Matrox 4Sight GPm User manual

August 4, 2000
Manual no. 10657-301-0300
Matrox 4Sight
User Guide

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Contents
Using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Chapter 1: Before you begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Matrox 4Sight overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Matrox 4Sight CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Inspecting your Matrox 4Sight package . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Standard items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Optional items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Part 1: Using the integrated unit
Chapter 2: Connecting and configuring external
peripherals to the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Configuring external devices under
Windows NT Embedded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Mouse and keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
VGA display monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
LAN options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Printing devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Video Input devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

IEEE 1394 ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Serial or parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Auxiliary I/Os on the Matrox 4Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
NTSC/PAL/RGB video output device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Stereo audio device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Chapter 3: Managing the Matrox 4Sight under
Windows NT Embedded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Windows NT Embedded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Using Windows NT Embedded command prompt. . . . . .45
NTConfig: Basic configuration utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Adding or modifying user accounts
on Matrox 4Sight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Setting environment variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Setting the multi-boot option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Sharing and connecting to remote directories . . . . . . . .49
Other useful remote commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Backing up your DiskOnChip image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Logging off or shutting down Matrox 4Sight. . . . . . . . . .52
Guidelines for setting up remote management
of the Matrox 4Sight unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Chapter 4: Developing an application for
Matrox 4Sight under Windows NT Embedded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Application development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Installing a MIL application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Installing an ActiveMIL/ActiveMIL-Lite application. . . . .57
Remote debugging on Matrox 4Sight using
Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Debugging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Remote debugging on Matrox 4Sight using
Microsoft Visual Basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Working with MIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Automatically launching applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Removing unnecessary files from Matrox 4Sight . . . . . .63
Chapter 5: Managing the DiskOnChip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
DiskOnChip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
BIOS Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Replacing the DiskOnChip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Reinstalling the DiskOnChip image
on your DiskOnChip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Formatting the DiskOnChip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Building your own
Windows NT Embedded configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Part 2: Making hardware, driver, and OSmodifications
Chapter 6: Using the hard drive based Matrox 4Sight. . . . . . . .73
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Removing the Matrox 4Sight chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Connecting to a floppy drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Connecting IDE devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Installing a full Windows NT Workstation
on Matrox 4Sight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Installing an Ethernet driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Installing MIL/ActiveMIL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Chapter 7: Additions to the Matrox 4Sight integrated unit . . . .85
Additions to the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Connecting an alternate hard drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Connecting to a flat panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Installing a PC/104-Plus™ board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Removing and installing memory
from Matrox 4Sight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Removing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Installing memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Changing DMA memory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Using the MILConfig utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Part 3: Using the motherboard in a custom chassis
Chapter 8: Installing the Matrox 4Sight motherboard
in a custom chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Custom chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Custom power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Custom fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Part 4: Reference material for all users
Chapter 9: Matrox 4Sight hardware reference. . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Matrox 4Sight motherboard block diagram . . . . . . . . .102
Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
DiskOnChip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
IEEE 1394 ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Ethernet controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

I/O ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Serial ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Parallel port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Keyboard and mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Floppy drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Auxiliary I/Os. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
PC/104-Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Chassis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Chapter 10: Matrox Meteor-II for Matrox 4Sight. . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Matrox Meteor-II for PC/104-Plus frame grabbers . . . .112
Matrox Meteor-II /Standard grab section. . . . . . . . . . .113
Input channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Low-pass filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Video decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
User bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel
grab section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Input channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Low-pass filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Triple A/D converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
PSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Phase-locked loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
General synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Trigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Lookup table (LUT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
User bits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Matrox Video Interface ASIC (VIA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Matrox Meteor-II MJPEG Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Appendix A: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
What to do if you have a problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Common problems and solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Monitor problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Appendix B: NTConfig Windows NT Embedded registry . . . . .129
Windows NTConfig command line options . . . . . . . . . .130
Manually configuring the
Windows NT Embedded registry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Network components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Display components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Auto-logon feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Shell command line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Product ID, Owner, and Organization . . . . . . . . . . .140

Keyboard layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Auto-popup feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Joining a domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Choosing an IDE driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Auxiliary I/O and other devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Machine name check feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Appendix C: BIOS reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Upgrading the BIOS of the Matrox 4Sight . . . . . . . . . .148
The BIOS Setup program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Basic CMOS Configuration subscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Date and time section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Keyboard options section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
MEMORY section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Startup message options section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
DRIVE SELECTION section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152
DRIVE ASSIGNMENT section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
BOOT ORDER section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Miscellaneous section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Advanced Configuration subscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
MISCELLANEOUS OPTIONS section . . . . . . . . . . . .156
WINDOWS CE BOOT OPTIONS section. . . . . . . . . .159
ENCODER OPTIONS section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
BIOS diagnostic codes and error messages . . . . . . . . .162
Diagnostic LED flashes/beep codes. . . . . . . . . . . . .162
Error messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164