Installation and Getting Started
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Frame Grabber
1. Installation and Getting Started
This chapter describes how to connect and install Epiphan USB,
Network, PCI, and KVM Frame Grabbers. Unless otherwise
specified, “Frame Grabber” refers to any Epiphan Frame Grabber.
Installation of Epiphan Frame Grabbers is described in this
document according to how they connect to the video capture
workstation and in the case of KVM Frame Grabbers, how they
connect to the video source. The video capture workstation is a
computer that runs the drivers and application software for the
Frame Grabber and is used to display and record images
captured by the Frame Grabber.
The installation categories are:
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USB Frame Grabbers
include the VGA2USB, VGA2USB LR,
VGA2USB HR, VGA2USB PRO, DVI2USB, DVI2USB Solo,
and DVI2USB Duo devices. USB Frame Grabbers connect to a
video capture workstation USB port and require installation of
the Frame Grabber drivers and application software on the
video capture workstation before connecting the hardware.
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Network Frame Grabbers
include the VGA2Ethernet and
VGA2Ethernet Pro device. Network Frame Grabbers connect
to the same Ethernet network as the video capture workstation
and use the Ethernet network to transmit images to the video
capture workstation.
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PCIe Frame Grabbers
include the VGA2PCIe card. Peripheral
Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Frame Grabbers are
installed in a video capture workstation PCI Express (PCIe)
slot and transmit captured images to the video capture
workstation over the PCIe bus.
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KVM Frame Grabbers
include the KVM2USB device (a USB
Frame Grabber) and the KVM2Ethernet device (a Network
Frame Grabber). KVM Frame Grabbers provide keyboard,
video, and mouse connections to a headless server.
This chapter describes: