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The PMC CPU is the main component of Intellitec's Programmable Multiplex Control family. It controls remote I/O modules through Intellitec's multiplex communications system (Pat. No. 4,907,222 and 6,011,997). This multiplex system allows the CPU, I/O Modules and switch panels to be wired together with two wires. This CPU has two identical, 4-pin, Amp Mate-N-Lok connectors. Pin 1 provides a fused 12 volt power source to power things like switch back lighting. Pins 2 and 3 are the multiplex signals (two loops of 160 channels each) which communicate instructions to and from each of the I/O modules, Pin 4 is multiplex communication ground.

A system can be as small as one CPU and one I/O module, or it can communicate with up to 32 I/O modules. Each module can have a combination of up to 10 inputs, or outputs. Multiple modules can be wired to a single connector. All input, or switch information is gathered through the remote modules and directly communicated to the CPU. The CPU then interprets the inputs, determines the states of all outputs and communicates that information to the remote modules via the PMC communications link (pins 2 and 3).