Digital Interface connectors
The digital interface connector on the Matrox Genesis digital input companion board (GEN-DIG-BRD) is a high density DB-100 (SCSI-2 like) connector. It is used for video input as well as sync & control I/O. The pin-outs are as follows:
| Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal |
| 1 | DATA, INPUT, 0+ | 51 | DATA, INPUT, 16+ |
| 2 | DATA, INPUT, 0- | 52 | DATA, INPUT, 16- |
| 3 | DATA, INPUT, 1+ | 53 | DATA, INPUT, 17+ |
| 4 | DATA, INPUT, 1- | 54 | DATA, INPUT, 17- |
| 5 | DATA, INPUT, 2+ | 55 | DATA, INPUT, 18+ |
| 6 | DATA, INPUT, 2- | 56 | DATA, INPUT, 18- |
| 7 | DATA, INPUT, 3+ | 57 | DATA, INPUT, 19+ |
| 8 | DATA, INPUT, 3- | 58 | DATA, INPUT, 19- |
| 9 | DATA, INPUT, 4+ | 59 | DATA, INPUT, 20+ |
| 10 | DATA, INPUT, 4- | 60 | DATA, INPUT, 20- |
| 11 | DATA, INPUT, 5+ | 61 | DATA, INPUT, 21+ |
| 12 | DATA, INPUT, 5- | 62 | DATA, INPUT, 21- |
| 13 | DATA, INPUT, 6+ | 63 | DATA, INPUT, 22+ |
| 14 | DATA, INPUT, 6- | 64 | DATA, INPUT, 22- |
| 15 | DATA, INPUT, 7+ | 65 | DATA, INPUT, 23+ |
| 16 | DATA, INPUT, 7- | 66 | DATA, INPUT, 23- |
| 17 | DATA, INPUT, 8+ | 67 | DATA, INPUT, 24+ |
| 18 | DATA, INPUT, 8- | 68 | DATA, INPUT, 24- |
| 19 | DATA, INPUT, 9+ | 69 | DATA, INPUT, 25+ |
| 20 | DATA, INPUT, 9- | 70 | DATA, INPUT, 25- |
| 21 | DATA, INPUT, 10+ | 71 | DATA, INPUT, 26+ |
| 22 | DATA, INPUT, 10- | 72 | DATA, INPUT, 26- |
| 23 | DATA, INPUT, 11+ | 73 | DATA, INPUT, 27+ |
| 24 | DATA, INPUT, 11- | 74 | DATA, INPUT, 27- |
| 25 | DATA, INPUT, 12+ | 75 | DATA, INPUT, 28+ |
| 26 | DATA, INPUT, 12- | 76 | DATA, INPUT, 28- |
| 27 | DATA, INPUT, 13+ | 77 | DATA, INPUT, 29+ |
| 28 | DATA, INPUT, 13- | 78 | DATA, INPUT, 29- |
| 29 | DATA, INPUT, 14+ | 79 | DATA, INPUT, 30+ |
| 30 | DATA, INPUT, 14- | 80 | DATA, INPUT, 30- |
| 31 | DATA, INPUT, 15+ | 81 | DATA, INPUT, 31+ |
| 32 | DATA, INPUT, 15- | 82 | DATA, INPUT, 31- |
| 33 | HSYNC, INPUT, + | 83 | HSYNC, OUTPUT, + |
| 34 | HSYNC, INPUT, - | 84 | HSYNC, OUTPUT, - |
| 35 | VSYNC, INPUT, + | 85 | VSYNC, OUTPUT, + |
| 36 | VSYNC, INPUT, - | 86 | VSYNC, OUTPUT, - |
| 37 | GROUND | 87 | EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 38 | GROUND | 88 | EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 39 | CLOCK, INPUT, + | 89 | CLOCK, OUTPUT, + |
| 40 | CLOCK, INPUT, - | 90 | CLOCK, OUTPUT, - |
| 41 | USER, INPUT, 0+ | 91 | USER, OUTPUT, 0+ |
| 42 | USER, INPUT, 0- | 92 | USER, OUTPUT, 0- |
| 43 | USER, INPUT, 1+ | 93 | USER, OUTPUT, 1+ |
| 44 | USER, INPUT, 1- | 94 | USER, OUTPUT, 1- |
| 45 | VALID, INPUT, + | 95 | EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, + |
| 46 | VALID, INPUT, - | 96 | EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, - |
| 47 | TRIGGER, INPUT, + | 97 | EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, + |
| 48 | TRIGGER, INPUT, - | 98 | EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, - |
