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To enable the feature, it is necessary to run an additional daisychain cable from drive to drive and to make a master/slave selection for each drive. Connector J5 on the control board handles the cable connections. Master/slave selection is made by a jumper on connector J4A. Figure 15 shows the two connectors.

For a drive at the end of the daisychain, the cable connects to one of the two rows of pins (row A or row B), and a terminator connects to the other row of pins, as shown in Figure 15. Both ends of the cable must be terminated.

 

Pin 4A

J5

Pin 1A

Pin 4B

Cable from

Preceding Unit

Pin 1B

A

B

Cable to

Next Unit

Control

Board

J4A

Master / Slave

Select Plug

(removed = master)

Figure 15. Making spindle sync connections

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