuration tabs. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 34: The Sync Tab

    • Slave—Node synchronizes to an upstream reference video signal. • Slave (External Signal)—Node synchronizes to an external (non- simFUSION) video source and passes the signal downstream. 3.6.1.2 Genlock Method See Section 3.5.3 for a discussion of genlock method. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 35 Composite mode is selected. [This is only available on the analog portion of the output of the simFUSION.] Composite sync is available on the H-SYNC pin. Choosing the Sync-on-green mode causes horizontal and vertical sync pulses to be sent with the green color channel. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 36: The Video Tab

    Gamma and Enable Analog Gamma checkboxes. When using video combining features such as spatial tiling, temporal interleave, or multi-box msaa, gamma correction should only be used on the final node in the video combining chain. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 37 1280×1024 @ 60 Hz single-wide video mode is available, but there is NOT a triple-wide version of the same resolution running at 120 Hz. There is not a triple-wide version of the 1600×1200 @ 60 Hz single-wide mode either. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 38: Figure 5. Cabling For Double-Wide Video Formats

    For triple-wide video resolutions, the left portion of the image is displayed via the primary connector, but the middle portion of the image is displayed via the tertiary DVI connector. The right portion of the image is sent through the secondary connector, as shown below: simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 39: Figure 6. Cabling For Triple-Wide Video Formats

    Control Secondary DVI: Right Image Primary DVI: Left Image Tertiary DVI: Middle Image Figure 6. Cabling for Triple-Wide Video Formats 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 40: The Opengl Tab

    The anisotropic filtering level can be set from 0x (no filtering) to 16x (highest quality filtering). Additionally, a bias between performance and quality may be selected. Improved performance may be simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 41 External and internal antialiasing are controlled independently by the two sliders labeled External Samples and Internal Samples, respectively. simFUSION Quartet devices provide up to four external samples and Duet devices up to two external samples. All simFUSION 6000/6500 devices provide up to six internal samples. 3.6.3.5 Enable Texture Compression This feature enables OpenGL texture compression extensions.
  • Page 42 3.6.3.12 Point Size Min Clamp The minimum point size, in pixels, used to keep lights and other objects rendered as points large enough to be visible and not flicker as they move across the screen. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 43: The Advanced Tab

    Disables all enhanced video modes. When enhanced modes are disabled, the second video output of a 6000q can be used as either a duplicate of the primary output or the two outputs can show a double-wide image, as controlled by the display properties. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 44 ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ − ⎣ ⎦ ⎣ ⎦ Do the primary image as normal and do an inset on the secondary: simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 45 Duo Matrixes The two duo matrixes are specified in the Duo Matrix 0 and Duo Matrix 1 tables. A number of interesting preset duo matrixes may be chosen from the Preset Matrixes combo box. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 46 Internal samples remain available, however. 3.6.4.6 Sensor Mode The simFUSION has sensor modes for outputting monochrome video, typically with higher precision, for sensor simulation. See Chapter 1 for more information. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 47: The Multibox Tab

    There are separate controls for the primary and secondary video outputs. To properly align the nodes in a video combining chain, set the first node (both primary and secondary at the top of 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 48: The Custom Video Tab

    RBNODEA2 - 100 RBNODEA3 - 150 RBNODEA4 - 200 3.6.6 The Custom Video Tab The controls on the custom video tab may be used to configure non-standard custom video timings and to configure video overlap. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 49 Checking the Enable Video Overlap checkbox causes double-wide video modes to adjust so that they have the specified number of overlapping pixels between the two outputs. The overlap pixels value must be an even number. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 50: The Rvp Tab

    Refer to Chapter 5, Stereo on the simFUSION, for more information. 3.6.7.1 Stereo in Double-Wide Mode A single simFUSION Quartet system is capable of active stereo using double- wide video modes. Refer to Chapter 5, Stereo on the simFUSION, for more information. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 51: Configuring Video Clusters

    Genlock and video alignment must be set up properly on each node's Video tab before any video combining features will show a correct image. When video is not aligned between nodes, the output image will show seams or other artifacts. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 52: Spatial Tiling

