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May9, 2002 SuperView3000 User Manual 7

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TheSuperView 3000 video windowing system displays up to twelve live

video/computerwindows on a high-resolution, RGB display device.

Eachchannel accepts RGB, component video, composite video, and S-Video

sourcesfor simultaneous display in windows on a high-resolution, RGB display

device.Each video signal is displayed in a dedicated window on the output

display,and can be independently scaled, postioned, and zoomed.

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TheSuperView can be operated either in Autosync mode with a host computer

inputcontributing a background image and providing the output signal

characteristics,or in Free-runmode with the user specifying the output signal.

Autosyncmode has two different states. If the background signal is connected

and visible, this is referred to as backgroundAutosync mode. If the signal is

connectedbut turned off, then this is referred to as genlock Autosync mode; the

outputcharacteristics of the signal are provided even though the signal is not

visible. Note that the Autosync mode is only available i fy our system has the

optionalBACKGROUND INPUT connector.

In Autosync mode, SuperViewwindows are combined with a high -resolution

"background"signal generated from a host computer or image generator. The

hostcomputer can be a Sun, HP, DEC, IBM, or SGI workstation,or a PC-

compatible.The only requirement is that the computer produces analog RGB

outputwith a pixel resolution between 640x480 and 1600x1200, at a horizontal

scan ratebetween 15 and 100 kHz.

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FRONT PANEL Anoptional front panel is available for control of the SuperView.The front

panelallows you to selectand adjust any of your windows, save and recall

presetconfigurations, and adjust your output display. Even if you ultimately

intendto control the SuperView over the serial port, the front panel allows you

toget “up and running” quickly, and provides some feedback on input and

outputstatus.

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SERIAL PORT TheSuperView can be controlled with ASCII commands sent from a computer,

orser ial console, via the serial port. During your initial experimentation with

theSuperView serial port, you will probably find it easier to use a terminal, or a