Barco R59770183-00 User Manual

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Projector Toolset

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Basic concepts .....................................................................................5

1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................... 5

1.2 About a Conﬁguration ......................................................................................... 5

1.3 About a Snapshot ..............................................................................................5

1.4 About storing Conﬁgurations and Snapshots ............................................................... 5

2. Installation ...........................................................................................7

2.1 General requirements ......................................................................................... 7

2.2 Free download of Projector Toolset .......................................................................... 8

2.3 Projector Toolset installation.................................................................................. 8

2.4 Starting up.....................................................................................................10

2.5 Manual installation of a device plug-in......................................................................13

2.6 Uninstall Projector Toolset ...................................................................................15

2.7 About this manual.............................................................................................15

3. Menus ............................................................................................... 17

3.1 General.........................................................................................................17

3.2 Menu and button bar..........................................................................................17

3.3 Main window...................................................................................................18

3.4 Short cut keys .................................................................................................19

3.5 Workspace Explorer ..........................................................................................19

3.6 How to adjust a setting .......................................................................................20

3.7 About Projector Toolset.......................................................................................20

3.8 Snapshot management.......................................................................................24

3.8.1 About snapshots.........................................................................................24

3.8.2 Managing snapshots....................................................................................25

3.8.3 Take a snapshot .........................................................................................26

3.8.4 Apply a snapshot........................................................................................28

3.8.5 Delete a snapshot.......................................................................................29

3.8.6 Add shot cut key to a snapshot ........................................................................30

3.8.7 Remove shot cut key association......................................................................31

4. Preferences ........................................................................................ 33

4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................33

4.2 Start up the preferences......................................................................................33

4.3 Access level ...................................................................................................34

4.4 Software Appearance.........................................................................................35

4.5 Bug report setup ..............................................................................................38

4.6 Logging.........................................................................................................39

4.7 Workspace selection..........................................................................................40

5. Conﬁgurator ....................................................................................... 43

5.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................43

5.2 Conﬁgurator window..........................................................................................43

5.3 Create a new conﬁguration ..................................................................................43

5.4 Add projector to a conﬁguration .............................................................................44

5.4.1 Add projector.............................................................................................44

5.4.2 General properties ......................................................................................46

5.4.3 Connection setup........................................................................................46

5.4.3.1 Set up a serial connection ........................................................................47

5.4.3.2 Set up a Ethernet connection.....................................................................49

5.4.4 Decorator setup..........................................................................................53

5.5 Reconnect a projector ........................................................................................55

5.6 Move projector toa group....................................................................................57

5.7 Edit projectorproperties......................................................................................58

5.8 Conﬁguration preview ........................................................................................59

5.9 Conﬁguration properties......................................................................................59

5.10 Conﬁguration properties, new group........................................................................60

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5.11 Preview layout properties ....................................................................................61

5.11.1 Background color........................................................................................61

5.11.2 Background image ......................................................................................63

5.11.3 Rearrange pictographs in preview pane..............................................................65

5.12 Multiple projector selection...................................................................................65

6. Conﬁgurator, General projector settings ................................................... 67

6.1 Start up.........................................................................................................67

6.2 Control interface...............................................................................................68

6.3 Basic controls,Lamp ON/OFF...............................................................................68

6.4 Basic controls,pausesetting ................................................................................69

6.5 Basic control, Text ON/OFF..................................................................................70

6.6 Test pattern short cuts........................................................................................70

6.7 Advanced controls ............................................................................................71

6.7.1 Source switching ........................................................................................71

6.7.2 Minimum delay...........................................................................................72

6.8 Maintenance...................................................................................................73

6.8.1 Restore factory defaults ................................................................................73

7. Conﬁgurator, Projector alignment settings ................................................ 75

7.1 Lens control....................................................................................................75

7.1.1 Lens shift.................................................................................................75

7.1.2 Lens zoom ...............................................................................................75

7.1.3 Lens focus................................................................................................76

7.2 Alignment pattern .............................................................................................76

7.3 Gamma adjustment...........................................................................................77

7.4 Horizontal keystone correction ..............................................................................78

7.5 Blanking adjustment ..........................................................................................79

7.6 ScenergiX......................................................................................................80

7.6.1 Introduction...............................................................................................80

7.6.2 Preparations .............................................................................................81

7.6.3 ScenergiX activation ....................................................................................81

7.6.4 ScenergiX overlap zone (horizontal ScenergiX) .....................................................82

7.6.5 ScenergiX overlap zone (vertical ScenergiX) ........................................................83

7.6.6 ScenergiX size adjustment (white level adjustment) ................................................84

7.6.7 Adjusting the black levelof the images ...............................................................86

8. Conﬁgurator, Projector adjustment settings .............................................. 89

8.1 Window and source selection................................................................................89

8.2 Conﬁguring an input slot .....................................................................................89

8.3 Input ﬁles.......................................................................................................91

8.3.1 Introduction...............................................................................................91

8.3.2 Loading a ﬁtting input ﬁle ...............................................................................91

8.3.3 Load a ﬁle from all ﬁles .................................................................................93

8.3.4 Edit Input settings .......................................................................................94

8.3.5 Save changes on an input ﬁle..........................................................................95

8.3.6 Rename the current input ﬁle ..........................................................................96

8.3.7 Deleting an input ﬁle ....................................................................................98

8.3.8 Aspect ratio for selected input ....................................................................... 100

8.3.9 Input balance .......................................................................................... 102

8.3.9.1 Introduction to Input Balance................................................................... 102

8.3.9.2 Adjusting the input balance ..................................................................... 104

8.4 Image settings............................................................................................... 105

8.5 Layout settings.............................................................................................. 106

8.5.1 Re-size a layout window.............................................................................. 107

8.5.2 Move a layout window ................................................................................ 108

8.5.3 Aspect ratiooutput window........................................................................... 108

8.5.4 Set input window to full size...........................................................................110

8.5.5 Edit window texture ....................................................................................111

8.5.5.1 Start up ............................................................................................111

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8.5.5.2 Color ﬁll............................................................................................112

8.5.5.3 Picture .............................................................................................114

9. Conﬁgurator, Installation settings ..........................................................117

9.1 Image orientation.............................................................................................117

9.2 Lamp settings.................................................................................................117

10.Conﬁgurator, Communication settings ...................................................119

10.1 Network settings .............................................................................................119

10.1.1 Ethernet Connection...................................................................................119

10.1.2 Assign an Ethernet address via DHCP .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . 120

10.1.3 Manually assign an Ethernet address............................................................... 120

10.2 Serial network address..................................................................................... 122

11.Updater ............................................................................................123

11.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 123

11.2 Version info .................................................................................................. 123

12.Diagnostics ......................................................................................125

12.1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 125

12.2 Projector diagnostics ....................................................................................... 126

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1. Basic concepts

1. BASIC CONCEPTS

Overview

• Introduction

• About a Conﬁguration

• About a Snapshot

• About storing Conﬁgurations and Snapshots

1.1 Introduction

Overview

Projector Toolset is a software tool to set up, conﬁgure, manage and control Barco projectors.

The concept of this Projector Toolset software is modular. The basic package can be extended with several optional device plug-in modules, now and in the future available.

The Projector Toolset software works with conﬁgurations that can be loaded. Within a conﬁguration, different snapshots can be taken. A snapshot represents a current state of a conﬁguration and can be reloaded to return to this typical state. These terms will be used through the complete software.

Projector Toolset is a stand-alone application that runs on a Java Virtual Machine and that does not require extraservicestorun.

Several conﬁgurations can be controlled simultaneously. Even when the conﬁgurations are connected via different ways.

1.2 About a Conﬁguration

What is a Conﬁguration?

A Conﬁguration is a collection of projectors with all their current settings, connected to a computer. A conﬁguration can contain different settings, called snapshots, for all the projectors in the conﬁguration.

1.3 About a Snapshot

What is a Snapshot?

A Snapshot is collection of settings of a conﬁguration. Such a snapshot represents the current state of a conﬁguration.

A snapshot can contain all settings or speciﬁc settings as input settings, lamp settings, layout settings or projector settings. When restoring a snapshot, only the stored settings will be restored. The others remain on their current value.

1.4 About storing Conﬁgurations and Snapshots

Overview

All information is stored by default in the install directory of Projector Toolset in the subdirectory Workspace.

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Conﬁgurations are directly under the subdirectory Workspace and have the extension .conﬁg. Snapshots are stored in a subdirectory of Workspace, called Snapshots.Theﬁles have the extension .snapshot .

This structure makes it possible to zip the workspace and send it the another computer for further use.

Tomakeabackupofallyourconﬁgurations and snapshots, just make a copy of Workspace with all its content.

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2. INSTALLATION

Overview

• General requirements

• Free download of Projector Toolset

• Projector Toolset installation

•Startingup

• Manual installation of a device plug-in

• Uninstall Projector Toolset

• About this manual

2.1 General requirements

Before you begin

It assumes you are familiar with the Windows operating system at your site.

