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General Information
February 2012 1-16 P/N 06-237058-001
1-13 OPTIONAL EXPANSION CARDS
The following cards (each described in further detail in Table 1-3) may be included in the ARIES
NET
Link system:
• Signal Line Circuit (SLC) Card
• Release/Notification Appliance Circuit (R-NAC) Card
• Relay Card
• City Tie Card
• Digital Alarm Communicator Transmitter (DACT) Card
• Network Interface (NIC) Card
• Internet Communications Module (ICM) Card
1-13.1 General Guidelines for the Use of Expansion Cards
There are some general guidelines to be aware of when incorporating Expansion Cards into the
ARIES NET
Link system:
1. Cards can be plugged into any slot in the Expansion Card Cage. There are no reserved slots.
2. Removal of any card does not require removal of any other card or its wiring.
Note: Power should be off when removing or connecting PCBs and cabling.
3. Each Expansion Card is assigned a unique address.
4. An Expansion Card Cage contains a total of six Expansion Card slots.
5. A fully expanded ARIES NET
Link system can include a total of four Expansion Card Cages.
6. A fully expanded ARIES NET Link system (24 available slots) can include the total number of
Expansion Cards listed below:
• 1 City Tie Card
• 1 DACT Card
• 6 SLC Cards (limited by number of unused slots)
• 1 Network Interface Card (per node)
• 1 Internet Communications Module Card
• 24 R-NAC Cards (limited by number of unused slots)
• 24 Relay Cards (limited by number of unused slots)
7. All cards are supplied with +24 Vdc power from the backplane, with the following exception:
• R-NAC Card (only the output circuits on the R-NAC require external power)
1-13.2 Expansion Card Slot Addresses
Note that each Expansion Card is automatically assigned a unique address consisting of two
components: The first component identifies into which Backplane Assembly (out of four
possibilities) that the card is installed. The second component identifies into which slot (out of six
possibilities) the card is installed.