Matrox Electronic Systems 10760-101-0200 manual Multiple board installation

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26Chapter 4: Using multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards

Installing multiple PCI boards

PCI bandwidth requirements

Multiple board installation

This section describes how to use multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards.

Install each additional Matrox Meteor-II board for PCI as you installed the first board (refer to Chapter 2). In other words, place each additional board in an empty slot. Ensure that the installed boards avoid the CPU heat sink.

Theoretically, you can have as many as 16 Matrox Meteor-II PCI boards installed in your computer at one time; this number is, however, limited by the number of empty slots in your computer and, for simultaneous grabs, by the available bandwidth of your computer (discussed later in this chapter).

Using MIL-Lite, you have to allocate a MIL system for each board and allocate the resources of each MIL system.

Grabbing simultaneously from different boards

You can simultaneously grab images from cameras attached to different Matrox Meteor-II boards; however, the number of cameras from which you can simultaneously grab is determined by the PCI bandwidth available in your computer.

Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link has a low susceptibility to PCI bus latency due to 32 Mbytes of video transfer memory. In addition, sustained PCI-transfers to memory require the use of a high performance PCI core-logic chipset, such as the Intel 820, 840 or 850. If a high performance chipset is used with a Matrox Meteor-II board, you should not have any PCI bandwidth problems when grabbing up to two full-sized color images simultaneously (using two boards). However, grabbing more than two full-sized color images simultaneously might result in PCI bandwidth problems.

As a reference point, grabbing a 640 x 480, 30 fps color image in real time will require a PCI bandwidth of 35 Mbytes/sec when transferring in RGBX (32-bit) mode.

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Contents Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link Page Contents Hardware reference Appendix B Technical information Page Introduction Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link TTLOr Matrox Genesis processor board1 MIL-Lite Matrix/bar code reading, and calibrationAcquisition, transfer, display control, and archiving Processing, analysis, and archivingWhat you need to get started Inspecting the Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link packageTo your computer and all peripherals Installation overview Introduction Hardware Installation Installing Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link Screw Metal Plate BIT PCI Board Slot Hardware installation Connecting external devices VMChannel. Used to send data to another Matrox boardMatrox Meteor-II /Camera Link for PC/104-Plus Connectors pinout Reference manual for pinout informationHardware installation Installing software Installing the software Using multiple Matrox Meteor-II Boards Multiple board installation Grabbing simultaneously from different boardsGrabbing from two Matrox Meteor-II boards Using multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards Hardware reference Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link hardware reference Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link grab sectionLUT Board are as follows MaxIs specified by the DCF Each of the video input Camera Link connectorsSection earlier in this chapter Three waysData interfaces Video Interface AsicPCI interface Hardware reference Appendix a Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Common problems and solutionsNot enough memory to allocate buffer under Windows NT IRQ conflicts Contacting Matrox Appendix a Troubleshooting Appendix B Technical Information Technical information Connector pinouts for Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link for PCI Pinout for the two Camera Link connectors is as follows PIN SignalMedium Configuration Pin Signal Same type and lengthHDT44P Pinout of the 9-pin DB9 female connector is as follows Pin Signal DescriptionTop view of board Dgnd DATA4 DATA5 DATA6 DATA7 DATA8 DATA9 Extender board Specifications Min. of 6.3 mA recommended Max. of 10 mA recommended Environmental Appendix B Technical information Appendix C Glossary Asic DCF See also progressive scanning Also known as non-interlaced. See also interlaced scanning See also horizontal sync Index Uart Industry Canada Compliance Statement Regulatory ComplianceFCC Compliance Statement EU Notice European UnionPage Product support Dorval, Quebec H9P 2T4Page Product Assistance Request Form Describe the problem