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ircombine(1G)							 ircombine(1G)


NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     ircombine - Create, modify, query,	load and save video format
     combinations

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/gfx/ircombine	[destination] [source] [options]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     ircombine creates and operates on video format combinations, descriptions
     of	raster sizes and timings to be used on video outputs, as well as the
     configuration of the underlying frame buffer.  The	resulting combination
     can be used as the	current	video configuration, stored as the default
     configuration to be used at system	power-up or graphics initialization,
     or	saved in a video format	combination file.  The combination can be
     created from scratch or by	modifying the current or a saved combination.
     Ircombine requires	write access to	the /usr/gfx/ucode/KONA/dg4/cmb
     directory to download combinations. Users can change between pre-built
     combinations using	the setmon(1g) command.	 ircombine subsumes the
     functionality of setmon(1G).


   Options    [Toc]    [Back]
     -destination [active | eeprom | file <filename>] -	This option specifies
     the destination of	the video format combination.  If this option is
     omitted, and no queries are specified, ircombine will bring up a
     graphical interface by default.


	  active specifies that	the combination	will be	loaded as the current,
	  active video configuration, but not saved in the eeprom.  This will
	  temporarily change the video configuration, but the combination will
	  not be used when graphics is initialized or the the system is
	  powered up. A	destination of active is only legal if the target
	  machine is local.

	  eeprom specifies that	the combination	will be	saved in the eeprom
	  and used as the default.  The	combination does not take effect
	  immediately; it is only used the next	time graphics is initialized
	  or the system	is powered up.	To initialize graphics,	use
	  (/usr/gfx/stopgfx; /usr/gfx/startgfx)	&

	  file specifies that the combination will be saved in a video format
	  combination file <filename>.	<filename> is specified	relative to
	  the current working directory.


     -source [active | file <filename>]	- This option controls the source of
     the combination to	me modified, loaded, or	queried.  active and file are
     similar to	the options to -destination.  If the source is active, the
     destination must be active	as well, and only the following	parameters may
     be	modified: cursorpriority, filtersize, gain, gamma, hphase, pedestal,



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     schphase, sourceloc, sourcesize, vphase; in addition, if the source is
     active channels may be disabled, but not enabled.	If -source is not
     specified,	all parameters which are not specified take on their default
     values.


     -gui - Brings up a	graphical interface with which to create video format
     combinations.  If this option is specified	in conjunction with other
     options which modify the combination, the other operations	are performed
     first, and	the gui	may be used to make additional modifications.  This
     option may	not be specified with -destination.  If	no destination is
     specified,	and no queries are made	to the combination, the	graphical
     interface is used by default.

     The following options modify the specified	video format combination, or
     query parameters of the combination and return them on stdout.

     -global [parameter|parameter=value,...]  -	Modifies or queries the	global
     attributes	of the video format combination.  This option is followed by a
     list of parameters	or parameter assignments.  If no assignment is made,
     the current setting of the	parameter in the modified combination is
     queried and returned on stdout.  Parameters may be	specified multiple
     times in order to both set	and query a parameter.	Since commas delimit
     parameters	in this	list, they not used in value.  The following
     parameters	may be specified:


	  gamma=<value>	- Specifies the	global output video gamma value	for
	  this combination.  If	the globalgamma	parameter is ON, this gamma
	  value	is used	for all	channels in the	combination.  Valid values for
	  gamma	are floating point numbers in the range	[0,20],	and the
	  default is 1.7.  Setting this	parameter modifies the gamma values on
	  all components of the	output.	 To modify the gamma value of a	single
	  component, use one of	the options gammar, gammag, or gammab.

	  globalgamma= [ON|OFF]	- Specifies whether the	global gamma value is
	  used as the output video gamma for all channels in the combination.
	  The DG4-2 display generator supports a single	output gamma map, so
	  globalgamma must be used with	this target hardware.  The DG4-8
	  supports sixteen gamma maps, so each channel may use its own unique
	  gamma	value.

	  pixeldepth= [	DEEPEST	| XS | S | M | L | XL ]	- Specifies the	size
	  of the pixels	to be used in the combination.	If XS, S, M, L,	or XL
	  is specified,	the combination	will only be used with this size
	  pixel, and will be invalid if	the specified pixel size is not
	  available.  If DEEPEST is specified, the largest pixel size which
	  can be supported by the hardware configuration will be chosen	at the
	  time the combination is loaded.  When	the combination	is validated,
	  ircombine will report	the pixel size which would be chosen for the
	  given	hardware configuration.




