Pioneer 2 / PeopleBot - Manual (Page 70)

Appendix B: Motor-Power Board Connectors
which output controls the computer's DC:DC voltage converter. Designed to provide
for crash-less shutdown of the computer in the event of a power brownout or for
unattended shutdowns, if Vpp drops below 10 VDC, the comparator automatically
initiates a two-minute delay before computer power (not system-wide) shutdown.
Similarly, when the computer power is manually switched OFF, the comparator is
grounded (below 10 VDC, of course) and the same two minute-delayed shutdown
occurs.
In all cases, power shutdown, but not necessarily computer software shutdown, is
canceled if power is restored to above 10 VDC, either by connecting a battery charger
or by hot-swapping the batteries.
With older Motor-Power systems, you may disable the two-minute delay circuitry
(switched or low-voltage shutdown immediate) by moving the jumpers on both J3 and
J6 on the Motor-Power Board to the pins opposite their ON position.
Power-State Logic
A 9-pin DSUB receptacle (P1) on the Motor-Power board provides a logic-level shutdown
indicator (DCD pin 1) which state goes low when computer power shutdown is first
initiated. The onboard computer may use this line state to initiate software-mediated
shutdown, such as provided by genpowerd for RedHat © Linux PCs.
Table 24. Power State 9-pin DSUB receptacle (P1)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DCD nc nc pin 6 nc pin 4 nc nc Gnd
10-20K adj.
across 4 & 6
Computer Power
Table 25. Computer power connector
Pin # Connection
1
Vpp
2 Gnd
3 Gnd
4 5VDC @ 7A
A common 4-conductor, bevel-keyed connector (J5) provides 5
VDC @ 7A power for the onboard computer, and battery power
for the optional 12VDC fan.
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