Spectrum Brands MC.31XX - Manual (Page 17)

Hardware Installation Installing the board in the system
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Installing multiple synchronized boards
Hooking up the boards
Before mounting several synchronized boards for a multi
channel system into the chassis you have to hook up the
boards with their syncronization cables first. Spectrum
ships the boards together with the needed synchronization
cable.
All of the possible four boards must be wired with deliv-
ered synchronization cable. The figure is showing that ex-
emplarily for three synchronized boards. As you can see,
all boards have a notch to get the cables from one board
to the other. Please take care that the cable lays within
these notches to avoid damages to the cable when insert-
ing the boards into the host system.
The outer boards have a soldered termination for the sync
bus. These boards are marked with an additional sticker.
Only mount the cluster of synchronized boards
in a row with the dedicated boards on the outer
sides.
Mounting the wired boards
The locks on the top and bottom side of all CompactPCI brackets need to be unlocked and opened before installing the boards into the slots
of the system. Therefore you need to press the little buttons on the inside of the fasteners and move them outwards (see figure). Now slowly
insert the boards into the host system using the key ways until both locks snap in with a „click“.
While inserting the boards take care not to cant them and make sure that the cable is not squeezed by the
backplane or any other components.
After the board’s insertion fasten the screws of all brackets carefully, without overdoing. The figure shows exemplarily a board with two in-
stalled modules.