Data Translation DT3152-LS Parts list manual

UM-16398-D
DT3152-LS
Getting Started Manual

Fourth Edition
April, 2002
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Table of Contents
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
What You Should Learn from this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Conventions Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Key Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DT3152-LS Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2: Preparing to Use the DT3152-LS. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Checking the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring Jumper W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing the DT3152-LS Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Viewing the DT3152-LS Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 3: Installing the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting up the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting an Expansion Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inserting the DT3152-LS Board in the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 4: Connecting Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting Signals to Connector J1 on the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting Signals to Connector J2 on the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Chapter 5: Installing and Configuring the Device Driver. . 31
Before Installing the Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows 95 . 34
Installing the Device Driver Under Version 4.00.950 or
4.00.950a of Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
As Windows 95 (Version 4.00.950 or 4.00.950a) Starts . 35
After Windows 95 (Version 4.00.950 or 4.00.950a)
Has Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing the Device Driver Under Version 4.00.950B or
4.00.950 C of Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
As Windows 95 (Version 4.00.950B or 4.00.950 C)
Starts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
After Windows 95 (Version 4.00.950B or 4.00.950 C)
Has Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adding a Board using the Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows 98 . 43
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows Me 46
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows NT 49
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Disabling the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing/Configuring the Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows XP. 56
Disabling the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing/Configuring the Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter 6: Verifying Board Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing DT-Acquire or LS-Acquire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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Using DT-Acquire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Performing an Area-Scan Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Performing a Passthru Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using LS-Acquire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Performing a Line-Scan Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Performing a Continuous Line-Scan Passthru Operation. . 69
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

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About this Manual
This manual describes how to get started using a DT3152-LS frame
grabber board.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for engineers, scientists, technicians, or
others responsible for setting up a DT3152-LS board to perform
machine vision and/or image analysis operations. It is assumed that
you have some familiarity with the operating characteristics of your
video source. It is also assumed that you are familiar with the
MicrosoftWindows95, Windows 98, Windows Me (Millennium
Edition), Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
operating system.
What You Should Learn from this Manual
This manual will help you install and set up your board and device
driver successfully. It is organized as follows:
•Chapter 1, “Overview,” describes the key features of the
DT3152-LS hardware and software, and provides an overview of
the getting started procedure;
•Chapter 2, “Preparing to Use the DT3152-LS,” describes how to
unpack the board and software, check system requirements,
install the DT3152-LS software, and view the DT3152-LS
documentation online;
•Chapter 3, “Installing the Board,” describes how to install the
DT3152-LS board;
•Chapter 4, “Connecting Signals,” describes how to connect
signals to the board;

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•Chapter 5, “Installing and Configuring the Device Driver,”
describes how to install and configure the device driver; and
•Chapter 6, “Verifying Board Operation,” describes how to verify
the board’s operation using DT-Acquire.
• An index completes this manual.
Conventions Used in this Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual:
• Notes provide useful information that requires special emphasis,
cautions provide information to help you avoid losing data or
damaging your equipment, and warnings provide information to
help you avoid catastrophic damage to yourself or your
equipment.
• Items that you select or type are shown in bold.
•Courier font is used to represent source code.
Related Information
Refer to the following documents for more information on using a
DT3152-LS board:
•TheDT3152-LS User’s Manual (UM-16481), included on the
Imaging OMNI CDTM provided with the DT3152-LS board,
describes the features of the DT3152-LS board and DT3152-LS
Device Driver in detail.
•Frame Grabber SDK User’s Manual (UM-13442) and online help,
included on the Imaging OMNI CD provided with the
DT3152-LS board, describe the Dynamic Linkable Library (DLL)
that you can use to write image acquisition application software.
•DT-Active Open Layers User’s Manual (UM-17325), available from
Data Translation, describes DT-Active Open Layers, an ActiveX

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control, which allows you to use Data Translation PCI frame
grabber boards within graphical programming environments
such as Microsoft Visual Basic® and Visual C++®.
•GLOBAL LAB Image/2 User’s Manual (UM-17790) and GLOBAL
LAB Image/2 API Manual (UM-17792),available from Data
Translation, describe how to use GLOBAL LAB® Image/2 and
GLOBAL LAB Image/2 Streamlineto create scientific
applications using object-oriented image processing tools.
•DT Vision Foundry User’s Manual (UM-17755) and DT Vision
Foundry API Manual (UM-17757), available from Data
Translation, describe how to use DT Vision Foundryto create
machine vision applications using object-oriented image
processing tools.
Where to Get Help
Should you run into problems installing or using a DT3152-LS board,
our Technical Support Department is available to provide technical
assistance. Refer to the Troubleshooting chapter of the DT3152-LS
User’s Manual for more information (see page 14 for information on
installing and viewing this manual). If you are outside the United
States or Canada,call your local distributor, whose number is listed
in your Data Translation product handbook.

