Specifications

Chapter 3 - Installation for MV-5 and MV-10 Controllers
30 Adept MV Controller User’s Guide, Rev C
3.7 Removing and Installing Modules
The Adept MV controller is shipped from the factory with all the modules specified on the
sales order installed in the chassis. Any unused slots are filled with blank covers. You may
want to add modules in the future or remove and re-install a module for some reason.
Additional modules should generally be added to the chassis from left to right, starting
with the slot to the right of the last existing module. However, you can add any optional
module to any unused slot, in any order you like – as long as it is a valid configuration
(see section on backplane jumper plugs below). The VGB and VIS modules must be
installed side-by-side; also the 040 and NET modules must be installed side-by-side. See
Chapter 2 for more details on required and optional modules.
CAUTION:
Always turn off the controller power switch before installing
or removing modules or jumper plugs. Damage to the controller can
occur if the controller is not turned off.
CAUTION:
You must take precautions to prevent modules from being
exposed to electro-static discharge (ESD) while you are handling or
storing them. Adept recommends using a ground strap on your wrist
when working with modules outside of the controller. Use anti-static bags
to protect modules when outside the controller.
VMEbus Address Settings
Each module in an Adept MV controller has a unique VMEbus address. All modules
installed in an Adept MV controller by Adept at the factory have the correct address
already set when you receive the controller. If you add or change modules you need to
check the addresses of the new modules before installing them. The address setting for
each module is covered in the chapter in this manual for that module.
Any modules that may have multiple units installed in one controller, such as the 030, 040,
VIS, MI6, MI3, DIO, or VJI must have a unique address for each of the individual
modules.
Upper Backplane Jumper Plugs (P1)
Jumper plugs are required next to any unused upper-backplane (P1) connectors. A
connector is unused when either:
• slot is empty (no module installed)
• module in adjacent slot is 2-slots wide (for example, SIO) but only connects to the
P1 connector in one slot.
On a typical controller, jumper plugs are factory-installed in slot 3 (or slot 4 in an MV-10
with an AdeptNet board installed). You do not have to do anything with jumper plugs
unless you change the position of the modules in the controller, then see the following
information.
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