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Overview of NIC-500s
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Figure 2-7: Long side of NIC-500X showing pulseEKKO antenna ports and serial port
On the long side of the NIC-500X (opposite side of the power and odometer connections), there
are eight pulseEKKO ports and a serial port (Figure 2-7), described below:
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Serial port
– used to connect a GPS receiver. The GPS receiver can receive power from
this port, if power out is enabled. For more information, see Section 3.3.
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pulseEKKO antenna ports
– there are eight numbered ports available to connect up to
eight pulseEKKO PRO transmitters and receivers. If low frequency antennas are
employed, fibre-optic converters are required to convert the fibre-optic cable to the 15-
pin antenna port input (Figure 2-8). The other end of these cables will run to the
respective transmitter or receiver.
Figure 2-8: Fibre optic converters connected to the NIC-500.