Matrox Iris GT Use and care manual

Matrox Iris GT
with Design Assistant
Installation and Technical Reference
Manual no. Y11121-201-0110
June 5, 2009

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Contents
Chapter 1: Before you begin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Unpacking and inspecting your Matrox Iris GT with Design Assistant package . . . . . 11
Base package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Matrox Iris GT starter kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Documentation conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing Matrox Design Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Manual overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2: Powering and connecting to your Matrox Iris GT . . 19
Powering and connecting to your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reading the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3: Configuring your Matrox Iris GT to work on
a network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Network configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Determining whether your network uses DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuring your Matrox Iris GT to work with a network that uses DHCP . . . . . . . 30
How to configure your Matrox Iris GT for DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Automatic naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring your Matrox Iris GT to work with a network that uses static
IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 4: Configuring your Matrox Iris GT to work with
your computer directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connecting without DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Determining a static IP address for Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the IP address of your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Matrox IrisBootParams utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 5: Accessing Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Accessing Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the Matrox Iris portal website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Accessing the portal website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Viewing images from your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Web access (HTTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
File access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Folders of your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Accessing your Matrox Iris GT from your computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Accessing your computer from your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing the telnet client on your computer in Microsoft Windows Vista . . . 49
Accessing your Matrox Iris GT using telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
File transfer protocol (FTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Appendix A: Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Appendix B: Technical Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Matrox Iris GT smart camera summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Sensor board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CPU board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Software environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Matrox Iris GT specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Environmental specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mechanical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Dimension specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Mounting bracket specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Matrox Iris GT connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Digital I/O and power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
100/1 GBase T connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Appendix C: Selecting a lens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Calculating the required focal length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Appendix D: Using the I/O signals of Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . 73
Input and output connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Connecting external devices to auxiliary output signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Connecting to an NPN-compatible PLC device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Connecting to a PNP-compatible PLC device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Connecting to an inductive load device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Connecting to a TTL device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Connecting a powered strobe lamp to an auxiliary output signal . . . . . . . . . . 80

Powering a strobe lamp with the Matrox Iris GT strobe output signal . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Connecting external devices to input signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Connecting to an external triggering device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Appendix E: The breakout board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Introducing the breakout board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Powering Matrox Iris GT and connecting its I/O signals to the breakout board . . . . 88
Routing signals to Matrox Iris GT input signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Routing a signal from a third party device to your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . 90
Generating a Matrox Iris GT auxiliary input or trigger signal with
a push button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Routing a Matrox Iris GT auxiliary output signal to a Matrox Iris GT
auxiliary input signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Routing one Matrox Iris GT auxiliary output signal to the
Matrox Iris GT trigger signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Routing Matrox Iris GT output signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Routing a Matrox Iris GT auxiliary output signal to a third-party device . . . . 96
Routing an auxiliary output or strobe output signal from your
Matrox Iris GT to a strobe lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Open-wire connectors reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Smart camera connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Breakout board power source connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Breakout board’s output connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Breakout board’s input connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
RS-232 serial connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Push buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Switch boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Output-to-trigger bypass switch box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Output pull-up resistor switch box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Output-to-input bypass switch box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Appendix F: LED Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Power LED error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Appendix G: Matrox Iris GT utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Utilities installed on your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Matrox IrisBootParams utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Matrox Iris OS Downloader utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Matrox Iris Camera Finder utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Utilities installed on your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Steps to run utilities installed on your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
IrisBackup utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
FullRescue utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
ProcMon utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
MemMon utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
TempMon utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Appendix H: Matrox Iris portal website details. . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Matrox Iris portal website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Manage projects page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
View utility page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Define calibrations page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Essential information page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Administration page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
A note about ActiveX security settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Appendix I: Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Problems with accessing the Matrox Iris portal website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Your Matrox Iris GT is directly connected to your computer or a
network that uses static IP addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Your Matrox Iris GT is connected to a network that uses DHCP . . . . . . . . . 141
Problems with the View utility page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Problems with Matrox Design Assistant connecting to your Matrox Iris GT . . . . . . 143
Booting problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Index
Regulatory Compliance
Product support

Chapter
1
Chapter 1: Before you begin
This chapter describes the features of your Matrox Iris GT
with Design Assistant and an overview of this manual.

