About the DS200TCQFG1B
This DS200TCQFG1B printed circuit board product offering from General Electric, as mentioned in the brief product description above, was originally designed and manufactured for the Mark V Turbine Control System Series. The Mark V Series that this DS200TCQFG1B device belongs to is something of a self-explanatory General Electric product series, as it exists with specific applications in the control and management systems of compatible and popular wind, steam and gas turbine automated drive assemblies. With this being true, the Mark V Series also attracts something of a nice demand on the figurative automated industrial marketplace, as it exists as one of the final-developed GE product series to make use of the patented Speedtronic control system technology first seen with the rollout of the Mark I Series in the mid to later 1960s. Finally, it is important to recognize that this DS200TCQFG1B product's greater Mark V Series is obsolete as a whole, as it exists as a now-defunct legacy product series discontinued for manufacture by its original retailer in one of the many years past its initial release.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
For starters, it is important to consider the fact that this DS200TCQFG1B printed circuit board product offering is not the originally-produced device of its specific Mark V Series functional role. That would be the DS200TCQFG1 parent TC2000 Analog I/O Extender Board missing this DS200TCQFG1B device's singular B-rated functional product revision. The GE TC2000 Analog I/O Extender Board DS200TCQFG1B is populated with 7 jumpers and 2 50-pin connectors. It also has 1 34-pin connector and 1 9-pin connector. The ID assigned to the 34-pin connector is JA. The IDs assigned to the 50-pin connectors are JUU and JB. The programmable logic device that populates the GE TC2000 Analog I/O Extender Board DS200TCQFG1B uses the firmware code on the erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) modules for processing instructions. The firmware stored on the EPROM modules can be updated by downloading a new version of the code from the web. A newer version of the firmware will contain the latest fixes and improvements. Also, it has been tested to ensure that it is compatible with the version of the board you have installed in the drive.
However, when you replace the board it is best practice to use the same version of firmware on the replacement board as you had installed on the old board. The replacement board comes without EPROM modules installed in the sockets on the board and it requires only a common flat blade screwdriver to remove the EPROM modules from the old board. Wear a static protective device, such as a wrist strap and insert a screwdriver into the space between the socket and the module and gently twist the blade to lift the module away from the socket. Then, perform the same action on the other side. Immediately place the module in a static protective bag. Given this DS200TCQFG1B PCB's Mark V Legacy product series attribution, it is no real surprise that this DS200TCQFG1B PCB is not surrounded by any concerted collection of originally-printed instructional manual materials online. With this being the case, the DS200TCQFG1B functional product number itself can be considered a primary source of DS200TCQFG1B Board hardware component and component specification information; coding for specific details in a series of consecutive functional naming components. For example, the DS200TCQFG1B functional product number begins with the dual-functional DS200 series tag classifying this DS200TCQFG1B board's normal Mark V Series PCB assembly as well as its domestic location of original manufacture. Some of the other relevant hardware details revealed by use of this DS200TCQFG1B PCB's functional product number include its:
- TCQF functional product acronym
- Group one Mark V Series product grouping
- Normal PCB coating style
- B-rated primary functional revision
