Removing the shipping bracket: Image A
• Remove the screws (R9843500: 8x; R9843501:15x) fixing
the shipping bracket to the unit;
• Remove the shipping bracket;
• Insert the screws back into their holes.
Preparing the installation
• Carefully read and follow all safety instructions as they
are stated in the Safety manual R59770580;
• Unpack the AutoAlignment Head.
Fixing the unit to a support: Image B
• Remove nuts and washers from the mounting studs (M6);
• Install the AutoAlignment Head on a support: the position-
ing pin and each stud should be inserted in a dedicated
slot;
• Fix the AutoAlignment Head to its support using the wash-
ers and nuts.
Connect the unit: Image C
1. Connect the power cord to both the AutoAlignment Head
and the wall outlet;
2. Stick warning label R870792 to one end of the SFTP Cat.
5e cable;
3. Next to this label, make a loop in the SFTP Cat. 5e cable;
4. Fix ferrite core B195382 on this loop;
5. Stick warning label R870792 to the other end of the SFTP
Cat. 5e cable;
6. Next to this label, make a loop in the SFTP Cat. 5e cable;
7. Fix the second ferrite core B195382 on this loop;
8. Plug in one end of the SFTP Cat. 5e cable on the Auto-
Alignment Head;
9. Plug in the other end of the SFTP Cat. 5e cable on the LEX
USB extender;
10. Plug in the LEX USB extender on the Master Control Unit
(MCU);
11. Connect the power cord to both the MCU and the wall
outlet.
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AutoAlignment Head Gen II Quick Start Guide
Quick start guide
Barco Simulation division
Noordlaan 5, B-8520 Kuurne
www.barco.com
Getting started
It is assumed that the XDS RACU software has been installed
and that the correct License File including the purchased Au-
toAlignment options has been imported. See XDS RACU user
and installation manual R59770508.
1. Power on the Master Control Unit (MCU) (press the ON/
OFF button) and wait until it has fully booted;
2. Install the spectrometer calibration file (see User guide);
3. Power on the eRACU (press the ON/OFF button for 2
seconds) and wait until it has fully booted;
4. Power on the AutoAlignment Head (power switch);
5. Connect to a Display System;
6. Switch to Administrator User Access Level;
7. Select a projector or a group of projectors;
8. Check the plugins in Options > Add/Remove Device >
Plugin Management and click Apply;
9. Click Reset Gimbal in Position page > Position Gimbal/
Panel Position Marker.
More details about the procedures described below can be
found in the AutoAlignment user and installation manual
R59770509.
Configuration - Head Location
If one or more regions of the projected image are outside the
range of the AutoAlignment Head, more than one physical
position must be defined for it.
Next to the Default Location, additional Head Locations can
be defined in Options > AutoAlignment > General > Measure-
ment Head Location.
Configuration - Acuras Position
For each display channel, one (Acuras 1-point) or multiple
(Acuras Multi-point) measure points must be defined in the
Position page:
• Acuras 1-point: use the Laser pointer to indicate the
center of each channel and store these Positions;
• Acuras Multi-point:
1. The four outer corners and the center point of the
visible area of each channel must be marked (=
Panel Marker) and stored;
2. Use the Laser pointer to indicate the measure
point in each of the Panel Markers and store these
Positions (= Gimbal Center and Gimbal Corners).
XDS RACU will calculate four more measure points
(center of each side of the channels). One of those
four may be left undefined.
Configuration - AutoGeometry Position
Camera Positions (Camera Live views) must be defined in
such a way that each corner of the visible area of each chan-
nel is included in at least one Position. Position types are:
• Without Blend Zone: if a Position only includes non-
overlapping channels;
• With Blend Zone: if a Position includes overlapping
channels;
• HUD to define the corners of the HUD image in relation
to the background channels on which it appears.
Overview
Acuras is used to store brightness and color settings per
channel in a Golden Alignment data set after full alignment
of a Display System by a Barco professional (= Capture) and
to reproduce the Golden Alignment ‘look’ in the best possible
way to correct for drift due to aging of lamps, filters etc. (Re-
align). Measure points (Positions) for the spectrometer must
be defined before a Capture can be performed.