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Introduction
The Matrox Iris GT with Design Assistant combines the integration of a
conventional smart camera with the flexibility of a traditional PC-based machine
vision system. Matrox Iris GT is a fully programmable device, allowing extensive
customization.
In addition, this powerful smart camera comes with an intuitive, flowchart-based,
integrated development environment (IDE) called Matrox Design Assistant.
Systems integrators and professional end-users can easily and quickly develop and
deploy machine vision applications on a highly integrated platform without the
need for traditional programming skills. The integrated development
environment provides access to a comprehensive set of highly-efficient and
field-proven image analysis and measurement tools.
Matrox Iris GT features an Intel-architecture processor and Microsoft Windows
Embedded CE, a real-time operating system. Matrox Iris GT uses an interline
transfer, progressive scan, CCD image sensor with square pixels. The sensor
provides an externally triggered electronic shutter.

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The Intel-architecture processor is an Intel Atom 1.6 GHz processor with an Intel
SCH companion interface bridge. The 1-Gbyte flash disk provides in-camera
(on-board) storage for both the operating system and additional data. The
256-Mbytes of DDR2 memory provides in-camera (on-board) volatile storage.
Matrox Iris GT can communicate with other devices through the Ethernet
(100/1000 BaseT), RS-232 serial port, and user-defined digital I/O signals.
Unpacking and inspecting your Matrox
Iris GT with Design Assistant package
The following details the items available when you purchase Matrox Iris GT with
Design Assistant. If anything is missing or damaged, please contact your local
Matrox sales representative.
Base package
If you have purchased Matrox Iris GT with Design Assistant, your package should
include the following:
•MatroxIrisGT.
• A quick start guide.
• Matrox Design Assistant DVD.
❖Note that your Matrox Iris GT base package does not include the necessary cables,
a power supply, or a manual iris lens. For these items, refer to the Matrox Iris GT
starter kit, described later in this chapter, or contact a Matrox sales representative.
Matrox Iris GT feature GT300
Sensor chip size 1/3"
Effective resolution 640x480
Color / Monochrome Monochrome
Frame rate Up to 110 fps

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Matrox Iris GT starter kit
The Matrox Iris GT starter kit includes the following:
•Powersupply.
• 100/1000 BaseT Ethernet cable with an M12 male 8-pin connector.
• Digital I/O and power cable with an M12 female 17-pin connector. Note that
this cable is open-ended.
•Breakoutboard.
• One C-mount12 mm lens.
Handling
precautions
The lens of Matrox Iris GT is a sensitive device. It should never be touched directly.
Always cover the lens if the smart camera is not in use to reduce dust buildup.
If dust accumulates on the lens, use either a can of compressed air or a lens cloth
to remove the dust.
Software overview
Matrox Iris GT comes with the Matrox Iris portal website installed. The Matrox
Iris portal website consists of a series of pages through which you can configure
your Matrox Iris GT, find other smart cameras on your network, update the
firmware, manage Matrox Design Assistant projects, and handle licensing
information.
The Matrox Iris GT with Design Assistant package is also distributed with Matrox
Design Assistant, a flowchart-based, Windows program that integrates a
development environment for Matrox Iris GT smart cameras. It allows you to
create an imaging application without writing a single line of code. Application
development is visually a step-by-step approach, where each step is taken from an
existing toolbox and is configured through a series of dialog windows. Matrox
Design Assistant runs on your development computer and uses the resources of
your Matrox Iris GT smart camera (for example, to grab an image and
communicate with connected devices) to build projects. Once the project is built,
it runs on your Matrox Iris GT without relying on the resources of your
development computer.