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	  size=XxY - Specifies the size	of the frame buffer in pixels.	The
	  y-size must be a multiple of 2.  The default is either 1280x1024 or
	  the minimum legal bounding rectangle of the specified	combination,
	  whichever is larger.

	  syncformat=<name> - For external sync, specifies the name of the
	  video	format file which describes the	format to which	the video
	  subsystem will lock.	If you do not specify an input genlock format,
	  the video format of the combination's	lowest numbered	channel	with a
	  valid	sync signal will be used.

	  syncsource= [	INTERNAL | EXTERNAL | LOOPBACK_CH1 ] - Specifies
	  whether the default genlock source will be internal, external, or
	  loopbacked via an external cable from	the channel 1 output.

	  textport=<channel number> - Specifies	the channel to be used as the
	  textport output.  This is the	channel	on which the PROM monitor is
	  displayed.  See prom(1M).  This channel must be a valid channel in
	  the combination.  By default,	the combination's lowest numbered
	  channel is used.


     -channel <channel>	[parameter|parameter=value,...]	 - Modifies or queries
     the attributes associated with the	specified channel of the video format
     combination.  <channel> may be a number in	the range 0-7 to specify the
     corresponding video channel, encoder to specify the encoder channel,
     sirius to specify the Sirius option board (if it exists), dplex to
     specify the dplex board (if it exists), tvo to specify the	tvo board (if
     it	exists), hdgvo to specify the tvo board	combined with vbob acting as
     hdgvo (if it exists) dvp to specify the digital video port	board (if it
     exists), or gvo to	specify	the 601	serial digital video out board (if it
     exists). The -channel option may be used multiple times on	a single
     command line to specify different channels	of the video format
     combination.  The assignment of parameters	is similar in operation	to -b.
     The following parameters may be specified:



	  alpha= [ON|OFF] - Specifies that this	channel	should produce the
	  alpha	component of the pixels	rather than RGB	values.	 This must be
	  used in conjunction with the RGBA10 pixel format, and	produces the
	  alpha	component on the blue component	of the output.	When you use
	  this option, gamma correction	is disabled for	the channel.

	  colorspace=[ REC709_10 | REC709_8 | CCIR601_10 | CCIR601_8 |
	  REC240_10 | REC240_8 ] - Specifies the colorspace to be output by
	  the HDGVO channel. In	HDGVO, the RGB pixels from the framebuffer are
	  converted into one of	3 colorspaces, at either 8 or 10 bits per
	  component. The three colorspaces are REC 709,	CCIR601, and REC240.
	  The default colorspace is REC	709 at 10 bits per component. This
	  setting does not work	for channels other than	HDGVO.




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	  cursorpriority=value - Specifies the priority	of this	channel	for
	  cursor drawing.  This	priority is used to determine which channel
	  displays the cursor in a region in which the input rectangles	of two
	  or more channels overlap.  Numbers range from	0 to 255, with lower
	  numbers indicating higher priority.  If the cursor enters a region
	  shared by two	channels of equal cursor priority, the channel which
	  last displayed the cursor retains it.	 If the	cursor did not
	  previously appear in either of the contending	channels, the channel
	  with the lower channel number	displays the cursor.

	  delete - Specifies that the channel should be	deleted	from the
	  combination.	This parameter does not	need to	be given an
	  assignment.

