Planar DOME Md5/DFP Installation Manual

Md5/DFP

Installation Guide

DOME

®

imaging systems , inc.

™

Display Controller

Copyright © DOME

®

imaging systems, inc., 2001. All rights reserved.

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Part No. 40-MD5DFP-07
Product No. 55-MD5FP2
November 2001

DOME is a registered trademark and Calibration TQA, C3, C5, DIMPL,
DimplX, and Md5/DFP are trademarks of DOME imaging systems, inc.
Microsoft, ActiveX, DirectDraw, MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the
United States and/or other countries. Number Nine and T2R-IV are trade­marks of Number Nine Visual Technology. Sun, OpenWindows, Solaris, and
Ultra are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in
the United States and other countries. SPARC is a registered trademark of
SPARC International, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based
upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a
registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other
countries. VGA is a trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation. X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.

iii

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 Md5/DFP display controller (model 55-MD5FP2) 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 for

IEC 801-3 Radiated electromagnetic field

IEC 801-4 Electrically fast transients for industrial

IEC 801-5 Surge requirements

Name and Title of Authorized Signatory: Date:

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

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

industrial process measurement and
control equipment

requirements for industrial process
measurement and control equipment

process measurement and control
equipment

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

Contents

v

About This Guide ix

Purpose ix
Audience ix
Conventions x
What’s in this guide xi
Related documentation xi

Chapter 1: Planning the Board Installation 1

About the Md5/DFP Board 2
Installation Requirements 4

Cross-platform requirements 4
Platform-specific requirements 4
Installation order 5

Chapter 2: Installing the Board and Driver in a PC 7

Preparing for Board Installation 8

Unpacking the board 8
Enabling or disabling VGA mode 9

Supporting VGA display 10
Installing the Md5/DFP Board 12
Connecting a Digital Display 15
Installing the Windows 2000 Driver 16
Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 25

Determining screen assignments 25

Using the DOME tab to change display properties 25

Changing the resolution 27

Setting brightness 28

Setting palette options 29

Setting driver options 32

Getting information 32
Uninstalling a DOME Device on Windows 2000 33

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| Contents

Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 37

Sister device 37

Single-headed display board 37

Unsigned driver load error 38

Impaired screen resolution 38

System crash and reboot cycle 39

Overwriting installation file 39
Additional Components for Windows 2000 40

Dynamic link library 40

DIMPL library 40

DimplX control 40

Calibration TQA 41
Installing the Windows NT 4.0 Driver 42
Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 44

Using the DOME tab to change display properties 48

Using the DOME tab online help 49

Setting the screen configuration 49

Changing the resolution 49

Setting brightness 49

Setting palette options 50

Setting driver options 53

Getting information 54
Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 55

DOME large fonts 55

Customizing item and font size 57

DOME DlgFix software 58

DOME DPMS Screen Saver 60
Additional Components for Windows NT 65

Dynamic link library 65

DIMPL library 65

DimplX control 65

Calibration TQA 66

Chapter 3: Installing the Board and Driver in a

Sun PCI Workstation 67

Preparing for Board Installation 68

Unpacking the board 68

Disabling VGA mode 69
Installing the Md5/DFP Board 71
Connecting a Digital Display 74
Installing the Solaris Driver 75
Configuring Display Settings 77

Using the default display mode 77

Overriding the default display mode 80

Using visual classes 83

Contents | vii

Configuring the Windowing Environment 87

Running OpenWindows 87

Configuring the Common Desktop Environment 88
Using the DPMS Screen Saver 89
Changing the Console 92

Appendix: Board Resolutions 93

Board Resolutions for PCs 94
Board Resolutions for Sun PCI Workstations 95

Index 97

About This Guide

ix

The Md5/DFP Display Controller Installation Guide contains all
the procedures you need to unpack and install the DOME
Md5/DFP™ display controller (board) and driver.

Before you get started, read this section for an overview of
system requirements, expected users, conventions, guide
organization, and related documentation.

Purpose

This guide explains how to unpack the Md5/DFP board and
install it into these computers:

•PC

• Sun™ PCI workstation
This guide also describes how to install and configure the

DOME drivers for these operating systems:

• Microsoft

• Microsoft Windows NT

• Sun Solaris™ 2.5.1 or later

If you are using the Md5/DFP board to support the DOME C3™
or C5™ digital flat-panel display, make sure you have a copy of
the C3 or C5 Digital Display Installation and Maintenance Guide .

