MEGGITTVM600Mk2/ VM600 ABE056 slimline rack

KEY FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• From the vibro-meter® product line

• 19″ slimline rack with a standard height of 1U

• Robust metal construction

• Modular concept allows specific modules 

(cards) to be added for machinery protection 

or condition monitoring

• Cabinet or panel mounting

• Backplane supporting the VM600Mk2/VM600 

system’s Open collector (OC) bus, and power 

supply distribution

• Integrated AC-input or DC-input power supply

• Power supply check relay

APPLICATIONS

• VM600Mk2/VM600 machinery protection and/

or condition monitoring systems

DESCRIPTION

The VM600Mk2/VM600 ABE056 slimline rack is used 

to house hardware for the VM600Mk2/VM600 

series of machinery protection and/or condition 

monitoring systems, from Meggitt’s vibro-meter®

product line.

The VM600Mk2/VM600 ABE056 slimline rack has a 

standard height of 1U and provides mounting 

space (rack slots) for one single-width VM600Mk2/

VM600 processing module (card pair) and a relay 

module (card). This rack is particularly suitable for 

industrial environments, where equipment must 

be permanently installed in 19″ cabinets or 

panels.

Different versions of the integrated RPS1U power 

supply enable a VM600Mk2/VM600 ABE056 slimline 

rack to be powered using either an external AC or 

DC mains supply. Both the power supplies support 

a wide input voltage range.

The rack has an integrated backplane that 

provides the electrical interconnections between 

the integrated power supply (RPS1U) and the 

installed VM600Mk2/VM600 modules (cards). It 

also includes a power supply check relay, 

available at the rear of the rack, which indicates 

DESCRIPTION (continued)

that the integrated power supply is operating 

normally.

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 ABE056 slimline 

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: VibroSight® or VM600 MPSx.

For further information, contact your local 

Meggitt representative.

SPECIFICATIONS

General

Housing : Zinc-plated painted sheet steel

Colour : Grey white (RAL 9002)

Power supply : An integrated RPS1U power supply provides the VM600Mk2/VM600 

rack itself and all installed modules (cards) with +5 VDC and 

±12 VDC.

See also AC-input power supply on page 3 and DC-input power 

supply on page 3.

Power supply input : The power supply input has an AC or DC connector (with an 

RFI filter) and an on/off switch.

See Ordering information on page 6 for information on mains power 

supply leads (power cords).

Backplane : Proprietary VM600Mk2/VM600 rack bus (Open collector (OC) bus) 

for data/signal sharing between modules (cards)

Rack slots

(module (card) positions)

: Front of rack:

• 1 × slot – module (card) position 01 – for a processing module 

(card) such as MPC4Mk2, XMx16, MPC4 or AMC8.

Rear of rack:

• 1 × slot – module (card) position 01 – for an associated input/

output module (card) such as IOC4Mk2, XIO16T, IOC4T or IOC8T.

• 1 × slot – module (card) position 00 – for an associated relay 

module (card) such as RLC16Mk2 or RLC16.

See also Mechanical drawings on page 5.

Notes

In general, associated input/output modules (cards) are required 

while relay modules (cards) are optional.

For safety reasons, any VM600Mk2/VM600 rack slot not populated 

by a module (card) must be covered by a blank panel

Rack slot number coding : For modules (cards) installed in the rear of the ABE056 rack, an 

electronic keying mechanism known as slot number coding is used 

to help ensure that the module (card) is installed in the correct slot, 

as defined by the configuration (that is, by the VibroSight® or 

VM600 MPSx software).

For ABE056 racks, the rack’s slot number is configurable by DIP 

switch and slot number coding requires that the rack’s slot number 

is set to match the slot number used by the module (card).

Slot number coding range : 0 to 12

Slot number coding defaults : Factory assigned default values as follows:

• Slot 01 = 1 (0001 binary) for an ABE056 rack configured for use by 

a VM600Mk2 system such as a VM600Mk2 MPC4Mk2 + IOC4Mk2.

• Slot 01 = 3 (0011 binary) for an ABE056 rack configured for use by 

a VM600 system such as a VM600 MPC4 and IOC4T.

Notes

For a VibroSight / VM600Mk2 MPC4Mk2 + IOC4Mk2 system, the 

ABE056 rack DIP switch must be set to 01, as this is the default slot 

number used by the VibroSight Protect configuration software for 

an ABE056 rack (VM600 – 1U).

For a VM600 MPSx / VM600 MPC4 and IOC4T system, the