Envision Matrox Concord Installation And Hardware Reference Manual

Matrox Concord

Installation and Hardware Reference

Manual no. Y11088-101-0100

January 27, 2009

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Contents

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

Matrox Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Matrox Concord G-series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Matrox Concord F-series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Essentials to get started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Inspecting the Matrox Concord package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Standard package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Optional item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Handling components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2: Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing Matrox Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using the power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting devices to Matrox Concord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting to Matrox Concord G-series boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting to Matrox Concord F-series boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Appendix A: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Appendix B: Technical information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Technical information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Global information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Matrox Concord G-series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Matrox Concord F-series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Dimensions and environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Matrox Concord G-series connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Matrox Concord F-series connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

1394b connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Internal power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Index

Regulatory Compliance

Product support

Chapter

1

Introduction

This chapter outlines the key features of the Matrox
Concord boards.

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Matrox Concord

The Matrox Concord family is comprised of two types of network interface boards:
the G-series boards, which are Gigabit ethernet network interface boards (NICs),
and the F-series boards, which IEEE 1394b network adapters boards. For image
acquisition from supported network cameras, these boards are pre-licensed for use
with the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) GigE Vision and IEEE 1394 IIDC
drivers, respectively.

Matrox Concord G-series

The Matrox Concord G-series boards are basically 10/100/1000BaseT (Gigabit
or GigE) NICs that provide optimum support for the GigE Vision camera
interface standard. There are two versions of the G-series boards: a conventional
32-bit PCI version called Matrox Concord GX, and a x1 PCIe version called
Matrox Concord GE.

Using the MIL GigE Vision driver, Matrox Concord can capture video from

multiple

1

cameras compliant with the GigE Vision specification.

Unlike generic NICs, Matrox Concord G-series with MIL does not require
manually adjusting advanced driver properties. Through MIL, the Matrox
Concord G-series boards are optimally configured to minimize GigE Vision

1. Refer to MIL documenation for the number of cameras from which Matrox Concord
can simultaneously capture video.

MAC/Link

Layer

Controller

Physical

Layer

Controller

Matrox
Concord
G-series

Host PCIe/ busPCI

MIL license for

MIL IEEE 1394 IIDC driver,

MIL fingerprint, and

Supplemental MIL license storage

Rj45
10/100/1000 Mbps
ethernet connector

x1 PCIe (GE)

(Upto 250 MB/s)

5 V/3.3 V, 32-bit
Conventional PCI (GX)
(upto 260 MB/s)

Matrox Concord 7

protocol loading on the Host. By default, MIL automomatically enables jumbo
packets and selects optimal settings for the interrupt throttling rate and number
of receive buffers.

The Matrox Concord G-series boards come equipped with auto
medium-dependent interface crossover ports (MDIX) that can operate at all link
speeds (10, 100, and 1000 Mbps). MDIX ports simplify setup by automatically
detecting and using the appropriate connection type, eliminating the need for
cross-over cables.

Matrox Concord F-series

The Matrox Concord F-series boards are 1394 network adapter boards that,
through MIL, permit image acquisition from leading IEEE 1394 industrial
cameras that use the standard IIDC protocol. There are two versions of the F-series
boards: a conventional 32-bit PCI version called Matrox Concord FX, and a x1
PCIe version called Matrox Concord FE.

The Matrox Concord F-series boards have three IEEE 1394b input/output ports.
IEEE 1394a and 1394b cameras can be attached to any one or all three IEEE
1394b input ports, as long as the configuration of cameras comply with the IEEE
1394 tree topology. Matrox Concord FE can connect to and acquire from a
maximum of 8 cameras; Matrox Concord FX can connect to and acquire from a
maximum of 4 cameras. Note that the maximum number of cameras is also subject
to bandwidth limitations and maximum total power consumption.

