Planar Dome Md5/PCI User manual

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

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Product Nos. 55MD5PCIA and 55MD5PCIB
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DOME and the DOME logo are registered trademarks, and Calibration TQA, DIMPL,
DimplX, DimFileX, Luminance Calibration System, Md2/PCI, Md4/PCI, Md5/PCI, and
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Win32, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel is a
trademark of Intel Corporation. Number Nine and Imagine 128 are trademarks of Number
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FCC Compliance Statement iii
FCC Compliance Statement
FCC Class A
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 com-
mercial 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
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 Md5/PCI Display Controller Installation Guide
EU Declaration of Conformity
The Md5/PCI board (model 55-MD5PCIA and 55-MD5PCIB) 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 ix
Purpose ix
Audience ix
Conventions x
What’s in this guide xi
Related documentation xii
Chapter 1: Planning the Md5/PCI Board
Installation 1
About the Md5/PCI Board 2
Planning the Installation 4
Cross-platform requirements 4
Platform-specific requirements 5
Installation order 6
Chapter 2: Installing the Md5/PCI Board in a PC 7
Installing the PCI Windows 95 Driver 8
To install the driver 8
To finish the installation 9
Configuring Display Settings in Windows 95 10
To set display properties 10
Changing display properties 11
Additional Configuration Options for Windows 95 15
Dynamic Link Library 15
Customizing item and font size 15
DOME DlgFix 17
Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 95 19
Hardware conflicts after restarting 19
Board detected as a Number Nine Imagine 128
board 20
Installing the Board in a PC 21
To unpack the board 22

vi Md5/PCI Display Controller Installation Guide
To prepare for installation 22
To support VGA display with the Md5/PCI board 23
To support VGA display with another VGA board 24
Enabling and disabling VGA mode 24
To install the board 27
Installing multiple boards 29
Connecting the Monitor 31
To connect the monitor to the board 31
Setting up your system 32
Installing the PCI Windows NT 4.0 Driver 33
To install the driver 33
Configuring Display Settings in Windows NT 4.0 36
To set the display resolution and refresh rate 36
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 39
To change display properties 40
Setting driver options 41
Setting palette options 42
Additional Configuration Options for Windows NT 45
Dynamic Link Library 45
DOME large fonts 45
DOME DlgFix 49
DOME DPMS screen saver for Windows NT 50
To select the DOME DPMS screen saver 52
Installing the PCI Windows 2000 Driver 56
To install the driver 57
To finish the driver installation 59
Configuring Display Settings in Windows 2000 61
Determining screen assignments 61
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 62
To set custom syncs 68
Uninstalling DOME Devices 72
To uninstall a DOME device 72
Additional Configuration Options for Windows 2000 74

Contents vii
Dynamic Link Library 74
DIMPL library 74
DimplX control 74
Using Calibration TQA on Windows 2000 75
Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 2000 76
To uninstall a DOME display board 76
Unsigned driver cannot be loaded message 77
Chapter 3: Installing the Md5/PCI Board in a Sun PCI
Workstation 79
Installing the Board in a Sun PCI Workstation 80
To unpack the board 80
Setting switch S1 to disable VGA mode 81
Switch S2 81
To install the board 83
To install multiple boards 86
Connecting the Monitor 87
To connect the monitor to the board 87
Installing the PCI Solaris Driver 88
Installing the Md5/PCI driver for Solaris 88
Configuring Display Settings 90
Using the Default Monitor Mode 91
To check the default mode 91
Overriding the Default Monitor Mode 93
To override the default monitor mode 93
To modify the OWconfig file 94
Using Visual Classes 96
To emulate a PseudoColor visual class 96
To check the default visual 97
Configuring the Windowing Environment 100
To run OpenWindows 100
To configure CDE 101
Using the DPMS screen saver with CDE 102
Changing the Console 105

