Essentials To Get Started - Matrox Helios Series Installation And Hardware Reference

Matrox Inspector
Matrox Intellicam
Important
Matrox Inspector is an interactive Windows application for image capture,
processing, analysis, and archiving. MIL application developers can use Matrox
Inspector as a prototyping tool to quickly build proof-of-concept demonstrations.
End users can use Matrox Inspector to perform and automate image enhancement
and measurement tasks.
Matrox Intellicam is an interactive Windows program that allows for fast video
source interfacing and provides interactive access to all the acquisition features of
your Matrox board. Matrox Intellicam also has the ability to create custom digitizer
configuration format (DCF) files, which MIL and its derivatives use to interface
to specific non-standard video sources. Matrox Intellicam is included with all
Matrox Imaging software products.

Essentials to get started

To begin using Matrox Helios, you must have a computer with the following:
• For Matrox Helios eCL, eA, and eD, an available PCIe slot that is either x4 or x8.
• For Matrox Helios XCL, XA, and XD, an available conventional PCI slot or a
1
PCI-X slot.
• Processor with an Intel 32-bit architecture (IA32) or equivalent.
• A relatively up-to-date PCIe/PCI/PCI-X chipset, such as the Intel E7525 series,
AMD 760MPX series, and Intel 7505 series. The list of platforms that are known
to be compatible with Matrox Helios are available on the Matrox website, under
the board's PC compatibility list.
• Proper ventilation. Refer to theVentilation requirements section of Appendix B:
Technical information.
• Microsoft Windows (consult the software package for specific supported
environments and computer memory/storage requirements).
• A CD drive, and a hard disk or network drive on which to install the Matrox
Helios software.
1. 5 V starting from revision 1 of the Matrox Helios PCB; revision 0 is only 3.3 V PCI
tolerant.
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