Planar DOME Md4/PCV Installation Manual

Md4/PCV

Installation Guide

DOME

®

imaging systems , inc.

™

Display Controller

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Part No. 40-MD4PCV-02
Product No. 55-MD4PCV2
November 2001

DOME and the DOME logo are registered trademarks, and DIMPL, DimplX,
DimFileX, Calibration TQA, Md4/PCV, Md4/PCX, and Md5/PCX are
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MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 2000 are trademarks of
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FCC Compliance Statement

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may
cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to
comply with the limits of a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J
of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection
against interference when operated in a commercial environment. Operation
of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which
case the user will be required at his or her own expense to take whatever
measures may be required to correct the interference.

If the equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment on and off, one or more
of the following measures may reduce or eliminate the problem.

• Move the equipment and the receiver to different branches of your AC
electrical system.

• Move the equipment away from the receiver with which it is
interfering.

• Reposition the equipment or receiver. Reposition the receiver’s antenna.

• Be sure that the equipment is plugged into a grounded outlet and
that the grounding has not been defeated with a cheater plug.

If none of the measures resolves your interference problems, write to the
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 20402, for the booklet

Interference to Home Electronic Entertainment Equipment Handbook , Stock

Number 004-000-000498-1.
This equipment is a Class A digital apparatus that complies with the Radio

Interference Regulations CRC C.1374.
In addition, this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the

limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful inter­ference in residential installations.

iv

EU Declaration of Conformity

The Md4/PCV display controller (model 55-MD4PCV2) meets the essential
health and safety requirements, is in conformity with, and the CE marking
has been applied according to the relevant EU Directives listed below
using the relevant section of the following EU standards and other
normative documents:

EU EMC Directive
89/336/EEC

EU Electromagnetic
Compatibility Directive

EN 60601-1-2 1993 Medical
Electrical Equipment

EN 55011 Class B Limits and methods of measurements

IEC 801-2 Electrostatic discharge requirements

IEC 801-3 Radiated electromagnetic field r equirements

IEC 801-4 Electrically fast transients for industrial

IEC 801-5 Surge requirements

Part 1. General requirements for safety
Section 1.2. Collateral standard electro­magnetic compatibility requirements

for radio interference characteristics of
industrial, scientific, and medical
equipment

for industrial process measurement
and control equipment

for industrial process measurement and
control equipment

process measurement and control
equipment

Name and Title of Authorized Signatory: Date:

Marlin E. Cobb
Vice President of Product Development
DOME imaging systems, inc.

Contents

v

About This Guide vii

Purpose vii
Audience vii
Conventions viii
What’s in this guide ix
Related documentation ix

Chapter 1: Planning the Installation 1

About the Md4/PCV Board 2
Installation Requirements 3

System requirements 3
Board part number 4

Chapter 2: Installing the Board and Driver 5

Preparing for Board Installation 6

Unpacking the board 6
Using the Md4/PCV board to support VGA display 7
Supporting VGA with another board 8

Enabling or disabling VGA mode 8
Installing the Md4/PCV Board 11
Connecting the Monitors 15
Installing the PCV Windows NT 4.0 Driver 17
Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 20

Using the DOME tab to change display properties 23

Setting the screen configuration 24

Changing the resolution and refresh rate 25

Setting palette options 26

Setting monitor preferences 28

Setting driver options 28

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Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 30

DOME large fonts 30

Customizing item and font size 32

DOME DlgFix software 33

DOME DPMS Screen Saver 35
Additional Components for Windows NT 39

Dynamic-link library 39

DIMPL library 39

DimplX control 39

Calibration TQA 40
Installing the PCV Windows 2000 Driver 41
Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 50

Determining screen assignments 50

Using the DOME tab to change display properties 51

Setting palette options 54
Uninstalling DOME Devices on Windows 2000 62

Uninstalling a single-headed DOME device 62

Uninstalling a dual-headed DOME device 64
Additional Components for Windows 2000 66

Dynamic-link library 66

DIMPL library 66

DimplX control 66

Calibration TQA 67
Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 68

Uninstalling the sister device for a dual-headed board 68

Uninstalling a single-headed board 68

Unsigned driver load error 69

Impaired screen resolution 69

Appendix: Board Resolutions and Refresh Rates 71

Resolutions and Refresh Rates 72
Customizing Sync Parameters on Windows NT 73

Index 75

About This Guide

vii

This guide contains important information about the DOME
Md4/PCV™ display controller (board) and driver. Read it
carefully before you start the installation.

