This guide tells you how to install the dual channel display option board in the O2 workstation. It also includes information on using and troubleshooting the dual channel system, and programming notes for developers. The guide is organized as follows:
Dual channel capability lets you expand your viewing area by displaying graphics and text on a second monitor.
The dual channel display option board is installed in the digital display adapter slot on your O2 workstation's system board. This is the same slot that's used for the Presenter 1280 flat panel display. The minimum memory needed to run a dual channel display configuration is 64 MB; however, 128 MB is recommended.
The dual channel display option board uses a single framebuffer with the capacity for two vertically oriented, 1280 x 1024 displays, providing a single logical display of 1280 x 2048. It does not provide Presenter 1280 or stereo support. The single framebuffer provides two channels, each of which drives a monitor. The monitors can be placed side-by-side, or one above the other.
The dual channel display package includes the following items. If anything is missing, contact your sales representative.
Dual channel display option board
Reversible Phillips/flat screwdriver
Antistatic wrist strap
O2 Dual Channel Display Installation Guide (this manual)
O2 Dual Channel Display Software Release Notes
Compact disc (CD-ROM)
If you purchased a second monitor in addition to the dual channel display option, you also received:
A monitor
Video and power cables for the monitor
The O2 Workstation Hardware Reference Guide is located on your O2 workstation's hard disk in the IRIS InSight library (unless it has been removed). In this case, you can reinstall it from the “IRIX 6.3 for O2 Including R10000” CD.
Locate the online book as follows. From the Toolchest on your desktop, choose Help > Online Books > SGI End User > O2 Workstation Hardware Reference Guide.