1. Introduction
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Capacities
In Hadron Xtorm Series, the largest rack can hold up to 18 modules. The combination between the
chosen modules must not exceed the current limit of the rack power supply. The current consumed
by each Hadron Xtorm Series module from the bus is found in the Technical Characteristics’
document. The user may check the MasterTool Xtorm “Configuration and Consumption”
functionality in order to get information about the following items: architecture assembly with the
desired modules, current consumption of each module, total current required for the selected modules
and the value provided by the power supply. With this architecture, a single CPU can control up to
512 I/O points through only one rack. The user can expand up to 16 racks (main rack + 15 expansion
racks) using the bus expansion functionality. In this case, the maximum recorded modules of all the
expansion racks cannot exceed 80 modules.
CPU Programming & Firmware Updating
Hadron Xtorm Series allows CPU programming and firmware updating via CPU's Ethernet port. This
approach offers some features such as:
Multifunctional Ethernet port used for program share, peer to peer data exchange, third-party
device protocol at the application layer, network variable data exchange, etc.
Direct access to CPU local variables
Remote access via Ethernet interface
Firmware update via Ethernet interface
Documents Related to this Manual
In order to obtain additional information regarding the Hadron Xtorm Series, other documents
(manuals and technical characteristics) besides this one, may be accessed. These documents are
available in their last versions at
Each product has a document named Technical Characteristics (CE), which describes the features of
the concerned product.
It is advised the following documents as additional information source:
