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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOCUMENT • Quadra User ’ s Guide • P/N 350 -7951 • Revisi o n Draft 1.05 A , June 29th 200 4 • Printed in U.S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COPYRIGHT © 2004 RGB Spect rum, Inc.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIMITED WARRAN TY RGB Spectrum ( RGB) warrants that this product will be free from defects i n material and workman ship, under nor mal use and service wh en correctly install ed and maintained , for a period of one (1) year from date of shipment.
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . .
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide ii . . . . . Automatically Load ing Output Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 29 Manually Loading Output Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 T esting Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide iii . . . . . Miscellaneous Comman ds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Miscellaneous Comman ds Descriptions . . . . . . . 75 T iming Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide iv . . . . . Appendix D Firmware Upgrades and T r oubleshooting 106 In This Appe ndix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Firmware Upgrades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I NTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRODUCT OVERVI EW The Quad ra is a high performance, f our channel multi-format u p/down converter with a full rang e of digital and analog inpu t and outp uts.
INTRODUCTION In This Guide 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 2 . . . . . A command line interf ace provides easy acc ess to all Quadra functio ns. This interface is suppo rted remotely by either RS-2 32 serial communications or by network co ntrol (Ethern et 10/100 BaseT).
INTRODUCTION A W ord about In puts 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 3 . . . . . • Image Manipul a tion — Any portion of an input image can be extracted and exp anded to fill the out put raster . Image characteristics such as bright ness, saturation and ga mma can be a djusted.
INTRODUCTION A W o rd about Outp uts 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 4 . . . . . identical input and outpu t channels. Figur e 1-2. Quadra block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A WORD ABOUT OUTPUTS As standard, Quadra provid es four i dentical DVI-I output connect ors — one per out put channel.
INTRODUCTION Quadra Control 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 5 . . . . . • Maximum number of lines that can be pr ocessed These factors are all interr elated with the system’ s refresh rate ( also known as “frame rate”).
INTRODUCTION Feature Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 6 . . . . . • The RS-232 serial port connects to an ASCII terminal, any computer with a serial port or an external device such as a tou chpad. Commands are sent fro m the terminal or computer to the Quadra .
INTRODUCTION Feature Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 7 . . . . . ~ Analog R GB output u p to 1600 x 1200 @ 75Hz. ~ DVI out put up to 1600 x 12 00 @ 60Hz . ~ Adjustable output gamma to optimize performa nce with a variety of display t echnologie s.
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 8 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I NSTALLATI ON AND S ETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IN THIS CHAPTER This chapter provides instructions for installi ng and sett ing up your Qu adra system.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Option al Ite m s 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPTIONAL ITEMS RGB Spectrum can optionally provide additio nal equipment that may be useful in installing and operating your Quadra system.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Fr ont Pane l 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRONT PANEL The figure below illustrates a front panel view of th e Quadra .
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Rear P anel 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RE AR PA NEL The figure below s hows a view of the Quadra rear panel.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Rear P anel 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 12 . . . . . ~ Composite Vi deo — One BNC female con nector is pro vided for NTSC or P AL composite video, a signal that typically originates from a VC R or camera.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Rear P anel 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 13 . . . . . can connect this outp ut to a DVI-capable mon itor or an analog RGB monitor . 7) Graphic O ut put 2 One DVI-I multi-pin connecto r is provided for Graphic Output 2, which is identical to Graphic Output 1.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Installation 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INSTALLATION This secti on provides Q uadra installation instruction s. All conn ections are made to the rear o f the Quadra chassis .
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Installation 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 15 . . . . . ~ T o connect to a monitor with an analog RGB input, use an adapter that converts from the DVI conn ector directly to a 15- pin D-sub c onnector . This adapter is provided as a standard item with your Qu adra .
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Syste m Contr o l Setup 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYSTEM CONTROL SETUP The following topics are discussed in this s ection: • Metho ds of Commu nicati on s • RS-232 Serial Co ntrol Setup • Ethernet Control Setup METHODS OF .
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Syste m Contr o l Setup 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 17 . . . . . ~ Data bits: 8 ~ Parity: None ~ Stop bits: 1 ~ Flow control: XOn / XOff Quadra can be configured to operate at ba ud rates from 9600 baud t o 1 15 kbaud.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP Syste m Contr o l Setup 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 18 . . . . . ETHERNET . . . . . . . . . CONT ROL SET UP Ethernet control en ables you to use a T elnet session to control Quadra using a command line interf ace. Quadra includes an internal T elnet server which works with standard T eln et clien ts.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 19 . . . . . W ith the IP addr ess and port pr operly entered, the T elnet window opens and Qua dra responds with the product na me and copyright notice as shown in the sample below .