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To use the setenv command 105
Chapter 4: Installing the Md5/PCI Board in a Digital
UNIX Workstation 107
Installing the PCI Digital UNIX Driver 108
To install the driver 108
To determine the kit name 109
Running the setld program 110
To add or remove display boards 113
Booting problems with the new kernel 113
Uninstalling the kit 114
Installing the Board in a Digital UNIX Workstation 115
To unpack the board 115
Supported configurations 116
Preparing to install the board 116
To install the board 117
Supporting VGA with the Md5/PCI board 119
Supporting VGA with another VGA board 121
Enabling and disabling VGA mode 121
Connecting the Monitor 123
To connect the monitor to the board 123
Configuring the Display Monitor 124
To set the monitor configuration 125
Issues with Digital Personal Workstations 126
Limitations of the Digital UNIX 64-bit PCI slots 126
Appendix: Md5/PCI Board Resolutions and Refresh
Rates 129
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for PCs 130
Customizing sync parameters for Windows NT 130
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for Sun PCI
Workstations 132
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for Digital UNIX
Workstations 133
Index 135

About This Guide ix
About This Guide
Read this section for an overview of how to use this guide.
Purpose
This guide explains how to install the DOME
®
Md5/PCI™
display controller (board) in these systems:
•PC
• Sun™ PCI workstation
• Digital
®
UNIX™ workstation
It also describes how to install and use the drivers for these
operating systems:
• Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95, Windows NT,
®
and
Windows 2000
• Sun™ Solaris™
• Digital UNIX
Audience
This guide is written for anyone who is installing the
Md5/PCI board and driver in a computer. You should be
familiar with installing and configuring boards and soft-
ware in computers.
Read this guide before unpacking the board.

x Md5/PCI Display Controller Installation Guide
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>.
Important information about a 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 xi
What’s in this guide
This table describes the organization of this guide.
This chapter… Describes…
Chapter 1
Planning the Installation An overview of the Md5/PCI board, including
features and installation requirements
Chapter 2
Installing the Board in a PC Instructions for installing and configuring the
Md5/PCI board and its Windows 95,
Windows NT, or Windows 2000 driver in a PC
Chapter 3
Installing the Board in a Sun
PCI Workstation
Instructions for installing and configuring the
Md5/PCI board and its Solaris driver in a Sun
PCI workstation
Chapter 4
Installing the Board in a
Digital UNIX Workstation
Instructions for installing and configuring the
Md5/PCI board and its Digital UNIX driver in a
Digital UNIX workstation
Appendix
Md5/PCI Board Resolution
and Refresh Rates
Resolutions and refresh rates supported
by the Md5/PCI board in PCs, Sun PCI
workstations, and Digital UNIX workstations

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Related documentation
Refer to these books for more information:
• PCI Products Developer’s Guide
• DIMPL Library Reference
• DimplX ActiveX Control Reference
• DimFileX ActiveX Control Reference
• Digital documentation
• Microsoft documentation
• Sun documentation

Planning the Md5/PCI Board Installation 1
Chapter 1
Planning the Md5/PCI Board
Installation
In This Chapter
• About the Md5/PCI Board 2
• Planning the Installation 4

2 Chapter 1
About the Md5/PCI Board
This table describes features and benefits of the
Md5/PCI™ display controller (board). You can
install up to eight boards in one computer or for
multiheaded applications.
Md5/PCI Board Features and Benefits
This feature… Provides this benefit…
Grayscale and color support Support for grayscale or color monitors
10-bit DAC True gamma correction of the display for
grayscale fidelity
Wide range of display resolutions Software-programmable resolutions up to
2048 x 2560 pixels in both landscape and
portrait modes
Hardware copy accelerator On-board copy speeds up to 150 MB/sec.
Luminance calibration port 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:
the I-128™ chip Support for complex drawing and copy functions for outstanding graphical user
interface (GUI) performance
Optimized zero wait-state PCI
local bus Rapid image transfer to the board from system memory and other PCI boards

Planning the Md5/PCI Board Installation 3
Multi-boot ROM technology Full operating system support for PCI-based
computers, including these operating
systems:
• MS-DOS
• Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95
• Microsoft Windows NT
®
• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Sun™ Solaris™
• Digital
®
UNIX™
Compatibility with the DOME
®
Image-Processing Library
(DIMPL™) and its ActiveX™
interface, the DimplX™ control
Image handling and processing, including
16-bit window/leveling, fractional zooming,
image rotation, and mirroring
Md5/PCI Board Features and Benefits (Cont.)
This feature… Provides this benefit…

