SPX SPIDAR NIC-500s, Operation Manual

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Overview of NIC-500s
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Figure 2-3: Showing the front (short) side of the NIC-500
2.1 NIC-500N
A NIC-500N is a variation of the NIC that can be used to run up to 2 Noggins simultaneously.
Noggins are available in 4 center frequencies: 100, 250, 500 and 1000 MHz. Multiple NIC-
500Ns can be connected together, to run any number of Noggin systems; this is called daisy-
chaining.
On the long side of the NIC-500 (opposite side to the power and odometer connections), there
are two Noggin ports and a serial port (Figure 2-4), 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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Noggin Ports
– there are two numbered ports available to connect up to two Noggin
sensors. The NIC-500N can be run with only one Noggin, which would be a single
channel system.