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Overview

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Notes and instructions on the use of the NCMIR biowall found in the Keck Conference room. The primary contact person for any issues, requests, comments is Raj Singh.

Steps to Display Data onto Biowall

Hotkeys

  • F12: 
  • Esc: exits out of CGLX program

Notes

  • Will accept most known 2D image types except for 16 bit grayscale
  • Can display "small" (<500 mb) files without converstion to biowall format
  • Will accept and display mpg-1 and mpg-2 as well as quicktime .mov files.  Will not correctly display .avi at this time
  • Will accept most 3D models e.g. .obj, VRML files, etc, but will only display one model at a time
  • Conversion costs of images to biowall format:
    • 1.4 X file size
    • ~30 to 60 seconds time to convert 1 GB image files. 

Known Issues

  • As of September of 2009, the biowall cannot display 16 bit grayscale images.  Convert all grayscale images to 8 bit before using on biowall
  • Will not display MRC format files. 
  • Will not display .avi at this time.  Convert movies to .mpg or .mov

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