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Chassis Backplane Components
When the two captive screws on the rear panel are released, the Rear Connector Panel drops down to reveal the Backplane. The figure below illustrates the backplane and the associated connectors on the rear of Lightning’s internal cards.
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| 1) | Air Vents |
| 7) Blank Slot | 13) Power |
| 2) | Blank Slot | 8) Blank Slot | 14) Keyboard | |
| 3) | SVGA Card | 9) Blank Slot | 15) Mouse | |
| 4) | Network Card | 10) Blank Slot | 16) Com 2 | |
| 5) | DVE Card |
| 11) Ch. 2 Digital I/O Card (opt) | 17) Com 1 |
| 6) | 12) Ch. 1 Digital I/O Card (std) | 18) Parallel Port | ||
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1. | Air Vents. This set of exhaust vents are located immediately behind | |
| the CPU fan and hard drives. Air flows through the front vents to | |
| the internal fans, and out through these vents. Do not obstruct the | |
| front and rear vents. | |
2. | Blank Slot. | |
3. | SVGA Card. The SVGA Card generates menu output video and | |
| SVGA signals. Three connectors are provided: | |
| a. | Composite. One RCA jack interconnects to the rear panel |
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| Composite Video Menu Output connector. This output |
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| functions only at resolutions less than 800 x 600. |
b | b. | Y/C. One Y/C jack interconnects to the rear panel Y/C Video |
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| Menu Output connector. This output functions only at |
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| resolutions less than 800 x 600. |
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| c. | SVGA. One |
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| SVGA Menu Output connector. |