2. Installation

System requirements for Microsoft Windows

Minimum hardware speciﬁcations :

• PC Pentium III or equivalent, 1 GHz

•512MBRAM

• Free hard disk space: 80 MB

• XGA resolution (1024 x 768)

• Serial communication port and/or Ethernet connection

Software

• Windows 2000, Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (recommended)

Recommended hardware speciﬁcations :

• PC Pentium IV or equivalent, 2.4 GHz

•512MBRAM

• 140 MB hard disk free space

• SXGA resolution (1280 x 1024) with 32 MB video memory

• Serial communication port

• Ethernet connection

System requirements for Linux

Software

• Any Linux distribution that supports Sun’s Java Runtime Environment v1.5.0 (RedHat 9.0, SuSe 8.2, Debian/Ubuntu, Mandriva, ...) Check out the documentation of your favorite distribution to ﬁnd out if Jav

a 1.5 is supported.

Minimum hardware speciﬁcations

• PC Pentium III or equivalent, 1 GHz

•512MbRAM

• Freeharddiskspace: 100MB

• XGA resolution (1024 x 768)

• Ethernet connection (serial connection is not supported)

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Recommended hardware speciﬁcations :

• PC Pentium IV or equivalent, 2.4 GHz

•512MBRAM

• 140 MB hard disk free space

• SXGA resolution (1280 x 1024) with 32 Mb video memory

• Serial communication port

• Ethernet connection

Mac OS X

Software

• Apple’s Java SE 5.0 Release 3 or better

• Mac OS X v10.4.2 or better

Minimum system requirements :

•PowerPCG3

•256MBRAM

•10MBdiskspace

• Display with XGA resolution (1024x768)

• Network connection

Recommended system requirements

• PowerPC G5 or Intel Core 2 Duo

• Display with SXGA resolution (1280x1024)

•512MBRAM

• 50MBharddiskfreespace

• Network connection

2.2 Free download of Projector Toolset

Overview

The program and all necessary plug-ins can be downloaded for free from Barco’s Partnerzone, (URL:

ttps://my.barco.com). Registration is necessary.

If you are not yet registered, click on Sign up My.barco and follow the instructions. With the created lo- gin and password, it is possible to enter the partnerzone where you can download the Projector Toolset software and the device plug-in updates.

When downloading the complete Projector Toolset, this software contains already the latest device plugins.

It is not necessary to install any other software. A Java virtual machine is included with this download.

2.3 Projector Toolset installation

The installation ﬁle contains the Projector Toolset framework and the available plug-ins.

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2. Installation

To install on Microsoft Windows

The process of installing your software involves the following steps:

1. Browse to the directory where the install program is downloaded.

2. Double click on Ptoolset_Installer.exe .

The installation starts. Depending on the local Internet Explorer settings, it is possible that a warning is displayed. Just click Run to start the installation.

3. Follow the instructions given in the different install windows.

4. Complete installation is automatic.

Note: A restart of the computer is necessary before the software can be used.

Barco → Projector Toolset → Projector Toolset item is added to the program list (unless otherwise selected during the installation).

Only Projector Toolset framework is installed. To start using it, ﬁrst install one or more device plug-ins. The software will request to install the plug-ins.

To install on MAC OS X

The process of installing your software involves the following steps:

1. Browse to the folder where the downloaded installer zip ﬁle is stored.

2. Double click on the zip ﬁle to unzip.

3. Double-click on the PToolset_Installer ﬁle.

Theinstallationstarts.

4. Follow the instructions given in the different install windows.

5. The complete installation is done automatically.

Only Projector Toolset framework is installed. To start using it, ﬁrst install one or more device plug-ins. The software will request to install the plug-ins.

To install on Linux

The process of installing your software involves the following steps:

1. Browse to the folder where the downloaded installer ﬁle (PToolset_installe

2. Check if the ﬁle is executable. This is done by right clicking on the ﬁle and selecting ‘Properties’ from

the popup menu.

3. Select tab Permissions and check if Is executable is enabled. (image 2-1)

4. Double click on the Ptoolset_installer.bin to start the installation.

5. Follow the instructions given in the different install windows.

6. The complete installation is done automatically.

r.bin) has been stored.

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Image 2-1 File properties

Only Projector Toolset framework is installed. To start using it, ﬁrst install one or more device plug-ins. The software will request to install the plug-ins.

2.4 Starting up

Launching Projector Toolset on Microsoft Windows

To start up the Projector Toolset software:

1. Click on Start → Programs and select Barco → Projector Toolset → Projector Toolset.

Or, if a desk top icon is available, double click that desk top icon.

The software starts up. This start up procedure can take a while. First splash screen opens. (image 2-2)

The software starts up with the latest used conﬁgurati downloaded, with overview table of the downloaded plug-ins. All plug-ins in the table are selected by default. (image 2-3)

2. Unselect the plug-ins which you do not want to install.

Or, click on Unselect all and then select the plug-ins you want to install.

Select all will check all plug-ins at once.

3. Click OK to install the selected plug-ins.

When all plug-ins are installed, a restart message is displayed. (image 2-4)

4. Click Yes to shutdown the application and restart the application.

Click No to continue working with the old plug-ins.

on or, if new plug-ins or updated plug-ins are

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Image 2-2 Start up splash screen

Image 2-3 Overview downloaded plug-ins

Image 2-4 Plug-ins installed

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Launching Projector Toolset on Mac OS X

To start the Projector Toolset software on Mac OS X system:

1. With Finder, go to the Applications folder under your home folder.

2. Double-click on the Projector_Toolset icon to start the application.

It can take a while to start up. First splash screen opens.

The software starts up with the latest used conﬁguration or, if new plug-ins or updated plug-ins are downloaded, with overview table of the downloaded plug-ins. All plug-ins in the table are selected by default. (image 2-3)

3. Unselect the plug-ins which you do not want to install.

Or, click on Unselect all and then select the plug-ins you want to install.

Select all will check all plug-ins at once.

4. Click OK to install the selected plug-ins.

When all plug-ins are installed, a restart message is displayed. (image 2-4)

5. Click Yes to shutdown the application and restart the application.

Click No to continue working with the old plug-ins.

6. Once Projector Toolset is fully started, it has the following look and feel. (image 2-5)

Image 2-5 Look and feel on MAC

Launching Projector Toolset on Linux

To start the Projector Toolset software on a Linux system:

1. Go to your home folder.

2. Double click on the Projector_Toolset icon to star

It can take a while to start up. First splash screen opens.

3. Unselect the plug-ins which you do not want to install.

Or, click on Unselect all and then select the plug-ins you want to install.

Select all will check all plug-ins at once.

t the application.

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4. Click OK to install the selected plug-ins.

When all plug-ins are installed, a restart message is displayed. (image 2-4)

5. Click Yes to restart the application.

Click No to continue working with the old plug-ins.

6. Once Projector Toolset is fully started, it has the following look and feel. (image 2-6)

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Image 2-6 Look and feel on Linux

2.5 Manual installation of a device plug-in

When should it be done manually

When a new plug-in is downloaded, and the user has decided no to install it yet for some reason. He still has the possibility to install this plug-in manually.

How to install

1. Start up Projector Toolset.

2. Click Help on the menu and select Install plugin... .(image2-7)

An Install device plug-in dialog box opens.

3. If the path and ﬁle name is known, ﬁll it out next to Select a tpi ﬁle.

Or, click on the Browse button (...).

An Open dialog box opens.

4. Browse to the desired plug-in ﬁle and cli

ck Open.

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Plug-in ﬁles are .tpi ﬁles and are mostly located in the Plugins subdirectory of Projector Toolset’s install directory.

The Install device plug-in dialog is re-displayed with the complete path ﬁlled out.

5. Click Next.

An overview of projector name, plug-in ID and version is given.

A question dialog box appears to ask if you really want to install the selected plug-in.

6. Click Next to continue.

Installation procedure starts. Result is displayed in a dialog box. A restart of Projector Toolset is necessary to activate the new installed plug-in.

7. Check Shutdown application and click Finish.(image2-8)

Projector Toolset will be closed.

8. Restart Projector Toolset.

The new plug-in is activated.

Image 2-7 Install plug-ins, start

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Image 2-8 Finish the installation

2.6 Uninstall Projector Toolset

How to uninstall on a Microsoft Windows platform

To uninstall the program, normal Windows functionality can be used to remove a software.

Click on Windows Start, select Settings and open Add/Remove software.

Select the version of Projector Toolset which must be removed and click on Remove.

The complete program will be removed from the hard disk.

How to uninstall on a Linux platform

Remove the Projector Toolset folder from the home folder.

How to uninstall on a Mac OS X platform

Remove the Projector Toolset folder from the application folder in the home folder.

2.7 About this manual

Overview

This Reference manual provides detailed information about the conﬁguration and setup software Projector Toolset. This manual is designed to be a reference tool in your everyday work with Projector Toolset.

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2. Installation

The following icons are used in the manual :

Caution

Warning

Info, term deﬁnition. General info about the term.

Note, gives extra information about the described subject.

Tip, gives extra advice about the described subject.

Images given in the manual are used as illustration. The content of the image can be slightly different with the real image on the screen, e.g. version numbers, installed modules, etc. .

Typography:

• Clickable menu items or buttons are indicated in bold, e.g. OK

• Menu items are indicated in italic.

• A dialog window is indicated in italic, e.g. Make a new conﬁguration.

• Step related notes, tips, warnings or cautions are printed in italic.

• Procedure related notes, tips, warnings or cautions are printed in bold between 2 lines preceding by the corresponding icon.

What’s next?

Now that you are familiar with the style of this guide, you are now ready to know more about its modules and what they can do.

