Matrox Electronic Systems II manuel d'utilisation

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    December 9, 1999 Manual no. 10577-101-0300 Matro x Meteor -II Installation and Hardware R eference[...]

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    Ma tro x ® i s a regi ster ed trad emark of Mat ro x Ele ctron ic S ys tems Ltd. M icros oft ®, M S-D OS®, Wi ndo ws ®, an d W ind ows NT® are re giste red trademarks of M icr o soft Corporati o n. Int e l ® , P en tium ® , and Pe ntiu m I I ® ar e r egist ered t r ademar ks of In t el Co rp ora tio n. T e xa s Instr uments i s a tr adema r[...]

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    Conte nts Chap te r 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ma trox Met eor - II boa rds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 Ma trox Met eor - II /St andar d . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 Ma trox Met eor - II /M ulti-Ch ann el . . . . . . . . 1 1 Ma trox Me teor - II /D igit al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 Matrox [...]

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    Co nnec tin g ex ter n al d evi ces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Matrox Meteor -II /Standard for PCI . . . . . . 33 Matrox Meteor -II /Standard fo r Co mpac tPCI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Matrox Meteor -I I /Multi -C h an n el f o r PCI . . 37 Matrox Meteor -II /Stan dard and /Multi-Ch annel for PC/104- Pl us . . . . . .[...]

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    Matrox Me te o r -II /Multi-Channel gr ab s ectio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 8 In put c han nels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 9 Low -pas s fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 9 Ga in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 T r iple A/D con ver ter . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Ap pendix A : T rouble sho oting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 T rou bles ho oting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 Co mmon pr oble ms an d so luti ons . . . . . . . . . . 76 Inst allat ion Pr obl ems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6 Grab bi ng Pr oble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Co ntact ing M at [...]

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    Appen d ix C: Technica l in forma tion Ma trox Me te or- II /M ult i-C han nel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Te chn ical in for mati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 4 Gl obal info rm ati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 4 Te chn ica l fe atur es: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Boa [...]

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    Spe cific atio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 08 Ele ctric al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8 Env iron men tal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 08 Ap pendix E: T e chnical info rmat ion Matro x Meteo r-II /1 3 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Te chni cal inf or ma tion [...]

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    Ch apter 1: Int r oduct ion Thi s cha p ter o ut line s th e ke y f eatu res of M at rox M ete or -II boards.[...]

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    10 C ha pte r 1: Int rod uct ion Ma tr ox Met eor - II boar ds Matrox Meteor-II comes in f ou r versions: Mat r ox Meteor -II /Standard, Matrox Meteor -II /Multi-Channel, Matrox Me t eo r -II /Digital, and Matrox Meteor -II / 13 94. S o me of t hese boards are av a ilable i n different for m factors, namely P CI, C o mpactPCI, and PC/ 104 -Plus . A[...]

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    Matrox Meteor-II boards 11 Ac qu isiti o n fe a tures Matrox Meteor-II /Standard can ac qu ire differ ent ty pes of stand ard vid e o form a ts usi ng its video d eco d er . The vid e o decode r can accept composite (CVBS ) and component (Y/C) video in NT SC/P AL formats, and con vert it to RGB 8:8: 8, YU V 4:2:2 (stored in YUYV format) or YU V 4: [...]

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    12 C ha pte r 1: Int rod uct ion Acqu isi tion featu res Matrox M e t eor -II /Multi-Channel can acqui r e different types of stan d a rd and non-stand ar d mo nochrome and comp o ne nt RGB vide o. The board features six softwar e-s electable inp u t channels on which two componen t RGB or six monochrome cameras can be atta ched. Matrox Meteor -II [...]

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    Matrox Meteor-II boards 13 dual-tap c o n figurat ions. It also ac cepts an exte rnal trigger , and ca n opera t e in either as ynchrono u s res et mode or next val id f r ame/fiel d mode. The P CI form factor also inc ludes an auxili ary po wer su pply input , which can be used to draw aux iliary pow e r from your com p ute r to pro v ide p o we r[...]

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    14 C ha pte r 1: Int rod uct ion Acqu isi tion featu res Matrox Meteor-II /Digital can ac q uire digital video from stan dard and non-st andard c ameras u sing the RS-422 or L VD S diffe r ential sig ned for mat. It suppor ts image acq uisi tion from ge nloc ked came ra s in 4 x 8-bi t, 2 x 16-bit, or 1 x 32-bit co nf ig ura tions ; ther efor e, up[...]

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    Matrox Meteor-II boards 15 The Meteor-II /1394 can also su pply power from y o u r compu ter through t he IEEE 1394 in terface. Matrox Meteo r-II MJPEG module Matrox M eteor -II MJPEG module is an optional board whic h module suppor ts lossy and lossles s MJPEG (interla c ed an d no n -int er la ce d) co mpress ion and d e co mpres sio n of co l or[...]

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    16 C ha pte r 1: Int rod uct ion Data transfer All versions o f the Matrox Meteor -II board allow t ransfer of l i ve video to Hos t memory or off -board di splay memo ry . T o prevent l o ss o f d ata d uring long b us-ac cess late ncies fo und in heavil y loa ded com puter syst ems , th e Matro x Meteor-II boar ds (exce pt Me teor-II / 139 4) fea[...]

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    Matrox Meteor-II boards 17 Acti veM I L Active MIL is a set of ActiveX contr ols that ar e based on MIL . Act iv eMIL was de s igned for rapid appli cation devel opment ( RAD) to o l s, suc h as Mi cro sof t’ s V is ual Basi c . Ac ti veMI L is includ ed wit h MIL. (Active MIL-L ite is include d with M IL-Lite .) In spec to r Inspect or is an int[...]

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    18 C ha pte r 1: Int rod uct ion W hat y ou need t o ge t st arte d T o begin using Matrox Meteor -II, you need the foll owin g: ■ com puter wit h a PCI bu s and a P entium p rocessor or bett e r . ■ Windo ws : See yo ur softw a re p ack age f o r sup p o rt ed environment s and RAM r equ i rement s. Oth er usefu l co nsi der ati ons ■ A comp[...]

