Planar DOME Md5/PCX User manual

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

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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.

iv
EU Declaration of Conformity
The Md5/PCX display controller (models 55-MD5PCX1 and 55-MD5PCX2)
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

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Contents
About This Guide ix
Purpose ix
Audience ix
Conventions x
What’s in this guide xi
Related documentation xi
Chapter 1: Planning the Installation 1
About the Md5/PCX Board 2
Planning the Installation 4
Cross-platform requirements 4
Platform-specific requirements 5
Installation order 6
Determining the board’s part number and revision 6
Chapter 2: Installing the Md5/PCX Board and Driver
in a PC 7
Preparing to Install the Md5/PCX Board 8
Unpacking the board 8
Supporting VGA 8
Enabling and disabling VGA mode 10
Installing the Md5/PCX Board 13
Installing multiple boards 16
Connecting the Monitors 17
Installing the PCX Windows NT 4.0 Driver 19
Configuring Display Settings with Windows NT 22
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 25
Setting palettes 28
Setting monitor preferences 30
Setting the driver option 31

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Additional Display Settings on Windows NT 32
DOME large fonts 32
DOME DlgFix software 35
Dynamic-link library 36
DIMPL library 36
DimplX control 37
DOME DPMS Screen Saver for Windows NT 37
Installing the PCX Windows 2000 Driver 41
Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 50
Determining screen assignments 50
Using the DOME tab to change display properties 51
Uninstalling DOME Devices on Windows 2000 62
Uninstalling a dual-headed DOME device 64
Additional Components for Windows 2000 66
Dynamic-link library 66
DIMPL library 66
DimplX control 66
Using Calibration TQA on Windows 2000 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
Chapter 3: Installing the Md5/PCX Board and Driver in a
Sun PCI Workstation 71
Before You Begin 72
Part numbers that predate 55-MD5PCX1-3x
or 55-MD5PCX2-3x 72
Disabling Parity on a Sun Ultra System 73
55-MD5PCX1-3x and 55-MD5PCX2-3x or higher 73
Disabling parity for an Ultra 450 system 75
Preparing to Install the Board in a Sun PCI Workstation 77
Unpacking the board 77
Disabling VGA mode 82
Switch S2 83

EU Declaration of Conformity | vii
Connecting the Monitors 84
Installing the Solaris Driver 86
Configuring Display Settings 88
Using the Default Monitor Mode 89
Overriding the Default Monitor Mode 91
Modifying the OWconfig file 92
Using Visual Classes 95
Configuring the Windowing Environment 99
Using the DPMS Screen Saver with CDE 101
Changing the Console 104
Appendix: Board Resolutions and Refresh Rates 105
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for PCs 106
Customizing sync parameters for Windows NT 107
Resolutions and Refresh Rates for Sun PCI Workstations 108
Index 109

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About This Guide
Read this section for an overview of how to use this guide before
you unpack the Md5/PCX display controller (board).
Purpose
This guide explains how to install the DOME
®
Md5/PCX™
board in these computers:
•PC
• Sun™ PCI workstation
It also describes how to install and use the DOME drivers for
these operating systems:
• Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
4.0 or Windows
®
2000
• Sun™ Solaris™ 2.6 or later
Audience
This guide serves users who are installing the Md5/PCX board
and software in a computer. You should be familiar with
installing and configuring hardware and software.

x | About This Guide
Conventions
This guide uses the conventions listed 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 guide is organized into these chapters.
Related documentation
Refer to these books for more information:
• PCX Products Developer’s Guide
• DIMPL Library Reference
• DimplX ActiveX Control Reference
• DimFileX ActiveX Control Reference
• Microsoft documentation
• Sun documentation
This chapter… Describes…
Chapter 1
Planning the Installation Md5/PCX board features and installation requirements
Chapter 2
Installing the Md5/PCX
Board and Driver in a PC
Installation and setup procedures for the
Md5/PCX board and Windows NT and
Windows 2000 drivers
Chapter 3
Installing the Md5/PCX
Board and Driver in a Sun
PCI Workstation
Installation and setup procedures for the
Md5/PCX board and Solaris driver
Appendix
Board Resolution and
Refresh Rates
Resolutions and refresh rates for PCs and
Sun PCI workstations

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

2 | Planning the Installation
About the Md5/PCX Board
The Md5/PCX™ board produces high-quality display at
resolutions up to 2560 x 2048 pixels. Two versions of the
Md5/PCX exist:
• Md5/PCX1 board supports one monitor.
• Md5/PCX2 board supports up to two monitors.
This table describes features of the Md5/PCX 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 2560 x 2048 pixels in
both landscape and portrait modes
Hardware copy accelerator Provides on-board copy speeds up to
300 MB/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
• Sun™ Solaris™
(Cont.)

About the Md5/PCX Board | 3
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 mirroring
This feature… Provides this benefit…

4 | Planning the Installation
Planning the Installation
Before you install the Md5/PCX 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/PCX board in a PC or Sun PCI
workstation. All platforms require these items:
• Md5/PCX board
• Compatible monitor that can support your desired
display resolution
Multiple monitors for PCs must have the same resolution.

Planning the Installation | 5
Platform-specific requirements
Each platform has specific requirements for system
specifications, operating system, and DOME driver.
This table lists these requirements.
Platform System Specs Operating System Md5/PCX Driver Version
PC • PCI slot per board
• 2 MB hard disk
space
• 16 MB RAM
• 8 MB RAM per
screen
• CD-ROM drive
• Windows NT 4.0
• Windows 2000
• DOME driver for
Windows NT 4.0
• DOME driver for
Windows 2000
Sun PCI • PCI slot per board
• 1.2 MB hard disk
space for driver
and DDX
installation
• CD-ROM drive
Solaris 2.5.1
or later DOME driver for Solaris

6 | Planning the Installation
Installation order
This table describes the board and driver installation order for
each operating system.
Determining the board’s part number and revision
Check the sticker with the CE mark on the video connector. The
part number has this form:
55-MD5PCX1- xx or 55-MD5PCX2 -xx
where xx is the revision number. For example, if your board’s
sticker reads 55-MD5PCX2-32, you are using a revision-32 board.
For this
operating
system… First install the… Then install the…
WindowsNT4.0 Board as described on
page 8 Driver as described on page 19
Windows 2000 Board as described on
page 8 Driver as described on page 41
Solaris 2.5.1 or
later Board as described on page 77 Driver as described on page 86

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Installing the Md5/PCX Board and
Driver in a PC
In This Chapter
• Preparing to Install the Md5/PCX Board 8
• Installing the Md5/PCX Board 13
• Connecting the Monitors 17
• Installing the PCX Windows NT 4.0 Driver 19
• Configuring Display Settings with Windows NT 22
• Additional Display Settings on Windows NT 32
• Installing the PCX 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

8 | Installing the Md5/PCX Board and Driver in a PC
Preparing to Install the Md5/PCX Board
This section explains how to unpack the Md5/PCX board and
use the VGA ports.
Unpacking the board
Remove the Md5/PCX board slowly from its package and
protective sleeve to shield against static discharge to the board.
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.
Supporting VGA
Determine which board will support VGA display:
• The Md5/PCX board (see page 9)
• Another VGA board (see page 9)
When the installation involves touching the board or parts of
the motherboard, keep one hand touching the metal surface to
provide grounding. If you can’t perform a step with one hand,
return one hand occasionally to the bare metal surface.
If you leave the computer turned on, you could get an
electric shock or cause damage to your computer’s
components and the Md5/PCX board.
To install more than one Md5/PCX board, see “Installing
multiple boards” on page 16.