Matrox Solios Series - Connecting to Matrox Solios Gige

Connecting video sources 41
Connect the cable’s DVI connector to one of the DVI connectors on Matrox Solios
eA/XA. Then, connect the BNC connectors as follows.
Important To connect the output of a display board (with a DVI output connector) to the
analog video input connectors, you can use a standard cable (DVI-I to DVI-I or
DVI-A to DVI-A cable) if the display board encodes the synchronization signals
on the video data (sync on green). Otherwise, you must use the Matrox
DVI-TO-8BNC/O cable or a custom cable that re-routes the synchronization
signals to the appropriate pins.
Connecting to Matrox Solios GigE
The Matrox Solios GigE board has the following connectors:
• Four Ethernet connectors (on the bracket). Used to receive video input from
GigE Vision-compliant video sources and transmit/receive communication signals
between the video source and the frame grabber. Can also be used to receive data
from and transmit data to other types of Ethernet devices.
• Internal auxiliary I/O connector (30-pin). Used to transmit timing and
synchronization signals, and transmit/receive auxiliary signals. The connector is
located on the edge of the board, making the signals accessible from inside the
computer enclosure.
BNC label
1
,
2
Signal on DVI connector 0 Signal on DVI connector 1 Expected input, with respect to the DVI
connector.
VID IN 0 P0_VID_IN_A P0_VID_IN_B Video input A or B for path 0 (monochrome or
red input).
VID IN 1 P1_VID_IN_A P1_VID_IN_B Video input A or B for path 1 (monochrome or
green input).
TRIG 0/2 P0_TTL_AUX(TRIG)_IN P2_TTL_AUX(TRIG)_IN TTL trigger input for PSG 0 or 2.
EXP 0/2 P0_TTL_AUX(EXP)_OUT P2_TTL_AUX(EXP)_OUT TTL exposure output for PSG 0 or 2.
VID IN 2 P2_VID_IN_A P2_VID_IN_B Video input A or B for path 2 (monochrome or
blue input).
VID IN 3 P3_VID_IN_A P3_VID_IN_B Video input A or B for path 3 (monochrome
input).
TRIG 1/3 P1_TTL_AUX(TRIG)_IN P3_TTL_AUX(TRIG)_IN TTL trigger input for PSG 1 or 3.
EXP 1/3 P1_TTL_AUX(EXP)_OUT P3_TTL_AUX(EXP)_OUT TTL exposure output for PSG 1 or 3.
1. Note that only VID IN 0, TRIG 0, and EXP 0 can be used with Matrox Solios eA/XA Single since there is only one acquisition path (P0).
2. Note that only VID IN 0 and 1, TRIG 0 and 1, and EXP 0 and 1 can be used with Matrox Solios eX/XA Dual since there are only two acquisition paths (P0 and P1).