Lucent Technologies Galaxy Power System 4848/100
8 - 2  Circuit Boards   Issue 5  June 2000
Overview, continued
Bay Interface Card Each cabinet has a Bay Interface Card (BIC) that attaches to the 
cabinet’s terminal board (BLJ). The BIC provides controller access to 
alarm monitoring, battery voltages, battery currents, and temperature 
probes in the cabinet through the serial rectifier bus. The BIC also 
provides connection of the system serial rectifier bus to the bay 
rectifiers. See Figure 8-1.
Contactor Control 
Board
Contactor control boards provide four functions:
• Monitor and report shunt voltage to the controller
• Monitor and report contactor status to the controller
• Operate the contactor based on controller commands
• Operate or block the contactor based on maintenance switch 
settings