Barco DICOM THEATER, System Manual

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Page 2: ...rcoMed 2MP1HP 20 Minimum System Requirements 20 Supported Resolutions For Each Head of the 2MP1HP 20 Hardware Installation 22 Familiarizing Yourself With the 2MP1HP 22 Switch Locations 22 Switch Settings 23 Using the VGA Capabilities of the BarcoMed 2MP1HP 23 Examples of PCI slots 24 Installing the BarcoMed 2MP1HP Display Controller 24 Running Multiple BarcoMed 2MP1HP Display Controllers in a Sing...

Page 3: ...ing standard system colors 48 Static Gray Palette with NO system colors 49 Drawing Modes 50 Enable DirectDraw 50 Enable Dithering 50 Monitor Configuration 50 Languages supported 51 BarcoMed Hardware Tab 52 Introduction 52 Using The BarcoMed Hardware Tab 54 Device 54 PCI Information 54 Firmware Information 55 Barco DPMS Screen Saver Overview 58 Introduction 58 BARCO DPMS Screen Saver Options 59 Cur...

Page 4: ... sensor connection 73 Using Dicom Theater software 75 Stabilizer status 75 The icons 75 Tooltips 75 Stopping and starting stabilization 75 Introduction 75 Stopping stabilization manually 76 Restarting stabilization manually 76 Controlling the projector 77 Introduction 77 Source selection 77 Picture in picture selection 78 Projector on off status selection 79 Projector control configuration 80 Cons...

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Page 9: ...both color and grayscale application sources including PACS X ray ultrasound endoscopy DICOM THEATER features I GUARD Barco s real time optical calibration tool for consistent and continuous DICOM compliant viewing with no need for user intervention About the separate components The BarcoMed 2MP1HP imaging board generates the images for the display and the projector It is a dual head board It has ...

Page 10: ...d to the list Other relevant documentation MediCal Pro Installation and User Manual Describes in detail how to install and use the MediCal Pro software Owner s manual for Medical Grade Projector MGP 10 Describes in detail how to connect use and control the MGP 10 projector Installation Manual Ceiling Mount for MGP 10 Describes in detail how to install the ceiling mount kit for the MGP 10 projector...

Page 11: ...eater software installation and usage 5 Start and use MediCal Pro For more information please refer to the section about the MediCal and Dicom Theater software installation and usage and to the MediCal Pro User Manual 6 Install the optical sensor s How to control the medical grade projector The projector can be controlled Partly by using the Dicom Theater software For more information please refer...

Page 12: ...a free PC COM port to the projector RS 232 connector by means of the D Sub9 to D Sub9 cable 15 m 50 ft 4 Connect a free PC USB connector to the display USB In connector by means of a USB to USB cable 5 Connect the optical sensor to another free PC USB bus If the cable is not long enough you have to use a USB booster extender Installation of the sensor is described more in detail in the section Med...

Page 13: ...GA video input by means of the D Sub15 to D Sub15 cable 4 Connect Head B marked Projector out from the second imaging board to the projector VGA video input by means of the D Sub15 to D Sub15 cable 15m 50 ft 5 Connect a free PC COM port to the projector RS 232 connector by means of the D Sub9 to D Sub9 cable 15m 50 ft 6 Connect a free PC USB connector to the display USB In connector by means of a ...

Page 14: ... by means of the D Sub15 to 5 BNC cable 15m 50ft 3 Connect the video output from the second data source to the projector VGA video input by means of a VGA cable This cable is not provided in the standard Dicom Theater package 4 Connect a free PC COM port to the projector RS 232 connector by means of the D Sub9 to D Sub9 cable 15m 50ft 5 Connect a free PC USB connector to the display USB In connect...

Page 15: ... the D Sub15 to D Sub15 cable 4 Connect Head B marked Projector out from the second imaging board to the second projector BNC video input by means of the D Sub15 to 5 BNC cable 15m 50ft 5 Connect a free PC COM port to the first projector RS 232 connector by means of the D Sub9 to D Sub9 cable 15m 50ft 6 Connect another free PC COM port to the second projector RS 232 connector by means of the D Sub...

Page 16: ...nector on the PC or display If the cable is not long enough you have to use a USB booster extender Installation of the sensor is described more in detail in the section MediCal and Dicom Theater software installation and usage Note Two BarcoMed imaging boards must be installed in the computer ...

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Page 19: ... Landscape Mode 1024 Simultaneous shades of gray Hardware cursor Single slot PCI card Display Properties Control Panel to dynamically change display settings Control Panel support for the English U S Dutch German Japanese Korean Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese languages Minimum System Requirements PCI slot with no obstructions PCI 2 1 and or 2 2 Compliant System Pentium II 266 MHz with ...