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 20 . . . . . Quadra can be use d with bo th stan dard a nd non- stand ard dis pla y devic e s. Y o u can allow Quad ra to automatically “learn” the d isp lay’s timing parameters, or you can enter your own.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 21 . . . . . “ Factory T iming List ” in Ch apter 4. Use the following step s to set up the Quadr a ’ s output timing. 1. Select the output channel and di splay dev ice for which you want to set up timing.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 22 . . . . . 6. T urn on the display monitor that is connected to the selected output channel. 7. T urn on the controllin g device (such as your PC), al lowing time for it to boot up.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 23 . . . . . Additionally , users must “exit” the interactive timin g mo de be for e nor mal command line interf ace functions can be is sued. Use the following step s to adjust output timing interactively: 1.
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 24 . . . . . Ty p e : OPTMNAME <output#> [name] Ent er S Example: T o name output 1 “S tudio_L CD_1,” typ e: OPTMNAME 1 Studio_LCD_1 9. Once the display is adjusted, use the Output Timing Save f uncti on to save paramet ers in memory .
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 25 . . . . . • The Input Interactive fun ction enables you to ad just each input’ s timing inter actively . Inter active timing appli es only to gr aphics inputs (not co mposite or S-V ideo sources) .
INSTALLATION AND SETUP System T iming 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 26 . . . . . 7. W ith the upper-left corner properly adjusted, adjust the lower-right corner next by using the f ollowing keyb oard controls. The g oal is to position this corner f or m a ximu m image vi sib ility .
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 27 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O PERAT IONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IN THIS CHAPTER This chapt er provides operating inst ructions for a variety of frequently-us ed Quadra features.
OPERATIONS Introducti on to Operat ions 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INTRODUCTION TO OPERATIONS The Quad ra is a high performance, f our channel multi-format u p/down converter with numerous application s in graphics, displays and multi-monitor environments.
OPERATIONS Setting Output Fo rmat 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 29 . . . . . In this configuration, us ing an extern al sp litter or DA ( Dist ribution Amplifier), Quadra automatically crops each identical input into its proper “quadrant” usin g the WALL command.
OPERATIONS Setting Output Fo rmat 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 30 . . . . . 2. T o enable automatic detection and loading of a display tim ing set type the following comm and (using upp er or lower case cha racters).
OPERATIONS T esting Outp ut s 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 31 . . . . . 6. Review the list in detail, and note the tim in g parameters that most closely match the s pecifications of your mon itor . 7. Load the timing p arameters for the selected o utput.
OPERATIONS Selectin g an Inpu t Sour ce 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 32 . . . . . TP ALL GRID Ent er 5. T o turn of f the tes t pattern on a single output , type: TP <output #> OFF Enter 6. T o turn of f the tes t pattern on all outputs, type: TP ALL OFF Ent er .
OPERATIONS Enabli ng and Disabl i ng Outputs 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 33 . . . . . 3. Query the comman d for the selected channel, to determine what the current input sou rce is.
OPERATIONS Unde rstandi ng Auto Sync 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 34 . . . . . OPEN ALL OFF En ter 4. T o enable a s elected output, type: OPEN <output #> ON Enter 5.
OPERATIONS Unde rstandi ng Auto Sync 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 35 . . . . . Once a close match is found for each RGB input, Quadra tries to lock to it — or continues down the list un til a “lock” is achi eved. LOADING INPUT . . . . . . .
OPERATIONS Unde rstandi ng Auto Sync 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 36 . . . . . • If you wa nt to “interacti vely” time an inp ut, please continue with the “ Performing Interactive In put Timing ” section.
OPERATIONS Unde rstandi ng Auto Sync 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 37 . . . . . H INSAVE Ent er Figur e 3-10. Help T ext — Input Save Comma nd 5. T o save the specified RGB input in a “user” register , type: INSAVE <input #> <100...
OPERATIONS Cr oppi ng an Ima ge 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CROPPING AN IMAGE This section prov ides basic instructions f or using the WSR com mand ( W indowSourceRectangle ).
OPERATIONS Cr oppi ng an Ima ge 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 39 . . . . . S Example: Cro p input 1 to 8 00 x 600, starti ng at the exact top left corner of the image. T ype: wsr 1 0 0 800 600 Enter S Example: Crop inpu t 2 to 300 x 300, s tarting 5 00 pixels over from th e left, and 10 l ines down.
