Matrox Electronic Systems II manual Technical information, General information

82 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II /Standard

Technical information

This appendix contains information that might be useful when installing your Matrox Meteor-II /Standard board.

General information

■Operating system: See your software manual for supported versions of Windows.

■System requirements: A computer with a PCI bus and a Pentium processor or equivalent.

Some older systems use a core logic chipset (interfaces PCI with Host memory) that has limited throughput capabilities. Matrox Meteor-II /Standard might not be able to attain full functionality on such systems. We recommend systems with newer PCI chipsets, such as the Intel 430HX, 430VX, 430TX, 440FX, 440LX, or 440BX. If you need more specific information regarding potential problems, refer to Appendix A - Troubleshooting.

■Technical features:

❐PCI and PC/104-Plusform factors feature twelve software selectable channels, which support up to twelve inputs in either monochrome RS-170/CCIR or composite NTSC/PAL formats, or up to six Y/C video inputs in NTSC/PAL formats.

❐CompactPCI form factor features seven software selectable channels, which support up to seven inputs in either monochrome RS-170/CCIR or composite NTSC/PAL formats, or up to three Y/C video inputs NTSC/PAL formats.

❐Accepts an external trigger input, which can operate in next valid frame/field mode.

❐Features programmable or automatic gain control.

❐Features 4 MBytes of SGRAM.

❐Features Strap-selectable 5 or 12 V DC output (PCI form factor only).