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Online user guide Coron is E l it e[...]
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T able o f contents 3 T able of c ont ents Table of contents .......... ........... ............ ............. ............ ........... 3 Using the online User Guide .......... ............. ............ ............. .... 5 Sourc es of inf ormation ............. ................. ................. ................. .... 6 User inter fac e ........[...]
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T able o f contents 4 Stand-by swit ching .................... ................. ................. ........... 31 On-screen displa y (OSD) .............. ................. .............. ................. .. 32 Luminance and c olor menu................... ................ ................. 32 Display Function menu ....................... ..........[...]
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5 Using the online User Guide[...]
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Sourc es of inf ormation 6 Sour c es of inf orma tion Overview o f product documentation Document Content Quick install sheet (poster in box) Gives a short o verview of the installa- tion of a complet e system. Getting started guide (booklet in box) Gives a detailed description of the installation and connection of a c om- plete system. Online user[...]
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User interfac e 7 User interf ac e Items in the na vigation fr ame Items in the toolbar fr ame Item Description Conten ts Shows the c omplete cont ent of the help syste m. Index Shows the av ailable help topic entries in alphabetic order . Sear ch Allows to sear ch for a particular entry in the help system. Fa vorit es Allows to add and r emove hel[...]
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User interfac e 8 Bookmark Press this butt on to bookmark the cur - rent help t opic. This topic will then appear in the web br owser’s F avorit es menu. (requires c ookies) Item Description[...]
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9 Gr aphic boar d inf orma tion[...]
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B ARC O Contr oller Co ntrol P anel Settings 10 B AR C O C ontr oller C ontr ol P anel Se ttings This chapter de scribes how to c o nfigure the displays in y our B ARCO C ORONIS Displa y Syst em using the tools available through the Advanc ed button on the Se ttings tab of the Windows Display Contr ol Panel . Note: If you purc hased Barco Medical D[...]
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B AR CO C ontr oller Contr ol P anel Set tings 11 Bar c o Driver Pr operties Acc essing the Bar c o tab Note: Y ou must ha ve logged on t o Windows using an acc ount with administrat or privileges in or der to use the Barc o portions of the Windows Display C ontrol Panel t o change any display settings. 1. Open the Windows Display Contr ol Panel by[...]
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B ARC O Contr oller Co ntrol P anel Settings 12 Figure 1: E x: Barco T ab Display I nformatio n Name: Displa ys the model name of the display . Serial Number: Displays the serial nu mber of the display . Back li gh t Li f eTi me: This is the amount of time in hours that the backlight has been on. The backlight will typically last a very lo ng time,[...]
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B AR CO C ontr oller Contr ol P anel Set tings 13 installed in your system. This inf o rmation is used by the Barc o MIS Support team when trying t o resolv e customer issue s. MediCal QA W eb Clicking on the QA W eb button will launch the MediCal QA Web application. Ple ase re fer to the MediCal QA W eb manual for information about this applicatio[...]
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B ARC O Contr oller Co ntrol P anel Settings 14 •C l o n e The primary display is cloned t o the sec ondary display . Color F ormat • 24-Bit T rueColor Mode • 30 -Bit TrueC olor Mode (HDR) Display R esolution • Sets display resolution for 1 or 2 displays. Note: T o switch out of SingleView or Clone mode , the buttons in this C ontrol P anel[...]
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B AR CO C ontr oller Contr ol P anel Set tings 15 OpenGL and Dir ect3D The OpenGL and Direct3D pages of the Adv anced Pr operties page are divided into tw o sections: Main Settings and Cust om Settings. Main Settings In the Main Settings section there is a slider bar which allows the user to adjust the OpenGL or Direct3D settings f or optimum perfo[...]
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B ARC O Contr oller Co ntrol P anel Settings 16 Please r efer t o the on-line help (click on the “?” in the co ntrol panel’s openGL tab) for mor e information on using adv anced f eatur es such as Anisotropic Filtering . SMOO THVISION The Adva nced Settings tab enables y ou to apply A TI’s SM OO THVISION technology f or full-scene anti- ali[...]
