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DCMS Displa y Consistency Management Softw are User Manual K5960008-03.
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Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 3 About 1A b o u t 1.1 Contents of the user manual This guide consists of the following c hapters: Chapter 1: A.
4 _________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual About 1.3 Notation conv ention Foll owing notations are applicab le to this manual and should be respected through the manual.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 5 Important notice 2 Important notice 2.1 Commercial In Confidence The information contained herein is Barc o confidential information.
6 _________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Important notice 2.6 Software License T erms 1 This Software License is betw een you and BARC O NV , a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Belgium regist ered under number BE 0473.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 7 Important notice copies of the Softw are then in your possession and returning al l associated materials and d ocumentat ion, to Barco or the appo inted Barco reseller that sold or provided these to you.
8 _________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Important notice SUCH ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED BY BARCO AND YOU ARE SOLEL Y RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL COSTS AN D EXPENSES ASSOCIA TED WITH RECTIFICA TION, REP AIR OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY SUCH ERRORS.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ____ 9 Important notice both parties. Excep t as otherwise expressly prov ided for in this Software License, no forb.
10 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual About DCMS 3A b o u t D C M S 3.1 What is DCMS? The Barco Display Consistency Mana gement So ft w ar e ( DC MS ) i s a so ft wa re to ol to calibr ate displays in terms of luminance, gamma and gr ay tracking*.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 11 About DCMS 3.3 K ey components 3.3.1 Calibr ation system Calibration with internal test pattern gener ation (without disconnecting the display from its source) The calibration can be done without disc onnecting the display .
12 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual About DCMS IMPORTANT : When calibr ation is done with external computer gra p hics, please restore all color.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 13 About DCMS 3.4 P ackage content • USB color sensor (Marked ‘Configured for DCMS’) • RS232 cable male-female, 3-wire str aight, 1.8m • RS232 cable male-female, 3-wire crossed, 1.
14 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS 4 Installing DCMS 4.1 System requirements • Host: Pentium II or later • Memory: 256MB .
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 15 Instal li ng DCMS •I n t r o d u c t i o n Read the introduction an d p r es s ‘ Next ’ to continue. It is strongly recommended to quit al l programs before conti nuing with the installation.
16 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS •E n t e r L i c e n s e K e y T o continue the installation, enter your pers onal License Key , supplied on the DCMS license certificate. Press ‘ Next ’ to continue.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 17 Instal li ng DCMS • Choose Shor tcut Folder Choose the location wher e the shortcuts will be located. There is a shortcut available for the DCMS application in the Barco DCMS program Group.
18 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS • Installing… During the installation, a dialog with progress bar is displayed. • Install Complete The Install Complete panel shows if the in stallation w as successful or not.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 19 Instal li ng DCMS 4.4 Uninstalling DCMS T o remove DCMS from your system: • Be s ure you have A dmin ist ra.
20 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Installing DCMS • Click the Uninstall button to remo v e the DCMS program. NOTE : Log files and files co ntaining calibr ation parameters are n ot automatically remove d.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 21 Connecting the components 5 Connecting the components 5.1 Optical sensor connection CAUTION : The USB sensor is deliv ered with a suction cup head that can be attached to the sensor for easy attachment to a displa y with front glass.
22 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Connecting the components • Select ‘No, not this time’ and click ‘Next’ to continue. • Select ‘Install the software automati cally’ and click ‘Next’ to continue.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 23 Connecting the components • Browse to the path where th e file ‘s eqcal.
24 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Connecting the components 5.2 Calibr a tion system connection Figure 4: Calibr ation system connection • Plug the sensor (delivered together with the DCMS software) in one of the USB connections of your PC.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 25 Connecting the components CAUTION : Barco displays ar e connected with a 3-w ire, crosse d or str aight serial cable. DCMS provides 2 serial cab les: one 3-wir e crossed ca ble and one 3- wire straight cable.
26 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application 6 Running the DCMS application 6.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 27 Running the DCMS application 6.1.2 Connection panel The user ca n select the display type an d display communication details in the Connection P anel.
28 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Press the ‘Calibr a te Sensor’ button to start calibration.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 29 Running the DCMS application 6.1.4 Calibr ation target panel The Calibrati o n T arget Panel contains 8 sections. Eac h of these sections are listed and described below .
30 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Note that the input source will not be vi sible for the dur ation of the calibration when the display pattern gener a tor is selected.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 31 Running the DCMS application Select the ‘Color temper ature’ radi o bu tton to define the white point in color temperature and use the slider to set the desired color temper ature between 3200 and 9900K.
32 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application The three input text fields ‘x’ , ‘y’ and ‘Y ’ are disabled as long as the check box ‘Fol low white point and gamma’ is sele cted.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 33 Running the DCMS application Figure 17: Gamma 4 Figure 18: Gamma 2 Figure 19: Gamma 1 The gamma slider can be used to set the desired gamma of the display . This value can also be seen in the text field on the right of the gam ma slider .
