3.2 Pulse OSD

Introduction to Pulse OSD

The Pulse On-Screen Display (OSD) is the graphical user interface designed for Pulse-based projectors. It allows users to configure, control, and monitor various aspects of the projector. With the Pulse OSD, you can perform tasks such as source selection, image adjustments, lens manipulation, managing profiles, and controlling advanced projector settings.

Key Features

Initial setup of Pulse OSD

Upon first startup of the projector, proceed as follows:

  1. Power up the projector.
  2. Select the UI language.
  3. Approve the End User License Agreement (EULA).
  4. Define a new strong password for the default administrator.[2]
Pulse OSD user guide

All features of the Pulse OSD are described in detail in the separate Pulse OSD user guide. This guide is applicable to all Pulse-based projectors. However, depending on the specific projector model, some features may not be available. If a feature is not available for a particular model, this will be noted at the beginning of the chapter about that feature.

The Pulse software has regular new releases due to continuous improvements. Hence, the Pulse OSD user guide is subject to updates. Download the latest version of the user guide from the Barco website using following link: https://www.barco.com/support.


[2] A strong password has a minimum of 8 characters and should be unique. The password should be a a mix of upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers and special characters.