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6 SECTION 

 

MAINTENANCE AND WARRANTY 

 
 

6.1 MAINTENANCE 

 
 

This section of the technical manual provides information relative to the 

care and maintenance of VMIC's products.  Should the products malfunction, the 
user should verify the following: 
 
 a. 

 

Software 

 b. 

System 

configuration 

 

c.   Electrical connections 

 

d.   Jumper or configuration options 

 

e.   Boards fully inserted into their proper connector location 

 

f.    Connector pins are clean and free from contamination 

 

g.  No components of adjacent boards are disturbed when inserting or 

removing the board from the VMEbus card cage 

 

h.   Quality of cables and I/O connections 

 
 

User level repairs are not recommended.  Contact VMIC for a Return 

Material Authorization (RMA) Number.  This RMA Number must be obtained prior to 
any return. 
 

 

 

 

6.2 MAINTENANCE PRINTS 

 
 

The appendix(ices) to this manual contain(s) drawings and diagrams for 

reference purposes.  
 

6.3 WARRANTY 

 
 

VMIC's Standard Products are warranted to be free from defects in 

material and workmanship for a period of two years (24 months) from the date of 
shipment.  In discharge of this warranty, VMIC, at its option, agrees to either repair 
or replace, at VMIC's facility and at VMIC's discretion, any part, component, 

 

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Page 2: ...L DOCUMENT NO 500 012131 000 B Revised March 8 1994 VME MICROSYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 12090 SOUTH MEMORIAL PARKWAY HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA 35803 3308 205 880 0444 1 800 322 3616 Artisan Technology...

Page 3: ...oes not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit described herein nor does VMIC convey any license under its patent rights or the rights of others The VMIC...

Page 4: ...such an environment constitutes a definite safety hazard KEEP AWAY FROM LIVE CIRCUITS Operating personnel must not remove product covers Component replacement and internal adjustments must be made by...

Page 5: ...DANGEROUS VOLTAGES CAPABLE OF CAUSING DEATH ARE PRESENT IN THIS SYSTEM USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN HANDLING TESTING AND ADJUSTING 4 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOU...

Page 6: ...Transfers 21 4 3 2 Built in Test 21 5 SECTION 23 5 1 UNPACKING PROCEDURES 23 5 2 PHYSICAL INSTALLATION 23 5 3 JUMPER LOCATIONS 24 5 4 SUPPRESSOR DIODE CONNECTIONS 25 5 5 ADDRESS MODIFIERS 26 5 6 ADDRE...

Page 7: ...sfers i Double Eurocard form factor j 3 5 A peak output current 100 msec 10 percent duty cycle k 500 mA continuous current fan cooled l Thermal shutdown protection m Front panel software controlled Fa...

Page 8: ...on line fault detection and isolation 1 3 REFERENCE MATERIAL LIST The reader should refer to The VMEbus Specification for a detailed explanation of the VMEbus The VMEbus Specifications is available fr...

Page 9: ...2 SECTION PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION AND SPECIFICATIONS REFER TO 800 012131 000 SPECIFICATION 8 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 10: ...in Figure 3 1 1 consists primarily of 4 sections which are a Device addressing b VMEbus foundation logic c Built in Test logic d Output drivers The board is designed using eight bi directional 8 bit r...

Page 11: ...ress Selection Block Diagram to allow user selection of either I O access type These jumpers are called AM2 There is one jumper for the Data Registers and one jumper for the CSR The VMIVME 2131 is fac...

Page 12: ...an efficient memory address map for the CSR and I O addresses This feature allows the user to map CSR and I O addresses into separate contiguous memory locations when configuring subsystems that requ...

Page 13: ...4 DATA TRANSFERS Data transfer transceivers are shown in Figure 3 4 1 The data transceivers are designed to support write and read operations on 8 16 and 32 bit boundaries Thus the 64 current source...

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Page 15: ...A 3 6 CONTROL AND STATUS REGISTER CSR The CSR is a write only register that controls the Test Mode TM bit and the front panel Fail LED as shown in Figure 3 6 1 The TM bit disables the output drivers t...

Page 16: ...ing software without modifications While in Test Mode data may be written to any Output Data Register and read back on a following read operation This way the data written can be compared to the data...

Page 17: ...in Figures 3 8 1 and 3 8 2 The Output Data Registers were selected as the primary building block of this design because they have a unique feature that allows read back of their input data which is us...

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Page 20: ...vers is given in the product specification Document Number 800 012131 000 CAUTION THE USER SHOULD USE THE CABLE GROUND LINES FOR THE EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY RETURNS THIS IS REQUIRED TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE...

Page 21: ...It is a write only register 4 2 DATA REGISTERS RELATIVE ADDRESS MNEMONIC NAME FUNCTION XXX0 DR0 DATA REGISTER 0 XXX1 DR1 DATA REGISTER 1 XXX2 DR2 DATA REGISTER 2 XXX3 DR3 DATA REGISTER 3 XXX4 DR4 DAT...

Page 22: ...R are initialized active a logic one In Test Mode the operator may perform diagnostic testing of the board s logic and internal registers At the end of the diagnostic testing and assuming the board pa...

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Page 24: ...nspected for damage that might have occurred during shipment The board s should be checked for broken components damaged printed circuit board s heat damage and other visible contamination All claims...

Page 25: ...JUMPER LOCATIONS The physical positions of the jumpers described in this section are shown in Figure 5 3 1 24 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg c...

Page 26: ...LOGIC TRUTH TABLE JUMPER SELECT INPUT V 2 DATA REGISTER INPUT V 5 OUTPUT V 4 LOW LOW HIGH HIGH LOW LOW HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH Z OUTPUT GROUND TAB THERMAL SHUTDOWN Vs 6 8 V SOURCE INPUT SINK INPU...

Page 27: ...CSR The address selection jumpers are shown in Figures 5 6 1 and 5 6 2 These jumpers are used like an address switch installing a jumper places the corresponding address bit to a logic zero If the ju...

Page 28: ...of their high quality Although these connectors are generally used with flat ribbon cables a variety of cables and mating connectors are available for most user requirements The user should refer to V...

Page 29: ...onnectors are used by two output drivers as stated in the signal name These power lines should be returned directly to the power source of the external circuitry This is to help prevent excessive curr...

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Page 31: ...ESSIVE CURRENT FROM FLOWING INTO THE VMEbus BACKPLANE ALSO THE USER SHOULD REMOVE POWER BEFORE THE CABLES ARE CONNECTED OR DISCONNECTED FROM THE BOARD THIS WILL PREVENT EXCESSIVE CURRENTS FROM DAMAGIN...

Page 32: ...ard is a 1XX then for positive true data the jumper H1 is placed in the G position and for negative true data the jumper H1 is placed in the 5 position Jumpers H6 through H13 are used to select the mo...

Page 33: ...the VMEbus card cage h Quality of cables and I O connections User level repairs are not recommended Contact VMIC for a Return Material Authorization RMA Number This RMA Number must be obtained prior...

Page 34: ...n of electrical power insertion or removal of boards from backplanes and or I O connectors with power applied by the customer s appointee s or any other person s without the expressed approval of VMIC...

Page 35: ...rs should contact VMIC prior to returning products for repair to determine stocking status Category 2 Fixed Price Repair applies to products returned to VMIC for repair and subsequent return to the cu...

Page 36: ...ed in the unpacking procedures The user should utilize the same or equivalent protective packaging container for re shipment as provided by VMIC Approved ESD procedures are recommended when handling V...

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