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    Inspecti ng the Matrox Meteor-II package 19 Inspec ting the Matrox M eteor- II pa ckag e Standard package When you u npack y ou r Matr ox Met eor -II package, you s hould check its cont ents. Note th at optio nal par ts m ight or m ight not be includ ed, depe nd in g o n wh at yo u ord e red . If som et hin g is missin g o r dam aged, c ontact your[...]

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    20 C ha pte r 1: Int rod uct ion ■ DB HD44-TO-13 BNC in put cabl e wit h a hi gh den sity 44-pi n connector and thirte en BNC connec t ors for the Matrox Me teo r-II /Standard ( P CI and CompactPCI for m fac tor s ). Six BNC - TO- SVH S ( Y/ C ) ada pt er c abl es are shi pp e d wit h t h e DB HD44-TO-13 BNC cable. ■ DH 44-T O-13BN C/ O inpu t [...]

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    Install ati on overview 21 Installa tion ov erview The inst a llat i on proce dur e con sist s of the fol l owin g ste ps: 1. Com ple te the har d war e instal latio n as de sc ribed in Ch apter 2. If you have a ny problem s, refer to Ap pen dix A . 2. Com plete the softwa re insta llation as desc ribed in Chapter 3. Mo re info r m ati on For infor[...]

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    22 C ha pte r 1: Int rod uct ion Need help? A ppen dix A offe rs solu tions to p ot ential p robl ems . If your Matrox M eteo r-II installat i on question s are not a ns wered i n th is man ual , co nta ct y our l oc a l Mat rox rep res enta ti ve, Matr ox Sales Office, o r Matrox Imaging Cus tom e r Support Grou p (see th e Cu st o m er Su p p or [...]

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    Ch apte r 2: Har dwar e installa tion Thi s chapter expl a ins how t o install the Matrox Me teor-II ha rd wa re .[...]

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    24 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation In s talling Mat r o x Meteor-II B efor e you install y our board, so me prec aut io nar y mea sur es mu st be tak en. T urn o ff po wer to the co m pute r and its peripher a ls, and drain static electrici ty from you r body (by tou ching a metal par t of the co mput er chassi s). Next, follow th e ste p s to in[...]

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    Installing M atrox Meteor-II 25 ▲ Caut ion Som e comp u te rs ha ve a large, black - ridged he at sin k th at pr eve nts board s from usin g m o st PCI bo ar d slot s. Y our Matrox M eteor -II must not t ouch this heat s ink. Ther efore, choose a slot where the board compl ete l y avoids it. 3. Connect the Matrox Meteor -II MJPEG module to the bo[...]

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    26 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation ■ If pres ent, r emove the bla nk m etal p late lo cated at th e back of a slot next to the Matrox Me teor-I I / Digital board; do n ot discar d this sc rew . ■ Install the brac k et with th e trigge r and R S-232 inpu t conn ector s and fast e n it with t he sc rew you ju st re move d. ■ Conn ect the c ab[...]

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    Installing M atrox Meteor-II 27 Installing Matr ox Meteor-II for CompactPCI Use the fol lowing steps to instal l your Mat r ox Meteor-II board for CompactP CI (3U). Note tha t a 6U replacem en t brack et is availa ble. 1. Remov e a plate on the s ubrack, expo sing an emp ty slot. 2. Connect the Matrox Meteor -II MJPEG module to the boar d if requ i[...]

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    28 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation 4 . Pr e ss the bo ard firmly but care f ully in to th e conne ctor . 5. W he n th e board is in place, the handle opens automaticall y , ex pos ing a sc rew . Tighten both this screw , and th e one at the top of the bracket. 6. Con nec t your video sources. For det ails, see the Connecting ext ernal devi ces se[...]

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    Installing M atrox Meteor-II 29 Installing Matr ox Meteor-II for PC/104 -Plus Use the fol lowing steps to instal l your Mat r ox Meteor-II board for PC/ 104 -Plus : 1. Matrox M eteor-II for PC/104 -Plus c an op er ate in either a 5 V o r 3 . 3 V s y s t e m . I n s o m e c a s e s , a h o l e i n t h e P C / 1 0 4 -Plus (PCI) conn ector is filled ,[...]

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    30 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation 3 . Che ck that you ha ve a n availa ble PC/ 104 -P lu s co nnect or o n the motherboard, or ver i fy tha t your e xisting stack c an supp ort anot her board. 4. If you have existin g PC/104 boar d s in your com puter , remove them and stack them on the PC/10 4 -P lu s boar d . PC/ 104 boards must be s tacked la[...]

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    Installing the Matrox Meteor-I I MJPEG module 31 10. T u rn on you r co m p ut er . Under W ind ow s 98, when you b oot your computer , Windows ’ Plug -and-Play s yst e m will d etect a ne w PCI car d a nd you w ill be a sked to assign a drive r to it. A t thi s point , you sh ould click on Can cel becaus e the drive r will be installed during t [...]

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    32 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation 2 . Onc e th e board s are perfectly aligned , pr e ss the m odule fir mly but carefu lly into th e con ne ct ors. PC/104-Pl us for m fa c tor On the PC/ 104 -Plus fo rm f a ctor , the e xpan si o n conn ector s are located on the solde r ed s i d e of the board. Follo w t he steps be l o w to c o n n ect the Ma[...]

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    Connecting ext ern al devices 33 Conne ctin g e xter nal device s All b oa rd s a nd f o rm fa cto r s hav e th eir ow n p a rt icu la ri t ie s re gardi ng conn ector s and inpu t dev ice s . I n thi s sec ti on, t he boards wil l be disc uss ed in the followin g o rde r: ■ Matrox Meteor -II /Standard for PCI. ■ Matrox Meteor -II /Standard for[...]

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    34 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation Conne ctin g a video input to Meteor-II /Standard for PCI or Co mpactP CI Y ou can c onnect vi deo sources to M at rox Meteor -II /S tandard’ s video input con nector , us ing the opti onal DBHD44-TO-13BNC cable. Th is cable has thir teen BNC connec tors and a 44-pin high-densi t y D-Su bmini a ture plug. The [...]