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With Matrox Design Assistant, you can:
• Create your project as a series of steps using a flowchart.
• Test your project from your computer without any additional code editors or
compilers and without deploying (copying and running) your project on your
Matrox Iris GT.
• Design and layout a web page (operator view) to receive operator input and to
display your project's output.
• Run, terminate, and re-run the project on your Matrox Iris GT from within
Matrox Design Assistant.
Imaging projects can:
• Grab images from your Matrox Iris GT or use images from disk.
• Analyze images using several industry-proven image analysis and measurement
tools (for example, code reader and geometric model finder tools).
• Send and receive user-defined signals from the I/O port of your Matrox Iris GT.
• Send and receive information from the serial port of your Matrox Iris GT.
• Send and receive information and save images across the network using TCP/IP,
Modbus, or Ethernet/IP protocols.

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Documentation conventions
Your Matrox Iris GT is a network-aware device. The terminology used throughout
this reference mirrors that for Local Area Networks (LANs).
In this reference, any computer that can communicate with your Matrox Iris GT
is referred to as a client computer. Whenever referring to a client computer with
full access to the various services of your Matrox Iris GT, that client computer is
referred to as your computer.
If you use the client computer to develop your applications for your Matrox
Iris GT, it is referred to as your development computer. Note that a development
computer should have a licensed copy of Matrox Design Assistant (for more
information, refer to Matrox Design Assistant online help).
References to the submenu items of the Windows Start menu in this manual refer
to the folders listed beneath the All programs menu of Microsoft Windows XP.
Installing Matrox Design Assistant
This section list the minimum requirements for your computer so that you can
use your Matrox Iris GT with Design Assistant, and access the Matrox Iris portal
website. This section also describes Matrox Design Assistant installation details.
Minimum requirements to use Matrox Iris GT
The following lists the minimum requirements for your computer so that you can
use your Matrox Iris GT smart camera:
• Matrox Design Assistant.
• A 100/1000 Mbits (sometimes referred to as 100/1 Gbit) Ethernet board
(installed in your computer) with an RJ45 connector, installed and functioning
Ethernet drivers, and a configured TCP/IP communication network protocol.
• Matrox Iris GT Ethernet M12 17-pin to RJ-45 cable.
• Matrox Iris GT Digital I/O and power cable, plus a power supply.

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Minimum requirements to install Matrox Design Assistant
The following lists the minimum requirements for your computer so that you can
use Matrox Design Assistant on your computer.
• Microsoft Windows XP with SP3 or above, or Microsoft Windows Vista with SP1.
• A DVD reader.
• Up to 310 Mbytes of free hard disk space to install Matrox Design Assistant.
Note that less space might be required if Microsoft .NET 1.0 and 2.0 Framework
files are already installed on your computer.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7 or above.
• Administrator privileges on your computer.
• A suitable display board that is compatible with DirectX 9 (Pixel Shader 1.4 or
higher) is recommended.
Minimum requirements to manage projects and configure your Matrox
Iris GT
To manage projects and configure your Matrox Iris GT using the Matrox Iris
portal website, the following ActiveX settings must be set to either Prompt or
Enable on your computer in Microsoft Internet Explorer:
• Download signed ActiveX controls.
• Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins.
• Script ActiveX controls marked safe for scripting.
• Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe. Note that, for this setting,
we recommend you set this to Prompt rather than Enable.

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Installing Matrox Design Assistant
To install Matrox Design Assistant on your computer, place your Matrox Design
Assistant DVD into an appropriate drive. The setup.exe program will run
automatically. Note that to install Matrox Design Assistant, you must have
administration privileges.
During installation, you will be asked a number of questions, such as:
• Whether you agree or do not agree to the license agreement. Note that if you reject
the license agreement, the installation will stop.1
• The drive and directory on which to install the program.
• Whether you also require Matrox Design Assistant 2.0 so that you can support
your Matrox Iris E-series cameras.
• Whether you want to add custom step development templates to your copy of
Visual Studio.
For the latest information on Matrox Design Assistant, refer to the Readme section
of the Matrox Design Assistant user guide.
1. You are required to follow the Quick Start Guide to access and legally use the Matrox
and other related software licenses. In the event that you use the Matrox and other
related software without following the Quick Start Guide or without agreeing to the
said license terms, and you click on the I AGREE button, you will be deemed to have
refused the terms of said licenses, as if you have clicked on the I DO NOT AGREE
button. In such a case, please return the Matrox hardware and related software to your
seller at your cost.

