4.2.4 I/O ASSEMBLY: EM0040-XX
The I/O module is a bidirectional interface between the router's crosspoint matrix and the external machines. Two modules, each supporting 64 ports, make up the full complement of I/O circuits. The assembly plugs simultaneously into both backplanes, communicating with the crosspoint module through the Signal Backplane and with the external machines through the I/O Backplane.
A total of 64 proprietary receiver/driver submodules pass data to and from the I/O backplane. Each submodule makes the D connector it services function as either a controlled or a controlling device, depending on whether it is addressed as a Source or as a Destination.
Two 64x64 crosspoint ICs use control information received from the Command Interpreter to gate the submodule transmitters and receivers on or off appropriate to the directions of data flow through the port.
The command information is
Receive data from the port submodules is driven over the Signal
Backplane to the Crosspoint Module by drivers ICs.
Submodules each operate separately on the raw DC input voltage to provide +5VDC operating levels for 1/2 the available circuits. By thus dividing the circuitry, the impact block of a failure is correspondingly reduced.
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