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Matrox Morphis QxT
Installation and Hardware Reference
Manual no. Y11002-101-0200
January 29, 2014

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  • Page 1 Matrox Morphis QxT Installation and Hardware Reference Manual no. Y11002-101-0200 January 29, 2014...
  • Page 2 © Copyright Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd., 2007-2014. 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 or inability to use the product, user documentation or related...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Essentials to get started ..........11 Inspecting the Matrox Morphis QxT package ......12 Standard package .
  • Page 4 Chapter 4: Hardware reference ......31 Matrox Morphis QxT hardware reference ....... . . 32 Acquisition section .
  • Page 5 Major revisions of Matrox Morphis QxT ....... . . 66...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter Introduction This chapter outlines the key features of the Matrox Morphis QxT board.

  • Page 8: Matrox Morphis Qxt

    Images can be formatted in real-time, before being sent to the Host. An overlay can be applied to images before they are sent to the Host. The following diagram illustrates the data flow of the Matrox Morphis QxT board. To motherboard To/from Digital...

  • Page 9: Formatting Features

    Matrox Morphis QxT Formatting features As Matrox Morphis QxT grabs images, it can vertically or horizontally flip them. In addition, Matrox Morphis QxT can overlay information onto grabbed images. The overlay operation can be done before images are sent to the Host.

  • Page 10: Software

    10 Chapter 1: Introduction Software To operate Matrox Morphis QxT, you can use one or more Matrox Imaging software products that supports the board. These are the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) and its derivatives (for example, MIL-Lite and Matrox Intellicam). All Matrox software is supported under Windows;...

  • Page 11: Essentials To Get Started

    Essentials to get started Essentials to get started To use Matrox Morphis QxT, you must have a computer with at least the following: • An available x4 or x8 PCIe slot. You also require a free bracket location at the back of the computer chassis for a Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module, if needed.

  • Page 12: Inspecting The Matrox Morphis Qxt Package

    12 Chapter 1: Introduction Inspecting the Matrox Morphis QxT package When you unpack your Matrox Morphis QxT package, you should check its contents. Note that optional parts might or might not be included, depending on what you ordered. If something is missing or damaged, contact your Matrox representative.

  • Page 13: Handling Components

    Inspecting the Matrox Morphis QxT package • A Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module, and an I/O cable with 2 50-pin female connectors to connect the module to the base board. Handling components The electronic circuits in your computer and the circuits on Matrox Morphis QxT are sensitive to static electricity and surges.

  • Page 14: Installation Overview

    Note that unless otherwise stated, the information in this manual reflects the most recent version of the board available at the time this manual was written. Appendix C: Listing of Matrox Morphis QxT boards lists the major changes that have been made to the board since it was first introduced.
  • Page 15 If you experience problems during installation or while using this product, refer Need help? to the support page on the Matrox Imaging web site: www.matrox.com/imaging/support. This page provides answers to frequently asked questions, as well as offers registered customers additional ways of obtaining support.
  • Page 16 16 Chapter 1: Introduction...

  • Page 17: Chapter 2: Hardware Installation

    Chapter Hardware installation This chapter explains how to install the Matrox Morphis QxT hardware.

  • Page 18: Installing Matrox Morphis Qxt

    1. Remove the cover from your computer using the instructions from your computer manual. 2. Check that you have an x4 or x8 empty PCIe slot to accommodate the Matrox Morphis QxT base board. Illustrated below are some slots. x16 PCIe...
  • Page 19 Morphis QxT board(s). 3. If present, remove the blank metal plate located at the back of the selected slots. Keep the removed screws; you will need them to fasten the Matrox Morphis QxT boards. 4. If Watchdog functionality is required, install the appropriate cables as described in the Installing the cables for Watchdog functionality section, later in this chapter.

  • Page 20: Installing The Cables For Watchdog Functionality

    Cable B to this connector instead. 5. Connect Cable A to pins 3 and 4 of connector J4 of Matrox Morphis QxT. 6. Connect Cable B to pins 1 and 2 of connector J4 of Matrox Morphis QxT.

