User Manual

AS8100 Sitespan User Guide Version 3.7

605-0000-426

GSI 008

Draft Issue 6.0. Date 4/4/00

PHYSICAL CONNECTION TO RELEASE 2 AS4000

Use this procedure to provide interfaces to AS4000 release 2 racks.

WARNING: When plugged into the modem shelf backplane, Sitespan becomes

the master controller and the shelf controller the slave. The

configuration file of Sitespan will automatically overwrite any

existing shelf controller configuration.

STEP PROCEDURE

Interface Connections

1. Connect each ACT (AS4000 Central Terminal) modem shelf (see Figure 3) to the

Sitespan PC via a single RS-232 cable. A single 9 way or 25 way D-Type connects to

the PC and a 25 way D-Type connects to the modem shelf. The cable connections are

shown in Table 2 below.

Sitespan

Server

RS232 Links

RF Combiner Shelf

Modem Shelf 1

Modem Shelf 2

Modem Shelf 3

Modem Shelf 4

EPI Shelf

Figure 3. AS8100 Sitespan: Connections to AS4000 Release 2