usi M9000 - Optional Peripherals; GPS Receiver; Figure 1-24 Station-Master Computer

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Figure 1-24 Station-Master Computer – Rear View

The Station-Master Computer is housed in a standard 3.5U (6.125inH x 13.25inD x 19inW) rack mount

chassis (Figure 1-24). At the time of the printing of this document, the standard specifications for this

computer were:

• Fanless Industrial Embedded Controller

• Rugged Design for Shock/Vibration Protection

• Wide Operating Temperature (-40 ~ 70˚C)

• Wide Range DC Power Input (10 ~ 28V)

• Intel

Core i5-520M (2.4GHz) CPU

• Intel

QM57 Chipset

• 8GB DDR3-1333MHz

• Onboard I/O and Expansion Slots (1 x PCIe x1, 1 x PCIe x8, 1 x Mini-card)

• Storage Slots (2 x 2.5” Bays for HD/SD Drives, 1 x PCI-e mSATA, 1 x CFast Card Slot)

• Linux (Ubuntu Server) or Windows 7™ Embedded Standard 32bit

• 40GB Solid State Drive for OS (Standard)

• 1 TB Enterprise Hard Disk for data storage standard (Solid State Drive Optional)

• 4 x RJ-45 GbE ports (Fiber ports optional)

• 4 x USB 2.0 ports

• SVGA Display Port

• 56k Modem

• 3U (5.25 x 19-inch) Rack Mount Enclosure

• 5-Year Warranty

1.4 Optional Peripherals

These devices are not required for normal operation of the M9000 DME system.

1.4.1 GPS Receiver

A GPS receiver is used to provide an IRIG-B time code to the DME system. These devices are

available from several manufacturers. Refer to regional standards to determine whether a satellite-

synchronized time source is required. Refer to the manufacturers documentation for distance

limitations on the antenna feed line and the receiver output lines.

usi M9000 - Optional Peripherals; GPS Receiver; Figure 1-24 Station-Master Computer - Rear View