D20/D200 Technical Overview
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D200 hardware is similar in design to the D20 hardware, but it has significantly more physical
capacity. Based on a 9-slot VME chassis, the D200, illustrated in Figure 7, can support up to:
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4 D.20 ports, each supporting up to 31 I/O peripherals, without repeaters, and 120 I/O
peripherals, with repeaters
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49 RS-232 or RS-485 ports (seven per D20ME or D20ME II Main Processor)
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Two Ethernet channels
Figure 7 D200 System Architecture