Matrox 4Sight-II Installation And Hardware Reference page 54

54 Chapter 3: Adding devices to the Matrox 4Sight-II motherboard
Number of boards
Switch positions
Using multiple
acquisition boards
• Although it is possible to connect one or more acquisition boards, the actual
number depends on the type of frame grabbers you want to connect. For example,
you can connect:
- Only one version of the Matrox Orion module for 4Sight-II.
- One Matrox Orion module for 4Sight-II along with:
One or two Matrox Meteor-II frame grabbers for PC/104-Plus.
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One or two third-party PC-104/Plus boards.
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In this case, the Matrox Orion module for 4Sight-II should be the bottom
module.
- Up to three Matrox Meteor-II frame grabbers or third-party PC/104-Plus
boards.
• You must configure multiple master-capable or interrupt-capable PC/104-Plus
boards using their rotary switch; the rotary switch selects a specific PCI signal.
It is recommended that you configure the first module installed (the module
closest to the motherboard) to 0, the second to 1, and so on. If you are installing
more than one PC/104-Plus board, the rotary switch on each board must be set
as follows:
Module #
1
2
3
The switch position for the Matrox Orion module for 4Sight-II is 0, as it is always
the bottom module. This switch position cannot be modified.
• You can simultaneously grab images from cameras attached to different frame
grabbers. To grab at exactly the same time, the cameras must be genlocked
(synchronized) and their camera definition formats (DCF) must be the same.
Switch position
0 or 4
1 or 5
2 or 6