OPERATIONS Zoomin g an Image 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZOOM ING A N IMAG E The zoom fu nction enables you to interactively zo om an image’ s WSR coordinates. Use the followi ng steps to zoom an image: 1.
OPERATIONS Panni ng an Ima ge 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PANNING AN IMAGE The pan fun ction enables you to interactively pan an image’ s WSR coordinates, effect i v ely mo ving on ly the x and y coordinates while maintaining the height and width parameters.
OPERATIONS Sizing the Outpu t Image 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIZING THE OUTPUT IMAGE This section provides ba sic in structions for using the WDR command ( WindowDestinationRect angle ).
OPERATIONS Sizing the Outpu t Image 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 43 . . . . . S Example: A ssuming an output r esolutio n of 1024 x 7 68, set output 1 to full screen. T ype: wdr 1 0 0 1024 768 Enter S Example: Place a 10 0 pixel by 100 line video window at column 300 , line 400 o n the monitor fo r output 2 .
OPERATIONS Using Position 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USIN G PO SITIO N W ith a defined WDR r ectangle, you can inter actively move the rectangle around the selected output screen using the SETRA TE and POSition comm ands.
OPERATIONS Using Position 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 45 . . . . . 4. Request hel p text for t he POS iti on command. T ype: H POS Enter Figur e 3-16. Help T ext — Position Comm and 5. Change the Position interactively as desired. T ype: POS <output #> Enter Use the following contro ls to position the rectangl e.
OPERATIONS Adjust ing Brigh tness and Contra st 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADJUSTING BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST Quadra enables you to easily adjust a sou r ce image’ s brightness and contrast usin g the BRI ghtness and CONT rast comman ds.
OPERATIONS Adjusting Hue and Sa tu ratio n 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADJUSTING HUE AND SATURATION Quadra enables you to easily adjust a so u rce image’ s hue and saturation using the HUE and SA T uration commands.
OPERATIONS Adjustin g Sharpness 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADJUSTING SHARPNESS Quadra enables you to easily adjust a sou rce image’ s sharpness using the SHARPness command.
OPERATIONS Cr eat in g a Background 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CREATING A BACKGROUND Quadra enables you to set an outpu t channel’ s background color , from a solid color to a sh aded “ramp” using th e BackGroundSouRCe command .
OPERATIONS Creating a 2x2 Mo nitor W all 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CREATING A 2X2 MONITOR WALL Using the WA L L command, you can quickly crop all four i nputs, confi guring each input’ s WSR to exactly 1/ 4 of the screen.
OPERATIONS Creating a 2x2 Mo nitor W all 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 51 . . . . . ~ Input #3 is cropped t o the exact lower left quadran t of the source image. ~ Input #4 is cropped t o the exact lower right quadrant of the source image. The net result on yo ur 2x2 monit or wall i s a perf ectly exp anded source image.
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 52 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C OMMAND L INE I NTERFACE This chapter d iscusses Quadr a control commands that provide access to all of the unit’ s functions.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comma nd Format 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COM MAND FO RMAT All Quadra control functions are issued via ASCII commands that are us ed to set one or more system parameter s (or values ).
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comma nd Format 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T o execute commands, each c ommand line must be follo wed by a .
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comma nd Format 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 55 . . . . . An individual destination is indicated by the p arameter such as <input#> , and is typically the first paramete r follow ing th e comm a nd name.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Command Se t Li st 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMMAND SET LIST The following sections list th e commands used for controlling the Quadra .
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMMAND SUMMARY This section prov ides a table of all Quadra commands in alphabetical order . Click the desired comm and to access detailed instructions.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INPUT CO MMANDS Input commands allow yo u to make input adjustment s, and then sa ve these settings into the un it’ s internal memo ry . A summary of inp ut commands is listed below .
