General Information - GE 3500/20 Operation And Maintenance Manual

Section 2 - General Information

2. General Information

The Rack Interface Module (RIM) is the primary interface into the 3500 rack. It
supports a Bently Nevada proprietary protocol used to configure the rack and
retrieve machinery information. The RIM must be located in slot 1 of the rack
(next to the power supplies). The RIM provides the connections needed to support
current Bently Nevada Communications Processors (Transient Data Interface
External (TDIX) and Dynamic Data Interface External (DDIX)). Although the RIM
does provide certain functions common to the entire rack, the RIM is not part of
the critical monitoring path. The RIM's operation (or non-operation) has no effect
on the proper, normal operation of the overall monitoring system.
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