Barco DC Toolset, User Manual

Page 1: ...DC Toolset User guide For DP series R59770449 01 15 12 2009 ...

Page 2: ...Barco nv Media Entertainment Division Noordlaan 5 B 8520 Kuurne Phone 32 56 36 89 70 Fax 32 56 36 883 86 E mail sales events barco com Visit us at the web www barco com Printed in Belgium ...

Page 3: ...marks or copyrights of their respective holders All brand and product names mentioned in this manual serve as comments or examples and are not to be understood as advertising for the products or their manufacturers Software License Agreement You should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software Your use of this soft ware indicates your acceptance of this license a...

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Page 5: ...dows XP Home or Windows XP Professional recommended Recommended hardware specifications PC Pentium IV or equivalent 2 4 GHz 512 MB RAM 140 MB hard disk free space SXGA resolution 1280 x 1024 with 32 MB video memory Serial communication port Ethernet connection System requirements for Linux Software Any Linux distribution that supports Sun s Java Runtime Environment v1 5 0 RedHat 9 0 SuSe 8 2 Debia...

Page 6: ... plug ins can be downloaded for free from Barco s Partnerzone URL https my barco com Registration is necessary If you are not yet registered click on Sign up My barco and follow the instructions With the created login and password it is possible to enter the partnerzone where you can download the DC Toolset software and the device plug in updates When downloading the complete DC Toolset this softw...

Page 7: ...r zip file is stored 2 Double click on the zip file to unzip 3 Double click on the DCToolset_Installer file The installation starts 4 Follow the instructions given in the different install windows 5 The complete installation is done automatically Only DC Toolset framework is installed To start using it first install one or more device plug ins The software will request to install the plug ins To i...

Page 8: ...ash screen opens image 1 2 The software starts up with the latest used configuration or if new plug ins or updated plug ins are downloaded with overview table of the downloaded plug ins All plug ins in the table are selected by default image 1 3 2 Unselect the plug ins which you do not want to install Or click on Unselect all and then select the plug ins you want to install Select all will check a...

Page 9: ...1 Installation Image 1 2 Start up splash screen Image 1 3 Overview downloaded plug ins Image 1 4 Plug ins installed R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 5 ...

Page 10: ... your everyday work with DC Toolset The following icons are used in the manual Caution Warning Info term definition General info about the term Note gives extra information about the described subject Tip gives extra advice about the described subject Images given in the manual are used as illustration The content of the image can be slightly different with the real image on the screen e g version...

Page 11: ...ferent modules An extra Workspace explorer window makes configuration management more easy 2 2 Menu and button bar Structure The menu contains drop down menus accessible by clicking with the mouse on an item To select an item just click on an item in the drop down list The button bar contains on the left side navigation buttons to the different modules and on the right side manage buttons to the w...

Page 12: ...2 Menus Image 2 2 Main window indications Image 2 3 Main window indications 8 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 13: ...the pane Horizontal scroll bars are the bars at the bottom of the pane To use scroll bars place the cursor on the scroll box click and hold down the mouse button Move the scroll box the entire span of the scroll bar Notice how you can move and up down in the information in the pane You can also click anywhere above or below left or right the scroll box in the empty space Click once with the mouse ...

Page 14: ...ue All other configurations will have no background An asterisk behind a configuration means that a configuration setting is changed since the last saved version A save is necessary to store the changes 2 5 About DC Toolset Why The about function in the Help menu gives an overview of the used system parameters and the installed modules This information can be handy when calling for help The images...

Page 15: ...2 Menus Image 2 6 About window System details Click on System details to see the system parameters on which DC Toolset is running Image 2 7 System details R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 11 ...

Page 16: ... the software version and the release date are indicated in Module manager Module details gives an overview of the installed modules and their version Plug in details Plug in details gives an overview of the installed device plug in together with their version Image 2 9 Device plug ins details 12 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 17: ...t a device plug in click on the desired plug in to select and then click on More info Image 2 10 More info device plug in Release information plug in description and license agreement is given R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 13 ...

Page 18: ...2 Menus 14 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 19: ...tart up the preferences How to start up 1 Click on File on the menu bar image 3 1 The file menu opens 2 Select Preferences The Preference dialog box opens image 3 2 3 Use the Show all button to display all the preference items This Show all buttons is available in all following sub preference windows 4 Use Apply button to apply a preference change in one of the other module Use Cancel to ignore th...

Page 20: ...u have one A dongle is not required to use the normal functions in DC Toolset When using DC Toolset without dongle or as operator the maintenance function in the Service module has the same content as the maintenance button in the Configurator module General tab Image 3 3 Access levels To read out the dongle settings click on Read dongle The current level of the inserted dongle is indicated next t...

