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Signature 1000M Cable Analyzer
User's Guide
Version 4.1
6 October, 2004

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  • Page 1 Signature 1000M Cable Analyzer User’s Guide Version 4.1 6 October, 2004...
  • Page 2 Signature 1000M Cable Analyzer User’s Guide Version 4.1 6 October, 2004 Copyright 1999 by Cirris Systems Corporation 1991 Parkway Boulevard Salt Lake City, Utah 84119-2026 United States of America All rights reserved Visit our web site at www.cirris.com...
  • Page 3 Fax Telephone: 801-973-4609 Thanks! e-mail: vann@cirris.com Van Nielson Senior Editor, Technical Documentation Van Nielson c/o Cirris Systems Corporation 1000M User’s Guide 1991 Parkway Boulevard Salt Lake City, Utah 84119-2026 U.S.A. Attach more pages if needed...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction to the Cirris 1000M 7 Section 1: Work With the Hardware 9 Section 2: Check the Option Settings 17 Section 3: What the Option Settings Mean 19 Section 4: Learn a Sample Cable, Store it in Memory 21...

  • Page 7: Introduction To The Cirris 1000M

    Cirris 1000M Lets get started! The Cirris 1000M cable analyzer is an easy-to-use machine that will allow you to test cables quickly, and with little fuss. In simple terms, the process of using your 1000M goes like this: Install connector adapters to match the cables you want to test (see page 9 for details).
  • Page 8 Introduction to the Cirris 1000M / What your order should contain 1000M User’s Guide / page 8...

  • Page 9: Section 1: Work With The Hardware

    Work With the Hardware The Cirris 1000M can be used to test many different types of cables. To connect the cables you want to test to the analyzer, you use connector adapters which match the connectors on the cable you want to test.
  • Page 10 Section 1: Work With the Hardware / How to change the EPROM Replace the cover plates, making sure the small alignment pins on their under- sides fit into the corresponding holes on the scanner’s upper surface. Each alignment pin on the bottom of the cover plates fits into a hole on the scanner’s...
  • Page 11 Section 1: Work With the Hardware / Adding a printer Using a small, flat-bladed screwdriver, gently pry the EPROM out of its socket, and remove it. Small, flat-bladed screwdriver EPROM Note: In this photo, we have turned the microprocessor assembly anticlockwise by ninety degrees to make the EPROM easier to reach.
  • Page 12 To change the company name that appears in the documentation produced by the company name 1000M, you can order an EPROM change from Cirris Systems. Replace the EPROM. For details on how to do this, see page 10. 1000M User’s Guide / page 12...
  • Page 13 Cirris. These fixtures then connect into standard Cirris connec- tor adapters plugged into the 1000M. To secure your custom fixtures, use a frame mount stand from Cirris. This photo shows a frame mount stand for use at scanner positions J1-J2 (part number ACIR-12).
  • Page 14 1000M. The setup is ready to learn and test. Note: For more details, see the documentation packed with your frame stand, or contact the Cirris technical support team at 801-973-4600 or 800-441-9910. You may also wish to vist our web site at www.cirris.com.
  • Page 15 Section 1: Work With the Hardware / The Tilt Stand Slide the screws on the tilt stand into the slotted holes on the bottom of the ana- lyzer, then slide the analyzer into position so that the screws engage the slots. Slide the tilt stand’s screws into these slotted openings Turn the analyzer and tilt stand right side up.
  • Page 16 Section 1: Work With the Hardware / The Tilt Stand 1000M User’s Guide / page 16...

  • Page 17: Section 2: Check The Option Settings

    Check the Option Settings Overview: The Cirris 1000M has seven test options. Before we learn a Sample Cable, we’ll make sure they are set to their factory defaults. How to check the To check the option settings, do these things:...
  • Page 18 Section 2: Check the Option Settings / What to do if you go past the value you want Factory Default Option Settings Option Setting Error Tones are Lock On Learn Test Delay Is SHORT Ignore Unused Sorted Wire List Count All Cables Auto Print is What to do if you go If you want to go backward through either the options or settings, press in and hold...

