Barco Coronis 5MP Mammo Technical manual

Online User Guide
Coronis 5MP Mammo

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Table of contents
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Table of contents
Using the online User Guide...................................................4
Sources of information ............................................................. 4
User interface............................................................................ 4
Graphic board control panel ...................................................6
Languages supported ............................................................... 6
Barco Driver Properties............................................................. 7
Advanced properties for MXRT controller................................ 9
Advanced Properties for BarcoMed Coronis or
BarcoMed Nio ......................................................................... 14
Configuring the Windows desktop......................................... 19
Display information .............................................................20
Precautions.............................................................................. 20
Display controls....................................................................... 22
On-screen display (OSD)......................................................... 25
Switching Power LED on/off .................................................. 31
Switching DPMS on/off .......................................................... 32
Changing Display Functions ................................................... 32
Barco web sites ....................................................................37

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Using the online User Guide
Sources of information
Overview of product documentation
User interface
Items in the navigation frame:
Document Content
Quick install sheet
(poster in box)
Gives a short overview of the installa-
tion of a complete system.
Getting started guide
(booklet in box)
Gives a detailed description of the
installation and connection of a com-
plete system.
Online user guide
(html file installed on PC)
Gives a detailed description of how to
operate the display using its local con-
trols and on-screen display (OSD). This
document is to be consulted on screen.
User manual
(PDF file on CD-ROM)
Contains the same information as the
online user guide, but is laid-out for
printing.
Item Description
Contents Shows the complete content of the help
system.
Index Shows the available help topic entries in
alphabetic order.
Search Allows to search for a particular entry in
the help system.

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Graphic board control panel
This chapter describes how to configure the displays in your BARCO
CORONIS 5MP MAMMO Display System using the tools available through
the Advanced button on the Settings tab of the Windows Display
Control Panel.
Note: If you purchased Barco Medical Displays only and not a
complete BARCO CORONIS 5MP MAMMO Display System you will
need to refer to the user manual for the display controller you
are using.
Languages supported
The BarcoMed tabs support the following languages:
English (U.S) (default)
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Spanish
Note: To change between the languages select the correct
region via the Regional Settings Control Panel in your machine’s
Start > Settings > Control Panel.

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Barco Driver Properties
Accessing the Barco tab
Note: You must have logged on to Windows using an account
with administrator privileges in order to use the Barco portions
of the Windows Display Control Panel to change any display
settings.
1. Open the Windows Display Control Panel by one of the methods
below:
a) Start > Settings > Control Panel > Display
b) Open the “Display Properties Control Panel” by right
clicking in an empty area on the desktop, then select
Properties.
c) Windows Vista: Right click in an empty area on the
desktop, select “Personalization”, then click on“Display
Settings”.
2. Click on the Settings tab (The Settings tab is not present in
Vista).
3. Select the rectangle that represents the BARCO CORONIS 5MP
MAMMO Display whose settings you wish to change.
4. Click on the Advanced Settings button.
5. Select the Barco tab from the Properties screen.
Using the Barco tab
The Barco tab is divided into three sections. The first section provides
information about the graphics controller and allows access to the
graphics controller advanced configuration pages. The second section
provides information about the display. The bottom section allows
access to two Barco tools, Barco System Report and MediCal QAWeb.
Also, there is a active link to the Barco Medical Imaging Systems web
site.

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Figure 1: Ex: Barco Tab
Display Information
Name: Displays the model name of the display.
Serial Number: Displays the serial number of the display.
Backlight LifeTime: This is the amount of time in hours that the
backlight has been on. The backlight will typically last a very long
time, but will only be able to hold the recommended calibrated
luminance for a certain amount of time, after which time it will
become slowly dimmer.
Barco system report
The Barco System Report, also known as BarcoMed SelfExam, is a
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installed in your system. This information is used by the Barco MIS
Support team when trying to resolve customer issues.
MediCal QAWeb
Clicking on the QA Web button will launch the MediCal QAWeb
application. Please refer to the MediCal QAWeb manual for
information about this application.
Advanced properties for MXRT controller
To access the advanced properties configuration pages for the display
controller(s) for your BARCO CORONIS 5MP MAMMO Display System, click
on the Advanced button in the Graphics Device Information section.
There are several pages accessible from the advanced configuration
button. They are:
• Barco Adapter Configuration
• OpenGL
• Direct3D
• Rotation (when supported)
•Details
• OpenGL Profiles
Barco Adapter Configuration
The Barco Adapter Configuration page allows you to switch between
the following monitor configurations and display options for the
displays connected to a Barco MXRT controller:
Display Layout
• DualView
Both displays are enabled independent of each other.
• SingleView
A single large desktop spans across both displays.