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3. MENUS

Overview

• General

• Menu and button bar

• Main window

•Shortcutkeys

• Workspace Explorer

• How to adjust a setting

• About Projector Toolset

• Snapshot management

3.1 General

The right mouse button

The right mouse button is used in Projector Toolset for direct controls. The use of this button can be handy throughout the complete software.

3. Menus

Ergonomics

Projector Toolset works on the principle of windows with adjustable sizes that can be positioned as you like.

When Projector Toolset opens, it displays the main window along with the Menu and butt drop-down menus include the usual functions of any software (File,etc.) and menus speciﬁc for Projector To ol se t.

The button bar allows switching between the different modules.

An extra Workspace explorer window makes conﬁguration management more easy.

on bar. The

3.2 Menu and button bar

Structure

The menu contains drop down menus accessible by clicking with the mouse on an item. To select an item, justclickonaniteminthedropdownlist.

The button bar contains on the left side navigation buttons to the different modules and on the right side manage buttons to the workspace explorer and snapshot function

To activate a module, click on a navigation button. The window will change accordingly. When activating some buttons, some extra items will be added to the menu.

Image 3-1 Menu and button bar

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3.3 Main window

Overview

The content of the main window changes when a other navigation (module) button is activated, but the main parts are the same for all modules.

Image 3-2 Main window indications

Indication

BMenu

G Manage buttons for conﬁgurations and snapshots

Description

Window title. Construction of active module - Conﬁguration name

Module navigation buttons

Conﬁguration preview pane

Log window. Can be hidden by the log information button on top of the conﬁguration preview pane.

Settings pane. Content changes with the selected module button and selected projector/device.

Tool ti p

Some items and or icons show a tool tip when moving the cursor over that item or icon. This tool tip helps to identify the buttons or items.

Scroll bars

If there is more information available than displayed in a pane, vertical and horizontal scroll bars will be added to that speciﬁc pane. These scroll bars let you move up and down and left and right through the

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information in the pane. Vertical scroll bars are the bars on the right side of the pane. Horizontal scroll bars are the bars at the bottom of the pane.

To use scroll bars, place the cursor on the scroll box, click and hold down the mouse button. Move the scroll box the entire span of the scroll bar. Notice how you can move and up down in the information in the pane.

You can also click anywhere above or below (left or right) the scroll box in the empty space. Click once with the mouse and the scroll bar will make larger leaps in the information.

Split bar

The split bar divides the different panes. The position of the split bar is adjustable.

Image 3-3 Split bar

To adjust the position, place the cursor over the split bar separating the panes, so that the two-headed arrow cursor appears. Click on the two-headed arrow and drag it until the panes are the desired size.

3.4 Short cut keys

Overview

Window operating system Description

F8 Take snapshot

Ctrl + F8

Shift + Ctrl + F8 Show snapshot management dialog box

F11

Alt + Enter

Ctrl + Enter Show properties of selected projector

Ctrl + S Save conﬁguration

Shift + Ctrl + S Save all conﬁgurations

Apply snapshot

Show Workspace Explorer

Show conﬁguration properties

3.5 Workspace Explorer

Workspace explorer

Window to manage the available conﬁgurations in the current workspace.

How to display

Click on the workspace explorer icon ( ) on the left top corner or

on the menu, click on View → Workspace explorer or

press F11.

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Image 3-4 Workspace explorer

What can be done

The workspace explorer window gives an overview of the existing Conﬁgurations.

To select a conﬁguration, just click on it. The background of the selected conﬁguration changes to blue. When the same item is open (active) the background remains blue.

When another conﬁguration is selected, the background of this new conﬁguration becomes blue and the background of the active (open) conﬁguration changes to orange.

To activate (open) another conﬁguration, double click on it. The background becomes blue. All other conﬁgurations will have no background.

An asterisk (*) behind a conﬁguration means that a conﬁguration setting is changed since the last saved version. A save is necessary to store the changes.

3.6 How to adjust a setting

About input boxes

To change a value:

• Click on the up down control of the spin box next to the input box until the desired value is reached.

• Click in the input ﬁeld of the spin box, select the act

ual value and enter a new value with your keyboard.

About drop down menu settings

Click on the drop down menu. A list of possible choices opens. Select the desired item.

3.7 About Projector Toolset

Why?

The about function in the Help menu gives a modules. This information can be handy when calling for help.

The images given below are just example images. These images can differ from version to version.

n overview of the used system parameters and the installed

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The versions indicated on the illustrations are only given as info and these versions can be different with the current versions.

How to start up

Click Help on the menu and select About (a). (image 3-5)

The About start up dialog box opens (b).

3. Menus

Image 3-5 About window

System details

Click on System details to see the system parameters on which Projector Toolset is running.

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Image 3-6 System details

Module details

Click on Module details to get an overview of the installed modules.

Image 3-7 Module details

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First of all the software version and the release date are indicated in Module manager.

Module details gives an overview of the installed modules and their version.

Plug-in details

Plug-in details gives an overview of the installed device plug-in together with their version.

3. Menus

Image 3-8 Device plug-ins details

For more info about a device plug-in, click on the desired plug-in to select and then click on More info... .

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Image 3-9 More info device plug-in

Release information, plug-in description and license agreement is given.

3.8 Snapshot management

• About snapshots

• Managing snapshots

• Take a snapshot

• Apply a snapshot

• Delete a snapshot

• Add shot cut key to a snapshot

• Remove shot cut key association

When a conﬁguration contains also Digital Cinema Touch panel devices or only these devices, these devices are not included in a snapshot.

3.8.1 About snapshots

Overview

At any moment the settings for a conﬁguration can be saved in a snapshot ﬁle. This snapshot ﬁle can be loaded again to create the same situation as when the snapshot was taken.

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A snapshot can contain:

• All settings

• All layout settings

• All input settings

• Lamp settings

• Projector settings

Snapshot

A snapshot is a collection of settings at a given point of time for a conﬁguration

3.8.2 Managing snapshots

Overview

When opening the snapshot window an overview of all available snapshots is given. A snapshot ﬁle is built up as a tree of settings.

To open this tree of settings, click on the ’+’ sign to expand a branch.

A yellow warning symbol in front of the snapshot name means that something inside the snapshot does not correspond with the current active conﬁguration. Expand the snapshot tree to see the differences. Such a snapshot can be applied to the current conﬁguration but only the corresponding setting are loaded and for the other settings, the current values remain in place.

3. Menus

Some examples when a warning symbol can be displayed:

• projector not (anymore) in the conﬁguration

• inputs on projector are swapped, or missing.

When a snapshot is selected, the name of the snapshot is yellow.

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Image 3-10 Snapshot view

3.8.3 Take a snapshot

What can be done?

As a snapshot is collection of setting at a certain point in time, a snapshot of the current conﬁguration can be taken at any moment.

How to take

Click on the snapshot icon on the manage button bar (a). (image 3-11)

The Snapshot management dialog box opens (b).

Click the Take a snapshot icon (c).

The Take a snapshot dialog box opens (d).

To change the proposed snapshot name, click in the input ﬁeld next to Snapshot name, select the current

name and enter a new name (e).

Note: Only the characters a to z, A to Z, 1 to 9 and (, ), _, -, @ or allowed in a name.

To enter a description for the snapshot, click in the description input ﬁeld and enter a description (f).

To select the snapshot level, click on the drop down box next to Snapshot level and select the desired

level from the list (g).

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The following levels are available:

- All settings

- All layout settings: only layout settings are saved

- All input settings: only input settings are saved

- Lamp settings: only lamp settings are saved

- Projector settings: only projector settings are saved

This is a ﬁrst ﬁltering level and can be followed by a device selection.

Select the device. By default all devices are selected (h).

Within the setup snapshot level it is possible to exclude some devices by un-checking that device in Select the device.

E.g. when selecting as snapshot level lamp settings, it is possible to exclude the lamp settings of a certain projector or when selecting input settings, it is still possible to exclude some inputs.

Click OK to take the snapshot (i).

The snapshot is taken. A message is displayed with the result.

Click OK to ﬁnish the snapshot procedure.

Image 3-11 Take snapshot

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3.8.4 Apply a snapshot

What can be done?

A snapshot can be fully or partially apply to the current conﬁguration.

When there is no warning symbol in front of the snapshot name, this snapshot can be fully applied to the current conﬁguration.

When there is a warning symbol in front of the snapshot name, that means that the current conﬁguration is not the same as those when the snapshot was made, than only the matching parts will be applied to the current conﬁguration. To see which items do not match, expand the snapshot. Each not matching item will have a warning symbol.

How to apply

Click on the snapshot icon on the manage button bar (a). (image 3-12)

The Snapshot management dialog box opens with all available snapshots (b).

Click on the desired snapshot (c).

The name becomes yellow.

ClickontheApplyicon(d).

A Load and apply question dialog box opens (e).

Click Yes to apply (f).

When it was a fully match, all items in the snapshot are applied. In all other cases a not matching dialog box opens that indicate all not matching items (g).

Click Yes if you want to continue apply the matching items (h).

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Image 3-12 Apply snapshot

3.8.5 Delete a snapshot

How to delete

Click on the snapshot icon on the manage button bar (a). (image 3-13)

The Snapshot management dialog box opens with all available snapshots (b).

Click on the snapshot to delete (c).

The name becomes yellow.

Click on the delete icon (d).

Aconﬁrmation dialog box is displayed (e).

