An extension—in this context—is a PC element or a group of PC elements embraced from a library that can be loaded to the controller to “extend” its capabilities. If description files for Control Builder A are added, we rather speak of customer specific add-on options.

Control Builder A (former name: AMPL Control Configuration) includes all software necessary to configure Advant OCS.

　　The MVME6100 series supports two, jumper-configurable P2 I/O modes: the PMC mode and IPMC mode. PMC mode is backwards compatible with the MVME2300/MVME2400 and MVME5100/MVME5500 in PMC mode. In PMC mode, 64 pins from PMC slot 1 and 46 pins from PMC slot 2 are available on P2 for PMC rear I/O. In IPMC mode, the MVME6100 series supports legacy MVME761 or MVME712M I/O modules (with limited PMC I/O) when an IPMC761 or IPMC712 PMC card is populated in PMC slot 1. In this configuration, PMC slot 2 contains some signals that are reserved for extended SCSI. 　　TRANSITION MODULES 　　The MVME761 transition module provides industrystandard connector access to the IEEE 1284 parallel port, a 10BaseT or 100BaseT port via an RJ-45 connector, two DB-9 connectors providing access to the asynchronous serial ports configured as EIA-574 DTE and two HD-26 connectors providing access to the sync/async serial ports. These serial ports, labeled as Serial 3 and Serial 4 on the faceplate of the MVME761, are individually user-configurable as EIA-232, DCE or DTE via the installation of Emerson Serial Interface Modules (SIMs). A P2 adapter board provides interface signals to the MVME761 transition module. Two separate P2 adapter boards are available: one for 3-row backplanes and one for 5-row backplanes. The 3-row P2 adapter board provides connection for 8-bit SCSI. A 5-row P2 adapter board supports 16-bit SCSI and PMC I/O.The MVME712M transition module provides industrystandard connector access to the Centronics parallel port, a narrow SCSI port, and four DB-25 connectors providing access to the asynchronous/synchronous serial ports jumper configurable as EIA-232 DCE or DTE. A P2 adapter board provides interface signals to the MVME712M transition module. The 3-row P2 adapter board also provides connection for 8-bit SCSI. To gain access to the additional user-definable I/O pins provided via the 5-row VME64 extension connector, a special P2 adapter board is available. This adapter panel replaces the traditional 3-row P2 adapter board and extends its capability by providing access to the PMC I/O pins. 　　FIRMWARE MONITOR 　　The MVME6100 firmware (known as MOTLoad) is resident in the MVME6100 flash and provides power-on self-test (POST), initialization and operating system booting capabilities. In addition, it provides a debugger interface similar to the time proven “bug” interface on previous VMEbus boards from Emerson. 　　OPERATING SYSTEMS AND KERNELS 　　The MVME6100 series supports booting a variety of operating systems including a complete range of real-time operating systems and kernels. A VxWorks board support package, LynxOS board support package, and Linux support are available for the MVME6100 series. 　　LIBRARIES 　　BETA 4.0 NDDS from Real Time Innovations (RTI) running over GbE and Native VME are available on the MVME6100 through RTI. NDDS 4.0 running over 2eSST will also be available under a bundled MVME6100 part number through Emerson. 　　MEANTIMEBETWEEN FAILURE 　　178403 hours, Ground fixed, uncontrolled (Typical applications are manholes, poles, remote terminals, customer premise areas subject to shock, vibration, temperature, or atmospheric variations.) 　　328698 hours, Ground benign, controlled (Typical applications are central office, environmentally controlled vaults, environmentally controlled remote shelters and environmentally controlled customer premise areas.)

The MVME6100 series provides more than just faster VMEbus transfer rates; it provides balanced performance from the processor, memory subsystem, local buses and I/O subsystems. The processor, running at speeds of 1.267 GHz, is ideal for data-intensive applications. The state-of-the-art host bridge, with support for a 133 MHz host bus and a 133 MHz DDR memory bus, is well matched to the processor. To ensure that the MVME6100 series can handle the 320MB/s data rates of 2eSST, the Tsi148 VMEbus interface chip is connected to one of the 133 MHz PCI-X buses on the host bridge. The second PCI-X bus has dual PMC-X sites—each site supports PMC or PMC-X cards supporting PCI bus speeds from 33 to 100 MHz. The MVME6100 also offers dual Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. All of this adds up to a set of well-balanced, high-performance subsystems for unparalleled performance.

The MVME6100 series from Emerson Network Power is the first VMEbus singleboard computer (SBC) designed with the Tundra Tsi148 VMEbus interface chip offering two edge source synchronous transfer (2eSST) VMEbus performance. The 2eSST protocol enables the VMEbus to run at a practical bandwidth of 320MB/s in most cases. The MVME6100 is designed to meet the needs of OEMs servicing the defense and aerospace, industrial automation and medical imaging market segments.

This fieldbus module (FBM) is a generic Ethernet hardware module in which different software drivers can be loaded. These drivers configure the FBM to recognize a particular protocol used by the device. Several of the software drivers are standard product offerings. Other custom drivers can be developed to meet specific needs.