Page 20: ...System manual DICOM Theater 21 1600x1200 60 Hz 1200x1600 60 Hz The following resolution is also available when the OS is booted in VGA mode 640x480 75 Hz ...

Page 21: ... With the 2MP1HP Prior to installing your 2MP1HP display controller s in your PC please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with both the display controller and the PCI slots in your computer Switch Locations There are four switches located at SW1 on the 2MP1HP The following illustration and table show their locations and briefly describes their functions and default states Figure 1 The Bar...

Page 22: ...A capabilities If you are check the setting of the VGA switches on the display controller See Figure 1 for location of the SW1 VGA switches By default VGA should be enabled If you decide to use a separate VGA card and monitor as your boot monitor you must disable the on board VGA capabilities of the BarcoMed 2MP1HP by setting switches 1 and 2 on the 2MP1HP display controller to the off position Th...

Page 23: ... the power cord 2 Remove the chassis cover according to the manufacturer s instructions Be sure to observe safety warnings 3 If you have decided to use the on board VGA capabilities of the 2MP1HP see Using the VGA Capabilities of the BarcoMed 2MP1HP you must now remove any VGA cards that are currently installed in the computer You may also need to un install the drivers for that VGA board Consult ...

Page 24: ...cable Connect the DICOM Theatre Projector to the output marked VID 2 on the display controller using the provided 15 pin D Sub to BNC cable 7 Reconnect the power cord turn on the power and boot the system as usual Figure 3 The Video Outputs Running Multiple BarcoMed 2MP1HP Display Controllers in a Single Host The physical order of the displays may vary when you are running multiple BarcoMed displa...

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Page 27: ...must be installed separately The BarcoMed Driver Tab helps you manage the special features of your BarcoMed Display Controller s The BarcoMed Hardware Tab gathers information about the BarcoMed Display Controller s and your system that is useful when diagnosing problems The BarcoMed Hardware Tab can also be used to update the firmware on BarcoMed Display Controllers that are based on the AURA chip...

Page 28: ...1 Install the BarcoMed Display Controller s into your machine Please refer to the Hardware Installation Guide that came with your BarcoMed Display Controller s for more information 2 Boot the machine and log in using an account with administrator privileges 3 For each BarcoMed 2MP1HP Display Controller you have installed Windows 2000 will automatically launch the Found New Hardware Wizard Click Ca...

Page 29: ...en your system restarts log in using an account with administrator privileges After you have logged in Windows 2000 will again automatically launch the Found New Hardware Wizard click Cancel Continue to click Cancel until Windows 2000 stops launching the Found New Hardware Wizard Video Controller 6 The BarcoMed Product Installation Wizard s welcome screen will now be displayed By default all the s...

Page 30: ...rt the installed devices the dialog box will be empty and program will exit when the user clicks Finish or Cancel Select the device you want to install and then click Next Note You can install the driver for only one type of BarcoMed device at a time If you have multiple types of BarcoMed devices installed in your computer you will need to rerun the installer to install the drivers for the other d...

Page 31: ...e you click Next you cannot cancel the driver installation 11 The wizard will warn you that while the driver is being installed your display may flicker Click OK 12 When the screen shown in figure 7 below appears click Yes to continue This screen may appear multiple times Figure 7 13 When the Wizard tells you that it has successfully installed the selected driver click Finish The wizard will now b...

Page 32: ...ick Finish and then click Back and try reinstalling the driver following the steps above or using the steps outlined in Reinstalling or Updating your BarcoMed Drivers section found later in this chapter Figure 8 BARCO DPMS Screen Saver Installation 14 Click Next on the Welcome Screen of the BARCO DPMS InstallShield Wizard to begin the installation Click Cancel to cancel the DPMS installation and r...

Page 33: ...tom to install the default schemes with either Dutch or German names Currently the default schemes are not supported in the Japanese Korean and Chinese languages We recommend that the users of these three languages install the English default schemes and then rename and save them into their language in the DPMS configuration screen Click Next to continue Figure 10 ...

Page 34: ...on the wizard will display a progress screen 18 When the InstallShield Wizard Completed page appears click Finish 19 The wizard will now display the screen shown in figure 12 If you are finished installing your BarcoMed Software click Finish to exit the BarcoMed Product Install Wizard or click Back to return to the Welcome Screen of the BarcoMed Product Install Wizard to select additional software...

