HIMax System  Table of Contents 
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Table of Contents 
1  Introduction ............................................................ 7 
1.1  Structure and Use of the Document..................................................................... 7 
1.2  Target Audience..................................................................................................... 7 
1.3  Formatting Conventions ....................................................................................... 8 
1.3.1  Safety Notes ............................................................................................................ 8 
1.3.2  Operating Tips ......................................................................................................... 9 
2  Safety.................................................................... 10 
2.1  Intended Use ........................................................................................................ 10 
2.1.1  Scope..................................................................................................................... 10 
2.1.2  Non-Intended Use.................................................................................................. 10 
2.1.3  Operating Requirements........................................................................................ 11 
2.1.4  Requirements to be met by the operator and the machine and system 
manufacturers........................................................................................................
13 
2.2  Residual Risk ....................................................................................................... 13 
2.3  Safety Precautions............................................................................................... 14 
2.4  Emergency Information....................................................................................... 14 
3  Product Description .............................................. 15 
3.1  Base Plates and Base Plate Types..................................................................... 16 
3.1.1  Base Plate Structure.............................................................................................. 17 
3.1.2  Ventilation .............................................................................................................. 18 
3.1.3  Monitoring the Temperature................................................................................... 18 
3.1.4  Power Supply......................................................................................................... 18 
3.2  System Bus .......................................................................................................... 19 
3.2.1  System Bus with Line Structure ............................................................................. 21 
3.2.2  System Bus with Network Structure....................................................................... 21 
3.2.3  Extending the System Bus, System bus Latency .................................................. 24 
3.3  Modules and Connector Boards......................................................................... 33 
3.3.1  Identifying the Module via SRS.............................................................................. 33 
3.3.2  Permissible Slot Assignments................................................................................ 34 
3.4  Processor module................................................................................................ 35 
3.4.1  Operating System .................................................................................................. 35 
3.4.2  Behavior in the Event of Faults .............................................................................. 37 
3.5  Noise Blanking ..................................................................................................... 37 
3.5.1  Impact of Noise Blanking ....................................................................................... 37 
3.5.2  Configuring Noise Blanking.................................................................................... 38 
3.5.3  Noise Blanking Sequence...................................................................................... 39 
3.5.4  Considering the Effective Direction........................................................................ 41 
3.6  Alarm and Sequence of Events Recording ....................................................... 42 
3.6.1  Alarm and Events................................................................................................... 42 
3.6.2  Creating Events ..................................................................................................... 42 
3.6.3  Recording Events................................................................................................... 43 
3.6.4  Transfer of Events.................................................................................................. 43