4 Chapter 1
Planning the Installation
Before you install the Md5/PCI board in your system,
review these installation requirements to make sure you
have all the necessary items.
Cross-platform requirements
You can install the Md5/PCI board in a PC, Sun PCI work-
station, or Digital UNIX workstation. All platforms require
these items:
• An Md5/PCI board
• A compatible monitor that can support your desired
display resolution
Multiple monitors for PCs must have the same resolution.

Planning the Md5/PCI Board Installation 5
Platform-specific requirements
Each platform has specific requirements as shown in
this table.
Installation Requirements
Platform System Specs Operating System DOME Driver
PC • PCI slot for each
board
• 3.5-inch disk drive
• 2 MB hard disk
space
• 5 MB RAM per
screen
• 32 MB RAM
• Windows 95
• Windows NT 4.0 DOME Md5/PCI
driver for:
• Windows 95
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000
Sun PCI
workstation • PCI slot for each board
• 500 KB hard disk
space for driver and
DDX installation
• CD-ROM drive
Solaris 2.5.1 or
later DOME Md5/PCI driver for Solaris
Digital UNIX
workstation • 32-bit slot for each board
• 3.5-inch disk drive
Digital UNIX 4.0D
or later DOME Md5/PCI driver for Digital UNIX

6 Chapter 1
Installation order
This table describes the board and driver installation order
for each operating system.
Installation Order
For this OS… First install the… Then install the…
Windows 95 Driver as described in
“Installing the PCI Windows
95 Driver” on page 8
Board as described in
“Installing the Board in a
PC” on page 21
WindowsNT4.0 Board as described in
“Installing the Board in a PC”
on page 21
Driver as described in
“Installing the PCI
Windows NT 4.0 Driver”on
page 33
Windows 2000 Board as described in
“Installing the Board in a PC”
on page 21
Driver as described in
“Installing the PCI
Windows 2000 Driver” on
page 56
Solaris 2.5.1 or
later Board as described in “Installing the Board in a Sun
PCI Workstation” on page 80
Driver as described in
“Installing the PCI Solaris
Driver” on page 88
Digital UNIX Driver as described in
“Installing the PCI Digital
UNIX Driver” on page 108
Board as described in
“Installing the Board in a
Digital UNIX Workstation”
on page 115

Installing the Md5/PCI Board in a PC 7
Chapter 2
Installing the Md5/PCI Board in
a PC
In This Chapter
• Installing the PCI Windows 95 Driver 8
• Configuring Display Settings in Windows 95 10
• Additional Configuration Options for Windows 95 15
• Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 95 19
• Installing the Board in a PC 21
• Connecting the Monitor 31
• Installing the PCI Windows NT 4.0 Driver 33
• Configuring Display Settings in Windows NT 4.0 36
• Additional Configuration Options for Windows NT 45
• Installing the PCI Windows 2000 Driver 56
• Configuring Display Settings in Windows 2000 61
• Uninstalling DOME Devices 72
• Additional Configuration Options for
Windows 2000 74
• Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 2000 76

8 Chapter 2
Installing the PCI Windows 95 Driver
This procedure assumes that the Windows 95 operating
system is already installed on your system. If it is not, refer
to the Microsoft Windows 95 documentation.
To install the driver
1. Insert the installation diskette in your computer’s A
drive.
2. Double-click My Computer -> Drive A icon ->
Setup.exe .
The installation program prepares the installation files
and guides you through installation of the Md5/PCI
setup configuration files.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions.
4. When the automatic installation procedure is complete,
close the Floppy Drive A and My Computer folders.
5. Select Start –> Shut Down .
The Shut Down Windows dialog box appears.
6. Select Shut Down the Computer? and click Yes .
The Shut Down message appears.
7. Turn off the power to your computer.
8. Eject the diskette.
Install the PCI Windows 95 driver before installing the
DOME board; otherwise, driver installation problems
may occur.