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  • Page 1: Display Controller

    Dome RX/PCI ® Display Controller INSTALLATION GUIDE Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 Solaris 2.5.1 or later www.planar.com...
  • Page 2 ® imaging systems, inc., 2002. All rights reserved. Copyright © DOME This document contains proprietary information of DOME imaging systems, inc. It is DOME’s exclusive property. It may not be reproduced or transmit- ted, in whole or in part, without a written agreement from DOME. No patent or other license is granted to this information.

  • Page 3: Fcc Compliance Statement

    FCC Compliance Statement This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference when operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 4: Eu Declaration Of Conformity

    EU Declaration of Conformity The R4/PCI and R5/PCI display controllers (models 55-R4PCI2 and 55-R5PCI2) meet the essential health and safety requirements, are in confor- mity with and the CE marking has been applied according to the relevant EU Directives listed below using the relevant section of the following EU standards and other normative documents;...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Guide System Requirements Platform Requirements Installation process Installing the Board and Display Unpacking the Board Setting DIP Switches on the Board Enabling and disabling VGA mode Supporting VGA for PCs Disabling VGA mode for Sun workstations Installing the Board Installing multiple boards Connecting the Displays Windows 2000 Driver...
  • Page 6 vi | Contents Solaris Driver Installing the Solaris Driver Configuring Display Settings Using the default display mode Overriding the default display mode Modifying the OWconfig file Using Visual Classes Configuring the Windowing Environment Using the DPMS Screen Saver with CDE Changing the Console Appendix A: Resolutions and Refresh Rates Resolutions and Refresh Rates for PCs...

  • Page 7: About This Guide

    • Microsoft Windows 2000 • Microsoft Windows NT • Sun Solaris™ 2.5.1 or later Audience This guide serves users who are installing an RX/PCI board and software in a computer. You should be familiar with installing and configuring hardware and software. ®...
  • Page 8 viii | About This Guide Conventions This guide uses the conventions listed in this table. This convention... Monospaced type Italic type Bold type File > Open <Key> Indicates... Computer code or directory; backslash (\) indicates continuation of the previous line of ®...
  • Page 9 Instructions for installing the RX/PCI board in a PC or a Sun PCI workstation and attaching a display Instructions for installing and configuring the RX/PCI driver for a Windows XP or 2000 system Instructions for installing and configuring the RX/PCI driver for a Windows NT 4.0 system...

  • Page 10: Related Documentation

    x | About This Guide Related documentation Refer to these books for more information: • PCI Products Developer’s Guide • Microsoft documentation • Sun documentation...

  • Page 11: System Requirements

    Platform Requirements You can install the RX/PCI board in a PC or a Sun PCI work- station. This table lists the platform-specific requirements for system specifications, operating system, and DOME driver.

  • Page 12: Installation Process

    Multiple displays for PCs must have the same resolution. Installation process Follow these steps to install the RX/PCI board and driver on a PC or a Sun PCI workstation: Set DIP switches on the board. Install the board.

  • Page 13: Installing The Board And Display

    This chapter explains how to unpack the board, enable or disable VGA mode, install the board, and connect the displays. Unpacking the Board Remove the RX/PCI board slowly from its package and static- shielding bag to protect it against electrostatic discharge. Static electricity can damage the board. When touching the...

  • Page 14: Setting Dip Switches On The Board

    Set the DIP switches to enable or disable VGA mode. See page 6 for instructions on setting the switches. Here, all switches are in the ON position for illustrative purposes. DIP switches on the RX/PCI board This table shows the setting options for switch S2. Switch S2 DIP Switch On a.

  • Page 15: Supporting Vga For Pcs

    To install more than one RX/PCI board, see “Installing multiple boards” on page 10. Disable VGA mode if the RX/PCI board is used with an existing VGA board or with multiple RX/PCI boards. Enable VGA if the RX/PCI board’s VGA port is used.
  • Page 16 6 | Installing the Board and Display To enable VGA mode Slide the DIP switches on switch S2 into the positions indicated in this table. DIP Switch To disable VGA mode Slide the DIP switches on switch S2 into the positions indicated in this table.