  • Page 21: Installing The Matrox Morphis Qxt Digital I/O Module

    To install the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module, proceed with the following steps: 1. Make sure that your Matrox Morphis QxT base board is fastened to the computer chassis. 2. Attach your Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module to the computer chassis.
  • Page 22 22 Chapter 2: Hardware installation 4. Connect the other end of the Matrox flat ribbon cable to the digital I/O connector on the base board, shown below. Digital I/O System reset connector connector Video input connector Video output connector The cable connector will latch properly only when the red wire of the cable is...

  • Page 23: Connecting Devices To Matrox Morphis Qxt

    44-pin video input connector 15-pin video output connector To connect a video source to your Matrox Morphis QxT, plug the Connecting video sources HD-44M-18BNC* cable into the DBHD-44 video input connector. Connect your video sources to the BNCs at the other end of the cable.
  • Page 24 24 Chapter 2: Hardware installation The BNC connectors of the HD-44M-18BNC* cable correspond to the following signals. B N C l a b e l S i g n a l V i d e o d e v i c e t o c o n n e c t C H - 0 P 0 _ V I D _ I N A n a l o g v i d e o i n p u t f o r a c q u i s i t i o n p a t h 0 .
  • Page 25 Internal I/O expansion connector External digital I/O connector To connect an input/output device to the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module, use a custom-built cable. For more information, see the External digital I/O connector section, in Appendix B: Technical information.
  • Page 26 26 Chapter 2: Hardware installation...

  • Page 27: Chapter 3: Using Multiple Matrox Morphis Qxt Boards

    Chapter Using multiple Matrox Morphis QxT boards This chapter explains how to use multiple Matrox Morphis QxT boards.

  • Page 28: Multiple Board Installation

    PCIe interface (segment). If there is not enough bandwidth, your board will drop frames. Matrox Morphis QxT might have a problem with dropped frames if there are not at least 4 active lanes on the PCIe connector to the Host (for example, if the board is connected to a x4 PCIe connector that has only one active lane).
  • Page 29 Simultaneous image capture from different boards The list of platforms that are known to be compatible with Matrox Morphis QxT are available on the Matrox web site, under the board’s compatibility list. You should not have any PCIe bandwidth problems capturing up to 16 full-sized color images simultaneously from multiple Matrox Morphis QxT boards, assuming you are using a high-performance chipset.
  • Page 30 30 Chapter 3: Using multiple Matrox Morphis QxT boards...

  • Page 31: Chapter 4: Hardware Reference

    Chapter Hardware reference This chapter explains the architecture of the Matrox Morphis QxT hardware, as well as the available features and modes.

  • Page 32: Matrox Morphis Qxt Hardware Reference

    Matrox Morphis QxT hardware reference This chapter provides information on the architecture, operating modes, and supported features of Matrox Morphis QxT. For a summary of the information given in this chapter and detailed specifications of connectors and pinouts, refer to Appendix B: Technical information of this manual.

  • Page 33: Acquisition Section

    The acquisition section of Matrox Morphis QxT can capture RS-170/CCIR monochrome video and composite (CVBS) video in NTSC /PAL format. The acquisition section of Matrox Morphis QxT has 16 independent acquisition paths. These independent acquisition paths allow Matrox Morphis QxT to simultaneously capture from any of its connected, supported, synchronous or asynchronous video sources.

  • Page 34: Video Decoders

    34 Chapter 4: Hardware reference Video decoders The acquisition section has 16 standard video decoders. In addition to digitizing video, these decoders feature internal filtering and automatic gain control. The automatic gain control (AGC) allows the video signal input range to be Gain optimized before being digitized.
  • Page 35 Acquisition section The following diagram illustrates the video capture controller found on Matrox Morphis QxT. From Decoder 0 Capture Controller Acquisition memory (128 MB) From Decoder 15 Capture Controller Video capture controller The video capture controller contains 16 capture controllers.
  • Page 36 36 Chapter 4: Hardware reference H o o k T y p e D e s c r i p t i o n H o o k t o t h e e n d o f g r a b b e d f i e l d s . M _ G R A B _ F I E L D _ E N D H o o k t o t h e s t a r t o f t h e i n c o m i n g s i g n a l ’...