    The values for left and right are in pixels and the top and bottom values are in lines. NOTE: The spatial tile’s top and left values must be even and the bottom and right values must be odd. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 53: Temporal Interleave

    For a video cluster of n nodes, this gives each node n frame times to render a single frame. This property can be used to increase refresh rate or to increase the scene complexity. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 54: Multibox Multisample Antialiasing

    Nodes per timeslice value is set to one. When combining temporal interleave with spatial tiling or multibox antialiasing, the Nodes per timeslice value needs to be increased. NOTE: ChanLock must also be configured for temporal interleave to function properly. 3.7.3 Multibox Multisample Antialiasing simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 55 2 or 4. This can be accomplished by moving the External Samples slider on each node's OpenGL tab. Finally, the Generate Sample Positions button should be clicked to produce an optimal set of sample positions for the number of samples available. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 56: Multisystem Stereo

    Control 3.7.4 Multisystem Stereo This enables the two-system stereo with DVI-input. See Section 5.1.1. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 57: Preferences

    To make this list more manageable, the list can be selectively culled down. The preferences dialog contains controls for culling out video modes greater than a user-specifiable width, height, or refresh rate. NOTE: By default, no video modes are culled. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 58: Applying Settings

    Control has the ability to shutdown or reboot nodes or whole clusters. Right-click on a node or cluster and choose either Shutdown or Reboot from the Context menu to perform one of these operations. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 59: Saving And Restoring Configurations

    Control. Choosing File Open from the main menu brings up a standard file open dialog where a .sfc configuration file can be chosen. In addition, double- clicking a .sfc file in the Windows explorer opens simFUSION Control with that file's saved configuration. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 60: Command Line Options

    Choosing Help What's this from the main menu or clicking the question mark icon on the toolbar puts the mouse cursor into What's this mode. Subsequently clicking on part of the simFUSION Control interface reveals help for the controls clicked on. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 61: S I N G C H A N L O C K T O S Y N C H R O N I Z E M U L T I P L E S Y S T E M S

    This mechanism is called genlock Additionally, simFUSION has a mechanism for locking the frame buffer update rate; that is, coordinating the swapping of the frame buffers of each 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 62: Chanlock Configurations

    Note that the ChanLock master is a genlock slave and the genlock master is a ChanLock slave simFUSION Control provides an interface to designate systems as genlock or ChanLock masters or slaves. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 63: External Sync

    ChanLock daisy chain. See Figure 3 for locations of ChanLock connectors. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 64: Chanlock Setup

    ChanLock master or slave and a genlock master or slave. The simFUSION Control GUI provides the interface for this function. Refer to Chapter 3 for simFUSION Control methods for controlling ChanLock. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 65: Verification

    When an upstream system fails to relay the video signal (if it were turned off or the cabling came loose, and so forth) the downstream systems display a flashing white square in the upper left corner. This square goes away when the 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 66: 4.5.1 Mixed Environment 5K/6K Genlock

    5000/6000/6500 systems can be used together in the same genlock chain. When using the mixed environment, the genlock master must be a simFUSION 6000/6500. The genlock method can be set via simFUSION Control as described in Chapter 3. NOTE: All systems in the genlock chain must be using the same mode for genlock to work.

  • Page 67: T E R E O O N T H E S I M F U S I O N

    In a two-system stereo configuration, one system computes the image for the left eye and the other computes the image for the right eye. The outputs from the two systems can be used directly with a passive stereo device such as a 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 68: Rvp/Srvp Stereo With Two Systems

    The outputs from the two systems can be used directly with a passive stereo device such as a head-mounted display. The RVP/SRVP card combines the images simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 69 RVP/SRVP card. * Connect the RVP Slave to the Master DVI-I of the other system then connect the Master DVI-I RVP Master RVP Slave Master DVI-I and the RVP Master DVI-I. DVI-I DVI-I 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 70: Opengl Stereo

    A single simFUSION system with an OPENsim 6000/6500q installed is capable of doing active stereo using the double-wide mode. Double-wide requires an RVP/SRVP card. Figure 10 illustrates how to connect the simFUSION outputs to the RVP/SRVP card. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 71: Enhanced Video Mode Stereo

    Passive stereo is only available on the 6000/6500q. A capability unique to the simFUSION automatically creates stereo left and right images for non-stereo applications. Two input parameters control the 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 72 Active stereo has the same automatic creation of left and right images for non- stereo applications as described for passive stereo. An additional button reverses left and right eye images in the video stream. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 73: High-Precision Monochrome For Sensor Option

    High-Precision Monochrome for Sensors Option The simFUSION 6000/6500 supports sensor simulation with output of a high- precision monochrome color. The sensorApp test program which demonstrates sensor capability is available on the simFUSION FTP site.

