National Instruments IMAQ A2514 User manual

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IMAQ ™ is a trademark of National Instruments Corporation. Product and company names are trademarks or trade names of their respective
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321679A-01 © Copyright 1997 National Instruments Corp. All rights reserved. July 1997
IMAQ A2514 CABLE
This guide describes how to attach the IMAQ A2514 cable to your image
acquisition (IMAQ) device.
Introduction
You can use the IMAQ A2514 cable to connect your IMAQ device to the
following signals on your camera or other video or trigger signal source:
• Four video channels, VIDEO<0..3>
• Composite synchronization input, CSYNCIN
• Composite synchronization output, CSYNCOUT
• Four trigger channels, TRIG<0..3>
• Horizontal synchronization input, HSYNCIN
• Vertical synchronization input, VSYNCIN
• Pixel clock input, PCLK
• Chassis ground, CHASSIS
• Digital ground, DGND
Refer to your IMAQ device documentation for more detailed information
on these signals.
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What You Need to Get Started
To install your IMAQ A2514 cable, you will need the following:
❑ IMAQ A2514 cable
❑ IMAQ A2514 Cable Installation Guide
❑ Your IMAQ device and documentation
❑ BNC cables
❑ Your computer
❑ Your camera or other video or trigger signal source
Installation
Insert the DSUB connector end of the IMAQ A2514 cable, shown in
Figure 1a, into the external 25-pin DSUB receptacle of your IMAQ
device, ensuring correct polarity. Tighten the thumbscrews as necessary.
You can now connect up to 13 BNC cables to the other end of the IMAQ
A2514 cable, as shown in Figure 1b, for access to four video channels,
four trigger channels, composite synchronization input and output,
horizontal synchronization input, vertical synchronization input, pixel
clock input, and chassis and digital ground.
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13
2514
1
a. 25-pin DSUB Connector
b. BNC Connectors
VIDEO 0 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 CSYNCIN CSYNCOUT DGND
TRIG 0 TRIG 1 TRIG 2 TRIG 3 HSYNCIN VSYNCIN PCLK
CHASSIS
Figure 1. IMAQ A2514 Connectors
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