  • Page 37: Video Test Display

    Video test display Video test display If you want to test the video input, Morphis QxT can send the video inputs through the video selector to a display device (for example, TV monitor, computer monitor that allows composite input, or VCR). You can send any of the up to 16 video inputs to any of four outputs.

  • Page 38: I/O Controller

    (that is, to set up an event handler). The auxiliary signals can be accessed inside the chassis from the I/O connector of the base board, or accessed externally from the bracket of the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module. For information on the electrical specification of user signals, see the Electrical...

  • Page 39: Watchdog Circuitry

    Watchdog circuitry Watchdog circuitry Matrox Morphis QxT integrates Watchdog circuitry to automatically recover from application or system failure. The Watchdog circuitry automatically reboots your computer when, for some reason, your computer hangs for longer than a pre-set amount of time.

  • Page 40: Overlay

    40 Chapter 4: Hardware reference Overlay The overlay processor can overlay information onto grabbed images. The overlay operation can be done before the image is sent to the Host. The overlay processor can block part of the source image, or blend information with the image (with a programmable alpha factor), using the MIL-Lite MbufTransfer() function.

  • Page 41: Pcie Interface

    Morphis QxT features an on-board 64-bit 133 MHz PCI-X bus master to reduce CPU usage. The data is then transformed to PCIe before being transferred to the Host over the Host PCIe bus. Matrox Morphis QxT has a x4 PCIe bus interface.
  • Page 42 42 Chapter 4: Hardware reference...

  • Page 43: Appendix A: Glossary

    Appendix A: Glossary This appendix defines some of the specialized terms used in this Matrox Morphis document.

  • Page 44: Glossary

    44 Appendix A: Glossary Glossary • Band One of the surfaces of a buffer. A grayscale image requires just one band. A color image requires three bands, one for each color component. • Bandwidth A term describing the capacity to transfer data. Greater bandwidth is needed to sustain a higher transfer rate.
  • Page 45 Glossary • 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. • Deinterlacing This is the process of converting interlaced video (like that used for a CRT) into a non-interlaced form (such as digital video).
  • Page 46 46 Appendix A: Glossary • PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. Present day standard expansion bus. • Progressive scanning Describes a transfer of data in which the lines of the source input device are written sequentially into the destination buffer. Also known as non-interlaced. See also interlaced scanning. •...

  • Page 47: Appendix B: Technical Information

    Appendix B: Technical information This appendix contains information that might be useful when installing the Matrox Morphis QxT board.

  • Page 48: Technical Information

    (or equivalent) or better. • We recommend a relatively up-to-date PCIe chipset. The list of platforms that are known to be compatible with Matrox Morphis QxT are available on the Matrox website, under the board’s PC compatibility list. Acquisition features •...

  • Page 49: Data Transfer Features

    • Supports 16 TTL auxiliary input signals and 16 TTL auxiliary output signals (5 V) to control or synchronize with other devices. These signals can be internally accessed, or accessed externally using the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module. • Supports video input testing. Up to four video signals can be routed to display devices (for example, a TV monitor, computer monitor that allows composite input, or VCR) for test purposes.

  • Page 50: Electrical Specifications

    50 Appendix B: Technical information Electrical specifications The following tables list the electrical specifications of the Matrox Morphis QxT board under different conditions. Important When determining the power requirements for your computer, do not forget to include the power requirements for other peripheral devices. In addition, if using multiple boards, do not forget to add their total power requirements together.

  • Page 51: Dimensions And Environmental Specifications

    - 16.7 L x 11.1 H cm (6.6" x 4.4") from bottom edge of goldfinger to top edge of board. - Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module: 3.8 L x 9.5 H cm (1.5" x 3.8"). • Minimum/maximum ambient operating temperature: 0°C to 55°C.

