Publication No. HRMCR11 Rev. B.0
About This Manual 19
Required items
Advice on CompactPCI products
Mount the CPU board carefully on the CPCI bus slot
.
Note that on some boards
connectors are used for
UO
purposes which must not be in
s
erted into a CPCI
bus bacl..-p
l
ane
.
A transition module must be used in
s
tead
.
Because the board is available in several options the description in this c
h
apter
is related to the standard configuration
.
See the following text for standard and
optional configurations and their influence on initial operation.
Note:
Make sure that the card ejectors are closed and the Hot Swap LED
(
bl
u
e
)
is
OFF
.
The following items are required to start the CR! I in a standard confi
gu
ration:
Backp
l
ane and Power Supply
You will need a standard CompactPCI bacl..-plane wired into a regulated power
supply capable of providing stable low noi
s
e +5 V
,
+ 3.3 V and +12 V
s
o
u
rce
s
.
Make sure that the supply is capable of meeting the total power require
m
ent
s
of
the CR! 1. Please refer to
'
Speci
fi
cations
'
for details..
The CR! I features Full Hot Swap capabilities according to the PCI Hot Plug
specification PI CMG 2.1. This allows orderly insertion and extraction of the
board from the system
h
o
s
t (bacl..-plane) witho
u
t having to power down the
system. Please note that this feature requires that Hot Swap functions are also
available on the backplane. See
'
Ho
t
Swap' for details
.
Initially, you way pl
u
g the CR! I into your 6U system slot of your CPCI
system. Optionally, when used as an intelligent perip
h
era
l
board, the CR! I can
also be used in a non-system slot. In case that the CR! I is used in a non-system
slot you have to have an additional CPU board in the system slot for providing
system clock
,
arbiter function and more.
Keyboard and Mouse
You sho
ul
d have a USB compatible keyboard for initial system operation.
Depending on your application, this keyboard way be a standard full-travel
keyboard, or one which utilizes membrane switches for harsh enviromnents.
The USB connectors are located on the front panel and are direc..tly compatible
with existing compliant keyboards
.
You can com1ect a USB mou
s
e
,
too
.
You
can put mouse and keyboard in whatever front or rear com1ector you want
..
V
i
deo Monito
r
Any VGA-compatible video monitor can be used initially for di
sp
lay o
u
tp
u
t.
The CR! I offers front access to the video
.
Video can also be accessed via the
JS CPCI com1ec..tor on the rear
UO
s
ide
.
In order to get access to these pins it is
necessary to use a transition modu
l
e
.
Advice on Batteries
There is a danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced
.
Replace only
with the same or equivalent type reconunended by
Abaco Systems
.
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