Specifications

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Hardware Description
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Front panel connectors
Thereareconnectorsforfoursepar ateinterfacesonthefrontpanel.Pluggingintothe
connectorsisstraightforward,buttheunderlyinginterfacesneedsomeexplanation.
Theserial(COM)RJ45connectorisanRS232serialinterfacewiththepinoutlistedinTable 39
onpage 108.
TheUSB0andUSB1connectorssupportUSB2.0transactions.AUSBcableconnectedtoa
singledeviceupto5metersawa ycanbeusedwiththefrontpanelUSBconnectors.Transfers
atupto480Mbpsandcontinuousloadcurrentsupto500mAaresupportedwiththeseUSB
ports.RefertoTable 40onpage 108fortheUSBconnectorpinout.
TheminiDisplayPortconnectorcanbeconnectedtoadigitalmonitoriftheMXMporthasa
videomoduleinstalled.Refertothevideomoduledocumentationforopera tiondetailsfor
thisoption.RefertoTable 42onpage 109fortheconnectorfigureandpinoutlistingofthe
miniDisplayPortconnector.Duringnormaloperationthereisnoneedtoattachamonitorto
thisconnector.
ThetwofrontpanelEthernetconnectorsprovideinterfacestoGbEportswithapeakavailable
bandwidthof100Mbpsor1Gbps.Figure 3showsoneofthefrontpanelEthernetconnectors
andcallsoutthePortStatusandLinkStatusLEDsthatarepartoftheconnector.
Figure 3. Front Panel Ethernet Connectors
Table 1liststhemeaningsassignedtothelightcolor/activityofeachLEDontheEthernet
connector.
Table 1. Front Panel Ethernet Connector LEDs
LED Designation Indication Meaning
Port Status LED
████ Steady Green Port enabled
████ Steady Amber Port in standby mode
No light Port disabled
Link Status LED
████ Steady Green Linked at 1 Gbps peak bandwidth
████ Blinking Green Activity at 1 Gbps peak bandwidth
████ Steady Amber Linked at 10/100 Mbps peak bandwidth
████ Blinking Amber Activity at 10/100 Mbps peak bandwidth
██ LED off No link
Port Status LED
Link Status LED