Matrox Electronic Systems II manual

December 9, 1999

Manual no. 10577-101-0300

Matrox Meteor-II

Installation and Hardware Reference

Contents

Main Page Contents Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Chapter 2: Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter 3: Installing software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 Chapter 4: Using multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards . . 47 Chapter 5: Matrox Meteor-II hardware reference. . . .53 Page Appendix A: Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Page Page Page 10 Chapter 1: Introduction { Matrox Meteor-II boards Aux Matrox Meteor-II /Standard Module Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel 12 Chapter 1: Introduction VIA Host 32-bit PCI bus LUT SGRAM MJPEG Module Matrox Meteor-II /Digital VIA VMChannel PSG UART LUT Matrox Meteor-II /1394 Matrox Meteor-II boards 15 The Meteor-II /1394 can also supply power from your computer through the IEEE 1394 interface. Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module MJPEG Module Data transfer Software Page What you need to get star ted Inspecting the Matrox Meteor-II package Standard package Optional items Handling components Caution Installation overview Page Page Installing Matrox Meteor-II Installing Matrox Meteor-II for PCI Caution MATROX METEOR-II Page Installing Matrox Meteor-II for CompactPCI Page Installing Matrox Meteor-II for PC/104-Plus PC/104 (ISA) Plus Plus Topview Page Installing the Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module MJPEG module Component side MJPEG connector (male) Expansion module connector (female) Connecting external device s Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for PCI Connecting a video input to Meteor-II /Standard for PCI or CompactPCI Connecting Matrox Meteor-II /Standard to other boards Connecting Matrox Meteor-II /Standard to the auxiliary power supply input Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for CompactPCI Connecting a video input (CompactPCI) Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PCI Connecting a video input to Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Connecting Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel to other boards Connecting Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel to the auxiliary power supply input Matrox Meteor-II /Standard and /Multi-Channel for PC/104-Plus Connecting a video input to Matrox Meteor-II for PC/104-Plus Matrox Meteor-II /Digital Connecting a video input to Meteor-II /Digital Connecting Matrox Meteor-II /Digital to other boards Matrox Meteor-II /1394 Connecting a device to Meteor-II /1394 Page Page Page Installing the software Note about Matrox Intellicam Page Using multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards Multiple board installation Page Grabbing simultaneously from different boards Page Page Page 54 Chapter 5: Matrox Meteor-II hardware reference { Matrox Meteor-II hardware refe rence Host32-bit PCI bus Matrox Meteor-II /Standard grab section MJPEG Module Input channels Low-pass filter Video decoder Trigger User bits Using the auxiliary power supply 58 Chapter 5: Matrox Meteor-II hardware reference Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel grab section Host 32-bit PCI bus VIA LUT SGRAM Input channels Low-pass filter Gain Triple A/D converter PSG Phase-locked loop General synchronization Trigger Lookup table (LUT) User bits Using the auxiliary power supply Matrox Meteor-II /Digital grab section Matrox Meteor-II /Digital grab section 65 VIA VMChannel PSG UART LUT Host32-bit PCI bus Lookup table (LUT) PSG Control signals Page Matrox Meteor-II /1 394 Page Data interfaces Video Interface ASIC PCI interface VMChannel Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG Module MJPEG Module Page Page Page Troubleshooting Common problems and soluti ons Installation Problems Page Grabbing Problems Problems during application development Contacting Matrox Page General information Page Page Video input connector on Matrox Meteor-II for PCI and CompactPCI Page Board input and output connectors 87 Video input connector on Matrox Meteor-II /Standard for PC/104-Plus Pin Signal I/O Description side view of board top view of board Page BNC connector Auxiliary power supply selection Page Page Technical features: Page Video input connector on the PCI form factor Page Video input connector on the Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PC/104-Plus Auxiliary power supply selection Page Page Page Page Digital interface connector Page RS-232 input connector Trigger input connector Jumpers Page Page Page IEEE 1394 ports References Page Page Page Matrox Meteor-II boards Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Index Page Page Page Customer support Warrant y Product Assistance Request Form Page Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement Warning Note Industry Canada Compliance Statement EC Declaration of Conf ormity