FRICK QUANTUM™ COMPRESSOR CONTROL PANEL S90-010 CS (APR 08)
COMMUNICATIONS SETUP Page 75
QUANTUM™ 4 MAIN BOARD HISTORY
AND IDENTIFICATION
The processor board shown on this page is known as the
Quantum™ 4 and has been in production since October
2001. Frick
®
Company developed this board as the
successor to the Quantum™ 3 and it is based on the
Pentium microprocessor platform.
The Quantum™ 4 board can be identified by the presence
of a piggy-backed daughter board mounted to the main
board. This
daughter board
is the communications portion
of the Quantum™, and it can be identified by the presence
of an 8 position DIP switch. There are also a number of
jumpers (or links) present on this smaller board, as well as
three green connectors (RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485
ports). The jumpers are used to set up the
communications parameters that are listed on the next
page.
The main board (larger of the two) has a number of
jumpers (or links) also. The links on this main board MAY
need to be modified by factory qualified personnel to
configure the Quantum™ for specific applications. Refer to
the Compressor Maintenance Manual (S90-010 M) for
more details on the settings of these Links.
Unlike the Quantum™ 1 & 2, which utilized EPROMS for
the Operating Software, the Quantum™ 4 utilizes Flash
Card technology, as did the Quantum™ 3. There is a
Flash Card socket located on the under side of this main
board. The Operating System has been pre-loaded at the
factory, so this Flash Card feature will primarily be utilized
for future program updates.
The first version of software that was put into production
was 4.05.
When calling Frick
®
Company for service or help, it will
greatly assist us if the type of board is known, either
Quantum™ 1, 2, 3 or 4 (Quantum™ 3 is described in the
previous section). Additionally, Frick
®
will request the
Sales Order number, and the Operating System version
number (this can be found on the
About…
screen). The
more information you have at the time of the call, the
better able we will be to assist you.
The information that follows will primarily describe the
jumper configuration for communications settings, as well
as wiring diagrams for the different types of
communications that are possible with the Quantum™ 4.
Quantum™ 4 Main Board Photo