RIO Remote I/O System User Guide
RIO system components
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Chapter 1 Introduction
RIO system components
This section provides a brief description of the main c omponents of the RIO system and
includes the following.
•Host card on page 22
•Link cables on page 22
•Remote Terminal Adaptors on page 23
•Long Distance Module (LDM) on page 23
•Fibre optic (FOLK) kit on page 24.

Host card

RIO host cards provide system connection to Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs). They have
four link ports and are available in ISA and PCI fo rmats. See also Installing a Universal 3.3/
5V PCI host card on page 156, Installing an ISA host card on page 158 and Removing
host cards on page 160 in Chapter 2 Installing hardware and software.

Link cables

Link cables allow you to link host cards to Remote Terminal Adaptors (RTAs). See also Link
Cable on page 219 in Chapter 3 RIO Cabling information.