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Physical
The control system allows the reporting of physical frame components installed in the
system, such as
Frame size and frame firmware revision(s)
Number of cooling fans installed
Number of power supplies installed
Parametric
The control system allows the reporting (as simple status parameters) the condition of all
frame related status information, such as
Upper-, lower-, and control-fan group alarms
Power supply operation for all installed power supplies
Condition of power supply voltage rails
Internal temperature of frame
External ambient temperature
Control Subsystem
The control subsystem consists of components such as resource modules and associated
firmware/software programs, coprocessor hardware and associated firmware/software
programs, and the internal (to the product) networks responsible for their communications.
Control Panels
You can control the Platinum routing system with the Imagine Communications standard
line of control panels via X-Y over serial, coax, or Ethernet. You can find control panel
operating information in the following manuals:
NUCLEUS network control panel – NUCLEUS Control Panel Installation and Operation
Manual
LCD programmable control panel – RCP-IDe Control Panels Installation, Configuration,
and Operation Manual
ABA control panels – RCP-ABA Programmable Control Panel Series Configuration and
Operation Manual and RCP-ABAe Alphanumeric Breakaway Programmable Control
Panel Series Installation, Configuration, and Operation Manual
Programmable control panels – RCP-p Programmable Control Panel Series
Configuration and Operation Manual
Configuration and System Status Information
Card-edge controls located on the front of the resource modules provide configuration and
basic system status information. The card-edge controls replace DIP switches. You can find
more information about card-edge controls in
Platinum Frames and Modules
Installation, Configuration, and Operation Manual
Chapter 8,
Configuration.
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