About the IS215VCMIH1B
The IS215VCMIH1B is manufactured by GE as a VCMI Bus Master Controller for the Mark VI system. The MKVI was one of the last Speedtronic management systems for gas/steam turbines developed by General Electric. The Speedtronic management systems focused on using reliable management through integrated backup controls and better design to increase the efficiency of the associated turbine systems. The Mark VI Turbine Control System Series making use of this IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface device here must be defined as quite the significant upgrade upon the previously-established Mark V Turbine Control System Series industry standard of essentially the exact same full extended series title, as the Mark VI Series added the alternative energy-concentrated wind turbine functional application onto the gas and steam applications seen earlier with the release of the mentioned Mark V Series. This IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface product's Mark VI Series is additionally heralded as one of the last-released GE Mark product series incorporating the patented Speedtronic technology into many products.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
The IS215VCMIH1B is a communication interface to the system control network (IONet,) and also acts as a communication interface between the controller and the Input/Output boards. The IS215VCMIH1B also manages IDs for all the boards within its rack as well as the IDs for their associated terminal boards. The IS215VCMIH1B has a single-slot faceplate designed with multiple components. The top of the faceplate has three LED indicators, labeled “Run,” “Fail,” and “Status.” These are placed above a push button reset switch and a serial port. Directly below the serial port is another set of LED indicators, which as a group is labeled “Module,” and individually are labeled 8,4,2, and 1. Next comes three LED indicators labeled R, S, and T, and another three LED indicators labeled TX, RX, and CD. These are followed by an IONet 10Base2 port. The faceplate is connected to the board via three screw connections. Interestingly enough, this specific IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface printed circuit board modular assembly product offering from General Electric is actually not the originally-developed product offering of its specific Mark VI Turbine Control System Series intended functional role. In truth, that would likely have to be considered the IS215VCM!H1 parent VME Communications Interface notably not taking advantage of this IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface device's unique B-rated revision.
The IS215VCMIH1B is populated by integrated circuits, transistors, capacitors, resistors, and diodes. The board has several lines of inductor beads located near the far edge. There are two vertical pin connectors and two backplanes located on the board surface, along with connectors composed of conductive dots. There are several locations on the board outlined for missing components; board variations may use these components. The Mark VI Turbine Control System Series containing this IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface product here is not really surrounded by very many originally-printed instructional manual materials online, which means in this instance the IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface functional product number itself stands to serve as a decent functional source of IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface hardware component and component specification information, as it codes for a number of relevant IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface details through a series of consecutive functional naming components. For instance, the IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface product number here begins with an iteration of the dual-responsible IS215 series tag indicating this IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface product's special modular Mark VI Series assembly as well as its domestic original GE manufacture location. Some of the other IS215VCMIH1B VME Communications Interface details indicated in this manner include its:
- VCMI functional product acronym
- Group one Mark VI Series grouping
- Conformal PCB coating style
- B-rated product revision
