RFL Electronics IMUX 2000 - Section 7. INSTALLATION AND CHECK-OUT; 7.2 INSTALLATION; 7.3 SYSTEM CHECK-OUT PROCEDURES; 7.4 ADDING CHANNEL MODULES TO EXISTING SYSTEMS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
WARNINGS AND SAFETY SUMMARY .................................................................................................................iii
SAFETY SUMMARY...............................................................................................................................................iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................................vii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......................................................................................................................................ix
LIST OF TABLES....................................................................................................................................................xi
Section 1. PRODUCT INFORMATION ................................................................................................................1-1
Section 2. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF THE IMUX 2000 (M-DACS) ........................................................2-1
2.1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................2-1
2.2 MULTIPLEXER CONFIGURATIONS AND SYSTEMS......................................................................................2-1
2.3 M-DACS MULTIPLEXER COMPONENTS........................................................................................................2-22
2.4 M-DACS CHASSIS, FRONT-PANEL SWITCHES, INDICATORS, AND JACKS ...........................................2-48
2.5 MULTIPLEXER, REAR PANEL POWER AND RELAY CONNECTIONS......................................................2-61
2.6 MULTIPLEXER, SETUP JUMPERS AND DIP SWITCHES..............................................................................2-63
Section 3. SYSTEM OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................3-1
3.1 M-DACS THEORY OF OPERATION....................................................................................................................3-1
3.2 CHANNEL MODULE TYPES..............................................................................................................................3-10
3.3 CHANNEL MODULE CHARACTERISTICS .....................................................................................................3-10
3.4 PHYSICAL SLOTS AND TIME SLOTS..............................................................................................................3-11
3.5 CHANNEL MODULE CONFIGURATION GUIDELINES ................................................................................3-13
3.6 POWER AVAILABLE FOR CHANNEL MODULES.........................................................................................3-14
3.7 DETERMINING CHANNEL MODULE POWER REQUIREMENTS................................................................3-14
3.8 POWER SUPPLY REDUNDANCY .....................................................................................................................3-14
Section 4. SETUP AND CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................4-1
4.1 INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................4-1
4.2 CM4 MODES...........................................................................................................................................................4-1
4.3 SETTING JUMPERS ON THE CM4 COMMON MODULE.................................................................................4-2
4.4 USING THE CM4, GROUP AND SET/NEXT SWITCHES..................................................................................4-3
4.5 SETTING CM4, T1 TRANSMITTER TIMING (TIME Group).............................................................................4-5
4.6 SETTING CM4, T1 FRAME FORMAT AND LINE CODE (TSEL Group)..........................................................4-6
4.7 ACTIVATING AND DEACTIVATING CM4, T1 LOOPBACKS (LPBK Group)................................................4-7
4.8 THE MEANING OF BLINKING INDICATORS (BLNK Group) .........................................................................4-9
4.9 CM4 PERFORMANCE DATA (RVU1 Group)....................................................................................................4-10
4.10 CM4 DIAGNOSTIC DATA (DIAG Group) .......................................................................................................4-11
4.11 SETTING M-DACS MULTIPLEXER NETWORK ADDRESS (ADDR Group) ..............................................4-12
4.12 SETTING CM4, REMOTE PORT PARAMETERS (SIO Group)......................................................................4-14
4.13 SETTING THE SQEL FUNCTION ....................................................................................................................4-19
4.14 SETTING THE CM4 INTERFACE FUNCTION (INTF Group)........................................................................4-22
4.15 USING THE ALARM CUT-OFF SWITCH........................................................................................................4-26
4.16 DISPLAYING AND SETTING SUPPLEMENTARY FUNCTIONS ................................................................4-27
4.17 RESET-CHART PROCEDURE FOR CM4 MODULE ......................................................................................4-29
Section 5. NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE .........................................................................................5-1
5.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................5-1
5.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..............................................................................................................................5-2
5.3 CONNECTING YOUR PC TO THE NETWORK..................................................................................................5-4
5.4 USING THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ICONS.....................................................................5-10
5.5 EXAMPLE OF CONFIGURING A NETWORK..................................................................................................5-13
5.6 NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE HELP.............................................................................................5-62
5.7 MODULES SUPPORTED BY THE NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE.............................................5-64
5.8 PASSWORD PROTECTION ................................................................................................................................5-68