On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: >> >> The TM500 series do get warm, but I haven't noticed my TM504 get >> uncomfortably hot to the touch fully loaded. The TM5000 series did >> add a fan to the case, though the 5000 series plugins are a lot more >> complex. They come with a GPIB plug on each plugin and a GPIB plug on >> the back of the mainframe. >> >> Mark >> > GPIB might have come in handy, but did you ever read the specs? That is a > very power hungry interface. Adding that to every module in the frame > could easily add 200+ watts of heat to get rid of. There is a reason GPIB > didn't take over the factory floor bus, same one that eventually killed the > use of terminating resistor banks on scsi buses in favor of active terms. > Power budgets. > > Cheers, Gene
I've never used the GPIB interface myself, but I could see a number of uses for it. You can get relatively inexpensive USB-GPIB and Ethernet-GPIB converters online. There are also open source utilities for Unix/Linux that support GPIB: http://gpib-utils.sourceforge.net/ The heat factor is probably why they added the fan to the TM5000 series. Since the TM500 series didn't support the GPIB interface, it probably was deemed not necessary. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