	  dither= [ON|OFF] - Specifies whether or not the output of this
	  channel is to	be dithered.  If dither	is not selected, and the frame
	  buffer color representation has more precision than the the video
	  format, i.e.,	12-bit RGB pixels in the frame buffer with RGB10 pixel
	  format for video, the	colors will be truncated.  If dither is
	  selected, a fixed pattern of noise will be added to the colors
	  before they are truncated to reduce the perceptible artifacts
	  introduced by	truncation.  By	default, dithering is OFF.

	  enable= [ON|OFF] - Specifies whether this channel should be enabled
	  in the combination.  If a channel is disabled, but not deleted, the
	  definition of	the channel is stored in the combination, but no
	  output is generated, and no bandwidth	is consumed for	the channel.
	  If any parameters are	specified for a	channel, it is enabled by
	  default; all other channels are disabled by default.

	  filtersize=XxY - Specifies the size of the filters used when the
	  channel resizes the source pixels to the channel.  Values for	the
	  x-filter are in the range [1,13], for	the y-filter [1,7].

	  format=<format name> - Specifies the name of the video format	to be
	  used on this channel.	 For the encoder channel, the only valid
	  values are NTSC and PAL, corresponding to the	640x486_30i and
	  768x576_25i formats.	For Sirius, the	valid values are 525, 625,
	  CCIR601_525, and CCIR601_625,	corresponding to the 646x486_30i,
	  768x576_25i, CCIR601_525 (720x485_25i), and CCIR601_625
	  (720x576_25i)	formats, respectively.	For GVO, the valid values are
	  CCIR601_525_DGO, and CCIR601_625_DGO.	 The default format for	the
	  encoder is NTSC.  The	default	for Sirius is 525.  The	default	for
	  GVO is CCIR601_525_DGO.  The default format for all other channels
	  is 1280x1024_60.

	  gain=<value> - Specifies the default output video gain for this
	  channel.  The	valid range is [0,10], and the default is 1.  This
	  value	will be	coerced	to the closest gain which is physically
	  realizable on	the output channel.  Thus, if the gain is set and
	  subsequently queried,	the input and returned values may not be the
	  same.



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	  gamma=<value>	- Specifies the	output video gamma value for this
	  channel.  Valid values for gamma are floating	point numbers in the
	  range	[0,20],	and the	default	is 1.7.	 Setting this parameter
	  modifies the gamma values on all components of the output channel.
	  To modify gamma value	on a single component, use one of the options
	  gammar, gammag, or gammab.

	  hphase=<value> - Specifies the default horizontal phase value	for
	  this channel.	 This setting applies only if the channel is genlocked
	  to external sync.  Positive values delay the genlocked video channel
	  with respect to external sync, and negative values advance it.
	  <value> is a floating	point number.  The default is 0.

	  maxsize=WxH -	Specifies the maximum size of the input	region of the
	  frame	buffer.	 This places a limit on	the bandwidth requirements of
	  the channel, and is used in validating the video format combination.
	  See also the sourcesize and minsize parameters.

	  minsize=WxH -	Specifies the minimum size of the input	region of the
	  frame	buffer.	 If minsize is set equal to maxsize, the source
	  rectangle cannot be rescaled.	 See also the sourcesize and maxsize
	  parameters.

	  panstep=[ LOCKED | PIXEL | TILE ]x[ LOCKED | PIXEL ] - Specifies the
	  resolution with which	the input window of the	channel	may be panned
	  in x and y while the combination is active.  This parameter does not
	  affect the initial placement of the channel's	source region.	LOCKED
	  indicates that the source rectangle cannot be	be moved in the
	  corresponding	direction.  PIXEL indicates that the window can	be
	  panned to any	pixel location.	 TILE for the x	resolution indicates
	  that the x-coordinate	of the window can only be moved	in 160 pixel
	  increments, corresponding to one frame buffer	tile.  This is used to
	  decrease the bandwidth requirement of	a video	format combination.
	  Because pixels are fetched from the frame buffer in 160 pixel	tiles,
	  if the input window is not aligned to	these blocks, more pixels may
	  need to be fetched that are actually used in the output.  The
	  default is TILExPIXEL.