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•Clone
The primary display is cloned to the secondary display.
Color Format
• 24-Bit TrueColor Mode
• 30-Bit TrueColor Mode (HDR)
Display Resolution
• Sets display resolution for 1 or 2 displays.
Note: To switch out of SingleView or Clone mode, the
buttons in this Control Panel page must be used. The main
Windows Control Panel cannot be used. Depending on your
system, certain configurations can be disabled.
Note: Clone Mode is supported for two color displays or
projectors in 32bpp. Clone mode is not supported on grayscale
displays. Also, HDR is not supported while in Clone Mode.
When choosing Clone Mode under the Barco Adapter
Configuration page, if two displays are enabled, then the larger
of the two current resolutions will be used. If only one of the
two displays is enabled, the enabled displayís current resolution
will be used.
When the resolution set for clone mode is larger then the
maximum supported on a display, the resolution set on the
Master will automatically be scaled to maximum resolution of
the Cloned display. If the Scale to Display Preferred Mode is
checked, the maximum resolution will be the EDID preferred
mode. If it is unchecked, then it will be the largest mode in the
Cloned displays mode list. Clone mode can only be exited
through the Barco Adapter Configuration page in the Barco
Advanced Control Panel.
Note: Not all options are available at all times. Please select
the help tips in the driver software for more information.

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OpenGL and Direct3D
The OpenGL and Direct3D pages of the Advanced Properties page are
divided into two sections: Main Settings and Custom Settings.
Main Settings
In the Main Settings section there is a slider bar which allows the user
to adjust the OpenGL or Direct3D settings for optimum performance,
optimum quality or for a point in between. There is also a checkbox
provided for enabling Custom Settings.
Custom Settings
Note: Barco recommends that you use the default settings,
unless your viewing application vendor provides detailed
information on custom settings.
In the Custom Settings section the user can fine tune the following
options:
• Anisotropic filtering
• SMOOTHVISION
• Wait for Vertical Sync
Anisotropic Filtering
Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces
that have three-dimensional perspective and fade away into the
background. It works best when used in conjunction with
Mipmapping.
Anisotropic filtering can be set to favor either an increase in system
processing performance or improved image quality.
Note: If you are unsure how to configure anisotropic filtering,
use the Application Preference option. Your display will
automatically adjust to the application’s requirements.

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Please refer to the on-line help (click on the “?” in the control panel’s
openGL tab) for more information on using advanced features such as
Anisotropic Filtering.
SMOOTHVISION
The Advanced Settings tab enables you to apply ATI’s SMOOTHVISION
technology for full-scene anti-aliasing. SMOOTHVISION improves
image quality by removing jagged edges (anti-aliasing) from 3D
images, resulting in smoother, more natural looking objects.
Please refer to the on-line help for more information on using
advanced features such as SMOOTHVISION.
Wait for Vertical Sync:
• For OpenGL the default setting is Default Off.
• For Direct3D the default setting is Application Preference.
Please refer to the on-line help for more information on using
advanced features such as Wait for Vertical Sync.
Rotation
The Rotation page is visible only when the display connected to the
current (active) head of your Barco MXRT display controller does not
support rotation internally. The Rotation feature allows the user to
rotate the Windows desktop to match the physical orientation of the
display.
(Device) Details
The Details page provides detailed information about the display
controller connected to the active display. This information is useful in
debugging issues that may occur when using your BARCO CORONIS 5MP
MAMMO Display(s).

