Master/Slave Card - HBM Genesis GEN5i User Manual

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Master/Slave Card

The GEN series can be operated as a fully synchronized Multi-Mainframe
system with multiple mainframes using the Master/Slave card.
With the Master/Slave card you can:
connect one GEN series "Master" to up to eight "Slaves"
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fully synchronize up to nine mainframes
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record up to 1080 channels with 1 MS/s sampling speed each by using all
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slots
or record up to 540 channels with 100 MS/s per channel by using all slots
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use the fiber optic link with up to a 500 m cable between the master and
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each slave
And the Master/Slave option provides:
the sampling clock, absolute time info, trigger and start/stop signals be-
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tween the mainframes, creating a real high channel synchronized system
out of the nine mainframes
a timing accuracy between the mainframes better than 100 ns
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an automatic cable length detection and compensation
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Master/Slave card operating modes
The Master/Slave card has three operating modes:
Master
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Slave
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Stand-alone
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In Master mode:
all connectors function as master output
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the start of recording as well as synchronization signals are transmitted to
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all connected slaves
all trigger signals are combined into a global master/slave trigger signal
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