Page 35: ...the Settings tab see figure 13 on the next page Select the rectangle that represents the BarcoMed Display Controller you are working with SPECIAL NOTE If you are using the VGA capabilities of your BarcoMed Display Controller the resolution for that controller will still be set to a VGA resolution of 640 x 480 pixels If the BarcoMed Display Controller is not running VGA the device may not be enable...

Page 36: ...ent Reinstalling or Updating your BarcoMed 2MP1HP Driver To reinstall or update only the BarcoMed Driver follow the steps described in the section Using the BarcoMed Product Installation Wizard found at the beginning of this chapter with the following changes 1 Skip Steps 1 2 and 4 2 In Step 6 clear the checkbox next to the BARCO DPMS 3 When the driver has finished installing click Finish Then cli...

Page 37: ...a new driver release over an existing driver release skip to step 6 below 1 Install the BarcoMed Display Controller s into your machine Please refer to the Hardware Installation Guide that came with your BarcoMed Display Controller s for more information 2 Boot the machine and log in using an account with administrative privileges 3 Windows XP will do a thorough inspection of your system and will ...

Page 38: ... the Barco Device Driver Setup Wizard 9 The Device Selection Screen s dialog box should show only those devices physically installed and supported by the BarcoMed display controller drivers on your BarcoMed Software CD If there are no BarcoMed devices installed or if Windows XP does not recognize the installed devices or if the driver on your BarcoMed Software CD does not support the installed dev...

Page 39: ...e device driver that will be installed If you want to change your selection click Back to return to the Device Selection Screen Click Next to begin installing the driver Click Cancel to abort the driver installation Special Note Once you click Next you cannot cancel the driver installation 12 Prior to beginning the installation the BarcoMed Driver Install Wizard will warn you that while the driver...

Page 40: ...wizard will now begin installing the next selected piece of BarcoMed Software Click Cancel then click Yes then click Finish and then click Back and try reinstalling the driver following the steps above or using the steps outlined in Reinstalling or Updating your BarcoMed Driver section found later in this chapter Figure 17 BARCO DPMS Screen Saver Installation 15 Click Next on the Welcome Screen of...

Page 41: ...tom to install the default schemes with either Dutch or German names Currently the default schemes are not supported in the Japanese Korean and Chinese languages We recommend that the users of these three languages install the English default schemes and then rename and save them into their language in the DPMS configuration screen Click Next to continue Figure 19 ...

Page 42: ...n the wizard will display a progress screen 19 When the InstallShield Wizard Completed page appears click Finish The wizard will now display the screen shown in figure 21 below If you are finished installing your BarcoMed Software click Finish to exit the BarcoMed Product Install Wizard or click Back to return to the Welcome Screen of the BarcoMed Product Install Wizard to select additional softwa...

Page 43: ...Settings tab see figure 22 on the next page 2 Select the rectangle that represents the BarcoMed Display Controller you are working with SPECIAL NOTE If you are using the VGA capabilities of your BarcoMed Display Controller the resolution for that controller will still be set to a VGA resolution of 640 x 480 pixels If the BarcoMed Display Controller is not running VGA the device may not be enabled ...

Page 44: ...ferent Reinstalling or Updating your BarcoMed 2MP1HP Driver To reinstall or update only the BarcoMed Driver follow the steps described in the section Using the BarcoMed Product Installation Wizard found at the beginning of this chapter with the following changes 1 Skip Steps 1 3 5 2 In Step 6 clear the checkbox next to the BARCO DPMS 3 When the driver has finished installing click Finish Then clic...

Page 45: ...en the Display Properties Control Panel by right clicking on the desktop then select Properties 2 Under Windows NT 4 0 Click on the BarcoMed Driver Tab see figure 23 below Under Windows 2000 click on Settings tab Double click on the rectangle that represents the BarcoMed Display Controller to bring up its property page Click on the BarcoMed Driver tab see figure 24 on the next page Under Windows X...

Page 46: ...System manual DICOM Theater 47 Figure 24 BarcoMed Driver Tab under Windows 2000 Figure 25 BarcoMed Driver Tab under Windows XP ...

Page 47: ...d by the picture below this mode reserves the first 10 and last 10 entries in the palette for the Windows operating system but applications can manipulate the middle 236 entries This is the standard palette mode as configured by Windows Static Gray Palette including standard system colors This option sets the palette to be a static set of 256 gray values Therefore applications are denied the abili...

Page 48: ...ette entries This prevents palette conflicts between applications which can cause image color values to appear distorted in the background application As shown in the picture below each of the 256 entries in the palette has an RGB value of i i i where i is the index from 0 to 255 If you wish to use a static gray palette we recommend using the Static Gray Palette including Standard System Colors op...

