Planar DOME Md4/PCV User manual

Md4/PCV
™
Display Controller
Installation Guide
DOME
®
imaging systems, inc.

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Product No. 55-MD4PCV2
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DOME and the DOME logo are registered trademarks, and DIMPL, DimplX,
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Machines Corporation.

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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. Operation
of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which
case the user will be required at his or her own expense to take whatever
measures may be required to correct the interference.
If the equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, one or more
of the following measures may reduce or eliminate the problem.
• Move the equipment and the receiver to different branches of your AC
electrical system.
• Move the equipment away from the receiver with which it is
interfering.
• Reposition the equipment or receiver. Reposition the receiver’s antenna.
• Be sure that the equipment is plugged into a grounded outlet and
that the grounding has not been defeated with a cheater plug.
If none of the measures resolves your interference problems, write to the
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 20402, for the booklet
Interference to Home Electronic Entertainment Equipment Handbook , Stock
Number 004-000-000498-1.
This equipment is a Class A digital apparatus that complies with the Radio
Interference Regulations CRC C.1374.
In addition, this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful inter-
ference in residential installations.

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EU Declaration of Conformity
The Md4/PCV display controller (model 55-MD4PCV2) meets the essential
health and safety requirements, is in conformity 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:
EU EMC Directive
89/336/EEC
EU Electromagnetic
Compatibility Directive
EN 60601-1-2 1993 Medical
Electrical Equipment Part 1. General requirements for safety Section 1.2. Collateral standard electro-
magnetic compatibility requirements
EN 55011 Class B Limits and methods of measurements
for radio interference characteristics of
industrial, scientific, and medical
equipment
IEC 801-2 Electrostatic discharge requirements
for industrial process measurement
and control equipment
IEC 801-3 Radiatedelectromagneticfieldrequirements
for industrial process measurement and
control equipment
IEC 801-4 Electrically fast transients for industrial
process measurement and control
equipment
IEC 801-5 Surge requirements
Name and Title of Authorized Signatory: Date:
Marlin E. Cobb
Vice President of Product Development
DOME imaging systems, inc.

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Contents
About This Guide vii
Purpose vii
Audience vii
Conventions viii
What’s in this guide ix
Related documentation ix
Chapter 1: Planning the Installation 1
About the Md4/PCV Board 2
Installation Requirements 3
System requirements 3
Board part number 4
Chapter 2: Installing the Board and Driver 5
Preparing for Board Installation 6
Unpacking the board 6
Using the Md4/PCV board to support VGA display 7
Supporting VGA with another board 8
Enabling or disabling VGA mode 8
Installing the Md4/PCV Board 11
Connecting the Monitors 15
Installing the PCV Windows NT 4.0 Driver 17
Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 20
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 23
Setting the screen configuration 24
Changing the resolution and refresh rate 25
Setting palette options 26
Setting monitor preferences 28
Setting driver options 28

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Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 30
DOME large fonts 30
Customizing item and font size 32
DOME DlgFix software 33
DOME DPMS Screen Saver 35
Additional Components for Windows NT 39
Dynamic-link library 39
DIMPL library 39
DimplX control 39
Calibration TQA 40
Installing the PCV Windows 2000 Driver 41
Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 50
Determining screen assignments 50
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 51
Setting palette options 54
Uninstalling DOME Devices on Windows 2000 62
Uninstalling a single-headed DOME device 62
Uninstalling a dual-headed DOME device 64
Additional Components for Windows 2000 66
Dynamic-link library 66
DIMPL library 66
DimplX control 66
Calibration TQA 67
Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 68
Uninstalling the sister device for a dual-headed board 68
Uninstalling a single-headed board 68
Unsigned driver load error 69
Impaired screen resolution 69
Appendix: Board Resolutions and Refresh Rates 71
Resolutions and Refresh Rates 72
Customizing Sync Parameters on Windows NT 73
Index 75

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About This Guide
This guide contains important information about the DOME
®
Md4/PCV™ display controller (board) and driver. Read it
carefully before you start the installation.
Purpose
This guide explains how to unpack the Md4/PCV board and
install it in a PC. This also guide describes how to install and use
the DOME driver for these Microsoft
®
operating systems:
• Windows
®
2000
• Windows NT
®
4.0
Audience
This guide assumes that users are experienced with installing
and configuring hardware and software, and are familiar with
the Windows operating system and the PC they are using.