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    Connecting ext ern al devices 35 *OP TOTRI G- is usu ally co nnected to the ground o f the trigger sour ce. Conn ect the suppl i ed BNC-TO SVHS adaptor cables to the DBHD44-TO-13 BNC cable fo r Y/C input. The PCI form factor suppo rts up to six Y/C so urces, and the Com pactP CI fo rm fac tor suppor ts up t o three. The ca ble is c olor co ded as f[...]

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    36 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation Con necting Matrox Meteor -II /St andard to the auxiliary p ower su pply inpu t T o use Matrox Met eor- II /Standard to power your camera: 1 . Use the 4-pin po wer c able to con nec t the auxil iary power supply c onnector to the pow er supply in the computer . 2. En sure tha t the j u mper is a cross th e appro[...]

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    Connecting ext ern al devices 37 ■ Exp ansio n modul e in t er fa c e . U sed to conn ec t to the optio n al Matrox Meteor -II MJPEG module (for i mage com p re ss ion a nd d e co m p re ss i o n) . Connecting a video input (Co m pactP C I) Y ou can connec t video s ources t o Matrox Meteor -II / Standard’ s video input c on necto r CompactPCI [...]

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    38 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation ■ Auxi liary power s upply i nput. Used to route power fr om your computer through the Mat r ox Meteor -II board to you r came ra. ■ Exp a n sion modu le in terfa ce. Used to c on nect the opt ional Matrox M eteo r-II MJPEG modul e (for image compression a nd dec o m p re ssi on) . Con ne cting a video in pu[...]

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    Connecting ext ern al devices 39 *OP TOTRI G- is usu ally co nnected to the ground o f the trigger sour ce. Conne cting M atr o x Mete or-II /Multi-C hann el to other boards The VM C han nel inte r f ace allo ws th e trans fer of data to other Matrox bo ards. Ins ert a VMC hannel ba ckplane ( a vailable with inter conn e ct kits) acro ss the VMC h [...]

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    40 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation ■ PC/104 (ISA) c o n n ecto r s . T wo inter face connect ors to send da ta a cros s the ISA bus. ■ E x pa nsi on m odu l e in te rfa ce. Thre e co nnect ors u sed t o attach to th e option al Matrox Meteor -II M JPEG modu le (f or i m a ge co m p re ss io n and d ec o m pre ss ion) ; lo ca te d o n th e sol[...]

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    Connecting ext ern al devices 41 ■ Di gi tal Vid eo i np ut . Used to r eceive digita l vid e o, a s we ll as send and rec eive sync hro nizat ion signals. ■ Tr i g g e r i n p u t . A c o nn ecto r for di rect tri g ger i np u t in TTL or op to- is ola te d for ma t. ■ RS-232 in put co n nec tor . U sed as a s tandard RS - 2 32 serial po rt [...]

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    42 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation Matrox Meteor-II /1394 M atrox M eteor -II /1394 h as four con nectors, w hich are indicat ed in t he di a gram bel ow . Th r ee of these c onnector s are located on its bracket , and a r e discussed in detail i n Appen d ix E. ■ 1394 ports. Used to provide bi-direc tional seri al communication a nd power . Ea[...]

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    Connecting ext ern al devices 43 Conne cting M a trox Me teor-II /139 4 to the aux iliary power supply input T o use Matrox Mete or-II /1394 to power your device : 1. Us e the 4-pin power cable to co nnect the aux ili ar y power supply co nnector to the pow er supply in the c omputer . 2. Con nect y o u r ca mera’ s 1394 ca ble to one of t he b o[...]

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    44 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation[...]

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    Chapt er 3 : Installing so f t ware Thi s chapter expl a ins how t o install the Matrox Me teor-II sof tw ar e.[...]

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    46 Chapter 3: I nstalling software Installing the sof twar e T o ins tall any Ma tr ox ima ging so ftwar e, p lace its C D in th e appropri at e dr i ve; th e set up.e xe file will ru n auto m at ical ly . Wh ile insta lling the sof tware, you wi ll be asked to pr ovide the follo wing inform ation: ■ Th e drive and dire ct ory in wh ich to instal[...]

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    Chapter 4: Using multiple Matrox Met eo r - II bo ards Thi s chapter expl a ins how to us e multi ple Matrox Meteor-II boards.[...]

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    48 Chapter 4: Using multiple M atrox Meteor-II b oards Using multiple Matrox Me teor-II boa rd s This s ec t io n describes how to u s e multi ple Matrox Meteor -II boa rds. Wh en a g rab buffer is s e lected for displa y , g rabbed images ar e displa y ed on t he VGA, liv e or pse u do-live, depending on the o perating compu ter and t he pos i tio[...]

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    Multiple bo a rd insta lla t ion 49 In sta lli ng m ult i ple PC/104-Pl us mod ules Y ou c an stack a m aximum of four P C/104 -P lus modules, s how n in the diagr am bel o w . N ote t hat if yo u hav e PC/1 04 modu les in you r comput er , they must be placed a t the t op of th e stack. In addi tion, you must s et the rotary s wi tch of each PC/10[...]

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    50 Chapter 4: Using multiple M atrox Meteor-II b oards If you are in stalling an addit i onal Matrox Meteor -II board on M atrox 4 Sigh t, th e mod ule alr eady i nsta lled ha s the settin g fixed at 0; ther efore, th e settin g of the addi tion al module mu st b e at a setting ot her th an 0 or 4. Grab bin g simult aneo usly f ro m differ en t boa[...]

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    Gr abbing simul taneo u sly from d iff erent board s 51 PCI band widt h requirements Matrox Me teor-II /Stan dard, /M ulti-Chan nel, and / Digit al hav e a low susc eptibility to P CI b us laten cy due to 4 Mb ytes o f SGRAM. In addition , sustaine d PCI-transf ers to memo ry requ i re t he use o f a high pe rformance P CI core- l ogic c hipset, su[...]

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    52 Chapter 4: Using multiple M atrox Meteor-II b oards[...]

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    Ch apte r 5: Mat r ox Me teor -II hardw are ref e r e nce Thi s chapter expl a ins the ar chitec ture of t he Matr ox Meteo r - II hardware, as w ell as the avail able features and mod e s.[...]

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    54 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Matr o x Met eor- II hard ware re f erenc e Th is ch ap ter pro vide s in for matio n on th e arch itectu re , operatin g modes, and support ed features of the Matrox Me teor-II bo a rds. For a su mmary of t he inf ormatio n given in t his c hapter and deta iled spec ificat ions of connec tors a[...]

