Planar Dome Md2/PCI Installation guide

Dome

®

Md2/PCI

Display Controller

INSTALLATION GUIDE

www.planar.com

Windows 2000

Windows NT 4.0

Solaris 2.5.1 or later

®

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Part No. 40-MD2PCI-15

Product Nos. 55-MD2PCI1 and 55-MD2PCI2

October 2001

DOME, the DOME logo, Calibration TQA, DIMPL, DimplX, DimFileX, Luminance

Calibration System, Md2/PCI, Md4/PCI, Md5/PCI, and Md8/PCI are either regis-

tered trademarks or 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.

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based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered

trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. VGA is

a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. X Window System is

a trademark of The Open Group.

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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

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.

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FCC Class B

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 a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to

radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will

not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful

interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by

turning the equipment off and on, you are encouraged to try to correct the

interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that

to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by the

party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate

the equipment.

FCC labeling instructions (Class B)

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to

the following two conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference.

• This device must accept any interference received including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

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EU Declaration of Conformity

The Md2/PCI board (model 55-MD2PCI) 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

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

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Contents

About This Guide

xi

Purpose

xi

Audience

xi

Conventions

xii

What’s in this guide

xiii

Related documentation

xiii

Chapter 1: Planning the Md2/PCI Board Installation 1

About the Md2/PCI 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

Disabling VGA mode 8

Installing the Md2/PCI Board 10

Connecting a Monitor 13

Installing the PCI Windows 2000 Driver 14

Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 23

Determining screen assignments 23

Using the DOME tab to change display properties 23

Changing the resolution and refresh rate 25

Setting monitor preferences 26

Setting driver options 26

Setting palette options 26

Setting custom syncs 30

Uninstalling DOME Devices 34

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| Contents

Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 38

Uninstalling initial device 38

Uninstalling single-headed display board 38

Unsigned driver load error 39

Impaired screen resolution 39

Additional Components for Windows 2000 40

Dynamic-link library 40

DIMPL library 40

DimplX control 40

Calibration TQA 41

Installing the PCI Windows NT 4.0 Driver 42

Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 4.0 44

Using the DOME tab to change display properties 48

Using the DOME tab online help 49

Changing the resolution and refresh rate 49

Setting the screen configuration 49

Setting monitor preferences 49

Setting driver options 50

Setting palette options 51

Additional Configuration Options for Windows NT 4.0 54

DOME large fonts 54

DOME DlgFix 58

DOME DPMS screen saver 60

Additional Components for Windows NT 4.0 64

Dynamic-link library 64

DIMPL library 64

DimplX control 64

Calibration TQA 65

Contents |

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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 68

Installing the Md2/PCI Board 69

Connecting a Monitor 72

Installing the PCI Solaris Driver 74

Configuring Display Settings 76

Using the Default Monitor Mode 77

Checking the default mode 77

Programming the default mode 78

Overriding the Default Monitor Mode 79

Editing the OWconfig file 79

Modifying the OWconfig file 80

Selecting video pedestal 82

Using Visual Classes 83

Emulating a PseudoColor visual class 83

Checking the default visual 84

Configuring the Windowing Environment 87

Running OpenWindows 87

Configuring CDE 88

Using the DPMS screen saver with CDE 89

Changing the Console 92

Appendix: Board Resolutions and Refresh Rates 93

Resolutions and Refresh Rates for PCs 94

Customizing Sync Parameters for Windows NT 95

Resolutions and Refresh Rates for Sun PCI Workstations 97

Index 99

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About This Guide

The

Md2/PCI Display Controller Installation Guide

contains all

the procedures you need to use the DOME

®

Md2/PCI™

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 Md2/PCI 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.

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| About This Guide

Conventions

The Md2/PCI documentation uses the conventions in this table.

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 choice:

Select the

File

menu, then choose

Open

.

<Key>

Key name, such as

<Enter>.

A note of important information about 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 |

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What’s in this guide

This table describes the organization of this guide.

Related documentation

For more information about the board and its driver,

related DOME products, or your operating system,

refer to these books:

• PCI 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 Board

Installation

An overview of the Md2/PCI board,

including features and installation

requirements

Chapter 2

Installing the Board and

Driver in a PC

Instructions for installing and conﬁguring

the Md2/PCI board and its Windows 2000

or Windows NT driver in a PC

Chapter 3

Installing the Board and

Driver in a Sun PCI

Workstation

Instructions for installing and conﬁguring

the Md2/PCI board and its Solaris driver

in a Sun PCI workstation

Appendix

Board Resolutions and

Refresh Rates

Resolutions and refresh rates supported

by the Md2/PCI board in PCs and Sun

PCI workstations

Planning the Board Installation

In This Chapter

• About the Md2/PCI Board 2

• Installation Requirements 4

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| Planning the Board Installation

About the Md2/PCI Board

The DOME

®

Md2/PCI™ display controller (board) is designed

to support demanding imaging applications, specifically those

for medical imaging.

It features a 10-bit DAC and a luminance calibration port, which

together enable the display to be accurately corrected for true

grayscale fidelity.

The board has an optimized bus interface, which allows

extremely fast access to image data and the fastest possible

transfers from memory and other PCI boards. With onboard

GUI acceleration, the board further enables high-performance

image processing through support for DIMPL,™ the DOME

Image-Processing Library.

This table summarizes the key features and benefits of the board.

This feature… Provides this beneﬁt…

Multi-monitor support One board can drive either one or two

monitors

Grayscale and color support Display on 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 1600 x 1200 pixels in both landscape

and portrait modes

Hardware copy accelerator Onboard copy speeds up to

150 MB/sec

Luminance calibration port Precise calibration and matching of

display monitors for accurate gray-

scale imaging

Onboard VGA™ support Booting in MS-DOS™ and

Microsoft

®

Windows

®

(Cont.)

About the Md2/PCI Board |

3

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

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™

Compatibility with 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

This feature… Provides this beneﬁt…

4

| Planning the Board Installation

Installation Requirements

Before you install the Md2/PCI board, review these installation

requirements to check for all the items you need.

Cross-platform requirements

You can install the Md2/PCI board in a PC or Sun PCI

workstation. Each platform requires a compatible monitor

that supports 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.

Requirements PC Sun PCI Workstation

System specs • PCI slot per board

• 2 MB hard disk space

• CD-ROM drive

• 2MB RAM per screen

• Additional RAM:

–16 MB Windows 2000

–16 MB Windows NT

• 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

Md2/PCI driver • Windows 2000

• Windows NT 4.0

Solaris

Installation Requirements |

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Installation order

Follow these steps to install the Md2/PCI board and its driver on

a PC or a Sun PCI workstation.

1. Set jumper J4 on the board.

2. Install the board.

3. Connect the monitor 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

jumper J4

“Disabling VGA

mode” on page 8

“Disabling VGA

mode” on page 8

“Disabling VGA

mode” on page 68

Install

board

“Installing the

Md2/PCI Board” on

page 10

“Installing the

Md2/PCI Board” on

page 10

“Installing the

Md2/PCI Board” on

page 69

Connect

monitor

Instructions for

your monitor

Instructions for

your monitor

Instructions for

your monitor

Install

driver

“Installing the PCI

Windows 2000

Driver” on page 14

“Installing the PCI

Windows NT 4.0

Driver” on page 42

“Installing the PCI

Solaris Driver” on

page 74

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