Planar DOME Md5/DFP User manual

Md5/DFP
™
Display Controller
Installation Guide
DOME
®
imaging systems, inc.

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®
imaging systems, inc., 2001. All rights reserved.
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Part No. 40-MD5DFP-07
Product No. 55-MD5FP2
November 2001
DOME is a registered trademark and Calibration TQA, C3, C5, DIMPL,
DimplX, and Md5/DFP are trademarks of DOME imaging systems, inc.
Microsoft, ActiveX, DirectDraw, MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries. Number Nine and T2R-IV are trade-
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Corporation. X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.

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 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
interference in residential installations.

iv
EU Declaration of Conformity
The Md5/DFP display controller (model 55-MD5FP2) 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 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
Name and Title of Authorized Signatory: Date:
Marlin Cobb
Vice President of Product Development
DOME imaging systems, inc.

v
Contents
About This Guide ix
Purpose ix
Audience ix
Conventions x
What’s in this guide xi
Related documentation xi
Chapter 1: Planning the Board Installation 1
About the Md5/DFP Board 2
Installation Requirements 4
Cross-platform requirements 4
Platform-specific requirements 4
Installation order 5
Chapter 2: Installing the Board and Driver in a PC 7
Preparing for Board Installation 8
Unpacking the board 8
Enabling or disabling VGA mode 9
Supporting VGA display 10
Installing the Md5/DFP Board 12
Connecting a Digital Display 15
Installing the Windows 2000 Driver 16
Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 25
Determining screen assignments 25
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 25
Changing the resolution 27
Setting brightness 28
Setting palette options 29
Setting driver options 32
Getting information 32
Uninstalling a DOME Device on Windows 2000 33

vi | Contents
Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 37
Sister device 37
Single-headed display board 37
Unsigned driver load error 38
Impaired screen resolution 38
System crash and reboot cycle 39
Overwriting installation file 39
Additional Components for Windows 2000 40
Dynamic link library 40
DIMPL library 40
DimplX control 40
Calibration TQA 41
Installing the Windows NT 4.0 Driver 42
Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 44
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 48
Using the DOME tab online help 49
Setting the screen configuration 49
Changing the resolution 49
Setting brightness 49
Setting palette options 50
Setting driver options 53
Getting information 54
Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 55
DOME large fonts 55
Customizing item and font size 57
DOME DlgFix software 58
DOME DPMS Screen Saver 60
Additional Components for Windows NT 65
Dynamic link library 65
DIMPL library 65
DimplX control 65
Calibration TQA 66

Contents | vii
Chapter 3: Installing the Board and Driver in a
Sun PCI Workstation 67
Preparing for Board Installation 68
Unpacking the board 68
Disabling VGA mode 69
Installing the Md5/DFP Board 71
Connecting a Digital Display 74
Installing the Solaris Driver 75
Configuring Display Settings 77
Using the default display mode 77
Overriding the default display mode 80
Using visual classes 83
Configuring the Windowing Environment 87
Running OpenWindows 87
Configuring the Common Desktop Environment 88
Using the DPMS Screen Saver 89
Changing the Console 92
Appendix: Board Resolutions 93
Board Resolutions for PCs 94
Board Resolutions for Sun PCI Workstations 95
Index 97

ix
About This Guide
The Md5/DFP Display Controller Installation Guide contains all
the procedures you need to unpack and install the DOME
®
Md5/DFP™ display controller (board) and driver.
Before you get started, read this section for an overview of
system requirements, expected users, conventions, guide
organization, and related documentation.
Purpose
This guide explains how to unpack the Md5/DFP board and
install it into these computers:
•PC
• Sun™ PCI workstation
This guide also describes how to install and configure the
DOME drivers for these operating systems:
• Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000
• Microsoft Windows NT
®
4.0
• Sun Solaris™ 2.5.1 or later
Audience
This guide assumes you are experienced with installing and
configuring hardware and software, and familiar with your
computer and its operating system.
If you are using the Md5/DFP board to support the DOME C3™
or C5™ digital flat-panel display, make sure you have a copy of
the C3 or C5 Digital Display Installation and Maintenance Guide .

x | About This Guide
Conventions
The Md5/DFP documentation uses the conventions in
this table.
This convention... Indicates...
Monospaced type
Computer code or directory; backslash (\)
indicates continuation of the 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 the File menu, then Open .
<Key> Key name, such as <Enter>.
A note of important information regarding
a particular topic or procedure.
A caution that can prevent potential damage
to hardware or software.
A warning that can prevent injury to you,
such as electric shock.
A helpful tip or an alternative method of
performing a procedure.

