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Appendix D Module Addressing and Receiver Banks
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8.2 Receiver Banks
The CIB parallel Comparator Interface Module controls and monitors 8 receivers. The AIB supports
all 16 receivers of an ASTRO-TAC comparator.
For Comparator I/O Modules such as the AIB module that support more than 8 receivers, the receivers
are grouped into banks of 8 receivers. Some User Interface Modules, such as HIBs operating with the
MCN Remote Comparator Display software support only bank 0. Other User Interface Modules, such
as the IIB, can be configured to control any one of the 8 banks.
Below is a list of the MCN banks and the receivers contained in those banks.
Bank Receiver Numbers
0 1 through 8
1 9 through 16
2 17 through 24
3 25 through 32
4 33 through 40
5 41 through 48
6 49 through 56
7 57 through 64
Table 8 - MCN Receiver Banks
In the example shown in Figure 23, the ASTRO-TAC comparator supports 16 receivers. The AIB
divides the receivers into two banks (receiver banks 0 and 1) for its communications with the User
Interface Modules (the IIB modules). Two IIBs are installed in the example system to support these 16
receivers. When the IIBs were installed, each had to be configured (through front panel option
switches) for the bank of receivers that each will be monitoring. The first IIB is configured to monitor
receivers 1 through 8 (bank 0). The second IIB is configured to monitor receivers 9 through 16 (bank
1). With this configuration, the console can monitor and control receivers 1 through 16.
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OUT
P/S
IN
IN
OUT
T
T
COMPARATOR CONSOLE
ELECTRONICS
IN
OUT
AIB
ASTRO-TAC
13 RECEIVERS
IIB
BANK 0
IIB
BANK 1
CONSOLE
Figure 23 - MCN Bank Configuration Example