MEGGITTVM600Mk2/ VM600 ABE040 and ABE042 system racks

MEGGITTVM600Mk2/ VM600 ABE040 and ABE042 system racks

om the vibro-meter® product line

• 19″ system racks with a standard height of 6U

• Robust aluminium construction

• Modular concept allows specific cards to be 

added for machinery protection and/or 

condition monitoring

• Cabinet or panel mounting

• Backplane supporting the VME bus, the 

VM600Mk2/VM600 system’s Tacho, Raw and 

Open collector (OC) buses, and power supply 

distribution

• Uses the VM600Mk2/VM600 RPS6U rack power 

supply: AC and/or DC input versions

• Power supply check relay

APPLICATIONS

• VM600Mk2/VM600 machinery protection and/

or condition monitoring systems

DESCRIPTION

The VM600Mk2/VM600 ABE040 and ABE042 system 

racks are used to house hardware for the 

VM600Mk2/VM600 series of machinery protection 

and/or condition monitoring systems, from 

Meggitt’s vibro-meter® product line.

Two types of VM600Mk2/VM600 ABE04x system 

rack are available: the ABE040 and the ABE042. 

These are very similar, differing only in the position 

of the mounting brackets. Both racks have a 

standard height of 6U and provide mounting 

space (rack slots) for up to 15 single-width 

VM600Mk2/VM600 modules (card pairs), or a 

combination of single-width and multiple-width 

modules (cards). These racks are particularly 

suitable for industrial environments, where 

equipment must be permanently installed in 19″

cabinets or panels.

DESCRIPTION (continued)

The different versions of ABE04x system rack 

enable different mounting options to support 

various markets and applications.

The VM600 system rack has an integrated VME 

backplane which provides the electrical 

interconnections between the installed 

VM600Mk2/VM600 modules (cards): power supply, 

signal processing, input /output, relay and 

CPUx “rack controller”. It also includes a power 

supply check relay, available at the rear of the 

rack, which is used to indicate that the installed 

RPS6U rack power supplies are operating 

normally.

Either one or two RPS6U rack power supplies can 

be installed in a VM600Mk2/VM600 ABE04x system 

rack. A rack with one RPS6U power supply (330 W 

version) supports the power requirements for a full 

rack of modules (cards) in applications with 

operating temperatures up to 50°C (122°F).

Alternatively, a rack can have two RPS6U power 

supplies installed in order to either support rack 

power supply redundancy or in order to supply 

power to the modules (cards) non-redundantly 

over a wider range of environmental conditions 

(see Power supply on page 4).

VM600Mk2/VM600 processing modules (cards) are 

installed in the front of the rack and the 

associated input/output modules (cards) are 

installed in the rear. The input/output modules 

(cards) provide connectors for the connection of 

sensors/measurement chains and for the sharing 

of various signals with external systems such as a 

DCS or PLC.

In general, VM600Mk2/VM600 ABE04x system racks 

are configured in the factory before delivery so 

they are supplied ready-to-use. Optionally, each 

module (card) can be reconfigured to meet the 

needs of a particular machinery monitoring 

application using the appropriate software 

package from Meggitt vibro-meter®: 

VM600 MPSx or VibroSight®.

For further information, contact your local 

Meggitt representative.

General

Housing : Extruded aluminium frame and solid aluminium structural parts.

Top and bottom plastic guide strips for VM600Mk2/VM600 modules 

(cards).

Colour : Aluminium

Power supply : The VM600Mk2/VM600 RPS6U rack power supply is used to provide 

the VM600Mk2/VM600 rack itself and all installed modules (cards) 

with +5 VDC and ±12 VDC.

See also Power supply on page 4.

Power supply inputs : Power supply inputs (associated rear panels) typically have an AC 

and/or DC connector (with RFI filters), on/off switches and fuses.

Refer to the VM600Mk2/VM600 RPS6U rack power supplies 

data sheet for information on power supply inputs, associated rear 

panels and mains power supply leads (power cords).

Backplane : Proprietary VM600Mk2/VM600 rack buses (Tacho bus, Raw bus and 

Open collector (OC) bus) for data/signal sharing between modules 

(cards).

VME bus for communication between CPUx modules (cards) and 

processing modules (cards).

Rack slots

(module (card) positions)

: Front of rack:

• 12 × slots – module (card) positions 03 to 14 – for processing 

modules (cards) such as MPC4Mk2, XMx16, MPC4 and/or AMC8.

• 2 × slots – module (card) positions 00 to 01 – for rack controller 

and communications interface modules (cards) such as CPUMMk2

or CPUx.

• 1 × slot – module (card) position 02 – reserved for applicationspecific modules (cards).

Rear of rack:

• Up to 19 × slots – module (card) positions 00 to 18 – for associated 

input/output modules (cards) such as IOC4Mk2, XIO16T, IOC4T and/

or IOC8T, IOCNMk2 or IOCx, and relay modules (cards) such as 

RLC16Mk2, RLC16 and/or IRC4.

• Up to 4 × slots – module (card) positions 17 to 20 – for associated