Modifying or Deleting Custom Test Patterns. Dome CXtra

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Modifying or Deleting Custom Test Patterns

To modify or delete a custom pattern

1 If the Privilege service has been installed, log on as a privileged

user. (See page 96.)

2 Open the Dome CXtra Services menu and select Test Patterns >

Manage Custom Test Patterns. The Add, Modify, or Delete a Custom

Test Pattern dialog opens.

3 Select the test pattern to be modified or deleted.

4 Click one of the following buttons as needed:

– Delete. Removes the custom test pattern.

– View Options. Opens a dialog for changing the Ramp Grayscale and Zoom to fit parameters.

– Display. Shows the selected pattern. Click the Dome CXtra icon on the taskbar to open the dialog again.

5 Click OK to save any changes, close the dialog, and close the test pattern (if displayed).

Dome Visual and Interactive Evaluations

The evaluations help you assess the image quality of the display panels at various locations and for various shades of gray. These tests can be launched manually or scheduled to run at specific times on local Dome CXtra-enabled workstations. The tests can also be forced from the Dome Dashboard application on a remote workstation.

When launched, these tests run sequentially on all supported displays. Upon the completion of the tests, the results are logged into Reporting History. If any test fails on any of the displays, it is represented as a warning. The Dome CXtra status icon also changes correspondingly.

The tests can be accessed via the Dome CXtra Services menu >

Test Patterns > Evaluations.

When invoked, the Test Patterns Evaluation dialog allows you to run the Dome Visual Test or the Dome Interactive Test or both. Use Setup to configure test parameters.

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Run Dome Visual Test

Use this test to display a visual pattern that you have selected (on the

Setup dialog) and make a response to the resolution, uniformity, and visibility of details present in the pattern. The pass/fail status of the test is determined by your responses to the test questions.

Run Dome Interactive Test

With the interactive test, you can decipher textual strings that are shown on a background with very little contrast difference, 5 percent.

A randomly generated alphabet string of 8 characters is shown over a background pattern. You are expected to read this string and enter it into the field provided. If the string that you enter does not match the string shown, the test fails and you are given one more chance to take the test. When a second test is run, the results of both tests are logged into Reporting History.

Run Both Tests

This option runs both tests on all supported displays connected to the Dome CXtra-enabled workstation. The Dome Visual Test runs first on the displays, followed by the Dome Interactive Test.

After the test is run, a Test Complete dialog appears where you are prompted to enter your name (configurable) and have the option to view or save the report. Results are also logged into the Reporting service and can be viewed from Reporting > History.

Test Modes

Immediate.

You can manually perform either test or both tests using the Evaluations command: Dome CXtra Services menu >

Test Patterns > Evaluations.

Scheduled. You can schedule a test either locally on the Dome CXtraenabled workstation or remotely from the Dome Dashboard console.

Either tests or both tests can be scheduled. If you are using the Dome

Dashboard software, you can override the local Dome CXtra settings with the settings in the Dome Dashboard application.

When a scheduled test pops up, the Preparing to Show Test Pattern dialog prompts you to select one of three options: taking the test, canceling the test, or postponing the test for a later time. If you decide to take the test later, the dialog pops up again after a time specified on the General tab of the Setup dialog.

NOTE: Scheduled test do not pop up if any of the Test Patterns dialogs are open.

Forced.

Either tests or both tests can be forced from the Dome

Dashboard console on targeted Dome CXtra-enabled workstation.

Start the test when it pops up.

Setup

Setup allows you to configure the parameters related to test scheduling, pattern selection, and other general parameters. The

Setup dialog include three categories: Schedule, Patterns, and

General.

Schedule. Open this tab to select the test time, test frequency, and the tests to be scheduled.

You can select the test to be scheduled and set the schedule by frequency and time. The scheduled tests pop up at the Dome CXtraenabled workstation at the specified test time. Test time is scaled by

30-minute intervals.

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Patterns. Open this tab to configure the pattern type and location for the Dome Interactive Test and the pattern type for the Dome Visual Test.

NOTE: Random is the default selection for all parameters of each test.

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Four types of patterns are supported by the Dome Interactive Test.

• Eight step gradation from white to black

• Eight step gradation from black to white

• Eight step gradation from black to gray

• Eight step gradation from gray to black

Each gradation has a random character in which the gray shade is 5% more or less than the background gradation gray shade.

When Random pattern type is used by default or choice, you see a randomly selected pattern each time the test is invoked. You can place these patterns at the following locations on the display panel, or in a random location.

• Top right

• Top left

• Bottom right

• Bottom left

• Center

When Random pattern location is used by default or choice, you see the pattern in a random location each time the test is invoked.

These six patterns are supported by the Dome Visual Test:

• SMPTE

• TG18-QC

• TG18-GV

• DIN-1

• TG18-CT • DIN-2

When Random pattern type is used by default or choice, you see a randomly selected pattern each time the test is invoked.

Open this tab to configure these three parameters:

• Prompt for Tester name: Enter your name after test completion. If this option is disabled, the software labels the user “Anonymous.”

• View failed test as warning: Set the message box to report test failure as a warning dialog or an information dialog.

• Minutes to wait for Later option: Configure the time in minutes for the test to reappear. This function is active when you select the

Later option in the Preparing to Show dialog.

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