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Overview
Key Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DT3152-LS Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 1
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Key Hardware Features
The DT3152-LS is a high-accuracy, programmable, monochrome
frame grabber board for the PCI bus. It is suitable for both image
analysis and machine vision applications, and is particularly useful
when acquiring snapshots of moving or rotating objects, such as parts
on a production line, for analysis.
Key features of the DT3152-LS board are summarized as follows:
• Operates on the PCI local bus interface;
• In area-scan mode, can acquire images up to 4,096 pixels per line
by 4,096 lines per frame; in line-scan mode, can acquire images
with as many as 8,192 pixels per line and with as many lines as
the system memory allows;
• Digitizes 8-bit monochrome video from any one of four video
input channels;
• Supports asynchronous reset cameras;
• In area-scan mode, synchronizes to any one of four video inputs;
• In area-scan mode, provides Sync Master mode for driving
camera timing;
• Accepts and provides separate control signals for variable-scan
devices;
• Accepts and provides synchronization signals for most line-scan
cameras (line-sync, pixel clock, and integration output);
• Provides a programmable internal pixel clock and accepts an
external pixel clock input;
• Provides digital video synchronization for reduced pixel jitter
and good VCR/VTR acquisition;
• Accepts an external trigger with selectable polarity;
• Provides hardware clipping;
• In area-scan mode, provides real-time scaling via decimation;

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• Provides a 256 x 8-bit input look-up-table (ILUT);
• Provides a 256 x 8-bit passthru look-up-table;
• Supports a programmable region-of-interest (ROI);
• In area-scan mode, provides a software-selectable chrominance
notch filter for 50 Hz and 60 Hz AC-coupled signals;
• Provides programmable A/D reference, offset, and gain (0.5, 1, 2,
and 4) settings to adjust black and white levels; and
• In line-scan mode, accepts four TTL-level digital input signals for
general-purpose use; in area-scan and line-scan mode, provides
four TTL-level digital output signals for general-purpose use.
For more information on these features, refer to the DT3152-LS User’s
Manual (see page 14 for information on installing and viewing this
manual).

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DT3152-LS Software
The DT3152-LS software, included on the Imaging OMNI CD
provided with the board, includes the following components:
•DT3152-LS Device Driver −You must install this device driver to
use the DT3152-LS board with any of the supported software
packages or utilities.
•DT3152-LS User’s Manual, in PDF format −Describes the
features of the DT3152-LS board and how to use the DT3152-LS
Device Driver with the Frame Grabber SDK to write an
application program.
• This manual in PDF format.
Refer to Chapter 2 starting on page 7 for information on installing the
DT3152-LS software.

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Getting Started Procedure
The flow diagram shown in Figure 1 illustrates the steps needed to
get started using the DT3152-LS board. This diagram is repeated in
each chapter; the shaded area in the diagram shows you where you
are in the getting started procedure.
Figure 1: Getting Started Flow Diagram
Install the Board
(see Chapter 3 starting on page 19)
Connect Signals to the Board
(see Chapter 4 starting on page 25)
Verify Board Operation
(see Chapter 6 starting on page 61)
Install and Configure the Device Driver
(see Chapter 5 starting on page 31)
Prepare to Use the DT3152-LS Board
(see Chapter 2 starting on page 7)

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Preparing to Use the
DT3152-LS
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Checking the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring Jumper W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing the DT3152-LS Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Viewing the DT3152-LS Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Install the Board
(see Chapter 3)
Connect Signals to the Board
(see Chapter 4)
Verify Board Operation
(see Chapter 6)
Install and Configure the Device Driver
(see Chapter 5)
Prepare to Use the DT3152-LS Board
(this chapter)

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Unpacking
Open the shipping box and carefully remove the DT3152-LS frame
grabber board.
Verify that the following items are present:
• DT3152-LS frame grabber board, and
• Imaging OMNI CD-ROM.
If an item is missing or damaged, call Data Translation's Customer
Service Department at [phone] x394. Customer Service will
guide you through the appropriate steps for replacing missing or
damaged items. If you are located outside the USA, call your local
distributor, listed in your Data Translation Product Handbook.
Note: We suggest that you save the original packing material in the
unlikely event that your board requires servicing in the future.
CAUTION:
Keep the DT3152-LS board in its protective antistatic bag until you
are ready to configure and/or install it.

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Checking the System Requirements
For reliable operation, your DT3152-LS board requires the following
minimum system requirements:
• 120 MHz Pentium processor with an Intel PCI chip set that
supports and enables PCI-to-posted memory writes. The
following Intel PCI chip sets are known to work properly:
−Triton 8243xFX,
−Triton2 8243xHX,
−Triton VX 8243xVX,
−Triton TX 8243xTX,
−Natoma 8244xFX, or
−Natoma 8244xLX.
Note: The following Intel PCI chip sets are known not to work
properly: Saturn 8242x, Mercury 8243xLX, Neptune 8243xNX,
Orion 8245xKX, and Orion 8245xKG. If your system contains one
of these chip sets, please call your system manufacturer to replace
the chip set with one that is supported.
• A BIOS that complies with PCI specifications, such as one of the
following:
−AMI, or
−AWARD (version 4.51PG).