  • Page 74: Sensor Format

    6000/6500 is designed to work with a separate sensor device, while the 4000 can act as a complete, self-contained sensor device. High-precision monochrome is available on the simFUSION 6000/6500d and 6000/6500q. It is not available on the simFUSION 5000. Sensor Format...

  • Page 75: Figure 12. Rvp2 Cable Connection

    High-Precision Monochrome for Sensor Option Figure 12. RVP2 Cable Connection NOTE: Sensor output is not available on the secondary DVI-I. Sensor output is enabled from the Advanced Features tab of simFUSION Control: 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 76: 6.3.1 Sensor Modes

    The output format is the same regardless of the sensor mode. When sensor mode is enabled, the digital output has the high-precision monochrome format described above. The analog output, seen when connected to a monitor instead of the RVP2, shows a low-precision simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 77: Rvp2-Mv

    Sensor processing of colors includes a conversion to monochrome—an averaging of red, green, and blue values to a single intensity value. If the components have the same value, the monochrome intensity will have the 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 78: Special Considerations

    Right button depressed – translate the image back and forth and up and down − Middle button depressed – scale the image • Keyboard commands: − b – change the background color − h – print a help screen simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 79: Test 1-Textured Squares

    The square in the upper right only has half intensity color. The square in the lower left has only half the transparency, and the square in the lower right has half the intensity and half the transparency. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 80: Test 2-Points

    To get pure intensity values, you should turn all sampling off. It can also help to zoom in on the dots to separate them (the picture is zoomed in). simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 81: Test 3-Bars

    This test is similar to Test 2, also showing that intensity values interpolate with 16 bits precision. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 82: Test 4-Transparency

    The band is actually drawn in two halves. The top half is drawn before the square and the bottom half is drawn after the square to show order independence. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 83: Test 5-Spokes

    0x400 and increment to full intensity when increasing the frame by hitting space. At all gain and level values, there should not be any “sparkle” along the boundaries where pixels contain samples of both the spoke pattern and the background square. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 84 High-Precision Monochrome for Sensor Option simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 85: I M F U S I O N O P T I O N S

    1600×1200. Each 3DP card has a serial number that is used to identify a card to the projector through the software. The last four digits of this serial number are 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 86: 7.2.1 3Dp Cable Connection

    40U cabinet holds up to nine simFUSIONs. These cabinets are available with a PDU and an Ethernet switch, and can be configured to include a KVM. A door is also optional for both cabinets. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 87: 7.3.1 Physical Space

    However, E&S recommends that the shipper deliver the cabinet crates in the upright position. Arrows are placed on the crate to indicate shipping and delivery orientations. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 88: 7.3.6 Chassis Grounding

    Once the cabinets are positioned, lower the cabinet leveling feet to prevent further movement of the cabinets and to level the cabinets. 7.3.6 Chassis Grounding Each cabinet is provided with two chassis-grounding bolts located at the bottom of the cabinet. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 89: 7.3.7 Kvm

    • If the simFUSION bios is set to last state power state, all systems power on to the desktop if, and only if, they were still powered on to the desktop when the breaker was shut off. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 90 (standard setting for all rack systems with SE7505VB2 using bios version 1.08). simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 91: External Sync Signal Specifications

    SOG_BBIN receives a 1 V peak to peak composite sync signal. SOG_BBIN is terminated in 75 ohms. ACSYNC_IN receives an AC-coupled 4 V peak to peak composite sync. ACSYNC_IN is terminated in 75 ohms. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 92: External Sync Connector

