Hardware manual

MVS-8100L Hardware Installation 1
10 Cognex MVS-8100L Hardware Manual
Caution Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage the electronic
components of your Cognex hardware. We recommend the use of a
grounded anti-static wrist strap when handling any electronic
components.
To install the MVS-8100L frame grabber:
1. Power off the host PC.
2. Remove the cover of the host PC and select a PCI slot for the MVS-8100L. The
MVS-8100L requires a PCI slot that supports 5 V signalling and is slotted to allow
placement only in a 5 V slot (which are the most commonly found PCI slot types).
Motherboard PCI slots are keyed to allow acceptance of boards that use either 5 V
or 3.3 V signalling. The bus connectors on all PCI boards are slotted to disallow
placement of the board in the wrong type of slot. PCI slot keys are described in the
following table and diagram.
Figure 1. PCI slot types
PCI Slot Type Key in PCI Slot
Supports 3.3 volt boards Key is towards the back of the PC
Supports 5 volt boards Key is towards the front of the PC
Table 1. PCI slot types
Back of PC Front of PC
5 volt key
3.3 volt key 3.3 volt key
5 volt key
64-bit PCI or PCI-X slots
32-bit PCI slots
key