Barco Coronis Elite Online

Summary of Coronis Elite

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    Online user guide coronis elite.

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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents 3 table of contents table of contents ..................................................................... 3 using the online user guide.................................................... 5 sources of information ......................................................................

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    Table of contents 4 stand-by switching ................................................................. 31 on-screen display (osd)................................................................ 32 luminance and color menu.................................................... 32 display function menu...

  • Page 5: Using The Online User Guide

    5 using the online user guide.

  • Page 6: Sources Of Information

    Sources of information 6 sources of information overview of product documentation document content quick install sheet (poster in box) gives a short overview of the installa- tion of a complete system. Getting started guide (booklet in box) gives a detailed description of the installation and connec...

  • Page 7: User Interface

    User interface 7 user interface items in the navigation frame items in the toolbar frame item description contents shows the complete content of the help system. Index shows the available help topic entries in alphabetic order. Search allows to search for a particular entry in the help system. Favor...

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    User interface 8 bookmark press this button to bookmark the cur- rent help topic. This topic will then appear in the web browser’s favorites menu. (requires cookies) item description.

  • Page 9: Graphic Board Information

    9 graphic board information.

  • Page 10: Arco

    B arco controller control panel settings 10 b arco controller control panel settings this chapter describes how to configure the displays in your b arco c oronis display system using the tools available through the advanced button on the settings tab of the windows display control panel. Note: if yo...

  • Page 11: Barco Driver Properties

    B arco controller control panel settings 11 barco driver properties accessing the barco tab note: you must have logged on to windows using an account with administrator privileges in order to use the barco portions of the windows display control panel to change any display settings. 1. Open the wind...

  • Page 12: Display Information

    B arco controller control panel settings 12 figure 1: ex: barco tab display information name: displays the model name of the display. Serial number: displays the serial number of the display. Backlight lifetime: this is the amount of time in hours that the backlight has been on. The backlight will t...

  • Page 13: Medical Qaweb

    B arco controller control panel settings 13 installed in your system. This information is used by the barco mis support team when trying to resolve customer issues. Medical qaweb clicking on the qa web button will launch the medical qaweb application. Please refer to the medical qaweb manual for inf...

  • Page 14: Color Format

    B arco controller control panel settings 14 • clone the primary display is cloned to the secondary display. Color format • 24-bit truecolor mode • 30-bit truecolor mode (hdr) display resolution • sets display resolution for 1 or 2 displays. Note: to switch out of singleview or clone mode, the button...

  • Page 15: Opengl and Direct3D

    B arco controller control panel settings 15 opengl and direct3d the opengl and direct3d pages of the advanced properties page are divided into two sections: main settings and custom settings. Main settings in the main settings section there is a slider bar which allows the user to adjust the opengl ...

  • Page 16: Rotation

    B arco controller control panel settings 16 please refer to the on-line help (click on the “?” in the control panel’s opengl tab) for more information on using advanced features such as anisotropic filtering. Smoothvision the advanced settings tab enables you to apply ati’s smoothvision technology f...

  • Page 17: Opengl Profiles

    B arco controller control panel settings 17 opengl profiles the configuration page enables you to customize display profiles for individual applications. Typically, you would change these settings for one or more of the following reasons: • diagnostic purposes. • fine-tuning a specific application/s...

  • Page 18: Barcomed Nio

    B arco controller control panel settings 18 configuration controls on this tabbed dialog to obtain the desired display parameters for the selected application. To remove the selected configuration profile completely, select the name of the application from the configuration profiles list box and cli...

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    B arco controller control panel settings 19 figure 2: user modifiable palette note: if you are unsure whether or not your application requires this “user modifiable color” mode, contact your application provider. Static gray palette including standard system colors this option sets the palette to be...

  • Page 20: Drawing Modes

    B arco controller control panel settings 20 between applications, which can cause image color values to appear distorted in the background application. As shown in figure 4, 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. Figure 4: static gray...

  • Page 21: Enable Dithering

    B arco controller control panel settings 21 display devices while maintaining compatibility with the windows graphics device interface (gdi). Directdraw is enabled by default. More information about directdraw is available through the on-line help. Enable dithering this option allows the user to ena...

