Installation and Getting Started
Connecting PCIe Frame Grabbers
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Frame Grabber
When installed the VGA2PCIe card adds a single VGA IN port
and three LED indicators on the back of the PC. You can connect a
VGA source directly to this VGA IN port using a standard VGA
cable.
Installing and connecting PCIe Frame Grabbers
To connect a PCIe Frame Grabber such as the VGA2PCIe card, in
addition to the PCIe Frame Grabber itself you need:
• A video capture workstation running Windows XP, Vista or 7
with an available 1x, 4x, 8x or 16x PCIe slot.
• A VGA video source.
• An antistatic wrist strap to protect sensitive electronic
components.
VGA IN
Connect a VESA-compatible VGA source to the
VGA2PCIe card. See the
on the Epiphan web site for
information about the video input supported by the
VGA2PCIe card.
LED
startup
sequence
Green and blue LEDs. When the PC starts up the
VGA2PCIe blue led lights up. A few seconds later
the green LED lights up. After about another 20
seconds the blue LED turns off, leaving the green
LED on indicating that the device has started up and
can start capturing images.
During operation the blue LED blinks during VGA
signal test operation and when the system tunes
VGA parameters.
Red LED
During operation the red LED blinks each time the
device captures an image and sends it to a video
capture workstation. You can use the red LED as an
indicator that the device is capturing images.