PMC CAPABILITIES AND FEATURES (Cont'd)

TM 5-6350-275-24&P

PMC CAPABILITIES AND FEATURES (Cont'd)

Intelligent switch module - Monitors the operational status of the PMC and provides routing of the RS232 cluster

data channels, printers, and all system peripherals from the two Data Acquisition Units (DAUS) polling a cluster

of workstations. The polling DAU may be selected manually or automatically, the automatic selection providing

changeover to the alternate DAU if the polling DAU enters a fault condition.

Monochrome Monitor - A 12 in. monochrome monitor that displays 29x80 columns. Used for system control, text

editing, and monitoring of communications polls.

Keyboard - Generates system commands and provides keystroke input for ICIDS program execution.

Event Printer - A 24 pin dot matrix printer that prints data up to 136 columns wide at 10 characters per inch. The

printer can use either single sheets or continuous paper, and has eight fonts and two printer emulations. Options

include a pull tractor and a serial interface card.

Modular Power Supplies - Added to the system as expansion modules to support additional add on modular units

and to prevent overloading of any power supply.

Operator Work Station - Consists of an Intel 80386 micro processor, operating at 25 MHz. Allows LAN connectivity

and cluster communications circuitry to support daisy chaining of workstations by providing two DB9 connectors.

64kb memory - Enables CPU to operate at full 25MHz speed in over 90% of memory accesses.

RAM - Contains 2MB standard memory.

Graphics - A built-in 1024x768 high-resolution graphics card that is VGA compatible.

The high resolution

graphics controller supports all digital monochrome and color monitors.

Status display (color monitor) - A 15 in. autoscan color monitor with a tilt-and-swivel base and a non-glare, high-

contrast screen.

Keyboard - Used to operate the ICIDS systems by the use of functional softkeys.

Printer - A 24 pin dot matrix printer, that prints data up to 80 columns wide at 10 characters per inch. Can use

either single sheets or continuous paper and has eight fonts and two printer emulations. Options include a pull

tractor and a serial interface card.

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)- A 1.8 kV power source, with 6 hours of battery backup. The UPS comes on

line if there is an interrupt of the primary input power. This will maintain system integrity and prevent the loss of

any data that is being routed to the CPU.

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