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Page 1: ...service in house repair center WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment REMOTE IN...

Page 2: ...Matrox Vio Installation and Hardware Reference Manual no Y10995 101 0102 January 3 2013...

Page 3: ...rt including without limitation 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 liabilit...

Page 4: ...tallation 14 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 15 Installing the Matrox Vio Duo board 16 Installing the expanded video input adapter board 19 Connecting external devices 21 Matrox Vio Duo main bracket c...

Page 5: ...display 34 Appendix A Glossary 35 Appendix B Technical information 41 Board summary 42 Global information 42 Technical features of Matrox Vio Duo 42 Electrical specifications 43 Dimensions and enviro...

Page 6: ...Appendix C Listing of Matrox Vio boards 51 Major revisions of Matrox Vio 52 Index Regulatory Compliance Limited Warranty...

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Page 8: ...Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter briefly describes the key features of the Matrox Vio frame grabber as well as the software that can be used with the board...

Page 9: ...plies to Matrox Vio Duo also applies to Matrox Vio Analog with the exception of the digital acquisition and display information x4 PCIe interconnect Flash EEPROM Multi format encoder Multi format deco...

Page 10: ...etween them You can connect up to two analog one CVBS and one RGB YPbPr YC and two digital video sources Display features Matrox Vio Duo can output video to an auxiliary analog display device an auxil...

Page 11: ...R SDRAM used as acquisition and display memory with a bandwidth of up to 100 MHz 1 6 Gbytes sec and a 64 bit data bus The memory interfaces to the video controller and is used for the storage of acqui...

Page 12: ...splay 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...

Page 13: ...32 bit architecture IA32 or equivalent Please refer to the Matrox Imaging website for information on compatible chipsets A CD drive and a hard disk or network drive on which to install the Matrox Vio...

Page 14: ...uded with each of the aforementioned software packages Handling components The electronic circuits in your computer and the circuits on Matrox Vio are sensitive to static electricity and surges Improp...

Page 15: ...ugh other software products might be available to operate Matrox Vio Duo the discussion throughout this manual is based in terms of Matrox Imaging software products Conventions When the term Host is u...

Page 16: ...Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter explains how to install the Matrox Vio Duo board in your computer...

Page 17: ...in static electricity from your body by touching a metal part of the computer chassis Proceed with the following stepsto install your board Note that your board should be installed before you install...

Page 18: ...he expanded video input adapter board does not plug into a slot s PCI PCI X PCIe connector it attaches only to the back of the computer s chassis 3 Remove the metal plate s at the back of the selected...

Page 19: ...video input adapter board section later in this chapter 7 Replace the cover of your computer Attach the video output display s and input video sources 8 Turn on your computer Upon booting your comput...

Page 20: ...ard To do so position the ribbon cable so that the red colored stripe is on the same side as the bracket of the board In this position the connector on only one end of the cable will latch properly In...

Page 21: ...et into the opening at the back of the selected slot The expanded video input connector should now be accessible from outside of the chassis 4 Secure the adapter board s bracket to the chassis Replace...

Page 22: ...nd digital synchronization signals to an auxiliary display The output is compatible with high resolution TV monitors One internal expanded video input connector A 40 pin male connector used to transmi...

Page 23: ...input connector Note that this cable is not available from Matrox You can use a VGA compatible cable to connect the external analog video output connector to a high resolution TV monitor Note that thi...

Page 24: ...an external digital video output connector to a monitor compatible with the HD SD SDI format Recall that both connectors output the same video stream For a clear signal you should use a shorter cable...

Page 25: ...24 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation...

Page 26: ...Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Matrox Vio Duo Hardware Reference This chapter explains the architecture of the Matrox Vio Duo hardware as well as the features and modes of operation...

Page 27: ...ry of the information in this chapter as well as pin assignments for the various connectors can be found in Appendix B Technical information x4 PCIe interconnect Flash EEPROM Multi format encoder Mult...

Page 28: ...MIL Lite function MdigAlloc and switch between the input channels using the MIL Lite function MdigChannel To grab and switch between different types of video sources allocate a digitizer for each typ...

Page 29: ...on MdigControl with M_INPUT_FILTER Multi format video decoder A multi format video decoder is implemented for analog video acquisition and subsequent conversion to digitized video with square pixel or...

Page 30: ...automatic gain control AGC This allows the video signal processing range to be optimized before being digitized You can however disable the AGC and set the gain manually using the MIL Lite function M...

Page 31: ...d to the Host in either monochrome BGR24 packed BGR32 packed or YUV pixel formats The video controller also allows for dynamic allocation of overlay images on image data Image Controller Color space c...

