Product Description
This IS215VCMIH1BB printed circuit board was originally manufactured by GE Industrial Systems for their Mark VI Speedtronic Series of turbine control system products and control system components. This IS215VCMIH1BB board is classified as a General Electric product as the entirety of the GE Industrial Systems company exists as a subsidiary company to greater industrial giant General Electric. This printed circuit board or PCB for short is more explicitly definable by its functional description as a VME Communications Assembly, which was retrieved from original instructional manual materials surrounding this product offering. It is important to note that this IS215VCMIH1BB VME Communications Assembly is actually a modified version of a preexisting GE Industrial Systems printed circuit board; the IS215VCMIH1 model which is missing this product's two B-rated functional revisions.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
Before attempting to explain any of the numerous hardware components made available to this VCMI-abbreviated VME Communications Assembly Board's configuration, it is important to define the intended functionality of the PCB. This GE Industrial Systems Mark VI Speedtronic product functions as a crucial interfacing component between Mark VI Speedtronic Series controllers and I/O boards. Additionally, this IS215VCMIH1BB product offering acts as a communication interface for the Mark VI Series' IONet system control network.
Now that some of the greater functionality of this IS215VCMIH1BB board within the Mark VI Speedtronic Series has been explored, it is possible to explain some of its many unique hardware choices and inclusions, the first of which exists in this product's IONet port, which is crucial to the communications process described above. This small, circular port is present on the IS215VCMIH1BB board's sole front faceplate, which is populated by an additional number of LED indicators; themselves included for diagnostic or testing purposes. Fourteen total LED indicators are present on the face plate of this VCMI-abbreviated PCB model, each aligned with their own recognized reference designator for convenient diagnostic signal interpretation. The final hardware elements included in this Mark VI Speedtronic Board's front faceplate are its series of ports, which exist in a quantity of five. These five pertinent ports include:
- Three 10Base2 Ethernet ports
- One RS-232C serial port
- One parallel port
One final mentionable hardware element crucial to the functioning of this VME Communications Assembly is its processor watchdog timer; included for protection purposes against any possible processor stall conditions. All of the aforementioned hardware elements present in this VCMI board's base board should be well-protected from general wear and tear beneath a layer of chemically-applied conformal-style PCB coating. Any product-specific information stored on this page is truly reminiscent of this product's unrevised, parent board, and as such, may be slightly inaccurate to this twice-revised model.
