GE-FanucAlphanumeric Display Coprocessor Module — Runs CIMPLICITY 90-ADS, Drives an External Terminal, Single Slot, CPU Baseplate Only

Product Description

What this part is

A single-slot coprocessor module for the GE Fanuc Series 90-30 PLC. It runs the CIMPLICITY 90-ADS system software and performs 90-ADS display, report and alarm functions, communicating with the Series 90-30 CPU across the PLC backplane. The name is Alphanumeric Display Coprocessor: it is the processor that generates alphanumeric screens and drives them out to a separate device — a GE Fanuc Operator Interface Terminal, any VT100-compatible terminal, or an IBM-compatible PC running TERMF. It is the card that produced the screens on a 90-ADS system.

Decoding the order code

IC693: GE Fanuc Series 90-30 hardware. IC697 is Series 90-70 and IC600 is Series Six.

ADC: Alphanumeric Display Coprocessor.

311: the model within the coprocessor group, alongside the PCM301/311 Programmable Coprocessor and the CMM311 Communications Coprocessor.

H: hardware revision. Revisions C and H both trade against the same product; the base number is the first match.

Published specifications

Microprocessor: 80C188 at 8 MHz. Slot width: single slot. Software: runs CIMPLICITY 90-ADS system software. Real-time calendar clock, synchronised to the PLC. Front panel: reset pushbutton and three status LEDs. Configuration: soft configuration, with no DIP switches and no jumpers. Serial ports: 2, behind a single front connector. Port 1: RS-232, default 19,200 bps, used for programming and configuration from a PC running PCM Development Software (PCOP), or alternatively for an RS-232 printer for report logging. Port 2: pre-configured as a 19.2 kbaud RS-232 port for a terminal, carrying keyboard input and screen output. User interface: fifteen user-definable function keys per screen, pop-up windows, pull-down menus, fill-in-the-blank system building forms. Weight: approximately 0.45 kg.

Mounting data

Placement: the ADC installs in the CPU baseplate of the Series 90-30 system, in a single slot. Multiple ADCs may be installed in one Series 90-30 system where the system uses a modular CPU, model 331 or higher. Backplane: communicates with the Series 90-30 CPU across the PLC backplane.

Cables

The ADC presents two logical ports on one physical connector. IC693CBL305 is the Wye cable that splits the two ADC ports out of that single front connector, and GE supplied it with the module when new. IC690CBL702 is a direct RS-232 cable from the ADC to a PC or other serial device, available separately. The photographs on this listing show what is physically present with this unit.

Software

The ADC is a platform for CIMPLICITY 90-ADS. The 90-ADS software is installed onto the module using PCM Development Software (PCOP) from a Workmaster, Workmaster II or IBM-compatible PC. Replacing a failed ADC on a working system is normally a reload from the site’s own backup.

Quantity and configuration

Sold individually. One coprocessor module per purchase.

Interchange and obsolescence guidance

Search forms include IC693ADC311H, IC693ADC311, IC693ADC311C, IC693-ADC-311-H, IC693-ADC-311, IC693 ADC 311 H and IC693ADC31. Related Series 90-30 coprocessors: IC693PCM300 / IC693PCM301 / IC693PCM311 (Programmable Coprocessor), IC693CMM311 (Communications Coprocessor), IC693TCM302 / IC693TCM303 (Temperature Control). The installation manual covering all of them is GFK-0356 (Series 90-30 PLC Installation and Hardware Manual), which carries the ADC connection diagram on the page referenced as Figure 8-21.

Obsolete with no factory replacement. Ownership trail: GE Fanuc Automation to GE Intelligent Platforms to Emerson. The function a 90-ADS coprocessor performed is now done by a PC or a modern HMI panel talking Ethernet to the PLC, which is precisely why an original ADC has value: replacing it means redesigning the operator interface rather than swapping a card.