Purpose

This guide explains how to unpack the Md4/PCV board and
install it in a PC. This also guide describes how to install and use
the DOME driver for these Microsoft

• Windows

• Windows NT

Audience

This guide assumes that users are experienced with installing
and configuring hardware and software, and are familiar with
the Windows operating system and the PC they are using.

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2000

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4.0

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operating systems:

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Conventions

This guide uses the conventions in this table.

This convention... Indicates...

Italic type

New or technical term, book title, or variable
such as

Important information regarding a particular
topic or procedure.

Information that can prevent potential damage
to hardware or software.

Information that can prevent injury, such as
electric shock.

A tip or an alternative method of performing
a procedure.

x.

What’s in this guide

This table summarizes the organization of the guide.

This section… Describes…

About This Guide | ix

Chapter 1
Planning the Installation

Chapter 2
Installing the Board
and Driver

Appendix
Board Resolutions and
Refresh Rates

Related documentation

For more information about related DOME products or
a Microsoft operating system, refer to these books:

• PCX Products Developer’s Guide

• DIMPL Library Reference

• DimplX ActiveX Control Reference

• DimFileX ActiveX Control Reference

• Windows NT documentation

• Windows 2000 documentation

Md4/PCV board features and installation
requirements

Installation and setup procedures for the
Md4/PCV board and Windows NT and
Windows 2000 drivers

Supported resolutions and refresh rates
for PCs

Planning the Installation

In This Chapter

• About the Md4/PCV Board 2

• Installation Requirements 3

2

| Planning the Installation

About the Md4/PCV Board

The Md4/PCV™ board produces high-resolution display
of up to 1728 x 2304 pixels. Each Md4/PCV board can drive
two monitors.

This table summarizes the features of the Md4/PCV board.

This feature… Provides this benefit…

10-bit DAC Enables true gamma correction of the

display for grayscale fidelity

Flexible support for display
resolutions

Hardware copy accelerator Provides on-board copy speeds up to

Luminance calibration port Allows precise calibration and matching

On-board VGA support Allows booting in MS-DOS™
128-bit hardware GUI

accelerator: Number Nine™
T2R-IV™ chip

Multi-boot ROM technology Full operating system support for PCI-

Compatibility with the
DOME Image-Processing
Library (DIMPL™) and its
ActiveX™ interface, the
DimplX™ control

Provides software-programmable
resolutions up to 1728 x 2304 pixels in
both landscape and portrait modes

300 MB per second

of display monitors for accurate g ra yscale
imaging

Supports complex drawing and copy
functions for outstanding GUI
performance

based computers, including these
operating systems:

• MS-DOS™

®

2000

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• Windows NT

• Windows
Enables image handling and processing,

including 16-bit windowing/leveling,
fractional zooming, image rotation,
and mirroring

Installation Requirements

Before you install the Md4/PCV board in your PC, make sure
you have these necessary items:

• Md4/PCV board

• Compatible monitor that supports your desired

display resolution

Multiple monitors must have the same resolution.

System requirements

This table shows the installation requirements for the
Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems.

Installation Requirements | 3

Operating System System Specs DOME Driver

Windows NT 4.0 • PCI slot for each board

• 2 MB hard disk space

• 16 MB RAM

• 8 MB RAM per screen

• CD-ROM drive

Windows 2000 • PCI slot for each board

• 2 MB hard disk space

• 16 MB RAM

• 8 MB RAM per screen

• CD-ROM drive

Md4/PCV driver for
Windows NT 4.0

Md4/PCV driver for
Windows 2000

| Planning the Installation

Board part number

Check the sticker with the CE mark on the video connector.
The board part number has this form:

55-MD4PCV- xx
where xx is the revision number. For example, if the sticker

on your board reads 55-MD4PCV-50, you are using a
revision-50 board.

