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Refer to the VM600 machinery protection system (MPS) hardware manual

and observe all safety instructions before replacing VM600 cards

Cards in a stand-alone rack

NOTE: The following remarks concern stand-alone racks. These do not contain a CPUM

card are not connected to a network.

For a stand-alone rack, hardware damage can occur if a card intended for slot mm is inserted

in slot nn.

NOTE: For further information on replacing VM600 cards in a stand-alone rack, refer to the

VM600 machinery protection system (MPS) hardware manual.

3.1.3 Cards in a networked rack

NOTE: The following remarks concern networked racks. These contain a CPUM card

(and, optionally, its associated IOCN card) and are connected to a network.

For a networked rack, if a card originally used in slot mm is inserted in slot nn, the CPUM card

recognises that the card’s configuration does not match the slot.

The behaviour of the CPUM card after it detects a change of configuration for a card depends

on:

• The version of the CPUM card’s firmware.

• And for CPUM firmware version 067 or later – the setting of the CPUM’s configuration

master parameter.

NOTE: For further information on replacing VM600 cards in a networked rack, refer to the

VM600 machinery protection system (MPS) hardware manual.

Because of this, a different MPC4, AMC8 or IRC4 card must only be installed

‘live’ and without reconfiguration if its configuration is known to be

identical to that of the card previously removed.

Because of this, problems can occur if a card taken from slot nn of rack x

is inserted into slot nn of rack y, as different slots can be used for totally

different functions in each rack.

This form of hot swapping should be avoided unless you are certain that

the cards in slot nn of each rack have exactly the same configuration.

More generally, if you do not know how a card is configured, you should not

install it until the configuration is known.

3.1.4 Hot swapping cards in a VM600 rack

See 3.1 Replacing cards before removing or inserting a card.

3.1.4.1 Hot swapping a card in the front of a VM600 rack

The procedure for hot swapping a card in the front of a VM600 rack is as follows.

In the front of the rack:

1- Disconnect the external cables connected to the card, if any.

2- Remove the card from the rack (see 3.1.4.3 Removing cards safely).

3- Insert the replacement card in the front of the rack.

4- Reconnect any cables to the card.

3.1.4.2 Hot swapping a card in the rear of a VM600 rack

The procedure for hot swapping a card in the rear of a VM600 rack is as follows.

First, in the front of the rack:

1- Remove any associated processing card in the corresponding slot in the front of the rack

from the rack’s backplane (see 3.1.4.1 Hot swapping a card in the front of a VM600 rack).

Then, in the rear of the rack:

2- Disconnect all external cables connected to the card.

3- Remove the card from the rear of the rack (see 3.1.4.3 Removing cards safely).

4- Insert the replacement card in the rear of the rack.

5- Reconnect all of the cables to the card.

Finally, in the front of the rack:

6- Reinsert the associated processing card in the corresponding slot in the front of the rack

(to the rack’s backplane).

3.1.4.3 Removing cards safely

The AMC8, MPC4, IOC4T, IOC8T, RLC16 and IRC4 cards all feature a lever mechanism to

help the user to easily remove the card. Follow the procedure below and see Figure 3-1):

1- Disconnect all external cables connected to the card, for example, the communication

cable (RS-232) for an MPC4 card or front-end cables (J1, J2 and J3) for an IOC4T card.

2- Unfasten the two captive fixing screws. These are found at the top and at the bottom of

the front panel.

3- With your thumbs, simultaneously push the upper handle upwards and the lower

handle downwards. These combined actions will cause the card to move forwards by

1 to 2 mm.

4- Pull on both handles together (with equal force) to extract the card from the rack.

NOTE: Remember to reconnect all of the cables after a card is replaced in the rack.

Before ‘hot swapping’ a card in the rear of a VM600 rack, any associated

processing card in the corresponding slots in the front of the rack must be

disconnected from the rack’s backplane.

 Software configuration

The following procedure can be used to configure VM600 MPSx software after replacing a

card:

1- Disconnect the front-end components (that is, transducer, signal conditioner, probe and

cables) from the rack by unfastening the connectors on the IOC4T or IOC8T card

installed in slot nn.

2- Insert into slot nn the MPC4 or AMC8 card whose configuration you want to read.

3- Use one of the VM600 MPSx software packages (MPS1 or MPS2) to read the 

configuration of the card in slot nn

(Communications > From MPC > Read Configuration).

See example in Figure 3-2, in which the card in slot 3 is selected.

4- Modify the card configuration if necessary using the VM600 MPSx software.

5- Use one of the VM600 MPSx software packages (MPS1 or MPS2) to send the (modified) 

configuration to the card in slot nn

(Communications > To MPC > Send Configuration).

6- Reconnect the front-end components to the connectors on the IOC4T or IOC8T card

installed in slot nn.