3 . M ou n t t h e stationary slide-out sectio n s to t h e rear
Sli d e-Out Trac k M ai n tena n ce
rac k rails using eit h er of t h ese met h ods .
T h e slide-out trac ks req uire no lubrication . T h especial
dar k gray fi n is h on t h e sli d ing parts is α perma n ent
lub r ication .
( α ) If t h e rear rac k rail
h
oles are not ta p ped to accept
10-32 mac h ine screws, mount t h e left statio n ary sec-
tion wit h h ar d ware p rovided as s h own in t h e left or
center illustration of
F
ig . 1-4 Α . N ote t h at t h e rear
mou n ting brac k et can be i n stalle d eith er way so th e
slide-out trac k s will fit α d ee p or s h allow cabinet rac k .
U se
F
ig . 1-4 Α as α guide for mounti n g t h e rig h t
statio n ary section . M a k e sure t h at th e stationary sec-
tions are
h
orizo n tally aligned so t h ey are level and
p arallel wit h eac h ot h er .
2 . Insert t h e instrument c h assis sectio n s i n to t h e
Installation
O p erating Information-5440
O
PER
ATI
N
G T
EMPER
AT
URE
T
h e 5440 can be o p erate d wh ere t h e ambie n t air
tem p erature is between 0°C and +50°C . T h e instrume n t
ca n be store d in am b ie n t temperature betwee n -40'C and
+70°C . After storage at α temperature beyo n d t h e
o p erating limits, allow t h e c h assis temperature to come
wit h i n
t
h e o p erating limits before p ower is a p plie d .
(b) If t h e rear rac k rail
h
oles are ta p ped to accept
10-32 mac h ine screws, mount t h e left statio n ary sec-
Α
t
h ermal cutout i n
t
h e dis p lay mod u le provi d es
tio n wit h h ar d ware p rovi d e d as s h ow n in t h e left or
t h ermal p rotectio n and disconnects t h e power to t h e
ce n ter illustratio n of
F
ig . 1-4 Β . N ote t h at t h e rear
instrume n t if t h e i n ternal tem p erature exceeds α safe
mounting brac k et can be installe d eit h er way so t h e
o p erati n g level . T h is device will automatically re-apply
sli d e-out trac k s will fit α dee p or s h allow cabinet rac k .
power w h e n
t
h e temperature retur n s to α safe level .
U
se
F
ig . 1-4 Β as α gui d e for mou n ting t h e rig h t
stationary section . M a k e sure t he stationary sections
are
h
orizontally aligned so t h ey are level and p arallel
PLUG-IN UNITS
wit h eac h ot h er.
T h e 5440 is designed to acce p t up to th ree Te k tronix
5000-series p lug-in u n its . (Only t h e p ug-i n units wit h out
Installatio n And A d j ustment
an Ν suffix will provide dis p lay reado u t .) T h is plug-i n
feature allows α variety of
d
is p lay combi n ations a nd also
To insert t h e instrument i n to t h e rac k , p roceed as
allows selection of bandwi d t h , sensitivity,
d
isplay mode,
follows :
etc ., to meet t h e meas u rement requirements . In additio n , it
allows t h e oscillosco p e system to be ex p a n d e d to meet
1 . Pull t h e sli d e-out trac k intermediate sectio n s out to
future
measurement
re q uirements .
T h e
overall
t h e fully exte nd ed positio n .
capabilities of t h e resultant system are in large p art
determine d by t h e c h aracteristics of t h e plug-i n s selected .
i n termediate sections .
To i n stall α p lug-in unit into o n e of t h e plug-in
com p artments, alig n
t
h e slots i n
t
h e top a nd bottom of t h e
3 .
P
ress t h e stop latc h es on t h e c h assis sections a n d
p lug-in wit h
t
h e associate d guides in t h e p lug-in com p art-
pus h
t
h e i n strume n t towar d
t
h e rac k
u
n til t h e latc h es snap
me n t .
P
us h
t
h e plug-in u n it firmly into t h e plug-in
i n to t h eir
h
oles .
compartme n t u n til it loc k s i n to place . To remove α p lug-i n ,
pull t h e release latc h on t h e p lug-i n unit to disengage it
a n d pull t h e unit out of t h e p lug-in compartment . P l u g-i n
4 . Again press t h e stop latc h es an d p us h
t
h e i n stru-
units can be removed or installe d wit h o u t tur n i n g off t h e
me n t into t h e rac k .
i n strument p ower . It is not necessary that all of t h e plug-in
compartments be fille d to operate t h e i n strume n t, t h e only
plug-ins
n
ee d ed are t h ose re q uired for t h e measurement
To ad j ust t h e slide-out trac k s forsmoot h slidi n g actio n ,
to be ma d e,
loose n
t
h e screws used to
j
oin t h e statio n ary sections to
t h e rails of t h e rac k . Ce n ter t h e instrument, allowing t h e
Wh en t h e
d
is p lay unit is a d j uste d
i
n accordance wit h
sli d e-out trac k s to see k
t
h e pro p er widt h , t h e n tig h ten t h e
t h e ad j ustme n t p rocedure given in t h e d is p lay unit instruc
screws .
tion ma n ual, t h e vertical and
h
orizo n tal gai n are sta n d ar-
dized . T h is allows a dj uste d p lug-in units to be c h ange d
from o n e pl u g-i n com partme nt to anot h er wit h out read-
To secure t h e i n strume n t fro n t- p anel to t h e rac k , t h e
j
ustment .
H
owever, t h e basic a dj ustment of t h e indivi d ual
rac k must eit h er
h
ave u n iversal
h
ole s p aci n g, or α
h
ole
p lug-in units s h oul d be c h ec k ed w h en t h ey are installe d in
must be d rille d and tappe d for α 10-32 screw, see
F
ig . 1-5 .
t h is system to verify th eir measurement accuracy . See t h e
U
sing t h e
h
ardware (not furnis h ed) in d icated in
F
ig . 1-5,
service i n formation section of t h e p lug-i n
u
n it ma n ual for
secure t h e R 5440 to t h e fro n t rails of t h e rac k .
verificatio n procedure .
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