Euresys PICOLO Tetra, PICOLO Tetra-RC, PICOLO Tetra-X, PICOLO Tetra-X-RC, PICOLO Jet-X User Manual

EureCard PICOLO series

PICOLO Tetra, PICOLO Tetra-RC,

PICOLO Tetra-X, PICOLO Tetra-X-RC,

PICOLO Jet-X, PICOLO Jet-X-RC

VEB, VEB 12, MIO

Manual

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This book is part of the documentation

provided with MultiCam.

For more information, refer to the

documentation provided in the latest

EureCard Picolo series Manual

Liège Science Park

MultiCam release.

Tome 2

January 2005

Copyright © 2005 Euresys s.a.

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Printed in Belgium.

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Table of contents

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Table of Contents

Part I. Picolo Tetra Product Description............................................................7

1. Product appearance............................................................................................7

2. PCI requirements.................................................................................................8

3. Connectors ..........................................................................................................9

4. Features .............................................................................................................10

5. Picolo Tetra block diagram...............................................................................11

6. Picolo Tetra and Tetra-RC standard compliance............................................12

Part II. Picolo Tetra-X Product Description .................................................... 13

1. Product appearance..........................................................................................13

2. PCI requirements...............................................................................................14

3. Connectors ........................................................................................................15

4. Features .............................................................................................................16

5. Picolo Tetra-X block diagram ........................................................................... 18

6. Picolo Tetra-X and Tetra-X-RC standard compliance ....................................19

Part III. Picolo Jet-X Product Description....................................................... 21

1. Product appearance..........................................................................................21

2. PCI requirements...............................................................................................22

3. Connectors ........................................................................................................23

4. Features .............................................................................................................24

5. Picolo Jet-X block diagram...............................................................................26

6. Picolo Jet-X and Jet-X-RC standard compliance............................................27

Part IV. Picolo RC Product Description........................................................... 29

1. Common characteristics of RC boards ........................................................... 29

2. Product appearance of Tetra-RC .....................................................................30

3. Product appearance of Tetra-X-RC..................................................................31

4. Product appearance of Jet-X-RC .....................................................................32

5. PCI requirements...............................................................................................33

6. Connectors ........................................................................................................33

7. 75 ohms solder bridges .................................................................................... 34

8. Block diagrams..................................................................................................35

9. Video input routing ...........................................................................................38

Part V. VEB and VEB 12 Product Description................................................ 41

1. Product appearance..........................................................................................41

2. Connectors ........................................................................................................43

3. Features .............................................................................................................44

4. Video input/output routing ...............................................................................45

5. VEB and VEB 12 standard compliance ...........................................................48

Part VI. MIO Module Product Description ...................................................... 49

1. Product appearance..........................................................................................49

2. Connectors ........................................................................................................50

3. Features .............................................................................................................51

4. MIO standard compliance................................................................................. 52

Table of contents

Part VII. Hardware Installation Procedure ...................................................... 53

1. Warnings............................................................................................................53

2. Hardware installation procedure......................................................................54

3. Picolo RC series hardware installation ...........................................................56

4. Input Video Expansion Bracket hardware installation...................................57

5. Output Video Expansion Bracket hardware installation................................57

6. MIO hardware installation................................................................................. 58

Part VIII. MultiCam Installation Guide ............................................................. 61

1. Hardware requirements ....................................................................................61

2. Linux installation...............................................................................................61

3. Windows installation.........................................................................................62

Part IX. Technical Specifications .................................................................... 63

1. Technical specifications for all Picolo products ............................................63

2. Picolo Tetra series technical specifications ................................................... 65

3. Picolo Jet-X technical specifications ..............................................................67

4. MIO technical specifications ............................................................................69

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Picolo Tetra Product Description

Part I. Picolo Tetra Product Description

1. Product appearance

MIO LINK

75 ohms switches

VEB LINK

(video in)

1 2 3

PC reset headers

168 mm / 6.61 in

Digital IO

VID1

VID2

VID3

VID4

VEB LINK

(video out)

Picolo Tetra is a 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI capture board including four color video digitizers. This Picolo board acquires four
real-time video signals in parallel. It may be extended to manage 16 cameras.

Expansion accessories are identical for Picolo Tetra series. Video Expansion Bracket and Video Expansion Bracket 12
are presented in part V. MIO module is described in part VI.

Wide PCI bus connector

107 mm /

4.21 in

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Picolo Tetra Product Description

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2. PCI requirements

PCI stands for "Peripheral Component Interconnect" and refers to standardized means to install an add-on board
inside a computer.

