8 - 12 VM600 MPS hardware manual (standard version) MAMPS-HW/E
Edition 17 - February 2018
Installation procedure for cards
INSTALLATION
8.4.1 First-time installation of the MPS
8.4.1.1 Hardware
When a VM600 MPS is installed for the first time, the MPC4 / IOC4T and/or AMC8 / IOC8T
card pairs that it contains must be configured according to their intended application.
The IOC4T and IOC8T cards have adjustable hardware elements (micro-switches and
jumpers) that have to be set up before insertion in the rack. See 9 Configuration of
MPC4 / IOC4T cards and 10 Configuration of AMC8 / IOC8T cards for further information.
NOTE: The elements on the IOC4T and IOC8T cards are normally configured in the
factory before delivery of the MPS.
8.4.1.2 Software
A VM600 MPS rack containing MPC4 and/or AMC8 card pairs must be configured using one
of the VM600 MPS software packages (MPS1 or MPS2) before the system can be used. This
is done once the rack is powered up.
For a stand-alone rack, the configuration can be downloaded from a computer to each MPC4
and/or AMC8 card in turn via an RS-232 link. For a networked rack, the configuration for all
MPC4 and/or AMC8 cards can be downloaded in ‘one-shot’ via an Ethernet link.
See 1.3 Communicating with the VM600 MPS for further information.
The majority of parameters are normally configured in the factory before delivery. The user
is nevertheless able to modify certain parameters if required using one of the VM600 MPS
software packages.
NOTE: Refer to the relevant manual for further information: VM600 MPS1 software
manual or VM600 MPS2 software manual.
8.4.2 Subsequent installation of cards ("hot-swapping” capability)
For a networked rack (that is, a rack containing a CPUM card and, optionally, its associated
IOCN card), the behaviour of the CPUM card after it detects a change of configuration for an
MPC4 or AMC8 card – for example, after the hot swap of a card or the reconfiguration of an
individual card via an RS-232 link – depends on:
• The version of the CPUM card’s firmware.
• And for CPUM firmware version 067 or later – the setting of the CPUM’s
“configuration master” parameter.
See also 8.4.2.6.2 Cards in a stand-alone rack and 8.4.2.6.3 Cards in a networked rack.
The initial insertion of elements in the ABE04x rack should be done with the
rack powered down.
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