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Acquisition features The Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link interface features two Camera Link-compliant video input connectors, and can grab data from Camera Link area or line scan video sources, including one, two, or four tap monochrome sources, and component RGB sources. Both form factors support acquisition from one camera, or simultaneous acquisition from synchronized cameras, either two monochrome, or one monchrome and one RGB. You can also connect and switch (non-simultaneous acquisition) from between two monochrome, two RGB, or one monochrome and one RGB source.
For more detailed information, see the Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link grab section in Chapter 5.
Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link also accepts an external trigger and can operate in either asynchronous reset mode or next valid frame/field mode.
Data transfer
Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link allows the transfer of live video to Host memory or off-board display memory. To prevent loss of data during long bus-access latencies, found in heavily loaded computer systems, Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link features 32 Mbytes of video transfer memory for temporary image storage. The board is also equipped with the Matrox Video Interface ASIC (VIA), which acts as a video-to-PCI bridge.
Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link for PCI form factor also has a VMChannel interface (non-bus controller), which is used to send data to other VM devices found on other Matrox Imaging boards (for example, Matrox Genesis main board
or Matrox Genesis processor board)1.
Software
To operate Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link, you can purchase one or more Matrox Imaging software products that support the Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link board. These are the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) and its derivatives (MIL-Lite, ActiveMIL, ActiveMIL-Lite, and Matrox Inspector). Consult your software manual for supported Windows environments.
1.Since the Matrox Meteor-II boards cannot perform the function of bus controller, they must be connected with at least one board which is bus controller capable; other- wise, VMChannel transfers will not work.
