3. Getting started
Barco – Argus X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 06 – February-2005
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3.2.14
Argus OmniBus
Connecting to the host
The data connection between P
ROCESSOR
and O
MNI
B
US
is established with a link interface cable. It connects the
respective link interface card in the host [19-24] with the link interface card in the O
MNI
B
US
[6]. Either a round
cable or a flat ribbon cable is used:
Figure 3-36
round cable (left) or flat ribbon cable (right) for connection of host and O
MNI
B
US
The cable between host and O
MNI
B
US
is fragile. It may not last under tension, or being bent
or twisted.
Connecting several OmniBus devices
In the A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
there are five PCI slots for link interface cards available. Therefore five A
RGUS
O
MNI
B
US
de-
vices can be connected to one A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
. Each O
MNI
B
US
is connected in the manner explained above.
Order
The link interface cards are inserted in the PCI slots of the A
RGUS
P
ROCESSOR
following the network cards in the
slots with the lower numbers. If more than one A
RGUS
O
MNI
B
US
is connected, they are numbered in the sequence
of the PCI slots.
PCI 1 PCI 2
Link
Inter-
face
1
Link
Inter-
face
4
Link
Inter-
face
3
Link
Inter-
face
2
PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI 6
Figure 3-37
Link interface cards in host to connect to multiple O
MNI
B
US
devices
The Processor expects the primary graphic adapter in the first Argus OmniBus. Therefore the
OmniBus that is connected to the link interface 1 must be equipped with graphic cards.
