Matrox Electronic Systems manual Connecting a video input to Meteor-II /Multi-Channel

38Chapter 2: Hardware installation

■Auxiliary power supply input. Used to route power from your computer through the Matrox Meteor-II board to your camera.

■Expansion module interface. Used to connect the optional Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG module (for image compression and decompression).

	VMChannel
Auxiliary power supply input
	Connector 1 (male) for
Video input	expansion module
	Connector 2 (female) for
	expansion module

Connecting a video input to Meteor-II /Multi-Channel

Connect video sources to Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel’s video input connector, using the optional DBHD44-TO-8BNC cable. This cable has eight BNC connectors and a 44-pin high-density D-Subminiature plug. The wires of the cable are color-coded as follows:

Wires	Signals	Description
RED (1)	VID1_IN1	Analog Video Input1, R
GREEN (2)	VID1_IN2	Analog Video Input2, G
BLUE (3)	VID1_IN3	Analog Video Input3, B
BLACK (4)	SYNC_IN	SYNC input
GREY (5)	OPTOTRIG*	External trigger input
WHITE (6)	VID2_IN1	Analog Video Input4, R
YELLOW (7)	VID2_IN2	Analog Video Input5, G
PURPLE (8)	VID2_IN3	Analog Video input6, B