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OP8217 DB44 to 64 Mini Banana Plug Monitoring Panel

Owned by Sylvain Ménard
Last updated: Jan 17, 2024
3 min read

The OP8217 is a 32 or 64 signal interface panel with 2mm diameter mini-banana plugs.  The back-side connector is a DB44 connector which allows interconnection with OPAL-RT SLSC boards and products.  It does not apply any conditioning to the signals.

The two DB44 connectors in the back of the panel map to two signal groups, Group-1 or Group-2.

Front Plate with Mini-Banana Connectors and Vuser LED Indicators

JX/JX DB44 Pin Assignments

DB44 Pin Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

DB44 Pin Number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

Signal Name (Digital / Analog)*

D0 / A0+

D2 / A1+

D4 / A2+

GND

D8 / A4+

D10 / A5+

D12 / A6+

VUser-1

D16 / A8+

D18 / A9+

D20 / A10+

GND

D24 / A12+

D26 / A13+

D28 / A14+

OP8217 Front Panel Mini-Banana

00

02

04

**

08

10

12

Vuser-1 +

16

18

20

**

24

26

28

 

DB44 Pin Number

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

Signal Name (Digital / Analog)*

D1 / A0-

D3 / A1-

D5 / A2-

GND

D9 / A4-

D11 / A5-

D13 / A6-

Vuser-2

D17/ A8-

D19 / A9-

D21 / A10-

GND

D25 / A12-

D27 / A13-

D29 / A14-

OP8217 Front Panel Mini-Banana

01

03

05

**

09

11

13

Vuser-2 +

17

19

21

**

25

27

29

 

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DB44 Pin Number

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

 

Signal Name (Digital / Analog)*

D7 / A3-

D6 / A3+

GND

GND

D15 / A7-

D14 / A7+

GND

GND

D23 / A11-

D22 / A11+

GND

GND

D31 / A15-

D30 / A15+

 

OP8217 Front Panel Mini-Banana

07

06

**

**

15

14

**

**

23

22

**

**

31

30

 

*Signals can be digital or analog, depending on client interface. Signal names provided for corresponding analog and digital OP8900 SLSC boards.

** Reference GND test-points available everywhere where a GND logo appears on front panel.

Please note that if the Vuser connections are protected with a resettable fuse.  The specifications for this fuse are: trip current = 3.0A, hold current = 1.5A.

For more information about the use of Vuser and Vrtn pleaser refer to this article in the OPAL-RT knowledge base : How to power the different DB37 boards for digital outputs.

Additional Information

The OP8217 has a very high density of IO signals.  Due to this high-density, the sockets on the OP8217 accept standard miniature banana plugs with a 2mm diameter.  Sheathed miniature banana plugs or miniature banana plugs with a pin diameter greater than 2mm will not fit inside the OP8217 sockets.

Example of a 2mm miniature banana plug patch cord is provided below:

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Part Number

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Part Number

Radiall

R928121000

Please see manufacturer datasheets for additional miniature banana-plug specifications.

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