Page 49: ...ng the perceived range of colors in an image at the cost of spatial resolution Adjacent pixels are assigned differing color values when viewed from a distance these colors seem to blend into a single intermediate color The technique is similar to the half toning used in black and white publications to achieve shades of gray Please note that this option is only available when the User Modifiable Pa...

Page 50: ...monitor configuration was set via the registry and it doesn t agree with any of the configurations that the display control panel supports Contact BarcoView MIS for further information Languages supported The BarcoMed Driver Tab supports the following languages English U S default Dutch German Korean Japanese Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese To change between the languages select the correct...

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Page 52: ...Properties 2 Under Windows NT 4 0 Click on the BarcoMed Hardware Tab see figure 26 below Under Windows 2000 and Windows XP click on the Settings tab Double click on the rectangle that represents the BarcoMed Display Controller to bring up its property page Click on the BarcoMed Hardware Tab see figure 27 on the next page Figure 26 BarcoMed Hardware Tab under Windows NT 4 0 ...

Page 53: ...lays the current BarcoMed Display Controller driver and the currently selected display resolution Identify Device This button is for BarcoView Medical Imaging Systems MIS internal use only and is grayed out PCI Information Device ID Displays the device s PCI Device ID number Vendor ID Displays the device manufacturer s PCI Vendor ID number ...

Page 54: ...gram which will generate a report that is saved to a text file For Windows XP and Windows 2000 this file will be saved on the c drive and it will be named BarcoMedSystemReport txt For Windows NT 4 0 this file will be saved on the desktop and it will have the same name as the machine for which the report is being generated The other report that is generated contains information about the Barco disp...

Page 55: ...e for your specific BarcoMed Display Controller in order to update it s firmware This file will be provided by BarcoView MIS if and when a firmware update is required Special Note The BarcoMed Hardware Configuration Wizard is applicable only for AURA based Display Controller s ...

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Page 57: ...l CRT based displays require some warm up time before they are at full performance On CRT based displays such as the Barco MGD series a regular screen saver can be invoked during user inactivity during the work day This regular screen saver and its settings can be chosen from the Screen Saver During Work Day section We recommend using an all black screen saver such as the Barco Blank Screen saver ...

Page 58: ...ter Delete Deletes the scheme that is selected in the Scheme box Work Schedule In this part of the control panel the user may specify the Begin Work Day and End Work Day times for each work day If the system is not expected to be used leave both the Begin Work Day and the End Work Day times as the same time Begin Work Day The Begin Work Day time is the time after which the system is expected to st...

Page 59: ...to get the maximum power savings on CORONIS displays Available Savers Lists the Available Screen Savers Settings Changes settings for the selected screen saver DPMS Settings After Work Day If you have an display controller that supports DPMS calls then you will be able to set the DPMS Settings for after the work day Otherwise a text box will be displayed telling you why DPMS functions are not avai...

Page 60: ...ur display vendor for this warm up time On Barco CORONIS displays the I GUARD will stabilize the image within a few seconds after the display returns to the active state so there is no need for a warm up time period Use As Logon Screen Saver Check the box to use the BARCO DPMS Screen Saver when no one is logged into the system Uncheck the box to use the default screen saver when no one is logged i...

Page 61: ... a system including those who do not have administrator privileges can create modify or delete private schemes When the delete button is pressed the user is asked to confirm the delete request Using the BARCO DPMS Screen Saver Using the Barco DPMS Screen Saver is similar to using any other Windows Screen Saver each user of the system must select the Barco DPMS Screen Saver so that Windows will sto...

Page 62: ...System manual DICOM Theater 63 Figure 28 Windows NT 4 0 Screen Saver Tab ...

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Page 64: ...our changes by clicking on the Save As button When you click on the Save As button the name of the last scheme you used will be automatically displayed you can then choose to use that scheme name or enter a new name If you enter a name other than one of the three default scheme names the program will ask you if you wish to save the scheme as a DEFAULT scheme see figure 32 on the next page Click Ye...

Page 65: ... Screen Saver During Work Day section 7 Select the amount of time you wish to spend in the Stand By and Suspend states after the work day has ended Please note that after the time specified has elapsed when you are in Stand By or Suspend you will automatically go into the Off state 8 Select the amount of time it takes for your display to warm up If you have a Barco Medical Display select Barco Qui...