4

Installing the Board and Driver

In This Chapter

• Preparing for Board Installation 6

• Installing the Md4/PCV Board 11

• Connecting the Monitors 15

• Installing the PCV Windows NT 4.0 Driver 17

• Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 20

• Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 30

• Additional Components for Windows NT 39

• Installing the PCV Windows 2000 Driver 41

• Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 50

• Uninstalling DOME Devices on Windows 2000 62

• Additional Components for Windows 2000 66

• Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 68

| Installing the Board and Driver

Preparing for Board Installation

Before you install the board, read this section carefully. It helps
you do these tasks:

• Unpack the board

• Decide whether to use the DOME board or another board

to support VGA

• Use the DIP switches to enable or disable VGA mode

Unpacking the board

Remove the Md4/PCV board slowly from its package and
protective sleeve to guard against electrostatic discharge.

6

Static electricity can damage the board. When touching the
board or parts of the motherboard, take these precautions:

• Wear an antistatic wrist strap.

• Always keep one hand touching a bare metal surface

to provide grounding.

• If you can’t perform a step with one hand, use both and

return one hand occasionally to the metal surface.

To prepare for board installation

1. Turn off the power to your computer.
Leave the computer plugged into a grounded power

outlet. This allows the power cord to serve as a ground
for the computer.

If you leave the computer turned on, you might suffer
electric shock or cause damage to both the computer
components and the Md4/PCV board.

2. Remove the cover from the computer according to the
manufacturer’s instructions.

Preparing for Board Installation | 7

3. Determine which board will support VGA display:

• The Md4/PCV board (See below.)

• Another VGA board (See page 8.)

To install multiple Md4/PCV boards, see page 14 for
instructions.

Using the Md4/PCV board to support VGA display

When you use the Md4/PCV board to support VGA display, you
set the board as the VGA console. This enables the Md4/PCV
board to support VGA display and run the DOME Windows
driver simultaneously.

To set the board as the VGA console

1. Remove the existing VGA board from your computer.

2. Enable VGA mode on the Md4/PCV board. (See page 8.)

3. Attach the VGA ribbon cable to the Md4/PCV board. (The
connector is keyed to ensure correct installation.)

4. Install the Md4/PCV board. (See page 11.)

Attaching a VGA ribbon cable

| Installing the Board and Driver

Supporting VGA with another board

To support VGA with another board, you must disable VGA
mode on the Md4/PCV board. (See page 10

When you install the Md4/PCV board in a computer that has an
existing VGA board, only one of the boards can support the
Windows NT operating system. You can run Windows NT on
either board, but you cannot run Windows NT on both boards
simultaneously.

Enabling or disabling VGA mode

Set the DIP switches, located near the top center of the Md4/PCV
board, to enable or disable VGA mode.

8

.)

DIP switches on the Md4/PCV board

Disable VGA mode if you are using the Md4/PCV board
with an existing VGA board or with multiple Md4/PCV
boards. Enable VGA mode if you are using the VGA port
of the Md4/PCV board.

Preparing for Board Installation | 9

This table shows the setting options for DIP switch S1. Change
these settings to enable or disable VGA mode, as described in the
following sections.

DIP Switch On Off

1 VGA disabled VGA enabled
2 EPROM enabled
3 Standard Md4/PCV

a

EPROM disabled

a

VGA boot messages appear on

a

high-resolution monitor

4 Select low BIOS

a. Indicates factory setting.

a

Select high BIOS

Use switch S2 to select monitor resolution when you enable
the option to display VGA boot messages on a high-resolution
monitor. For more information, see “To enable VGA boot
messages on a high-resolution monitor” on page 10.

To enable VGA mode

Slide the DIP switches on switch S1 into the positions shown in
this table.

DIP Switch Setting

1 OFF

2ON
3ON
4ON

10 | Installing the Board and Driver

To disable VGA mode

Slide the DIP switches on switch S1 into the positions shown in
this table.

DIP Switch Setting

1ON
2 OFF
3ON
4ON

The default settings for switch S2, located to the left of switch S1,
are all OFF.

To enable VGA boot messages on a
high-resolution monitor

Set DIP switch 3 on switch S1 to OFF and DIP switches 2 and 4 to
ON. This table describes the settings.