Page 21: ...e Language selection 1 Click on Appearance image 3 2 The appearance window opens 2 Click on the combo box next to Appearance of the application image 3 4 The possible languages will be displayed 3 Select the desired language 4 Click on Apply to confirm the selection An info window will be displayed to announce that the language change will take place after restarting the software Image 3 4 Languag...

Page 22: ... the second line becomes available to select a typical look and file out of the collection image 3 6 An info window will be displayed to announce that the look and feel change will take place after restarting the software Image 3 5 Look and feel software Image 3 6 Look and feel software for collection Screen shots in this manual are made for a Java look and feel 18 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 23: ...nfirm the selection An info window will be displayed to announce that the look and feel change will take place after restarting the software Image 3 7 Use of specific font 3 5 Bug report setup SMTP SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a TCP IP protocol used in sending E mail Setup bug report 1 Click on Bug reporting image 3 8 The bug report setup window appears image 3 9 Bug reporting is by defau...

Page 24: ...owing settings should be entered Your E mail address Organization Barco s E mail address automatically filled out when installing the software 5 If you want to receive a copy of the bug report E mail to Barco check this check box 6 Fill out the address of the SMTP mail server Tip Contact your system administrator in your organization to obtain the correct address 7 Fill out the port of the mail se...

Page 25: ...3 Preferences Image 3 9 Bug report setup window Image 3 10 Mail setup window 3 6 Logging Start up 1 Click on Logging The logging preferences window opens image 3 11 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 21 ...

Page 26: ...mber of data By default Info level is setup Other levels are Debug Warning Error and Fatal Check the check box in front of Write log messages to file if you want to activate the logging This is a preferred setting The period a logging must be saved on disk can be set Default set to 20 days All logging older than 20 days will be removed When the period is set to 0 only the last created logging will...

Page 27: ...a2 3 Browse to a workspace or enter a new workspace in the File name field 4 Click on Open b The current configurations will be closed 5 Click on Apply to apply the new workspace c Image 3 12 Select Workspace preferences R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 23 ...

Page 28: ...3 Preferences Image 3 13 Selecting a workspace 24 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 29: ...ings 4 1 Introduction Overview The configurator makes it possible to create configurations and to change the settings of each device separately Start up To start up the configurator just click on the configurator icon on the navigation button bar or click on Modules and select Configurator Image 4 1 Configurator start up 4 2 Configurator window Overview The configurator window allows to create new...

Page 30: ...comes available 3 Check the radio button of your choice d 4 When Based on available configuration is checked click on the combo box and select the configuration on which the new configuration must be based on e 5 Click OK to create the new configuration f Image 4 2 Create new configuration 4 4 Add device to a configuration via scanning What can be done The network is scanned for possible devices w...

Page 31: ...d device via scan 1b Or press Insert key A network scan is started and a device overview window is displayed 2a 2b 2 To select a device just click on that device 3 To select multiple devices hold down the Ctrl button and click on the devices to add to the configuration 3 Click OK to add the selected devices to the configuration 4 Only the devices with installed plug ins and which are not yet in th...

Page 32: ...ed in categories The following categories are available for the moment depending on the loaded plug ins Digital cinema contains all supported digital cinema projectors Digital cinema contains all supported touch panels DCTP How to add 1 Click Configuration on the menu and select Add a image 4 4 2 Move the cursor to the right and select the desired category 3 Move the cursor again to right and sele...

Page 33: ...Configurator Image 4 4 4 5 2 General properties Overview Click on the General tab to open the general properties if not yet open a Image 4 5 General projector properties R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 29 ...

Page 34: ...the following ways are possible Enter an IP address Enter a host name Scan the net work for the connected projectors Via entering an IP address The IP address known 1 Select the Connection properties tab a image 4 6 The right pane changes to the connection setup page 2 Click on the radio button in front of IP address b 3 Enter the IP address c Note An address contains 4 octets with a maximum value...

Page 35: ...rojectors scans the complete LAN network to detect available projectors on the network The scanning results are displayed in the Discover projectors dialog box c Only the device of the added plug ins and the not yet added devices to the configuration are in the list 3 If you want to add a single device click on the desired IP address to select c and click Select d If you want to add multiple devic...

Page 36: ...h connection 4 5 4 Decorator setup What is a decorator Decorator information is extra data about the projector which can be displayed in the configuration preview next to the projector pictograph 32 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 37: ...files Device type 4 6 Reconnect a device Via the context menu 1 Right click on a not connected projector in the preview pane image 4 10 A context menu opens 2 Select Connect The device tries to make a connection and to retrieve data When it is successful the pictograph border becomes green the properties are filled out When it is not successful the border stays gray and a device not responding mes...