  • Page 17: Disabling Vga Mode For Sun Workstations

    Disabling VGA mode for Sun workstations The RX/PCI board cannot operate as a VGA board in a Sun PCI workstation, so you must disable VGA on the RX/PCI boards. Set switch S2 as follows. DIP Switch Setting Sun PCI: If you change the settings for switch S1, the new settings override the default display mode.

  • Page 18: Installing The Board

    To install the board Remove the blank bracket or backplate from the back of any available PCI slot. Insert the RX/PCI board firmly into the slot. Align the board connector pins with the slot. Press down until the board is firmly seated.
  • Page 19 Installing the Board | 9 Removing a blank bracket or backplate Installing an RX/PCI board Installed RX/PCI board...

  • Page 20: Installing Multiple Boards

    • Each board requires less than 5 amps of +5V. • For PCs, you must disable VGA mode on all but one RX/PCI board if multiple boards are in use. See “To disable VGA mode”...

  • Page 21: Connecting The Displays

    Connecting the Displays After you install the RX/PCI board, connect the displays to the board with the cable provided. To connect the displays to the board Attach the D-shell connector to the RX/PCI board. Secure the connection with the screws on the connector.
  • Page 22 12 | Installing the Board and Display To finish the installation Install the DOME Windows or Solaris driver after you install the RX/PCI board. To install this driver... Windows 2000 (also used by Windows XP) Windows NT Solaris See page...

  • Page 23: Windows 2000 Driver

    Install all DOME boards first, then restart your system before you install the driver initially. Installing the Windows 2000 Driver Windows XP: The RX/PCI board also supports the Windows XP operating system. To install the driver for an XP system, follow the Windows 2000 driver instructions, using your operating system.
  • Page 24 14 | Windows 2000 Driver Double-click Setup.exe. The Setup.exe file is an InstallShield Wizard that guides you through the installation process. Use the DOME setup function for all DOME installations. The initial display driver installation dialog box appears. Proceed through the installation (license agreement, readme files, and start copying files).
  • Page 25 Installing the Windows 2000 Driver | 15 The RX/PCI driver has not passed Windows XP: Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with the Windows XP operating system. XP users must click Continue Anyway on the Hardware Installation dialog box (equivalent to the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box) to continue the installation.
  • Page 26 End of Driver Installation dialog box appears upon completion. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now, and click Finish. Click Finish on the Maintenance Complete dialog box. The RX/PCI driver loads upon system restart. directory.
  • Page 27 If you leave the computer turned on, you might suffer electric shock or cause damage to both the computer components and the RX/PCI board. Disable VGA on the additional board, and install it following the precautions and installation steps on pages 8 to 10.
  • Page 28 Log on with administrator privileges. Right-click the desktop, and select Properties > Settings. Click the Display list and select Default Monitor on DOME RX/PCI, where X = 4 or 5. Select Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor, and click Apply.

  • Page 29: Configuring Display Settings

    Configuring Display Settings After you install the board and driver and set the default monitor and refresh rate, you can change the resolution and refresh rate or any other configuration options. Use this tab... DOME tab Properties > Settings tab The Windows 2000 or XP operating system renumbers and reassigns screens as they are added to the configuration.

  • Page 30: Using The Dome Tab To Change Display Properties

    Log on with administrator privileges. Right-click the desktop, and select Properties > Settings tab. The Settings tab appears. Select Default Monitor on DOME RX/PCI from the Display box. Make sure the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor box is checked.
  • Page 31 To change the resolution and refresh rate Select a resolution and refresh rate from the DOME tab, and click Apply. When you use the DOME tab to set the resolution and refresh rate for one of the displays of a dual-headed DOME display board, the second display will assume the same resolution and refresh rate.

