[j-nsp] PIC hotswappable?

[Erik Haagsman]

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 22:33, daniel wrote:
> it's my understanding there is a difference in the electrical termination
> of the PIC-FPC interface. Hence hot-swap on m20/m40 cannot be implemented
> reliably. If you try and it works, fine; but be aware YMMV. That's aside
> from the fact there's a good chance of damaging the FPC connector (especially
> on installation). 

This is correct, although when taking good care (read: don't use brute
force if it won't budge...in that case take the FPC out instead) the
worst case scenario is having to reload the FPC without removing it on
installation of a PIC. Carefully removing a PIC after setting it
off-line usually works without interrupting operation of the FPC. All
heresay ofcoure ;-)

Cheers,

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