User Guide Owner's manual

Section 1: Installation & Setup VN-QUANTUM User Guide

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Connecting the Display

Display devices are connected to the Card Frame via one or more ES3310 Output Cards. Each

ES3310 card has two output channels and these are accessed via two DVD-I connectors at the rear

of each card:

 The upper connector is for output channel 1;

 The lower connector is for output channel 2.

The outputs can be configured (using VN-COMMANDER) to drive either analog or digital devices and

at a variety of resolutions.

When connecting an analog display, you can either use a DVI-A type connector/cable, or use the DVI-

VGA adapter supplied to allow connection of a conventional 15-pin style VGA cable.

Output Channel Identification

The VN-COMMANDER control software identifies each

output channel by the slot number of the Output Card

and the card channel number.

For example, if you have two Output Cards in slots

7 and 8, the output channels will be identified as

7.1, 7.2, 8.1 and 8.2.

7.1

7.2

8.1

8.2

Output Channel Mapping

When connecting multi-screen displays, you need to consider the order in which screens are

connected to the various output channels.

You can use VN-COMMANDER to map any Output Card to any location on the target display.

However, there are three ways to use the output channels of each card and the method you choose

will govern how you connect each screen:

 Dual channel horizontal; the channels are used to drive two screens placed side by side

 Dual channel vertical; the channels are used to drive two screens placed one above the

other

 Single channel; only channel 1 is used and channel 2 is left unconnected. This method is

used when the maximum number of windows need to be displayed on a single screen, or if

there are an odd number of screens in the display.

You should choose whichever method (or combination of methods) best suits the layout of the target

display, using the examples on the next page as a guide.

Refer to the VN-COMMANDER (Quantum Edition) User Guide for details of how to map the outputs to

your target display.