User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Installation and Operation Manual
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Description
- 2 General Safety and Regulatory Information
- 3 Operation
- 4 Working with Base Stations from Your PC
- 4.1 PC Recommendations
- 4.2 Connecting Your PC to the Base Station
- 4.3 Working with the Web Interface
- 4.4 Basic Tasks
- 4.4.1 User Settings
- 4.4.2 Taking the Base Station Offline
- 4.4.3 Troubleshooting Alarms
- 4.4.4 Working with Configuration Files
- 4.4.5 Configuring Single Base Stations
- 4.4.6 Configuring Base Stations in a Channel Group
- 4.4.7 Setting Up Custom Alarms
- 4.4.8 Disabling the Front Panel Keypad
- 4.4.9 Preparing to Download Firmware
- 5 Installation
- 6 Maintenance
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 8 Replacing Modules
- Appendix A – Interface Pin Allocations
- Appendix B – Inter-Module Connections
- Appendix C – Identifying Front Panels
- Glossary
- Tait Software License Agreement
22 Description TB9400 Installation and Operation Manual
© Tait Limited December 2013 (Draft)
1.7.3 Intermodule Communications
A system control bus and a subrack interconnect board link the modules in
the subrack and carry alarm and control signaling between the reciter and
the other modules, as shown in Figure 1.7.
Specific configuration settings for dual base stations are described in
“Recommended Configuration Settings” on page 75.
Figure 1.7 Intermodule communication paths
Fan
IC
2
RS-485
RS-485IC
2
FanFan
PA 1
mP
Subrack Interconnect Board
Reciter 1
mP
Front Panel
Fan 3:
PMU
Fan 1:
Reciter 1/
PA 1
Fan 2:
Reciter 2/
PA 2
User
Controls
PMU
mP
I C Current
Source
2
RS-485RS-485 Fan
PA 2
mP
Reciter 2
mP