Documentation Conventions - Matrox Iris GT MIL Installation And Technical Reference

18 Chapter 1: Before you begin
Matrox Design
Assistant
MIL applications are easily ported to new Matrox hardware platforms and can be
designed to take advantage of multi-processing and multi-threading
environments.
Matrox Design Assistant is a flowchart-based, Windows program that integrates
a development environment for Matrox Iris GT smart cameras. It allows you to
create an imaging application without writing a single line of code. Application
development is visually a step-by-step approach, where each step is taken from an
existing toolbox and is configured through a series of dialog windows. Matrox
Design Assistant runs on your development computer and uses the resources of
your Matrox Iris GT smart camera (for example, to grab an image and
communicate with connected devices) to build projects. Once the project is built,
it runs on your Matrox Iris GT without relying on the resources of your
development computer. Contact your Matrox sales representative for more
information regarding Matrox Design Assistant.

Documentation conventions

Your Matrox Iris GT is a network-aware device. The terminology used throughout
this document mirrors that for Local Area Networks (LANs).
In this document, any computer that can communicate with your Matrox Iris GT
is referred to as "your computer". If you use your computer to develop your
applications for your Matrox Iris GT, it is referred to as your development
computer.
❖ Note that a development computer should have a copy of MIL (for more
information, refer to MIL online help).
References to the submenu items of the Windows Start menu refer to the folders
listed beneath the All programs menu of Microsoft Windows XP.