About the IS215VCMIH2C
This IS215VCMIH2C printed circuit board modular assembly product offering was originally designed and produced by General Electric with the specific functional role of a VME Communications Board within the greater Mark VI Turbine Control System Series in mind. The Mark VI Series that this IS215VCMIH2C product and many others within our new and reconditioned inventory belong to, as you have likely been able to guess based off of its full extended series name alone, has a set series of functional applications in the control and management systems of General Electric-compatible gas, steam, and wind turbine automated drive assemblies. With this being true, the Mark VI Series that this IS215VCMIH2C product belongs to is not surrounded by any high amount of originally-pertinent instructional manual materials online despite its newly-developed applications, given the fact that these materials are constantly being struck from the internet by their original manufacture due to copyright infringement.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
The IS215VCMIH2C was designed as a VME Communication Card in a GE Mark VI Turbine Control System and is critical to the correct function of the system as a whole. The VCMI VME Communication board allows Input/Output (I/O) cards to communicate with other I/O cards that are mounted on the VME backplane, with I/O cards installed on expansion racks, with I/O backup protection modules, with triple redundant control modules, and with the primary or main processor module. The IS215VCMIH2C card is also broadly referred to as a VME Bus Master Controller. This PCB interfaces communications among the I/O boards and the controller. It also acts as the communication interface to the system control network, or IONet. Before making any singular ultimate purchase decision on this IS215VCMIH2C VME Communications Board product offering, its is crucial to understand the fact that this IS215VCMIH2C product is truly not the originally-produced device of its specific Mark VI Turbine Control System Series functionality, as that would actually have to be considered the IS215VCMIH2 parent VME Communications Board not making use of this IS215VCMIH2C product's sole C-rated functional product revision. This IS215VCMIH2C device's C-rated revision is considered a functional product revision as it alters the basic performance specifications and overall functionality of this IS215VCMIH2C product's base PCB without making durability or aesthetic-minded concessions.
The IS215VCMIH2C is built with four port connections placed into its front faceplate. These include an RS-232C Serial port, D-style plug connector, and three IONet 10Base2 Ethernet ports. Each of the IONet connectors is associated with three LED indicators that are labeled TX/RX/CD. The board has additional LED indicators that are labeled Status, Fail, Run, and 1,2,4, and 8. The former is placed above a reset switch (push button,) while the latter is directly below the serial port. Each control module in the Mark VI system generally contains an IS215VCMIH2C, with these unique VCMI cards serving to communicate execution data with the main processor modules via the application software for the control system. Because of the critical nature of the VCMI modules, it is advisable to keep additional spares on the shelf to avoid a machine down situation. This IS215VCMIH2C product is accompanied by an atypical elevated level of originally-printed instructional manual materials online; surprising given General Electric's concerted efforts to constantly copyright-strike this documentation from existence. With this being the case, the IS215VCMIH2C functional product number itself actually stands to serve as a decently-strong source of IS215VCMIH2C Board hardware component and component specification information; coding for these details through a series of GE-developed functional naming components and component specifications. For starters, the IS215VCMIH2C functional product number is initiated through an instance of the dual-functional IS215 series tag indirectly outlining this IS215VCMIH2C product's special Mark VI Series assembly, its conformal PCB coating style, and other relevant hardware traits.