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Windows

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2000

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4.0

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Audience

This guide assumes you are experienced with installing and
configuring hardware and software, and familiar with your
computer and its operating system.

| About This Guide

Conventions

The Md5/DFP documentation uses the conventions in
this table.

x

This convention... Indicates...

Monospaced type

Italic type

Bold type
File -> Open

<Key>

Computer code or directory; backslash (\)
indicates continuation of the previous line of

®

UNIX

code.

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

Menu selection:
Select the File menu, then Open .

Key name, such as <Enter>.

A note of important information regarding
a particular topic or procedure.

A caution that can prevent potential damage
to hardware or software.

A warning that can prevent injury to you,
such as electric shock.

A helpful tip or an alternative method of
performing a procedure.

What’s in this guide

This table describes the organization of this guide.

This section… Provides…

About This Guide | xi

Chapter 1
Planning the
Board Installation

Chapter 2
Installing the Board and
Driver in a PC

Chapter 3
Installing the Board and
Driver in a Sun PCI
Workstation

Appendix
Board Resolutions

Related documentation

For more information about the board and driver,
related DOME products, or your operating system,
refer to these books:

• C3 Digital Display Installation and Maintenance Guide

• C5 Digital Display Installation and Maintenance Guide

• DIMPL Library Reference

• Microsoft Windows NT documentation

• Microsoft Windows 2000 documentation

• Sun Solaris documentation

An overview of the Md5/DFP board,
including features and installation
requirements

Instructions for installing and
configuring the Md5/DFP board and
the Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0
driver in a PC

Instructions for installing and configuring
the Md5/DFP board and the Solaris driver
in a Sun PCI workstation

Resolutions supported by the Md5/DFP
board in PCs and Sun PCI workstations

Planning the Board Installation

In This Chapter

• About the Md5/DFP Board 2

• Installation Requirements 4

| Planning the Board Installation

About the Md5/DFP Board

The Md5/DFP™ display controller (board) supports high­quality, flat-panel display in both grayscale and color. Each
board can drive up to two flat panels. The board supports
the resolution and palette combinations listed in this table.

2

Resolution

a

Palette Orientation Heads Bits per Pixel

1536 x 2048 Grayscale Portrait 1 or 2 8
1536 x 2048 Pseudocolor Landscape 1 or 2 8
2048 x 2560 Grayscale Portrait 1 or 2 8

a. Maximum resolution in pixels (width x height).

This table summarizes the features and benefits of the board.

This feature… Provides this benefit…

Short-length universal card Works in both 3.3V and 5V PCI slots.
Wide range of display

resolutions

Hardware copy accelerator On-board copy speeds up to

Software-programmable resolutions of
1536 x 2048 pixels in both landscape
and portrait modes, and 2048 x 2560
pixels in portrait mode. Support for

®

DOME

C3™ or C5™ digital flat-panel

display.

300 MB/sec.

Optimized zero wait-state
PCI local bus

On-board VGA™ support Can boot in MS-DOS™ and Microsoft

Rapid image transfer to the board from
system memory and other PCI cards.

®

Windows.

®

Support for VGA resolutions

of 640 x 480 pixels and 800 x 600 pixels.

(Cont.)

About the Md5/DFP Board | 3

This feature… Provides this benefit…

128-bit hardware GUI
accelerator: Number Nine™
T2R-IV™ chip

Support for complex drawing and
copy functions for outstanding GUI
performance.

PanelLink digital interface Conveys pixel v alues to flat-panel display

with 8-bit precision grayscale.

Multi-boot ROM technology Full operating system support for

PCI-based computers, including
these systems:

• MS-DOS

• Microsoft Windows 2000

• Microsoft Windows NT

®

• Sun™ Solaris™

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

Enables image handling and processing,
including 16-bit windowing/leveling,
fractional zooming, image rotation,
and image mirroring.

control

| Planning the Board Installation

Installation Requirements

Before you install the Md5/DFP board, review these installation
requirements to check for all the items you need.

