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Merging Modules
Logic Analyzer Merging Rules
The following logic analyzer module merging rules must be followed:
Only modules with 102 or 136 channels can be merged.
Logic analyzer modules must be in adjacent slots and physically connected.
Logic analyzer modules cannot be merged across mainframes (between the
benchtop mainframe and one or more expansion mainframes).
Merging logic analyzer modules with unequal memory depths will result in
the merged modules assuming the depth of the shallowest module.
When merging logic analyzer modules of unequal channel widths, use the
logic analyzer module with the highest number of channels as the master
module. If there is a second slave module, the
fi rst slave must have greater
than or equal the number of channels as the second slave module. Slave 3
cannot have more channels than the master, slave 1 or slave 2. Slave 4 cannot
have more channels than the master, slave 1, slave 2, or slave 3.
The logic analyzer modules must have the same fi rmware version.
The maximum merged combinations are two TLA7Lx and TLA7Mx logic
analyzer modules; three TLA7Nx, TLA7Px, or TLA7Qx logic analyzer
modules; and
fi ve TLA7Axx logic analyzer modules or fi ve TLA7NAx logic
analyzer modules.
TLA7Nx, TLA7Px, and TLA7Qx Logic analyzer modules cannot be merged
with TLA7Lx and TLA7Mx Logic analyzer modules (even if they are
connected together).
TLA7Axx modules cannot be merged with TLA7Nx, TLA7Px, TLA7Qx,
TLA7Lx, or TLA7Mx modules.
To merge a logic analyzer module to an established merged set, the established
merged set must fi rst be unmerged through software. Unmerged modules are
the only potential candidates to add to a merged con fi guration.
In systems with three or less benchtop mainframes, physically merged
modules are not automatically established as a merged set until you merge
them through software.
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