12 V, 12 W/port power source

Voltage regulators

Link

Layer

Controller

Physical

Layer

Controller

9-pin IEEE 1394b

connector

Matrox
Concord
F-series

Host PCIe/ busPCI

MIL license for

MIL IEEE 1394 IIDC driver,

MIL fingerprint, and

Supplemental MIL license storage

9-pin IEEE 1394b

connector

9-pin IEEE 1394b

connector

x1 PCIe (GE)

(Upto 250 MB/s)

5 V/3.3 V, 32-bit
Conventional PCI (GX)
(upto 260 MB/s)

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Through MIL, the Matrox Concord F-series boards support up to the S400 and
S800 modes of the IEEE 1394a and 1394b standards respectively, ensuring
maximum camera performance and minimal transfer latency. The boards are
limited to a maximum data transfer rate of 800 Mbits/s. The three ports

(combined) can supply up to 12W per port

1

for IEEE 1394a/b cameras.

In addition, the use of bilingual copper connectivity provides for cost-effective
cabling.General features

In addition to being pre-licensed for use with the MIL drivers for GigE Vision
and IEEE 1394 IIDC, the Matrox Concord boards can act as a fingerprint for
licensing supplemental MIL functionality. The boards can also store a
supplemental MIL license, which facilitates the process of moving to a new
computer.

Software

To capture images using Matrox Concord, you can use MIL or one of its
derivatives: MIL-Lite, ActiveMIL, ActiveMIL-Lite, Matrox Inspector, and Matrox
Intellicam.

MIL MIL is a high-level programming library with an extensive set of optimized

functions for image capture, processing, analysis, transfer, compression, display,
and archiving. Image processing operations include point-to-point, statistical,
spatial filtering, morphological, geometric transformation, and FFT operations.
Analysis operations support calibration, are performed with sub-pixel accuracy,
and include pattern recognition (normalized grayscale correlation and Geometric
Model Finder), blob analysis, edge extraction and analysis, measurement,
metrology, character recognition (template-based and feature-based), and code
recognition (1D, 2D and composite code types).

MIL applications are easily ported to new Matrox hardware platforms and can be
designed to take advantage of multi-processing and multi-threading
environments.

1. If the internal power connector of the board is connected to the power supply of the
computer, the board can supply 12 W per port; otherwise the board can only supply
6 W total.

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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

1

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.

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Inspecting the Matrox Concord package

When you unpack your Matrox Concord package, you should check its contents.
Note that optional parts might or might not be included, depending on what you
ordered. If something is missing or damaged, contact your Matrox representative.

Standard package

You should receive the following item:

• The Matrox Concord board that your ordered.

Optional item

You might have also ordered one or more of the following:

• CONGACCnnPAK, an accessory pack for Matrox Concord G-series that includes

low-profile (half-height) PCI brackets. The nn represents the number of brackets
included in the pack.

• CONFACCnnPAK, an accessory pack for Matrox Concord F-series that includes

low-profile (half-height) PCI brackets. The nn represents the number of brackets
included in the pack.

Matrox Matrox Matrox Matrox
Concord GE Concord GX Concord FE Concord FX

Installation 11

Handling components

The electronic circuits in your computer and the circuits on the Matrox Concord
board are sensitive to static electricity and surges. Improper handling can seriously
damage the circuits. Be sure to follow these precautions:

• Drain static electricity from your body by touching a metal fixture (or ground)
before you touch any electronic component.

• Avoid letting your clothing come in contact with the circuit boards or
components.

Caution Before you add or remove devices from your computer, always turn off the power

to your computer and all peripherals.

Installation

The installation procedure consists of the following steps:

1. Complete the hardware installation as described in Chapter 2: Hardware
installation.

2. Complete the software installation procedure described in the documentation
accompanying your software package.

More information For a summary of hardware information, as well as environmental and electrical

specifications, and connector pinout descriptions, see Appendix B: Technical
information.

Need help? If you experience problems during installation or while using this product, refer

to the support page on the Matrox Imaging web site:
www.matrox.com/imaging/support. This page provides answers to frequently
asked questions, as well as offers registered customers additional ways of obtaining
support.

If your question is not addressed and you are currently registered with the MIL
maintenance program, you can contact technical support. To do so, you should
first complete and submit the online Technical Support Request Form, accessible
from the above-mentioned page. Once the information is submitted, a Matrox
support agent will contact you shortly thereafter by email or phone, depending
on the problem.

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