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PC Cards cifX Compact PCI, Mini PCI, Mini PCIe, PCI-104 | Installation, Operation and Hardware Description
DOC120205UM53EN | Revision 53 | English | 2019-03 | Released | Public
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Communica-
tion
5. For the communication of a PC card cifX (Slave) a Master device for the respective communication
system is required. For the communication of a PC card cifX (Master) a Slave device for the respective
communication system is required.
PC Settings for
PC Cards cifX
PCI Express
Important!
If you install a PC card cifX PCI Express, you always must disable the Microsoft
Windows "Link State Power Management". Otherwise, it cannot be excluded that your PC freezes
during the PC card cifX PCI Express is in operation.
Hardware
Installation
Important!
Operating the PC cards cifX with
Cable Connector Ethernet
or with the
Cable
Connector Fieldbus
(label “
\F
” in its device name) requires proper connection of the Ethernet
(AIFX-RE or AIFX-RE\M12), PROFIBUS (AIFX-DP), CANopen (AIFX-CO), DeviceNet (AIFX-
DN) or CC-Link (AIFX-CC) detached network interface to the basic card! For 2-channel devices
both detached network interfaces must be connected.
Environmental
Conditions
Due to a plug element from ERNI the lower limit of the operating temperature for all PC cards cifX Real-
Time Ethernet is 0 °C. This applies to all hardware revisions of the PC card cifX Real-Time Ethernet, unless
otherwise stated.
Table 39: Requirements to operate PC Cards cifX properly
