Scanlab RTC 5 PC Interface Board - 17.2.4 Interfaces to Scan System; 17.2.5 Interfaces for the Laser and Peripheral Equipment; 17.3 Installation and Start-Up

RTC
®
5 PC Interface Board
Rev. 1.9 e
17 Appendix C: The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 Board
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17.2.4 Interfaces to Scan System
For digitally controlling scan systems, the 20-pin
SCANHEADS connector provides the primary scan
head connection and the optionally activated
secondary scan head connection. The pin-out and
signals are identical to the RTC
®
5 PC/104-Plus
board’s SCANHEADS connector (see page 579).
17.2.5 Interfaces for the Laser and
Peripheral Equipment
The RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board’s 16-pin LASER connector
and 100-pin MULTI connector serve as the interface
for the laser and peripheral equipment. Their pin-out
and signals are identical to the RTC
®
5 PC/104-Plus
board’s corresponding connectors (see page 580).
The pin-out and signals of the optional
MARKING ON THE FLY connector are identical to the
RTC
®
5 PC interface board’s MARKING ON THE FLY
connector (see page 51).
17.3 Installation and Start-Up
Installation of the RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board consists of
the following steps:
(1) Configuring the jumpers
Configuration of jumpers JP1 and JP2-JP8 is iden-
tical to that of the RTC
®
5 PC/104-Plus board (see
chapter 15.3.2, page 584).
(2) Installing the RTC
®
5 PCIe/104 board
The board is installed in the PCIe/104 stack via a
PCI Express connector. Additionally, SCANLAB
recommends securing the board (via screws and
stand-off spacers not included with the product)
to the CPU board or adjoining modules in the
stack. Electrical configuration of the board’s posi-
tion in the stack isn’t necessary. In other respects,
hardware installation is similar to that of the
RTC
®
5 PC/104-Plus board (see chapter 15.3.3,
page 587; you must particularly ensure adher-
ence to all safety notices in this chapter and in
chapter 15.3.1, page 583).
(3) Installing the software drivers and the RTC
®
5
software (see chapter 15.3.4, page 589)
Proceed in the order described in the following
sections.
The included HPGL converter program can be used
for conducting a post-installation functionality test
(see chapter 15.3.5, page 589).