Click Yes to delete (f).

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Image 3-13 Delete snapshot

3.8.6 Add shot cut key to a snapshot

What can be done?

To each snapshot a key stroke can be associated so that it can be used as short cut key. This short cut key can be activated at any time. Depending on the apply settings, the snapshot will be loaded without any notice or will be loaded after aski be refreshed.

ng for conﬁrmation. Once the snapshot is loaded, the statuses will

Howtocreateashortcutkey

Click on the snapshot icon on the manage button bar (a) (image 3-14)

The Snapshot management dialog box opens with all available snapshots (b).

Click on the key bindings icon (c).

The Snapshot trigger keybinding

Select the snapshot to add a keybinding (e).

Enter a keystroke (f).

No combination of keys is possible. Only single key can be used.

Select the snapshot trigger by clic

- Don’t apply: not happens when activating the key.

- Apply after conﬁrmation: once the key is pressed, a conﬁrmation message is displayed.

- Apply immediately: once the key is pressed, the snapshot is applied without displaying any message.

dialog box opens (d).

king on the radio button (g).

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Click OK to save the new short cut status (h).

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Image 3-14 Associate short cut to snapshot

3.8.7 Remove shot cut key association

How to remove a short cut

Click on the snapshot icon on the manage button bar (a) (image 3-15)

The Snapshot management dialog box opens with all available snapshots (b).

Click on the key bindings icon (c).

The Snapshot trigger keybinding dialog box opens (d).

To clear the key for a speciﬁc snapshot, select that snapshot (e) and click Clear (f1).

To clear all short cut keys at once, click on Clear all (f2).

Click OK to save the new short cut s

tatus (g).

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Image 3-15 Clear short cut on snapshot

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4. PREFERENCES

• Introduction

• Start up the preferences

• Access level

• Software Appearance

• Bug report setup

• Logging

• Workspace selection

4.1 Introduction

Overview

Preferences determine the default behavior of the software. Some preferences can be generally set for the complete software, some others are only for the different plug-in modules.

4.2 Start up the preferences

How to start up ?

Click on File onthemenubar. (image4-1)

The ﬁle menu opens.

Select Preferences... .

The Preference dialog box opens. (image 4-2)

Use the Show all button to display all the preference items. This Show all buttons is available in all

following sub preference windows.

Use Apply button to apply a preference change in one of the other module.

Use Cancel to ignore the preference changes. Use OK to apply the preference changes and to close the window at the same time.

Image 4-1 Select Preferences

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Image 4-2 Preference window

4.3 Access level

What can be done ?

Some actions and functions of the Projector Toolset are restricted to certain access levels. In this panel you can check the access level and read information from a dongle, if you have one.

A dongle is not required to use the normal functions in Projector Toolset.

When using Projector Toolset without dongle, or as operator, the maintenance function in the Service module has the same content as the maintenance button in the Conﬁgurator module, General tab.

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Image 4-3 Access levels

To read out the dongle settings, click on Read dongle. The current level of the inserted dongle is indicated next to User level.

4 different levels are deﬁned:

• operator level

• service technician level

• theatre technician level

• Barco technician level

Each level can access speciﬁc functions in the service described in this manual.

module. Only the operator level functions are

4.4 Software Appearance

What can be changed ?

The following items can be changed:

• Language of the software.

• Look and feel of the software.

Language selection

Click on Appearance (image 4-2).

The appearance window opens.

ClickonthecomboboxnexttoAppearance of the application.(image4-4)

The possible languages will be displayed.

Select the desired language.

Click on Apply to conﬁrm the selection.

An info window will be displayed to announce that the language change will take place after restarting the software.

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Image 4-4 Language selection

Look and feel of the software

Click on Appearance (image 4-2).

The appearance window opens.

Click on the combo box next to Look and Feel.(image4-5)

The possible look and feels will be displayed. The following are possible:

- Windows

-Java

An info window will be displayed to announce that the look and feel change will take place after restarting the software.

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Image 4-5 Look and feel software

Screen shots in this manual are made for a Java look and feel.

Use of speciﬁc fond

Click on Appearance (image 4-2).

The appearance window opens.

Check the check box in front of Use speciﬁc font. (image 4-6)

The drop down menu becomes available.

Click on the drop down box and select the desired font.

Click on Apply to conﬁrm the selection.

An info window will be displayed to announce that the look and feel change will take place after restarting the software.

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Image 4-6 Use of speciﬁc font

4.5 Bug report setup

SMTP

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol used in sending E-mail.

Setup bug report

Click on Bug reporting. (image 4-7)

The bug report setup window appears. (image 4-8)

Bug reporting is by default enabled.

Fill out the Personal data.

This personal data will be incorporated in the bug Personal data contains the following information :

- First name

-Lastname

- Organization

- E-mail address

- Telephone number

- Mobile number

report so that Barco can contact you.

Click on Edit mail settings.

The mail settings window opens. (image 4-9)

Fill out Your mail account settings.

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The following settings should be entered :

- Your E-mail address

- Organization

- Barco’s E-mail address, automatically ﬁlled out when installing the software.

If you want to receive a copy of the bug report E-mail to Barco, check this check box.

Fill out the address of the SMTP mail server.

Tip: Contact your system administrator in your organization to obtain the correct address.

Fill out the port of the mail server. Your system administrator can help you. The port is default set on 25.

Click OK.

Image 4-7 Bug report selection

Image 4-9 Mail setup window

4.6 Logging

Start up

Image 4-8 Bug report setup window

Click on Logging.

The logging preferences window opens. (image 4-10)

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Image 4-10 Logging and debugging preferences

Logging level

Click on the slider bar to set the desired logging level.

The following levels are possible:

• Debug

•Info

• Error

• Warning

•Fatal

Message to log ﬁle

The logging about the behavior of the program can be logged in a ﬁle. Each time the program is started a new log ﬁle is created. The ﬁle is saved in a subdirectory log of the Projector Toolset install directory. The ﬁle name contains the date and the sequence of start up

The logging level can be set to limit the number of data. By default, Info level is setup. Other levels are Debug, Warning, Error and Fatal.

Check the check box in front of Write log messages to ﬁle if you want to activate the logging. This is a preferred setting.

The period a logging must be saved on disk can be set. Default set to 20 days. All logging older than 20 days will be removed.

at that date.

When the period is set to “0”, only the last created logging will remain on the disk.

To clear the complete logging directory, click once on Clear all.

4.7 Workspace selection

Start up

Click on Workspace selection.(image4-11

)

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The workspace selection dialog box opens.

To change to another workspace, click on the drop down box and select the desired workspace. (im-

age 4-12) Or, click on ... to open an Open dialog box (a2).

Browse to a workspace or enter a new workspace in the File name ﬁeld.

Click on Open (b).

The current conﬁgurations will be closed.

Click on Apply to apply the new workspace (c).

Image 4-11 Select Workspace preferences

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Image 4-12 Selecting a workspace

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5. CONFIGURATOR

• Introduction

•Conﬁgurator window

• Create a new conﬁguration

• Add projector to a conﬁguration

• Reconnect a projector

• Move projector to a group

• Edit projector properties

•Conﬁguration preview

•Conﬁguration properties

•Conﬁguration properties, new group

• Preview layout properties

• Multiple projector selection

5.1 Introduction

5. Configurator

Overview

The conﬁgurator makes it possible to create conﬁgurations and to change the settings of each device separately.

Start up

To start up the conﬁgurator, just click on the conﬁgurator icon ( ) on the navigation button bar or click on Modules and select Conﬁgurator.

Image 5-1 Conﬁgurator start up

5.2 Conﬁgurator window

Overview

The conﬁgurator window allows to create new conﬁgurations and to manage the projectors inside a con- ﬁguration.

5.3 Create a new conﬁguration

Stepstobetaken

Click File onthemenuandselectNew → New conﬁguration (a). (image 5-2)

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Or, press Ctrl + N.

The New conﬁguration dialog box opens (b).

Fill out a name for the new conﬁguration next to Conﬁguration name. The default name will be Conﬁgu-

ration_’digit’ (c).

Note: Only the characters a to z, A to Z, 1 to 9 and (, ), _, -, @ or allowed in a name.

When it is the ﬁrst conﬁguration for this workspace, only the option Create by adding projectors is available.

When there are already conﬁguration available, the option Basedonavailableconﬁguration becomes available

Check the radio button of your choice (d).

When Based on available conﬁguration is checked, click on the combo box and select the conﬁguration

on which the new conﬁguration must be based on (e).

Click OK to create the new conﬁguration (f).

Image 5-2 Create new conﬁguration

5.4 Add projector to a conﬁguration

• Add projector

• General properties

• Connection setup

• Decorator setup

5.4.1 Add projector

The possible projectors types depends on the installed plug-ins.

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About adding a projector

To m a k e i t m or e e a sy t o ﬁnd back a projector while adding it to the software, the different projectors are grouped in categories.

The following categories are available for the moment (depending on the loaded plug-ins):

• Digital cinema: this category contains all supported digital cinema projectors and touch panels.

• Mid venue: this category contains all supported projectors from the CLM and SLM series.

• Large venue: this category contains all supported projectors from the FLM series.

• XLarge venue: this category contains all supported projectors from the XLM series.

How to add

Click Conﬁguration on the menu and select Add (a). (image 5-3)

Move the cursor to the right and select the desired category.

