Envision Matrox Concord, Installation And Hardware Reference Manual

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MIL-Lite
MIL-Lite is a subset of MIL. It includes all the MIL functions for image
acquisition, transfer, display control, and archiving. It also allows you to perform
processing operations that are typically useful to pre-process grabbed images.
ActiveMIL
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.Net. ActiveMIL is included with MIL (ActiveMIL-Lite is included
with MIL-Lite).
Matrox Inspector
Matrox Inspector is an interactive Windows application for image capture,
processing, analysis, and archiving. Matrox Inspector is included
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with MIL. MIL
application developers can use Matrox Inspector as a prototyping tool to quickly
build proof-of-concept demonstrations. End users can use Matrox Inspector to
perform and automate image enhancement and measurement tasks.
Matrox Intellicam
Matrox Intellicam is an interactive Windows program that allows for fast video
source interfacing and provides interactive access to all the acquisition features of
your Matrox board. Matrox Intellicam is included with all Matrox Imaging
software products.
Essentials to get started
To use Matrox Concord, you must have a computer with at least the following:
• For Matrox Concord GX and FX, an available 3.3 V or 5 V, half-length
PCI/PCI-X slot. For Matrox Concord GE and FE, an available PCIe slot.
• Processor with an Intel 32-bit architecture (IA32) or equivalent.
• A computer with a relatively up-to-date PCI chipset. An up-to-date chipset is
recommended because it generally offers better performance in terms of data
transfer rates.
• Matrox Imaging Library (MIL), or one of its derivatives. This should be installed
after you install your board.
Consult your software package for other computer requirements like the operating
system and memory requirements.