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OpenGL Profiles
The Configuration page enables you to customize display profiles for
individual applications. Typically, you would change these settings for
one or more of the following reasons:
• Diagnostic purposes.
• Fine-tuning a specific application/system configuration.
• Specific settings recommended by your hardware or software
documentation.
• Tuning your application/system environment for best
performance and memory usage.
Activating a configuration profile
The Configuration Profiles list box displays a number of common
applications whose optimal configuration profile are factory-set by
default.
To activate a particular profile, select the application name from the
list and click Apply. This will add the information to the necessary
Windows registry settings. If prompted, restart Windows.
If you subsequently experience problems with your application, or if
you want to try to optimize the performance of your system on
specific applications, modify your configuration settings accordingly.
Adding a new application profile
Click the Add button in the Configuration Profiles section and enter
the name of the new application for which you want to set the
configuration parameters.
Modifying the configuration parameters
To change the configuration settings of a specific application, select
the name of that application from the Configuration Profiles list box.
Click the Modify button. Now select or clear the rest of the

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configuration controls on this tabbed dialog to obtain the desired
display parameters for the selected application.
To remove the selected configuration profile completely, select the
name of the application from the Configuration Profiles list box and
click Delete.
Note: You cannot delete the factory-set configuration profiles.
Click the Apply or OK button to enable your Configuration settings.
Advanced Properties for BarcoMed Coronis or
BarcoMed Nio
Palette modes
From the Barco Drawing Modes tab you can select one of four
palette modes.
• Color to Gray compatibility
• User Modifiable Color Palette
• Static Gray Palette including standard system colors
• Static Gray Palette with NO system colors
User Modifiable Color Palette
This option allows applications to modify the palette contents
dynamically. As indicated in figure 2, this mode reserves the first 10
and last 10 entries in the palette for the Windows operating system,
but applications can manipulate the middle 236 entries. This is the
standard palette mode as configured by Windows.

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Figure 2: User Modifiable Palette
Note: If you are unsure whether or not your application
requires this “User Modifiable Color” mode, contact your
application provider.
Static Gray Palette including standard system colors
This option sets the palette to be a static set of 256 gray values.
Applications are denied the ability to dynamically change or allocate
palette entries. This prevents palette conflicts between applications,
which can cause image color values to appear distorted in the
background application.
As shown in figure 3, the 20 standard system colors are converted
from RGB to gray values. The rest of the 236 entries from index 10 to
245 contain the missing gray values so that the palette has the full
256 gray values within it.
Figure 3: Static Gray Palette with system colors
Note: If you are unsure whether or not your application
requires this “Static Gray Palette with System colors” mode,
contact your application provider.
Static Gray Palette with NO system colors
This option sets the palette to be a static linear ramp of 256 shades of
gray. Therefore, applications are denied the ability to dynamically
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between applications, which can cause image color values to appear
distorted in the background application.
As shown in figure 4, each of the 256 entries in the palette has an
RGB value of (i, i, i) where i is the index from 0 to 255.
Figure 4: Static Gray Palette with NO system colors
If you wish to use a static gray palette we recommend using the
“Static Gray Palette including Standard System Colors” option instead
of this one. This is due to the fact that some applications assume that
the first and last 10 entries of the palette are the standard system
colors. In this palette mode, these entries are made up from entries in
the bottom or the top of the gray ramp.
Note: If you are unsure whether or not your application
requires this “Static Gray Palette with NO System colors” mode,
contact your application provider.
More information about Palette Modes is available through the
on-line help.
Drawing Modes
In the Drawing Mode section you can choose from the following
Drawing Modes. If any of the options in this section are grayed out,
then they are not available for the model controller with which you
are working.
Enable DirectDraw
This option allows the user to enable or disable DirectDraw.
DirectDraw is a software interface that provides direct access to
display devices while maintaining compatibility with the Windows
graphics device interface (GDI). DirectDraw is enabled by default.

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More information about DirectDraw is available through the on-
line help.
Enable Dithering
This option allows the user to enable or disable dithering. Dithering is
a technique for increasing the perceived range of colors in an image
at the cost of spatial resolution.
Note: This option is only available when the User Modifiable
Palette mode is selected. If either the Static Gray Palette
including Standard System Colors mode or the Static Gray
Palette with NO System colors mode is selected, the “Enable
Dithering” check box will be grayed-out, and dithering will be
automatically disabled.
Disable 10-bit grayscale
Use this option for standard Windows®-based applications that
require 8-bit color support (256 colors), such as Internet Explorer,
Excel, etc.
Do not use this option for applications that require 10-bit pixel
support (1024 simultaneous shades of gray) and use extended depth
graphic libraries such as WinBarco.
Description of 10-bit grayscale: To show 1024 simultaneous
shades of gray all BarcoMed “H” series display controllers, such
as the BarcoMed 5MP2FH, BarcoMed Coronis or BarcoMed
Coronis 5MP for example, run in extended depth (10-bit) mode
by default.
Implications: When turned on the “Disable Extended Depth”
option causes a BarcoMed Coronis display controller to run in
8-bit mode, which results in increased performance since the
frame buffer is set to run with 8-bit pixels. While this option may
be used with applications that normally require 10-bit support,
there will be a loss of pixel depth, i.e. 256 shades of gray
instead of 1024 simultaneous shades of gray.

