Kingfisher Plus+ Hardware Manual
MC-31 Communications Module
5.4.1 Overview
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Up to 3 communications ports
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Fixed Ethernet (Twisted Pair) port on Port 1
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Supports Communications Redundancy
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Wide range of available communications option boards
The MC-31 Communications Module provides three additional communications ports for an
RTU. Port 1 is a fixed Ethernet port while Ports 2 and 3 are optional and can house variety of
The MC-31 hardware is identical to the CP-30 with the exception of labelling, the lens cover
and firmware.
The MC-31 Communications modules can be used only with the CP-30 Processor modules.
They are powered from the +5 V
DC
rail on the backplane and can be swapped while RTU is
running without causing RTU restart. One or more MC-31 modules can be used in the
system.
5.4.2 MC-31 Options and Ordering Info
MC-31 v1.5 and v1.6 modules have been supplied to the market for several years. At the
time of publication of this Manual (3q2014), a new version of MC-31modules, hardware v2.3,
has been released for production. This new version has some differences in the module
features and specifications; in particular the operating temperature range has been extended
to -40 °C to +85 °C.
MC-31 options, ordering info and main specification differences are summarised in the table
below:
Order
Code
Item
H/W version
v1.6
1
V2.3
2
MC-31-x
3
y
4
Operating Temperature Range
-20 °C to +70 °C
-40 °C to +85 °C
Notes:
1
) And earlier versions (referred to as v1.x further in this Manual).
2
) And later versions (referred to as v2.x further in this Manual).
3
) ‘x’ designates a code of the communications option board installed on Port 2.
4
) ‘y’ designates a code of the communications option board installed on Port 3.
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