System Components - Software House iSTAR Pro 4U Quick Start Installation Manual

System Components

NOTE
The iSTAR Pro 4U Rack Mount hardware components consist of:
Front Panel - With LCD to display the current status and for use when running
diagnostics. Alarm Board provides Indicators for:
Power
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Fire Alarm
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Fan Failure
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High Temp
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Rear Connector Panel - Connectors for:
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8 or 16 door readers with Lock power
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16 or 32 Supervised Input connectors
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Two extra ports for I/8 and R/8 connections
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Fire Alarm input
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If you need to run additional wires through the rack enclosure, you can knock out
the second LAN jack and use that opening for the cables – modem, battery
connections, etc.
General Controller Module (GCM) – A general purpose board running
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Windows CE. The GCM has two PCMCIA slots for an internal modem,
and/or a second network interface card and/or a compact flash card. There
is a panel of NiMH batteries to retain the data memory in the event of a
power failure.
The iSTAR Pro GCM can interface with one or two ACM modules.
1 or 2 Access Control Modules (ACM) – An access control board that
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communicates with the GCM and provides readers, outputs, and inputs.
The iSTAR Pro can have up to two ACMs that control 16 doors and provide
connectors for up to 16 RM readers or RM modules.
Front Panel Alarm board - Drive front panel indicators.
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1 or 2 APD8F-UL - Lock Power Distribution Boards.
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1 or 2 CPS1000-UL/CSA - 12/24 VDC (for APD8F-UL Lock Power Boards)
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1 CPS1000-UL/CSA-12 VDC Power Supply (for GCM, ACMs, Alarm Board,
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Fan)
1 - Toroidal Transformer (30V 625VA).
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