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44 Appendix B: Technical information
Technical information
This appendix contains information that might be useful when installing your
Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel board.
Global information
• Operating system. See your software manual for supported versions of Microsoft
Windows.
• System requirements. A computer with a PCI bus and an Intel Pentium processor
(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. If you need more specific information regarding potential problems,
refer to Appendix A - Troubleshooting.
Technical features
• Six software selectable channels, which support switching between six
monochrome or two component RGB video inputs. Any of these channels can
serve as the sync channel; however, there is also a separate sync channel.
• Support for both single and dual-tap (channel) monochrome cameras.
• Support for an external trigger input in either next valid frame/field mode or
asynchronous reset mode.
• Three 256 8-bit input lookup tables. The LUTs on the
Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel for PCI support RGB 8:8:8 (24-bit) output
pixel formats. The LUTs on the PC/104-Plus form factor support RGB 8:8:8,
RGB 5:6:5, and RGB 5:5:5 output pixel formats.
• 4 Mbytes of video transfer memory.
• Programmable reference levels.
• Various input gain settings.
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