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    Matr ox Met eor-I I /St andard grab s ecti on 55 Perfor mance The video tim in g p aram ete r s sup p ort ed by the Ma tro x Meteor -II / S tandard board a r e as follows: Input channels Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for P CI and PC/104 -P lu s can swi tch between up to twel ve independen t composit e or six Y/C video s ources. Matrox Meteor -II /Stan[...]

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    56 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce R GB 8:8: 8 (24-bi t), RGB 5:6:5, YUV 4:2:2, and YUV 4: 1:1 o utput pixe l formats. Note that Y UV 4:2:2 o utput pixel formats ar e grab bed as YU YV . The vide o de code r on a ll form fact ors a lso f eatu res au toma t ic gain control (AGC) . Howe v er , you can disabl e this feat ur e (MIL-L[...]

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    Matr ox Met eor-I I /St andard grab s ecti on 57 T rigger signals c o n nected to the OPTOT RIG- and OPTO T RIG + inpu t pins, pass throu g h an opto-co upler , a d ev i ce th at pr otects the b oard from outside su r ges; OPT O TRIG- is u sually con n ected to the grou nd of the t rigger source. T h e vol t age difference acro ss OPT OT RIG+ and O[...]

  • Page 58

    58 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Matr ox Meteor-II /Mul t i- Channel gr ab s ection The grab section of t h e M atrox Meteor -II / Mu lt i-Ch an nel boar d captures monochrome o r component -RG B video signals from sta n dar d and non -stan dard camer as. S ix monoch rome or t wo R G B ca m e r as can be a tta c he d . . VIA LU[...]

  • Page 59

    Matrox Meteor-II /Mul ti- Channel grab secti on 59 Perfor mance T h e vide o timing par ameters ( including those f or progr es sive scan) su pport e d by th e Matrox Meteor-I I /Mu lt i-Cha n nel board are as follow s: Note that th e maximum n umber of p ixels pe r lin e that M IL supp orts i s: Input channels The Matrox Meteor-II /Multi -Ch a nne[...]

  • Page 60

    60 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Y ou ca n chang e th e ga in valu e using the M IL-L ite MdigC ontrol() co m m a n d . T he sup p o rt ed gai n fa ctor s are as follo ws: T riple A/D converter A triple A/D conver ter with e xternal ref erence genera tion and sync slicin g is used for compon ent RGB digiti zati on . The conv er[...]

  • Page 61

    Matrox Meteor-II /Mul ti- Channel grab secti on 61 ■ The o n-boa rd crystal oscillato r . ■ The ho rizon t al video sy nchr on izati on s i gna l s upplied by t h e video so urce (li ne- l o ck e d mode ). When in lin e-locked mo de and ac ce ptin g a co mpos ite video si g nal , the PLL can sync hronize to eith er se rrated or block verti cal [...]

  • Page 62

    62 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce T rigger Matrox M eteor -II /Multi-Channel accepts an ext e rnal trigger inp ut w hich allows im age ac quisition to be s ynchronize d to external ev ents. The boar d c an o perate in one of tw o modes, and the se lecte d m ode is spe cifie d by the DC F . Matrox M eteo r -II /Multi -Channel can[...]

  • Page 63

    Matrox Meteor-II /Mul ti- Channel grab secti on 63 opto- iso lat ed tri gg er T rigger signals connected to t he OPTOTRIG- an d OPTOTRIG+ inpu t pins, pass throu g h an opto-co upler , a d ev i ce th at pr otects the b oard from outside su r ges; OPT O TRIG- is u sually con n ected to the grou nd of the t rigger source. T h e vol t age difference a[...]

  • Page 64

    64 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Using the auxiliary power supply Matrox M eteo r -II /Multi -Channel can supply power t o your camera. Use the 4 -pin power cable prov ided with your bo a rd t o connect t o the pow er suppl y of yo u r computer . Th e operati n g voltag e can b e se t to either 5 V or 12 V , but t he c urre nt [...]

  • Page 65

    Matrox Meteor-II /Digital grab section 65 . Perfor mance The video tim in g p aram ete r s sup p ort ed by the Ma tro x Meteor -II / Digi t al board a r e as follows: VIA VMChannel PSG UART 32 32 32 LUT 4 256x8-bit or 2 4Kx16-bit RS-232 Drivers and Receivers RX TX /RTS /CTS RS-422/ L VDS* Receiver TTL Buffers Data RS-422 Drivers & Receivers / L[...]

  • Page 66

    66 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce UART Matrox M eteor -II /Digital features a Un iversal Asynchronous R eceiver/T r ans mitter (UART ) that provides an RS-232 serial inte r fa ce. Fo r examp le , this allo ws remot e camera configur a ti on , a moti on co ntro l unit , or of a program log ic cont roller ( PLC). The UART is pr og[...]

  • Page 67

    Matrox Meteor-II /Digital grab section 67 Au xi liary Seve n ge ne r al p urpo se aux iliary sig nals are suppo rted : four RS-422 or L VDS u ser signa ls (two input, tw o output), and three TTL ou tput sig nals. Thes e are avail able for control l in g extern a l device s, suc h as a stro be ligh t. User sign als are p rogr a mm e d us ing the M I[...]

  • Page 68

    68 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Ma tr ox Met eor - II /13 94 M atrox M eteor -II /1394 is capable o f acting as bu s manage r (cycle master ), i so ch ronou s resou rc e mana ge r , an d node controll er ("root "). T he cycle ma ster tri ggers the da ta signal at 125-mic r os econd interv als. The isoc h r onous reso[...]

  • Page 69

    Matrox M et eor-II /1394 69 Phys ical La yer The ph ysic al laye r (PH Y) is part of a bi-d irec tio nal in terfac e between the link layer (Link) an d the actual IEEE 1394 ser ial bus. The physic al laye r acts as a conve rter , reformat ting the comma nds a nd d igital data it r eceives, so t hat th e data can be tr ansmitted ov er the serial b u[...]

