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Version 11.3.1 Running 16x9 Large Screen Monitor

I know running 16x9 is not supported by Emerson with Version 11.3.1 but has anyone done this?  We are trying to purchase a large (60") screen to run a L1 Overview Display.  The issue with buying a 60" 16:10 is they are pricy and it appears Emerson is now supporting 16x9 in version 13.3.  I would like to buy a large 16x9 at a fraction of the price.

Thanks,

Mike

• 16:9 Monitor Operate 11.3.1

mdevienzio

• 13 Apr 2017 2:55 PM
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• John Rezabek

  

  • 13 Apr 2017 3:41 PM

  16:9 screens are fine; we use 1680x1050 resolution on the video card. There are templates for this in the "Standard" directory I believe. Old 4:3 graphics stretch to fill the screen and they are not too distorted.
  Make sure your video card / drivers support the 16:10 (1680x1050) resolution - this was the only place we ran into any issues. It's been a while but we may have had to update the graphics driver.

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• mdevienzio

  

  • 13 Apr 2017 4:01 PM

  In reply to John Rezabek:

  How does that work with Operate? Is there white/gray space on the side?

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• Mike Link

  

  • 13 Apr 2017 4:39 PM

  In reply to mdevienzio:

  

  You may be able to tell computer to run the monitor to run at 1680x1050 in which case it would just stretch the image to fill the monitor, otherwise above is what a single monitor DeltaV Station looks like at 1920x1080

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• John Rezabek

  

  • 13 Apr 2017 5:22 PM

  In reply to mdevienzio:

  You control the picture with the "Layout" file. The example uploaded by Mike utilizes the default DeltaV layout which attempts to preserve the 4:3 aspect ratio and throws in the picture history/ faceplate history / alarm summary which we did not find particularly useful.

  Also in Operate "user preferences" select the "Disable Auto Scale Feature" in the "Picture Preferences" tab (check the checkbox).

  Our layout file utilizes the entire 1680 pixel width for main picture. You can see old Duncan is stretched a little. The template for 1680 x 1050 is found under "templates" in your PIC directory.

  Incidentally we are also using a large screen for an overview display, albeit in 13.3.1. It would have worked in 11.3.1 also.

  Note that the toolbar and alarm banner (old one in our case) can also be sized for the wide screen . . .

          

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• dave_marshall

  

  • 14 Apr 2017 3:11 PM

  In addition to what John has mentioned above, we created a test graphic so that we could determine the actual correct height and with of the graphic files themselves. Essentially, we made a test pattern that consists of a bunch of tightly packed vertical and horizontal lines all the way across the graphic. When the graphic is opened in Operate Run, you can tell very quickly if something is off because the lines will be distorted.

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