Planar DOME Md4/PCX User manual

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

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FCC Compliance Statement iii
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 rea-
sonable 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 interference in residential installations.

iv Md4/PCX Display Controller Installation Guide
EU Declaration of Conformity
The Md4/PCX board (model 55-MD4PCX2) 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 electromagnetic
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 Radiated electromagnetic field requirements 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

Contents v
Contents
About This Guide xi
Purpose xi
Audience xi
Documentation conventions xii
What’s in this guide xiii
Related documentation xiii
Chapter 1: Planning the Md4/PCX Board
Installation 1
About the Md4/PCX Board 2
Planning the Installation 4
Cross-platform requirements 4
Platform-specific requirements 4
Installation Order 5
To determine the board’s part number 6
Chapter 2: Installing the Md4/PCX Board and Driver in
a PC 7
Installing the Board in a PC 8
To unpack the board 8
To prepare for board installation 9
To support VGA with another VGA board 9
To support VGA display with the Md4/PCX
board 10
To enable and disable VGA mode 11
To install the board 15
To install multiple Md4/PCX boards 17
Connecting the Monitors 18
To connect the monitors to the board 18
Installing the PCX Windows NT 4.0 Driver 20
To install the driver 20

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Configuring Display Settings 22
To set the display resolution and refresh rate 22
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 25
Setting palette options 29
Additional Options for Windows NT 33
Dynamic link library 33
DOME large fonts 33
To customize item and font size 36
DOME DlgFix software 37
DOME DPMS Screen Saver for Windows NT 39
Installing the PCX Windows 2000 Driver 44
To support multiple DOME screens 44
To install the driver 45
To finish the installation 47
To enable the sister display 48
Configuring Display Settings in Windows 2000 51
To determine screen assignments 51
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 52
Setting palette options 55
To set custom syncs 58
Uninstalling DOME Devices 62
To uninstall a single-headed DOME device 62
To uninstall a dual-headed DOME device 65
Dynamic Link Library 67
DIMPL library 67
DimplX control 67
Using Calibration TQA on Windows 2000 68
Troubleshooting Tips 69
To uninstall the sister device for a dual-headed DOME
display board 69
To uninstall a single-headed DOME display board 69
Unsigned driver cannot be loaded message 70
Impaired screen resolution 70

Contents vii
Chapter 3: Installing the Md4/PCX Board and Driver in
a Sun PCI Workstation 71
Disabling Parity on a Sun Ultra System 72
To disable parity for a 33 MHz bus 72
To disable parity for a 66 MHz bus 73
To disable parity for an Ultra 450 system 73
To check parity status 74
To reenable parity 74
Installing the Board in a Sun PCI Workstation 75
To unpack the board 75
To install the board 76
To set switch S1 to disable VGA mode 79
Switch S2 79
Connecting the Monitors 82
To connect the monitors to the board 82
To install the stereo cable for stereo viewing 83
Installing the PCX Solaris Driver 84
To install the Md4/PCX driver for Solaris 84
Setting up display for stereo mode 86
Environment variables for panning/scrolling and
screen position 87
To set the environment variables 90
Configuring Display Settings 91
Using the Default Monitor Mode 92
To check the default mode 92
To program the default mode 93
Overriding the Default Monitor Mode 95
To modify the OWconfig file 96
Using Visual Classes 99
To emulate a PseudoColor visual class 99
To check the default visual 100
Configuring the Windowing Environment 103
To run OpenWindows 103

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To configure CDE 104
To use the DPMS Screen Saver with CDE 105
Changing the Console 108
Chapter 4: Installing the Md4/PCX Board and Driver in
a Digital UNIX Workstation 109
Installing the PCX Digital UNIX Driver 110
To install the driver 110
Determining your kit name 111
To run the setld program 112
To add or remove display boards 115
Resolving booting problems with the new kernel 115
Uninstalling the kit 116
Installing the Board and Driver in a Digital UNIX
Workstation 117
To unpack the board 117
Supported configurations 118
To prepare for board installation 118
To install the board 119
To install multiple Md4/PCX boards 119
Supporting VGA with the Md4/PCX board 120
To support VGA with another VGA board 121
Enabling and disabling VGA mode 122
Connecting the Monitors 125
To connect a grayscale monitor 125
To connect a color monitor 126
To connect the monitors to the board 126
Configuring the Display Monitor 127
To set the monitor configuration 127
Issues with Digital Personal Workstations 129
Limitations of the Digital UNIX 64-bit PCI slots 129

Contents ix
Appendix: Md4/PCX Board Resolutions and Refresh
Rates 131
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for PCs 132
Customizing sync parameters for Windows NT 133
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for Sun PCI
Workstations 135
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for Digital UNIX
Workstations 137
Index 139

About This Guide xi
About This Guide
Read this guide carefully before you unpack the board.
It provides all necessary information about installing
the Md4/PCX board and software driver for your
operating system.
Purpose
This guide explains how to install the Md4/PCX™ board
in these systems:
•PC
• Sun™ PCI workstation
• Digital
®
UNIX™ workstation
It also describes how to install and use the DOME
®
drivers
for these operating systems:
• Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
and Windows
®
2000
• SunSolaris™
• Digital UNIX
Audience
This guide is written for anyone who is installing the
Md4/PCX board and software in a computer. You should
be familiar with installing and configuring hardware and
software. You should also be familiar with the system in
which you are installing the board and driver.

