-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matrox Imaging Library (8.0) Driver Update 11 Mil1394.txt April 20, 2007 Copyright© 2004 by Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This document outlines what is new with MIL for Matrox Meteor-II and explains the current limitations and particularities when using MIL with the Matrox Meteor-II series: - Matrox Meteor-II/1394. - Matrox IEEE 1394b PC/104-Plus adaptor and third-party adaptors. It also presents last minute board-specific information that did not make it into the MIL/MIL-Lite Board-Specific manual or the on-line help. The information found in this file overrides your formally documented material. Contents 1. Matrox Meteor-II with MIL/MIL_Lite. 1.1 What's new. 1.1.1 Differences between MIL 8.0 Update 11 (IEEE 1394 IIDC) and MIL 8.0. 1.1.2 Bug Fixes 1.2 Limitations and particularities. 2. Installation notice. 3. List of cameras supported by MIL with Matrox Meteor-II/1394. 4. Matrox Meteor-II with ActiveMIL. 5. Special notice regarding Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link. 6. IEEE 1394a/b adaptors under Windows XP Service Pack 2. 1. Matrox Meteor-II with MIL/MIL-Lite. 1.1 What’s new. 1.1.1 Differences between MIL 8.0 Update 11 (IEEE 1394 IIDC) and MIL 8.0. - Support added for Matrox and third-party 1394b boards. - The following new value is now available for the DataFormat parameter of MdigAlloc(), "M_DEFAULT_1394" Specifies the data format for the default camera will be used. - Added support for RAW8 and RAW16. - Added MdigInquire M_BAYER_PATTERN. A value of M_NULL is returned if the camera format does not use a Bayer pattern. Otherwise, the values M_BAYER_RG, M_BAYER_GB, M_BAYER_GR, or M_BAYER_BG are returned. 1.1.2 Bug Fixes - When grabbing from a 10-bits or 12-bit source to a 8-bit buffer, the bit-shift was not handled properly for version 1.31 cameras. This bug has been corrected. 1.2 Limitations and particularities. - The Sony V-500 camera has a hardware bug that prevents the driver from doing a complete reset when the camera is allocated or reallocated; therefore, this camera will sometimes stop responding to commands. When this happens, the driver will log a MIL error stating that the camera is no longer responding. - The Sony V-500 camera also has a problem with the white balance adjustment. The settings might be lost when the camera is disconnected for a while. The white balance settings will be reset to U=128 and Y=128. This gives a greenish image that can be fixed using MIL MdigControl() with the control types M_WHITE_BALANCE_U and M_WHITE_BALANCE_V. - Note that MdigAlloc() with "M_DEFAULT_1394" is not supported in Intellicam. 2. Installation notice. - In the Matrox Meteor-II /Standard Installation and Hardware Reference, some input voltage values (on page 72) for the user input signals are incorrect. The values listed are the following: Max of low: 1.0 V Min of high: 2.3 V Max of high: 3.8 V The correct values are: Max of low: 1.5 V Min of high: 3.5 V Max of high: 5.5 V - Note the following in the Matrox Meteor-II /Camera Link Installation and Hardware Reference: - On pages 29 and 42, the sampling rate should be 50 MHz. - On page 46, The table describing the pinout of the DB9 connector is incorrect: the signal for Pin 3 should be "LVDS TRIG-", whereas the signal for Pin 9 should be "N/C". - In the Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel Installation and Hardware Reference: - The descriptions for pin 17 and pin 18 are incorrect (p 64). The correct descriptions are as follows: - Pin17 : USER(2)_OUT, Auxiliary User Output #2 - Pin18 : USER(1)_OUT, Auxiliary User Output #1 - There is an error in the flow diagrams (pages 8 and 30) regarding the auxiliary inputs. There are no auxiliary inputs that connect to the TTL Drivers and Receivers. The two auxiliary inputs actually connect through the opto-coupler. The discussion under User bits on page 35 should therefore read: - "Matrox Meteor-II /Multi-Channel supports, through the video input connector, two auxiliary opto-isolated input user bits and two TTL output user bits." The pinout for the video input connector on the PCI form factor (pages 46 and 47) should also be modified so that pins 39, 12, 9, and 10 read opto-isolated. - In the Installation and Hardware Reference manual of Matrox Meteor-II /Standard, /Multi-Channel, /Camera Link, /Digital, the operating conditions for the opto-isolated trigger are incorrect. The values listed are: Min of low: 0 V. Max of low: 0.8 V. Min of high: 2V. Max of high: 5V. The correct values are: Min of low: 0 V. Max of low: 0.8 V. Min of high: 4.05 V. Max of high: 9.16 V. - In the Matrox Meteor-II /Digital Installation and Hardware Reference manual (10762-101-0102) on page 63, the jumper diagram is backwards. It incorrectly states: Jumper Signal --------------------------- B1 - B2: TRIG+, TRIG B3 - B6: VSYNC+, VSYNC B4 - B5: HSYNC+, HSYNC B7 - B8: CLKIN+, CLKIN- It should state: Jumper Signal --------------------------- B1 - B2: CLKIN+, CLKIN- B3 - B6: HSYNC+, HSYNC B4 - B5: VSYNC+, VSYNC B7 - B8: TRIG+, TRIG 3. List of cameras supported by MIL with Matrox Meteor-II/1394. All 1394 cameras compliant with version 1.20 through to version 1.31 of the "IIDC 1394-based Digital Camera Specification" of the 1394 Trade Association should work with MIL 8.0. The following cameras have been successfully tested with MIL 8.0: Allied: AVT Dolphin F201C AVT Dolphin F145C AVT Marlin F131B Basler: A101f A101fc A102f A301f A302f A302fs A302fc A602f COHU: 7700 JVC: KY-F1030 KY-F75U IPS: FIXCCD_COLOR FIXCCD_MONO ASC6200M Point Grey Research: FireFly DragonFly Flea Flea2* Prosilica Digital_Camera (DCAM 1.30) Sony: DS-250 DFW-V300 DFW-V500 DFW-VL500 DFW-X700 DFW-SX900 XCD-X700 XCD-X710 XCD-SX900 XCD-SX910 XCD-V50* TELI: CSB4000F CS3720F TI: MC680-DCC Tokyo Electronic Industry Co: CCD Camera CS3720F Videre Design DCAM * 1394b cameras were tested with MIL 8.0 Update 11. 4. Matrox Meteor-II with ActiveMIL. All of the above information also applies to ActiveMIL. 5. Special notice regarding Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link - By default, there are no Windows COM Ports mapped to Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link. To map COM ports to your Matrox Meteor-II/Camera Link, download the appropriate QFE from the Matrox Imaging website. 6. IEEE 1394a/b adaptors under Windows XP Service Pack 2 Users may experience performance issues under Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2. The bug and resolution are described in the Microsoft Knowledge Base article number 885222. For more information and to download the update,refer to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885222. By default, the maximum bus speed allowable by the Microsoft drivers provided with Windows XP's SP2 is S400. In order to achieve S800, IEEE 1394b users are required to also rollback the Microsoft 1394bus.sys driver from SP2 to SP1a. The "Enabling IEEE 1394b S800 mode under Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)" product notice outlines the procedure required to roll back this driver as well as that handled by KB885222. This file can be found in the \Matrox Imaging\mil\doc\ folder.