Data Translation DT3152 Parts list manual

DT3152
UM-18223-D
Getting Started Manual

Fourth Edition
August, 2002
Data Translation, Inc.
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Table of Contents
About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
What You Should Learn from this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Conventions Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Related Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Key Hardware Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
DT3152 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2: Preparing to Use the DT3152. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Checking the System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring Jumper W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing the DT3152 Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Viewing the DT3152 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 3: Installing the Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting up the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting an Expansion Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Inserting the DT3152 Board in the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 4: Connecting Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting Signals to Connector J2 on the Board. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting Signals to Connector J4 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 98 . 34
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows Me 36
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows
2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing and Configuring the Device Driver in Windows XP. 41
Chapter 6: Verifying Board Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing DT-Acquire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using DT-Acquire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Acquiring a Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Performing a Passthru Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

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About this Manual
This manual describes how to get started using a DT3152 frame
grabber board.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for engineers, scientists, technicians, or
others responsible for setting up a DT3152 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98, Windows Me (Millennium Edition), 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
Series hardware and software, and provides an overview of the
getting started procedure;
•Chapter 2, “Preparing to Use the DT3152,” describes how to
unpack the board and software, check system requirements,
install the DT3152 software, and view the DT3152 documentation
online;
•Chapter 3, “Installing the Board,” describes how to install the
DT3152 board;
•Chapter 4, “Connecting Signals,” describes how to connect
signals to the board;
•Chapter 5, “Installing and Configuring the Device Driver,”
describes how to install and configure the device driver; and

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•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 board:
•TheDT3152 User’s Manual (UM-14358), included on the Imaging
OMNI CDTM provided with the DT3152 board, describes the
features of the DT3152 board and DT3152 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
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
control, which allows you to use Data Translation PCI frame
grabber boards within graphical programming environments
such as Microsoft Visual Basic® and Visual C++®.

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•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 board, our
Technical Support Department is available to provide technical
assistance. Refer to the Troubleshooting chapter of the DT3152 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 Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Getting Started Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 1
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Key Hardware Features
Key features of the DT3152 board are summarized as follows:
• Operates on the PCI local bus interface;
• Can acquire images up to 4,096 pixels per line by 4,096 lines per
frame;
• Digitizes 8-bit monochrome video from any one of four video
input channels;
• Supports asynchronous reset cameras;
• Synchronizes to any one of four video inputs or to an external
sync input;
• Provides Sync Master mode for driving camera timing;
• Accepts separate horizontal and vertical sync inputs for
variable-scan devices;
• 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;
• Provides real-time scaling via decimation;
• 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);
• Provides a software-selectable chrominance notch filter for 50 Hz
and 60 Hz AC-coupled signals;

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• Provides programmable A/D reference, offset, and gain (0.5, 1, 2,
and 4) settings to adjust black and white levels; and
• Provides eight TTL-level digital output signals for
general-purpose use.
For more information on these features, refer to the DT3152 User’s
Manual (see page 14 for information on installing and viewing this
manual).

Chapter 1
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DT3152 Software
The DT3152 software, which is included on the Imaging OMNI
CD-ROM provided with the board, includes the following
components:
•DT3152 Device Driver −You must install this device driver to use
the DT3152 board with any of the supported software packages
or utilities.
•DT3152 User’s Manual, in PDF format −Describes the features of
the DT3152 board and how to use the DT3152 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 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 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 45)
Install and Configure the Device Driver
(see Chapter 5 starting on page 31)
Prepare to Use the DT3152 Board
(see Chapter 2 starting on page 7)

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

Chapter 2
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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 Board
(this chapter)

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Unpacking
Open the shipping box and carefully remove the DT3152 frame
grabber board.
Verify that the following items are present:
• DT3152 frame grabber board, and
• Imaging OMNI CD-ROM.
If an item is missing or damaged, call Data Translation's Customer
Service Department at [phone] x1394. 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 board in its protective antistatic bag until you are
ready to configure and/or install it.

Chapter 2
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Checking the System Requirements
For reliable operation, your DT3152 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).

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Note: Version 4, release 6 of the Phoenix BIOS works properly.
However, early versions of this BIOS are known not to work
properly. If your system contains an earlier version of the
Phoenix BIOS, please call your system manufacturer to upgrade
the BIOS to Version 4, release 6.
• At least one available PCI 32-bit or 64-bit bus master expansion
slot.
• At least 16 MB of RAM for Windows 98 or Windows Me; at least
32 MB of RAM for Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Note that
308 KB (60 Hz) or 433 KB (50 Hz) are required to store each
two-dimensional frame.
• A PCI graphics card with a 256-color (8-bit) or 65,536 (16-bit)
palette. A DDI-compatible, PCI bus graphics card is
recommended for real-time display.
• An image input source with appropriate cabling.
• At least one CD-ROM drive.
•Aharddisk.
• Window 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.

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Configuring Jumper W1
By default, jumper W1 is not installed, allowing you to connect up to
four AC-coupled inputs to the DT3152 board. If your application uses
only AC-coupled signals, leave jumper W1 uninstalled, and proceed
to the next section.
If you want to connect a DC-coupled signal to the DT3152 board, you
must install jumper W1. Figure 2 shows the location of jumper W1 on
the board.
Figure 2: Location of Jumper W1 on the DT3152 Board
To install the jumper, perform the following steps:
1. Discharge any static electricity by holding the wrapped board in
one hand while placing your other hand firmly on a metal
portion of the computer chassis.
2. Carefully remove the antistatic packing material from the board.
3. Insert the jumper plug or wire the posts in the jumper location.
Once the jumper is installed, the board can accept a DC-coupled input
from video channel 3. You can now install the board in the computer, as
described in the following section.
J2
J4
Jumper W1