    Not connected Not connected Not connected ACSYNC_IN EXT_VSYNC_IN Table 4. External Sync Signals Signal Description SOG_BBIN Sync-on-green and black-burst sync EXT_HSYNC_IN Horizontal sync in ACSYNC_IN AC-coupled composite sync in EXT_VSYNC_IN Vertical sync in simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 93: Table 5. Opensim Graphic Cards

    One dual-link DVI-D (digital only) input Allows chassis to be combined for higher performance or better image quality Bandwidth: 230 MHz dual-link, 165 MHz single-link Video standards VESA and user-programmable Unified memory 256 MB DDR 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 94: Table 6. Graphics Features

    Pixel fill rate 6000d: 4.8 Gigapixel/S peak 6000q: 9.6 Gigapixel/S peak 6500d: 6.0 Gigapixel/S peak 6000q: 12.0 Gigapixel/S peak Geometry 6000: 150M triangles/S peak (on-chip geometry engine) 6500: 186M triangles/S peak (on-chip geometry engine) simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 95: Table 8. Chassis, Motherboard, And Processor

    Enable Onboard USB 2.0 (Advanced Onboard Devices). • Enable NIC1 PXI (Advanced PCI Configuration). • Enable Boot-time Diagnostic screen (Advanced Hardware Monitor). • Disable Hyperthreading (Advanced Hardware Monitor). Leave Hyperthreading enabled for any 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 96: Table 9. Compatible Software

    40X (or faster) CD-RW 3.5 in., 1.44 MB floppy Optional DVD-RW Network interface Integrated 10/100 Slots One AGP 4x Pro slot Two 66 MHz/64-bit PCI slots Four 33 MHz/32-bit PCI slots Table 9. Compatible Software simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 97 MultiGen-Paradigm Vega™ and Vega Prime™ Carmel Applied Technologies X-IG Thales SPACEmagic Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems Terrex Terra Vista™, Terra Page™ Transis Marine Boston Dynamics PeopleShop™ and DI-Guy™ CG2 VTree, Mantis Most other OpenGL applications 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 98 Product Specifications simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 99: M A I N T E N A N C E

    Table 10. simFUSION System Dimensions and Weight Dimension Inches Millimeters Length (from mounting brackets) 22.75 Width (without mounting brackets or handles) Height System weight 55 lb 25 kg Shipping weight 80 lb 36 kg 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 100: Table 11. Overview Of Cabinet Dimensions

    The simFUSION 6000q consumes approximately 350W steady state with peak power less than 600W. The power supply peak power specification is simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 101: Table 14. 6500 Power Requirements

    The simFUSION graphics system air filter requires routine maintenance. Dust that collects on the filter can greatly reduce airflow, which can permanently damage internal components that get too hot. Figure 14 shows a system that has been neglected. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 102: Figure 14. Simfusion Air Filter When Not Taken Care Of Properly

    Make sure that the filter is dry before reinstalling it. There is a hole in the filter for the fastening screw. Make sure this hole is aligned when reinstalling the filter. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

  • Page 103: Appendix D Regulatory Information

    Table 15. U.S. Product Safety Specifications Product Safety EN-60950 Information Processing and Business Equipment Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) FCC Rules, Part 15, Subpart B for a Class A device CISPR 22 Class A 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 104: European Regulatory Specifications

    In accordance with European Community directives, a Declaration of Conformity was made and is on file at E&S, Inc. A copy of the declaration is included in this manual. See the CE Declaration of Conformity in Appendix E in this manual. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 105 Responsible Party: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation 600 Komas Drive Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108 USA +1 801 588 1000 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...
  • Page 106 Regulatory Information simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...
  • Page 107 Buyer at Seller’s expense. Should returned components be determined not to be defective, Buyer shall be responsible for the shipping expenses. The warranty period for a repaired or replaced part expires with the warranty period of the original system. 0000002685 AD • simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide...

  • Page 108: Warranty/Product Support Plans

    DAMAGE, AND SHALL NOT BE EXTENDED, ALTERED OR WAIVED EXCEPT BY A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT SIGNED BY SELLER AND BUYER. EQUIPMENT MAY INCLUDE SOME COMPONENTS REMANUFACTURED TO LIKE-NEW CONDITION AND ARE WARRANTED AS NEW. simFUSION 6000/6500 User's Guide • 0000002685 AD...

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