  • Page 70

    70 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Data i nter f a ces Video Inter face ASIC Wit h the exception of M eteo r-II /1394, all Meteor-II boards have a VIA, w hich acts mainly as a bridge to th e PC I bus. The VIA is capa ble of hig h-speed imag e transfer s to Ho s t memory o r oth e r P C I devic e s acr o ss the PC I bus. It us es [...]

  • Page 71

    Ma tr o x Me t eor- I I MJPE G Modul e 71 VMChannel Matrox M eteor -II provides a 32-bit n o n -bus controll er VMChann e l in terface for a secondar y or additional hi gh-speed con n ection between on-boa rd and ex ternal devi c es. O n a 68-wire r ibbon cable system, the VMCh annel run s at 25 MH z for 100 Mbyte s/sec peak transfer rat e s . On a[...]

  • Page 72

    72 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Th e Ma trox Me te o r-II MJ PEG modu le sup por ts lo ssy com pression o f RGB 8:8:8 an d YUV 4:2:2 standar d vide o , in co ntinuou s mo d e. The modu le also sup port s lossy and lossle ss co m p re ss io n of 8- bi t m o no ch rom e im a ge s. ❖ 10- and 12-bit loss les s comp ress io n is [...]

  • Page 73

    Ma tr o x Me t eor- I I MJPE G Modul e 73 JPEG P rocess or Duri ng compres s ion, the JPEG Processor receives the 8 x 8 p i xel b loc ks and c ompresses them accor ding the JPEG stand ard . Both los sy and lo ssl ess form ats ar e su ppor te d . During deco mpress ion, t he JPE G Proc essor de compr esses th e data, and tran sfers the 8 x 8 pixel b[...]

  • Page 74

    74 Chapter 5: M atrox Meteor-II hardware ref e ren ce Decoding During dec ompre ssion, the data e nters t hrough the memo ry port on the MJPEG FPGA chip, and passes thro ugh the JPEG processo r , the Color Space Converter , and finally ex it s through the M at ro x Meteor-II grab port. ❖ Due to a hard war e limit atio n, the MJP E G mo d ule on t[...]

  • Page 75

    Appe ndix A: T r ouble s hoot ing Thi s appendix gi ves sugges tions to h elp you resolve potent i al problems. If your pr ob lem i s not address ed here, contac t your l ocal Ma tr ox represent ative, Ma trox Sales Off ice, or th e Mat rox Imaging C ustomer Support Group.[...]

  • Page 76

    76 Appendi x A: Tr oublesh ootin g T roubles hooting If you have pro blems us ing your Ma trox Me teor-II boar d , please try th e followin g: ■ Check f or disc onnect ed power c ords. ■ Re ad th e Common prob le ms and so lutions section in this chap ter . If y o u r pr o b le m is not add res s ed in t his cha pte r or i f the sol ut ions su [...]

  • Page 77

    Common prob lems and s olutio ns 7 7 If th e St art up colu mn re ads Automatic , and th e Sta tus colum n is blank, th e drive r can be s tar ted by click ing the Sta rt button. ❐ When th e board fa ils to start un der W indo ws 98, t he driver is probably not installed. Check for a M et eor-II devi ce in the W in dow s Devic e Mana ger pr opert[...]

  • Page 78

    78 Appendi x A: Tr oublesh ootin g If the ab ov e so lu tion do es not wo rk, tr y th e fol lowi ng to dete r m ine if the re is an IR Q con flict. ❐ Und e r Wind ow s N T , go to W in d o ws NT Di ag no s ti c s prope rty sheet (found u n der Star t Programs Admi n i strative T ools (Common) . Und er th e R esour ces tab, c heck for d evices tha[...]

  • Page 79

    Common prob lems and s olutio ns 7 9 ☛ IRQ con flicts In gene ra l, PC I devic e s can shar e an interr up t lin e (IR Q) . Howev er , some tim e s th is m igh t no t be po ssib l e; for ex am pl e, comp le x PC I device s, or bu s m a ster d evic es should no t sh are an IRQ. The typ es of diffic ulties that yo u might run i nto are as follow s:[...]

  • Page 80

    80 Appendi x A: Tr oublesh ootin g ■ Un der Windo w s NT , go to W indo w s NT Di ag no sti c s property sheet (found u nder Start P rograms Administra tive T o ols ( C o mmo n ) . Un d e r th e Reso ur ces tab, check for dev ices tha t are s haring an I RQ w ith y o ur M atrox frame grabber . ■ Un d e r Window s 98, right -click o n My Com p u[...]

  • Page 81

    Appendix B: T e c hnica l infor mation Mat r ox Mete or -II /S tanda rd Thi s appendix cont ains inf or mation tha t might be useful when i nstalli ng your Matrox Mete or-II /S tand ard b oard.[...]

  • Page 82

    82 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Standard T ec hnical inform a tion Th is appe ndix co ntains in form ation that m ight be useful w hen insta lling y our Ma trox Meteo r-II /Standard board. General information ■ O pe rati ng syste m : See yo ur softw a re ma n ual f or sup p ort ed ver sio ns o f W ind ows . ■ Syst em requ[...]

  • Page 83

    Board input and output connectors 83 ❐ Features an RS-232 port. ❐ Featur e s 32-b it bus-co ntroller VMCh annel in terface. B oar d i nput and ou tput co nnec tor s PCI form fact o r Matrox Meteor-II /Standard PCI f orm factor has six in terfac e conne ctor s: a VMC ha nne l, an aux iliar y p owe r sup ply inp u t, a video i nput , two conne ct[...]

  • Page 84

    84 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Standard Compact PCI for m fact or Matrox M eteo r-II /Standard CompactPCI form facto r has five interf ace c onnectors: a vide o input, a BNC, t wo con nec t ors for an expan s ion mo dule, a nd a Compact PCI connector . PC/104-Pl us for m fa c tor Matrox Meteor -II for the PC/104 -Plus form f[...]

  • Page 85

    Board input and output connectors 85 Video input connector on Matrox Meteor-II for PCI and CompactPCI The vid eo inpu t conn ector is a high den sit y DB -44 fema le connec tor on the P CI and CompactPCI for m factors. Its pinout is s hown be l ow . Note t he Form Factor c olumn spec ifies t he boar d which s u pports t h at par ticular pin out. pi[...]

