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Matrox Meteor-II
/Multi-Channel
Installation and Hardware Reference
Manual no. 10761-101-0200
October 14, 2003

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  • Page 1 Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Installation and Hardware Reference Manual no. 10761-101-0200 October 14, 2003...
  • Page 2 © Copyright Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd., 2003. All rights reserved. Limitation of Liabilities: In no event will Matrox or its suppliers be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, economic, cover or consequential damages arising out of the use of...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel ........
  • Page 4 Matrox Meteor-II hardware reference........
  • Page 5 Appendix C: Listing of Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Boards 55 Revisions of Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel ......56 Appendix D: Glossary .

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter Introduction Chapter 1: This chapter outlines the key features of the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board.

  • Page 8: Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel

    8 Chapter 1: Introduction Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel is a monochrome and component RGB analog frame grabber for standard and non-standard video acquisition. Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel is available in a PCI or PC/104-Plus form factor. White VID_IN1_1 VID_IN1_2...

  • Page 9: Data Transfer

    Data transfer The Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board 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, the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board features 4 Mbytes of video transfer memory for temporary frame storage.

  • Page 10: What You Need To Get Started

    • A computer with a newer PCI chipset, such as the Intel 440BX, 810, 815E, 820, Other useful 840, 845PE, 850, 860, E7500, or E7505 for full Matrox Meteor-II functionality. considerations These chipsets are recommended because they generally offer better performance...

  • Page 11: Inspecting The Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel Package

    Inspecting the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel package • A computer with an empty 32-bit PCI expansion slot (bus-master capable). • A CD drive, and a hard disk or network drive on which to install the Matrox Meteor-II software. Inspecting the Matrox Meteor-II...

  • Page 12: Handling Components

    DC power output. Handling components The electronic circuits in your computer and the circuits on Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel are sensitive to static electricity and surges. Improper handling can seriously damage the circuits. Be sure to follow these precautions: •...
  • Page 13 MIL-Lite can also be accomplished with MIL, ActiveMIL, ActiveMIL-Lite, or Matrox Inspector. Appendix A offers solutions to potential problems. If your Matrox Meteor-II Need help? /Multi-Channel installation questions are not answered in this manual, contact...
  • Page 14 14 Chapter 1: Introduction...

  • Page 15: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Chapter Hardware Chapter 2: installation This chapter explains how to install the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel hardware.

  • Page 16: Installing Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel

    2. Check that you have an empty PCI (32-bit) slot that can accommodate the board. If you do not have an empty slot, remove a PCI board from your computer to make room for your Matrox Meteor-II board and take note of the slot number you choose.
  • Page 17 3. If present, remove the blank metal plate located at the back of the selected slot. Keep the removed screw; you will need it to fasten the Matrox Meteor-II board. 4. Carefully position Matrox Meteor-II in the selected PCI slot as illustrated below.

  • Page 18: Installing Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel For Pc/104-Plus

    Use the following steps to install your Matrox Meteor-II board for PC/104-Plus: 1. Matrox Meteor-II for PC/104-Plus can operate in either a 5V or 3.3V system. In some cases, a hole in the PC/104-Plus (PCI) connector is filled, which prevents another PC/104-Plus board from being stacked on top.
  • Page 19 4. If you have existing PC/104 boards in your computer, remove them and stack them on the PC/104-Plus board. PC/104 boards must be stacked last. 5. Carefully position Matrox Meteor-II over the connectors and press the board firmly into place.

  • Page 20: Note About Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel For Pc/104-Plus

    Matrox 4Sight-II integrated unit lies in a plane perpendicular to the board. The latter allows the Matrox Meteor-II board to be hardwired to the input connector of the Matrox 4Sight-II unit; as such, it can only be used as the first board in the PC/104-Plus stack on the Matrox 4Sight-II unit.

  • Page 21: Connecting External Devices

    Connecting external devices Connecting external devices This section will discuss the connectors for the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel PCI and PC/104-Plus form factors. Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PCI Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel has three connectors, which are indicated in the diagram below. One of these connectors is located on its bracket. The connectors listed are discussed in detail in Appendix B.
  • Page 22 1. Use the 4-pin power cable to connect the auxiliary power supply connector to the power supply in the computer. 2. Ensure that the jumper is across the appropriate Matrox Meteor-II auxiliary power supply selection pins, for the required voltage (5 V or 12 V). See Appendix B for a diagram.

