10-019116-01EN, Rev. 2, January 2021
Installation 39
The radiation LED assembly must be connected to the Vanta iX during operation.
X-rays cannot be produced unless the radiation LED assembly is connected to the
instrument.
3.1.4 Customer I/O Connector and Cable
The customer I/O connector ( ) enables you connect bi-directional signals to the
GPIO board or other interface. Vanta iX XRF analyzers come optional with one
customer (CUST) I/O cable
(Figure 3-6 on page 39).The cable comes with a connector on
one end to connect to the Vanta iX I/O panel. The other end is unfinished (bare wire)
for connection to the GPIO board.
You can control the Vanta iX through either the Ethernet connection, or through the
customer I/O connector via discrete wiring by a PLC or similar type of controller.
Figure 3-6 CUST I/O cable
The customer I/O cable and Olympus I/O cable are identical. However, the pinouts
differ between the customer I/O connector and the Olympus I/O connector.