  • Page 86

    86 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Standard Us e Matrox ca ble DBHD 44-T O-13BNC to inter f ace with this connector . The cable h as thir teen BNC con n ectors, and a high -density 44-pin D-Subm iniatur e male c onnecto r . This cable a llows yo u to attac h up to twelve ana log vide o sou rces, and a trig ger inpu t. A n open -[...]

  • Page 87

    Board input and output connectors 87 Video input connector on Matr ox Meteor-II /Standard for PC/104-Plus The v ideo in pu t con nector on the Meteor -II /St an dard fo r PC/104 -P lus is lo cat ed o n th e top si de o f t he b oa rd. It s pi no ut is as follow s: 1 2 29 30 Pin Sig na l I/O De scri pti on 2 VID_I N1 I An a l og V ideo Inp ut #1 or [...]

  • Page 88

    88 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Standard Th e matin g connec tor inclu ded with the b o a rd is a 30-pin male , 0 .05 0 pitc h ri ght angl e co nn ecto r . P a rts for ca ble s ca n be purchased fr om: Th is conn e cto r interf aces wit h a ribbo n cable, 0 .025 in ch pitch (0.635 m m) , A W G #30 (solid wir e). VMChannel int[...]

  • Page 89

    Board input and output connectors 89 2 N/C * 36 DGN D 3 BSN [0 ] 37 BSN[ 1] 4 DGND 38 SNRD Y N 5 CONT ROL 39 DGN D 6 N/C 40 DGND 7 CLK 41 DGND 8 VMSENSE 42 DGN D 9 MASK0 43 MASK 1 10 DGND 44 DAT A[0] 11 DAT A[1 ] 45 DGN D 12 DAT A[2 ] 46 DAT A[3] 13 DGND 47 DAT A[4] 14 DAT A[5 ] 48 DGN D 15 DAT A[6 ] 49 DAT A[7] 16 DGND 50 DAT A[8] 17 DAT A[9 ] 51 [...]

  • Page 90

    90 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Standard * N/C = N ot co nn ecte d. T his mean s that th e pin mig ht be defined a s part of the VMChannel interface standard b ut i t is not used o n the M at ro x Meteor-II /St andard board. BNC connector The BNC con nector provides a single co mpos ite i nput to the Matrox Meteor-II /Standar[...]

  • Page 91

    Board input and output connectors 91 The p inout o f the auxilia ry po wer sup ply in put connecto r is as follow s: For custome rs bu i ldi ng their own cable, the part number of t h e cam er a s uppl y co nne ct or i s a s fol low s: Auxiliary power supply selection The f ollowing d iagra m sho ws the location of th e auxiliar y p o w er suppl y [...]

  • Page 92

    92 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Standard As shown in the table b elow , place t h e j u mper a c r os s pin s 1 and 2 for a +5 V supp ly output and across pin s 2 and 3 for a +1 2 V supply ou t put. B y defau lt, auxilia ry power su p ply is str a pp ed fo r +5 V (pins 1- 2) . Spe cifications Electrical Environmental ■ M in[...]

  • Page 93

    Appendix C: T echnical information M a tr ox Meteo r-II /Multi-Channel Thi s appendix cont ains inf or mation tha t might be useful when i nstalli ng your Matrox Mete or-II /Mult i-Channel board.[...]

  • Page 94

    94 Appendix C: Technica l information Matrox M eteor-II /Multi-Channel T ec hnical inform a tion Th is appe ndix co ntains in form ation that m ight be useful w hen insta lling y our Matrox Meteor-II /Mul ti-Channel bo ard. Global information ■ O pe rati ng syste m : See yo ur softw a re ma n ual f or sup p ort ed ver sio ns o f W ind ows . ■ S[...]

  • Page 95

    Board input and output connectors 95 ❐ Features strap-selectable 5 or 12 V DC outpu t (PCI form fact or only). ❐ Featur es 32-bit bus-c o ntrolle r VM Channel inte r face. B oar d i nput and ou tput co nnec tor s The Matrox Meteor -II /Multi-Channel PCI form factor has six inter face connect ors: a VMC hann el, an aux iliary powe r supply inpu [...]

  • Page 96

    96 Appendix C: Technica l information Matrox M eteor-II /Multi-Channel PC/104-Pl us for m fa c tor Matrox Meteor -II for the PC/104 -Plus form f actor (stand alone version) has five interf a c e conne ctor s : video inpu t, two conne ctor s for the e x p a ns ion modu l e, a PC/104 -Plus (PCI) conn ector , and PC/104 (ISA) connector . Video input c[...]

  • Page 97

    Board input and output connectors 97 Use Ma trox c able DBH D44-TO-8BNC to interface with t his con n ector . It has eight BNC connector s and a high-dens i ty 44-pin D-Subm iniatur e mal e con nector . This c able allows yo u to attach u p to six video sou rces, an anal o g sync, and a trigge r input . An open-en ded ver sion of thi s cable, t he [...]

  • Page 98

    98 Appendix C: Technica l information Matrox M eteor-II /Multi-Channel Video input connector on the Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PC/104- Plus The video i nput c onnector on the Meteor -II / Multi -Channel for PC/ 104 -Plus is located on the top s ide of t he board. I t s pinout is a s follo ws: Pin S ignal I/ O Descr ipt ion 2V I D 1 _ I N 1 I RED [...]

  • Page 99

    Board input and output connectors 99 The connec to r used is a 30-pin m ale , 0.050 pitc h rig ht angle con n ector . For customers plannin g to bui ld thei r own cab les, part s c an be pu rc hased fro m: This connector interfac e s with a ribbon c ab le, 0.02 5 inch pitc h (0.635 mm), A WG #30 (s o lid wi re). VMChannel interface connector The VM[...]

  • Page 100

    100 Appendix C: Technical information Matro x M eteor-II /Mul t i-Channel Spe cifications Electrical Environmental ■ M in./ max. amb ient oper atin g tem peratu re: 0°C - 55° C. ■ M in./max. storage tempe rature: -40° C - 75° C. ■ M ax. altitu d e for operation : 3000 meters . ■ M ax. altitu d e for transpo r t: 1200 0 meter s. ■ Op e[...]