  • Page 23: Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel For Pc/104-Plus

    Connect video sources to Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel through its video input connector, a 30-pin right-angle male connector. A standard cable for PC/104-Plus form factor boards is not available from Matrox. You can use the included mating connector, crimp the ribbon cable to it and attach your required connector to the other end of the ribbon cable.
  • Page 24 Therefore, you can interface a camera with the PC/104-Plus board by connecting the camera to your unit’s video input connector. Detailed information on connecting a video input to this board can be found in the Matrox 4Sight-II installation and hardware reference manual.

  • Page 25: Chapter 3: Using Multiple Matrox Meteor-Ii Boards

    Chapter Using multiple Chapter 3: Matrox Meteor-II boards This chapter explains how to use multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards.

  • Page 26: Multiple Board Installation

    26 Chapter 3: Using multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards Multiple board installation This section describes how to use multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards. Install each additional Matrox Meteor-II board for PCI as you installed the first Installing multiple PCI boards board (refer to Chapter 2). In other words, place each additional board in an empty slot.

  • Page 27: Grabbing Simultaneously From Different Boards

    3 or 7 Interrupt D If you are installing an additional Matrox Meteor-II board on a Matrox 4Sight-II unit, the board already installed has the setting fixed at 0; therefore, the setting for the additional board must be something other than 0 or 4.
  • Page 28 As a reference point, grabbing one 640 x 480 image in real time will require a PCI bandwidth of 35 Mbytes/sec when transferring in RGBX (32-bit) mode. When grabbing from three or more Matrox Meteor-II boards simultaneously, you will have to reduce the image size to avoid reaching the upper limits of the overall...

  • Page 29: Chapter 4: Hardware Reference

    Chapter Hardware reference Chapter 4: This chapter explains the architecture of the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel hardware, as well as the available features and modes.

  • Page 30: Matrox Meteor-Ii Hardware Reference

    Appendix B of this manual. Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel grab section The grab section of the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board captures monochrome or component RGB video signals from standard and non-standard cameras. Six monochrome or two component RGB cameras can be attached.

  • Page 31: Input Channels

    The input low-pass filtering stage is used to limit high frequency noise and aliasing effects at the input of the A/D converters. The filters used on Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel are 4th order Butterworth filters with a cutoff frequency of 10 MHz.

  • Page 32: Discrete A/D Converters

    32 Chapter 4: Hardware reference Input video signal amplitude Total input video signal amplitude Required gain (excluding sync) (including sync) setting 1.0 V up to 1.5 V 1.4 - 2.1 Vpp M_GAIN0 1.5 V up to 2.0 V 2.1 - 2.9 Vpp M_GAIN4 Discrete A/D converters Three discrete A/D converters with external reference generation and sync slicing...

  • Page 33: Synchronization

    Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel grab section Synchronization Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel can operate in either slave or master mode. • In slave mode, the video source provides the synchronization information to Slave mode Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel. It can accept one of the following...

  • Page 34: Uart

    (PLC). The UART is programmed using the MIL-Lite command MdigControl() with the M_UART... control types. Note that the UART is not present on the Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PC/104-Plus.

  • Page 35: Lookup Tables

    Data interfaces Video Interface ASIC The Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board has a VIA, which acts mainly as a video-to-PCI bridge. The VIA is capable of high-speed image transfers to Host memory or other PCI devices across the PCI bus. It uses 4 Mbytes of video transfer memory to store data until the PCI bus becomes available.

  • Page 36: Pci Interface

    36 Chapter 4: Hardware reference PCI interface Matrox Meteor-II has a 32-bit PCI bus interface, capable of a peak transfer rate of 132 Mbytes/sec. The VIA's PCI interface is 32 bits wide and operates at 33 MHz. It allows all VIA The VIA’s PCI...

  • Page 37: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    Appendix A: Troubleshooting This appendix gives suggestions to help you resolve potential problems. If your problem is not addressed here, contact your local Matrox representative, Matrox Sales Office, or the Matrox Imaging Customer Support Group.