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l About This Guide
Conventions
This guide uses the conventions in this table.
This convention... Indicates...
Italic type New or technical term, book title, or variable
such as
x.
Important information regarding a particular
topic or procedure.
Information that can prevent potential damage
to hardware or software.
Information that can prevent injury, such as
electric shock.
A tip or an alternative method of performing
a procedure.

About This Guide | ix
What’s in this guide
This table summarizes the organization of the guide.
Related documentation
For more information about related DOME products or
a Microsoft operating system, refer to these books:
• PCX Products Developer’s Guide
• DIMPL Library Reference
• DimplX ActiveX Control Reference
• DimFileX ActiveX Control Reference
• Windows NT documentation
• Windows 2000 documentation
This section… Describes…
Chapter 1
Planning the Installation Md4/PCV board features and installation requirements
Chapter 2
Installing the Board
and Driver
Installation and setup procedures for the
Md4/PCV board and Windows NT and
Windows 2000 drivers
Appendix
Board Resolutions and
Refresh Rates
Supported resolutions and refresh rates
for PCs

Planning the Installation
In This Chapter
• About the Md4/PCV Board 2
• Installation Requirements 3

2 | Planning the Installation
About the Md4/PCV Board
The Md4/PCV™ board produces high-resolution display
of up to 1728 x 2304 pixels. Each Md4/PCV board can drive
two monitors.
This table summarizes the features of the Md4/PCV board.
This feature… Provides this benefit…
10-bit DAC Enables true gamma correction of the
display for grayscale fidelity
Flexible support for display
resolutions Provides software-programmable resolutions up to 1728 x 2304 pixels in
both landscape and portrait modes
Hardware copy accelerator Provides on-board copy speeds up to
300 MB per second
Luminance calibration port Allows precise calibration and matching
of display monitors for accurate grayscale
imaging
On-board VGA support Allows booting in MS-DOS™
128-bit hardware GUI
accelerator:Number Nine™
T2R-IV™ chip
Supports complex drawing and copy
functions for outstanding GUI
performance
Multi-boot ROM technology Full operating system support for PCI-
based computers, including these
operating systems:
• MS-DOS™
• Windows NT
®
• Windows
®
2000
Compatibility with the
DOME Image-Processing
Library (DIMPL™) and its
ActiveX™ interface, the
DimplX™ control
Enables image handling and processing,
including 16-bit windowing/leveling,
fractional zooming, image rotation,
and mirroring

Installation Requirements | 3
Installation Requirements
Before you install the Md4/PCV board in your PC, make sure
you have these necessary items:
• Md4/PCV board
• Compatible monitor that supports your desired
display resolution
System requirements
This table shows the installation requirements for the
Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems.
Multiple monitors must have the same resolution.
Operating System System Specs DOME Driver
Windows NT 4.0 • PCI slot for each board
• 2 MB hard disk space
• 16 MB RAM
• 8 MB RAM per screen
• CD-ROM drive
Md4/PCV driver for
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000 • PCI slot for each board
• 2 MB hard disk space
• 16 MB RAM
• 8 MB RAM per screen
• CD-ROM drive
Md4/PCV driver for
Windows 2000

4 | Planning the Installation
Board part number
Check the sticker with the CE mark on the video connector.
The board part number has this form:
55-MD4PCV- xx
where xx is the revision number. For example, if the sticker
on your board reads 55-MD4PCV-50, you are using a
revision-50 board.

