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Installing The TLS-450PLUS Console
Installing Comm Modules
Installing Comm Modules
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST STATIC ELECTRICITY
Before removing electronic components from their antistatic bags read the following static electricity precautions.
1.
Before handling any components, discharge your body's static electric charge by touching a grounded surface
or using a grounding strap.
2.
Do not remove parts from their antistatic bags until ready to install them.
3.
Do not lay parts on the antistatic bags! Only the insides are antistatic.
4.
When handling parts, hold them by their edges and their metal mounting brackets.
5.
Avoid touching components or edge connectors that plug into slots and wear the antistatic wrist strap (Part
No. 576010-908) included in your component replacement kit.
6.
Never slide parts over any surface.
7.
Avoid plastic, vinyl, and styrofoam in the work area
COMM MODULE SLOTS AND CONFIGURABLE PORTS
1. The Comm Bay is divided into 5 communication slots numbered from 1 to 5 going from left to right (see
Figure 2). Only slots 1-3 are available for user-selectable Comm modules (Figure 3). Slots 4 and 5 are fixed
and can not be changed (see Figure 4).
2.
Important, to avoid attaching a Comm cable to a non-configurable (NC) port, identify the configurable (C)
ports of any Comm module being installed by referring to Table 1. Also verify the Comm cable port
connections to Comm modules in slots 4 and 5. Record all Comm port connections for use at setup.
3.
Using a T-15 Torx driver, loosen the screw securing the comm module clamp until you can remove the clamp
(see Figure 2).
4.
Remove the blank cover from underneath the desired comm slot by punching it into the console or by using
pliers to remove it from the inside of the console. Be careful not to damage any internal components in the
process of removing the blank cover.
5.
Place the new Comm module in the slot. Align the edge connector on the back of the board in the center of
the vertical connector on the Comm Backplane board and push in the module firmly as far as it can go. The
sheet metal bracket of the Comm module slides into the slot and is keyed in the front where the comm module
clamp holds it down.
6.
After all Comm modules are installed, replace the comm module clamp and the screw that secures it.