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B AR CO C ontr oller Contr ol P anel Set tings 17 OpenGL Pro files The Configur ation page enables you t o customize display pr ofiles for individual applications. T ypically , you w ould change these settings f or one or more o f the followin g re asons: • Diagnostic purposes. • Fine-tuning a specific appl ication/system configuration. • Spe[...]
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B ARC O Contr oller Co ntrol P anel Settings 18 configur ation c ontrols on this tabbed dialog t o obtain the desir ed display par amet ers for the selected application. T o remo ve the selected c onfigurat ion pr ofile compl etely , select the name of the application fr om the Configuration Profiles list bo x and click Delet e . Note: Y ou cannot [...]
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B AR CO C ontroller C ontrol P anel Settings 19 Figure 2: User Modifiable Palette Note: If you are unsur e whether or not your application requir es this “User Modifiable Color” mode , contact y our application provider . Static Gr ay P alett e including standard syst em colors This option sets the palett e to be a static set of 256 gr ay value[...]
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B ARC O Contr oller Control P a nel Settings 20 between appl ications, which can caus e image color v alues to appear distorted in the background appl ication. As shown in figure 4, each of the 256 entrie s in the palette has an RGB value of (i, i, i) where i is the inde x from 0 to 255. Fig ure 4 : Stat ic G ray Palette w ith NO s yste m col ors I[...]
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B AR CO C ontroller C ontrol P anel Settings 21 display devic es while m aintaining compatibility with the Windows graphics de vice int erfac e (GDI). DirectDraw is enab led by def ault . More inf ormation about DirectDr aw is avail able through the on-line help . Enable Dithering This option allows the user t o enable or disable dithering. Ditheri[...]
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B ARC O Contr oller Control P a nel Settings 22 there will be a loss of pixel depth, i.e. 256 shades of gray inste ad of 1024 simultaneous shades of gray . Disable RGB T o Static Gr ay C olor Tr anslation Select Disable RGB To S tatic Gray Color T ranslation i f yo u wi s h to h av e RGB values equally weighted, with 1/3 each. When not select ed, t[...]
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B AR CO C ontroller C ontrol P anel Settings 23 connect ed to the active displa y . This information is useful in debugging issues that ma y occur when using y our Barco C oronis Display(s).[...]
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Configuring the Window s desktop 24 C onfiguring the Windo ws desktop Note: If you are using a c olor display in conjunction with your Barc o grayscale display(s) y ou should configur e your deskt op be fore se tt in g th e res o lu ti on of your Barco gr ayscale display(s). Y ou must have logged on t o Windows using an acc ount with administrat or[...]
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25 Displa y inf ormation[...]
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Prec autions 26 Pr ecautions 1. Optimize the lifetime of your display Enabling the Display Po wer Management S ystem (DPMS) of y our display (in the displa y’s Settings menu) will optimize its diagno stic lifetime by automatically switching off the backlight when the display is not used fo r a specified period o f time. By def ault , DPMS is enab[...]
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Prec autions 27 diagnostic performanc e of the product. T o ensure optimal pro duct quality , Barco appl ies strict selection crit eria for its L CD panels. T o learn more about LCD t echnology and mis sing pixels , consult the dedicated whit e paper available at www .barcomedical. com. 4. Enhance user c omfort Every Barc o multi-head display syst [...]
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Display c ontrols 28 Displa y c ontr ols Ov erview o f contr ols The front c ontrols ar e soft touch k eys. When you touch any of them while no on-scr een display (OSD) is on the screen, the fr ont il lumination is switched on f or a few sec onds. When you t ouch a key again while the illumination is on , the function of the key is e xecuted. Figur[...]
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Display contr ols 29 T o display the OSD (on-screen display). In the OSD , this button acts as Enter butt on to make selections. 4. Standby T o put the display in standby mode . 5. Ambient light sensor Senses the ambient ligh t around the display . The ambient light measur ement can be taken into ac count in the DICO M display function calibr ation[...]
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Display c ontrols 30 3. T o open a su bmenu, use the Up or Down touch keys to select the submenu. Next, press the Ent er touch k ey to open the submenu. 4. T o exit from a submenu, use Up or Down t o select EXIT . Next, pres s Enter . If you ex it from the Main Menu, you exit the OSD . 5. T o change an ad justment value or setting, use Up or Down t[...]