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Manual overview
The installation procedure is explained in the Quick Start Guide. This manual is
provided for additional information and instruction in maintenance tasks,
utilities, and technical information for your Matrox Iris GT.
For information on connecting the LAN and power cablesto your Matrox Iris GT,
refer to Chapter 2: Powering and connecting to your Matrox Iris GT.
For information on communicating with your Matrox Iris GT, refer to
Chapter 3: Configuring your Matrox Iris GT to work on a network and Chapter 4:
Configuring your Matrox Iris GT to work with your computer directly.
To determine how to use Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows
Explorer, FTP, and telnet to access your Matrox Iris GT, refer to Chapter 5:
Accessing Matrox Iris GT.
For a summary of the key features of Matrox Iris GT, and pinout descriptions for
external connectors of your Matrox Iris GT, refer to Appendix B: Technical
Reference.
To select a lens, refer to Appendix C: Selecting a lens.
To determine how to connect devices to the input and output connector of your
Matrox Iris GT, refer to Appendix D: Using the I/O signals of Matrox Iris GT.
To determine how to use the Matrox Iris GT breakout board, refer to Appendix E:
The breakout board.
To read the LEDs, refer to Reading the LEDs section, in Chapter 2: Powering and
connecting to your Matrox Iris GT and Appendix F: LED Error Codes.
To determine how to use the Matrox Iris GT utilities, refer to Appendix G: Matrox
Iris GT utilities.
To determine more about the Matrox Iris portal website, refer to Appendix H:
Matrox Iris portal website details.
To deal with the most commonly-occurring problems when trying to connect to
your Matrox Iris GT, refer to Appendix I: Troubleshooting.

18 Chapter 1: Before you begin
Need help? If you experience problems during installation or while using this product, refer
to the support page of the Matrox Imaging website:
http://www.matrox.com/imaging/support. This page provides answers to
frequently asked questions, as well as offers registered customers additional ways
of obtaining support.
If your question is not addressed and you are registered, you can contact technical
support. To do so, you should first complete and submit the on-line Technical
Support Request Form, accessible from the above-mentioned page. Once the
information is submitted, a Matrox support agent will contact you shortly
thereafter by email or phone, depending on the problem.
In the unlikely event of a failure, the warranty and Product Assistance Request Form
at the back of this reference outlines return conditions and procedures.

Chapter
2
Chapter 2: Powering and
connecting to your
Matrox Iris GT
This chapter guides you through powering your Matrox
Iris GT, connecting it to another device, and reading the
LEDs.

20 Chapter 2: Powering and connecting to your Matrox Iris GT
Powering and connecting to your Matrox
Iris GT
The Matrox Iris GT has the following interfaces:
•Digital I/O and power connector. Used to receive power from an external power
source. The connector can also send/receive RS-232, trigger, strobe, and
user-defined I/O signals to/from third-party I/O devices.
•100/1 GBase T connector. Provides connectivity between your Matrox Iris GT
and your computer or your network. Matrox Iris GT can gain access to a LAN
via Gbit Ethernet (GigE or 1000BaseT), fast Ethernet (100BaseT) or twisted pair
Ethernet (10BaseT).
•VGA/USB connector1. Provides connectivity between your Matrox Iris GT and
a digital display device and/or USB device (such as a keyboard or a mouse).
If you have not purchased the Matrox Iris GT starter kit, refer to Matrox Iris GT
connectors section, in Appendix B: Technical Reference for the pinout of your Matrox
Iris GT’s connectors and for parts/cable purchasing information.
1. Note that this connector is reserved for future expansion.