	  pedestal= [OFF|ON] - Enables pedestal	(also known as setup), an
	  artificial black level voltage, for this output.  By default,	setup
	  is disabled.

	  pixelformat=[	RGB10 |	RGBA10 | RGB12 | Z | FS	] - Specifies the
	  output pixel format for this channel.	 You may specify RGB10 to
	  indicate 10-bit RGB (no alpha), RGBA10 to indicate 10-bit RGB	(with
	  alpha), RGB12	to indicate 12-bit RGB (no alpha), Z to	indicate 24-
	  bit Z	component, or FS to indicate stereo field sequential.  The
	  output pixel format is unrelated to the underlying frame buffer
	  organization.	 The default is	RGB10.


	  scan=[ PROGRESSIVE | INTERLEAVED | STACKED ] - Specifies the field



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	  layout of this channel in the	frame buffer.  PROGRESSIVE specifies
	  sequential data fetching, in which each field	draws from the entire
	  source region	of the channel.	 This is the default.  INTERLEAVED
	  specifies an interlaced output format, in which the lines of the
	  fields are vertically	interleaved in the frame buffer.  STACKED
	  specifies an interlaced output format, in which the lines of each
	  field	are contiguous;	the lines of the first of n fields occupy the
	  top nth of the frame buffer, the lines of the	second field occupy
	  the next nth,	and so on.  The	default	is either PROGRESSIVE or
	  INTERLEAVED, according to the	channel's video	format.	 STACKED field
	  layout allows	you to reduce fill, rendering only the visible lines
	  of each field	of an interlaced format.

	  schphase=<phase> - Specifies the subcarrier-to-H phase of the	output
	  of the channel.  Note	this value is useful only on the encoder
	  channel.

	  sourcechannel=<channel number> - Specifies the channel on which the
	  current channel is dependent.	 If the	source channel is the same as
	  the current channel, the channel will	run in independent mode.  In
	  dependent mode, a portion of the visible surface from	the source
	  channel is sent to this channel for video out.  Only the encoder,
	  Sirius, and GVO  channels can	operate	in dependent mode.  By
	  default, this	is the same as the channel number.

	  sourceloc=w+h	- Specifies the	default	origin of the source rectangle
	  of this channel in the frame buffer.	The location is	specified in
	  pixels, and is relative to the upper-left corner of the screen.  The
	  default origin is 0+0.

	  sourcesize=XxY - Specifies the default size in pixels	of the source
	  rectangle of this channel in the frame buffer.  This rectangle may
	  be larger or smaller than the	video format, but must be within the
	  bounds specified by minsize and maxsize.  This parameter is used for
	  resizing pixels from the frame buffer	for display.  Setting it
	  smaller or larger than the output size of the	video format will
	  cause	the pixels to be magnified or minified.	 The default size is
	  that of the video format for this channel.

	  sync=	[R | G | B | N]	- Specifies which of the output	components
	  have sync enabled.  Use a single letter or a combination of R	(red
	  component), G	(green component), and B (blue component).  N
	  specifies sync on none of the	components. Default is sync on green
	  component.

	  syncport= [COMPOSITE|HORIZONTAL] - Specifies the default setting for
	  the output of	the alternate sync port.  Specifying COMPOSITE places
	  composite sync on the	sync port.  Specifying HORIZONTAL places
	  horizontal sync on the sync port.  The default is COMPOSITE.

	  synctrilevel=	[ON|OFF] - Enables tri-level sync on the RGB outputs.
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	  usegamma= [ON|OFF] - Specifies whether the gamma values specified
	  for this channel should be used in generating	the output video.  If
	  usegamma is OFF, the default gamma value will	be used	instead.  The
	  globalgamma global parameter overrides this option.

	  vphase=<value> - Specifies the default vertical phase	value for this
	  channel.  This setting applies only if the channel is	genlocked to
	  external sync.  vphase ranges	from 0 to the number of	lines in the
	  video	format minus one.  The default value is	0.