  • Page 19: Section 3: What The Option Settings Mean

    Option Settings Mean Overview The Cirris 1000M has seven test option settings which you set to meet your testing requirements. In this section, we’ll tell you what each of the settings means. Error Tones When the analyzer detects errors, it emits a series of sharp beeps. If these tones...
  • Page 20 Section 3: What the Option Settings Mean / Count All Cables Count All Cables Once the analyzer is programmed, it begins to count the cables it has tested. When this option is , the printout of test results shows the total number of cables that have been tested since it was programmed, and the number of cables that have tested as good.

  • Page 21: Section 4: Learn A Sample Cable, Store It In Memory

    Memory in the 1000M The Signature 1000M has 40 memory positions in which you can store wirelists. Last Learned When the analyzer learns a new Sample Cable, the wirelist data from that cable is stored in the temporary “Last Learned”...
  • Page 22 Section 4: Learn a Sample Cable, Store it in Memory / Store the Sample Cable in memory transcribing the information to a blank documentation form (see page 57) as you go. Compare the transcribed information to the Sample Cable’s specification sheet or build list to be sure it’s a good cable. Disconnect the Sample Cable from the analyzer.
  • Page 23 Section 4: Learn a Sample Cable, Store it in Memory / When you have located an available memory position, continue holding the Memory Store button in, and press to save the newly-learned wirelist to that memory location. The display will prompt Memorizing Last Learned Cable. MEMORIZING LAST LEARNED CABLE Hold the MEMORY button in while you press here...
  • Page 24 Section 4: Learn a Sample Cable, Store it in Memory / 1000M User’s Guide / page 24...

  • Page 25: Section 5: Test Your First Cable

    Section 5: Test Your First Cable How to test your first Now that you have installed your connector adapters, have checked the option set- cable tings, and have programmed the analyzer by learning a Sample Cable (see page 21), or by retrieving a cable from the analyzer’s memory (see page 27), you are ready to test your first cable.
  • Page 26 Section 5: Test Your First Cable / Print or transcribe an error list If the analyzer detects a short: The display prompts Short Detected, and the analyzer emits a series of double beeps. SHORT DETECTED If both opens and shorts are detected: The display prompts Errors Detected, and the analyzer emits a series of triple beeps.

  • Page 27: Section 6: Retrieve A Cable From Memory

    Section 6: Retrieve a Cable from Memory Why retrieve a cable? Before the 1000M can test cables, it has to be programmed with wirelist data for the cables you intend to test. You can avoid having to re-learn a Sample Cable each time you want to test, by storing the learned information in the analyzer’s memory (see page 22 for instructions on how to do this).
  • Page 28 Section 6: Retrieve a Cable from Memory / How to retrieve a cable lyzer prompts the signature for the cable stored in permanent memory location Advance Display number 1 (there are 40 of these). Continue pressing until you see the signature for the kind of cable you want to test. MEM LOCATION X SIG:XXXXXX Continue to hold...

  • Page 29: Section 7: Delete A Cable From Memory

    Memory Why delete a cable? The Cirris 1000M has a maximum of 40 permanent memory locations for storing cable information. You may need to delete cables to make room for new wirelists, or to discard wirelists you no longer use for testing.
  • Page 30 Section 7: Delete a Cable from Memory / How to delete a cable Store for deletion. Continue to hold down the switch as you do the next step. MEM CABLE X IS TO BE DELETED Continue to hold..while you press here to select the cable for deletion Memory Delete the Sample Cable you’ve selected by first releasing the button,...

  • Page 31: Section 8: Print A Directory Of Cables Stored In Memory

    Section 8: Print a Directory of Cables Stored in Memory Overview If you have a printer connected to your 1000M, you can print a directory that shows all the Sample Cables stored in the analyzer’s memory. The directory will show the memory location number, and the signature of the Sample Cable stored in each mem- ory location.
  • Page 32 Section 8: Print a Directory of Cables Stored in Memory / Print out a directory 1000M User’s Guide / page 32...

