Laser Control; Extension 1 Connector; Extension 2 Connector; Marking On The Fly Connector - Scanlab RTC 5 PC Interface Board Installation And Operation Manual

Laser Control

• The female D-SUB laser connector at the RTC
slot cover has 15 pins (the RTC
connector, on the other hand, has 9 pins). The
pinouts are not jumper-configurable.
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– The RTC 5 doesn't require jumpers X6 and X7
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of the RTC 4 because all signals are already
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available at the RTC 5 laser connector.
– The voltage range of the analog outputs is
always 0...10 V (0 V ... 2.56 V isn't supported;
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the RTC 4's jumper X3 doesn't exist on the
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RTC 5).
• If you want to connect a laser to the RTC
the same (9-pin) cable that you previously used
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with the RTC 4, then you'll need an adapter with
a 9-pin female D-SUB connector (available from
SCANLAB).
– For use of the laser adapter from SCANLAB (see
page 48), two jumpers are provided for config-
uring the pin-outs (JP1 corresponds to jumper
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X7 of the RTC 4, JP2 corresponds to jumper X6
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of the RTC 4).
• The signal levels of the laser control signals are no
longer determined by configuring jumpers.
Instead, they can/must be software-configured
(see set_laser_control).
– Jumper X10 of the RTC
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RTC 5.

EXTENSION 1 Connector

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• The RTC 5's EXTENSION 1 connector is – except
for the additionally provided signals at pins 33-35
– identical to the EXTENSION 1 connector of the
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RTC 4 (see page 49).
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• With the RTC 5 (unlike the RTC
output signals at the EXTENSION 1 connector can
be configured for 5 V or 3.3 V via a jumper (see
page 49).
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RTC 5 PC Interface Board
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5
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4's laser
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5 via
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4 doesn't exist on the
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4), the level of all

EXTENSION 2 Connector

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• The RTC 4's EXTENSION 2 connector doesn't
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exist on the RTC 5. Accordingly, no I/O extension
board can be attached to the RTC
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• The RTC 5's EXTENSION 2 connector is – except
for the optional LATCH signal at pin 17 – identical
to the LASER EXTENSION connector of the RTC
(see page 50).
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– The RTC 5 provides jumpers JP2-JP8 for con-
figuring pin-outs (these jumpers are equivalent
to jumpers X8 and X9 of the RTC
page 50).

MARKING ON THE FLY Connector

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• The RTC 5's MARKING ON THE FLY connector is
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identical to the RTC 4's MARKING ON THE FLY
connector (see page 51).

Other Connectors

• PCI bus requirements are identical to those of the
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RTC 4.
• PCI-Express, PC/104-Plus and PCIe/104 versions
are only available for the RTC
version is currently only available for the RTC
• The following interfaces only exist on the RTC
– MASTER and SLAVE (see
– RS232 (see page 51)
– McBSP / I2C (see page
– STEPPER MOTOR (see
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5.
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4) (also see
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5, a standalone
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4.
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