  • Page 22: Monitor Configuration

    B arco controller control panel settings 22 there will be a loss of pixel depth, i.E. 256 shades of gray instead of 1024 simultaneous shades of gray. Disable rgb to static gray color translation select disable rgb to static gray color translation if you wish to have rgb values equally weighted, with...

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    B arco controller control panel settings 23 connected to the active display. This information is useful in debugging issues that may occur when using your barco coronis display(s)..

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    Configuring the windows desktop 24 configuring the windows desktop note: if you are using a color display in conjunction with your barco grayscale display(s) you should configure your desktop before setting the resolution of your barco grayscale display(s). You must have logged on to windows using a...

  • Page 25: Display Information

    25 display information.

  • Page 26: Precautions

    Precautions 26 precautions 1. Optimize the lifetime of your display enabling the display power management system (dpms) of your display (in the display’s settings menu) will optimize its diagnostic lifetime by automatically switching off the backlight when the display is not used for a specified per...

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    Precautions 27 diagnostic performance of the product. To ensure optimal product quality, barco applies strict selection criteria for its lcd panels. To learn more about lcd technology and missing pixels, consult the dedicated white paper available at www.Barcomedical.Com. 4. Enhance user comfort eve...

  • Page 28: Display Controls

    Display controls 28 display controls overview of controls the front controls are soft touch keys. When you touch any of them while no on-screen display (osd) is on the screen, the front illumination is switched on for a few seconds. When you touch a key again while the illumination is on, the functi...

  • Page 29: How To Use The Controls

    Display controls 29 to display the osd (on-screen display). In the osd, this button acts as enter button to make selections. 4. Standby to put the display in standby mode. 5. Ambient light sensor senses the ambient light around the display. The ambient light measurement can be taken into account in ...

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    Display controls 30 3. To open a submenu, use the up or down touch keys to select the submenu. Next, press the enter touch key to open the submenu. 4. To exit from a submenu, use up or down to select exit. Next, press enter . If you exit from the main menu, you exit the osd. 5. To change an adjustme...

  • Page 31: Stand-By Switching

    Display controls 31 • touching up and enter at the same time selects the maximum value. • touching down and enter at the same time selects the minimum value. While the osd is not on the screen: • touching up and down at the same time switches the display in text editing mode. In this mode the lumina...

  • Page 32: On-Screen Display (Osd)

    On-screen display (osd) 32 on-screen display (osd) luminance and color menu luminance and color menu * available only on color displays name description measured luminance indicates the actual luminance mea- sured by the i-guard sensor. This is a read-only value. Luminance target allows to manually ...

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    On-screen display (osd) 33 note: when you change the luminance target, the display will adjust its backlight to reach the target. This can be seen in the measured luminance line. When the luminance target cannot be reached, e.G., due to aging of the backlight, the measured luminance line changes to ...

  • Page 34: Display Function Menu

    On-screen display (osd) 34 display function menu display function menu y allows to define the y co-ordinate of the color temperature that corresponds to the color target. This function is available only when the color target is defined in (x,y) co-ordi- nates. This function is not available when the...

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    On-screen display (osd) 35 alc & dicom options submenu name description measured ambient light indicates the ambient light actually measured by the ambient light sensor on the front of the display. This is a read-only value. Averaged ambient light shows the average of the measured ambient light sinc...

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    On-screen display (osd) 36 reading room definition submenu reading room allows to select from a pre-defined list of reading room types. You must select a reading room that corresponds to the type of room the dis- play is installed in. Reading room def. Jumps to the reading room definition submenu, w...

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    On-screen display (osd) 37 max. Ambient light this indicates the maximum ambient light that corresponds to the selected reading room. If the measured ambient light is higher than the value entered here, you should take measures to darken the room or select another reading room type. Preset corr. Val...

  • Page 38: Settings Menu

    On-screen display (osd) 38 calibration information submenu settings menu name description preset ambient value / measured alc ambient value / average ambient value shows the ambient light correction value taken into account to calculate the dicom df, expressed in lux. Bright luminance shows the brig...

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    On-screen display (osd) 39 note: • the dpms system will power down the display when the connected computer is left idle for a certain time. Barco recommends to switch dpms on to prevent image burn-in (image retention) on the lcd panel. • to enter the user controls keycode, the osd must not be visibl...

