Power And Interface; Ws Hardware Setup; Connecting Multiple Devices - TDT WS4 Hardware Reference Manual

Power and Interface

The WS comes factory installed with an Optibit optical interface card.
The power supply is auto-switching for 110 V or 220 V. A soft on/off button is provided on the
front panel and a hard power cutoff switch is provided on the back panel.

WS Hardware Setup

Use the provided duplex fiber optic patch cables (orange) to connect the WS's factory installed,
Optibit optical interface card to a TDT processor device. The fiber optic ports on each device
and the patch cables are color-coded and use key and notch connectors to ensure correct
wiring.

Connecting Multiple Devices

Multiple processors (or other interface-dependent devices mounted in a zBus chassis) can be
connected to the WS's Optibit interface in a communications loop. The most common
configuration consists of multiple RZ devices, such as multiple RZ2s used for processing
higher-channel counts. The strands of the duplex cable can be separated as needed to make
the required connections. See the diagrams below for additional configurations.
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