  • Page 32: Setting Palette Options

    22 | Windows 2000 Driver To set monitor preferences To enable Pedestal, select Pedestal on the DOME tab. Refer to your monitor documentation for more information. To set driver options To disable DirectDraw, select Disable DirectDraw on the DOME tab. Setting palette options See Appendix B, “Palette Options for Windows Systems”...

  • Page 33: Uninstalling Dome Devices On Windows 2000

    Uninstalling DOME Devices on Windows 2000 You can uninstall DOME devices in either of two ways: • Uninstall single-headed DOME devices by using the Microsoft control panel. • Uninstall dual-headed DOME devices by clicking Uninstall DOME Device on the DOME tab, and then by removing the device through the Microsoft control panel.
  • Page 34 Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal dialog box. The Systems Settings Change dialog box appears. Click Yes to restart your computer. The device is now removed from Windows 2000. Turn off your computer after it restarts, and remove the RX/PCI board.

  • Page 35: Uninstalling A Dual-Headed Dome Device

    Uninstalling a dual-headed DOME device You must uninstall a dual-headed DOME device on a display-by-display basis. Uninstall the sister device first and the primary device second. The DOME control panel determines if you are uninstalling the devices in the proper order. To uninstall a device in the proper order Use the Uninstall DOME Device button on the DOME tab to begin uninstalling a dual-headed DOME device.
  • Page 36 26 | Windows 2000 Driver Click Display Adapters. A list of currently installed display devices appears. Highlight the adapter that is illustrated with the Display Warning icon. Right-click and choose Uninstall. Click OK in the Confirm Device Removal dialog box. The device is now removed from Windows 2000.

  • Page 37: Using Calibration Tqa On Windows 2000

    Uninstalling DOME Devices on Windows 2000 | 27 Using Calibration TQA on Windows 2000 DOME Calibration TQA 2.1 or later supports all combinations of bit depths and palette options currently supported by DOME drivers. You can run Calibration TQA 2.1 or later on a system that includes both DOME and other brands of boards.

  • Page 39: Windows Nt 4.0 Driver

    Windows NT 4.0 Driver Install all DOME boards first, then restart your system before you install the driver initially. Installing the Windows NT 4.0 Driver To install the driver Turn on the computer and select Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode]. Log on as administrator.
  • Page 40 30 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver The Settings tab appears. Click Display Type…. The Display Type dialog box appears. Click Change… in the Adapter Type section of the dialog box. The Change Display dialog box appears. Click Have Disk…. The Install From Disk dialog box appears, containing this field: Copy manufacturer’s files from: Insert the WINRX CD and browse to the...
  • Page 41 The Change Display dialog box appears, with these options: DOME imaging systems R4/PCI DOME imaging systems R5/PCI Select the desired driver, and click OK. The Third-party Drivers dialog box appears, prompting you: Do you wish to proceed? Click Yes. A progress bar appears. Then the Installing Driver dialog box appears with this message: The drivers were successfully installed.

  • Page 42: Configuring Display Settings

    32 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver Configuring Display Settings After you install the board and driver in your system, set the display resolution and refresh rate. You can then update any other configuration options. To set the display resolution and refresh rate Log on as administrator.
  • Page 43 The Detected Adapter dialog box appears. The dialog box on your screen displays the values that exist in your binary .cfg values displayed in this illustration. For information on editing these values, see “Customizing sync parameters for Windows NT” on page 68. Select the resolution and refresh rate, and click OK.
  • Page 44 “DOME large fonts” on page 40. Click OK. The display resolution is now set properly for the RX/PCI board. This message appears: Do you want to restart your computer now? Click No.

