23.2 Panel Board I/O Connectors

The I/O connectors below are located on the top side of the board and are for connection to external equipment.

Location

Type

Description

J2

DB-9M

Serial port COM1

J4

DB-9M

Serial port COM2

J6

DB-9M

Serial port COM3

J7

DB-9M

Serial port COM4

J10

DB-25F

Parallel port LPT1

J11

2.5mm

+5VDC input power (tip = +, ring = -)

J13

DB-9M

Multi I/O power connector

J14

MD-6

PS/2 mouse connector

J15

MD-6

PS/2 keyboard connector

J18

RJ-45

Ethernet connector

J21

IDC-50

Data acquisition connector (Model PNL-Z32-EA only)

J22

USB A

USB connector

J23

USB A

USB connector

J27

DB-15F

Video (VGA) connector

Panel Board Top Side / External Use I/O Connectors

Additional connectors are on the bottom side and are intended for use with other boards and circuitry inside the enclosure, such as a video board or DC/DC power supply.

Location

Type

Description

J3

Pin header

Speaker and miscellaneous functions

J5

Pin header

Power connection to DC/DC power supply input

J12

Pin header

Power connection to/from DC/DC power supply

J25

Pin header

Pass-through connector for VGA board

Panel Board Bottom Side / Internal Use I/O Connectors

23.3 Panel Board Cables

The panel board ships with a 10-wire video cable (DSC part no. 698010) and a 2-wire power cable (DSC part no. 698011). These are intended for use with the optional accessory video board and a Jupiter-MM (JMM) power supply when these boards are used together with the Prometheus CPU and panel board.

The 10-wire video cable connects the VGA output of the video board to pin header J25 on the panel board. J25 is compatible with a number of companies’ PC/104 video boards that provide a 10-pin connector for the video out.

23.4 Panel Board Hardware

The panel board also comes with mounting hardware for installing it and the CPU into an enclosure such as the Pandora system.

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Diamond Systems PR-Z32-E-ST user manual Panel Board I/O Connectors, Location Type Description, USB a, Panel Board Hardware

PR-Z32-E-ST, PR-Z32-EA-ST specifications

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