Nvidia Quadro FX 4800 - Allowing Application Control of the SDI Output

NVIDIA Corporation
28 Quadro FX 4800/5800 and Quadro CX SDI User’s Guide– Version 1.0
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HAPTER 3
Windows–Using the Graphics to SDI Control Panel
Allowing Application Control of the SDI Output
TheSDIapplicationprogramminginterfaceallowsOpenGLapplicationstohavefulland
exclusivecontroloftheSDIoutput.
Refertothedocument
Programming the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800/5800 SDIfor
instructionsonusingtheAPIs.
ToallowapplicationstocontroltheSDIoutput‐
Step 1: Turn off NVIDIA Control Panel SDI output control.
1 FromtheNVIDIAControlPanelnavigationtreepane,underWorkstation,clickSend
graphicstoSDIoutput.
2 IfyouareusingmorethanoneNVIDIAQuadroFXSDIcard,underSelectadisplayto
configureSDIoutput,clickthedisplayiconcorrespondingtothedisplayyouwantto
configure.
• This
optiondoesnotappearifyoursystemcontainsonlyoneNVIDIAQuadroFX
SDIcard.
• IfthisoptiondoesnotappearandyoursystemdoescontainmorethanoneNVIDIA
QuadroFXSDIcard,see“EnablingMultipleSDICards”onpage 27forinstructions
onenablingthecards.
3 UnderSendSDI
outputusing,selectDonotsendSDIoutput.
Step 2: Close the NVIDIA Control Panel.
Step 3: Start the application.
OncetheapplicationisrunningandtheSDIoutputisunderapplicationcontrol,youcan
viewtheSDIsettingsandcheckthestatususingtheSendGraphicstoSDIOutputpage.