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- Page 1 Image/VGA-460 Frame Grabber User’s Guide MuTech Corporation When Your Image Counts...
- Page 2 © Copyright 2000 MuTech Corporation 85 Rangeway Road Billerica, MA 01862 Telephone: 978-663-2400 Fax: 978-663-3444 Email: support@mutech.com Website: www.mutech.com Revision 1.0 09/15/00...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
B.1 Video Input Connector (P1) .............. 25 B.2 VIP Connector ..................27 B.3 J1 Connector..................28 Appendix C Product Specification ....31 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0... -
Page 5: Introduction
Windows 9X, NT and Win2K. Drivers for other operating systems may also be available. Please contact the Customer Support Department of MuTech Corporation for the most up to date information on drivers. The IV-460 is capable of digitizing video signals from a standard/ Standard or Non- non-standard camera. -
Page 6: Options
2 sets of RGB video, 2 sets of external sync and clock, 4 sets of Event-Strobe-Trigger and camera power. For customers who need to utilize these connection, MuTech provides an optional Ribbon Cable (MVC-D32). A custom cable from the DB-50 connector must be made by the customer. -
Page 7: Vga Display Modes
The monochrome video is digitized into 8 bits which is further combined with dummy chrominance data to form 16 bit pixels in YCbCr 4:2:2 format (per the CCIR601 standard). The RGB color video is digitized into 3 x 8 bits which are either stored Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0... - Page 8 Otherwise the user will see the video content. Zooming The captured video may be zoomed up by an arbitrary ratio, in both directions, on the way to being displayed on the monitor. Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
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Page 9: Software
VGA drivers for Windows 9X, NT and Win2K (these drivers are available for down-loading from the S3 home page as well as from the MuTech home page). All drivers are directly licensed from S3. MuTech does NOT modify any of the VGA drivers and does NOT have any expertise to provide customer support for them. - Page 10 (Bitmap, TIFF or TARGA). Miscellaneous / Functions in this group provide support for some minor tasks for the user. For example, wait for VGA vertical retrace, etc. Utility Group Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
- Page 11 This group includes the functions to handle the Event signal, Feature Group triggered capture, Strobe signal generation and different IRQ services. For details about the IV-4XX SDK, please refer to the Image / VGA-4XX Software Development Guide. Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0...
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Page 13: Installation
(some Operating Systems must be specially ordered). Product Options The following options must be ordered separately: VC-DB15-10 Video Cable, which provides 3 monochrome video, 1 set of RGB video and connections for E-S-T signals. Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0... -
Page 14: Hardware Installation
Distribution Diskette for the latest change of the package contents. If something is missing or damaged, contact the MuTech Customer Support Department immediately. The telephone number and e-mail address are listed on the cover pages. 2.3 Hardware Installation... -
Page 15: Cable Connections
Note, it is not necessary to connect the video input signal in order for the IV-460 to work. However, the demonstration programs provided by MuTech do require that a video signal be connected. 2.5 Software Installation The software installation can be divided into two parts. - Page 16 Installation Installation of the demonstration utilities. The following sub-sections describe these procedures. MuTech recommends that the user read the readme file in the Image/VGA-4XX Series Distribution Disk first. It con- tains the latest information regarding the software installa- tion procedures.
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Page 17: Distribution Software
This is used to locate all files needed by the IV-4XX software. ‹ Created a program group called MuTech and setup an icon for the IV-4XX Windows demonstration program. ‹ Modified the Windows NT registry to configure the ker- nel driver. - Page 18 Windows 9X Windows NT 4.0 S3 Technical Note, MuTech did NOT develop the VGA drivers, nor does it have Support the resources or expertise to support the VGA drivers. For any VGA driver issue or anything regarding the S3 SavagePro 4...
- Page 19 To start the DEMO utility, double click the program icon in the MuTech Program Group. When the program starts, it shows a group of menu selections. They are File, Grab, Trig/ Exp., Adjust, Snap, and Help. The following list describes the functions provided under each of the menus.
- Page 20 Enable/disable Strobe. Select Trigger channel/modes/polarity of trigger signal. En- able/disable/reset/generate trigger. Under this menu, the follow settings and adjustments are possible. Adjust Capture of scale factors (H & V) TV standard (or non-standard) selection Channel selection Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
- Page 21 Use this function to capture a single frame or a single field. Snap Use this to save the current state to a file and to override the Save defaults the next time the utility is run. Configuration Provides information about the IV-460 board Show Board Information Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0...