  • Page 40: Information Menu

    On-screen display (osd) 40 information menu information name description product the display type. Serial no indicates the display serial number. Sw version displays the current internal software version. Display runtime indicates the total time the display has been operating, including the time in ...

  • Page 41: Changing The Viewing Mode

    Changing the viewing mode 41 changing the viewing mode about viewing modes the display contains two viewing modes. Diagnostic viewing mode provides the full calibrated luminance. This mode is intended for using the display in diagnostic applications. In text mode, the luminance is approximately half...

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    Enabling/disabling user controls 42 enabling/disabling user controls to disable the user controls: 1. Open the osd main menu. 2. Open the settings menu. 3. Select user controls. 4. Select off. 5. Return to the settings menu. 6. Exit the osd now the user cannot display the osd again until the user co...

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    Switching power led on/off 43 switching power led on/off to switch the power led on/off: 1. Touch any of the soft touch keys. The front illumination 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 set...

  • Page 44: Switching Dpms On/off

    Switching dpms on/off 44 switching dpms on/off 1. Optimize the lifetime of your display enabling the display power management system (dpms) of your display (in the display’s settings menu) will optimize its diagnostic lifetime by automatically switching off the backlight when the display is not used...

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    Switching dpms on/off 45 diagnostic performance of the product. To ensure optimal product quality, barco applies strict selection criteria for its lcd panels. To learn more about lcd technology and missing pixels, consult the dedicated white paper available at www.Barcomedical.Com. 4. Enhance user c...

  • Page 46: Changing Display Functions

    Changing display functions 46 changing display functions concepts • the display function menu lets you select a display function (df). • when you select the dicom df you can define the dicom df to be recalculated taking the ambient light into account. • the recalculation can be based on an illuminan...

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    Changing display functions 47 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 display function menu. Use enter to open the menu. 4. Use up or down to select display function. Use enter to go into edit mode. 5. Use up...

  • Page 48: Alc & Dicom Options

    Changing display functions 48 alc & dicom options dicom offset introduction dicom df will be recalculated only when another dicom offset is selected. The dicom df will be recalculated based on the new offset setting. To select a dicom offset: 1. Select the dicom display function. See to select a dis...

  • Page 49: Reading Room Selection

    Changing display functions 49 reading room selection this function is available only when the dicom display function is selected and continuous dicom alc is off. To select a reading room setting: 1. Select the dicom display function. See to select a display function (df):, on page 46. 2. In the alc ...

  • Page 50: Reading Room Definition

    Changing display functions 50 reading room definition this function is available only when the dicom display function is selected and continuous dicom alc is off. To modify a reading room definition: 1. Select the dicom display function. See to select a display function (df):, on page 46 2. In the a...

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    Changing display functions 51 5. To modify the preset correction value for this reading room, use up or down to select preset corr. Value. Use enter to go into edit mode. Use up or down to change the value. Use enter to save the changes. You can change this value within certain limits determined by ...

  • Page 52: Concepts

    Adjusting luminance and color 52 adjusting luminance and color concepts • on a grayscale display you can adjust the luminance target. On a color display you can adjust the color target. • the color target combines the luminance target and color temperature. • the color temperature can be defined in ...

  • Page 53: Selecting A Color Target

    Adjusting luminance and color 53 6. Use enter to save the changes. Color target (color displays) selecting a color target to select a color target: 1. Touch any of the soft touch keys. The front illumination is switched on. 2. While the illumination is on, touch the enter touch key to display the ma...

  • Page 54: Color Target Definition

    Adjusting luminance and color 54 color target definition note: for the native white color target, only the luminance target can be modified. For clearbase and bluebase the luminance target and color temperature in (x,y) co-ordinates can be modified. The user color target can be modified completely. ...

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    Adjusting luminance and color 55 edit mode. Use up or down to change the value. Use enter to save the changes. 9. To modify the color temperature in (x,y) co-ordinates, first make sure the color target is defined in (x,y) co-ordinates (see step 5). Use up or down to select x or y. Use enter to go in...

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  • Page 57: Barco Web Sites

    57 barco web sites visit barco at: http://www.Barco.Com visit medical imaging at: http://www.Barco.Com/medical.

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    Barco nv medical imaging president kennedypark 35 b-8500 kortrijk, belgium www.Barco.Com b4100533-02 september 2009.