GYDA-SC
Rev.
4
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Product overview
The GYDA System Controller is an advanced control and monitoring card for
the flashlink
®
system. The card occupies a single slot in a flashlink
®
frame and
can control and monitor up to 8 flashlink frames, each with up to 10 flashlink
modules, a total of 79 modules.
The controller connects to a standard 10BaseT twisted pair Ethernet with
TCP/IP protocol. The user uses a standard web browser to configure and
monitor the flashlink system (i.e. no special software
is needed on the PC, any PC with a web browser will do). All relevant manuals
are also available via the web interface in adobe PDF format.
For users with large heterogeneous systems, the controller supports SNMP
(Simple Network Management Protocol), a generic TCP/IP based protocol for
management of a wide variety of devices. The controller software is located on
a removable compact flash card (the same card type frequently used on
digital cam-eras), and can be easily upgraded by copying new files to the flash
card. New software can be downloaded from our web site.
The controller module has four GPI inputs and a GPI open collector output.
The output is a “catch all” error output. The inputs are general purpose,
intended for monitoring external equipment like battery backup systems,
climate control and power supplies. Note that all flashlink
®
power supplies
have GPI outputs, which can be used as inputs to the controller.
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