  • Page 52: Base Board Input And Output Connectors

    DBHD-44 connector for video input and an DBHD-15 connector for video output. On the top edge of the board, there is a digital I/O connector for I/O from the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module. In addition, there is one Watchdog reset connector.
  • Page 53 Base board input and output connectors Video input connector The video input connector is a high-density D-subminiature 44-pin (DBHD-44 female connector, used to access video input signals. The connector’s pin assignment is as follows: P i n H a r d w a r e s i g n a l n a m e D e s c r i p t i o n P i n H a r d w a r e s i g n a l n a m e...
  • Page 54 1 1 . You can use the optional Matrox cable HD-44M-18BNC* to interface with this connector. The cable has a high-density DBHD-44 male connector at one end, and 18 BNC female connectors at the other end.
  • Page 55 Base board input and output connectors Video output connector The video output connector is a high-density D-subminiature 15-pin (DBHD-15 ) female connector that allows you to test incoming signals by sending them to a display device (for example, TV monitor, computer monitor that allows composite input, or VCR).
  • Page 56 56 Appendix B: Technical information You can use a standard HD 15-pin VGA to 5BNC monitor cable (available at your local electronic store) to interface with this connector. M a n u f a c t u r e r : N o r C o m p , I n c .
  • Page 57 Base board input and output connectors P i n H a r d w a r e s i g n a l M I L c o n s t a n t f o r a u x i l i a r y D e s c r i p t i o n n a m e s i g n a l...
  • Page 58 58 Appendix B: Technical information P i n H a r d w a r e s i g n a l M I L c o n s t a n t f o r a u x i l i a r y D e s c r i p t i o n n a m e s i g n a l...
  • Page 59 The system reset connector is a standard, right angle, 0.1" spacing, male connector. This connector is used to reset the motherboard if the reset button is pressed or the Watchdog circuitry of Matrox Morphis QxT detects abnormal Host inactivity. The connector’s pin assignment is as follows:...

  • Page 60: Connectors Of The Matrox Morphis Qxt Digital I/O Module

    Connectors of the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module The Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module has one connector on its bracket: the external digital I/O connector (DBHD-44). The module also has one internal connector, an I/O expansion connector, which interfaces with the internal digital I/O expansion connector on the base board.
  • Page 61 Connectors of the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module External digital I/O connector External digital I/O connector is a high-density D-subminiature 44-pin (DBHD-44 ) male connector, used to receive and transmit auxiliary signals. The connector’s pin assignment is as follows:...
  • Page 62 62 Appendix B: Technical information P i n H a r d w a r e s i g n a l n a m e M I L c o n s t a n t f o r D e s c r i p t i o n a u x i l i a r y s i g n a l T T L _ U S E R _ O U T 1 1...
  • Page 63 Connectors of the Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module P i n H a r d w a r e s i g n a l n a m e M I L c o n s t a n t f o r...
  • Page 64 64 Appendix B: Technical information...
  • Page 65 Appendix C: Listing of Matrox Morphis QxT boards This appendix lists specific versions and revisions of the Matrox Morphis QxT board.
  • Page 66 66 Appendix C: Listing of Matrox Morphis QxT boards Major revisions of Matrox Morphis QxT Board Description P a r t # V e r s i o n # M a t r o x M o r p h i s...
  • Page 67 35 Matrox Morphis QxT 23 connectors base board connectors 52 external digital I/O connector 61 major revisions of Matrox Morphis QxT 66 internal digital I/O expansion connector 56 Matrox Intellicam 10 Matrox Morphis QxT Digital I/O module connectors Matrox Morphis...
  • Page 68 20 MIL-Lite 12 timer 19 PCIe bandwidth 28 interface 41 slot 11 pinouts see connectors requirements, computer 11 revisions of Matrox Morphis 66 sampling rate 34 scaling 9 software supported 10 specifications dimensions 51 electrical 50 environmental 51 technical 48...
  • Page 69 Regulatory Compliance FCC Compliance Statement Warning Changes or modifications to these units not expressly approved by the party responsible for the compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. The use of shielded cables for connections of these devices to other peripherals is required to meet the regulatory requirements.
  • Page 70 Bitte wenden Sie sich an dem Matrox-Website (www.matrox.com/environment/weee) für Recycling Informationen. (Italiano) Informazioni per gli utenti europei – Direttiva sui rifiuti di apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche (RAEE) Si prega di riferirsi al sito Web Matrox (www.matrox.com/environment/weee) per le informazioni di riciclaggio.
  • Page 71 Limited Warranty Refer to the warranty statement that came with your product.

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