OPTO 22 PAMUX, User Manual

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Pamux User’s Guide
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS PAMUX?
Pamux is a high-speed, high-density distributed I/O system that accommodates both digital and
analog brain boards and I/O modules. A Pamux bus can extend up to 500 feet from a host computer
or other programming device.
Pamux supports up to 32 distributable stations containing up to 512 I/O points. Each station is
composed of a Pamux brain board and an I/O mounting rack; the final station on the Pamux bus must
also include a terminator board. Digital (B4 and B5) and analog (B6) stations may be mixed on a single
bus.
All Pamux stations within a system are daisy-chained via a 50-pin flat-ribbon cable, as shown in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1: Typical Pamux System