  • Page 45: Using The Dome Tab To Change Display Properties

    Click OK or Apply when you have selected all the new settings and want them to take effect. This message appears: Do you want to restart your computer now? Click Yes. The system prompts you to select an operating system. Select Windows NT Workstation 4.00 and then change your display settings as described in the next section.
  • Page 46 36 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver To use the DOME tab Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > DOME. The DOME tab appears. Select the desired display properties, and then click Apply. Restart your computer to display the changes. To use the DOME tab online help The Windows NT driver provides online context-sensitive help for the DOME tab.
  • Page 47 To change the resolution and refresh rate Highlight the desired resolution and refresh rate in the Resolution and Refresh Rate fields. Click Apply or OK. This dialog box appears, indicating that the new settings are being tested. Click OK within 15 seconds to accept the new settings. Ignore the message to revert to the original settings.

  • Page 48: Setting Palette Options

    DirectDraw applications expect the screen to be represented as a single element. If you are using multiple RX/PCI screens, more than one screen represents the desktop. With multiple displays representing the desktop, DirectDraw applications cannot access the entire desktop and may not work properly.
  • Page 49 Configuring Display Settings | 39 DirectDraw limited screen size Under the Windows NT 4.0 operating system, Build 1381, DirectDraw supports screen sizes only up to 2048 x 2048 pixels. DirectDraw applications may not work correctly with bigger screen sizes. Although DOME has tried to provide whatever support possible within this limitation, DOME cannot ensure DirectDraw compatibility with either multiple screens or a screen size greater than 2048 x 2048 pixels.

  • Page 50: Additional Display Settings

    40 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver Additional Display Settings This section describes additional display settings offered on the DOME tab. DOME large fonts The Windows NT 4.0 driver uses standard Windows fonts. The DOME driver supplements these fonts with three large fonts that support high-resolution display.
  • Page 51 To uninstall DOME large fonts Double-click My Computer > C: > DOME > Tools. A list of files appears. Double-click WinStand.reg. Click OK. Close all applications and windows. Restart your computer. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Appearance. Click the Scheme pull-down arrow, and select Windows Standard.

  • Page 52: To Customize Item And Font Size

    42 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver To customize item and font size Use the Display Properties dialog box to adjust both your system- and application-level font sizes to compensate for high-resolution display. You can also customize font appearance and icon, menu, and title bar size. This table provides recommended font and icon sizes for high-resolution displays.

  • Page 53: Dome Dlgfix Software

    DOME DlgFix software DOME DlgFix to the upper-left screen, preventing dialog boxes from splitting across screens. Dialog box splits across screens when DlgFix is not running Dialog box displays in upper-left screen when DlgFix is running DOME DlgFix automatically during Windows NT 4.0 driver installation. Additional Display Settings | 43 software automatically relocates all dialog boxes software is copied to...

  • Page 54: Dome Dpms Screen Saver For Windows Nt

    44 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver Limitations of DlgFix Because of limitations in the Windows NT operating system, DlgFix the Startup programs. The logon dialog boxes are still split between screens. To run DlgFix Type C:\dome\tools\DlgFix The DOME DlgFix To add DlgFix to the startup menu Type C:\dome\tools\DlgSetup Once you type this command,...
  • Page 55 How the screen saver works Like other Windows screen savers, the DOME DPMS Screen Saver is invoked after the system has received no user input for a specified number of minutes. Unlike other screen savers, how- ever, the DOME DPMS Screen Saver does not display anything on the screen itself.

  • Page 56: To Select The Dome Dpms Screen Saver

    46 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver To select the DOME DPMS Screen Saver Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display > Screen Saver. The Screen Saver tab appears. Select DOME DPMS Screen Saver. Set the Wait: field with the delay time until you want the first screen saver to appear.
  • Page 57 To set up the DOME DPMS Screen Saver Click Settings…. This dialog box appears. Select a Screen Saver from the list of available screen savers. The screen saver you select will appear on your display before DPMS power-off mode is invoked. You can select any of the other installed Windows screen savers to protect the display during that time.
  • Page 58 48 | Windows NT 4.0 Driver Use a 24-hour time format, such as 16:30 to indicate 4:30 p.m. This determines if or when power-off mode will be invoked for up to four different periods of the day. One period ends when the next period starts. Leave the start time for a period blank if you don’t want to use it.

