
MX Cameras
3-12 Vicon MX Hardware System Reference
• VGA Monitor (F-series, MX+, and MX)
15-pin VGA connector for fixed-frequency output to a VGA
monitor.
Important
This connector is not typically used in Vicon MX systems, where focusing
is done while viewing grayscale data for markers in the Vicon application
software: for example in a Live Monitor window (and optionally Preview
mode) in Workstation, or in a Camera view pane or a Fullscreen Preview
view pane in Vicon Nexus and Vicon iQ. You can zoom in on an image
viewed through the Live Monitor or a Camera view pane, which you
cannot do with a VGA monitor.
A VGA monitor was used in Vicon V-series systems primarily for focusing
an individual camera on an object other than a Vicon marker.
The MX Cameras automatically start in monitor mode during
system boot up, but switch this mode off once connected to the
Vicon application software. If you wish to use this VGA Monitor
connector, you must either:
• Ensure that the cameras are not connected to the Vicon
application software during system start up.
• Manually switch on monitor mode from the Vicon application
software.
Once monitor mode is switched on, the MX Camera automatically
changes its frame rate to match one of the range of frequencies
listed in the entry for the VGA Monitor Mode in MX Camera
Specifications on page D-2 and starts sending data to the
connected VGA monitor (the VGA monitor must be capable of
displaying this range). The camera remains in this mode until you
either manually switch off monitor mode or reboot the camera
from the Vicon application software. If you fail to switch off
monitor mode, the frame rate of this camera may be out of sync
with other MX Cameras in the system.
For details on switching monitor mode on and off and on viewing
grayscale data, see the documentation for your Vicon application
software. For details on focusing MX Cameras, see
Appendix C MX Camera Lens Focusing.
• Net Connect (F-series and MX+)
8-pin Lemo socket. This connects to the MX Ultranet, which
supplies power and synchronization signals to the camera and
carries the Ethernet control and data signals to and from it. For
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