DS200TCQAG1

Product Description

The General Electric RST Analog I/O Board model, the DS200TCQAG1, contains two pairs of 34-pin connectors, a pair of 40-pin connectors, and six jumpers. The board also comes integrated with 6 LED lights. The LEDs are arranged in two rows with three of them in each row and each are situated to be viewed from the edge of the board. At a glance, the LEDs provide a status of the health of the board, including the processing activities. When you replace the board, it is standard practice to first note exactly where the ribbon cables are connected on the board before disconnecting them. All the connectors, jumpers, and LEDs have identifiers printed on the board. Make small tags you can attach to the cables and write on them the connector identifier. Then, disconnect the cables.

The replacement board might be a later version of the same board so you might find that the locations of the connectors has changed. Also the appearance of the components might also seem different. Even so, the different versions of the same model boards are all compatible and when you replace the older version with the newer version you can be certain that the new board will provide the same functionality.

The new version boards undergo extensive product testing that also enables the documentation of any differences that are found between the versions and also provides the workarounds to solve any problems. Like, for example, if there a jumper is missing from a newer version.