  • Page 33: Section 9: Cable Documentation And Signatures

    The documentation your 1000M produces contains all the information you will need documentation to precisely duplicate test setups. This example shows a typical wirelist with the cable signature, adapter signatures, and the list of interconnections. SIGNATURE 1000M CABLE DOCUMENTATION CABLE SIGNATURE: BBF038 CABLE PART NO.:__________________ J1 ADAPTER SIGNATURE: 03FAC1...
  • Page 34 How connector The 1000M uses connector adapters mounted on small printed circuit boards to adapters are connect the cables you want to test to the analyzer’s scanner assembly. Cirris Systems supported can provide adapters for nearly all popular connectors. There are two general adapter types available for the 1000M. These are: Single-high adapters.
  • Page 35 Sample wirelist Here is a portion of a cable’s printed documentation showing how single-high and showing connector double-high connector adapters usually appear. adapters SIGNATURE 1000M CABLE DOCUMENTATION ________________________________________ CABLE SIGNATURE: 006A15 CABLE PART NUMBER:____________ J1-ADAPTER SIGNATURE: D507F1 CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION_______________...
  • Page 36 Section 9: Cable Documentation and Signatures / Sample wirelist showing connector adapters This page intentionally left blank... 1000M User’s Guide / page 36...

  • Page 37: Section 10: Rework And Guided Assembly

    Section 10: Rework and Guided Assembly The hand-held test You can connect a hand-held test probe (provided with your analyzer) to the 1000M. probe It will help you quickly identify test points as you rework or assemble cables. Note: The probe works only when the analyzer is in the rework mode. It will not function when the analyzer prompts Ready to Test or Please Verify.
  • Page 38 Section 10: Rework and Guided Assembly / Displaying multiple interconnected pins Displaying multiple Up to three different pins can be displayed at the same time. If more than three pins interconnected pins are interconnected, a plus sign (+) will appear in the lower right-hand corner of the Advance Display.
  • Page 39 Section 10: Rework and Guided Assembly / Rework/Guided Assembly Removing shorts within a net If the analyzer detects a short, follow these steps: Advance Display Press once to put the analyzer into rework mode. The ana- lyzer will prompt Break JX-XX, where X indicates the adapter position and the pin number.
  • Page 40 Section 10: Rework and Guided Assembly / Removing shorts between nets Once you’ve corrected all the shorted connections, the analyzer will either prompt Good Cable, or Connect JX-XX. If the analyzer prompts Break JX- XX, you have created another short. Go back to step 2 and try again. BREAK JX-XX GOOD CABLE You’ve created another short.
  • Page 41 Section 10: Rework and Guided Assembly / Correcting opens Correcting opens If the analyzer prompts Connect JX-XX to JX-XX indicates that the cable you’re testing has an open circuit. To correct an open, follow these steps: Locate the open circuit prompted in the analyzer’s display. CONNECT JX-XX TO JX-XX Make the correct connections in the cable as indicated.
  • Page 42 Cirris manufactures analyzers well-suited to testing large harnesses and other assem- blies. Call us at 1-801-973-4600 or 800-441-9910 for details. You may also wish to visit our web site at www.cirris.com. We’ll meet your testing needs with good solu- tions.

  • Page 43: Section 11: Troubleshooting

    If you find that the problem is a defective microprocessor or scanner assembly, or if for some other reason you cannot solve the problem yourself, please contact our customer support team at Cirris by calling 1-801-973-4600, or 1-800-441-9910. When you call, please have the following information ready: •...
  • Page 44 Cirris to replace the scanner. If you do have another 1000M available, and swapping the scanner assemblies does not solve the problem, try swapping the microprocessor assemblies. If this corrects the problem, call Cirris to replace the microprocessor assembly. ____________________________________________________________________ SCANNER FAILURE...
  • Page 45 If the microprocessor assembly feels warm and the display has a blue back- ground, but is otherwise blank, adjust the Display Intensity control at the back of the analzyer by turning it clockwise. If the display is still blank, call Cirris to replace the microprocessor assembly.
  • Page 46 Things to do: Remove the cable adapters from the analyzer while the analyzer is still on. If the analyzer still prompts Please Verify, the scanner is probably bad. Call Cirris to replace it. If the analyzer prompts Ready To Test after step one is done, you have unwanted connections in your cable adapters or adapting cables.
  • Page 47 If you find open or worn connections, replace the adapter. • If you find a bad pin after all these tests, call Cirris to replace the scan- ner assembly. Problem: The analyzer stops operating while it is being used.
  • Page 48 If the printer does not work with the PC, it is probably bad. If the cable and printer work with a PC, the microprocessor assembly inside the analyzer is probably bad. Call Cirris to replace it. 1000M User’s Guide / page 48...
  • Page 49 10 feet. The printer signals get too weak to work properly if the cable is longer than 10 feet. If you have another Cirris 1000M analyzer available, it is possible to exchange microprocessor assemblies. If using a different microprocessor assembly solves the problem, the original microprocessor is bad.
  • Page 50 Section 11: Troubleshooting / Problems with Printing 1000M User’s Guide / page 50...