34 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Get, Load, Save and Reset Besides u sing the contro ls above, the user h as the option to ‘Load’ a previously defined set of par ameters from file or ‘Save’ the current set to file.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 35 Running the DCMS application 6.2 Using DCMS 6.2.1 Proper use and gener al remarks • Store the sensor at the same ambien t tempe rature as the display , facing down in the sensor pod.
36 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Calibration target panel ” par agr aph above. V erify that the sensor status field states ‘CALIBRA TED’ . Step 3: Calibration target • Select the type of test patches to be used.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 37 Running the DCMS application 6.2.3 Match displays In this section we will calibr ate a display (target display) to match another display (r eference display). The displays d o not need to be of the same type.
38 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application See the “User Interface, Sensor panel” paragr aph above for more details on the selection of the test patch.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 39 Running the DCMS application Step 7: The calibration routine • Press ‘Calibr ate now… ’ to open the calibr ation dialog. • Fol low the instructions as given in the calibration dialog and p r ess ‘Start’ to start the ca li b ration r out ine.
40 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Running the DCMS application Step 3: Measurement • Press the ‘Single measureme nt ’ button to open the measureme nt dialog. • Place the sensor on a color patch on the displa y to be measured and press ‘Measure’ .
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 41 Display connection and calibration options 7 Display connection and calibr ation options 7.1 ADP361 Connection The Barco ADP361 can be connected to the host by means of a 3-wire str aight (Rx-Rx, Tx - Tx, GND-GND) male-female cabl e.
42 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options 7.2 LCx -4x Connection The Barco LCx -4x series displays (LCN/ LCS-42/47) can be connected to the host by means of a 3-wire straight (Rx -Rx, Tx - Tx, GND-GND) male-female cable.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 43 Display connection and calibration options 7.3 MDP471 (ISIS) Connection The Barco MDP471 (code name ISIS) display can be connected to the host by means of a 3-wire crossed male-femal e cable (Rx - Tx, Tx-R x, GND-GND).
44 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options After calibration fo llowi n g dialog box pops up: Here you can choose whether th e calibrat ion v alue should be stored or not.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 45 Display connection and calibration options 7.4 MDPW476 Connection The Barco MDPW476 display can be connected t o the host by means of a 3-wire crossed male-female cable (Rx- Tx, Tx -Rx, GND-GND).
46 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options Figure 27: MDPW LUT selection The user can now select which of the 3 look -up-table slots the user wishes to overwrite with t he new calibr ation (slot 0 is reserved for a native 1-to-1 LUT).
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 47 Display connection and calibration options 7.5 NSL -4601 Connection The Barco NSL -4601 displa ys c an b e connec ted to the host by means of a 3-wire strai ght (Rx-Rx, Tx - Tx, GND-GND) male-female cabl e.
48 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Display connection and calibration options The monitor ID is the address of a monitor . The monitor address is a double (x, y) where x represents the horizontal position (column) and y the v ertical position (row) of the m onitor in the wall .
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 49 Display connection and calibration options Color versus brightness NOTE : Note that reducin g the color temper ature reduces the ov erall achiev able brightness.
50 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Calibration 8 Calibr ation Calibration is done in 3 major steps: Figure 31: Calibr ation steps flowchart Each of these step s is ex pl ai ne d in detail in the following sub p a ragraphs.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 51 Calibration Finally , we measure the luminance an d color of the maximum nativ e white. This is our starting point from where we calibrate to the required white point.
52 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Ve r i f i c a t i o n 9 V erification The verification table below lists an example output of a verification table.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 53 Ve r i f i c a t i o n The report shows: T able 3: V erification table expl anation.
54 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual The log file 10 The log file Each time th e DCMS applicat ion is starte d, a new log file is created. This file is named ‘dcmsxxx.log’ where xx x is the timestamp of creation.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 55 List of abbreviations 11 List of abbreviations A ADP Auxiliary Display Panel ALC Ambient Light Controller B B.
56 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual List of abbreviations SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers STD Standard SVGA Super Video.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 57 Appendix A: Open Source Softw are 12 Appendix A: Open Source Software DCMS copyright DCMS is copyrighted by Barco nv wi th exception of the RXTXComm libr ary . RXTXComm is open source software, licensed under the ‘RXTX extension to LGPL ’ .
58 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Appendix B: Specifcations 13 Appendix B: Specifcations 13.1 Specifications of the USB sensor • Connection type: USB • P ower supply: through USB.
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 59 T a ble of contents 14 T able of contents 1 About ......... .......................... .......................................... ................. 3 1.1 Contents of the user manual .
60 ________________ ___________________ __________________ _____ Barco - DCMS - User Manual Ta b l e o f c o n t e n t s 11 List of abbrevia tions ..................... ..................... ..................... ....... 55 12 Appendix A: Open Source Soft ware .
Barco - DCMS - User Manual _________________ ___________________ __________________ ___ 61 T a ble of contents End of document.
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