Barco KVD User manual

User’s manual
BARCO WALL CONTROL MANAGER
OVD/KVD/IVD
R591337

Barco Wall Control Manager, Current Version
Title: BARCO WALL CONTROL MANAGER OVD/KVD/IVD – User’s Manual
ID-no.: R591337
Revision: 04
Date: March-2016
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Guarantee and Compensation
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tee. On receipt, the purchaser must immediately inspect all delivered goods for damage incurred during
transport, as well as for material and manufacturing faults. BARCO must be informed immediately in writing of
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the date of commissioning, at the latest 30 days after the transfer of risks. In the event of justified notice of
complaint, BARCO can repair the fault or provide a replacement at its own discretion within an appropriate peri-
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the intent or gross negligence on the part of 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. Not included in the guarantee coverage are system failures which are at-
tributed to programs or special electronic circuitry provided by the purchaser, e. g. interfaces. Normal wear as
well as normal maintenance are not subject to the guarantee provided by BARCO either.
The environmental conditions as well as the servicing and maintenance regulations specified in this manual must
be complied with by the customer.
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Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Styles and Symbols ........................................................................................................................................ 8
2 Barco Wall Control Manager in a nutshell............................................................................................ 9
3 Network integration ........................................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Video wall subnet: assigning IP addresses .................................................................................................13
3.1.1 Short term IP addresses ......................................................................................................................13
3.1.2 Permanent IP addresses......................................................................................................................14
3.2 Green BCM Client interface ..........................................................................................................................16
3.2.1 Configuring the CLIENT interface.........................................................................................................18
3.3 Connecting to the Green BCM...................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.1 Connecting via the WALL interface (video wall subnet).................................................................... 19
3.3.2 Connecting via the CLIENT interface ...................................................................................................19
4 Green BCM web interface................................................................................................................... 21
4.1 Launching the Green BCM web interface....................................................................................................21
4.2 Green BCM Client..........................................................................................................................................22
4.3 Green BCM Services......................................................................................................................................23
4.4 Admin............................................................................................................................................................24
4.5 System ..........................................................................................................................................................26
4.5.1 Settings ................................................................................................................................................26
4.5.2 System: Time ....................................................................................................................................... 27
4.6 Network ........................................................................................................................................................28
4.7 Wall DHCP .....................................................................................................................................................29
4.8 Devices.......................................................................................................................................................... 31
4.9 Remote Power Supply..................................................................................................................................31
5 Barco Wall Control Manager Client application ................................................................................. 33
5.1 System requirements...................................................................................................................................33
5.2 Launching the client application..................................................................................................................33
5.3 Overview.......................................................................................................................................................34
5.4 Setting up a video wall in Barco Wall Control Manager Client...................................................................35
5.4.1 Dashboard of a wall............................................................................................................................. 41
5.4.2 Dashboard of a display........................................................................................................................41
6 Controlling and managing an OVD/KVD/IVD display wall................................................................ 45
6.1 Switching on/idle.........................................................................................................................................47
6.2 Input..............................................................................................................................................................49
6.3 Color ..............................................................................................................................................................51
6.4 Brightness.....................................................................................................................................................53
6.5 Contrast.........................................................................................................................................................54
6.6 Manage ......................................................................................................................................................... 55
6.7 Settings .........................................................................................................................................................55
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7 Replacing a display in a display wall ................................................................................................. 57
8 Controlling a WSM-200 with gBCM .................................................................................................... 59
8.1 Configuration for startup............................................................................................................................. 59
8.2 Configuration for shutdown .........................................................................................................................60
8.2.1 User account ........................................................................................................................................ 60
8.2.2 Installation of an SSH server ...............................................................................................................61
9 Contact ................................................................................................................................................ 69
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1. Introduction
1Introduction
This chapter explains the used typographic styles and symbols. Safety information is provided concerning the
operation of computer systems from Barco.
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1. Introduction
1.1 Styles and Symbols
The typographic styles and the symbols used in this document have the following meaning:
Bold Labels, menus and buttons are printed in Bold font.
Condensed Links to both other chapters of this manual and to sites in the Internet are printed
condensed. In the on-line version of this manual all hyperlinks appear teal.
Courier
Names of files and parts from programs are printed in the
Courier
font.
Courier bold
Inputs you are supposed to do from the keyboard are printed in
Courier bold
font.
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.
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2. Barco Wall Control Manager in a nutshell
2Barco Wall Control Manager in a nutshell
Barco Wall Control Manager software is a server/client application to manage and control Barco large display
walls.