Picolo Tetra is a medium-size PCI card to be inserted in a standard PCI slot inside a PC. The PCI edge connector is
compliant with the official PCI specification, revision 2.2. It is 64-bit wide, operates at 66 MHz maximum, and supports

3.3 V or 5 V signaling systems.

Picolo Tetra can be used in a 33 MHz or 66 MHz PCI slot and using the PCI slot with 32-bit or 64-bit.

For more information, see “PCI Bus Variation” application note.

Picolo Tetra uses the +5 V, +12 V and -12 V power supply rails provided by the PCI bus.

Typical electrical consumption is as follows:

PCI power rail Current Power

+5 V 1.3 A 6.5 W

+12 V 0.12 A 1.44 W

-12 V 5 mA 0.06 W

Total power consumption is typically 8 W.

Notes:

1. Video Expansion Bracket and Video Expansion Bracket 12 do not consume any power.

2. These PCI characteristics do also apply to Picolo Tetra-RC.

Picolo Tetra Product Description

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3. Connectors

3.1. “VIDn” connector

3.2. “VEB LINK” connectors

VID1

VID2

VID3

VID4

Presence

Notes:

1. Each video differential pair is composed of VIDn and GNDn, both connected to digitizer n
where n = 1, 2, 3 or 4.

2. To inform the system of the Video Expansion Bracket existence, simply short-circuit pin 9
“Presence” with pin 10 “Dig. GND”, digital ground of a Picolo Tetra.

GND1

GND2

GND3

GND4

Dig. GND

VID1, VID2, VID3 and VID4 are selectable
color or monochrome composite inputs.
They are terminated with removable
75 ohms loads.

To modify the 75 ohms termination setting,
see “75 ohms switches”.

Each 10-pin header connector allows to connect one
Video Expansion Bracket with a Picolo Tetra.

Three VEB LINK connectors are used to add video
inputs to a Picolo Tetra. For more details, see “Video
input routing”.

One VEB LINK connector is used for video outputs of
digitalized images. For more details, see “Video output
routing”.

75 ohms
switches

VID1

VID2

VID3

VID4

1 2 3 4

3.3. “Digital IO” connector

Reserved

IO1

IO3

IO5

IO7

IO9

IO11

IO13

GND

IO2

IO4

IO6

IO8

IO10

IO12

GND

The “Digital IO” internal connector on the Picolo Tetra has 13
TTL I/O lines that can be used by the MultiCam software
driver as inputs, outputs or trigger lines.

Other Euresys video capture boards use the same connector.

3.4. “MIO LINK” connector

Using flat cables, this 10-pin header connector allows to interconnect a Picolo Tetra to MIO modules.

For more details, see “MIO hardware installation” in part VII.

Picolo Tetra Product Description

4. Features

4.1. PC reset headers

Picolo

Picolo

Tetra

64-bit board

Tetra

PCI slot

The two "PC reset headers" are equivalent.

See also topic "Using the watchdog" in the electronic documentation.

4.2. 75 ohms switches

1 2 3 4

OFF ON

The switch n controls the 75 ohms termination of the
corresponding VIDn input, where n = 1, 2, 3 or 4.

In the factory configuration, all video terminations are active.
Therefore, all switches are closed (ON position).

To remove the termination, set the switch to OFF position.

A reset cable can be connected directly to a "PC
reset header". The watchdog uses a static switch
with an ON resistance of about 35 ohms. The
polarity at the switch input doesn't matter.

In the drawing is illustrated the control of PC reset
by button or by the Picolo Tetra. The switch can
also be used for other purposes than resetting the
computer: for example, it can activate an alarm.

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Picolo Tetra Product Description

V

V

5. Picolo Tetra block diagram

Digital IO

VID 1

VID 2

VID 3

VID 4

Connectors on bracket

Electromagnetic compatibility network

EB LINK

(video in)

1

2

3

MIO LINK

PIO

Parallel

interface

PCI control

Digitizer 1

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

Video

Common-mode noise removal

Digitizer 2

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

Digitizer 3

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

PC reset
headers

FIFO buffer 1

630 bytes

FIFO buffer 2

630 bytes

FIFO buffer 3

630 bytes

PCI

PCI

interface

interface

Embedded PCI bus

PCI

interface

Quadruple 4-to-1 analog router

Digitizer 4

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

FIFO buffer 4

630 bytes

PCI

interface

Transparent

PCI bridge

Picolo Tetra Block Diagram

EB LINK

(video out)

PCI connector

64 bits, 66 MHz

Video input/output routing

The detailed routing is presented in part V, “VEB and VEB12 Product Description”.

