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Appendix A • Maintenance Controller Extended (MTCX)
Appendix A
1 Maintenance Controller Extended (MTCX)
The MTCX controller (FPGA processor) is located on the mainboard (part of every system unit) of PPC2100 and
APC2100 devices.
The MTCX is responsible for the following monitoring and control functions:
• Power on (power OK sequencing) and power failure logic
• Watchdog handling (NMI and reset handling)
• Temperature monitoring
• Fan control
• Key and LED handling/coordination (matrix keyboard on B&R display units)
• Advanced desktop operation (keys, USB forwarding)
• Daisy chain display operation (touch screen, USB forwarding)
• Panel locking mechanism (can be configured using B&R Control Center - ADI driver)
• Backlight control for connected B&R displays
• Statistical data recording (power cycles - records every switch-on, power on and fan hour; each quarter
hour is counted)
• SDL data transfer (display, matrix keyboard, touch screen, service data, USB)
• LED status indicators (Power, HDD, Link, Run)
• Optimal default BIOS are reported to BIOS by the MTCX based on the actual hardware.
Extended MTCX functions are available by upgrading firmware
Microsoft Windows operating systems using the B&R Control Center.
Available in the Downloads section of the B&R website (www.br-automation.com).
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. The version can be read in BIOS or approved
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