Thermo Scientific SAM12, Manual

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Description Issue: 1.0
2-2 SAM12 User Manual Thermo Fisher Scientific
The Electronics Housing contains the Controller Board, Battery
Controller PCB, two or three HV and Amplifier PCB's, the
mains power supply and the battery. An aperture in the lead
allows for cabling to the detectors and a cutaway section in the
frame houses the door switch.
Situated on the side of the Electronics Chassis is the Side
Control panel. This panel contains connections for the Mains
input, ON/OFF key-switch, Network and four USB interfaces.
The Electronics Chassis supports a top-mounted back-lit LCD
with touch-screen, an internal loud-speaker, status lamps on
both front and rear panels and a large Start button on the front.
Controller Board Type 5670A (5671A)
The Controller Board, type 5670A, is motherboard to an ETX-
PM(C) 800mHz Processor.
The ETX assembly contains 256 megabytes of ram and the real
time clock.
The motherboard interfaces directly to all other boards and
external devices in the system via numerous connectors (not all
are being used):
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The application software is retrieved from a 30 gigabyte
(minimum) hard disk drive cabled via PL5. The drive
also provides non-volatile storage for all data.
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4 x USB connectors, SK1-4 are routed to the user
interface panel on the side of the main chassis
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4 x isolated relay outputs are available on PL16-19, two
which are used to switch the door solenoids.
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4 x isolated inputs are available on PL24, 27, 28 and
29, two used to sense door status and two used to
monitor the status of the door locks
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1 x network interface SK6 routed to the user interface
panel on the side of the main chassis
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1 x CRT monitor connection on SK7
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1 x LCD drive on PL6 (or SK1) with backlight driver
on PL7
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1 x RS232 driver for LCD touch screen on PL22
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1 x POWER connector PL13
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1 x Loudspeaker connection for sound generator on
PL3
Additionally a plug-in assembly, type 5671A, further extends
serial communication to X-channel devices via the RS422