Cross-platform requirements

You can install the Md5/DFP board in a PC or a Sun PCI
workstation. Each platform requires a compatible flat panel
that supports your desired display resolution.

All flat panels on systems running Windows NT 4.0 must
have the same resolution. On systems running Windows 2000
or Solaris, multiple flat panels driven by an Md5/DFP board
must have the same resolution.

4

Platform-specific requirements

This table lists the platform-specific requirements for system
specifications, operating system, and DOME driver.

Requirements

System specs • PCI slot per board

Operating system • Windows 2000

DOME driver • Windows 2000 driver

PC Sun PCI Workstation

• 2 MB hard disk space

• 16 MB RAM

• CD-ROM drive

• Windows NT 4.0

for Md5/DFP board

• Windows NT 4.0 driver
for Md5/DFP board

• PCI slot per board

• 500 KB hard disk
space for driver and
DDX installation

• CD-ROM drive

Solaris 2.5.1 or later

Solaris driver for
Md5/DFP board

Installation order

Follow these steps to install the Md5/DFP board and driver on
a PC or a Sun PCI workstation:

1. Set DIP switches on the board.

2. Install the board.

3. Connect the flat panel to the board.

4. Install the driver.

Use this table to locate installation instructions for your
operating system.

Installation Requirements | 5

To…

Set DIP
switches

Install
board

Connect
display

Install
driver

Windows 2000,
go to…

“Preparing for
Board Installation”
on page 8

“Installing the
Md5/DFP Board”
on page 12

Instructions for
your flat-panel
display

“Installing the
Windows 2000
Driver” on page 16

Windows NT 4.0,
go to…

“Preparing for
Board Installation”
on page 8

“Installing the
Md5/DFP Board”
on page 12

Instructions for
your flat-panel
display

“Installing the
Windows NT 4.0
Driver” on page 42

Solaris 2.5.1 or
later, go to…

“Preparing for
Board Installation”
on page 68

“Installing the
Md5/DFP Board”
on page 71

Instructions for
your flat-panel
display

“Installing the
Solaris Driver” on
page 75

Installing the Board and Driver in a PC

In This Chapter

• Preparing for Board Installation 8

• Installing the Md5/DFP Board 12

• Connecting a Digital Display 15

• Installing the Windows 2000 Driver 16

• Configuring Display Settings on Windows 2000 25

• Uninstalling a DOME Device on Windows 2000 33

• Troubleshooting for Windows 2000 37

• Additional Components for Windows 2000 40

• Installing the Windows NT 4.0 Driver 42

• Configuring Display Settings on Windows NT 44

• Additional Configuration Options on Windows NT 55

• Additional Components for Windows NT 65

| Installing the Board and Driver in a PC

Preparing for Board Installation

Before you install the board, read this section carefully.
Also review the installation requirements for the PC before
you proceed with board installation. See pages 4–5.

Unpacking the board

Remove the Md5/DFP board slowly from its package and
static-shielding bag to protect it against electrostatic discharge.

Static electricity can damage the board. When touching the
board or parts of the motherboard, be sure to 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 just one hand, use both and
return one hand occasionally to the metal surface.

8

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 Md5/DFP board.

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

3. Determine which board you want to use to support VGA
display: the Md5/DFP board (see page 10) or another VGA
board (see page 11).

Enabling or disabling VGA mode

DIP switches on

the Md5/DFP

board

Preparing for Board Installation | 9

This illustration details the location of DIP switches S1 and S2 on
the Md5/DFP board. Note the on/off position for the switches.

You must use DIP switch S1 to enable or disable VGA support.

This table shows the setting options for this switch.

DIP Switch S1 On Off

1 VGA disabled VGA enabled
2 Flash enabled
3 FLASH page (0)
4 FLASH page (1)

a. Indicates factory setting.

a

a

a

Flash disabled
FLASH page (0)
FLASH page (1)

a

DIP switch S2 is reserved for software use. Default is all OFF.

| Installing the Board and Driver in a PC

Supporting VGA display

You can use the Md5/DFP board or another board to support
VGA display.

To support VGA with the Md5/DFP board

To provide VGA display, the Md5/DFP board must support
a flat panel that is compatible with VGA resolutions.