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 59 . . . . . INPUT COMMANDS DESCRIPTIONS The table below lists all input commands, th eir arguments and detailed desc ript i on s.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 60 . . . . . IN put LOAD <i np ut #> <1…160 > Loads t he indicated entry from the Ti mi n g L i s t to the specif ied input chan nel. T imi ng list entrie s from 1 to 99 are reserved for factory defined timing parameters.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 61 . . . . . T i M ing LIST <1 … 16 0> [ < 1 … 1 60 > ] ] | [ACTIVE] Displays the entire Timi ng L ist . If arguments are supplied, displays only t he portion o f the list requeste d.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 62 . . . . . OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . COMMAND S Output com mands control Quadra ’ s output ch annels. They d efine the ou tput timing and sync fo rmat, and save, load, and delete timings to the Ou tput List.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 63 . . . . . OUTPUT COMMANDS DESCRIPTIONS The table below lists all output commands, their ar guments and d etailed desc ript ions.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 64 . . . . . O ut P ut T i M in g LOAD <out put # > <1 … 160> For the selected o utput ch annel, set s the output d isplay parameters from v alues stored in the specified Factor y Ti m i ng L i s t .
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 65 . . . . . DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . COMMAND S Display comma nds apply to p ositioning and visibility , and enable yo u to control the display con figuration, zoom and pan operations , freezing inputs and mor e.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 66 . . . . . DISPLAY COMMANDS DESCRIPTIONS The table below list s all positioning, v isibility and display commands, including their arg uments and detailed des criptions. T able 4-7.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 67 . . . . . SIZE <inp ut #> [< s | l> <repetitio n>] Activates t he size utility , allowing you to resize the specified inp ut. Controls are: s = smaller l = larger q = quit Size af fects the WDR va lue for the input.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 68 . . . . . W indow D estination R ecta ngle <ou tput #> [<x: - 1920... 3840> <y: - 1440... 2880> <width: 0…19 20> <hei ght: 0... 1440>] [durat ion: 0.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 69 . . . . . W indow S our ce R ectan gle <inp ut #> [<x > <y > <width> <h ei ght>] [durat ion: 0 .1…12 8] Sets the sour ce rectangle for th e sel ect ed input.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 70 . . . . . IMAGE CO NTROL . . . . . . . . . COMMAND S After you have made adjus tments with t he Input commands , you can use t he image control command s to adjust parameters such as brightness , contrast and color .
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 71 . . . . . IMAGE CONTROL COMMANDS DESCRIPTIONS The table below lists all image control commands, their arguments and detailed desc ript ions.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 72 . . . . . SERIAL PORT . . . . . . . . . COMMAND S Serial Port Commands are used to control the bau d and echo settings. A summary is listed below . Click the desired command to access d etailed instructions .
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 73 . . . . . NETW ORK . . . . . . . . . COMMAND S Network Commands contr ol the settings for Quadra ’ s Ethernet port. The values used in this section are typically provided by your facilit y’ s IT specialist.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 74 . . . . . MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . COMMAND S The Miscellaneous comm ands category c ont rol includ es a variety of g eneral Quadra fu nctions. A summ ary of commands is lis ted below .
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 75 . . . . . MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS DESCRIPTIONS The table below lists all mis cellaneous commands, the ir ar guments and detailed desc ript ions.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 76 . . . . . SETTINGSEXPOR T [TIMING | WINDOW | SYSTEM | ALL] [filename] This command enab les you to st or e Quad ra settings on an externa l compute r . This is useful in backing up settings, or providing the ability to “clone” the settings on multip le Quadra devices.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Comman d Summary 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 77 . . . . . SETTINGSIMPOR T [filename] This comman d ena bles you to restore or set system se tti ng s (or clone a new system) t o match the con f i guration of a differen t Q uadra un it.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE T iming Parameters 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIMING PARAMETERS The table bel ow lists timing parameters , values and r anges used for both the input and output timing functions.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE T iming Parameters 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 79 . . . . . SYNC Sync fo rmat 3, 4, or 5 wires This comman d applies to analog RGB inputs onl y . In 3 wire sync syste ms the H & V sync sign al s are co mbin ed with the Green signal.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Factory T iming Li st 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FACTORY TIMING LIST The table below lis ts all of Quadra ’ s preset timings that can be used for Output or Input timing set tings.
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE Factory T iming Li st 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 81 . . . . . 19 VESA 1280 x 960 @ 60Hz 96 11 2 312 1280 60.000 1 3 36 960 5 1 1 0 20 VESA 1280 x 960 @ 8 5Hz 64 160 224 1280 85.938 1 3 47 960 5 1 1 0 21 VESA 1280 x 1024 @ 60Hz 48 112 248 1280 63.
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 82 A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I MAGE C ONCEPTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IN THIS APPENDIX This append ix discusses the basics of i mage size and p osition, be ginning with the concepts of source and destination rectangles.
IMAGE CONCEPTS Image Rectan gles 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IMAGE RECTANGLES The resoluti on of raster scan ned images is defined by the n umber of pixels per line and the total number of lines per frame.