Page 38: ...nter The Device dialog box opens b 3 Click on Connection c The Connection tab opens d 4 Click on OK e The device tries to make a connection and to retrieve data f When it is successful the pictograph border becomes green the properties are filled out When it is not successful the border stays gray and a device not responding message is displayed Image 4 11 34 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 39: ... edit the general properties connection properties decorator see Add projector to a configuration Image 4 12 Edit device properties via menu Via the context menu 1 Right click on a device graph in the configuration preview image 4 13 A context menu opens 2 Select Properties The Properties dialog box opens To edit the general properties connection properties decorator see Add device to configuratio...

Page 40: ...What is available The following properties are available author name created on date and time when the configuration is created read only path full path where the configuration is saved read only description description which identifies the configuration How to change 1 Click Configuration Configuration Properties a1 Or right click in the preview pane of the configuration preview but not on a pict...

Page 41: ...age Rearrange pictographs in preview pane 4 10 1 Background color How to set background color 1 Right click in the preview pane but not on a pictograph a image 4 15 A context menu opens 2 Select Graph properties The Graph properties dialog box opens b 3 Check the check box next to Use background color c 4 Click on Select a color The Select color dialog box opens 5 3 ways are now possible to select...

Page 42: ... HSB tab to display the color pallet HSB Hue Saturation Brightness image 4 17 A color can be selected in 2 ways Slide the slider next to the color gamut until the wanted color in the color pick field is reached or fill out the HSB value until the desired color is reached in the pick up field Click in the color field to display the white circle Drag that circle to the desired tint of the chosen col...

Page 43: ...4 Configurator Image 4 16 Select color via swatches Image 4 17 Select color via HSB R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 39 ...

Page 44: ...ick on d2 An Open dialog box opens d3 5 Browse to the desired image d4 and click Open d5 Or double click on the desired image 6 Width an height of the image can be changed by clicking on the up down control next to width and height e To keep the original aspect ratio of the image activate button Keep aspect ratio f 7 To tile the image over the complete canvas check the check box before Tile image ...

Page 45: ...aphs in preview pane How to rearrange 1 Right click in the preview pane but not on a pictograph image 4 20 A context menu opens 2 Select Rearrange graphs The pictographs are rearranged in the preview pane Image 4 20 Rearrange pictographs R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 41 ...

Page 46: ...ojector Image 4 22 General settings Touch panel The General Settings pane is an read only pane and gives information about device name device type serial number overview of device status For a touch panel an extra Maintenance button is available 42 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 47: ...ck on the General tab The general settings are displayed Image 5 1 General settings Overview The following items are given as read only values Name of the device Device type Touch panel ID Serial number The following items can be changed or accessed by the customer Customer logo on the touch panel Maintenance items Restart the application Re calibrate the touch screen Add a temporary account to th...

Page 48: ...m the touch panel and a preview will be shown within the rectangular square Image 5 2 Reload current logo How to add or change a logo 1 Click on Change a image 5 3 The Change customer logo window opens b 2 Fill out the path and file name c1 and click OK Or click on Load c2 A browse window opens d 3 Browse to the desired file e and click Open f A preview is shown in the Change customer logo window ...

Page 49: ...5 General device settings Touch panel Image 5 3 Change logo R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 45 ...

Page 50: ... new root user for the touch panel This temporary account is mostly used for service purposes and will be deleted when the service actions are finished How to create a temporary account 1 Within the General settings click on Maintenance a image 5 5 The Touch panel controls window opens b 2 Click inside the input field next to Authorization password c and enter the authorization code 3 Click on Aut...

Page 51: ...5 General device settings Touch panel Image 5 5 Create temporary account R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 47 ...

Page 52: ...5 General device settings Touch panel 48 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 53: ...rview How to start up 1 Click on the desired projector graph to display the projector general settings image 6 1 Image 6 1 Overview The following items are given as read only values Name of the projector Projector type Serial number Overview of the projector status R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 49 ...

Page 54: ...6 General device settings DC projector 50 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 55: ...der Download a file from the touch panel Upload a file on the touch panel 7 1 Starting up the file management How to start up 1 Click on the Installation tab to display the installation functions a image 7 1 2 Click on File Management b The File management window opens c Image 7 1 File management R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 51 ...

Page 56: ... file 5 Upload file 7 2 Create new folder What can be done A new folder can be created on the touch panel s operating system How to create a folder 1 Click on the New folder icon a image 7 2 The Create new folder window opens 2 Click in the input field and enter a name for the folder 3 Click OK to create the folder Image 7 2 Create new folder 7 3 Delete a file or folder How to delete 1 Click on a ...