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Disable RGB To Static Gray Color Translation
Select Disable RGB To Static Gray Color Translation if you wish to have
RGB values equally weighted, with 1/3 each. When not selected, then
the International Commission on Illumination (CIE – Commission
Internationale de I’Eclairage) model will be adapted, which weights
the colors as 59% Green, 30% Red, 11% Blue.
Monitor Configuration
The Monitor configuration page allows you to switch between the
following monitor configurations for the displays connected to a
BarcoMed controller:
• SingleView
A single large desktop spans across both displays.
• DualView
Both displays are enabled independent of each other.
Graphics Board
Update Firmware... Button: Clicking this button will launch the
BarcoMed Hardware Configuration utility. This program allows the user
to flash update the firmware stored in the ROM of the currently
selected BarcoMed display controller. The BarcoMed Hardware
Configuration utility is implemented in a Wizard format, which guides
the user through the flash update procedure. The user will be
prompted to select a firmware update file to use for the update
process. This file will be provided by Barco Medical Imaging Systems if
and when a firmware update is required.
Device Details
From the Device Details tab you can access the Device Details page,
which provides detailed information about the display controller
connected to the active display. This information is useful in
debugging issues that may occur when using your MDMG-5121(s).

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Configuring the Windows desktop
Note: If you are using a color display in conjunction with your
Barco grayscale display(s) you should configure your desktop
before setting the resolution of your Barco grayscale display(s).
You must have logged on to Windows using an account with
administrator privileges in order to use the Barco portions of the
Windows Display Control Panel to change any display settings.
The recommended configuration for best grayscale image quality
when using a color display in conjunction with your high-resolution
grayscale display(s) is to set the color display as the primary monitor
of the Windows desktop. Then set the colors setting on the “Settings”
tab of the Windows Display Control Panel to the highest possible color
depth (e.g. 32 bits-per-pixel “true color”) supported by the color
display’s controller.
The colors setting for your high-resolution grayscale displays should
be set to 256 colors (8 bits per pixel). You should set the palette
mode for the your high-resolution grayscale displays to Static Gray
palette with NO system colors. This guarantees that all of the 256
gray levels available for GDI graphics will be present. This also
eliminates the danger that colors will change when focus moves
among different applications.
However, if you are using the Color to Gray Compatibility palette
mode, the color setting for your high-resolution grayscale displays
should default to True Color (32 bits per pixel). Even though this
palette mode supports 32 bit True Color, Barco recommends that
when using a using a color display in conjunction with your high-
resolution grayscale display(s) that you still set the color display as
the primary monitor of the Windows desktop.

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Display information
Precautions
1. Optimize the lifetime of your display
Enabling the Display Power Management System (DPMS) of your
display (in the display’s Settings menu) will optimize its diagnostic
lifetime by automatically switching off the backlight when the display
is not used for a specified period of time. By default, DPMS is enabled
on your display, but it also needs to be activated on your workstation.
To do this, go to “Power Options Properties” in the “Control Panel”.
Barco recommends setting DPMS activation after 20 minutes of
non-usage.
2. Use a screen saver to avoid image retention
Prolonged operation of an LCD with the same content on the same
screen area may result in a form of image retention.
You can avoid or significantly reduce the occurrence of this
phenomenon by using a screen saver. You can activate a screen saver
in the “Display properties” window of your workstation.
Barco recommends setting screen saver activation after 5
minutes of non-usage. A good screen saver displays moving
content.
In case you are working with the same image or an application with
static image elements for several hours continuously (so that the
screen saver is not activated), change the image content regularly to
avoid image retention of the static elements.
3. Understand pixel technology
LCD displays use technology based on pixels. As a normal tolerance in
the manufacturing of the LCD, a limited number of these pixels may
remain either dark or permanently lit, without affecting the