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Display contr ols 31 • T ouching Up and Enter a t the same time selects the maximum val ue . • T ouching Down and Ent er at the same time selects the minimum value. While the OSD is not on the screen: • T ouching Up and Do wn at the same time swit ches the displa y in te xt editing mode. In this mode the luminanc e is reduced so that the disp[...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 32 On-scr een display (OSD) Luminance and c olor menu Luminance and c olor menu * A vailable on ly on color displays Name Description Measur ed luminance Indicate s the actual luminance me a- sured by the I-Guar d sensor . This is a read -o nl y va lue. Luminance target Allows to manual ly adjust the lumi- nance tar get . S[...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 33 Note: When you change the luminanc e target, the display will adjust its backlight to re ach the target. This can be seen in the Measur ed luminance line . When the luminance tar get cannot be re ached, e.g., due to aging o f the backlight , the Me asured luminanc e line changes t o Minimum value r eached or Maximum v al[...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 34 Displa y Function menu Display function menu y Allows to d efine t he y co -ordi nate of the color t emperature that c orresponds to the c olor target. This function is av ailable only when the color tar get is defined in (x ,y) co-ordi- nates. This function is not av ailable when the Native White c olor target is select[...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 35 ALC & DIC OM Options submenu Name Description Measu red ambient l ight Indicat es the ambient light actually measured by the ambient light sensor on the front of the display . This is a read -o nl y va lue. Av eraged ambient light Shows the aver age of the measured ambient light since the display w as switch ed on. W[...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 36 Re ading room definition submenu Reading r oom Allows to select from a pre-defined list of r eadin g room ty pes. Y ou must select a reading room that corr esponds to the type of room the dis - play is installed in. Reading r oom def . Jumps to the re ading room definition submenu, which allows to edit the re ading room [...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 37 Max . ambient light This indicates the maximum ambient light that corr esponds to the selected read ing roo m. If the measured ambient light is higher than the value enter ed here, y ou should take measure s to darken the room or select another re ading room type. Preset c orr . value This value is taken into ac count in[...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 38 Calibr ation Inf ormation submenu Set tings menu Name Description Preset ambient v alue / Measu red AL C ambient value / A verage ambient val u e Shows the ambient light co rrection value taken into acc ou nt to calculate the DICO M DF , expressed in lux . Bright luminance Shows the bright luminance v alue taken into ac [...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 39 Note: •T h e DPMS s ystem will power do wn the display when the connect ed comput er is left idle for a certain time . Barco r ecommends t o switch DP MS on to pre vent image burn-in (image ret ention) on the LC D panel. • T o enter the user cont rols ke yc ode, the OSD must not be visible. T ouch any of the soft to [...]
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On-screen displa y (OSD) 40 Inf ormation menu Inf ormation Name Description Product The display type. Serial No Indicates the display serial number . SW V ersion Displa ys the current internal softw are version. Display runtime Indicates the total time the display has been operating, including the time in stand-by . Backlight runtime Indicates the [...]
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Changing the viewing mode 41 Changing the view ing mode About viewing modes The display c ontains two vie wing modes. Diagnostic viewing mode provide s the full calibrat ed luminance . This mode is intended f or using the display in diagnostic applications. In T ext mode, the lumina nce is appro x imately half of the lumina nce in Diagnostic mode. [...]
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Enabling/disabling User Contr ols 42 Enabling/disabling User C o ntr ols T o disable the user controls: 1. Open the OSD main menu. 2. Open the Settings menu. 3. Select User C ontrols . 4. Select Off . 5. Return to the Settings menu. 6. Exit the OSD Now the user cannot display the OS D again until the user c ontrols key code is enter ed (see below).[...]
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Switching P ower LED on/of f 43 Sw itc h i n g Powe r LE D o n/ off T o switch the pow er LED on/off: 1. T ouch any of the soft touch keys. The front illumin ation is switched on. 2. While the illumination is on, touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu. 3. Use the Up or Down touch keys to select the Settings menu. Use Ent er to open the [...]
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Switching DPMS on/o ff 44 Swit ching DPMS on/of f 1. Optimize the lifetime of your display Enabling the Display Po wer Management S ystem (DPMS) of y our display (in the displa y’s Settings menu) will optimize its diagno stic lifetime by automatically switching off the backlight when the display is not used fo r a specified period o f time. By de[...]