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Documentation conventions
This guide uses these conventions.
This convention... Indicates...
Monospaced
type
Computer code or directory; backslash (\) indicates
continuation of previous line of UNIX code.
Italic type New or technical term; book title; or variable, such as x .
Bold type
File -> Open
Menu selection.
Select Open from the File Menu.
<Key> Key name, such as <Return>
Information you should know regarding a particular topic
or procedure.
Information that can prevent potential damage to
hardware or software.
Information that can prevent injury to a person, such as
electrical shock.
A helpful tip or an alternative method of performing a
procedure.

About This Guide xiii
What’s in this guide
This table describes the organization of this guide.
Related documentation
Refer to these books for more information:
• PCX Products Developer’s Guide
• Stereo Library Installation and Developer’s Guide
• DIMPL Library Reference
• Microsoft documentation
• Sun documentation
• Digital documentation
This chapter… Provides…
Chapter 1
Planning the Md4/PCX Board
Installation
An overview of the Md4/PCX board,
including features and installation
requirements
Chapter 2
Installing the Md4/PCX Board
in a PC
Instructions for installing and configuring the
Md4/PCX board and its Windows NT or
Windows 2000 driver in a PC
Chapter 3
Installing the Md4/PCX Board
in a Sun PCI Workstation
Instructions for installing and configuring the
Md4/PCX board and its Solaris driver in a
Sun PCI workstation
Chapter 4
Installing the Md4/PCX Board
in a Digital UNIX Workstation
Instructions for installing and configuring the
Md4/PCX board and its Digital UNIX driver
in a Digital UNIX workstation
Appendix
Md4/PCX Board Resolutions
and Refresh Rates
Resolutions and refresh rates supported by
the Md4/PCX board in PCs, Sun PCI
workstations, and Digital UNIX workstations

Planning the Md4/PCX Board Installation 1
Chapter 1
Planning the Md4/PCX Board
Installation
In This Chapter
• About the Md4/PCX Board 2
• Planning the Installation 4

2 Chapter 1
About the Md4/PCX Board
This table describes the features of the Md4/PCX board.
Md4/PCX Board Features
This feature… Provides this benefit…
10-bit, high-precision DAC • Support for over 1,000 unique output levels
• True gamma correction of the display for
grayscale fidelity
• Rapid rise and fall times
Flexible support for display
resolutions Software-programmable resolutions up to 1728 x 2304 pixels in both landscape and
portrait modes
Multi-head support One board drives either one or two monitors,
in either color or grayscale modes
Hardware copy accelerator On-board copy speeds up to 300 MB/sec.
Optimized zero wait-state PCI
local bus Rapid image transfer to the board from system memory and other PCI cards
Calibration support through on-
board luminance calibration port • Guaranteed image integrity over time and between monitors
• Precise calibration and matching of display
monitors for accurate grayscale imaging
On-board VGA™support Booting in MS-DOS™ and Windows
®
128-bit hardware GUI accelerator:
Number Nine
®
T2R™ chip Support for 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™
• Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
• Microsoft Windows
®
2000
• Sun™ Solaris™
• Digital
®
UNIX™

Planning the Md4/PCX Board Installation 3
Support for the DOME
®
Image-
Processing Library (DIMPL™)
and its ActiveX™ interface, the
DimplX™ control
Image handling and processing, including
16-bit windowing/leveling, fractional zooming,
image rotation, and mirroring
Md4/PCX Board Features (Cont.)
This feature… Provides this benefit…

4 Chapter 1
Planning the Installation
Before you install the Md4/PCX board in your system,
review these installation requirements to make sure you
have all of the necessary items.
Cross-platform requirements
You can install the Md4/PCX board in a PC, Sun PCI work-
station, or Digital UNIX workstation. All platforms require
these items:
• Md4/PCX board
• Compatible monitor that can support your desired
display resolution
Platform-specific requirements
This table lists the platform-specific requirements for
system specifications, operating system, and DOME driver.
Multiple monitors for PCs must have the same resolution.
Installation Requirements
Platform System Specs Operating System DOME Driver
PC • PCI slot for each board
• 2 MB hard disk space
• 32 MB of RAM
• Disk drive for 3.5-inch
diskettes
Windows NT 4.0
or Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000
driver for Md4/PCX
Sun PCI
workstation • PCI slot for each board
• 500KBharddiskspace
for driver and DDX
installation
• CD-ROM drive
Solaris 2.5.1 or
later Solaris driver for Md4/PCX

Planning the Md4/PCX Board Installation 5
Installation Order
Use this table to find the installation instructions for the
Md4/PCX board in your operating system.
Digital UNIX
workstation • PCI slot for each board
• Disk drive for 3.5-inch
diskettes
Digital UNIX 4.0D
or later Digital UNIX driver for Md4/PCX
Installation Order
For this operating
system… First install the… Then install the…
Windows NT 4.0 Board as described in
“Installing the Board in a
PC” on page 8
Driver as described in
“Installing the PCX
Windows NT 4.0 Driver”
on page 20
Windows 2000 Board as described in
“Installing the Board in a
PC” on page 8
Driver as described in
“Installing the PCX
Windows 2000 Driver” on
page 44
Solaris 2.5.1 or
later Board as described in “Installing the Board in a
Sun PCI Workstation” on
page 75
Driver as described in
“Installing the PCX Solaris
Driver” on page 84
Digital UNIX 4.0D
or later Driver as described in “Installing the PCX Digital
UNIX Driver” on page 110
Board as described in
“Installing the Board and
Driver in a Digital UNIX
Workstation” on page 117
Installation Requirements (Cont.)
Platform System Specs Operating System DOME Driver

6 Chapter 1
To determine the board’s part number
Check the sticker with the CE mark. This sticker is on the
connector. The part number has this format:
55-MD4PCX2- xx
where xx is the revision number.
For example, if your board’s sticker reads 55-MD4PCX2-32,
you are using a revision -32 board.