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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Matrox CronosPlus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Data transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Essentials to get started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Inspecting the Matrox CronosPlus package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Standard package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Optional items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Handling components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 2: Hardware installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installing Matrox CronosPlus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Connecting external devices to Matrox CronosPlus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 3: Using multiple Matrox CronosPlus boards . . . . . . . . 17

Multiple board installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Grabbing simultaneously from different boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 4: Hardware reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Matrox CronosPlus hardware reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Grab features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Input channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Low-pass filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Video decoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Page 1: ...Matrox CronosPlus Installation and Hardware Reference Manual no 10860 101 0100 January 20 2003 ox Meteor II Digital...

Page 2: ...damages or costs relating to the loss of profits business goodwill even if advised of the possibility of such damages In no event will Matrox and its suppliers liability exceed the amount paid by you...

Page 3: ...iew 10 Chapter 2 Hardware installation 11 Installing Matrox CronosPlus 12 Connecting external devices to Matrox CronosPlus 14 Chapter 3 Using multiple Matrox CronosPlus boards 17 Multiple board instal...

Page 4: ...roblems 28 Grabbing Problems 29 Contacting Matrox 30 Appendix B Technical information 31 Technical information 32 General information 32 Electrical specifications 33 Environmental specifications 34 Bo...

Page 5: ...Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter outlines the key features of the Matrox CronosPlus board...

Page 6: ...ed data can be converted into the following formats with square pixels BGR32 packed BGR24 packed YUV16 packed stored in YUYV format and 8 bit monochrome Formatting features include cropping ROI captur...

Page 7: ...rted Windows environments Note that although other software products might be available to operate Matrox CronosPlus the discussion throughout this manual is based in terms of Matrox Imaging software...

Page 8: ...ng software products Essentials to get started To begin using Matrox CronosPlus you must have a computer with the following An available conventional 3 3 V or 5 V PCI expansion slot bus master capable...

Page 9: ...which includes ActiveMIL Lite or Matrox INSPECTOR 32 CD Matrox Intellicam is included with each of the aforementioned software packages DB25 TO 5BNC O cable an 8 inch input cable with a 25 pin female...

Page 10: ...ix B Conventions When the term Host is used in this manual it refers to your computer This manual occasionally makes reference to a MIL Lite function However anything that can be accomplished with MIL...

Page 11: ...Chapter 2 Hardware installation This chapter explains how to install the Matrox CronosPlus hardware...

Page 12: ...ftware either MIL or one of its derivatives Use the following steps to install Matrox CronosPlus 1 Remove the cover from your computer using the instructions from your computer manual 2 Check that you...

Page 13: ...ce perfectly aligned with an empty slot press the board firmly but carefully into the connector 6 Anchor the board by replacing the screw that you removed 7 Replace the cover of your computer and conn...

Page 14: ...sPlus has the following connectors on its bracket The pinouts of these connectors are discussed in detail in Appendix B BNC connector Used to receive CVBS video input 0 or the Y component of Y C video...

Page 15: ...eo input are listed in the following table Wire label Signal Expected input CH 0 VID_IN0 CVBS video input 0 or Y component of Y C video input CH 1 VID_IN1 CVBS video input 1 CH 2 VID_IN2 CVBS video in...

Page 16: ...16 Chapter 2 Hardware installation...

Page 17: ...Chapter 3 Using multiple Matrox CronosPlus boards This chapter explains how to use multiple Matrox CronosPlus boards...

Page 18: ...chapter Using MIL Lite you have to allocate a MIL system for each board and allocate the resources of each MIL system Grabbing simultaneously from different boards You can simultaneously grab images f...

Page 19: ...ight result in PCI bandwidth problems As a reference point grabbing one full sized NTSC or PAL image in real time will require a PCI bandwidth of 35 Mbytes sec or 42 Mbytes sec respectively when trans...

Page 20: ...20 Chapter 3 Using multiple Matrox CronosPlus boards...

Page 21: ...Chapter 4 Hardware reference This chapter explains the architecture of the Matrox CronosPlus hardware as well as the available features and modes...

Page 22: ...of the information given in this chapter and detailed specifications of connectors and pinouts refer to Appendix B of this manual VID_IN0 VID_IN1 VID_IN3 VID_IN2 Opto isolated trigger 4 1 MUX Low pass...