About This Guide | xi
What’s in this guide
This table describes the organization of this guide.
Related documentation
For more information about the board and driver,
related DOME products, or your operating system,
refer to these books:
• C3 Digital Display Installation and Maintenance Guide
• C5 Digital Display Installation and Maintenance Guide
• DIMPL Library Reference
• Microsoft Windows NT documentation
• Microsoft Windows 2000 documentation
• Sun Solaris documentation
This section… Provides…
Chapter 1
Planning the
Board Installation
An overview of the Md5/DFP board,
including features and installation
requirements
Chapter 2
Installing the Board and
Driver in a PC
Instructions for installing and
configuring the Md5/DFP board and
the Windows 2000 orWindows NT 4.0
driver in a PC
Chapter 3
Installing the Board and
Driver in a Sun PCI
Workstation
Instructions for installing and configuring
the Md5/DFP board and the Solaris driver
in a Sun PCI workstation
Appendix
Board Resolutions Resolutions supported by the Md5/DFP board in PCs and Sun PCI workstations

Planning the Board Installation
In This Chapter
• About the Md5/DFP Board 2
• Installation Requirements 4

2 | Planning the Board Installation
About the Md5/DFP Board
The Md5/DFP™ display controller (board) supports high-
quality, flat-panel display in both grayscale and color. Each
board can drive up to two flat panels. The board supports
the resolution and palette combinations listed in this table.
This table summarizes the features and benefits of the board.
Resolution
a
a. Maximum resolution in pixels (width x height).
Palette Orientation Heads Bits per Pixel
1536 x 2048 Grayscale Portrait 1 or 2 8
1536 x 2048 Pseudocolor Landscape 1 or 2 8
2048 x 2560 Grayscale Portrait 1 or 2 8
This feature… Provides this benefit…
Short-length universal card Works in both 3.3V and 5V PCI slots.
Wide range of display
resolutions Software-programmable resolutions of 1536 x 2048 pixels in both landscape
and portrait modes, and 2048 x 2560
pixels in portrait mode. Support for
DOME
®
C3™or C5™digital flat-panel
display.
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.
On-board VGA™ support Can boot in MS-DOS™and Microsoft
®
Windows.
®
Support for VGA resolutions
of 640 x 480 pixels and 800 x 600 pixels.
(Cont.)

About the Md5/DFP Board | 3
128-bit hardware GUI
accelerator: Number Nine™
T2R-IV™ chip
Support for complex drawing and
copy functions for outstanding GUI
performance.
PanelLink digital interface Conveys pixel values to flat-panel display
with 8-bit precision grayscale.
Multi-boot ROM technology Full operating system support for
PCI-based computers, including
these systems:
• MS-DOS
• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows NT
®
• Sun™ Solaris™
CompatibilitywiththeDOME
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 image mirroring.
This feature… Provides this benefit…

4 | Planning the Board Installation
Installation Requirements
Before you install the Md5/DFP board, review these installation
requirements to check for all the items you need.
Cross-platform requirements
You can install the Md5/DFP board in a PC or a Sun PCI
workstation. Each platform requires a compatible flat panel
that supports your desired display resolution.
Platform-specific requirements
This table lists the platform-specific requirements for system
specifications, operating system, and DOME driver.
All flat panels on systems running Windows NT 4.0 must
have the same resolution. On systems running Windows 2000
or Solaris, multiple flat panels driven by an Md5/DFP board
must have the same resolution.
Requirements PC Sun PCIWorkstation
System specs • PCI slot per board
• 2 MB hard disk space
• 16 MB RAM
• CD-ROM drive
• PCI slot per board
• 500 KB hard disk
space for driver and
DDX installation
• CD-ROM drive
Operating system • Windows 2000
• Windows NT 4.0
Solaris 2.5.1 or later
DOME driver • Windows 2000 driver
for Md5/DFP board
• Windows NT 4.0 driver
for Md5/DFP board
Solaris driver for
Md5/DFP board

Installation Requirements | 5
Installation order
Follow these steps to install the Md5/DFP board and driver on
a PC or a Sun PCI workstation:
1. Set DIP switches on the board.
2. Install the board.
3. Connect the flat panel to the board.
4. Install the driver.
Use this table to locate installation instructions for your
operating system.
To… Windows 2000, go to… Windows NT 4.0, go to… Solaris 2.5.1 or later, go to…
Set DIP
switches “Preparing for Board Installation”
on page 8
“Preparing for
Board Installation”
on page 8
“Preparing for
Board Installation”
on page 68
Install
board “Installing the Md5/DFP Board”
on page 12
“Installing the
Md5/DFP Board”
on page 12
“Installing the
Md5/DFP Board”
on page 71
Connect
display Instructions for your flat-panel
display
Instructions for
your flat-panel
display
Instructions for
your flat-panel
display
Install
driver “Installing the Windows 2000
Driver” on page 16
“Installing the
Windows NT 4.0
Driver” on page 42
“Installing the
Solaris Driver” on
page 75

Installing the Board and Driver in a PC
In This Chapter
• Preparing for Board Installation 8
• Installing the Md5/DFP Board 12
• Connecting a Digital Display 15
• Installing the Windows 2000 Driver 16
• Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 25
• Uninstalling a DOME Device on Windows 2000 33
• Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 37
• Additional Components for Windows 2000 40
• Installing the Windows NT 4.0 Driver 42
• Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 44
• Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 55
• Additional Components for Windows NT 65

8 | Installing the Board and Driver in a PC
Preparing for Board Installation
Unpacking the board
Remove the Md5/DFP board slowly from its package and
static-shielding bag to protect it 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.
3. Determine which board you want to use to support VGA
display: the Md5/DFP board (see page 10) or another VGA
board (see page 11).
Before you install the board, read this section carefully.
Also review the installation requirements for the PC before
you proceed with board installation. See pages 4–5.
Static electricity can damage the board. When touching the
board or parts of the motherboard, be sure to 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 just 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 Md5/DFP board.