Perle Systems RIO 5500036-17 - Manual (Page 22)

RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
RIO system components
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Chapter 1 Introduction
RIO system components
This section provides a brief description of the main components of the RIO system and
includes the following.
• Host card on page 22
• Link cables on page 22
• Remote Terminal Adaptors on page 23
• Long Distance Module (LDM) on page 23
• Fibre optic (FOLK) kit on page 24 .
Host card
RIO host cards provide system connection to Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs). They have
four link ports and are available in ISA and PCI formats. See also
Installing a Universal 3.3/
5V PCI host card on page 156 , Installing an ISA host card on page 158 and Removing
host cards on page 160 in Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software .
Link cables
Link cables allow you to link host cards to Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs). See also Link
Cable on page 219 in Chapter 3 RIO Cabling information .