Move the cursor again to right and select the desired projector.

The Create projector dialog box opens with the selected device type pictograph at the right side (b).

Enter the different device properties such as the projector identiﬁcation, the connection parameters and

projector decorator for the conﬁguration preview.

Image 5-3 Add projector

When adding twice the same projector, once via a network connection and once via a serial connection, a message will be displayed to warn the user that there is already an instance with the same projector and that problems with the communication are possible. The projector will be added but Projector Toolset advises to uninstall one of the connections.

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5.4.2 General properties

Overview

Click on the General tab to open the general properties if not yet open (a).

Image 5-4 General projector properties

Projector’s identiﬁcation

The default display name is Barco followed by the project

This name can be changed to any other name. Click in the name ﬁeld, select the current name and enter a new name (b).

Next to the display name, the device type is indicate with the name and a device icon.

or type.

Projector status

Indicates the communication status of the projector (c).

• enabled: communication with projector possible

• disabled: no communication with projector possible

5.4.3 Connection setup

• Set up a serial connection

• Set up a Ethernet connection

No serial connection possible when using Projector Toolset on MAC OS X or on a Linux system !

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5.4.3.1 Set up a serial connection

Only possible when Projector Toolset runs on a Microsoft Windows platform.

Physical connection

Before a serial connection can be made, connect a serial cable from PC to the RS232IN connector of the projector.

RS232

An Electronic Industries Association (EIA) serial digital interface standard specifying the characteristics of the communication path between two devices using either D-SUB 9 pins or D-SUB 25 pins connectors. This standard is used for relatively short-range communications and does not specify balanced control lines. RS-232 is a serial control standard with a set number of conductors, data rate, word length and type of connector to be used. The standard speciﬁes component connection standards with regard to computer interface. It is also called RS-232-C, which is the third version of the RS-232 standard, and is functionally identical to the CCITT V.24 standard. Logical ’0’ is > + 3V, Logical ’1’ is < - 3V. The range between -3V and +3V is the transition zone.

Necessary parts

Straight serial cable

Software connection

Select the Connection properties tab (a). (image 5-5)

The right pane changes to the connection setup page.

Click on the radio button next to A projector connected to a serial port to select the serial connection (b).

Click in the Projector address input ﬁeld and enter the projector address (c).

This address must be between 0 and 255.

Select the serial port of your PC connected with the projector. Click on the drop down box and select the

corresponding port (d).

Click OK to make the connection.

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Image 5-5 Set up a serial connection

Scan projector

If the projector address and the communication port are not known, click on Device scan to get an overview of the serial connected projectors (a).

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Image 5-6 Detect serial connected projectors

Fill out the address range (b) and click Start detection (c).

A Serial scan result dialog box opens.

Select the desired projector (d) and click Open (e). A connection is made with the selected projector.

5.4.3.2 Set up a Ethernet connection

Possibilities

To establish a Ethernet connection, the following ways are possible:

• Enter an IP address

• Enter a host name

• Scan the net work for the connected projectors

Internet Protocol. The network layer of TCP/IP. Required for communication with the internet.

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Host name

This is the name that will be returned, along with the IP address in response to the UDP broadcast query for projectors/touch panels.

DNS server

Computers, Projectors, Touch panels connected to a network are referenced by their IP address. The only problem is that remembering IP addresses is not easy. If you need to use hundreds of addresses then it will become impossible to remember them. This is why domain names are created. Internet names (domain and host names) are just aliases to these IP addresses. When you use an Internet address it is automatically translated to an IP address. In fact a program or device that translates those Internet names to IP addresses is called a DNS Server.

Via entering an IP address

Select the Connection properties tab (a). (image 5-7)

The right pane changes to the connection setup page.

ClickontheradiobuttonnexttoA projector connected on the network to select the Ethernet connection

(b).

Click on the radio button in front of IP address (c).

Enter the IP address (d).

Note: An address contains 4 octets with a maximum value of 255.

Click OK to make the connection.

Image 5-7 Make connection via entering IP address

Via entering a host name

Select the Connection properties tab (a). (image 5-8)

The right pane changes to the connection setup page.

ClickontheradiobuttonnexttoA projector connected on the network to select the Ethernet connection

(b).

Click on the radio button in front of Host name (c).

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Click in the input ﬁeld and enter the host name (d).

Click OK to make the connection.

Image 5-8 Create connection via host name

5. Configurator

Making a connection via a host name is only possible when the host name is known by the network DNS server.

Via a projector scan single connection

Select the Connection properties tab (a). (image 5-9)

The right pane changes to the connection setup page.

ClickontheradiobuttonnexttoA projector connected on the network to select the Ethernet connection

(b).

Click on the Device scan button (c).

The Scanning projector progress bar appears. The broadcast query (based on UDP) for projectors scans the complete LAN network to detect available projectors on the network. The scanning results are displayed in the Discover projectors dialog box (d). Only the projector of the added projector type and the not yet added projectors to the conﬁguration are in the list.

Click on the desired IP address to select (e) and click Open (f).

A connection is made with the selected projector.

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Image 5-9 Create a connection via projector scan

Via a projector scan multiple connection (batch)

Select the Connection properties tab (a). (image 5-10)

The right pane changes to the connection setup page.

ClickontheradiobuttonnexttoA projector connected on the network to select the Ethernet connection

(b).

Click on the Device scan button (c).

The Scanning projector prog scans the complete LAN network to detect available projectors on the network. The scanning results are displayed in the Discover projectors dialog box (d). Only the projector of the added projector type and the not yet added projectors to the conﬁguration are in the list.

Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the projectors which must be added in batch (e). Click Open to add

the projectors (f).

A connection is made with all selected projectors.

ress bar appears. The broadcast query (based on UDP) for projectors

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Image 5-10 Batch connection of projectors

5.4.4 Decorator setup

What is a decorator

Decorator information is extra data about the projector which can be displayed in the conﬁguration preview next to the projector pictograph.

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Image 5-11 Decorator properties

Image 5-12 Decorator position and content

A Decorator north of graph B Decorator south of graph C Decorator west of graph D Decorator east of graph

Decorator position

The extra information can be place in the north, south, east or west of the projector pictograph.

Clickonthedesiredradi

o button to determine the decorator position.

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Decorator content

The following information can be displayed in the conﬁguration preview:

• Projector name

• Connection settings

• Lamp shutter status

•Activeﬁles

•Devicetype

5.5 Reconnect a projector

Via the context menu

Right click on a not connected projector in the preview pane. (image 5-13)

A context menu opens.

Select Connect.

The projector tries to make a connection and to retrieve data. When it is successful the pictograph border becomes green, the properties are ﬁlled out. When it is not successful, the border stays gray and a projector not responding message is displayed.

5. Configurator

Image 5-13 Connect projector via context menu

Via the menu

Select a not connected projector in the preview pane. (image 5-14

Click Conﬁguration on the menu and select Selected device → Connect projector.

Image 5-14 Connect projector via menu

)

Via the projector properties

Select a not connected projector in the preview pane. (image 5-15)

Open the projector properties via right click and selecting Properties.

Or, via click on Conﬁguration onthemenuandselectingSelected device → Properties (a).

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Or, by pressing Ctrl + Enter.

The Properties dialog box opens (b).

Click on Connection (c).

The Connection tab opens (d).

Click on Connect projector (e).

The projector tries to make a connection and to retrieve data (f). When it is successful the pictograph border becomes green, the properties are ﬁlled out. When it is not successful, the border stays gray and a projector not responding message is displayed.

Image 5-15 Reconnect via the properties dialog box

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5.6 Move projector to a group

What can be done ?

Projectors can be grouped in new groups are in existing groups. All projectors in one group can be selected then and controlled as one projector.

How to move to a new group

Right click on the projector icon (a). (image 5-16)

A pop up menu opens.

Select Move to and drag your mouse to the right and select New group (b).

The create new group window opens (c).

The proposed name next to Group name is selected. Enter a name for the new group (d)..

Select a groups color by clicking on one of the proposed colors (e).

Click OK to create the new group and to move the selected projector to this group (f).

Image 5-16

Howtomovetoanexistinggroup

Right click on the projector icon. (image 5-17)

A pop up menu opens.

Select Move to and drag your mouse to the right and select the desired group.

The selected projector is moved to the selected group.

Image 5-17

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5.7 Edit projector properties

Via the menu

Click on a projector to select (a). (image 5-18)

Click Conﬁguration on the menu and select Selected device → Properties (b).

Or, press Ctrl + Enter.

The Properties dialog box opens (c). To edit the:

- general properties.

- connection properties.

- decorator.

see Addprojectortoaconﬁguration.

Image 5-18 Edit projector properties via menu

Via the context menu

Right click on a projector graph in the conﬁguration preview. (image 5-19)

A context menu opens.

Select Properties.

The Properties dialog box opens. To edit the:

- general properties.

- connection properties.

- decorator.

see Add projector to conﬁguration.

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Image 5-19 Edit projector properties via right click

5.8 Conﬁguration preview

Projector status

The border color around the pictograph indicates the projector status.

Green: projector is online and there is communication with the projector.

Grey:projectorisofﬂine.

Red: projector is online but there are warnings about the use of the projector.

Shaded: projector is disabled.

5.9 Conﬁguration properties

What is available?

The following properties are available:

• author name.

• created on: date and time when the conﬁguration is created (read only).

