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News Release from: TMC - The Mate Company | Subject: InvisiTerm
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 05 August 2005

SCSI terminator senses new devices

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A novel passthrough type of SCSI terminator automatically engages termination when it is the last device, and disengages termination when it senses a device has been added to the SCSI bus.

TMC - The Mate Company is now shipping the U320 compatible InvisiTerm to OEMs and system integrators The InvisiTerm is a novel passthrough type of SCSI terminator that automatically engages termination when it is the last device, and disengages termination when it senses a device has been added to the SCSI bus

It is designed to be crimped to the end of an internal 68-pin ribbon cable, replacing the standard female bulkhead connector with a panel mount VHDCI 68-pin connector.

If no device is attached to the InvisiTerm's external VHDCI connector, U320 Multimode (LVD/SE) termination is enabled.

Within milliseconds after a device has been added, the InvisiTerm senses it and disables termination, allowing the SCSI bus signals to pass through to the new device.

If the new device is removed, InvisiTerm instantly re-enables termination.

With InvisiTerm installed inside a disk subsystem, SCSI termination issues are a thing of the past.

TMC can provide the InvisiTerm board to OEMs and system integrators that build their own cable assemblies in house, or as a part of a complete internal SCSI cable, built to customer specifications.

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