Chyron Centaur and Cindy video frame buffers reside on the GIO bus of your SGI Indigo and SGI Indy, respectively. Both the Centaur and the Cindy facilitate output and capture of video in NTSC and PAL formats.
device frame buffer name
server_name server
server_id socket
server_host host
defn
format format
enddefn
enddevice
device frame buffer name
The name is the name you want to assign to this device.
server_name server
The server is the name of the executable that controls the Chyron device. It resides in the product_bin. The server should be fbdcentaur for the Chyron device. (If you relocate the server executable, or if the server is running on a different host than your application, you must specify the server as a full UNIX pathname.)
server_id socket
The socket is the socket number through which your application communicates with the Chyron device server process. This number must be unique to your UNIX system for each defined device and (Alias|Wavefront and non-Alias|Wavefront) server process. If you are defining multiple Centaur/Cindy frame buffer configurations for the same board, you must use the same socket number for each.
server_host host
The host is the name of the workstation in which your Centaur/Cindy resides. This can be the workstation that executes your application, or another workstation connected to your workstation using Ethernet. If you are using one workstation for your application and another for the Chyron device, you must install your application on both machines. The host can be localhost if the Chyron device is connected to your workstation.
format format
The format indicates whether your Centaur or Cindy is operating in NTSC or PAL video. If this line is omitted, NTSC is used by default.
Tip: Note that both the Centaur and the Cindy have an integrated Videomedia V-LAN on board. For information about using this feature, see "Chyron Centaur and Cindy V-LAN" on page 279 and your Centaur/Cindy user manual.