Matrox Orion HD Assembly Instructions

Matrox Orion HD

Installation and Hardware Reference

Manual no. Y11184-101-0101

July 26, 2012

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Matrox Orion HD board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

General acquisition features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Display features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Communication with DIP switches and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Limitations of Matrox Orion HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Essentials to get started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Inspecting the Matrox Orion HD package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Standard items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Available separately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Handling components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter 2: Hardware installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing your Matrox Orion HD board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Connecting external devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Matrox Orion HD bracket interface connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting SDI digital display devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Connecting DVI-D and RGB display devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Connecting SDI digital video sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Connecting video sources of other supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chapter 3: Using multiple Matrox Orion HD boards. . . . . . . . . . 31

Installation of multiple boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Simultaneous image capture from different boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Appendix A: Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Appendix B: Technical information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Board summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Global information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Technical features of Matrox Orion HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Electrical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Dimensions and environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

DIP switches and LEDs on Matrox Orion HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Connectors on Matrox Orion HD boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

SDI video output connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

SDI video input connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Multi-format input/output connector and the Matrox KX20 to 4 DVI-I

cable adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Appendix C: Listing of Matrox Orion HD boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Key feature changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Index

Regulatory Compliance

FCC Compliance Statement

Industry Canada Compliance Statement

EU Notice (European Union)

Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Product support

Limited Warranty

Chapter

Chapter 1: Introduction

This chapter briefly describes the features of the Matrox

Orion HD board, as well as the software that can be used

with the board.

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Matrox Orion HD board

Matrox Orion HD is a high-performance graphics adapter (display board) with

video capture capabilities. Both in display and acquisition, the board supports

standard definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) analog or digital video.

Multi-format

Video

Decoder

DVI-I* connector

Multi-format

Video

Decoder

DVI-D

B/Pb /CVBS1

R/Pr/CVBS2

H-SYNC

Multi-rate

Deserializer

Multi-rate

Deserializer

Matrox

GPU

Host x16 PCIe

Matrox Orion HD

* Connected via KX20 to four DVI-I cable adapter.

DVI-D

SDI

G/Y/CVBS0

V-SYNC

H-SYNC

V-SYNC

Input

Selector

Input

Selector

Multi-rate

Serializer

Transmitter

Multi-rate

Serializer

Transmitter

SDI

DVI-D

H-SYNC

V-SYNC

H-SYNC

DVI-D

DVI-I* connector

Shared Memory

(DDR2 SDRAM)

1GB

** Connected via SMB to BNC cable adapter.

BNC connector**

G/Y/CVBS0

B/Pb /CVBS1/C

R/Pr/CVBS2

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General acquisition features

Matrox Orion HD has four acquisition paths, but can grab from only two

independently at any one time. Two of the acquisition paths support SD or HD

3G-SDI digital video input using a multi-rate deserializer. The other two

acquisition paths support multiple video input formats using a multi-format video

decoder; they support RGB, YPbPr, Y/C, or CVBS analog video input or DVI-D

digital video input. The table below summarizes the supported aquisition video

formats:

The two acquisition paths that support multiple video input formats also support

video input from display boards (graphics adapters) in standard resolutions. The

table below summarizes the supported standard resolutions:

When grabbing standard definition (SD) video, the multi-format video decoder

converts the video input into RGB888, YUV16, or YCbCr601; when grabbing

high-definition (HD) video, it converts the video input to RGB888, YUV16, or

YCbCr709. The multi-format video decoder includes a programmable color space

converter for converting grabbed images to a different format.

Acquisition video formats

Transmission standard Standard

resolution Digital video Analog video

576i at 25 frames/sec

(PAL) 720 x 576

(non-square pixels) SD-SDI CVBS, RGB, Y/C, YPbPr

(non-square pixels)

486i at 30 frames/sec

(NTSC) 720 x 486

(non-square pixels) SD-SDI CVBS, RGB, Y/C, YPbPr

(non-square pixels)

720p at 60 frames/sec 1280 x 720 HD-SDI, DVI-D RGB

1080i at 60 frames/sec 1920 x 1080 HD-SDI, DVI-D RGB

1080p at 60 frames/sec 1920 x 1080 HD-3G-SDI, DVI-D RGB

Standard resolution Digital video Analog video Maximum refresh rate

1920 × 1200 DVI-D RGB 60 Hz

1920 × 1080 DVI-D RGB 60 Hz

1600 × 1200 DVI-D RGB 60 Hz

1280 × 1024 DVI-D RGB 85 Hz

1024 × 768 DVI-D RGB 85 Hz

800 × 600 DVI-D RGB 85 Hz

640 × 480 DVI-D RGB 85 Hz

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When grabbing video in SDI format, the data does not get converted. Standard

definition (SD) video input is in YCbCr601; high-definition (HD) video input

is in YCbCr709.

Display features

Matrox Orion HD can output video (the operating system’s desktop) to four

independent display devices simultaneously. These devices can be either digital

(DVI-D or SDI) or analog output devices, depending on the connector to which

they are connected. The video outputs are not only independent from each other,

but are also independent from the video inputs for maximum configuration

flexibility. The video outputs can be used to display an extended Windows desktop

or the Windows desktop and an exclusive display. However, to grab with the

Matrox Orion HD board, one of the board’s outputs must be used to display the

Windows desktop; otherwise, the Matrox GPU won’t be initialized properly and

won’t be available to control the grab. The table below summarizes the supported

standard display resolutions:

Two of the video outputs can be output in SDI format using a multi-rate serializer.

The other two video outputs can be output in RGB analog format or in DVI-D

format using a multi-format transmitter.

Standard display resolution Transmission standard Supported in

DVI-D format Supported in

SDI format Supported in

analog RGB

format

Maximum refresh rate

1920 × 1200 Yes No No 60 Hz

1920 × 1080 1080i at 60 frames/sec No Yes No 60 Hz

1080p at 60 frames/sec Yes Yes Yes 60 Hz

1600 × 1200 Yes No Yes 60 Hz

1280 × 1024 Yes No Yes 75 Hz

1280 × 720 720p at 60 frames/sec Yes Yes Yes 60 Hz

1024 × 768 Yes No Yes 85 Hz

800 × 600 Yes No Yes 85 Hz

720 × 576

(non-square pixels) 576i at 25 frames/sec

(PAL) No Yes No 50 Hz

720 × 486

(non-square pixels) 486i at 30 frames/sec

(NTSC) No Yes No 60 Hz

640 × 480 Yes No Yes 85 Hz

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