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Chapter 1: Introduction
The resource module provides control and monitoring communications; access
to the communication connectors (X-Y, serial, and Ethernet); reference timing
information; and gets necessary power through a connector to the MI module.
All control and monitoring to the core routing section of the core routing
module is through a “get and set” protocol using a parallel data and addressing
scheme. While advanced communications and associated control applications
will enable complete configuration, all configurable items are accessible
through the serial port interface.
A local or remote control panel can also be attached to either the standard
resource module or the enhanced resource module. (The P16SCQ/P16HSCQ
clean/quiet switch product has its own control panel, the R(PL)CP-32×8CQp.
See page 41 for more information about this control panel.)
The resource module is available in two options: standard and enhanced.
Standard Resource Module
The standard resource module provides basic switching, monitoring,
and configuring of each core routing module. This control is through a
non-specific protocol supporting physical destination to source routing
(port-to-port routing in some applications), partitioning, and simple
alarm monitoring. All information from each supported module is
available through the serial port.
Enhanced Resource Module
The enhanced resource module provides the same basic switching,
monitoring, and configuration that the standard resource module
provides, but with the addition of Ethernet connectivity and extended
control and monitoring features. Some of these features include
software partitioning, telnet, and real-time alarm/signal monitoring.
This control uses the same non-specific protocol supporting physical
destination to source routing, partitioning, and simple alarm monitoring
for core functionality. All information from each supported module will
still be available through the serial port, but further information will be
present to applications interfacing with the Ethernet domain.
The enhanced resource module can be installed at the manufacturing
facility; however, you can replace a standard resource module with an
enhanced resource module yourself, if desired. See Appendix G:
“Enhanced Resource Module Installation” for enhanced module
installation instructions.
Panacea Series Frame and Modules Installation, Configuration, and Operation Manual 9