Installing the Board and Driver
In This Chapter
• Preparing for Board Installation 6
• Installing the Md4/PCV Board 11
• Connecting the Monitors 15
• Installing the PCV Windows NT 4.0 Driver 17
• Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 20
• Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 30
• Additional Components for Windows NT 39
• Installing the PCV Windows 2000 Driver 41
• Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 50
• Uninstalling DOME Devices on Windows 2000 62
• Additional Components for Windows 2000 66
• Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 68

6 | Installing the Board and Driver
Preparing for Board Installation
Before you install the board, read this section carefully. It helps
you do these tasks:
• Unpack the board
• Decide whether to use the DOME board or another board
to support VGA
• Use the DIP switches to enable or disable VGA mode
Unpacking the board
Remove the Md4/PCV board slowly from its package and
protective sleeve to guard against electrostatic discharge.
To prepare for board installation
1. Turn off the power to your computer.
Leave the computer plugged into a grounded power
outlet. This allows the power cord to serve as a ground
for the computer.
2. Remove the cover from the computer according to the
manufacturer’s instructions.
Static electricity can damage the board. When touching the
board or parts of the motherboard, take these precautions:
• Wear an antistatic wrist strap.
• Always keep one hand touching a bare metal surface
to provide grounding.
• If you can’t perform a step with one hand, use both and
return one hand occasionally to the metal surface.
If you leave the computer turned on, you might suffer
electric shock or cause damage to both the computer
components and the Md4/PCV board.

Preparing for Board Installation | 7
3. Determine which board will support VGA display:
• The Md4/PCV board (See below.)
• Another VGA board (See page 8.)
Using the Md4/PCV board to support VGA display
When you use the Md4/PCV board to support VGA display, you
set the board as the VGA console. This enables the Md4/PCV
board to support VGA display and run the DOME Windows
driver simultaneously.
To set the board as the VGA console
1. Remove the existing VGA board from your computer.
2. Enable VGA mode on the Md4/PCV board. (See page 8.)
3. Attach the VGA ribbon cable to the Md4/PCV board. (The
connector is keyed to ensure correct installation.)
4. Install the Md4/PCV board. (See page 11.)
To install multiple Md4/PCV boards, see page 14 for
instructions.
Attaching a VGA ribbon cable

8 | Installing the Board and Driver
Supporting VGA with another board
To support VGA with another board, you must disable VGA
mode on the Md4/PCV board. (See page 10 .)
Enabling or disabling VGA mode
Set the DIP switches, located near the top center of the Md4/PCV
board, to enable or disable VGA mode.
When you install the Md4/PCV board in a computer that has an
existing VGA board, only one of the boards can support the
Windows NT operating system. You can run Windows NT on
either board, but you cannot run Windows NT on both boards
simultaneously.
Disable VGA mode if you are using the Md4/PCV board
with an existing VGA board or with multiple Md4/PCV
boards. Enable VGA mode if you are using the VGA port
of the Md4/PCV board.
DIP switches on the Md4/PCV board

Preparing for Board Installation | 9
This table shows the setting options for DIP switch S1. Change
these settings to enable or disable VGA mode, as described in the
following sections.
To enable VGA mode
Slide the DIP switches on switch S1 into the positions shown in
this table.
DIP Switch On Off
1 VGA disabled VGA enabled
a
a. Indicates factory setting.
2 EPROM enabled
a
EPROM disabled
3 Standard Md4/PCV
a
VGA boot messages appear on
high-resolution monitor
4 Select low BIOS
a
Select high BIOS
Use switch S2 to select monitor resolution when you enable
the option to display VGA boot messages on a high-resolution
monitor. For more information, see “To enable VGA boot
messages on a high-resolution monitor” on page 10.
DIP Switch Setting
1 OFF
2ON
3ON
4ON

10 | Installing the Board and Driver
To disable VGA mode
Slide the DIP switches on switch S1 into the positions shown in
this table.
To enable VGA boot messages on a
high-resolution monitor
Set DIP switch 3 on switch S1 to OFF and DIP switches 2 and 4 to
ON. This table describes the settings.
DIP Switch Setting
1ON
2 OFF
3ON
4ON
The default settings for switch S2, located to the left of switch S1,
are all OFF.
DIP Switch Setting Note
1 OFF If OFF, the Md4/PCV board acts as the
VGA device, but the output is directed to
the high-resolution screen instead of the
VGA connector.
ON If ON, the Md4/PCV board copies text
from theVGA device to the high-resolution
monitor.
2 ON Must be ON.
3 OFF Lets you directVGA boot messages to the
high-resolution monitor.
4 ON Must be ON.