• path: full path where the conﬁguration is saved (read only).

• description: description which identiﬁes the conﬁguration.

How to change

Click Conﬁguration → Properties (a1).

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Or, right click in the preview pane of the conﬁguration preview, but not on a pictograph (a2). (image 5-20)

The Conﬁguration properties dialog box opens (b1, b2).

To enter an author, click in the input ﬁeld next to Author and enter the name (c).

To add a description, click in the Description ﬁeld and enter a description for the conﬁguration (d).

Click OK to save and close the Conﬁguration properties dialog box (e).

Image 5-20 Conﬁguration properties

5.10 Conﬁguration properties, new group

What can be done ?

A new empty group can be created. Later on, devices can be added to this group.

How to create a group

Right click in the preview pane but not on a pictograph (a). (image 5-21)

A context menu opens.

Select Create group (b).

The Create new group window opens.

Enter a name for the group (c) and select a group color (d).

Click OK to create the group.

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Image 5-21

5.11 Preview layout properties

• Background color

• Background image

• Rearrange pictographs in preview pane

5.11.1 Background color

5. Configurator

How to set background color

Right click in the preview pane but not on a pictograph (a). (image 5-22)

A context menu opens.

Select Graph properties.

The Graph properties dialog box opens (b).

Check the check box next to Use background color (c).

Click on Select a color.

The Select color dialog box opens.

3 ways are now possible to select a color, represented by a tab in the Select color dialog box.

Tab s wat ch es = w ay1Via the swatches color dialog, step 6.

Tab HSB = way 2 Via the HSB color dialog, step 7.

Tab RGB = way 3 Via the RGB color dialog, step 8.

Select the desired color (via swatches = predeﬁned color samples). (image 5-23)

The ﬁrst selected color will be indicated in Recent. When others are selected for a preview, the color indication will also be added in the Recent list as ﬁrst one. Finally, the color selection can be done from the Recent list or out of the color pallet.

Each time a color is clicked, a preview is given in the preview pane. Continue with step 9.

Click on the HSB tab to display the color pallet (HSB = Hue - Saturation - Brightness). (image 5-24)

A color can be selected in 2 ways:

- Slide the slider next to the color gamut until the wanted color in the color pick ﬁeld is reached, or ﬁll out the HSB value until the desired color is reached in the pick up ﬁeld.

- Click in the color ﬁeld to display the white circle. Drag that circle to the desired tint of the chosen color.

A preview is given in the preview pane. Continue with step 9.

Click on RGB tabtodisplaytheRGBselectionsliders. (im

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Move the sliders until the desired color is reached, or ﬁll out the RGB values in the input boxes.

A preview is given in the preview pane. Continue with step 9.

Click on OK to apply the selected color.

Image 5-22 Set background color

Image 5-23 Select color via swatches

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Image 5-25 Select color via RGB

5.11.2 Background image

How to set background image

Right click in the preview pane but not on a pictograph (a). (image 5-26)

A context menu opens.

Select Graph properties.

The Graph properties dialog box opens (b).

Check the check box next to Use background image (c).

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Fill out the complete path to the image (d1) and continue to step 6

Note: Only jpg, gif and png ﬁle are allowed.

Or, click on ... (d2)

An Open dialog box opens (d3)

Browse to the desired image (d4) and click Open (d5).

Or, double click on the desired image.

Width an height of the image can be changed by clicking on the up down control next to width and height

(e). To keep the original aspect ratio of the image, activate button Keep aspect ratio (f).

To tile the image over the complete canvas, check the check box before Tile image (g).

Set transparency level by clicking on the slider and dragging to the desired location (h)

Or, by clicking in the input ﬁeld next to the slider and entering the desired value with the keyboard.

Image 5-26 Set background image

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5.11.3 Rearrange pictographs in preview pane

How to rearrange

Right click in the preview pane but not on a pictograph. (image 5-27)

A context menu opens.

Select Rearrange graphs.

The pictographs are rearranged in the preview pane.

Image 5-27 Rearrange pictographs

5.12 Multiple projector selection

5. Configurator

What be done?

Multiple projectors, same type or different type can be selected in the preview pane. The settings which are common are displayed in the settings pane. The non common settings are grayed out. The displayed settings are those of the ﬁrst selected projector, indicated with red dotted square, and do not tell anything about the status of the other selected projectors.

When adjusting a common setting, the selected command is sent to all proje

E.g. when the GUI shows that the lamp is on, that means that the lamp of the ﬁrst selected projector is on, but the lamp is not necessary on for all other selected projectors. To be sure that the lamp is on for all projectors, switch off ﬁrst the lamp of the ﬁrst selected projector and then switch on the lamp again. The lamp of all projectors will be on.

ctors in the selection.

How to make a multiple selection

Click on the ﬁrst projector in the preview pane. (image 5-28)

A red dotted area indicates the selection. The settings of this projector will be shown in the settings pane.

Hold down the CTRL key while clicking on other projectors to add to the selection.

Note: Different type of projectors can be selected.

A white doted area will indicate that the projector is added to the selection.

Only the common adjustable settings are now displayed in the settings pane. The actual displayed value is the value of the ﬁrst selected projector.

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Image 5-28 Multi selection of projectors

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6. CONFIGURATOR, GENERAL PROJECTOR SETTINGS

•Startup

• Control interface

• Basic controls, Lamp ON/OFF

• Basic controls, pause setting

• Basic control, Text ON/OFF

• Test pattern short cuts

• Advanced controls

• Maintenance

6.1 Start up

How to startup

Click on the desired projector graph to display the projector properties. (image 6-1)

If the general settings are not open, click on the General Settings tab.

The general settings are displayed.

Image 6-1 Start up general settings

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6.2 Control interface

Overview

Image 6-2 Control interface

The following items can be consulted and are read only values:

• Projector name: name given to the projector during the creation.

• Serial number: serial number of the connected projector.

• Projector overview

- Input ﬁles per input module

- Lamp on or off: indicated by a light beam (yellow). Black means that the lamp is off.

- Name of selected test pattern (with a preview if available) if one is selected.

The Customer identiﬁer can be changed. Therefore, click on the edit icon (a) next to actual identiﬁer.

Image 6-3 Customer identiﬁer window

The current name is selected. Enter a new name and click OK.TheCustomer identiﬁer is changed.

6.3 Basic controls, Lamp ON/OFF

What can be done?

TheprojectorlampcanbeswitchedONorOFFusingthetogglebuttoninthebasiccontrols.

The lamp status is indicated by the led color right next to the button.

• red: lamp is off, text indication: Lamp off

• green: lamp is on, text indication: Lamp on

in front of the lamp toggle button and by the text indication

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Image 6-4 Lamp switching

Toggling the lamp

Press the Lamp buttontotogglethelamponoroff.

When toggling the lamp from off to on, a Switching on window is display as long as the lamp is not fully on. (image 6-5)

Image 6-5 Switching lamp on

6.4 Basic controls, pause setting

What can be done?

The image projection can be interrupted for a short time. The image disappears but full power is retained for immediate restarting. Shutter is closed when pause is activated.

The pause status is indicated by the led color in front of the pause button and by the text indication right next to the button.

• red: pause is activated, shutter is closed. Text indication: Paused

• green: pause is not activated, shutter is open. Text indication: Not paused

Image 6-6 Basic control, pause

How to toggle

Press Pause button to toggle between Paused and Not paused.

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6.5 Basic control, Text ON/OFF

What can be done?

The on-screen text boxes can be switched OFF so that an adjustment during the operation of the projector is not visible on the screen. The adjustment indication remains visible on the local LCD display.

The text on/off status is indicated by the led color in front of the text button and by the text indication right next to the button.

• red: text is off, nu boxes visible on the screen. Text indication: Text off

• green: text is on, all text boxes are visible on the screen. Text indication: Text on

Image 6-7 Basic control, text on/off

How to toggle

Press Te x t button to toggle between Tex t on and Tex t off.

6.6 Test pattern short cuts

What can be done?

Apredeﬁned pattern can be set immediately on the projection screen and cleared again. The test pattern can be inversed

To s et a patt ern

Click on one of the predeﬁned buttons. (image 6-8)

The selected pattern is displayed by the projector when the lamp is on and the shutter is open (not paused). The following patterns are available:

- Checkerboard

-Hatch

- Color bars

-Multiburst

- Outline

-Overlay

To clear a projected pattern, click Clear.

To inverse a test pattern, check the check box in front of Show inverse pattern.

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Image 6-8 Test pattern selection

6.7 Advanced controls

• Source switching

• Minimum delay

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6.7.1 Source switching

Switching from one source to another

To minimize undesired effects when switching from one source to another one can use the seamless switchingmode,usingthefadeeffect.

Image 6-9 Example of fade effect

How to switch

Click on Advanced control (a). (image 6-10)

The Advanced control dialog box opens (b)

Click on the drop down box next to Source switching effect and select the desired effect (c)

Click Close to close the window (d)

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Image 6-10 Source switching

6.7.2 Minimum delay

Purpose

In normal mode, the processing (scaling and de-interlacing) in DLP projectors introduces a few frames delay (from input to screen). Setting the option Minimum Delay to "ON" disables all scaling and de-interlacing in the processing and reduces frame delay of the projector (from input to screen) to ONE frame, caused by the formatter board (DLP technology restriction). The intended use of this option is to apply native and progressive data to the projector and displaying it with minimum delay, using the full resolution of the projector. Other formats will be displayed either unscaled and/or interlaced.