  • Page 59: Solaris Driver

    Install all DOME boards before you install the driver initially. Then reboot your system. Installing the Solaris Driver Installing the RX/PCI driver for your Sun host requires about 500 KB of free space: • 200 KB in /kernel/drv • 100 KB in /usr/openwin/server/modules •...
  • Page 60 To do so, type DOMEr5pci is newer than that on the CD, do not remove it. Insert the DOME RX/PCI Solaris driver CD in the CD drive. Mount the CD device if the system does not automount it.
  • Page 61 Installing the Solaris Driver | 51 Messages appear, followed by this prompt: Do you want to continue with the installation of the package [y,n,?] Type Messages describe the progress of the installation. When the installation is complete, these messages appear: Installation of <DOMEmdlib>...

  • Page 62: Configuring Display Settings

    Using the default display mode DOME configures RX/PCI boards with default display modes before shipment. When you use the RX/PCI board as the boot console, you must connect the board to a display capable of using this default mode. See “Changing the Console” on page 65 for information about making the RX/PCI board the console This table shows the default display mode for each board.
  • Page 63 Edit the file to override the default display mode and OWconfig customize your configuration for both CDE and OpenWindows. This file exists in the /usr/openwin/server/etc /etc/openwin/server/etc the one in the /etc/openwin/server/etc To edit the OWconfig file When you install a new driver on your system, it overwrites the file in this directory: OWconfig file in the...

  • Page 64: Modifying The Owconfig File

    54 | Solaris Driver Modifying the OWconfig file This section explains the first example from the preceding sample code, line by line, and tells how to modify those lines to match the devices you are installing. class="XSCREENCONFIG" name="DOMEr5pci0Config" name You can alter it as long as you select a used for any other device="/dev/r5pci0.0"...
  • Page 65 board="r5pci-2hd.xqa" This line indicates that you are using two heads ( R5/PCI board ( ), and that the configuration of the board is r5pci located in the board file The board file is located in the directory. Do not modify this file. See the second code sample on page 53 for configuration for the second head.

  • Page 66: Using Visual Classes

    • TrueColor Static classes do not support the use of a modifiable colormap, but the corresponding dynamic classes do. The RX/PCI board has a default visual class of GrayScale. PseudoColor applications run only on displays with a visual class. You can configure the RX/PCI board to emulate...

  • Page 67: To Emulate A Pseudocolor Visual Class

    Using Visual Classes | 57 To emulate a PseudoColor visual class Start the X server using as the default visual class PseudoColor by adding to the command defclass PseudoColor openwin and to the file. Xservers For example, for a one-headed system using the R5/PCI board, type: openwin -dev /dev/r5pci0.0 defclass PseudoColor For a two-headed system using the R5/PCI board, type:...
  • Page 68 58 | Solaris Driver MIT-SHM Multi-Buffering XInputExtension XInputDeviceEvents XTEST MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD SUN_DGA Adobe-DPS-Extension DPSExtension X3D-PEX default screen number: number of screens: screen #0: dimensions: 1152x900 pixels (325x254 millimeters) resolution: 90x90 dots per inch depths (2): 1, 8 root window id: 0x29 depth of root window: 8 planes number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1 default colormap: 0x21...
  • Page 69 Using Visual Classes | 59 visual id: 0x24 class: GrayScale depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 256 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits visual: visual id: 0x25 class: StaticColor depth: 8 planes size of colormap: 256 entries red, green, blue masks: 0x7, 0x38, 0xc0 significant bits in color specification: 8 bits...