| 49 | CAMERA CONTROL BIT0, OUTPUT, TTL | 99 | CAMERA CONTROL BIT1, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 50 | GROUND | 100 | CAMERA CONTROL BIT2, OUTPUT, TTL |
A variety of Matrox cables are available to interface to this connector. A custom cable can be built using the following components:
| Part Description | Manufacturer | Part no. |
| connector and shell | A.R. Gray and Associates | HP-100C-20F-BO |
The digital connector on the Matrox Genesis digital cable adaptor board included with the Matrox Genesis board) is a high density DB-68 (SCSI-2 like) connector. It is used for video sync & control I/O only. The pin-outs are as follows:
| Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal |
| 1 | NC | 35 | NC |
| 2 | EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, 422+ | 36 | EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, 422- |
| 3 | EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, 422+ | 37 | EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, 422- |
| 4 | USER1, OUTPUT, 422+ | 38 | USER1, OUTPUT, 422- |
| 5 | USER0, OUTPUT, 422+ | 39 | USER0, OUTPUT, 422- |
| 6 | CLOCK, OUTPUT, 422+ | 40 | CLOCK, OUTPUT, 422- |
| 7 | VSYNC, OUTPUT, 422+ | 41 | VSYNC, OUTPUT, 422- |
| 8 | HSYNC, OUTPUT, 422+ | 42 | HSYNC, OUTPUT, 422- |
| 9 | TRIGGER, INPUT, 422+ | 43 | TRIGGER, INPUT, 422- |
| 10 | VALID, INPUT, 422+ | 44 | VALID, INPUT, 422- |
| 11 | USER1, INPUT, 422+ | 45 | USER1, INPUT, 422- |
| 12 | USER0, INPUT, 422+ | 46 | USER0, INPUT, 422- |
| 13 | CLOCK, INPUT, 422+ | 47 | CLOCK, INPUT, 422- |
| 14 | CSYNC, INPUT, 422+ | 48 | CSYNC, INPUT, 422- |
| 15 | VSYNC, INPUT, 422+ | 49 | VSYNC, INPUT, 422- |
| 16 | HSYNC, INPUT, 422+ | 50 | HSYNC, INPUT, 422- |
| 17 | NC | 51 | NC |
| 18 | NC | 52 | GROUND |
| 19 | GROUND | 53 | NC |
| 20 | NC | 54 | NC |
| 21 | MODULE CLOCK, OUTPUT, TTL | 55 | MODULE LOAD, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 22 | GROUND | 56 | MODULE DATA, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 23 | USER0, OUTPUT, TTL | 57 | USER1, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 24 | EXPOSURE1, OUTPUT, TTL | 58 | EXPOSURE2, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 25 | GROUND | 59 | CLOCK, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 26 | VSYNC, OUTPUT, TTL | 60 | GROUND |
| 27 | NC | 61 | NC |
| 28 | GROUND | 62 | HSYNC, OUTPUT, TTL |
| 29 | USER0, INPUT, TTL | 63 | USER1, INPUT, TTL |
| 30 | VALID, INPUT, TTL | 64 | GROUND |
| 31 | GROUND | 65 | CLOCK, INPUT, TTL |
| 32 | CSYNC, INPUT, TTL | 66 | GROUND |
| 33 | VSYNC, INPUT, TTL | 67 | TRIGGER, INPUT, TTL |
| 34 | HSYNC, INPUT, TTL | 68 | GROUND |
A Matrox cable is available to interface to this connector. A custom cable can be built using the
following components:
| Part Description | Manufacturer | Part no. |
| connector | DDK Electronics | DHA-PA68-3G |
| shell | DDK Electronics | DHA-HPA68 |
| shell | DDK Electronics | DHA-HPA68 |
N.B. Use twisted pair cable (twisted along signal pairs)