Omniblend is used to automatically align the brightness
and colors of the blend regions and match them to the
non-overlapping areas in a multiple channel display system.
Camera Positions must be defined before OmniBlend can be
processed.
AutoGeometry is used to retrieve the X and Y coordinates
of the corners of the visible area of each display channel (=
Capture). Camera Positions must be defined before a Capture
can be performed.
Configuration - OmniBlend Position
Camera Positions (Camera Live views) must be defined in
such a way that each overlap area of each channel is covered
by at least one (set of) Position(s).
Configuration – Warp AutoGeometry Posi-
tion
Camera position (Camera Live views) must be defined in
such a way that maximum warp area can be captured inside
the Camera Live views for that Position.
Three options are available for the AutoGeometry dot pat-
terns generation:
• Polaris;
• Projector;
• Image Generator.
Each option has its own prerequisite, which must be complet-
ed prior to starting the Warp AutoGeometry Capture process.
AutoAlignment Head Gen II Quick Start Guide
Quick start guide
Barco Simulation division
Noordlaan 5, B-8520 Kuurne
www.barco.com
Important remarks
• Always perform a Gimbal reset after powering on the
AutoAlignment Head!
• No stray light is allowed during any of these processes!
Acuras Capture & Realign
CAPTURE
1. Create/Activate a desired Golden Alignment set;
2. Run GLC on all channels from the Adjust Gray Scale Page;
3. Fully align the display system;
4. Click Reset Gimbal in Position page > Position Gimbal/
Panel Position Marker;
5. In the Acuras page, click Start Capture.
REALIGN
1. Activate the desired Golden Alignment set for which
Capture was executed;
2. Click Reset Gimbal in Position page > Position Gimbal/
Panel Position Marker;
3. In the Acuras page, click Start Realignment.
AutoGeometry Capture
CAPTURE (if no Position is of the HUD type)
1. Click Reset Gimbal in Position page > Position Gimbal/
Panel Position Marker;
2. In the AutoGeometry page, click Capture.
CAPTURE (if at least one Position is of the HUD type)
1. Click Reset Gimbal in Position page > Position Gimbal/
Panel Position Marker;
2. Make sure that all projectors get a black image from their
IG (Image Generator) and that the HUD projector shows
a full white rectangle (from the IG) in the HUD region of
interest;
3. In the AutoGeometry page, click Capture.
OmniBlend Alignment Process
1. Select (a Group of) projectors;
2. In the OmniBlend page, optionally select one or more
Positions;
3. Click Start;
4. Select Colored Blending (higher quality alignment) or
Grayscale Blending (faster alignment);
5. Start the OmniBlend process by clicking Selected Positions,
Selected Group or Selected Projectors.
Warp AutoGeometry Capture & Realign
PREREQUISITE - Polaris
1. SimCAD file created for the display setup should be
available;
2. Polaris software is installed on the master IG and on
the slave IGs;
3. All slave IGs are connected to their corresponding
projectors;
4. Polaris Master PC is connected to the XDS RACU MCU
through the network (LAN);
5. Polaris slave is launched on the slave IG of the projec-
tor for which the capture is to be executed;
6. Polaris master is launched on the master IG.
PREREQUISITE - Projector
External source(s) must be connected to the projector gener-
ating the AutoGeometry Dot patterns.
PREREQUISITE - Image Generator
1. Application running on the Image Generator able to
communicate with the XDS RACU software via XDS
RACU API;
2. Application can draw AutoGeometry dot pattern on the
Image Generator when received a request for it from.
CAPTURE
1. Click Reset Gimbal in Position page > Position Gimbal/
Panel Position Marker;
2. Open the SimCAD file through the Barco Polaris Master
window;
3. Enable Warp AutoGeometry check box in Options page>
Auto Alignment > Warp AutoGeometry;
4. Select the desired pattern generator option;
5. In the Eyepoint page, activate the eyepoint for which
the warp capture process is to be executed;
6. In the AutoGeometry page, select the group where you
wish to run the warp capture process;
7. In the AutoGeometry page, click Capture.
REALIGN
1. In the Eyepoint page, activate the eyepoint for which the
warp capture process was executed;
2. In the AutoGeometry page, select the group for which
the warp cature process was executed;
3. In the AutoGeometry page, click Start Realignment.
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