  • Page 38: Troubleshooting

    38 Appendix A: Troubleshooting Troubleshooting If you have problems using your Matrox Meteor-II board, please try the following: • Check for disconnected power cords. • Read the Common problems and solutions section in this appendix. If your problem is not addressed in this chapter or if the solutions suggested don’t work for you, contact your local Matrox representative, Matrox Sales Office, or the Matrox Imaging Customer Support Group.
  • Page 39 Right-click on My Computer, and select Manage from the presented menu. From the Computer Management explorer window, select System Tools, followed by Device Manager. If you do not see a Meteor-II device under Matrox Imaging Adapters, you will have to reinstall the driver.

  • Page 40: Grabbing Problems

    - To resolve this problem with the PCI form factor, re-assign a different IRQ line to the PCI slot in which the Matrox Meteor-II board is installed. - To resolve this problem with the PC/104-Plus form factor, change the rotary switch settings.

  • Page 41: Problems During Application Development

    Management explorer window, select System Tools, followed by Device Manager. From the View menu, select the Resources by type, and expand the Interrupt request (IRQ) folder. Check for devices that are sharing an IRQ with your Matrox frame grabber. Contacting Matrox...
  • Page 42 42 Appendix A: Troubleshooting...

  • Page 43: Appendix B: Technical Information

    Appendix B: Technical information This appendix contains information that might be useful when installing your Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board.

  • Page 44: Technical Information

    (or equivalent) or better. Some older systems use a core logic chipset (interfaces PCI with Host memory) that has limited throughput capabilities. Matrox Meteor-II might not be able to attain full functionality on such systems. We recommend systems with newer PCI chipsets, such as the Intel 440BX, 810, 815E, 820, 840, 845PE, 850, 860, E7500, or E7505.

  • Page 45: Board Input And Output Connectors

    • Strap-selectable 5 or 12 V DC output (PCI form factor only). Board input and output connectors The Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel PCI form factor has three connectors: an auxiliary power supply input, a video input, and a PCI connector. Auxiliary power supply input...

  • Page 46: Video Input Connector On The Pci Form Factor

    46 Appendix B: Technical information Matrox Meteor-II for the PC/104-Plus form factor (stand alone version) has four PC/104-Plus form interface connectors: video input, a PC/104-Plus (PCI) connector, and two factor PC/104 (ISA) connectors. Plus PC/104- PC/104 (PCI) (ISA) connector and P2...
  • Page 47 3-5, 14, 17-18, Ground. 25-31,42 Use Matrox cable DBHD44-TO-8BNC to interface with this connector. It has eight BNC connectors and a high-density 44-pin D-Subminiature male connector. This cable allows you to attach up to six video sources, an analog sync,...

  • Page 48: Video Input Connector On The Pc/104-Plus Form Factor

    NorComp Interconnect Devices • Connector: HDT44P Video input connector on the PC/104-Plus form factor The video input connector on the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PC/104-Plus is located on the top side of the board. Its pinout is as follows: Signal Description VID1_IN1 RED Analog Video Input (Channel 1).

  • Page 49: Auxiliary Power Supply Input

    Board input and output connectors Signal Description CLK_OUT Clock output (TTL). VSYNC Vsync input or output (TTL). HSYNC Hsync input or output (TTL). 1, 3, 5, 7, Ground. 9, 11, 13, 21, 25, Auxiliary power supply input The auxiliary power supply input connector is a standard 4-pin male connector that routes power from the computer to a camera (via the DB-44).

  • Page 50: Auxiliary Power Supply Selection

    50 Appendix B: Technical information Auxiliary power supply selection The following diagram shows the location of the auxiliary power supply selection and their corresponding pin numbers: +12V pin 2 pin 3 As shown in the table below, place the jumper across pins 1 and 2 for a +5 V supply Jumper output and across pins 2 and 3 for a +12 V supply output Description...

  • Page 51: Specifications

    15 mA 5.08 W This number represents the total power consumption of the Matrox Meteor-II board only. It does not include the power consumption of a camera which draws current through the auxiliary power supply input. • Input signals in RS-422 format (if available): - Termination: 100 Ω.
  • Page 52 52 Appendix B: Technical information • Input signals in TTL format: - No termination. - Input current: ± 1µA. - Input voltage: Max of low: 0.8 V. ➠ Min of high: 2 V. ➠ Range: -0.5 V to 5.5 V. ➠...