The server runs on dedicated hardware, the Green BCM. The Green BCM is a wall router and the gateway to
launch the client application.
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3. Network integration
3Network integration
The software for monitoring and controlling displays over the LAN is called Barco Wall Control Manager. Barco
Wall Control Manager software is a client/server application.
Barco Wall Control Manager service runs on the Barco Wall Control Manager wall router (Green BCM). The Green
BCM comes with the Barco Wall Control Manager software already installed.
The Green BCM wall router has two network interfaces, WALL and CLIENT.
The WALL interface is configured as DHCP server and has the fixed IP address 172.29.1.1.
Benefits of DHCP server configuration with fixed IP address:
Any device connected to the DHCP server automatically gets a (short term) IP address.
A PC connected to the DHCP server (i.e. the network cable is plugged into one of the LAN
switches of the video wall) can connect to and launch the Green BCM web page. This
allows easy configuration of the devices of the video wall.
The CLIENT interface comes with the fixed IP address 192.168.10.1 and is set for manual configuration. The net-
work configuration of the CLIENT interface allows integrating the Green BCM into the customer network thus
allowing any PC/Laptop/workstation in the customer network to connect to the Green BCM and to run the Green
BCM client application to monitor and control the displays.
The Barco Wall Control Manager software enables communication to the WALL network via the CLIENT interface.
Before integrating the Green BCM into a customer network it is recommended to configure the video wall sub-
net. This is a private subnet in the range 172.29.x.y.
The drawing below shows the general network setup. The displays are in a private "wall subnet" controlled by
the Green BCM. Via the client interface of the respective Green BCM, connection to the customer network (Busi-
ness LAN) is established.
Make sure to use cables with shielding of type S-FTP or S-STP when connecting the display
to the network!
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After completion of the LAN cabling, power on the Green BCM: Since its WALL interface is configured as DHCP
server all connected devices automatically receive a (short term) IP address which is the basis for the configura-
tion of the system.
OVD/KVD/IVD displays have two LAN interfaces. It is recommended to setup the wall
subnet using LAN1 and keep LAN2 for future use.
Each of the LAN interfaces have a (different) MAC address … thus one display features two
MAC addresses.
Therefore for identification of the display the serial number is used which is unique for the
display and constant over life time.
LAN1 of the display is connected to the WALL interface of the Green BCM Box! This is the
only supported configuration!
A display MUST NOT be connected via LAN1 to WALL interface of Green BCM Box and via
LAN2 to CLIENT interface of Green BCM Box!
A display MUST NOT be connected via LAN1 to WALL interface of one Green BCM Box and
via LAN2 to WALL interface of a second Green BCM Box!
In case you think of additional ways of connecting a display be aware that these are NOT
supported!
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3.1 Video wall subnet: assigning IP addresses
3.1.1 Short term IP addresses
Without any manual intervention, the Green BCM DHCP server assigns every device connected to the video wall
subnet (WALL interface) the next free IP address. These IP addresses are in the range 172.29.128.x. They are
valid as long as the device is connected to the subnet but are released approx. 1 hour after disconnection.
The initial setup and configuration of a video wall is done by a PC / Laptop connected to the video wall subnet.
Since also this PC gets an IP address of the Green BCM DHCP server this PC as a member of the same subnet can
connect to the Green BCM server and allows configuring the wall network.
In case the PC/laptop is not connected to the video wall subnet (LAN switch of the video
wall), it needs to be connected to the interface labeled Client, cf. Green BCM Client interface
Temporary IP addresses are assigned in the sequence the devices are connected to the
network.
If you want to control the IP address assigment switch on the respective devices one by
one, in the desired sequence.
The assignment of the IP addresses can be seen on the web page of Green BCM, page Wall
DHCP. The IP addresses show up in the section short term IP address.
To launch the web page, connect a PC/Laptop to the LAN switch of the display wall.
On the PC/Laptop, launch Internet Explorer.
In its address bar, enter the URL of the Green BCM http://172.29.1.1
The web page of Green BCM opens.
On the left navigation bar, select Devices.
Click on the Search button to populate the page or to update the page, respectively.
It is strongly recommended to assign a permanent IP addresses to the displays. This allows
launching the web interface of a display from the Green BCM client application (using the
link of the IP address shown in the dashboard of a display, cf. 5.4.2 Dashboard of a display
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3.1.2 Permanent IP addresses
The section below descibes the method prior BCM 6.3.
Starting with BCM 6.3, assigning permant IP addresses in a structured way is supported in
the BCM client.