  • Page 101

    Appendix D: T echnical infor mation Mat r ox Mete or -II /D igita l Thi s appendix cont ains inf or mation tha t might be useful when i nstalli ng your Matrox Mete or-II /Digi tal boar d.[...]

  • Page 102

    102 Appendix D: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Digital T ec hnical inform a tion Th is appe ndix co ntains in form ation that m ight be useful w hen insta lling y our Ma trox Meteo r-II /Digital board. Global information ■ O pe rati ng syste m : See yo ur softw a re ma n ual f or sup p ort ed ver sio ns o f W ind ows 1 . ■ Syst em requ[...]

  • Page 103

    Board input and output connectors 103 ❐ Features 4 Mbytes of SGRAM. ❐ Featur es 32-bit bus-c o ntrolle r VM Channel inte r face. B oar d i nput and ou tput co nnec tor s Matrox M eteor -II digital h as four us er connectors: a VMChann el, a trigge r inpu t, a RS-232 input, and a digital inter face. VMChannel RS-232 Video input T rigger input[...]

  • Page 104

    104 Appendix D: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Digital Digital inter face connector Th e digi tal inte r face conn e ctor has 100 p ins. Th e pin outs ar e a s follow s: PIN S IGNAL PI N SIGNAL 1 DAT A, IN PUT, 0+ 51 DATA, INPUT , 16+ 2 DAT A, IN PUT, 0- 52 DATA, INPUT , 16- 3 DAT A, IN PUT, 1+ 53 DATA, INPUT , 17+ 4 DAT A, IN PUT, 1- 54 D[...]

  • Page 105

    Board input and output connectors 105 Custo mi ze th e open-ended Matrox DBHD1 00- TO-OPEN input cab l e t o interfa ce wit h t he c onnector on y o ur video source. For cu stomer s planni ng to build thei r own cabl e, part s can be pu rc has e d f ro m: If you are bu ilding y our o wn cable , ensur e that it is a twiste d -pair type c able which [...]

  • Page 106

    106 Appendix D: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Digital RS-232 input connector Th e RS -232 signals are r outed through a 9-pin male conn ector on th e second mount ing bracket, to a 10-pin RS-232 con nector on the board (see the ins tallat ion diagr am in Chapter 2). The pi no ut s of t he 9 -pi n DB9 m al e co nnect or ar e as fol low s: [...]

  • Page 107

    Board input and output connectors 107 VMChannel interface connector The VM Channel int er face allows Matrox Meteor -II to sh a re data with any Mat rox imagi ng bo ar d that has a VMCh ann el inte rf ace capa ble of perf or ming th e bu s co ntro lle r fu ncti on. A VMCha nnel back pl ane (availab le with th e GEN -B US/ . .. in terc onnec t kit s[...]

  • Page 108

    108 Appendix D: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Digital By default, a ll j umpers are i n pl ace. If more th an on e l oad ( for example, two lin e-locked cameras ) are to be con n ected t o the TRIG, VSYNC, HSYNC, or CLKIN, th e c or r esponding j u mpers sh ould be r emo ved . Spe cifications Electrical Operating volt age and curr ent: ?[...]

  • Page 109

    Appendix E: T echnical infor mation Mat r ox Mete or -II /1 394 Thi s appendix cont ains inf or mation tha t might be useful when i nstalli ng your Matrox Mete or-II /13 9 4 board.[...]

  • Page 110

    110 Appendix E: Technical in f ormation Matrox Meteor-II /1394 T ec hnical inform a tion Th is appe ndix co ntains in form ation that m ight be useful w hen insta lling y our Ma trox Meteo r-II /1394. Global information ■ O perati ng sy stems: See your so ftwa re m anual fo r su pporte d ver sio ns o f W ind ows . ■ Syst em requir emen ts: A co[...]

  • Page 111

    Board input and output connectors 111 B oar d i nput and ou tput co nnec tor s Matrox M eteor -II /1394 has four interface con nectors: t hree 1394 p o rts an d an auxili ar y powe r sup ply inpu t: IEEE 1394 ports Each IEEE 1394 port is a 6-pin c onnector . Its pin o ut is as follow s: 1394 ports PCI connector Auxiliary power supply input Pin S ig[...]

  • Page 112

    112 Appendix E: Technical in f ormation Matrox Meteor-II /1394 Auxiliary power supply input Th e au xilia ry po we r su pp ly inpu t is a standar d 4-pin male co nnector . Us e th e cable prov ided with yo ur board to conn ect to the power supply of your computer . Th e pin ou t of the aux iliar y p owe r su pply input is as f ollo ws : The part nu[...]

  • Page 113

    Specif i cati on s 113 Specific ations Electrical Operat ing vo lt age and curren t: ■ 5 V ±5% , 25 0 mA ■ 12 V ±10%, 50 mA P o we r cons umpti on: ■ 7.36 w atts 1 Envir onmental ■ Min./m ax. am bient o peratin g te mp eratu re: 0°C - 55° C. ■ Min./max. storage temperat ure: -40° C - 75° C. ■ Max. altitu de for operation : 3000 me[...]

  • Page 114

    114 Appendix E: Technical in f ormation Matrox Meteor-II /1394[...]

  • Page 115

    Appendix F: L isting of Matr ox Mete or -II Bo ard s Thi s ap pe nd i x lists s p e c i fic versi ons and r evision s of Matr ox Meteor - II boards, incl uding th e MJPEG modu le.[...]

  • Page 116

    116 Appendix F: Listing of M a trox Meteor-II Bo ard s Ma tr ox Met eor - II boar ds Boar d V ersi on D escri pti on PCI f orm f ac t or Matro x Meteor -II /Sta n d ard P C I 750-0 0 rev . A Ori ginal v ersion. 750-01 rev . A No functional chang e. 750-02 rev . A Added exp ans io n conn ector s, moved up f rom 4 t o 7 in p uts . 750-02 rev . B No f[...]

  • Page 117

    Matrox Meteor-II boards 117 *This r evision is s upported on Mat r ox Meteor -II /Standard revisions 885-00 r e v . A to 885-0001 r ev . A. This revision i s supported on Matrox Meteor -II /Multi-Channe l for revisions 886-00 rev . A a nd 886-00 rev . B. **This revision i s support ed on Matrox Meteor -II /Standard for revision s 885-01 rev . A and[...]