  • Page 53: Environmental

    Specifications • Trigger input signal (opto-isolated): - Termination: 511 Ω series. - Input current: Min of low: 0 µA. ➠ Max of low: 250 µA. ➠ Min of high: 5 mA ➠ Max of high: 15 mA ➠ - Input voltage: Min of low: 0 V.
  • Page 54 54 Appendix B: Technical information...

  • Page 55: Appendix C: Listing Of Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel Boards

    Appendix C: Listing of Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Boards This appendix lists specific versions and revisions of the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board.

  • Page 56: Revisions Of Matrox Meteor-Ii /Multi-Channel

    56 Appendix C: Listing of Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Boards Revisions of Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Board Version Description Matrox Meteor-II 751-00 rev. A Original version. /Multi-Channel for PCI 751-01 rev. A No functional change. 751-02 rev. A No functional change. 751-0201 rev. A No functional change.

  • Page 57: Appendix D: Glossary

    Appendix D: Glossary This appendix defines some of the specialized terms used in this Matrox Meteor-II document.
  • Page 58 58 Appendix D: Glossary • ASIC Application-specific integrated circuit. An integrated circuit custom-made to meet the requirements of a specific application. It integrates several digital and/or analog functions into a single die. This results in a reduction in cost, board area, and power consumption, while improving performance when compared to an equivalent implementation using off-the-shelf components.
  • Page 59 • Composite sync A synchronization signal made up of two components: one horizontal and one vertical. • DCF Digitizer Configuration Format. A DCF defines the input data format and among other things, how to accept or generate video timing signals such as horizontal sync, vertical sync, and pixel clock.
  • Page 60 60 Appendix D: Glossary • Grab To acquire an image from a camera. • Horizontal sync The part of a video signal that indicates the end of a line and the start of a new one. See also vertical sync. •...
  • Page 61 • LUT mapping Look-up table mapping. A point-to-point operation that uses a table to define a replacement value for each possible pixel value in an image. • MSPS Mega Samples per second. • PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. Present day standard expansion bus. •...
  • Page 62 62 Appendix D: Glossary • Reference levels The zero and full-scale levels of an analog-to-digital converter. Voltages below a black reference level are converted to a zero pixel value; voltages above a white reference level are converted to the maximum pixel value. Together with the analog gain factor, the reference levels affect the brightness and contrast of the resulting image.

  • Page 63: Index

    35 master 33 low-pass filter 31 slave 33 performance 31 monochrome 30 phase-locked loop 32 multiple Matrox Meteor-II boards PSG 32 grabbing 27 trigger 33 – PCI bandwidth 26 UART 34 multi-tap cameras 35 user bits 35...
  • Page 64 MIL 11 video formats supported MIL-Lite 11 monochrome 8 RGB 8 video input connector pinout 46 PC/104-Plus board for Matrox 4Sight-II 20 video transfer memory 9 voltage and current specifications 51 bandwidth 26 slot 39 PCI slot 11 phase-locked loop 32...

  • Page 65: Regulatory Compliance

    Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement Warning Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for the compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Note This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1.
  • Page 66 AVERTISSEMENT: Cet appareil est de la classe A. Lorsque cet appareil est utilisé dans un environnment résidentiel, il peut entraîner des interférences radioélectriques. Dans ce cas, l'usager peut être prié de prendre des mesures correctives appropriées. This device complies with EC Directive 89/336/EEC for a Class A digital device. It has been tested and found to comply with EN55022/CISPR22 and EN55024/CISPR24 when installed in a typical class A compliant host system.

  • Page 67: Product Support

    Product support Limited Warranty Matrox warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of delivery. Matrox and its suppliers expressly disclaim any and all other warranties, express or implied. Your sole remedy shall be, repair or replacement of the product provided that the defective product be returned to the authorized dealer within a year from the date of delivery.
  • Page 69 Resolution: Network Card: Network Software: Other cards in system: Software Specific Information Operating system: Rev: Matrox SW used: Rev: Compiler: Rev: Fill out only if you are returning a board RMA #: Who were you talking to in customer support?
  • Page 70 Describe the problem:...

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