Product Description
This DS215UCVAG3AC printed circuit board or PCB for short was originally manufactured by trusted automated industrial retailer General Electric, specifically for placement in their Mark V Turbine Control System Series. The Mark V Series that this DS215UCVAG3AC Board belongs to is classifiable as a legacy product series due to its manufacturing discontinuation in the years following its initial release. With this being true, this DS215UCVAG3AC device's greater Mark V Series also exists as one of the final General Electric product series to incorporate the Speedtronic control system technology into its various offerings, a technology first introduced by General Electric with the rollout of their Mark I Series in the late 1960s. This DS215UCVAG3AC products truly does not exist as a printed circuit board at all; it is defined in original Mark V Turbine Control System Series instructional documentation as a UC2000V Module or as a Unit Controller 2000/VME Module. This DS215UCVAG3AC modular assembly is not the original product of its functionality to exist within the Mark V Series as a modular assembly; that would be the DS215UCVAG3 parent UC2000 Module missing this DS215UCVAG3AC product's two significant revisions.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
This DS215UCVAG3AC UC2000 Modular Assembly seems to belong to the Mark V UC2000 subseries, as indicated by its full functional product description. As with any modular assembly within the Mark V Series, this DS215UCVAG3AC product's functionality is introduced through the inclusion of various functionality-inducing hardware components in its assembly. The GE Unit Controller 2000/VME Board DS215UCVAG3AC features one Ethernet connector, and multiple LED status indicators. The GE Unit Controller 2000/VME Board DS215UCVAG3AC is also populated with 2 blocks of configuration switches and a connector that enables the attachment to a hard disk drive. The front panel of the board is populated with 6 LEDs that give the operator a quick indication of the health of the board and also the Ethernet connection and other critical functions. You can also connect a keyboard, monitor, hard disk drive (HDD), and other devices. The rear of the board has connectors that enable the board to attach to the rack and enable the operator to control the drive. Power is also supplied to the board through the rear connectors and also provides a connection to the Ethernet network. Before making any purchase of this DS215UCVAG3AC product offering, it is important to realize that its special modular assembly style increases its general dimensions. Instead of occupying a singular slot in the Mark V Series automated drive assembly's Board Rack, this DS215UCVAG3AC product offering makes use of four total VME Board Rack slots. This piece of information is one of many listed features of the DS215UCVAG3AC modular assembly in its original datasheet attached above. Some other DS215UCVAG3AC device features include:
- A 486DX4-100 Processor
- 16M of DRAM
- 4M of flash memory
- 2 DLAN+ ports
- 2 Genius LAN ports
- 2 10base2 Ethernet ports
If the board is intermittently malfunctioning or is performing erratically, it is best practice to press the reset button, which is available on the front panel. The reset button forces the firmware and other instruction code to reload and provides an opportunity for the board to restart without shutting off the board or disconnecting power. If any problems were introduced to the code, the reload will provide a clean start. If you suspect that the board is not performing as you expect, you can locate the 6 LEDs on the front panel. It the LEDs are lit green, it indicates that the functions monitored by the LEDs are functioning and there are no errors. Before making any ultimate purchase decision on this DS215UCVAG3AC UC2000 Modular Assembly, it is crucial to understand that its originally-introduced basic dimensions and performance specifications have no doubt been altered as a function of this DS215UCVAG3AC product's two functional product revisions.