Page 32: ...utputs will display the same video signal Note that the video controller does not implement resolution conversion and will displayimages at the same frame rate asthey wereacquired It also does not sup...

Page 33: ...n detection because at a reduced scale comparison is faster The color space converter and formatter can convert YCbCr 20 bit images to BGR packed 24 bit 32 bit or 48 bit images or to YUV 16 bit images...

Page 34: ...rd memory itself PCI X to PCIe bridge Matrox Vio Duo is a PCIe board It connects to the 4x PCIe connector of a 4 lane PCIe slot on the motherboard PCIe is a high speed serial transmission protocol bas...

Page 35: ...When displaying acquired data the reference clock signal that is produced is the same as the reference clock signal used during acquisition Cable driver The digital video signal output by the seriali...

Page 36: ...Appendix A Appendix A Glossary This appendix defines some of the specialized terms used in the Matrox Vio SDI documentation...

Page 37: ...he video signal is blank so that a scan line can be brought back to the beginning of the new line or frame Bus A pathway along which signals are sent generally in two directions for communication of d...

Page 38: ...tion into digital format Double buffering Alternating the destination of an operation between two buffers Double buffering allows you to for example process one buffer while grabbing into the other bu...

Page 39: ...n be programmed to perform a specific function An FPGA can contain logic gates lookup tables flip flops and programmable interconnect wiring This combination of customizability and functionality allow...

Page 40: ...onent Interconnect Present day standard expansion bus PCI X Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended An enhanced PCI bus standard that doubles the speed and the data exchanged between the system bus...

Page 41: ...epresents color using the primary colors red green and blue as components Saturate To replace overflows or underflows in an operation with the highest or lowest possible value that can be held in the...

Page 42: ...Appendix B Appendix B Technical information This appendix contains information that might be useful when installing your Matrox Vio Duo board...

Page 43: ...igh definition video 1080i 720p in RGB and YPbPr video format It also supports capture of analog monochrome video in RS 170 CCIR video format The digital acquisition path can acquire standard definiti...

Page 44: ...fications Dimensions and environmental specifications Dimensions Ventilation Minimum maximum ambient operating temperature 0 C to 55 C 32 F to 131 F Minimum maximum storage temperature 40 C to 75 C Op...

Page 45: ...e top edge of the board there is an internal 40 pin connector that connects to the expanded video input adapter board via a flat ribbon cable The adapter board has five BNC connectors for analog video...

Page 46: ...llows You can use a standard video cable available from your local electronics store to interface with these connectors If the cable has to be longer than normal you will need a very good cable or ver...

Page 47: ...ould use a shorter cable as the data rate increases To prevent data loss especially with higher definition signals you will need high quality components and a high quality cable to compensate You can...

Page 48: ...ector Pin Signal Description 1 VID_OUT2 Pr component of YPbPr output or R component of RGB output 2 VID_OUT0 Y component of YPbPr output G component of RGB output or Y component of Y C output 3 VID_OU...

Page 49: ...e expanded video input adapter board via a 40 pin flat ribbon cable The connector is shown in the following image Its pin assignment is as follows Pin Signal Description 1 Reserved Reserved 2 GND Grou...

Page 50: ...nent of RGB input or Y component of Y C input 28 GND Ground 29 GND Ground 30 GND Ground 31 VID_IN1 Pb component of YPbPr input B component of RGB input or C component of Y C input 32 GND Ground 33 GND...

Page 51: ...andard BNC coaxial cable to interface with one of the connectors Pin Signal Description 1 VID_IN2 Pr component of YPbPr input or R component of RGB input 2 SHELL GND Ground 3 VID_IN0 Y component of YP...

Page 52: ...Appendix C Appendix C Listing of Matrox Vio boards...

Page 53: ...t version ROHS compliant Upgrade analog video decoder version Matrox Vio Duo VIO7ISAOSA 101 Initial product version ROHS compliant Upgrade analog video decoder version VIO7ISAOSA 101 Initial product v...

Page 54: ...ansfer 10 DCF 37 decoder multi format 9 deserializer multi rate 9 digital path 9 digitizer 27 dimensions 43 display analog 34 digital 34 features 9 double buffering 37 dynamic range 37 E EEPROM 43 ele...

Page 55: ...ages 10 technical features 42 Matrox Vio Analog differences with Matrox Vio Duo 8 memory acquisition 10 MIL See Matrox Imaging Library MIL Lite 11 14 multi format video encoder 34 N NTSC 28 O Overlay...

Page 56: ...in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of these devices in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case...

Page 57: ...lectrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Europe English European user s information Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Please refer to the Matrox Web site www matrox com enviro...

Page 58: ...Limited Warranty Refer to the warranty statement that came with your product...

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