Product Description
The GE Multi-Bridge Signal Processing Board DS200SPCBG1ADC is an interface between the drive control board and the multi-bridge hub communications board. Two functions of the board are to convert the analog process control signals to digital signals and transmit the results to the drive control board. Another function is to transmit and receive synchronization signals through the fiber optic ports.
The fiber optic ports are used to transmit and receive bridge-to-bridge or master-to-master communications. Jumpers are on the board that you can use to configure the fiber optic network. There are two sets of fiber optic ports on the board for bridge-to-bridge communications. One set is for the communications and the other set is used for synchronization of the signal. In each pair one port is blue and the other port is gray. The blue port is for the receiving cable and the gray is for the transmitting cable. A fifth fiber optic port is also on the board. It is dedicated to the master-to-master communications functionality.
You will find that the fibre optic network is easy to route in a manufacturing environment. The manufacturing environment is often crowded with 3-phase high-voltage cables, signal cables, network communications cables, grounding cable, and multiple other cables. And often interference occurs between cables when the signals from one electrical cable creates noise that disturbs another signal. Fiber optic cables cannot be interfered with through electrical signals. This means that fiber optic cables can be routed next to high-voltage cables without picking up interference.