MICB-1340
Installation Guide
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface.............................................................................................. 5
Environmental information............................................... 6
Safety Instructions............................................................. 6
Introduction...................................................................................... 8
Features ............................................................................. 8
System requirements ...................................................... 10
Installation...................................................................................... 12
Hardware installation...................................................... 12
Software installation ....................................................... 14
Technical specifications ................................................................. 17
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Preface
Preface
Notice
Although every attempt has been made to achieve technical accuracy
in this document, we assume no responsibility for errors that may be
found. Our goal is to provide you with the most accurate and usable
documentation possible; if you discover errors, please let us know.
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The specifications of Barco products are subject to change without
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FCC Compliance Information
CLASS A:
This Barco image compression board complies with part 15 of the FCC
rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1.
This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2.
this device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
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manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is
likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
Environmental information
This equipment has required the extraction and use of natural
resources for its production. It may contain hazardous substances for
health and environment.
In order to avoid the dissemination of those substances in the
environment and to diminish the pressure on natural resources, we
encourage you to use the appropriate take-back systems.
Those systems will reuse or recycle most of the materials of your endof-life equipment in a sound way.
The crossed-out wheeled bin symbol invites you to use those
systems.
If you need more information on the collection, reuse and
recycling systems, please contact your local or regional waste
administrator.
You can also contact us for more information on the environmental
performances of our products.
Safety Instructions
• Read the safety and operating instructions before installing
the product.
• Retain safety and operating instructions for future reference.
• Adhere to all warnings on the product, the packaging and in
the operating instructions manual.
• Follow all instructions for operation and use.
• For protection against risk of fire and electric shock, install this
product only in systems equipped with a three-wire grounding
power plug (a plug with a third (grounding) pin). This plug
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will fit only into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a
safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the
outlet, contact your electrician to replace the outlet. Do not
defeat the safety purpose of the grounding-type power plug.
• Always secure the card so that all card securement pins are
completely tightened as to provide continuous bonding
between the card and the chassis.
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Introduction
Introduction
Features
Thank you for choosing Barco.
The MICB-1340 is a high-performance PCI-Express based compression
board optimized for medical imaging applications, intended to be
installed in a server.
By relieving the main CPU from the compression task, the MICB-1340
allows for compact, cost-effective yet high-performance image server
systems.
The MICB-1340 performs both lossless and lossy image compression
for a large number of simultaneous users. This allows for high-quality
image streaming to wired or wireless clients in demanding healthcare
environments.
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Indication LEDs
1 2 3 4
5
6
7
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9 10 11
Figure 1: Front side
Function of the indication LEDs:
no.
LED is ON
LED is OFF
1
Slave core 0 OK
Slave core 0 not used
2
CPLD OK
CPLD not OK
3
Manager core OK
Manager core not OK
4
Slave core 1 OK
Slave core 1 not used
5
Slave core 2 OK
Slave core 2 not used
6
Slave core 3 OK
Slave core 3 not used
7-9
The number of PCI Express lanes being used. See table
below.
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Slave core 4 OK
Slave core 4 not used
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Slave core 5 OK
Slave core 5 not used
If the board is working properly, the LEDs should have the following
status:
• LEDs 1, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11: On
• LED 2: On
• LED 3: On
Configuration of the PCI Express LEDs:
LED 7
LED 8
LED 9
PCIe config.
on
off
off
PCIe single lane
off
on
off
PCIe 4 lane
off
off
on
PCIe 8 lane
Full performance will be achieved if LED 9 is ON. If this is not the
case, it may indicate that the board is working well, but not plugged
into a suitable PCIe slot, and therefore not working at full
performance. Please use PCIe x8 or x16 slot to achieve full
performance.
System requirements
The system in which the MICB-1340 is installed, should have the
following minimum requirements:
• System memory: 2GB RAM
• PCIe slot: 8-lane (x8)
• Operating systems:
• Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 (32 & 64
bit)
• Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop (32 & 64 bit)
• Windows XP SP2 (32 bit)
• Windows XP SP1 (64 bit)
• Windows Server 2003 R1 (32 & 64 bit)
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• Windows Server 2008 (32 & 64 bit)
• Windows Vista (32 & 64 bit)
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Installation
Hardware installation
This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of the
MICB-1340 board.
CAUTION – Wear a grounded, protective ESD strap when
handling or during installation of the board. Electrostatic
charges can damage the board.
Alternatively, if you do not dispose of an ESD strap, make
sure you ground yourself before working, by touching the
exterior metal box of your computer's power supply (near
the fan) before you unplug it. Handle the board by holding
it by the metal bracket. However, be aware that Barco cannot be held responsible for possible damage from ESD discharges when no proper ESD protection was used.
Which PCIe slot to use
The MICB-1340 board is an 8-lane PCIe board. Consequently the
recommended PCIe connector to use for optimum performance is an
x8 or x16 PCIe slot. Figure 2 shows the three different types of PCIe
slots.
Be aware that physical x16 slots are sometimes wired as x8 slots, and
physical x8 slots are sometimes wired as x4 slots.
x16 slot
x8 slot
x1 slot
Figure 2: Examples of PCIe slots
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Detailed installation
The following instructions will take you step by step through the
installation of the MICB-1340.
1. Turn off the computer, display(s), and other peripheral devices.
2. Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables
from the back of your computer.
Caution – Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging
the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or
removing a component from the motherboard to avoid
possible damage to the motherboard.
3. Remove the computer cover.
If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in
removing the cover.
4. Locate the appropriate slot and, if necessary, remove the metal
back-plate cover(s). Refer to the computer’s manual for more
information.
5. Align the MICB-1340 board with the slot(s) and press it in firmly
until the board is fully seated.
6. Screw in or fasten the board securely. Replace and secure the
computer cover.
7. Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in the
computer’s power cord.
8. Turn on the display(s) and then your computer.
WARNING - Turn on your display(s) before you turn on
your computer. Failure to do so could damage your display(s).
9. Install the driver by following the instructions in the section
“Driver and Software Installation” on page 11 of this manual.
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Software installation
Installation in Windows
Proceed as follows:
1. Log on to Windows with an administrator account.
2. When you start up the system after installing the board, the
Found New Hardware Wizard appears.
3. Select the option No, not this time and click Next. The following
window appears.
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4. Select the option Install from a list or specific location
(Advanced) and click Next. The following window appears.
5. Insert the CD-ROM that came with your MICB-1340 board and
click Next.
The system will automatically find the driver on the CD-ROM and
install it.
6. On Windows Vista, Server 2008 and Server 2003 (64 bit), the
following screen appears, indicating the driver is digitally
signed. Click Yes to continue.
7. When done, the following screen appears, indicating the driver
has been installed successfully.
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Note: You can verify that the board is installed correctly in the
computer Device Manager (control panel > System > Hardware
tab).
Installation on Linux
For installation on Linux systems, please consult the instructions on
the product CD-ROM.
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Technical specifications
Technical specifications
Item
Value
Format
standard PCI-Express x8 board
Codec
lossless: based on JPEG-LS (ISO/IEC 14495/1)
lossy: based on JPEG
Performance
maximum throughput of 1200 MB/s
Note: 1200 MB/s=300Mpix/s (1 pixel = 32 bit;
8 bits for R, G & B; Alpha channel ignored)
Power consumption
20 W max. at full power
Deliverables
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MICB-1340 PCI-Express board
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Linux driver
•
Linux application library
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Windows® driver
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Windows® application library
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Sample application incl. source
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B4100541-03
November 2008
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