Overview

Design

The optional boards are installed in the slots of the electronics box. The LBA (Local Bus Adapter, backplane wiring) must be installed before additional optional boards can be fitted. The designations of the mounting locations and the slots are shown in the adjacent Figure.

Optional boards can be inserted into any slots; the only rule is that location 2 must be occupied before location 3.

Note

• A technology board must always be inserted in location 2 of the electronics box.
• If a technology board is used in conjunction with a communication board, the communication board must be installed in slot G. In this configuration, the communication data is exchanged directly between the communication board and technology board T400.
• Boards EB1, EB2, SLB and SBP cannot be used in conjunction with a technology board.
• Data from large-format boards are always output from slot E or slot G. The software version of a technology board is indicated, for example, in r060.003.
• In addition to the Local Bus Adapter, an adapter board (ADB) is required for the mini boards (CBP2, SLB, EB1 etc.) because the mini boards have to be inserted in the adapter board before they can be installed in the electronics box due to their extremely small size.
• It is not possible to install two optional boards of the same type in a converter (e.g. 2 x EB1).

Backplane bus adapter LBA

The electronics box can be equipped with the backplane bus adapter LBA (Local Bus Adapter) in order to utilize locations 2 and 3. Two supplementary boards or the optional boards plugged into the adapter boards can be combined with the CUD1 in the electronics box.

The CUD1 must be moved if the backplane bus adapter is used.

Adapter board ADB

The ADB (Adapter Board) is used to install supplementary boards, such as the CBP or SLB in locations 2 and 3 of the electronics box. Two supplementary boards can be installed on the adapter board.

The backplane bus adapter is required if the adapter board is used.