Datapath Image4 Operation & User’s Manual

Text of Datapath Image4 User Guide:

• Datapath Image4, R RefreshRate14 Relativehumidity6 ResolutionperScreen14 S ScreenArrangement15 SourceofMode14 Storagetemperature6 SupportforWindows7 SystemRequirements8 T TechnicalSupport17 U UKHeadquarters18 Unpacking8 V VGA-Y-cable8 W Warranty6

• UK Headquarters and Main Sales Ofce Datapath Ltd., Alfreton Road, Derby, DE21 4AD, UK Tel:+44(0)1332294441 Fax:+44(0)1332290667 Email:[email protected] www.datapath.co.uk

• Datapath Image4, Contents DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 4 Safety Instructions 5 Introduction 6 Specications: 6 Image4 7 Hardware Installation 8 System Requirements 8 Unpacking 8 Installing an Image4 9 Installing the Display Drivers 10 Installing the Additional Image4 Cards 10 Power 10 Connecting up to 40 Screens 11 MultiScreenConguration 13

• Datapath Image4, Multi Screen Conguration To change the display settings for the Image4 cards, use the Display Properties dialog in the Control Panel. If you have more than one graphics device in your machine, the Display Settings allow you to control which graphics devices are used and what their position on the desktop is. There should be a monitor icon for each Image4 card and at least one monitor icon for each of the other graphics devices in the system (there is a limit to the number of monitor icons that are displayed

• Datapath Image4, Appendix 1 - Dening Custom Modes DeningcustommodesiscarriedoutusingtheCustomModeUtilitiestoolthatcanbefoundonthe DatapathCD.ThelatestversionmayalsobedownloadedfromtheDatapathwebsite: www.datapath.co.uk TheCustomModestoolisautilityfordeningcustommodesthatcanbegeneratedbytheImage4 graphics card. The custom modes tool must be used on a system where the active display driver supports custom modes. To ge

• Datapath Image4, Installing the Display Drivers Once the Image4 card has been installed and the boot messages are appearing on the correct monitor, you can start Windows. Log on as a user with administrative access rights. The Found New Hardware Wizard will announce that new hardware has been found. Do not use the Found New Hardware Wizard to install the Image4 drivers. Install the display drivers from the Software Installation Suite CD supplied with the Image4 card. The dis- play drivers are required to be installed in Safe Mode. Ifyournalcongurationhaslessthanfourscreensselectthenumberofscreensrequired

• Datapath Image4, Image4 The Image4 PCIe graphics card supports the display of RGB, SD and HD video capture windows. It is ideal for high end video/data walls, signage or display wall applications. • 4 Port PCI express graphics card (x4 lanes) • Analog RGB or DVI outputs up to 4 1920x1080x24bits/pixel • Low power • High Performance 2D and 3D graphics • High performance DMA image load (720MB/s) • Support for Windows® Vista, XP, Server 2008, and Windows® 7 (Server 2008 or Windows® 7 64-bit required for greater than 8 screen support). • RGB, SD and HD video window support by adding the VisionRGB-E1, VisionRGB-E2, VisionSD8 or Visio

• Datapath Image4, Safety Instructions To prevent damage to your Datapath product or injury to personnel operating the equipment, please read the following safety precautions prior to operation. These instructions should be made available to all those who will use and operate Datapath products. Power Supply All Datapath products require a mains power supply. This power supply must be disconnected when equipment is being upgraded or relocated. Cables Do not expose cables to any liquids; doing so may cause a short circuit which could damage the

• Datapath Image4, Appendix 2 - Screen Order Connection of Screens Therstcardtobeinitializedgeneratesthepictureforthetopleftmonitorinthewallofscreens,plusthe three adjacent screens. The second card drives the next four screens and so on. This sounds simple, but nevertheless, can be confusing when trying to determine how to assign monitor video cables to the Image4 out¬puts. Changing the Order of the Screens Changing the order in which the screens appear is done using the Wall Contro

• ContinuetoconnectthegenlockcablesJ3(Out)toJ2(In)untilallcardsareconnected. Connectthescreenstothecards.Therstcardshouldbeconnectedtotherstgroupoffourscreens;the second should be connected to the second group of four screens and so on. Switch the screens on then switch the mach

• Datapath Image4, Datapath Limited Datapath has a long and very successful history in the computer graphics industry. Datapath has been designing and supplying high performance, high quality graphics display systems to the world’s larg- est and most demanding companies and institutions since 1982. Datapath was one of the founding companies of multi-screen Windows acceleration using single and multi board solutions. Now using theverylatestdisplaytechnologyDatapathoerssomeoftheworld’sleadingmultiscreengraphics accelerators for the most demanding applications. As new technology advances, so we at Datapath improve the performance

• Datapath Image4, DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2. 1077(a) Responsible Party Name: Datapath Limited Address: Alfreton Road, Derby Phone: +441332-294441 Herebydeclarestheproduct: Product Name: Four Head PCIe Graphics Card Model Number: Image4 (DGC149) Conformstothefollowingspecications: FCC Part 15 Subpart b Class A Digital Device Supplementary Information: This device has been shown to be in compliance with and was tested in accordance with the meas- urementproceduresspeciedintheStandards&Specicationslistedaboveandas

• Datapath Image4, Connecting up to 40 Screens Toconnectupto40screenstoImage4cards,congurethelinksasshowninthediagrambelow: The links control the order in which the display driver uses the Image4 cards. Knowing the order in which the Image4 cards are used is useful when connecting the screens and the outputs from video switches. Notethatifyouhavenotconguredyoursystemtoboot-uponon-boardVGAgraphicsdeviceor another plug-in VGA card the system will boot-up on the master head of one of the Image4 cards but it is not possible to control which output will be used, this is mothe

• Datapath Image4, Installing an Image4 It is recommended that all Image4 cards and any Vision cards are installed in the system prior to installing the drivers. Otherwise as cards are installed the drivers may need to be reinstalled as the card’s PCI bus numbers change Note: All plug-in cards are static sensitive and packed in antistatic materials. Please keep the card in its packaging until you are ready to install. It is recommended that you do not discard the packing box until you are completely satised with the Imag

• Datapath Image4, FCC Compliance Image4 Federal Communications Commission Statement ThisdevicecomplieswithFCCRulesPart15.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions: This device may not cause harmful interference, and This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation 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 r

• Datapath Image4, Introduction The Datapath Image4 multi screen graphics accelerator is single slot PCIe card for displaying Windows across multiple screens as one extended desktop. The Image4 has two graphics processor units (GPU) each with 256Mbytes of DDR2 RAM. Half of this RAM is accessible from the PCIe bus, the rest is accessible only by the GPU. AllcardsintheImage4rangefeature: • Analog or DVI-D outputs. • Supports VESA modes up to 1600 x 1200 and non-VESA modes up to 2048 x 1536. • Fullhardwarecursorsupportforicke

• Hardware Installation This section deals with installing Image4 cards and spreading the Windows desktop across all the screens. If you are intending to use the Image4 cards with other Datapath products, you should follow this section to gettheWindowsdesktopworkingcorrectlyrst. System Requirements • APentiumPCIebuscompute

• Datapath Image4, When the TWIN tab is selected, the display driver reads the EDID information from each monitor and readstheRegistrytonddetaileddisplaytiminginformation. The Source of Mode group box shows which mode sources are available for the selected resolution and colour depth. The Source of Mode has 4 options. Default Monitor timing information from the display driver’s internal tables. Custom MonitortiminginformationfromtheRegistry.(SeeAppendix1:DeningCustomModesfordetails) Monitor (Master) Monitor timing information fro

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