  • Page 118

    118 Appendix F: Listing of M a trox Meteor-II Bo ard s[...]

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    Appe ndix G: Glos sary Thi s appendix def ines some of t he speciali zed terms used in this Ma trox Mete or-II docume nt.[...]

  • Page 120

    120 Appendix G: Glossary ■ ASIC Application- spe cifi c in te grate d cir cuit . An int eg rat ed c irc uit custom-made to meet the requi reme nts of a spec if ic a pp lication . It int egrates several digit al and/ o r analo g fu nctions into a single die . This results in a redu ction in cost, board ar ea, and pow er con s umption , while impro[...]

  • Page 121

    121 ■ Colo r space A col or spac e is a wa y of representin g and descr ibing the com ple te ran ge of p erc eived colo rs. A num ber o f c olor sp ac e s have been develope d. Common color spac es are RG B and HSL. Both describ e t he same range of perceiv able co lo rs . ■ Com posit e sy nc A syn chronizatio n signal made up of two componen t[...]

  • Page 122

    122 Appendix G: Glossary ■ Fr ame A single im ag e grabbe d fro m a video came r a. ■ Frame bu ff er A frame buffer is a dedicated s torage area often used for data transfer s betwee n devic es of differi ng spee ds . Fo r example, since a computer sends out data faster than a screen can di splay it, the data is temp orarily stor ed in the fram[...]

  • Page 123

    123 ■ Li ve p roc essi ng See r e al-t ime pr oc es s ing . ■ LUT mapping Loo k- u p ta bl e ma ppi n g . A poi nt-to-poin t oper ation that uses a table t o define a replacem e nt value for each p ossible p ixel value in an i mage. ■ LV D S Low-V olt age Differentia l Signalin g . It is a w a y to comm unica te data usin g a v ery low vo lta[...]

  • Page 124

    124 Appendix G: Glossary ■ Real -ti m e pr ocess ing Th e proce ssing of an im age as quickly as th e ne xt image is gra bbed. A lso kn own as live pr oces sin g . ■ Referen ce levels The zer o and full- s cale lev els of a n analog-t o-digital conv erter . V oltages below a blac k refe renc e le vel are c onverted to a zero pixel v alue; volta[...]

  • Page 125

    125 ■ VIA Vi d e o I n t e r f a c e A S I C . A custom A SIC that conne c ts all the data bu ses on the b oard (th e grab, VM Channel, an d PCI bus) to one anothe r , and direc ts and moni tors data fl ow "traffi c ". It is a v ide o interf a ce that p r ovi des vario u s w ays of in p u tt in g and outpu tting dat a. ■ VMCh anne l V[...]

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    126 Appendix G: Glossary[...]

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    Index A acqu is ition featu res /13 94 68 /Dig ital 64 /Mu lti- Chann el 58 /Sta nda rd 54 autom atic ga in con tro l /Mu lti- Chann el 59 /Sta nda rd 56 auxilia ry pow er s upp ly /13 94 43 , 112 /Mu lti- Chann el 39 , 64 , 99 /Sta nda rd 36 , 57 , 90 – 92 C cam era s genlocked 50 gr abbing i mages 50 multi-tap 70 n u mber of ca m era s per b oa[...]

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    H har dw are co nnecti ng ext ern al devi ces 33 PCI slot 18 , 77 re feren ce 54 he a t si nk 25 , 48 I insta llat ion CompactP CI form fa c tor 27 MJPE G module PC/10 4-Plus 32 PCI and C ompactPCI 31 mu ltipl e boar ds PC/10 4-Plus 49 PCI and C ompact PCI 48 ov ervi ew 21 PC/1 04-Plus form fa ctor 29 PCI form fact or 24 software 46 IRQ c onf li ct[...]

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    S SGR A M Matrox Meteor-I I board s 16 slave mode 61 specifi catio ns elect rica l /1394 113 /Digi tal 108 /M ulti- Chann el 10 0 /Sta ndar d 92 envi ron menta l /1394 113 /Digi tal 108 , 113 /M ulti- Chann el 10 0 /Sta ndar d 92 tech nica l /Digi tal 102 , 110 /M ulti- Chann el 94 /Sta ndar d 82 sy nchron izat ion 61 T te chni cal i nfor mat ion /[...]

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    Customer support Note: Th e mo st up-to- date telep h one numbers a r e avail a bl e from the Matr ox internet web site. If you hav e a ques t i on th at is no t an s wered i n y ou r man ual, in the releas e n ote s, or in the rea dme files o n the s oftw are CD s, co ntact your loca l repres entati ve, y our re gional M atro x office (if applicab[...]

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    Wa r r a n t y This pr oduct is w arranted ag ainst d efects in materi als and wor k manship for a pe riod of one year fro m date of delivery . W e will rep air or replac e products that prove to be defective dur ing t he w arr anty perio d pr ovided the y ar e re turned , at the u ser ’ s ex pense , to Matrox El ect ronic S ystem s Li mit ed. N [...]

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    Produc t Assis t ance Req uest For m Name: Company: Address: Phone : Fax: E-ma il: Ha rdw are Spe ci f ic Inf o rm a tio n Computer: CPU: System me mory: PCI Chips et: Syste m BI OS re v: V ideo card used: Resoluti on : Network Card: Network Soft ware: Ot her ca rds in sy stem : Sof twa re Sp ecifi c Infor m ati on Oper atin g syst em: Rev : Matrox[...]

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    Regu latory Comp lianc e FC C Com pliance Stat ement Wa r n i n g Changes or modificati on s to this unit not expressl y approved b y the party respons ib le for the c ompliance c ou ld voi d the user ’s autho r ity t o operate t his equipment . Note Thi s dev ice com p lies with Part 15 of FCC Rule s. Oper ation is su bjec t to the follo win g t[...]

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    EC De clara tio n of Co nfor mit y WA R N I N G : This is a class A prod uc t. In a domes tic enviro nme n t this product may cause radio inter fer ence in w h ic h case the us er may be requir ed to t ak e adequ ate meas ures A VERT ISSEME NT : C et ap pare il est d e la c lass e A . L ors que ce t app arei l e st utilisé d ans u n envir onn ment[...]