The GE Fanuc Emerson IC693CHS399 is a 5-slot remote baseplate that contains a female twenty-five D-type pin connector which is installed at the right side end to link other baseplates. The device can be employed either as local chassis for PLCs or to extend I/O to other places that shouldn’t be more than 213 meters (700 feet). This remote baseplate permits operators to add I/O modules of the PLC and improving the control using a single processor. The baseplate can be employed for PLC systems with I/O which are near to the local chassis to process and send data over very long distances. The remote baseplate consumes a current of 480 milliamperes at a baseplate voltage of 5 Volts DC. The IC693CHS399 has a width of 26.49 centimeters (10.43 inches), a height of 13 centimeters (5.12 inches), and a depth of 14.2 centimeters (5.59 inches).

The IC693CHS399 contains the main circuit board, a metal wall for mounting, and a plastic enclosure. This device is supplied through the left slot plug of the board and includes 5 slots which are serially labelled from 1 to 5. The remote baseplate can be linked with the CPU’s baseplate through a short parallel wire which allows transferring parallel data between them. The IC693CHS399 should be supplied by the baseplate power supply. This local I/O remote includes a rack number selection DIP switch which should be grounded and connected to a common ground. The IC693CHS399 can be employed in many industrial applications to extend I/O modules of the baseplate. The remote baseplate is compatible with all I/O modules and expansion baseplates. The IC693CHS399 operates at zero (0) to 60 degrees Celsius (32 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit) for industrial applications.