It is recommended to use this functionality, cf.5.4 Setting up a video wall in Barco Wall Control
Manager Client!
Only devices with a short term IP address can be assigned a permanent IP address.
It is recommended to restrict permanent IP addresses to the displays of a video wall.
Any device (represented by its MAC address) which is listed in the section Short Term IP table on the page Wall
DHCP of Green BCM can get a permanent IP address.
Permanent IP addresses are in the range 172.29.10.x.
Click the checkbox(es) to select the desired device(s).
Click on Permanent.
The device will show up in the section DHCP Permanent IP table.
The device will get the next free IP address of the valid address range (172.29.10.x)
Click All to transfer all devices of the Short-term IP table into the Permanent IP Table. The
sequence of the permanent IP addresses will be accordingly the sequence of the short
term IP addresses (i.e. the device with the lowest short term IP address will receive the
first free permanent IP address and so on).
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The addresses in the DCHP Permanent IP table are only valid / active after they had been
added to the DHCP server configuration table and after the DHCP server has been
restarted.
Restarting the DHCP server is done by clicking Apply on the page Wall DHCP.
The command Add inserts a new blank record into the permanent IP table. This allows entering the MAC address
and the IP address from scratch.
The command Delete removes a record from the permanent IP table.
Add and Delete affect the table on the web page only.
The entries of the table are written to the DHCP server configuration table only in case Apply has been clicked.
This command restarts the DHCP server. A request to reboot the projection modules is displayed.
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3.2 Green BCM Client interface
The LAN interface labeled CLIENT on the Green BCM comes with the static IP address 192.168.10.1.
If the PC/Laptop is not a member of the video wall subnet (i.e. connected to the LAN switch of the video wall),
the PC/Laptop to configure and control Green BCM needs to connect to the interface of Green BCM via its inter-
face labeled CLIENT.
Therefore the PC / Laptop needs to get a static IP address in the same address range, e.g. 192.168.10.2.
Connect a PC to the CLIENT interface of Green BCM via a network cable.
Make sure that the PC is running.
Windows 7:
Select Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections
With the respective adapter selected, click on Change settings of this connection.
On the dialog, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
Click Properties.
Make sure to select Use the following IP address and enter IP address, subnet mask and gateway:
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Click OK to activate the new settings and to close the dialog.
Also close the properties dialog and the Network Connection window.
Now the PC/Laptop is properly connected to the CLIENT interface of Green BCM and can communicate with Green
BCM., for example assigning permanent IP addresses to the projection modules, cf. Permanent IP addresses
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3. Network integration
3.2.1 Configuring the CLIENT interface
Configuring of the client interface is done on the page Network of Green BCM, section Client Network.
Leaving factory, the CLIENT IP address is set to 192.168.10.1.; and Configure Green BCM is set to Manually.
In case the CLIENT interface needs to be accessible at a different static IP address, enter the desired IP address
and adjust Subnet Mask and Gateway accordingly.
Click on Apply to apply the new settings. In case the PC/Laptop is connected to Green BCM
via the CLIENT interface, and in case the new static IP address is in a different address
range than the previous one, the PC/Laptop won't be able to connect to Green BCM any
longer. To re-establish connection, the IP address of the PC/Laptop also needs to be
adjusted.
The CLIENT interface can also be configured as DHCP client of the customer network (business LAN).
If Configure Green BCM is set to Using DHCP no more parameters need to be set.
In case Configure Green BCM is set to Using DHCP, this interface needs to be connected to a DHCP server (cus-
tomer network, business LAN).
All PCs/Laptops connected to the same network (DHCP server) can communicate with
Green BCM.
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3.3 Connecting to the Green BCM
3.3.1 Connecting via the WALL interface (video wall subnet)
Every PC / Laptop connected to the video wall subnet can connect to Green BCM like this:
•On the PC, launch Internet Explorer.
•In its address bar, enter the URL of Green BCM WALL interface, http://172.29.1.1
3.3.2 Connecting via the CLIENT interface
The Barco Wall Control Manager software enables communication to the WALL network via
the CLIENT interface.
Every PC / Laptop connected to the CLIENT interface of Green BCM and knowing the IP address of the CLIENT
interface of Green BCM can connect to Green BCM like this:
(First assign the PC / Laptop an IP address in the same address range (factory IP address of Green BCM CLIENT
interface: 192.168.10.2)
•On the PC, launch Internet Explorer.
•In its address bar, enter the URL of Green BCM CLIENT interface.
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