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Power distribution, Communication busses, The trustedtm to cs300 primary chassis – Rockwell Automation CS300 Trusted CS300 Bridge Module User Manual

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Trusted

TM

CS300 Bridge Module

Issue 01 Apr 08

PD-8162

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1.2. Power Distribution

Each of the Bridge modules is powered from triple redundant PSUs (situated in a separate chassis)
that support the main I/O chassis with 5V, 12V & +/-20Vdc supplies and up to three CS300 extension
chassis with 12V and +/-20Vdc only.

1.3. Communication Busses

1.3.1. The Trusted

TM

to CS300 Primary Chassis

Communication between the Trusted

TM

Expander Interface Module and the CS300 Primary Chassis is

via one of a possible four or seven triplicated two-way interface cables. A single backplane connector
card routes the individual links in the cable to the three Bridge modules. Data voting is provided at the
Expander Module Interface to ensure that cable faults are detected.
The link handles the following triplicated signals:
Data

- Serial bi-directional bus.

Control

- Bus clocks, module-enables and bus direction control.

Slot

- Indicating the CS300 I/O slot position to the Bridge.

Expander Chassis ID - 4 bit Trusted

TM

chassis address code.

1.3.2. Inter-Module Link (IML)

When returning data for Trusted

TM

Read requests, I/O Module data received by each Bridge module is

shared with the other two using the serial IML via the backplane. The three sets of data are then
arranged sequentially into the response packet for Trusted

TM

. The IML is not used during Write

requests.

1.4. Function

When an I/O access is to be performed, the

Trusted

TM

TMR Processor issues a command packet to

an Expander Interface Module. The Expander Interface decodes the chassis address and transmits
the packet through an Expander bus to receivers in the 8162 Bridge modules.

For short distances of a few metres, a twisted-pair copper cable is used, whilst on longer runs the
copper cable is connected to three T8312 fibre optic units at each end of three pairs (Tx and Rx) of
fibre optic cable. The Bridge modules, receiving the command signals, decode the packet.

The Bridge modules then implement the read or write access on the CS300 I/O module selected and
return a response packet via the serial expander bus. The packet will contain both data and diagnostic
information.