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Picolo Tetra Product Description

6. Picolo Tetra and Tetra-RC standard compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation or
when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase 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 radio/TV technician for help.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with EN55022/CISPR22 and EN55024/CISPR24. To meet EC
requirements, shielded cables must be used to connect a peripheral to the card. This product has been tested in a
typical class B compliant host system. It is assumed that this product will also achieve compliance in any class B
compliant unit.

Notice for USA

Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC
FCC Part 15

Notice for Europe

This product is in conformity with the Council Directive 89/336/EEC amended by
92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC

Notice for Europe

Standard EN50130-4, immunity requirements for components of fire, intruder and
social alarm systems

Concerning video inputs, this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the following tests described in
EN50130-4:

• § 10, radiated RF immunity ;

• § 11, conducted RF immunity ;

• § 12, fast transient immunity.

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Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

Part II. Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

1. Product appearance

MIO LINK

75 ohms switches

VEB LINK

(video in)

1 2 3

PC reset headers

168 mm / 6.61 in

Digital IO

VID1

VID2

VID3

VID4

VEB LINK

(video out)

Picolo Tetra-X includes:

• A PCI-X bridge that doubles the throughput compared with Picolo Tetra. The usage of a PCI-X slot is
mandatory to achieve this performance.

• An optimized internal PCI bus between digitizers and PCI-X bridge.

Picolo Tetra-X can be used in PCI-X 66MHz, 100 MHz or 133 MHz slots. It also works in standard PCI slots, 32-bit or
64-bit, up to 66 MHz, 3.3 V or 5 V.

Starting with board revision A1_1, the PCI-X jumper is removed.

Expansion accessories are identical for Picolo Tetra series. Video Expansion Bracket and Video Expansion Bracket 12
are presented in part V. MIO module is described in part VI.

PCI-X

jumper

PCI-X bus connector

107 mm /

4.21 in

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Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

2. PCI requirements

PCI stands for "Peripheral Component Interconnect" and refers to standardized means to install an add-on board
inside a computer.

Picolo Tetra-X is a medium-size PCI card to be inserted in a PCI-X slot inside a PC. The PCI edge connector is
compliant with the official PCI specification, revision 2.3 and PCI-X addendum revision 1.0. It is 64-bit wide, operates
at 133 MHz maximum, and supports 3.3 V or 5 V signaling systems.

Picolo Tetra-X can be used in a 66MHz, 100 MHz or 133 MHz PCI-X slot.

Picolo Tetra-X can be used in a 33 MHz or 66 MHz PCI slot and using the PCI slot with 32-bit or 64-bit.

For more information, see “PCI Bus Variation” application note.

Picolo Tetra-X uses the +5 V, +12 V and -12 V power supply rails provided by the PCI bus.

Typical electrical consumption is as follows:

PCI power rail Current Power

Total power consumption is typically 9 W.

Notes:

1. Video Expansion Bracket and Video Expansion Bracket 12 do not consume any power.

2. These PCI characteristics do also apply to Picolo Tetra-X-RC.

+5 V 1.5 A 7.5 W

+12 V 0.12 A 1.44 W

-12 V 5 mA 0.06 W

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Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

3. Connectors

3.1. “VIDn” connector

3.2. “VEB LINK” connectors

VID1

VID2

VID3

VID4

Presence

Notes:

1. Each video differential pair is composed of VIDn and GNDn, both connected to digitizer n
where n = 1, 2, 3 or 4.

2. To inform the system of the Video Expansion Bracket existence, simply short-circuit pin 9
“Presence” with pin 10 “Dig. GND”, digital ground of a Picolo Tetra-X.

GND1

GND2

GND3

GND4

Dig. GND

VID1, VID2, VID3 and VID4 are
selectable color or monochrome
composite inputs. They are
terminated with removable 75 ohms
loads.

To modify the 75 ohms termination
setting, see “75 ohms switches”.

Each 10-pin header connector allows to connect
one Video Expansion Bracket with a Picolo
Tetra-X.

Three VEB LINK connectors are used to add
video inputs to a Picolo Tetra-X. For more
details, see “Video input routing” in part V.

One VEB LINK connector brings back the 4
video signals being digitized. For more details,
see “Video output routing” in part V.

75 ohms
switches

1 2 3 4

VID1

VID2

VID3

VID4

3.3. “Digital IO” connector

Reserved

IO1

IO3

IO5

IO7

IO9

IO11

IO13

GND

IO2

IO4

IO6

IO8

IO10

IO12

GND

The “Digital IO” internal connector on the
Picolo Tetra-X has 13 TTL I/O lines that can
be used by the MultiCam software driver as
inputs, outputs or trigger lines.

Other Euresys video capture boards use the
same connector.