1. Remove the existing VGA board from your computer.

2. Slide the switches on DIP switch S1 of the Md5/DFP board
into the positions shown in this table.

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DIP Switch S1 Position

1 OFF
2ON
3ON
4ON

3. Install the Md5/DFP board into your PC (see page 12).

When you use the DOME board to support VGA display,
your system may lock into a reboot cycle during the initial
installation of the Windows 2000 driver. To bypass this
problem, press <F8> during the system boot. Then select

Enable VGA Mode on the Windows 2000 Advanced

Options menu, and press <Enter>.

Preparing for Board Installation | 11

To support VGA with another VGA board

If you are using another board to support VGA display, you must
disable VGA mode on the Md5/DFP board.

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

DIP Switch S1 Position

1ON
2 OFF
3ON
4ON

When you install the Md5/DFP board into a computer with
an existing VGA board, you can use only one of the boards
to support the Windows NT operating system. You can run
Windows NT on either board, but you cannot run Windows NT
on both boards simultaneously.

| Installing the Board and Driver in a PC

Installing the Md5/DFP Board

Be sure to follow the safety precautions described on page 8
before you proceed with board installation.

Install all DOME boards before you install the driver.

To install the board

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

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Removing a

blank bracket

Installing an

Md5/DFP board

Installing the Md5/DFP Board | 13

2. Insert the Md5/DFP board firmly into the slot.

Installed

Md5/DFP board

Installing an Md5/DFP board

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

4. Secure the mounting bracket with the bracket screw.

5. Replace the cover.

| Installing the Board and Driver in a PC

To install multiple boards

Remember these tips when installing multiple boards:

• The Windows 2000 driver supports as many Md5/DFP
boards as your system’s power supply and available PCI
slots can support.

• For proper installation on both Windows 2000 and
Windows NT systems, you must install all the boards
first and then the drivers.

• The Windows NT driver (version 4.4.0 or later) supports
up to 8 Md5/DFP boards (16 screens).

• You cannot mix DOME board types; additional boards
must be Md5/DFP boards (Windows NT only).

• Each board requires less than 3 amps of +5V.

• You must disable VGA mode on all but one Md5/DFP
board if multiple boards are in use. See “Enabling or
disabling VGA mode” on page 9.

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Connecting a Digital Display

After you install the Md5/DFP board in your computer,
connect your flat panel to the board. For more information,
refer to the installation guide for the digital display.

If you are connecting the Md5/DFP board to a DOME digital
flat-panel display, refer to the C3 or C5 Digital Display
Installation and Maintenance Guide.

Connecting a Digital Display | 15

16 | Installing the Board and Driver in a PC

Installing the Windows 2000 Driver

This procedure assumes the Windows 2000 operating
system is already installed on your computer. If it is not,
refer to the Microsoft Windows 2000 documentation.

Install all DOME boards before you install the driver.
See “Preparing for Board Installation” on page 8 for
instructions. Then restart your system and install the
driver for each board separately.

To install the driver

1. Turn on the computer, and highlight Microsoft Windows
2000 Professional. Press <F8> during the system boot and

select Enable VGA Mode on the Windows 2000 Advanced
Options menu. Then press <Enter>.

2. Log on with administrator privileges.
The System Settings Change dialog box appears, indicating

that Windows 2000 recognizes the new hardware device.

3. Click Yes to restart your computer.

Installing the Windows 2000 Driver | 17

4. Highlight Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional.
Press <F8> during the system boot and select Enable
VGA Mode on the Windows 2000 Advanced Options
menu. Then press <Enter>.

5. Log on with administrator privileges.

6. Insert the WINFP CD, and browse to find the

Win2k\MD5dfp

directory.

7. Double-click Setup.exe.

The Setup.exe file is an InstallShield Wizard that guides
you through the installation process.

The initial display driver installation dialog box appears.

18 | Installing the Board and Driver in a PC

8. Proceed through the installation (license agreement and
readme files).

The Setup Type dialog box appears.

9. Select One or Two displays as connected to your Md5/DFP
board, and click Next.

The Setup Type dialog box appears for each Md5/DFP board
you install.

10. Click Yes on the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box to

continue the installation.
This dialog box appears for each CX display you install.
The End of Driver Installation dialog box then appears

upon completion.

11. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now, and
click Finish.

The Md5/DFP driver loads upon system restart.