Design and Function
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Operating Instructions
enCore FC1
At the rear side of the device, the CPU board provides a LAN interface and
two RS232/RS422/RS485 serial interfaces. Devices with protocol interfaces
can be connected to these interfaces, e.g. gas quality measuring devices.
Various other I/O boards can be mounted from the rear side of the device.
The maximum number of boards depends upon the housing design. A
maximum of four process boards can be installed in a device with 1/3 overall
width, while a maximum of seven can be installed in a device with 1/2 overall
width.
The configuration of the I/O board equipment is variable. In principle, any I/O
board can be inserted into any slot. There might be individual limitations de-
pending on the type of the board.
The following board types are currently available:
•
ExMFE5 Ex input board
•
MFE7 input board
•
MFA8 output board
•
digital communication boards MSER4
•
digital communication boards ESER4
For a detailed description of the process boards and possible limitations for
the board equipment
refer to chapter
(p. 32).