  • Page 70: Configuring The Windowing Environment

    60 | Solaris Driver Configuring the Windowing Environment Once you have set the display mode, configure your system to run either the OpenWindows or CDE windowing environment. To run OpenWindows For a one-headed system, type: openwin -dev /dev/r5pci0.0 For a two-headed system, type: openwin -dev /dev/r5pci0.0 -dev /dev/r5pci0.1 Each screen has a name of the form: /dev/r5pciy.z...

  • Page 71: To Configure Cde

    To configure CDE If you are using CDE as your windowing environment, configure it for your R5/PCI board as described below. CDE defaults to using a single framebuffer associated with , the boot console. To change the startup /dev/fb configuration, copy the /etc/dt/config/Xservers This file contains mostly comments, but the last line is the command line used to start the X server and bring up CDE.

  • Page 72: Using The Dpms Screen Saver With Cde

    62 | Solaris Driver Using the DPMS Screen Saver with CDE When you are running Solaris 2.5.1 or later, CDE allows you to enable a Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) screen saver. DPMS provides a standard way to manage the power used by your display.
  • Page 73 The Style Manager – Screen dialog box appears. Click On in the Screen Saver field to turn on a screen saver. Select Blank Screen from the list of screen savers at the left. If you select any screen saver other than or in addition to Blank Screen, the system does not invoke DPMS.
  • Page 74 64 | Solaris Driver Remember these tips when you set the screen saver: • During times that you are using the display frequently, make sure you set the Screen Saver field to Off. This setting ensures that the display does not invoke DPMS, which means that you do not have to wait for the display to stabilize when you begin to use it again.

  • Page 75: Changing The Console

    Changing the Console The console appears on the first head on the first board in the system’s probe list by default. You can change the console with pci-probe-list change the console without changing the probe list, change the output-device Use the To use the setenv command Power on or halt the system to get to the Type:...

  • Page 77: Appendix A: Resolutions And Refresh Rates

    This appendix lists the RX/PCI resolutions and refresh rates for PCs and Sun PCI workstations. Resolutions and Refresh Rates for PCs The resolutions and refresh rates available for the R5/PCI and R4/PCI boards in PCs are listed in this table.

  • Page 78: Customizing Sync Parameters For Windows Nt

    68 | Appendix A Customizing sync parameters for Windows NT You can customize sync parameters for the Windows NT operating system. If your customized file contains errors, the display may appear blank. DOME strongly advises that you always make a backup copy of the original changes to them.

  • Page 79: Customizing Sync Parameters For Windows 2000 Or Xp

    Resolutions and Refresh Rates | 69 Customizing sync parameters for Windows 2000 or XP You can customize sync parameters for the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system. To set custom syncs Right-click the desktop, and select Properties > Settings tab > Advanced >...
  • Page 80 70 | Appendix A The mode changes you make are stored in a the driver loads the original modes” on page 72 for more information. To customize or add modes If necessary, connect a display to your installed DOME board. Return to the Settings tab and select the test display from the Display list.
  • Page 81 If your edits result in a new mode (that is, the X, Y, BPP, and refresh rate is not already included in the configuration file), the control panel adds the new mode to the If your edits result in a refresh rate that matches the whole- number value of an existing refresh rate for an existing resolution, the mode corresponding to the new refresh rate overwrites the mode corresponding to the existing refresh...
  • Page 82 72 | Appendix A Restoring the original modes You can restore your original mode settings after you have modified the configuration. This list provides important informa- tion about restoring the original modes: • The original configuration is stored in a make changes that affect the configuration (such as adding, deleting, or modifying syncs), the system writes the changes to .dom...

  • Page 83: Resolutions And Refresh Rates For Sun Pci Workstations

    Resolutions and Refresh Rates for Sun PCI Workstations The resolution and refresh rates available for the R4/PCI and R5/PCI boards in Sun PCI workstations are listed in this table. Preadjusted Timing Name Grayscale Monitors (monitor="domegray.vda") "2048x2560 @ 71Hz" "2560x2048 @ 69Hz" "2048x2560 @ 76Hz"...