Page 66: ... see the section Software Installation for complete instructions Special Note Reinstalling the BARCO DPMS Screen Saver will over write the DPMS configuration settings and you will need to reconfigure the DPMS settings on your system Uninstalling BARCO DPMS To remove the BARCO DPMS Screen Saver from your system insert the CORONIS Software CD in the appropriate device on your computer run the BarcoM...

Page 67: ...gram Maintenance screen of the Wizard and click Next figure 34 Figure 34 4 Click Remove on the Remove Program Screen of the Wizard figure 35 Figure 35 5 When the Wizard has finished removing the program click Finish on the InstallShield Wizard Completed Screen of the Wizard figure 36 ...

Page 68: ...System manual DICOM Theater 69 Figure 36 6 Click Quit to exit the BarcoMed Product Installation Wizard ...

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Page 71: ...guration in MediCal Pro Note In case the review displays were not automatically added to the configuration you can add them manually by running the Configuration Setup Wizard 3 Add the projector s to the configuration by using the Configuration Setup wizard 4 For each projector added to the configuration MediCal Pro displays a dialog with which you can adjust the position and size of the patch for...

Page 72: ...to the PC through USB Note When you plug in the optical sensor to the PC USB bus for the first time you will be asked to install a driver You can find the driver on the Dicom Theater application CD ROM in the folder Drivers Sequel To connect the sensor 1 Before attaching the sensor be sure to set the sensor patch to the desired location see above You can always change the position of the patch by ...

Page 73: ...em asks you to install the driver for the optical sensor Sequel driver Sensor position and screen resolution a Selected resolution of 1280 x 1024 1024 x 1280 b Selected resolution of 1600 x 1200 1200 x 1600 active image 1280 x 1024 Total projected 1366 x 1024 Sensor patch appears default in side border active image 1600 x 1200 Total projected 1600 x 1200 No side borders Sensor patch appears defaul...

Page 74: ...ng the presence of this application The icon in the sys tray indicates the status of the stabilization tool The application is stabilizing The application is not stabilizing Tooltips Navigate the cursor over the icon A tooltip appears indicating the target to which the projector is being stabilized If the stabilizer is currently switched off the tool tip will say Not stabilizing In case the stabil...

Page 75: ...reset in MediCal Pro Stopping stabilization manually If for some reason you wish to stop the projector stabilization e g in case there is too much ambient light proceed as follows 1 Position the cursor over the Dicom Theater sys tray icon and click the right mouse button right click The Dicom Theater menu appears 2 Click Stop Stabilizer The stabilization process will stop Restarting stabilization ...

Page 76: ...ifferent on off states The projector control view allows the user to address the different projectors in the configuration Each projector is represented by a tab So whenever a command is executed the projector that is represented by the current tab is addressed The last tab in the view Configuration allows customization of the other projector tabs Note The Projector Control item in the main popup ...

Page 77: ...4 Select the desired input source in the Source selection section Picture in picture selection To switch picture in picture layouts proceed as follows 1 Position the cursor over the Dicom Theater sys tray icon and click the right mouse button right click The Dicom Theater menu appears 2 Click Projector Control The projector control view appears ...

Page 78: ...tus selection To switch the projector in one of the on off states proceed as follows 1 Position the cursor over the Dicom Theater sys tray icon and click the right mouse button right click The Dicom Theater menu appears 2 Click Projector Control The projector control view appears 3 Click the tab of the projector you wish to control 4 Select the desired on off state in the Projector section For mor...

Page 79: ... as follows 1 Position the cursor over the Dicom Theater sys tray icon and click the right mouse button right click The Dicom Theater menu appears 2 Click Projector Control The projector control view appears 3 Click the tab Configuration 4 Change the names of the items appearing in the Projector Control view according to your own preferences The changed names are used in the Dicom Theater applicat...

Page 80: ...e via the Information section in the OSD of the projector To consult the projector properties 1 Position the cursor over the Dicom Theater sys tray icon and click the right mouse button right click The Dicom Theater menu appears 2 Click Properties The projector Properties view appears Each projector is represented by a tab 3 Click the tab of the projector of which you wish to consult the propertie...

Page 81: ...ut format Horizontal Timing The selected signal s horizontal frequency Vertical Timing The selected signal s vertical frequency Resolution The selected signal s resolution H x V Troubleshooting the stabilization process The projector stabilization has stopped unexpectedly Possible causes No communication with projector The projector may be switched off removed or the RS 232 cable may be disconnect...

Page 82: ...does not recognise the keyboard after booting When a USB keyboard and the optical sensor are both connected to the PC s USB bus there may be a problem at start up This is not the case on all PCs A workaround is to connect the keyboard to the PS 2 connector ...