Software - Matrox Meteor-II /1394 Installation And Hardware Reference

Acquisition features
Caution
MIL
MIL-Lite
ActiveMIL
Matrox Meteor-II /1394 has three IEEE 1394 input ports to
which 1394 devices can be attached, as long as the configuration
of devices complies with the IEEE 1394 tree topology. Serial
data bus rates of 100, 200, or 400 Mbits per second are shared
across the three ports. MIL-Lite can be used to grab from
monochrome or color digital IEEE 1394 DCAM-compliant
cameras.
Matrox Meteor-II /1394 can also supply power from your
computer to the camera through the IEEE 1394 interface.
Note that if you unplug an allocated 1394 camera while a MIL
application is running, your computer might freeze.

Software

To operate Matrox Meteor-II /1394, you can purchase one or
more Matrox Imaging software products that support the
Matrox Meteor-II /1394 board. These are the Matrox Imaging
Library (MIL) and its derivatives (MIL-Lite, ActiveMIL,
ActiveMIL-Lite, and Matrox Inspector). Consult your software
manual for supported Windows environments.
Note that, although other software products might be
available to operate Matrox Meteor-II /1394, the discussion
throughout this manual is based in terms of Matrox Imaging
software products.
MIL is a development library which provides an extensive list
of commands used to capture, process, analyze, transfer,
display, and archive images. Processing and analysis
operations include: spatial filtering operations, morphological
operations, measurements, blob analysis, optical character
recognition (OCR), pattern matching, matrix/bar code reading,
and calibration.
MIL-Lite is a subset of MIL. It includes all the MIL commands
for image acquisition, transfer, display control, and archiving.
ActiveMIL is a set of ActiveX controls that are based on MIL.
ActiveMIL was designed for rapid application development
(RAD) tools, such as Microsoft's Visual Basic. ActiveMIL is
included with MIL (ActiveMIL-Lite is included with MIL-Lite).
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