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PMACPack Options and Accessories

Accessory 16D: Control Panel and Display Box

The Accessory 16D control panel provides all the means for using PMAC's dedicated hardware control
inputs and display outputs. It has nine toggle switches for the hardware functions, a 10-way rotary switch
for motor-/coordinate-system-select (1 to 8, all, and none), a handwheel encoder, an analog potentiometer,
a frequency generator, a 2x40 character alphanumeric LCD display, and 5 status LEDs.

Note:

A custom interface cable (no charge) is required for PMAC-Pack. Consult Delta
Tau before ordering.

Accessory 18: Thumbwheel Multiplexer Board

This accessory is a printed circuit board that provides the needed circuitry for PMAC to interface to 16
thumb wheel switches or similar inputs. Up to 32 thumb wheel multiplexer boards can be daisy-chained
together to permit the reading of up to 512 thumb wheel digits or other TTL level inputs (256 bytes).
Thumb wheels may be mounted directly on the board, or can be remotely connected.

to it. Note:

A custom interface cable (no charge) is required for PMAC-Pack. Consult Delta
Tau before ordering.

Alternatively, 8-position DIP switches may be mounted on the board for input.

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ACC-18: Thumb wheel Multiplexer Board (bare)

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OPT-1: Expansion Connector (for daisy-chain to next ACC-18)

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OPT-2: One 8-Position DIP Switch (16 Max; in place of digit)

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OPT-4: One Decimal Thumb wheel Digit (16 Max; specify loc.)

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OPT-5: External Power Connector

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OPT-6: Molex connectors w/ mates (16 Max; for remote digit)

An ACC-18 configuration sheet is available and can be used to define the required options and the
number and location of all the thumb wheel digits.

Accessory 20: Hand-Held Terminal

This accessory provides a hand-held or panel-mountable (~5" x 8" x 3/4") terminal for simple operational
communications needs. The terminal communicates with the serial port on the PMAC. It provides a
numeric keypad with 6 special programmable function keys; also an alphanumeric 2 x 24 LCD display.

Accessory 22: Extended Warranty

This "accessory" extends the warranty past the 1-year standard factory warranty, for a total of two years.

Accessory 25: Servo Evaluation Package

The Accessory 25 Servo Evaluation Package (SEP) is a program for IBM-PC compatible systems running
under DOS for autotuning and analysis of servo performance of PMACs with the Option 6 Extended
Servo Algorithm. A onetime purchase (site license) of this accessory is required for users purchasing the

Option 6 algorithm. The ACC-25 may be used for analysis of servo performance of PMACs with the
standard PID servo algorithm, but not for autotuning (the ACC-9DA can perform the autotuning). ACC-
25: Servo Evaluation Software for Extended Servo Algorithm on 3.5" diskette.

Accessory 26: Serial Communications Converter

Accessory 26 is a small circuit board that converts the RS-232 serial communications of the host
computer to the RS-422 serial communications format that many industrial equipment items, including
PMAC-Pack with OPT-9LPP, use. This conversion is performed through an optically isolated link,