Page 23: ...hrome sources To switch between video sources of the same type allocate a single digitizer using the MIL Lite function MdigAlloc and switch between the input channels with using the MIL Lite function...

Page 24: ...TIC_INPUT_GAIN set to M_DISABLE The video decoder also features an adaptive multi line comb filter for better Y C separation as well as an on chip scaler which can reduce the video image size in both...

Page 25: ...see the section Electrical specifications in Appendix B PCI interface Matrox CronosPlus has a 32 bit PCI bus interface which is capable of a peak transfer rate of 132 Mbytes sec and operates at 33 MHz...

Page 26: ...26 Chapter 4 Hardware reference...

Page 27: ...oting This appendix gives suggestions to help you resolve potential problems If your problem is not addressed here contact your local Matrox representative Matrox Sales Office or the Matrox Imaging Cu...

Page 28: ...ails to start under Windows 2000 Me XP the driver might have been installed incorrectly and might not have started Right click on My Computer and select Manage from the presented menu From the Compute...

Page 29: ...ffer image data while waiting to access the PCI bus However when the PCI bus is extremely loaded the PCI bus might not service the request to transfer in time and cause the FIFO to overflow and grabbe...

Page 30: ...ory or register conflict Under Windows 2000 Me XP right click on My Computer and select Manage from the presented menu From the Computer Management explorer window display the System Tools System Info...

Page 31: ...Appendix B Technical information This appendix contains information that might be useful when installing your Matrox CronosPlus board...

Page 32: ...atrox CronosPlus might not be able to attain full functionality on such systems We recommend systems with newer PCI chipsets such as the Intel 440BX 810 815E 820 840 or 850 If you need more specific i...

Page 33: ...thout jumper User input signals No termination Input current 1 A max Input voltage Low 0 V min 0 8 V max High 2 0 V min 5 V max User output signals No termination Maximum output current 24 mA Output v...

Page 34: ...ental specifications Min max ambient operating temperature 10 C 60 C Min max storage temperature 45 C 115 C Max altitude for operation 3000 meters Max altitude for transport 12000 meters Operating hum...

Page 35: ...tor The BNC connector is used to receive CVBS video input 0 or the Y component of Y C video input Its pin assignment is as follows You can use a standard video cable available from your local electron...

Page 36: ...put signal 4 USERBIT5 O TTL user signal 5 This signal can only be an output signal 5 USERBIT3 O TTL user signal 3 This signal can only be an output signal 7 OPTOTRIG I Opto isolated trigger input posi...

Page 37: ...Appendix C Glossary This appendix defines some of the specialized terms used in this Matrox CronosPlus document...

Page 38: ...for communication of data Composite sync A synchronization signal made up of two components one horizontal and one vertical DCF Digitizer Configuration Format A DCF defines the input data format and...

Page 39: ...vice versa See also progressive scanning Latency The time from when an operation is started to when the final result is produced Live processing See real time processing PCI Peripheral Component Inte...

Page 40: ...also interlaced scanning Real time processing The processing of an image as quickly as the next image is grabbed Also known as live processing Vertical sync The part of a video signal that indicates...

Page 41: ...ot 8 29 reference 22 I installation 14 Matrox CronosPlus 14 multiple boards 18 overview 10 IRQ conflicts 29 L low pass filter 24 M Matrox CronosPlus package optional items 9 standard package 9 Matrox...

Page 42: ...V video decoder 23 24 video formats supported monochrome 6 NTSC 6 23 PAL 6 23 Y C 6 23...

Page 43: ...rease the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced ra...

Page 44: ...rference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures To meet EC requirements shielded cables must be used to connect the monitor and other peripherals to the card These products h...

Page 45: ...odotti possono causare radiointerferenze nel qual caso all utente potrebbe venire richiesto di prendere le misure adeguate Per soddisfare i requisiti CEE il monitor e le altre periferiche vanno colleg...

Page 46: ...rn the board directly to Matrox follow these steps 1 Contact Customer Support The Customer support contacts information sheet included in your package has the phone numbers for Matrox s offices Custom...

Page 47: ...r cards in system Software Specific Information Operating system Rev Matrox SW used Rev Compiler Rev Fill out only if you are returning a board RMA Who were you talking to in customer support Date boa...

Page 48: ...Describe the problem...

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