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Page 23: Architecture
Video Input and A/D Converters Input LUT PLL, Sync and Timing Unit Capturing and Exposure Control Unit Display Processor, PCI Interface, Stream Processor and RAMDAC Video Buffer Memory - SDRAM 8 or 16MB Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0... -
Page 24: Overview Of The Component Blocks
Signal Mux: Several MUX control the selection of 4 channels of E-S-T signals. They may be used to service up to 4 cameras. Event Trigger Input: This TTL level input controls the en- abling/disabling of the event trigger as well as its polarity. Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide... - Page 25 PCI Bus Interface: Provides the interface for CPU access. Capturing Control: Controls the interface to the A/D Converter, and the start/stop of the video capture. Memory Controller: Interfaces with the Frame Buffer, generating the addresses as well as the control signals for the Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0...
- Page 26 DAC block. DAC: Converts the digital data into an analog RGB signal and drives the monitor. VGA BIOS This is an EPROM. The BIOS is read out during boot-up through the PCI interface block. Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
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Page 27: Appendix A Jumper Settings
Jumper Settings Appendix A: Jumper Settings There are 4 groups of jumpers on the Image/VGA-460 Board. The first group (JP) is for 75 Ohm termination of the video input signals. The second (PJ) is for camera power output control. The third (CJ) group is for user configuration control. - Page 28 Jumper Settings JP18 JP19 JP12 JP13 JP9 JP10 JP460.cdr V 1.0 (09/14/00) Figure A.1: Jumper Positions and Default Settings on IV-460 Board Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
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Page 29: Appendix B Specification Of Connectors
B.1 Video Input Connector (P1) Connector P1 is used for video input, external sync input/output, Event Trigger / Grab Trigger input, camera power output and Strobe/Integration and Control output. The pin-outs are listed in the table below. Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0... - Page 30 Digital/Power Ground Table B.1: Pin Assignment and Cable Color of Video Input Connector (P1) Figure B.1 shows the pin positions of the P1 Connector, when fac- ing the pins. Figure B.1: DB-15 High Density Male Connector Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
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Page 31: Vip Connector
Input Data High Byte Input Data High Byte Input Data High Byte Input Data High Byte Input Data High Byte Input Data High Byte Input Data High Byte (MSB) Table B.2: Signals on VIP (H2) Connector Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0... -
Page 32: J1 Connector
B.3 J1 Connector J1 is used to provide all available Input/Output Signals to customers who need the complete set of signals. MuTech provides an optional cable (MVC-D32) which connects the 50 pin header to a DB-50 Connector on a bracket which must be mounted on a second slot. - Page 33 Figure B.2 below shows the pin lay out on the DB- 50 connector used for the MVC-D32 Ribbon Cable Assembly. DB-50 Female Connector (ZIG-ZAG) Shown is front, when facing the holes Figure B.2: DB-50 Female Connector Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0...
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Page 35: Appendix C Product Specification
RGB - 24 bit or XRGB - 32 bit pixel data format (color) External Timings 2 sets of external timing, software switchable External Timing signals accepted ‹ Composite Sync - TTL level ‹ Composite Sync - Analog video level Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0... - Page 36 - 24 bit or 32 bit (color) Trigger - TTL input, software controlled polarity and enable Grab & Exposure ‹ Control Edge or level trigger ‹ Start on trigger ‹ Stop on trigger ‹ Grab next frame ‹ Grab next field Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
- Page 37 +12 V Output on Video Input Connector for camera power Power consumption (values below not include camera power): ‹ +5V <= 1.6A (8 MB) ‹ +12V <= TBD Operating temperature: 0 - 70C Storage temperature: -40 - +125C Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0...
- Page 39 Video Input....... 2, 11, 25 channel ........20 VIP ..........27 Input ......2, 4, 19, 20 Event ........15, 16, 33 major components......2, 19 Exposure ..........1 Memory address ........ 10 Extended DOS ........5 motherboard......... 9 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0...
- Page 40 Security Device......3, 10, 23 termination ......10, 23 Software ..........5 Video Buffer ........3, 19 CamConfig ......... 14 Video Capture........3 Development Kits......5 Video Window........4 Distribution ......9, 13 DOS Demo......... 16 Revision 1.0 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide...
- Page 41 Index website ..........14 YCbCr..........3 Windows YUV 422..........31 2K..........1, 5 9X......1, 5, 12, 13, 14 NT ........ 1, 5, 13, 14 zooming ......4, 15, 17, 32 Image/VGA-460 User’s Guide Revision 1.0...
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