3.4. “MIO LINK” connector

Using flat cables, this 10-pin header connector allows to interconnect a Picolo Tetra-X to MIO modules.

For more details, see “MIO hardware installation” in part VII.

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Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

4. Features

4.1. PC reset headers

Picolo

Picolo

Picolo

Tetra

64-bit board

Tetra-X

The two "PC reset headers" are equivalent.

See also topic "Using the watchdog" in the electronic documentation.

4.2. 75 ohms switches

Tetra

PCI slot

1 2 3 4

OFF ON

The switch n controls the 75 ohms termination of the
corresponding VIDn input, where n = 1, 2, 3 or 4.

In the factory configuration, all video terminations are active.
Therefore, all switches are closed (ON position).

To remove the termination, set the switch to OFF position.

A reset cable can be connected directly to a "PC
reset header". The watchdog uses a static switch
with an ON resistance of about 35 ohms. The
polarity at the switch input doesn't matter.

In the drawing is illustrated the control of PC reset
by button or by the Picolo Tetra. The switch can
also be used for other purposes than resetting the
computer: for example, it can activate an alarm.

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Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

4.3. PCI-X jumper

Picolo Tetra-X is compatible with all PCI and PCI-X slots. Initial production boards (rev. A1_0) include a PCI-X jumper.

If present, the factory setting of this jumper is shorted.

Remove the PCI-X jumper if you intend to insert Picolo Tetra-X in a conventional PCI slot.

PCI slot category PCI-X jumper

Conventional PCI

PCI-X

open

shorted

PCI-X

jumper

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V

V

Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

5. Picolo Tetra-X block diagram

Digital IO

VID 1

VID 2

VID 3

VID 4

Connectors on bracket

Electromagnetic compatibility network

EB LINK

(video in)

1

2

3

MIO LINK

PIO

Parallel

interface

Video

Common-mode noise removal

PCI control

Digitizer 1

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

Digitizer 2

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

Digitizer 3

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

PC reset

headers

FIFO buffer 1

630 bytes

FIFO buffer 2

630 bytes

FIFO buffer 3

630 bytes

PCI

PCI

PCI

interface

interface

interface

Embedded PCI bus

Quadruple 4-to-1 analog router

Digitizer 4

with color decoding,
scaling,
format conversion

FIFO buffer 4

630 bytes

PCI

interface

Transparent
PCI-X bridge

Picolo Tetra-X Block Diagram

EB LINK

(video out)

PCI-X connector

64 bits, 133 MHz

Video input/output routing

The detailed routing is presented in part V, “VEB and VEB12 Product Description”.

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Picolo Tetra-X Product Description

6. Picolo Tetra-X and Tetra-X-RC standard compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of
the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation or
when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase 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 radio/TV technician for help.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with EN55022/CISPR22 and EN55024/CISPR24. To meet EC
requirements, shielded cables must be used to connect a peripheral to the card. This product has been tested in a
typical class B compliant host system. It is assumed that this product will also achieve compliance in any class B
compliant unit.

Notice for USA

Compliance Information Statement (Declaration of Conformity Procedure) DoC
FCC Part 15

Notice for Europe

This product is in conformity with the Council Directive 89/336/EEC amended by
92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC

Notice for Europe

Standard EN50130-4, immunity requirements for components of fire, intruder and
social alarm systems

Concerning video inputs, this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the following tests described in
EN50130-4:

• § 10, radiated RF immunity ;

• § 11, conducted RF immunity ;

• § 12, fast transient immunity.

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Picolo Jet-X Product Description

Part III. Picolo Jet-X Product Description

1. Product appearance

MIO LINK

75 ohms switches

VID1

VID2

VID3

VID4

VEB LINK
(video out)

Jet-X includes:

• 4 digitizers.

• 4 on-board JPEG encoders.

• A PCI-X bridge that doubles the throughput compared with Picolo Tetra. The usage of a PCI-X slot is

mandatory to achieve this performance.

• An optimized internal PCI bus between digitizers and PCI-X bridge.

Picolo Jet-X can be used in PCI-X 66 MHz, 100 MHz or 133 MHz slots. It also works in standard PCI slots, 32-bit or
64-bit, up to 66 MHz, 3.3 V or 5 V.

Starting with board revision B2_1, the PCI-X jumper is removed.

Expansion accessories are common with Picolo Tetra series. Video Expansion Bracket and Video Expansion
Bracket 12 are presented in part V. MIO module is described in part VI.

VEB LINK

video in)

1 2 3

PCI-X

jumper

265 mm / 10.43 in

PCI-X bus connector

Digital IO

PC reset headers

107 mm /

4.21 in

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