DIP Switch Setting Note

1 OFF If OFF, the Md4/PCV board acts as the

VGA device, but the output is directed to
the high-resolution screen instead of the
VGA connector.

ON If ON, the Md4/PCV board copies text

from the V GA device to the high-resolution

monitor.
2 ON Must be ON.
3 OFF Lets you direct VGA boot messages to the

high-resolution monitor.

4 ON Must be ON.

Installing the Md4/PCV Board

This section describes how to install the Md4/PCV board
in a PC.

Static electricity can damage the board. Wear an antistatic
wrist strap or touch one hand to a bare metal surface on the
power supply to discharge static electricity.

To install the board

1. Remove the blank bracket from the back of any
available PCI slot.

Installing the Md4/PCV Board | 11

Removing

a bracket

12 | Installing the Board and Driver

2. Insert the Md4/PCV board firmly into the slot.

Installing an

Md4/PCV board

If a retainer on the board prevents it from fitting in the slot,
remove the two screws that attach the retainer to the board,
and remove the retainer.

Removing

the retainer

Installed

Md4/PCV board

Installing the Md4/PCV Board | 13

3. Make sure the board connector pins are aligned with the slot.

4. Secure the mounting bracket with the bracket screw.

If you are not using the Md4/PCV board to support
VGA, go to step 8.

5. Remove a blank bracket from the back of the slot you choose
for the VGA output.

6. Insert the VGA bracket and secure the mounting bracket
with the bracket screw.

7. Attach the VGA monitor to the 15-pin connector.

Repeat steps 1–4 for each Md4/PCV board you want
to install.

8. Replace the system unit cover.

14 | Installing the Board and Driver

To install multiple boards

Repeat the installation instructions that start on page 11 for
each board.

Remember these tips when installing multiple boards:

• The Windows NT driver version 4.4.0 supports up
to 8 Md4/PCV boards (16 screens).

• Each board requires less than 5 amps of +5V.

• You can install as many Md4/PCV boards as your
system’s power supply and available PCI slots can
support. (Windows 2000 only).

• You cannot mix DOME board types; additional boards must
be Md4/PCV boards (Windows NT only).

• You must disable VGA mode on all but one Md4/PCV board
if multiple boards are in use. (See page 10.)

Connecting the Monitors

Once the Md4/PCV board is installed in your computer,
connect the monitors to the board with the cable provided.
For the Md4/PCV2 board, the cable has two branches, each
with three connectors.

Use this table to attach the cables to the appropriate output
signals on the two monitors.

Monitor Cable Label Output Signal

Monitor 1 VIDEO1 Monitor 1 video

Connecting the Monitors | 15

VSYNC1 Monitor 1 vertical sync
HSYNC1 Monitor 1 horizontal sync

Monitor 2 VIDEO2 Monitor 2 video

VSYNC2 Monitor 2 vertical sync
HSYNC2 Monitor 2 horizontal sync

If you are using only one monitor, use the settings for Monitor 1.

To connect the monitors to the board

1. Attach the D-shell connector to the Md4/PCV board.

2. Secure the connection with the screws on the connector.

3. Attach each of the output cables to the appropriate BNC
terminal on your monitor.

Refer to your monitor documentation for more information
about the connector assignments on your monitor.

4. Repeat step 2 for each monitor you want to connect to the
Md4/PCV board.

16 | Installing the Board and Driver

To finish the installation

Install the DOME Windows driver after you install the
Md4/PCV board to finish the installation.

• To install the Windows NT driver, see page 17.

• To install the Windows 2000 driver, see page 40.

Installing the PCV Windows NT 4.0 Driver | 17

Installing the PCV Windows NT 4.0 Driver

This procedure assumes that the Windows NT 4.0 operating
system is already installed on your system. If it is not, refer to the
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 documentation.

To install the driver

1. Turn on the computer and select Windows NT
Workstation Version 4.00 [VGA mode].

2. Log on as administrator.
You need administrator privileges to change the

display settings.

3. Select Start -> Settings -> Control Panel ->
Display icon -> Settings tab.

The Settings tab appears.

This illustration shows the Settings tab only. The DOME tab
does not display until you install the driver.