Installation manual

DVS Centaurus II Video Nucoda and Phoenix 2014 Install Manual
VTR RS422 Control
To use the Centaurus II RS422 port (instead of the PC COM port), set the following
environment variable :
My Computer / Properties / Advanced tab / Environment Variables
Variable Value
USE_DVS_VTR_IF 1
Centaurus II Enhanced Monitoring
Version 2014 enhances the SDI monitoring capability of the DVS Centaurus II video
board. The Centaurus II SDI output now supports the real-time display of the NVIDIA
OpenGL (GPU) output, including grading, histograms, graphs and shapes.
This is called OpenGL or GPU read-back.
Enabling Monitoring Enhancements
To enable the monitoring enhancements, enable the global option :
Preference File
In the general.prefs IOCard section :
enableReadback true
GUI
In the main Preferences/Monitoring tab, enable the OpenGL readback to Video
option :
note
When enabled, you will have an extra button below the Library button, indicating the
status of GPU read-back :
Toggle GPU read-back on/off by clicking this button.
Note, that when GPU read-back is disabled in the Preferences, you will only have
Mon and Vid icons :
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