Hardware manual

Cognex MVS-8100L Hardware Manual 9

MVS-8100L Hardware

Installation

This chapter describes how to install the Cognex MVS-8100L frame grabber in a host

PC.

Host PC Requirements

The host PC must meet the following minimum requirements to support MVS-8100L

frame grabbers:

• The motherboard’s chip set must be fully compliant with the PCI 2.1 specifications

or later. Motherboards with Intel chip sets that support Intel Pentium MMX, Celeron,

Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Xeon CPUs are known to be compliant.

Motherboards with VIA chip sets that support the AMD K6-2 and Athlon CPUs are

known to be compliant.

• One available two-thirds length PCI slot for the MVS-8100L.

• A CD-ROM drive, or access to one over a network, to install the Cognex software.

Additional requirements may be imposed by your Cognex software package. Check the

Cognex software’s release notes for the software’s requirements, if any, on:

• Minimum recommended CPU speed

• Host operating system, including the supported service pack release level

• Supported video cards

• Desktop color depth (the number of colors displayable)

• Desktop size (the number of pixels displayable in width and height on your screen)

• The presence of a mouse or other pointing device

Note Cognex strongly recommends using an AGP video card with the

MVS-8100L. Using a PCI video card will result in reduced frame

rates and higher CPU usage when displaying live video.

Installing the MVS-8100L

The MVS-8100L frame grabber board installs in a PCI slot of the host computer.

Expansion panels for additional cameras and trigger and strobe control can be installed

in unused slot positions.

Before you begin, determine your camera configuration, camera power requirements,

and the trigger and strobe control method. See your software release notes for the list

of cameras that are supported for your hardware.