Installation guide

Setting Up ParBERT Setting Up a System with Expander Frames
36 Agilent 81250 ParBERT Installation Guide, February 2002
Placing the Mainframes
The mainframes have been designed to be mounted vertically, with the
master mainframe in the middle, as shown in Figure 16.
Figure 16 ParBERT System With Multiple Mainframes
Installing the Synchronization Cables
The clock modules of the expander frames have to be connected to the
clock module of the master mainframe with synchronization cables. The
synchronization cable makes it possible to synchronize the VXI bus of
the expander frame with the VXI bus of the master mainframe.
To make the connections, you have to do the following:
1. If not already done, you have to add the synchronization cable to the
expander frames, as described in ”Adding the Synchronization Cable
to the Expander Frame” on page 37.
2. You connect the synchronization cables to the master mainframe, as
described in ”Connecting the Synchronization Cables to Master
Frame” on page 38.
Master mainframe
Expander frame 1
Expander frame 2