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Switch ing DPMS on/off 45 diagnostic performanc e of the product. T o ensure optimal pro duct quality , Barco appl ies strict selection crit eria for its L CD panels. T o learn more about LCD t echnology and mis sing pixels , consult the dedicated whit e paper available at www .barcomedical. com. 4. Enhance user c omfort Every Barc o multi-head dis[...]
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Changing Display Functions 46 Changing Displa y Functions Co n cep t s • The Display F unction menu lets you select a display functio n (DF). • When you select the DIC OM DF yo u can define the DIC OM DF to be recalculat ed taking the ambient light in to acc ount . • The recalculation can be ba sed on an il luminance of 0 lux (“Dark Room”[...]
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Changing Display Functions 47 2. While the illumination is on, touch the Enter to uch k ey to display the main menu. 3. Use the Up or Down touch keys to select the Display F unction menu. Use Enter to open th e menu. 4. Use Up or Down to sele ct Display F unction . Use Enter to go into edit mode. 5. Use Up or Down to select the desired DF . 6. Use [...]
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Changing Display Functions 48 AL C & DIC OM Options DI C OM offs et Intr oduction DIC OM DF will be recalculated only when another DIC OM Offset is selected. Th e DICO M DF will be recalculat ed based on the new offse t setting. To s e l e c t a D I CO M o f f s e t : 1. Select the DIC OM display function . See T o se lect a display function (D[...]
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Changing Display Functions 49 Re ading room selection This function is av ailable only when the DIC OM display function is selected and C ontinuous DIC OM AL C is off . T o select a reading r oom setting: 1. Select the DIC OM display function . See T o se lect a display function (DF): , on page 46. 2. In the AL C & DICOM Options menu, use Up or[...]
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Changing Display Functions 50 Re ading room de finition This function is av ailable only when the DIC OM display function is selected and C ontinuous DIC OM AL C is off . T o modify a reading r oom definition: 1. Select the DIC OM display function . See T o se lect a display function (DF): , on page 46 2. In the AL C & DICOM Options menu, use U[...]
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Changing Display Functions 51 5. T o modify the Preset corr ection value fo r this reading r oom, use Up or Down to s elec t Preset Corr . V alue . Use Enter to go into edit mode . Use Up or Down to change the v alue. Use Enter to sa ve th e ch ang es. Y ou can change this value within c ertain limits determined by the selected r eading r oom. 6. T[...]
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Adjusting Luminance and C olor 52 Adjusting Luminanc e and C olor Co n cep t s • On a gra yscale display you can adjust the luminance tar get . On a c olor display you can adjust the colo r target. • The color target combines the lum inance target and color tem pe rat ure. • The c olor tempera ture can be defined in K elvin units or (x ,y) co[...]
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Adjusting Luminance and C olor 53 6. Use Enter to s ave t he cha nge s. C olor targe t (color displa ys) Selecting a color tar get T o se lect a color target: 1. T ouch any of the soft touch keys. The front illumin ation is switched on. 2. While the illumination is on, touch the Enter touch key to display the main menu. 3. Use the Up or Down touch [...]
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Adjusting Luminance and C olor 54 C olor targe t definition Note: For the Nativ e White color tar get , only the luminance target can be mod ified. For Cle arbase and Bluebase the luminance tar get and c olor tempera ture in (x ,y) co-ordinat es can be modified. The User c olor target can be modified c ompletely . T o modify the color targe t defin[...]
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Adjusting Luminance and C olor 55 edit mode. Use Up or Down to change the v alue. Use Enter to s ave the c han ges. 9. T o modify the color temper ature in (x ,y) co-ordinat es, first mak e sure the c olor target is defined in (x,y) co- ordinat es (see step 5). Use Up or Down to sel ect x or y . Use Enter to go into edit mode. U se Up or Down to ch[...]
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57 Bar co w eb sites Visit Bar co at: http://www .barc o.c om Visit Medical Imaging at: http://www .barc o.c om/medical[...]
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Barco n v Medical Imag ing President K ennedypark 35 B-8500 K ortrijk , Belgium www .barc o.c om B4100533 - 02 September 2009[...]