RTC
®
5 PC Interface Board
Rev. 1.9 e
5 Installation And Start-Up
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5
Installation And Start-Up
Installation of the RTC
®
5 consists of the following
steps (proceed in the described order):
(1)
Configuring the RTC
®
5 jumpers (see
)
(2)
Installing the RTC
®
(3)
Installing the RTC
®
5 software drivers (see
(4)
Installing the RTC
®
(5)
When turning on the laser system, observe the
safe start-up sequence (see
).
(6)
The included HPGL converter program can be
used for conducting a post-installation function-
ality test (see
).
5.1 Jumper Settings
SCANLAB ships RTC
®
5s in various jumper configura-
tions. The jumpers are soldered junctions and
customers can subsequently reconfigure them by
using a soldering iron (see
).
If you do not want to change the factory settings,
proceed with
chapter 5.2 "Installing the Hardware",
5.2 Installing the Hardware
Perform the following steps to install the RTC
®
5 in a
PC:
Remove all diskettes and CDs from your PC.
Shut down the operating system and switch off
the PC. Disconnect the PC from the mains.
Disconnect all peripherals (e.g. monitor, mouse,
keyboard, printer etc.) from the PC.
Place the PC on a work table that complies with
ESD directives.
Remove the housing of the PC.
Locate a free PCI slot and remove the slot cover. A
height from the slot connector’s top of at least
105 mm is required.
Remove the RTC
®
5 from the antistatic bag. Do
not touch the contacts of the board.
If you want to use the signals on the RTC
®
5’s
connectors, then attach the appropriate cables.
SCANLAB recommends installing additional slot
covers with suitable connectors, so that the
signals will be accessible even when the PC’s
housing is closed. All RTC
®
5 connectors and
signals are described in
Install the RTC
®
5 into the PCI slot. Observe the
instructions in the manual of your PC
(1)
.
Close the housing of the PC.
Place the PC at its operational location and
connect all peripheral equipment.
Caution!
• When altering a jumper configuration, take care
not to damage the board’s electronics!
Caution!
• Carry out the installation in an area that
complies with Electro Static Discharge (ESD)
directives.
• Do not touch the contacts of the RTC
®
5.
• Protect the board from humidity, dust, corrosive
vapors and mechanical stress.
(1) If multiple master/slave-synchronized RTC
®
5 boards are to be
used in a PC, then the RTC
®
5 boards must first be connected
pairwise with each other via the MASTER and SLAVE connec-
tors and then installed in adjacent PCI slots. (also see
