GE Vivid 7 Service Manual

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5-4-7 Internal Storage Devices
• Hard Disk Drive (HDD) (inside the Back-End Processor cabinet.) - BEP4.3: Minimum 160 Gigabytes
- BEP4.2:  Minimum 80 Gigabyte
- BEP3.x/BEP2.x:  Minimum 40 Gigabyte EIDE Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
- BEP1:  Minimum 20 Gigabyte EIDE Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
• 5.25 inch Magneto-Optical Drive (MOD) available from front of scanner - Standard on Vivid 7 and...

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5 - 96 Section 5-4 - Back-End Processor (BEP)
5-4-8 Back-End Processor  (BEP) Inputs (cont’d)
5-4-8-3 Input Signals
5-4-8-4 Bi-directional SignalsTable 5-65    Input Signals 
Signal NameDescriptionSignal Path 
PWR_OK* Power verification signal from Front-End Card Cage Front-End Card Cage > IIO > PC2IO 
ON/OFF Switch Signal from the ON/Standby switch on the Operator Panel 
and from the Reset Switch (behind hole) at the rear of the...

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5-4-9 Back-End Pro cessor (BEP) Outputs
Table 5-67    Output Signals 
Signal NameDescriptionSignal Path 
+5VDC DC Voltage PC2IO > IIO
+12VDC DC Voltage PC2IO > IIO PS_ON* Active Low PC2IO > IIO > Card Cage
StandbyPC2IO > IIO > Top Console
SVideoSVideo OutPCVIC > PC2IO > IIO > EIO
CVideoComposite Color VideoPCVIC > PC2IO > IIO > EIO
VGA VGA High Resolution Video to External  Video...

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5 - 98 Section 5-4 - Back-End Processor (BEP)
5-4-10 UPS Battery Description
The UPS Battery is used in  these Back-End Processors:
• BEP1
• BEP2.0
• BEP2.2
• BEP4 used as BEP2.2 Replacement
• BEP4 used as BEP2.0 and BEP1 Replacement
The UPS batteries provide power to the Back-End Processor to enable a controlled shut down of the 
processor. 
NOTE: It is not possible to use the Vivid 7 for scanning or any other useful work without...

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5-4-10      UPS Batt ery Description (cont’d)
The UPS batteries will drain slightly  when the system is in the off condition. The off condition is defined 
as:
• Circuit Breaker in the OFF position
• System unplugged from the wall outlet
If the system is left in the OFF cond ition for an extended period of time (3  to 5 days or more), the system 
may not boot up or may beep when...

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Section 5-5
Patient I/O (Physio)
5-5-1 Patient I/O General Description
The Patient IO contains the  electronics for (refer to Figure 5-60): 
1.) Phono
2.) ECG/Respiration
3.) Analog inputs - AUX 1
4.) Analog inputs - AUX 2
The four inputs are separately isolated due to safety requirements.  Figure 5-60   The Patient I/O Connector Panel
Figure 5-61   Pat I/O - Block Diagram
Digital Trace...

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5-5-1 Patient I/O Gene ral Description (cont’d)
The patient leads (for ECG) can be rotated by softw are (i.e. it is possible to change between Lead I, II 
and III by pushing a button). 
The module extracts respiration from ECG  signals from the ECG/Respiration input. 
The scanned image that is displayed, is synchroni zed with the ECG, respiration and phono traces. In 
M-Mode or...

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5-5-3 Patient I/O - Inputs
• ECG / Respiration
• Phono (from a phono heart microphone)
• Two Analog Inputs: -AUX1
- AUX2 (Pulse/Pressure)
5-5-3-1 Pinout for the AUX Connectors The pinout for the AUX connectors is described in the table below:
Both AUX1 and AUX2 are by default 1 Vpp (Volt pe ak-peak) inputs with a max frequency of 300 Hz. 
The inputs are differential. For a single ended...

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Section 5-6
Internal I/O 
5-6-1 General Description
The Internal I/O module (IIO) is the interface betw een the Front-End Processor (Card Cage), the Back-
End Processor, and the rest of the system, incl uding the Operator Panel (Top Console) and the 
Peripherals. 
The IIO module performs buffering and distribution  of DC power, video, audio and control data as 
described in this...

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5-6-1 General Description (cont’d)
The IIO module has direct board-to-board connections with the:
• Front-End Processor’s back plane 
• External I/O module (EIO)
All other connections are done via cables. Figure 5-64   Internal I/O Basic Interconnect