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Unpacking and Placement
Unpacking
The Axon Synapse card must be unpacked in an anti-static
environment. Care must be taken NOT to touch components on the
card – always handle the card carefully by the edges. The card must
be stored and shipped in anti-static packaging. Ensuring that these
precautions are followed will prevent premature failure from
components mounted on the board.
Placing the card
The Synapse card can be placed vertically in an SFR18 frame or
horizontally in an SFR08 frame.
We advice not to use the HCS in
an SFR04!
Locate the two guide slots to be used, slide in the mounted circuit
board, and push it firmly to locate the connectors.
The HCS100 and HCS120 consist out of two cards, the processing
card and the card containing the SSD’s. The cards have to be placed
next to each other with the SSD card one slot number
lower
than
the processing card. This means in an SFR18 the SSD card has to be
inserted one slot on the
left
hand side of the processing card. In an
SFR08 do
not
try to insert the processing card in slot 5 and the SSD
in slot 4. This will
not
work!
Correct insertion of card is essential as a card that is not located
properly may show valid indicators, but does not function correctly.
NOTE:
On power up all LED’s will light for a few seconds, this is
the time it takes to initialise the card.
(Re)placing Solid
State Disk
The Solid state disks have to be manually (re)placed. To do this,
synapse card which contains the SSD’s will have to be pulled out of
the frame. This will cause output downtime!
After reseating the card, the buffer will be cleared and the
recording starts from the beginning!
SSD1 is the disk closest to the card grip. SSD2 is the disk closest to
the card connector, clearly indicated on the PCB itself. Use a small
Philips screwdriver to unscrew the 4 screws of the disk that requires
replacement. Carefully slide the disk out of the SATA connectors.
Take the new disk and gently slide it into the SATA connectors.
When the disk is in place, screw the disk steadfast onto the board
with the 4 screws (M3*5CK). Below pictures (next page) shows the
position of the disks and the screws of each SSD on the
bottom side
of the card.
