Features:
- “AT” Style Board
- Designed to be Integrated into a User–Developed Microprocessor System
- Compatible with all Genius Protocols, Mechanical, Electrical Levels, and Communications Timing
The GE Fanuc IC660ELB Series Genius I/O PCIM is an entry point into the Genius I/O
System for the IBM PC/AT/XT family. The PCIM is an “AT” style board, designed to be
integrated into a user–developed microprocessor system. It is fully compatible with all
Genius protocols, mechanical, electrical levels, and communications timing.
The PCIM is available with either one or two daughterboard(s). Each PCIM
daughterboard provides a low cost ‘tap’ on a Genius I/O bus, allowing a host system to
control remote I/O utilizing the extensive diagnostics, high reliability and noise
immunity of the Genius I/O System. Each daughterboard is independently configurable
using the configuration software supplied with the PCIM.
Board-edge connectors are used to connect the PCIM to the Genius bus. If the PCIM has
two daughterboards, they can be connected to the same bus or to independent busses.
A PCIM daughterboard is a general purpose I/O Controller for the Genius I/O System. It
provides a convenient method to control devices on the Genius serial bus. The PCIM
daughterboard performs the housekeeping tasks of initialization and fault management
for up to 30 bus devices, keeps up–to–date images of the I/O controlled by each device
(whether the device is a Genius I/O Block or other bus device), and can communicate
with other Controllers on the Genius bus by passing background messages not
associated with I/O commands or Global Data. The interface to this RAM is optimized
for the IBM personal computer bus.
The PCIM motherboard provides a convenient way to interface an Open Architecture
daughterboard like the PCIM daughterboard to an IBM compatible Host system. All the
signals necessary to communicate to a daughterboard are buffered through the
motherboard to the Host bus.
For each daughterboard, two LEDs (Board OK
and Communications OK are provided in the
PCIM faceplate. Openings in the faceplate accommodate the
serial bus connectors for the PCIM
daughterboard(s).
The IC660ELB921 GE Fanuc Single-Channel Genius I/O PCIM may still be available for purchase and support from Artisan Technology Group beyond End-Of-Life (EOL) by the manufacturer (OEM).
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