This feature can be used if additional delay in the projector is not acceptable. For instance if a projector is showing the DVI loop out of another DLP or if an external scaler/de-interlacer does the processing.

How to toggle the delay

Click on Advanced control (a). (image 6-11)

The Advanced control dialog box opens (b)

To set up the Minimum delay setting, check the radio button of your choice (c.

On frame delay reduced with one frame.

Off

no reduction

Click Close (d)

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Image 6-11 Minimum delay

6.8 Maintenance

• Restore factory defaults

6.8.1 Restore factory defaults

What can be done?

All settings of the projector are set to the original factory settings. All user settings are erased with this operation.

How to reset

Click on Maintenance (a). (image 6-12)

The General Maintenance dial

Click Reset now (c).

Click Close (d).

og box is displayed (b).

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Image 6-12

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7. CONFIGURATOR, PROJECTOR ALIGNMENT SETTINGS

• Lens control

• Alignment pattern

• Gamma adjustment

• Horizontal keystone correction

• Blanking adjustment

•ScenergiX

7.1 Lens control

•Lensshift

• Lens zoom

• Lens focus

7.1.1 Lens shift

What can be done?

When the lenses are motorized, it is possible to adjust these lenses via the Projector Toolset. The images can be shifted horizontally and vertically.

Image 7-1 Lens shift

How to shift the image

To shift the image horizontally, click on the left or right arrow button in the shift pane.

To shift the image vertically, click on the up or down arrow but

Click on the shift buttons until the correct image position is obtained.

ton in the shift pane.

7.1.2 Lens zoom

What can be done?

When the lenses are motorized, it is possible to zoom these lenses via the Projector Toolset.

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Image 7-2 Lens zoom

How to zoom

Click on the up or down arrow button in the zoom pane.

7.1.3 Lens focus

What can be done?

When the lenses are motorized, it is possible to focus these lenses via

Image 7-3 Lens focus

How to focus

Click on the up or down arrow button in the focus pane.

Click until the correct focus is obtained.

7.2 Alignment pattern

What can be done?

the Projector Toolset.

A predeﬁned pattern can be set immediately on the projection screen and cleared again. This can be done via short cuts.

To select a pattern

Click on one of the predeﬁned buttons. (image 7-4)

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The selected pattern is displayed by the projector when the lamp is on and the shutter is open (not paused). The following patterns are available:

-Hatch

- Checkerboard

- Color bars

-Multiburst

- Outline

-Overlay

To clear the projected pattern, click Clear.

To inverse the selected pattern, check the check box in front of Show inverse pattern.

Image 7-4 Alignment patterns

7.3 Gamma adjustment

About Gamma

Gamma is an image quality enhancement function that offers a richer image by brightening the already darker portions of the image without altering the brightness hanced).

Image 7-5 Gamma adjustment

of the brighter portions (contrast feeling en-

Adjusting via dragging

Click on the slider bar of the gamma adjustment and hold down the mouse button.

Move the slider until the desired value is reached.

The value in the input ﬁeld of the spin box wil

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Adjusting via the up down controls

Click on the up down control of the spin box of the gamma adjustment until the desired value is reached.

The value in the input ﬁeld change accordingly.

Adjusting via the input ﬁeld

Click inside the input ﬁeld of the spin box of the gamma adjustment.

Select the actual value and enter a new value with the keyboard.

7.4 Horizontal keystone correction

What can be done ?

The side keystone (horizontal keystone) correction is used to align the image if the projector is mounted at a non standard projection angle.

Image 7-6 Side keystone

A Keystone adjustment with positive values B Keystone adjustment with negative values

How to adjust

Click on the slider, hold down the mouse button and dr

right (top correction) until the desired keystone correction is obtained Or, click in the input ﬁeldnexttothesliderandenterthedesiredvaluewiththekeyboard.

Value can change between - 255 and + 255. A negative value is a correction at the bottom side of the image. A positive value is a correction at the top side of the image. (image 7-7)

ag the slider to the left (bottom correction) or the

Image 7-7 Keystone correction

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Double click on the Horizontal keystone correction slider bar to reset the keystone (value =0).

7.5 Blanking adjustment

What can be done ?

Blanking adjustments affect only the edges of the projected image and are used to frame the projected image on to the screen and to hide or black out unwanted information (or noise). A ’0’ on the bar scale indicates no blanking.

Which blanking adjustments are available ?

• top blanking

• bottom blanking

• left blanking

• right blanking

Image 7-8 Blanking

A Top blanking B Bottom blanking C Left blanking D Right blanking

How to adjust a side blanking

Click on the up down control of the spin box of the desired blanking until the chosen blanking is correctly

set up. Or, click in the input ﬁeld of the spin box of the desired blanking and enter the desired blanking value. (image 7-9)

The preview shows the setup blanking for each side.

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Image 7-9 Blanking adjustment

Use Reset to set all blanking settings to zero.

7.6 ScenergiX

7.6.1 Introduction

Why ScenergiX ?

When working in a multichannel setup the Projector Toolset and its Soft Edge possibilities enable an image blending that gives the appearance of a single view, thus achieving realistic immersion for the majority of wide screen applications.

Image 7-10 Why Soft Edge?

What is the Basic Principal of ScenergiX ?

The principle of edge blending is achieved by linear modulation of the light output in the overlap zone so that the light output in th

at zone equals the light output of the rest of the image.

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Light output per image

100%

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Adjustable overlapping area

50%

Total composite light output

100%

50%

Image 7-11 ScenergiX Basic Principle

image 2image 1

7.6.2 Preparations

ScenergiX Preparations

To ensure proper ScenergiX adjustment, be sure that the following adjustments are done perfectly on all projectors:

• Convergence

• Geometry

• Color Matching (Color Temperature, Color Standard, Input Balance, Gamma)

7.6.3 ScenergiX activation

How to enable or disable ScenergiX

To enable ScenergiX, check the check box in front of enable.

To disable ScenergiX, uncheck the check box in front of enable. (image 7-12)

When enabled, Show alignment lines becomes available.

To display alignment lines on the screen, check the check box in front of Show alignment lines.

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Image 7-12 Enable - disable ScenergiX

7.6.4 ScenergiX overlap zone (horizontal ScenergiX)

Deﬁnitions

Image 7-13 ScenergiX set up

Overlap : number of pixels that overlap

Horizontal resolution of 1 projector : 1024 for Graphics versions, 1280 for Reality versions, 1400 for SXGA projectors.

Total horizontal screen resolution : [(horizontal resolution of 1 projector) x 2] minus overlap.

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Horizontal Resolution source : number of active pixels of the source.

Adjustment of Active pixels of the ﬁrst projector

Go to Adjustment tab –> Input settings pane –> Adjust menu of ﬁrst projector.

Enter value for horizontal active as follows :

Horz. active= [(Horz. resolution of 1 projector)/(Total horz. screen resolution)] x (horz. resolution source)

Horizontal start remains the same.

Adjustment of Active pixels (Pact) of second projector

Go to Adjustment tab –> Input settings pane –> Adjust menu of second projector.

Enter value for horizontal active as follows :

Horz. active= [(Horz. resolution of 1 projector)/(Total horz. screen resolution)] x (horz. resolution source)

Horizontal start = original start + [(Horz. resolution source) minus (newly calculated Horz. active)]

Example

Horizontal resolution source : 1600 pixels

horizontal resolution projector 1 & 2 : 1024 pixels

Overlap : 100 pixels

Total horizontal screen size in pixels : 1948 pixels

Horz; active projector 1 = [(1024 / 1948)] x 1600 = 841 pixels

Horz. active projector 2 = [(1024 / 1948)] x 1600 = 841 pixels

Horz. start projector 2 = Horz. start projector 1 + (1600 – 841)

7.6.5 ScenergiX overlap zone (vertical ScenergiX)

Deﬁnitions

Image 7-14 Scenergix overlap zone vertical

Overlap : number of pixels that overlap

Vertical resolution of 1 projector : 768 for Graphics versions, 1024 for Reality versions, 1050 for SXGA projectors.

Total vertical screen resolution : [(Vertical resolution of 1 projector) x 2] minus (overlap)

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Vertical Resolution source : number of active lines of the source

Adjustment of Active lines (Lact) of the ﬁrst projector

Go to Adjustment tab –> Input settings pane –> Adjust menu of ﬁrst projector.

Enter value for vertical active (= Lact) as follows :

Lact = [(vert.. resolution of 1 projector)/(Total Vert. screen resolution)] x (Vert. resolution source)

Vertical start (= Lstart) remains the same.

Adjustment of Active lines (Lact) of second projector

Go to Adjustment tab –> Input settings pane –> Adjust menu of second projector.

Enter value for vertical active (= Lact) as follows :

Lact = [(vert.. resolution of 1 projector)/(Total Vert. screen resolution)] x (Vert. resolution source)

Vertical start (= Lstart) = original start + [(Vert. resolution source) minus (newly calculated Lact)]

Example

Vertical resolution source : 1200 lines

Vertical resolution projector 1 & 2: 768 lines

Overlap : 50 lines

Totalverticalscreensize: 1486lines

Lact projector 1 = (768 / 1486) x 1200 = 620 lines

Lact projector 2 = (768 / 1486/) x 1200 = 620 lines

Lstart projector 2 = Lstart projector 1 + (1200 – 620)

7.6.6 ScenergiX size adjustment (white level adjustment)

What can be done with the manipulations pane?

