General Electric manufactured the DS200LDCCH1ALA board as a drive control and local area network (LAN) communications card. This card was developed as a member of the Mark V series of drive boards. Drives across the DIRECTO-MATIC 2000 series are developed to have this card installed in its drive cabinet. An array of functions are provided by this board, such as device, motor, and I/O control functions.
This drive control and LAN communications board features four microprocessors to filter card signals. Digital and analog I/O sent to the board is received and filtered with the onboard drive control processor (DCP). LAN systems fed to the drive are filtered through the LAN control processor (LCP) found on board. The remaining two processors, the motor control processor (MCP) and the co-motor processor (CMP), work in tandem with each other. The MCP provides the initial processing space for digital I/O communications. Should the calculations needed by the signal exceed the space power provided by the MCP, the CMP will supplement the processing power. The board is completed with an attachable alphanumeric keypad.