Page 57: ...2 Click on the Download icon b The Download window opens c 3 Click in the input field and fill out a location for the file d1 Or click on button d2 and browse to the desired location and click Open 4 Check or uncheck properties for handling the file e Overwriting or not overwriting existing files Recurse into folders all files and sub folders are downloaded Close the window when the download is fi...

Page 58: ...k on the button b to open the browse window 3 Browse to the desired file or folder and click Open The full path is displayed in Files and folders selected for upload 4 Check or uncheck properties for handling the file c Recurse into folder all files and sub folders are uploaded Close the window when the upload is finished 5 Click OK to start the upload d When the upload is finished a message is di...

Page 59: ...7 Installation Image 7 5 Upload a file or folder R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 55 ...

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Page 61: ...is started on one projec tor device and running it is possible to start up an update on second projector device Preparations The downloaded file is a zip file Unzip this file before continuing Start up To start up the Updater just click on the Update icon on the navigation button bar or click on Mod ules and select Updater Image 8 1 Start Updater module 8 2 Update a Digital cinema projector How to...

Page 62: ...tarting the update image 8 6 8 When the lamp is turned off click OK An overview window is given Click in Install to start the installation image 8 7 9 Click Install to start the update A progress bar is displayed When finished version information is retrieved for the next step 10 If your want to update files in the second stage double click on the desired files and click OK im age 8 8 A notificati...

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Page 64: ...8 Update module Image 8 3 Image 8 4 More information 60 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 65: ...8 Update module Image 8 5 Image 8 6 Notification R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 61 ...

Page 66: ...8 Update module Image 8 7 Overview window Image 8 8 Update stage 2 62 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 67: ...8 Update module Image 8 9 Update stage 3 Image 8 10 Update stage 4 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 63 ...

Page 68: ...nformation d to display the release info Information will be retrieved from the projector An overview will be displayed with the current software version next to the version in the update package 5 Double click on the item that you want to upgrade Multiple selection is possible by clicking on several items Click Next to continue An overview with the selected items will be displayed 6 Click Install...

Page 69: ...zard 8 4 Version info To get version info 1 Click on the Version info tab 2 Click on the Refresh info button Version info will be retrieved from the device and displayed in an overview window image 8 12 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 65 ...

Page 70: ...2 Version info Save the version info 1 Click first Reload now to have the latest info 2 Click on Save A browse window opens 3 Browse to the desired location enter a file name and click on Save 66 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 71: ...gnostic start up Start up To start up the Diagnostics click on the diagnostics icon on the navigation button bar or click on Modules and select Diagnostics Image 9 1 Start Diagnostics module 9 2 Diagnostic for Touch panel Overview Actual diagnostics is not supported for Digital Cinema Touch panels R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 67 ...

Page 72: ...percentage and slide bar number of lamp strikes since lamp was built in Error Overview of possible errors Temperatures Overview of measured temperatures Click on the sign to expand an item and to display the minimum and maximum value for that item Fan speeds Overview of measured fan speeds Click on the sign to expand an item and to display the minimum value Voltages Overview of measured voltages C...

Page 73: ...onfiguration image A 1 3 Enter a name for the configuration and click OK image A 2 4 Add projector to be upgraded to the configuration as follow a Click Configuration Add Digital Cinema Barco Digital Cinema projector b Click on Connect c Enter the IP address if known or click on Device scan and select the corresponding projector out of the list Make sure that your computer has an IP address within...

Page 74: ...2 Reboot of the projector 3 Updating all other software with intermediate reboot if necessary CAUTION Do not use the recovery code for a normal upgrade of a projector normal conditions It may damage the projector Recovery of the main software 1 Before pressing Update now press ALT SHIFT T at the same time followed by 0 1 2 usual key board not numeric keyboard and without looking to the position of...

Page 75: ...ge can damage the projector completely Version information is collected This operation can take while image A 8 7 If something is checked uncheck these items double click to uncheck and click on Next stage 8 Uncheck all items by double clicking on the checked items except for item dp80 Click Next image A 9 An overview is given of the software to be installed 9 Click Install The selected software w...

Page 76: ...A Recovery a projector with special plug in Image A 6 Unknown projector type Image A 7 Package selection 72 R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 ...

Page 77: ...A Recovery a projector with special plug in Image A 8 Collect version information R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 73 ...

Page 78: ... Version information is collected again All not updated software is checked 4 Click Next to display the update overview 5 Click Install The versions on the first page are installed A reboot of the projector will be necessary When the reboot is done click OK on the displayed reboot message the installation continues When finished an extra selection window opens with additional updates image A 10 6 ...

Page 79: ...mage A 10 Additional updates To check if the everything is updated redo the procedure and check if there are still items checked in the lists When there are still items checked continue with the update procedure R59770449 DC TOOLSET 15 12 2009 75 ...