  • Page 51: Section 12: Specifications

    Section 12: Specifications Test Point Capacity 128 points expandable to 256, 384, or 512 points. Controls Learn Then Test Advance Display Store Memory Display 2-line x 16-character LCD. Maximum Cable 500 feet (typical) 152.4 m Length Memory Nonvolatile memory for storage of 40 wirelists. 8-year lithium battery backup. Maximum Points per 64 maximum.
  • Page 52 Section 12: Specifications / Warranty 1000M User’s Guide / page 52...

  • Page 53: Section 13: Glossary

    Sample Cable. This data (in list form) is stored in the analyzer’s memory as long as the analyzer is turned on. memory location The Signature 1000M has 40 memory locations for storing wirelists. microprocessor The controlling electronics (including the LCD display) located on the left-hand side assembly of the analyzer’s chassis box.
  • Page 54 Section 13: Glossary / scanner assembly scanner assembly The switching system that performs continuity tests between all connector pins in all possible combinations. setup The operations involved to prepare the analyzer to test cables as defined in their doc- umentation. short A type of interconnection error where there is continuity between two connector pins that has not been shown in the master documentation for the cable.

  • Page 55: Section 14: Statement Of Warranty

    In the event a defect develops due to normal use during the warranty period, Cirris Systems will repair or replace the analyzer with a new or reconditioned unit of equal value. For this war- ranty to be valid you must complete and return the warranty registration card.
  • Page 56 Section 14: Statement of Warranty 1000M User’s Guide / page 56...

  • Page 57: Section 15: Blank Forms To Photocopy

    Section 15: Blank Forms to Photocopy What are these for? We have designed three forms that we believe will help you document the cables you test. They are: Master Parts List: This form will help you keep track of cables by •...
  • Page 58 Section 15: Blank Forms to Photocopy 1000M User’s Guide / page 58...
  • Page 59 Directory of Wirelists Stored in Analyzer’s Memory Memory Location Cable Description Signature Copyright 1999 by Cirris Systems Corporation...
  • Page 61 Master Parts List Cable Part Number Description Signature Copyright 1999 by Cirris Systems Corporation...
  • Page 63 Cable Documentation Form Memory Location #: ____________ Cirris Analyzer Model:____________ Cable Signature: _______________ Parameter Signature: ____________ (first six characters) (last five characters) Cable Description: ______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Adapter Signatures for: 3rd Expansion Box Main unit 1st Expansion Box 2nd Expansion Box...
  • Page 64 Net Number Common Interconnections Copyright 1999 by Cirris Systems Corporation Use additional page if necessary...
  • Page 65 Index How to install 13 Glossary 53 Guided assembly 38 Adapters Double-high 35 Ignore Unused 19 How they are placed on the analyzer 35 Installing connector adapters 9 How they are supported 34 Install lowest-numbered first 35 Last Learned Installing 9 What it is 21 Single-high 34 Learn a Sample Cable 21...
  • Page 66 Displaying multiple interconnected pins 38 scanner failure 44 Identify an open circuit 38 General Problems 44, 45 Identifying test points 37 Problems with printing 48 Installing 37 Warranty 55 Retrieving a Sample Cable 27 Rework Correcting opens 41 Removing shorts between nets 40 Removing shorts within a net 39 Rework/Guided Assembly 38 Sample Cable...

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