Isolation of MPS and CMS

The VM600 rack, Mechanical Protection Card, Condition Monitoring Card and associated software

have been designed to comply with the API670 standard for the isolation of the Mechanical Protection System (MPS)

and Condition Monitoring System (CMS) to ensure that the functionality of the MPS is not dependent on,

or in any way affected by, the operation of the CMS.

Therefore, whilst Mechanical Protection and Condition Monitoring cards can easily share sensor

signals from the measurement chain, in a VM600 rack, the MPC4/IOC4T card pair

does not share any communication buses with the XMx16/XIO16T Condition Monitoring card pair

and the MPC4/IOC4T card pair is configured and operated using the VM600 MPSx

software (whereas the XMx16/XIO16T card pair is configured and operated using the VM600 MPSx

software (whereas the XMx16/XIO16T card pair is configured and operated using the VM600 MPSx software).

XIO16T card pair is configured and operated using VibroSight® software).

Application Information

The MPC4. when used in pairs with the IOC4T I/O cards, is ideally suited for machinery

monitoring and protection in a variety of industrial applications.