Meridian America Link/Customer Controlled Routing manual VME bus backplane Application Module

82Chapter 4: Meridian Link/CCR hardware

VME bus backplane (Application Module)

The six-slot VME bus backplane provides connections (at J1 and J2) for circuit cards installed in the front of the Application Module. The upper connector, J1, provides access to the VME bus for data signals. The J2 connector at the rear of the backplane provides connections for the transition cards. These are not the J1 and J2 connectors on the I/O subpanel.

Power sense card (Application Module)

The power sense card monitors over-voltage and under-voltage conditions for each output of the power supply. The power sense card is cabled to a power monitor on the I/O subpanel or, in newer systems, to a central bracket in the bottom of the AEM. Signals from the power monitor are extended to the system monitor in the pedestal of the column. The system monitor checks the status of all power- and cooling-related components in the column.

Alarm cables must be extended from a stand-alone AEM column to the

Meridian 1 as described in ÒAlarm connectionsÓ in the Application

Equipment Module Installation Guide (NTP 553-3201-200).

I/O connectors (Application Module)

The I/O connectors are 9-pin and 25-pin subminiature D-type connectors. External cables connect to the I/O panel on the AEM. All connectors are shielded from RF and are integral parts of the external cables.

553-3202-210 Standard October 1998