IMAGE CONCEPTS Image Rectan gles 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 84 . . . . . SOURCE . . . . . . . . . RECTA NGLE The sour ce rectangle f or each input is defined in ter ms of the input image’ s pixel position in coordinate space.
IMAGE CONCEPTS Image Rectan gles 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 85 . . . . . In the second ex ample below , a portion of the full size source image has been defined. Figur e A-2. Portion o f Full Size Image The “cropped ” image is 450 p ixels wide by 300 lines high.
IMAGE CONCEPTS Image Rectan gles 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 86 . . . . . DESTINATION . . . . . . . . . RECTA NGLE Each input’ s destinatio n r ectang le is d efined in terms of the display dev ice’ s screen space coo rdinates, rather than th e input picture’ s coordinates.
IMAGE CONCEPTS Aspect Ratio 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 87 . . . . . In the next example, the “cr opp ed” image f rom Figure A- 2 is mapped to a new destination space on the d isplay device.
IMAGE CONCEPTS Positionin g and Clip pin g 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 88 . . . . . • The size and s hape of the source rectang le are indep ende nt of th e destination rectangle’ s size and shape.
IMAGE CONCEPTS Positionin g and Clip pin g 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 89 . . . . . In the second ex ample, the same source rectangle is mapped to a destination rectangle starting at ( -200 , 200 ). By specify ing screen coordi nates with negative values, the left an d top edge s of the source image can be clipp ed.
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 90 B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C OMMUNICATIONS S ETUP . . . . . . . . . . .
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Launc hin g a Hyper t ermin al W ind ow 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 91 . . . . . This action displays the Connection Description Dialog , a sam p le o f which is shown be low . Figur e B-2. Connection Description Dia log (Sample) 2.
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Launc hin g a Hyper t ermin al W ind ow 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 92 . . . . . 4. Click OK to displ ay th e COM Pr operties Dialog .
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP IP Addr ess Setup 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IP ADDRESS SETUP The following topics are discussed in this s ection: • Introduc tion to IP Addresses • IP Address Setup via Serial P ort • IP Address Setup via Ethernet INTRODUCTION TO .
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP IP Addr ess Setup 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 94 . . . . . 4. Quadra responds with the fo llo wing message: The system must be restarted for your c hanges to take effect. Do you want to restart the system (y/n)? ~ Press “ y ” to restart Q uadra and use the newly assigned I P address.
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP IP Addr ess Setup 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 95 . . . . . At this point, the T e lnet windo w star ts an d Quadra respon ds with the product name and copyri ght notice as sh own in the s ample below . Figur e B-5. Quad ra Login (Sa mple) 5.
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP IP Addr ess Setup 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 96 . . . . . W indow . Refer to Chap ter 4, “ Com mand Line In t erface ” for a complete command list. Note T o close a T elnet session, type EXIT or us e the k eystr oke sequence “ Control + D .
350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 97 C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C ONNE CTOR T YP ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IN THIS APPENDIX This appendix provides de tailed information about Quadra ’ s signal an d con t rol connectors.
CONNECTOR T YPES Compos it e V ideo Con ne c t o r 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COMPOSITE VIDEO CONNECTOR Quadra ’ s comp osite video inputs use the industry standard 75 Ω BNC connector .
CONNECTOR T YPES S-V ide o C on ne c t o r 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S-VIDEO CONNECTOR S-V ide o signals are generally of higher quality th an analog composite video signals .
CONNECTOR T YPES High R esolution Analog C onnector 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HIGH RESOLUTION ANALOG CONN ECTOR Analog graphics s ignals are conne cted to Quadra usin g a standard 1 5-pin D- type conn ector .
CONNECTOR T YPES High R esolution Analog C onnector 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 101 . . . . . HIGH RESOLUTION ANALOG CABLE . . . . . . . . . LENGTH High quality RGB or YUV sign a ls h ave very high signal bandwidths.
CONNECTOR T YPES DVI-I Connector 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVI-I CONNECTOR The DVI connector is used to interconnect graphics dev ices. This is a standard connector based on the w ork of the Digi tal Display W orking Group (DDWG).
CONNECTOR T YPES DVI-I Connector 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 103 . . . . . ANALOG A ND DIGITAL INPUT . . . . . . . . . CABLES Please not e the follow ing point s regarding in put cables: • A.
