Artesyn MVME7616E Transition Module Installation and Use (April 2015) - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 1
MVME7616E Transition Module Installation and Use (6806800A43D) 13
General Information
1.1 Overview
This manual provides general information, hardware preparation, installation instructions, and
a functional description for the MVME761-001 and MVME761-011 Transition Modules.
The MVME761-0x1Transition Module provides the interface between the MVME5100 or
MVME5500
Single Board Computer VMEmodules and various peripheral devices. This module provides
industry standard connectors to simplify customer cable requirements for the serial port,
printer, and Ethernet signals.
1.2 Features
The features of the MVME761-0x1 Transition Module include:
 Industry-standard connectors for these interfaces:
– Two EIA-574 asynchronous serial ports (DTE)
– Two asynchronous/synchronous serial ports, configured for EIA-232-D (DCE or DTE)
– One parallel port (IEEE Standard 1284-I compliant)
– 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet
 Two 60-pin Serial Interface Module (SIM) connectors for configuring the
asynchronous/synchronous serial ports
 Single-width board
 Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) and Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) protection
1.3 General Description
The MVME761-0x1 Transition Module provides the interface between the standard Ethernet,
parallel port, and the serial port connectors on a variety of single board computers. All port I/O
controllers reside on the host VMEmodules. The MVME761 transition module Ethernet and
parallel port circuitry is passive. The serial port circuitry provides multiplexing and buffering
functions (refer to
P2 Signal Multiplexing (P2MX) on page 29 ). The multiplexing function is
transparent to the user.