The Top, bottom, left or right item set the blending zone.

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Image 7-15 Width selection

How to set a blending zone

Click on the up down control of the spin box of the selected blending zone and adjust until the desired

zone is reached (image 7-16) Or, click in the input ﬁeld of the spin box of the

The result is indicated in the ScenergiX preview pane. The corresponding line will move in the selected direction.

When Show alignment lines is checked, the zone indication is shown on the screen. The corresponding zone will move in the direction of the adjustment.

selected blending zone and enter the desired value.

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Image 7-16 ScenergiX size adjustment

Use Reset to set all overlap zones back to zero (0).

7.6.7 Adjusting the black level of the images

Why black level adjustment

For dark images, the overlap zone will be brighter then the rest of the images. Typically for DLP projectors, next to the overlap zone, a brighter area is recognized. This area is known as a DLP leakage area. This area must also be exclude for the black level adjustment. Therefore we can rise the black level of the remaining image (excluding the overlap zone and the DLP leakage area).

First, the width of the leakage area must be set. The white cursor line indicates the border of the overlap area. The green cursor line indicates the current installed DLP leakage area border and starts at the position of the white cursor line (no width installed). This green line can be moved to the border of the DLP leakage area with the cursor

keys.

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Image 7-17 DLP Leakage area set up

How to adjust the black level

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Click on the slider an move this slider to the desired position. (

image 7-18) Or, click on the up down control of the spin box of the selected color until the desired value is reached. Or, click in the input ﬁeld of the spin box of the selected color and enter the desired value.

Adjust the black level of area A until the black level of area A, B and C are equal. (image 7-19)

Image 7-18 Black level adjustment

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Image 1

Image 7-19 ScenergiX, black level adjustment

When Linked is checked, R, G and B are adjusted at the same time.

Image 2

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8. CONFIGURATOR, PROJECTOR ADJUSTMENT SETTINGS

• Window and source selection

•Conﬁguring an input slot

• Input ﬁles

• Image settings

• Layout settings

8.1 Window and source selection

What can be done?

The main window is selected by default and an input can be associated with that main window.

Slot - input selection

In the Selection - Window - Slot - Input pane, click on the combo next to the window and select the desired

input slot. (image 8-1)

Image 8-1 Slot selection

8.2 Conﬁguring an input slot

What should be done?

Some input modules can accept different sources. The projector must know which type of source is connected to the input.

How to conﬁgure

Click on Adjust.(image8-2)

The Input dialog box opens.

Click on Settings and select Input mode.(image8-3)

The Input mode dialog box opens with the current active setting ﬁlled out.

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Click on the combo box next to Input mode and select the correct setting.

Click Close to return.

Image 8-2 Open the adjustment mode

Image 8-3 Input mode selection

Possible results

Input module

5cable

Indication Description

RGB_SS (CV or HS&VS)

RGB analog signals, separate sync is composite sync or horizontal and vertical sync.

RGB_SS (CV) RGB analog signals, separate sync is composite video.

RGB_SOG (SOG or 3LSOG)

Component video_SS

RGB analog signals, sync on green is composite sync or composite tri-level sync.

separate sync is composite sync or composite tri-level sync.

(SS or 3LSS)

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Input module

Indication Description

Component video_SOY (SOY or 3LSOY)

Video

S-Video Component video

DVI

8.3 Input ﬁles

• Introduction

• Loading a ﬁtting input ﬁle

•Loadaﬁle from all ﬁles

• Edit Input settings

• Save changes on an input ﬁle

• Rename the current input ﬁle

• Deleting an input ﬁle

• Aspect ratio for selected input

• Input balance

component video with composite sync on Y or composite tri-level sync on Y.

Composite video

8.3.1 Introduction

About ﬁles

Beforeanewsourcecanbeused,acorrectﬁle has to installed. The projector’s memory contains a list of ﬁles corresponding to the most used sources. When the source corresponds with one of these ﬁles, the ﬁle can be loaded and saved for future use. When there is a little difference, the ﬁlecanalsobeloaded

and then edited until the source specs are reached.

Types of source ﬁles

When opening the list of source ﬁles, you will recognize 2 types of source ﬁles:

• system source ﬁles (default available in the projector’s memory)

• custom source ﬁles

The custom source ﬁles with the same name of the system source ﬁlesareindicatedwithaindexnumber between brackets.

8.3.2 Loading a ﬁtting input ﬁle

Load via Load icon

Select ﬁrst a window.

Click on Select ﬁle icon (a). (image 8-4)

TheLoad(ﬁt) dialog box opens (b).

Only the best ﬁtting ﬁles are displayed. Files with a digit between brackets are custom source ﬁles. All others are standard source ﬁles.

Select a ﬁle from the list (c).

Click Open or Select to load the selected ﬁle (d).

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When a standard ﬁle is selected or a not exactly matching custom ﬁle, Projector Toolset will ask to create a new custom ﬁle by copying the settings of the selected ﬁle into the custom ﬁle.

Click OK to continue.

The new created custom source ﬁle is loaded and can be edited if necessary

Image 8-4 Load ﬁtting ﬁle

Load via the input window

Select ﬁrst a window.

Click on Adjust (a). (image 8-5)

The Input dialog box is displayed (b).

Click File and select Load (FIT) (c).

Alistofﬁtting ﬁles is displayed in Load (ﬁt) dialog box (d).

Select a ﬁle from the list (e).

Click Open or Select to load the selected ﬁle (f).

Whenastandardﬁle is selected or a not exactly matching custom source ﬁle, Projector Toolset will ask to create a new custom ﬁle by copying the settings of the selected ﬁle into the custom ﬁle.

Click OK to create a new custom source ﬁle. If Cancel is pressed the previous selected ﬁle is loaded

again.

The new created ﬁlecanbeedited.

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Image 8-5 Load ﬁtting ﬁle

8.3.3 Load a ﬁle from all ﬁles

What is possible?

A ﬁle can be loaded from the complete list o

fallﬁles.

How to load

Select ﬁrst a window.

Click on Adjust (a). (image 8-6)

The Input dialog box is displayed (b).

Click File and select Load (ALL) (c).

A list of all ﬁlesisdisplayedinLoad (All) dialog box (d).

Click on the desired ﬁle in the list (e) and click Open or Select (f).

When a standard ﬁle is selected or a not matching custom ﬁle, Projector Toolset will ask to create a new custom source ﬁle by copying the settings of the selected ﬁle into the custom ﬁle.

Click OK to create a new custom source ﬁ

again.

The new created ﬁlecanbeedited.

le. If Cancel is pressed the previous selected ﬁle is loaded

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Image 8-6 Load ﬁle from all ﬁles

8.3.4 Edit Input settings

Adjustable items

• Total horizontal pixels: total horizont

(small vertical bars in the projected image) will be seen in the image.

• Active horizontal pixels: determine the width of the window on the screen. This value is normally given

inthesourcespeciﬁcations. If not, adjust until full image height is displayed (no missing lines).

• Horizontal start in pixels: number of pixels between the beginning of the input signal and the start of

the video information in the signal.

• Total vertical pixels: total vertical pixels in the source.

• Active vertical pixels: number of vertical pixels determining the height of the projected image. This

valueisnormallygiveninthespeciﬁcations of the source. If not, adjust until full image height is dis- played (no missing lines)

• Vertical start in pixels: number of pixels between the start of the input signal and start of the image on

the screen.

• Horizontal period in nanoseconds.

al pixels in the source. If the value is wrong, sampling mistakes

How to edit

Select ﬁrst a window.

Click on Adjust.(image8-7)

The Input dialog box is displayed. The current used input ﬁle is indicated next to Active input ﬁle.

Click in the text box of the spin box of the desired item and enter the desired value with the keyboard

Or, click on the up down control until the desired value is reached.

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Image 8-7 Adjust timings source ﬁle

Once a value or a setting is changed the ﬁle name next to Active input ﬁle gets an asterisk to indicate that the ﬁle is not saved yet.

When closing the Input dialog box, Projector Toolset asks to save the changes.

8.3.5 Save changes on an input ﬁle

What can be done?

Once a loaded ﬁle is changed, the settings can be save in the same ﬁle.

When changes are made in the Input dialog box and when closing this box without ﬁrst saving, the software asks to save the settings anyway.

The save is executed on the projector.

For direct save

Click Adjust.(image8-8)

The Input dialog box is displayed.

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Click on File and select Save.

The settings are saved in the same ﬁle on the projector.

Image 8-8 Save custom source ﬁle

When closing the Input dialog box, Projector Toolset asks to sa

8.3.6 Rename the current input ﬁle

What can be done?

The current input ﬁlecanberename.

Not possible to rename the active ﬁle (current loaded ﬁle).

How to rename, way 1

Click on the rename icon on the Input settings pane (a). (image 8-9)

The Rename input dialog box opens (b).

Select the ﬁle to rename from the list (c) and click Rename (d).

An Input dialog box opens (e). The current name is ﬁll

Select the current name (f) and enter a new name.

Note: Only the characters a to z, A to Z, 1 to 9 and (, ), _, -, @ or allowed in a name.

ve the changes.

ed out.

Click OK (g).

The name is changed into the new name.

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