CONNECTOR T YPES Ethernet Co nnector 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ETHERNET CONNECTOR CONNE CTOR T YPE . . . . . . . . . AND PINO UTS The Ethernet con nector is a standard R J-45 type connecto r .
CONNECTOR T YPES RS-232 Conn ector 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RS- 232 CO NNE CTO R The RS-232 p ort is configured acc or ding to the Electronic Indus tries Associati on S tand ard RS -232-C publi shed in Aug ust 196 9.
350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 106 D F IRMWARE U PGRADE S AND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T ROUBLESHOOTING .
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING Firmw are Upgrade s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIRMWARE UPGRADES From time to time, new featu res or improvements are m ade to Quadra ’s firmware.
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING Firmw are Upgrade s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 108 . . . . . 6. If an upgr ade is required for your product, click th e “ Firmware ” link and download the firmware to a folder on your PC. 7. Make a note of this folder’ s locat ion, for use i n a subsequen t step.
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING Firmw are Upgrade s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 109 . . . . . TRANSFERRING NEW F IRMWARE (FTP METHOD) Using FTP in a standard command wind ow , this procedure is an alternat e way of transfer ring the firm ware file fr om your PC to Quadr a .
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING Firmw are Upgrade s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 10 . . . . . 8. T ype the command “ put fwop_x.xx.tar ” (where x.xx represents the ver sion number) and press Enter . This action copies the firmware to Quadra .
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING System Tr oublesho oting 350-7951 Quadra User ’ s G uide 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYSTEM TROUBLESHOOTING Problems with Quadr a operation may resu lt from in correct s yst em con nections and settings.
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING System Tr oublesho oting 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 12 . . . . . Images have t he wro ng aspect ra tio (e.g., are stretche d) or are not positioned correctly • T ry sele cting a dif ferent o utput from the “ Factory Tim in g L ist ” to be tter matc h your disp lay .
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING System Tr oublesho oting 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 13 . . . . . No text on a termin al • T o see you r own type d entries, enable the ech o mode when using an ASCII termi nal (or terminal emulation program) to control the system from the RS-232 port.
FIRMWARE UPGRADES AND T ROUBLESHOOTING How to Contact RGB Spectrum 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 15 E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T ECHNICAL S PE CIFICA TIONS . . . . . .
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Specif icatio n s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 16 . . . . . SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . CHARAC TERISTICS The table below lists Quad ra system characteristics: DIGITAL INPUT . . . . . . . . . SPECIFICATIONS The table below lists high reso lu tion graphics digital input sp ecif ications: Ta b l e E - 1 .
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Specif icatio n s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 17 . . . . . ANALOG INPUT . . . . . . . . . SPECIFICATIONS The table bel ow lists high resoluti on graphics anal og input sp ecifications: COMPOSITE VIDEO INPUT .
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Specif icatio n s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 18 . . . . . S-VIDEO INPUT . . . . . . . . . SPECIFICATIONS The table below lists S-V ideo input specifications: GRAP HIC O UTPUT . . . . . . . . . SPECIFICATIONS The table bel ow lists high resolution graphic out put specification s: Ta b l e E - 5 .
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Specif icatio n s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 1 19 . . . . . IMAGE CO NTROL . . . . . . . . . SPECIFICATIONS The table below lists image control s pecifications: CONTR OL . . . . . . . . . SPECIFICATIONS The table below lists Quad ra control specifications: Ta b l e E - 7 .
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Specif icatio n s 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 120 . . . . . POWE R AND PHYSICAL . . . . . . . . . SPECIFICATIONS The table below lists Quad ra power and physical specifications: Ta b l e E - 9 .
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Parameter Storage 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PARAMETER STORAGE This section descri bes the categories of settings that ar e stored in Quad ra , and how these settings are s tored and retrieved .
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Parameter Storage 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 122 . . . . . of the settings as outlin ed below : Following are explanation s of various “ SettingsExport ” options.
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Parameter Storage 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 123 . . . . . ~ ADC gain and off set values for Red, Green, and Blue channels ~ Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation an.
T ECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Parameter Storage 350- 7951 Quad r a U ser’ s Guide 124 . . . . . • Configuration values — The f ollowing conf iguration va lues are stored: ~ X and Y repeat rates us e.
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Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté RGB Spectrum Quadra User's Guide c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du RGB Spectrum Quadra User's Guide - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation RGB Spectrum Quadra User's Guide, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le RGB Spectrum Quadra User's Guide va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le RGB Spectrum Quadra User's Guide, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du RGB Spectrum Quadra User's Guide.
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