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■Digital Video input . Used to receive digital video, as w ell
as send and receive synchronization signals.
■Trigg er i nput . A connector for direct trigger input in TTL
or opto-isolate d format.
■RS-232 input connector. Used as a standard RS-232 serial
port interface.
■VMChannel. Used to send data to another Matrox board.
Connecting a video input to Meteor-II /Digital
Connect video sources to Matrox Meteor-II /Digital’s video
input connector, using the optional DBHD100-TO-OPEN. This
cable can be customized to fit with the connector on your video
source. See Appendix D for the pinouts, signals, and mating
connector supplier.
Connecting Matrox Meteor-II /Digital to other boards
The VMChannel interface allows the transfer of data to other
Matrox boards. Insert a VMChannel backplane (available wi th
interconnect kits) across the VMChannel interface to connect
the boards. Note that when connecting multiple Matr ox boards,
at least one of the boards you are connecting must be
bus-controller capable. Matrox Meteor-II is not bus-controller
capable.
VMChannel
RS-232
Videoinput
Triggerinput