     Other options available with ircombine:


     -description<description> Specifies a string of up	to 256 characters
     which describes the combination.  If <description>	contains any spaces,
     it	should be enclosed in quotes.  If the combination is written to	a
     file, this	string is included in the file;	otherwise it has no effect.


     -inputfile<filename> - After command line options are exhausted, read
     additional	input from filename.  This file	utilizes the same syntax as
     the command line, except that it may contain carriage returns between
     options or	parameters.


     -printcommand - Generates a command line which would create the source
     combination.  This	command	line is	printed	to stdout.  If the destination
     option is specified, it will be reproduced	on the generated command line.

     -target<displayname> - Specifies that the graphics	system whose video
     format combination	will be	changed	is a display other that	specified by
     the DISPLAY environment variable.	This option uses the same format as
     the -display toolkit option.  Note	that the -display option does not
     change the	target display.	 The -target option may	also be	used to
     specify the pipe for which	the combination	is to be changed on systems
     with multiple graphics pipes.  If the pipe	number is not specified	with
     this command line option, the pipe	number is extracted from the DISPLAY
     environment variable.

     -validate[parameter=value,...]  - Specifies the hardware configuration
     for which to validate that	the video format combination can be supported.
     Any parameter which is not	specified by this option defaults to the
     configuration of the target display, if it	has InfiniteReality graphics.
     Otherwise,	the defaults given below are used.  The	following parameters
     may be specified with this	option:


	  numrms=<count> - Specifies the number	of raster managers available.
	  The default is 1.

	  gfxrev=<revision> - Specifies	the version of graphics	hardware.
	  Valid	types are ONYX_IR , ONYX2_IR , and ONYX2_R.  The default is



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	  ONYX_IR.

	  numchannels=<count> -	Specifies the number of	video channels
	  available.  The default is 2.

	  channelrev=<revision>	- Specifies the	revision number	of the video
	  channels.  The default is 0.

	  optchanneltype=<type>	- Specifies the	type of	the option channel.
	  Valid	types are NONE , SIRIUS, GVO, DPLEX, and DVP.  The default is
	  NONE.


     -verbose -	Enables	verbose	mode.  This causes a listing of	the entire
     video format combination to be printed to stdout.

STATUS    [Toc]    [Back]

     On	completion, ircombine returns a	0 if the combination was successfully
     created.  If ircombine was	unsuccessful, it returns a non-zero value.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     ircombine -destination file 1280x1024_60.cmb \
	  -channel 0 format=1280x1024_60.vfo


	  Creates a combination	file 1280x1024_60.cmb with a single channel
	  whose	format is 1280x1024_60.


     ircombine -destination active \
	  -source file 1280x1024_60.cmb	\
	  -channel 0 gain = 2


	  Loads	the combination	stored in 1280x1024_60.cmb as the current
	  combination, and changes channel 0's gain to 2.


     ircombine -destination file 640x486_30i.cmb \
	  -global size=640x486 \
	  -channel 0 format=640x486_30i.cmb, scan=INTERLEAVED


	  Creates a combination	file 640x486_30i.cmb with a managed area of
	  640x486 pixels, a single channel with	a 30Hz interleaved format,
	  640x486_30i, and whose field layout is INTERLEAVED.







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     ircombine -destination eeprom \
	  -global size=640x480 \
	  -channel 0 format=640x480_120s.vfo


	  Stores a combination in the eeprom with a managed area of 640x480
	  pixels, and a	single channel with a 120Hz stereo format,
	  640x480_120s.


     ircombine -destination file 2@1280x1024_72.cmb \
	  -channel 0 format=1280x1024_72.vfo, sourceloc=0+0,
	  panstep=LOCKEDxLOCKED	\
	  -channel 1 format=1280x1024_72.vfo, sourceloc=1280+0,
	  panstep=LOCKEDxLOCKED


	  Creates a combination	file 2@1280x1024_72.cmb	with two channels
	  whose	formats	are both 80x1024_72, and whose source regions are
	  located side by side in the frame buffer, with their locations
	  fixed.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     setmon(1G), Xvc(3).


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