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CM195AA ALARM INTERACE CIRCUIT CARD
General
The CMl 95AA Alarm Interface Circuit (AIC) Card is part of the Remote Management Package.
The AIC card provides the following capabilities:
• Dual console
• System sanity failure detection and alarm generation
• Alarm interface to automatic calling units
• Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and external input connections.
These functions are achieved via hardware resident on the 1/0 bus. The card contains no
"intelligence" as such. Figure 3-55 is a functional block diagram of the AIC card.
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