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December 9, 1999 Manual no. 10577-101-0300 Matro x Meteor -II Installation and Hardware R eference.
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.
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 .
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 .
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 . . . .
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 . . . . . . . . . .
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 . . . . . . .
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 .
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..
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 .
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 .
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 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.
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.
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 opt.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 n.
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 ..
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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) .
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) .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
44 Chapter 2: Hard ware installation.
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..
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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.
52 Chapter 4: Using multiple M atrox Meteor-II b oards.
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.
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.
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.
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) .
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.
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.
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 boa.
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 .
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 ).
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 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.
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 .
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 L.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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) .
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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] .
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.
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 upp.
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) .
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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.
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 SIGN.
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.
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).
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.
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 .
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.
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 .
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 .
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 .
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.
114 Appendix E: Technical in f ormation Matrox Meteor-II /1394.
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.
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 .
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 .
118 Appendix F: Listing of M a trox Meteor-II Bo ard s.
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..
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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 .
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.
126 Appendix G: Glossary.
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.
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.
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-.
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