Agilent Technologies 86060C Product Overview page 2

Lightwave Switching
for Test Automation
• Temperature stabilized performance with low insertion loss
• Easy-to-use manual interface with visual signal path display
• Repeatable switching with 10 million cycle minimum life
• SCPI-compatible remote commands via GPIB and RS-232
• Multilayer switches and other custom configurations available
The Agilent 8606xC series of
programmable lightwave switch-
es cover a broad range of
switching capacity and provide
easy signal routing for accurate
and repeatable measurement
automation. These switches
provide an important building
block for implementing auto-
mated test systems in manu-
facturing. They are designed
to be versatile and can be
easily configured with several
different options for automat-
ed test environments.
The 8606xC switch family fea-
tures an easy-to-use manual
interface and a visual signal
routing display. The interface
allows quick manual operation
for initially setting up a measure-
ment or for quick investigation
A2-
A1-
OFF
PORT B ACTIVE
Visual signal path display for Switch Port - Selects and highlights the
viewing switch's position active switch port for changing connections
Figure 1. Agilent's manual interface and visual signal routing display (top diagram)
of test device performance.
Selected switch positions can
be saved and recalled. The
switches can be easily inte-
grated into automated test
systems using SCPI-compati-
ble commands via GPIB or
RS-232 interfaces.
Agilent 86060C
Features and Benefits
The new "C" series of lightwave
switches are now temperature
stabilized and thus, offer
excellent repeatability and
insertion loss stability. They
are designed for long reliable
service with low insertion loss
and low back reflections, for
accurate lightwave measure-
ments in automated test setups
where the switch is an inte-
gral part of the measurement.
Increments to next
higher or lower position
SYSTEM
LOCAL HELP
-B8
-B6
SAVE
-B1
SWITCH
RECALL
PORT
SWITCH FRONT PANEL
The 86060C is a compact
switch available with four to
eight output channels and one
or two inputs. The switch is
designed for easy configuration
with Agilent optical attenuators,
lightwave multimeters, OTDRs,
and other lightwave test
instrumentation for either
benchtop or automated system
applications.
New to the "C" series switch
family is the 86061C—a mid-
size switch in a half-width
chassis, available with one or
two input channels. It can
accomodate from four to twelve
output channels on the front
panel and up to eighteen out-
puts on the rear panel.
The 86062C is a full-width
instrument with 20 to 100 out-
put channels. It is designed
for automated production and
evaluation testing of large
numbers of devices.
The 8606xC Series Lightwave
Switches are designed for
9/125 µm single-mode, as well
as 62.5/125 and 50/125 µm
multi-mode operation. Switch-
Numeric Key-
ing is bi-directional. The 1xN
Enter new values
switching module is built
ENTRY
around a precision stepper
7 8 9
motor.
4 5 6
Standard configurations include
fiber "pigtails" or FC, SC, or ST
1 2 3
connectors. Other connector
0 ENTER
types including Diamond or
angled physical contact are
available on request. (Unlike
Enter - Completes
a numeric entry
most Agilent products, these
connector types are not inter-
changeable.)
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