  • Page 84: Setting Switch S1 On Sun Pci Workstations

    74 | Appendix A Setting switch S1 on Sun PCI workstations The default settings for switch S1, located below switch S2, are all OFF. When you change this default setting, switch S1 overrides the default display mode programmed on the board. See “Using the default display mode”...

  • Page 85: Appendix B: Palette Options For Windows Systems

    Palette Options for Windows Systems In Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0 systems, the DOME RX/PCI board supports these palette options in addition to the color palette: • Dynamic gray • Nonlinear static gray • Static gray In the Palette Options field of the DOME tab, use the pull-down menu to select a palette.
  • Page 86 76 | Appendix B This illustration shows the assignment of values on the grayscale palettes. Grayscale palettes All DOME boards that support multiple displays also support differing palette options on multiple screens attached to the same board. Palette options with multiple displays functions in the SelectPalette RealizePalette...

  • Page 87: Desktop Icons

    Desktop icons The palette specifications of the primary display determine how desktop icons are drawn. For example, the desktop icons appear gray on a color screen if the primary display is set to a gray palette. The following table lists the palette options available on primary and secondary displays.
  • Page 88 78 | Appendix B Nonlinear static gray palette The nonlinear static gray palette sets the first and last 10 palette entries to gray-mapped Windows colors. The middle 236 entries are ramped in ascending order, excluding the first and last 10 palette entries. Windows applications that use the first and last 10 palette entries as Windows colors display correctly on the screen.

  • Page 89: Color Palette

    Palette Options for Windows Systems | 79 To run DOME calibration software with the static gray palette, use Calibration TQA 2.0.3 or later. Applications cannot set the static gray palette. They must read the palette from the operating system and use it when drawing directly to the framebuffer.

  • Page 91: Appendix C: Troubleshooting For Windows 2000

    Windows 2000 or XP Troubleshooting If you have display problems with the RX/PCI board and driver, try these troubleshooting tips. Uninstalling the sister device Use the DOME tab to begin uninstalling the sister device for a dual-headed board. If you click Uninstall DOME Device to...

  • Page 92: Uninstalling A Single-Headed Board

    82 | Appendix C Uninstalling a single-headed board Use Administrative Tools in the Windows control panel to uninstall a single-headed DOME display board. If you do try to uninstall a single-headed board by clicking Uninstall DOME Device on the DOME tab, this dialog box appears: This message also appears if you try to uninstall the initial display of a dual-headed device through the DOME tab after you have uninstalled its sister device.

  • Page 93: Impaired Screen Resolution

    Impaired screen resolution If one screen of a dual-headed board looks strange after you change another screen’s resolution, make sure the sister displays have the same resolution settings by doing one of the following: • Boot into VGA mode and change settings on one screen to match the other.

  • Page 95: Index

    Index board installation – resolutions and refresh rates See also multiple boards, installing boot Calibration TQA DPMS screen saver changing console for Sun color palette Common Desktop Environment. See CDE configuring CDE on Sun – display for Solaris display for Windows 2000 display for Windows NT OpenWindows on Sun connecting displays...
  • Page 96 86 | Index dual-headed board impaired screen resolution – uninstalling dynamic gray palette electrostatic discharge, minimizing emulating pseudocolor enabling – VGA for PC video pedestal errors, troubleshooting in Windows – 2000 extending life of display fixing dialog boxes split between screens fonts large...
  • Page 97 running OpenWindows screen determining assignments See also display screen resolution, impaired with dual-headed board screen saver – Solaris – Windows NT setenv command setting custom syncs for – Windows 2000 custom syncs for Windows NT – DIP switches in PC DIP switches in Sun fonts for high-resolution display –...
  • Page 98 88 | Index Windows 2000 driver additional boards calibration with changing resolution and refresh rate configuring display settings – custom syncs desktop icons determining screen assignments – installing – palette options setting display resolution troubleshooting – uninstalling DOME board updating Windows NT driver additional boards changing resolution and...

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