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IES Connectors

J1 is a 34-pin box header that contains the +5V fuse and floppy status information and is accessible directly from the motherboard backplane. J1 is used by the ERS II and the ERS/FT.


J1                                                  

  1   NC                     18   5V Fuse Slot 2    
  2   NC                     19   5V Fuse Slot 3    
  3   NC                     20   5V Fuse Slot 4    
  4   NC                     21   5V Fuse Slot 5    
  5   NC                     22   5V Fuse Slot 6    
  6   NC                     23   5V Fuse Slot 7    
  7   NC                     24   5V Fuse Slot 8    
  8   NC                     25   5V Fuse Slot 9    
  9   NC                     26   5V Fuse Slot 10   
 10   NC                     27   5V Fuse Slot 11   
 11   NC                     28   5V Fuse Slot 12   
 12   NC                     29   5V Fuse Slot 13   
 13   NC                     30   5V Fuse Slot 14   
 14   NC                     31   5V Fuse Slot 15   
 15   NC                     32   5V Fuse Slot 16   
 16   NC                     33   Floppy Fuse       
 17   5V Fuse Slot 1         34   Ground            



J2 is a 10-pin box header that connects directly to an electronic multiplexor panel and provides LED control to the front panel of a BOS.


J2                                   

   1    Keyboard Fuse Status         
   2    Power Supply 1 Good Status   
   3    Power Supply 2 Good Status   
   4    Sensor O.K. LED (Watchdog)   
   5    Sensor Fault LED (Watchdog)  
   6    Subsystem O.K. LED           
   7    Subsystem Fault LED          
   8    Cubix Data Highway O.K. LED  
   9    Cubix Data Highway Fault LED                          
  10    Speaker Control              



J3 is a 26-pin box header that connects directly to a multiplexor panel and provides the POLL-ACKNOWLEDGE-RESET signals for 8 BC processor board products. J3 is used by the ERS II, ERS, ERS/FT, and BOS subsystems.


J3                                     

   1    BC Processor 7 Acknowledge Input                          
   2    BC Processor 6 Acknowledge Input                          
   3    BC Processor 5 Acknowledge Input                          
   4    BC Processor 4 Acknowledge Input                          
   5    BC Processor 3 Acknowledge Input                          
   6    BC Processor 2 Acknowledge Input                          
   7    BC Processor 1 Acknowledge Input                          
   8    BC Processor 0 Acknowledge Input                          
   9    BC Processor 7 Reset Control   
  10    BC Processor 6 Reset Control   
  11    BC Processor 5 Reset Control   
  12    BC Processor 4 Reset Control   
  13    BC Processor 3 Reset Control   
  14    BC Processor 2 Reset Control   
  15    BC Processor 1 Reset Control   
  16    BC Processor 0 Reset Control   
  17    BC Processor 7 Poll Control    
  18    BC Processor 6 Poll Control    
  19    BC Processor 5 Poll Control    
  20    BC Processor 4 Poll Control    
  21    BC Processor 3 Poll Control    
  22    BC Processor 2 Poll Control    
  23    BC Processor 1 Poll Control    
  24    BC Processor 0 Poll Control    
  25    Ground                         
  26    Ground                         



J4 on the IES is a 4-pin Molex connector that attaches the IES to an ERS II multiplexor and provides BC communications.


J4                                     

   1    New/Old-                       
   2    BCNET Transmit                 
   3    BCNET Receive                  
   4    ERS/ERS II-                    



The J5 through J14 connectors are reserved for future applications.


J15 is a 4-pin Molex connector that monitors the status of fans, the keyboard fuse and the multiplexor fuse in ERS II, ERS/FT, and BOS subsystems.


J15                           

   1     Fan 1 Rotor Lock     
   2     Fan 2 Rotor Lock     
   3     Keyboard Fuse Status               
   4     Not Used             



J16 is a 2-pin Molex connector that supplies power supply operating status in ERS II, ERS/FT, and BOS subsystems.


J16                           

    1        Power Supply 1 Good  
    2        Power Supply 2 Good  



J17 is a dual RJ-11 jack that connects to the Cubix Data Highway via a 6-wire modular cable wired 1-to-1 as illustrated in Figure 5-1. Note that this cable is not compatible with a standard telephone cable.

Both RJ-11 jacks are wired in parallel. This allows daisy chaining to the next module without having to use an external T-connector.

Both jacks have the connections illustrated in Table 5 - 7.

 
J17                           

   1     Not Used             
   2     Data Highway +       
   3     Not Used             
   4     Not Used             
   5     Data Highway -       
   6     Not Used             



J18 is a 2-pin Molex connector that connects to an external Speaker Override switch when available. This is wired in parallel with the on-board Speaker Override Switch SW1.


J18                      

    1        Speaker Override        
    2        Ground          



J19 is a 5-pin Molex connector that is reserved for future use.


Switch Definitions

SW1 is the Speaker Override Switch. When an alarm sounds because of a fault, the operator may depress this switch once to disable the audio speaker alarm. If a different fault occurs, the audio alarm will sound again. The switch disables the audio alarm only for the alarms active at the time the switch is depressed. If a new fault occurs, the audio alarm will sound again. SW1 is accessible from the end bracket.

SW5 is the Hardware Reset Switch. Depressing the pushbutton switch momentarily resets the IES processor and its hardware. Releasing the switch allows the processor to begin executing again. SW5 is accessible from the end bracket.


IES LED Definitions

The IES module provides three red LEDs (D1, D2, and D3) which indicate IES operation. Four additional green LEDs are provided for diagnostic purposes only. Refer to Figure 3-1 for LED locations.

IES Status (IES D1)

This LED is used to indicate the state of the IES module. The IES is equipped with a watchdog timer. If the watchdog timer is functional, the LED is not illuminated (operational). Otherwise the LED is illuminated (fault). When the IES is reset, a fault will be indicated for a short time until the IES can initialize the watchdog timer. If this LED blinks off and on with a 2 second interval, then position 1 of SW4 is incorrectly set OFF.

Subsystem (IES D2)

This LED indicates the state of the subsystem environment. If environmental faults exist, the LED is illuminated (fault). If no faults exist, then the LED is not illuminated (operational). The environmental parameters to be monitored are configured through BCVision. If the IES firmware or setup is invalid, this LED will indicate a fault.

Highway (IES D3)

This LED indicates the activity on the Cubix data highway. If BCVision does not communicate with the IES module within every 60 seconds, this LED will illuminate (fault). At reset the IES will indicate a fault until the first data highway communication occurs. This LED only reflects data highway communications between this IES and BCVision; communications between BCVision and other IES modules on the same data highway do not affect this LED. Note that this LED will be illuminated if BCVision is not running on the BC Supervisor.

Diagnostic LEDs

There are four LEDs provided for diagnostic purposes. The two top LEDs (furthest from the edge connector) are labeled LSB; the two bottom LEDs (closest to the edge connector) are labeled MSB. Each LED is defined below:

Top LSB LED: IES data highway receive in progress

Bottom LSB LED: IES data highway transmit in progress

Top MSB LED: IES transmit mode enabled

Bottom MSB LED: IES receive mode enabled



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