Hardware Manual — Product Description
Figure 2 Rear Backplane
1.6 Expansion
Centurion II has been designed to allow both expansions of current technology and
additions to the product line.
1.6.1 Main Module Expansion
The Main Module has additional card slots, which can accommodate standard PC
style internal modems, PC style Ethernet cards and additional cards not yet
designed. The main module will have either 1 or 2 unused ISA slots (reserved for
future expansion). The Main Module also has a 50-pin expansion connector
brought out to the rear panel 50-pin Amp Champ
™
connector labeled
AUXILIARY to accommodate future expansion.
1.6.2 Chassis Expansion
A 34-pin ribbon connector, labeled CHASSIS EXPANSION, located on the rear
backplane will allow users to interconnect additional chassis thus expanding the
number of module locations. By adding up to 3 expansion chassis the Centurion II
can be expanded up to 512 discrete inputs and 64-control control relay outputs.
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