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GPI Breakout Panel
GPI Breakout Panel
About the GPI Breakout Panel
For each installed GPI card, a breakout panel and the male to female HD-44 cable is supplied, approximately 6 feet (2 meters) long, that connects the GPI board and the breakout panel. In addition to providing an individual connector for each GPI input and output, the breakout panel can supply the voltage necessary to trigger GPI inputs. Separate breakout panels are supplied for the GPI cards in Main and Backup Device Controllers, if present.
GPI Hardware
For each GPI card installed, the following is supplied:
A GPI breakout panel
A 6-foot (2 meter) M-F HD-44 cable
2 x 12 VDC power supplies with power cords (supplied only with the first GPI panel in the system)
A cascade cable.
16 x 3-pin removable connector blocks
Important Cloning Note: To ensure GPI (Input) Configurations do not cause the CLONE playlist to go out of sync, for the Main and Backup device servers, all GPI wiring should be wired to both Main and Clone.
To connect the breakout panels to the GPI cards
1. Rack-mount the breakout panels in the back of the rack.
2. Connect an HD-44 cable from each GPI card to the connector on the rear of the breakout panel.
3. Connect the cascade cables between the breakout panels.
4. Connect the power supplies to the coaxial power connectors on the first breakout panel.
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GPI Breakout Panel Layout and Connections
Each GPI input and output is brought out to a separate 3-pin connector on the front of the
GPI breakout panel. Connections are made via removable blocks, allowing the wiring to be secured via the screw clamps on the connector block, which is then inserted into the header.
GPI Inputs GPI Outputs
Relay Output
There are eight relay actuator outputs (for eight events) per board. Each is isolated and independently controllable.
Relay Type: SPDT (Form C)
Contact Rating: 2A carry current, bifurcated, gold clad, silver palladium
Operate Time: 2 milliseconds maximum
Release Time: 1 millisecond maximum
Insulation Resistance: 100 M
Ω
Output Pinouts
The pinout for the outputs is:
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1 2 3
Normally
Closed
Normally
Common
Open
GPI Inputs (for triggering lists)
The GPI card requires a voltage across the input in order to trigger it and the GPI breakout panel can be used to supply this voltage. This allows a contact closure to act as a list trigger.
By default, the panel is supplied already configured to utilize its own power supply. For each input, there is a pair of jumpers that may need to be configured.
To Configure an Input’s Power Utilization
1. Remove the 2 screws and the two standoffs from the HD-44 side (rear) of the breakout panel and remove the rear cover.
2. Set the two jumpers for each input port according to its utilization.
3. Replace the rear cover, screws and standoffs.
Input Pinouts (using breakout panel’s power supply)
To configure an input to utilize the breakout panel’s power supply, set the jumpers as shown:
+12V Gnd
In
High
N/C
In
Low
1 2 3
Input Pinouts (trigger supplies the voltage)
If the trigger itself supplies a voltage, the jumpers can be set to pass it to the card.
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+12V Gnd
GPI Breakout Panel
In
High
N/C
In
Low
1 2 3
Examples
The inputs trigger on the leading edge of a pulse of either polarity, as shown in the following examples:
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Configuring GPIs in Device Server v11.54.16 and earlier
The GPI inputs on the first two cards are used to trigger lists with the inputs on card 1 controlling lists 1-8 and the inputs on card 2 controlling lists 9-16. The mapping of each GPI input to a particular list is fixed and the inputs on cards 3 and 4, if installed, are not used.
IMPORTANT: The above limit regarding GPI inputs is addressed by ADC Device Server v11.55.12 and higher. Contact Automation Support regarding upgrades to this version. For
more information see Configuring GPIs in Device Server v11.55.12 and higher .
Configuring GPIs in Device Server v11.55.12 and higher
Device Server v11.55.12 and higher provides a GUI for configuring Enhanced GPI Triggering.
This capability includes:
GPI inputs extended to encompass all 32 inputs.
The ability to configure the action taken for each input.
The ability to select Single or multiple Lists for each GPI. (i.e. the equivalent of gang rolled functionality).
The default configuration matches the previous fixed functionality.
IMPORTANT: This GPI configuration is independent of the GPI configuration for Switch Only devices.
To Configure Enhanced GPI Triggering
1. From the Configuration Tool’s main menu select File > GPI Input Configuration. The
GPI Input configuration screen is displayed and provides easy viewing of all GPIs at a glance.
2. On the GPI Input configuration screen configure the following parameters as required:
• Action: Specify the action for a specific GPI: The drop down menu for the Action field offers all Playlist Control Panel options. These include: Freeze, Roll Now, Protect,
Unthread, Thread, Skip, Hold, Cut Next, etc.
• List: Select the Lists to which the GPI will issue a command. Single or multiple Lists can be selected (checked) for each GPI. A single GPI can issue a command to multiple lists- with the limitation that only a single command can be selected. This is the equivalent of gang rolled functionality.
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GPI Connector Pinouts
It is expected that all GPI wiring will be done using the supplied breakout panel to facilitate both wiring and supplying power for input triggering.
In most (almost all) cases, the supplied cable is used to connect the GPI card to the supplied breakout panel, thus eliminating the need to break directly into the connector's pinout.
For reference the following pinouts of the PCI HD GPI card connectors is provided.
IMPORTANT: Only PCI footprint cards are used in the new Device Controller Chassis.
Connector
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
By Pin
Out 1 NC
Out 2 NC
Out 3 NC
Out 4 NC
Out 5 NC
Out 6 NC
Out 7 NC
Out 8 NC
By Function
Out 1 Com
Out 1 NO
Out 1 NC
Out 2 Com
Out 2 NO
Out 2 NC
Out 3 Com
Out 3 NO
32
2
18
33
16
31
1
17
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Connector By Pin
In 1 (High)
In 1 (Low)
In 2 (High)
In 2 (Low)
In 3 (High)
In 3 (Low)
N/C
Out 1 Com
Out 2 Com
Out 3 Com
Out 5 Com
Out 6 Com
Out 7 Com
Out 8 Com
In 4 (High)
In 4 (Low)
In 5 (High)
In 5 (Low)
In 6 (High)
In 6 (Low)
In 7 (High)
In 7 (Low)
Out 1 NO
Out 2 NO
Out 3 NO
Out 4 Com
Out 4 NO
Out 5 NO
Out 6 NO
Out 7 NO
Out 8 NO
In 8 (High)
In 8 (Low)
N/C
N/C
N/C
41
42
43
44
37
38
39
40
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
21
22
23
24
17
18
19
20
25
26
27
28
29
13
14
15
16
9
10
11
12
GPI Breakout Panel
By Function
In 3 (Low)
In 4 (High)
In 4 (Low)
In 5 (High)
In 5 (Low)
In 6 (High)
In 6 (Low)
In 7 (High)
In 7 (Low)
In 8 (High)
In 8 (Low)
N/C
Out 3 NC
Out 4 Com
Out 4 NO
Out 4 NC
Out 5 Com
Out 5 NO
Out 5 NC
Out 6 Com
Out 6 NO
Out 6 NC
Out 7 Com
Out 7 NO
Out 7 NC
Out 8 Com
Out 8 NO
Out 8 NC
In 1 (High)
In 1 (Low)
In 2 (High)
In 2 (Low)
In 3 (High)
6
21
38
7
22
39
8
9
10
3
34
35
4
19
36
5
20
37
11
12
13
14
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
40
41
15,42,43,44
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