Cognex MVS-8100D and CDC Cameras Hardware Manual
9
Installing the
MVS-8100D
This chapter describes how to install an MVS-8100D into your PC, how you connect one
or more Cognex CDC series camera to the MVS-8100D, and how you connect
peripheral equipment such as triggers, strobes, or other I/O devices.
Host PC Requirements
To install the MVS-8100D, the host PC should meet the following minimum requirements:
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The motherboard’s chip set must be fully compliant with the PCI 2.1 specifications
or later. Motherboards with Intel chip sets that support Intel Pentium MMX, Celeron,
Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Xeon CPUs are known to be compliant.
Motherboards with VIA chip sets that support the AMD K6-2 and Athlon CPUs are
known to be compliant.
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One available short length PCI slot for the MVS-8100D.
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A CD-ROM drive (or access to one over a network) to install the Cognex software.
Additional requirements may be imposed by your Cognex software package. Check the
Cognex software’s release notes for the software’s requirements, if any, on:
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Minimum recommended CPU speed
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Host operating system, including the supported service pack release level
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Supported video cards
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Desktop color depth (the number of colors displayable)
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Desktop size (the number of pixels displayable in width and height on your screen)
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The presence of a mouse or other pointing device
MVS-8100D Models
There are three models of the MVS-8100D, as shown in Table 1.
Model
Camera
channels
MVS-8100D1
1
MVS-8100D2
2
MVS-8100D3
3
Table 1.
MVS-8100D models
1
