Frame Connections

The SMPTE 269M Fault Reporting connection on openGearTM 8310 series frames is provided by the FAULT BNC connector, for interfacing with a customer-designed alarm system.

SMPTE Fault BNC

Figure 8. SMPTE 269M Alarm Reporting Frame Connections

Details

The fault report contacts are closed when the card detects an internal failure or a power loss condition. The fault report contacts are closed for about 2 milliseconds every 16 ms to report any error for which SMPTE fault reporting has been enabled.

Some internal failures may include:

Hardware failure of any card or power supply.

Loss of AC power to any power supply

Soft” errors from any card setup to detect and report such errors

For additional information on alarm system design, refer to the SMPTE document ANSI/SMPTE

269M - 1999.

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8321(-C), 8310(-C) specifications

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