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Pickering Interfaces strives to fulfil all relevant environmental laws and regulations and reduce wastes and releases to the environment. Pickering Interfaces aims to design and operate products in a way that protects the environment and the health and safety of its employees, customers and the public. Pickering Interfaces endeavours to develop and manufacture products that can be produced, distributed, used and recycled, or disposed of, in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.
If this product is heavy reference should be made to the safety instructions for provisions of lifting and moving. STATIC SENSITIVE To indicate that static sensitive devices are present and handling precautions should be followed. REED RELAY MODULE 40-110/115/120/125 HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page (IV) Page (IV)
Not to be used in safety critical circuits, refer to the Pickering Interfaces’ terms & conditions of sale. This module must not be used for the switching of Mains Circuits. For the switching of voltages up to the module’s full specification, Secondary Circuit power supplies and the Device Under Test must...
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• For suitably equipped products in the event of an emergency press the red “emergency stop” button situated on the front of the unit. HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page (VIII) 2 AMP 1-POLE UHD MATRIX MODULES 40-575 / 576 / 577 / 578 / 579...
40-310/320 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION y INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST VOLTAGE PXI SWITCH MODULES y Model 40-310: 8 or 16 x High Voltage SPST Reed Relays y Model 40-320: 12 or 24 Channel High Voltage Multiplexer y Hot Switch up to 750 VDC or 750 VAC peak,...
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SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Specifications pickering High Voltage Relay/MUX, 40-310/320 Relay Type Power Requirements The 40-310 and 40-320 are fitted with high quality Rhodium +3.3 V +5 V +12 V -12 V relays specifically designed for very high voltage switching...
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All modules are fully CE compliant and meet applicable EU directives: Low-voltage safety EN61010-1:2010, Product Customization EMC Immunity EN61326-1:2013, Pickering modules are designed and manufactured on our Emissions EN55011:2009+A1:2010. own flexible manufacturing lines, giving complete product control and enabling simple customization to meet very specific requirements.
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We provide a full range of supporting cable and connector solutions for all our switching products—20 connector families with 1200+ products. We offer everything from simple mating connectors to complex cables assemblies and terminal blocks. All assemblies are manufactured by Pickering and are guaranteed to mechanically and electrically mate to our modules. Connectors & Backshells...
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High Voltage Relay/MUX, 40-310/320 Programming Pickering provide kernel, IVI and VISA (NI & Keysight) drivers which are compatible with all Microsoft supported versions of Windows and popular older versions. For a list of all supporting operating systems, please see: pickeringtest.com/os The VISA driver is also compatible with Real-Time Operating Systems such as LabVIEW RT.
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Modular products require installation in a suitable PXI/LXI chassis. The module is designed for indoor use only. PREOPERATION CHECKS (UNPACKING) 1. Check the module for transport damage and report any damage immediately to Pickering Interfaces. Do not attempt to install the product if any damage is evident.
For a system comprising more than one chassis, turn ON the last chassis in the system followed by the penultimate, etc, and finally turn ON the external controller or chassis containing the system controller. 9. For Pickering Interfaces modular LXI installation there is no requirement to use any particular power up sequence.
Figure 3.2 - General Soft Front Panel Icon A selector panel will appear, listing all installed Pickering PCI, PXI or LXI switch cards and resistor cards. Click on the card you wish to control, and a graphical control panel is presented allowing operation of the card.
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SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS FOR PICKERING INTERFACES PXI MODULES For information on the installation and use of drivers and the programming of Pickering’s products in various software environments, please refer to the Software User Manual. This is available as a download from: https://www.pickeringtest.com/support/software-drivers-and-downloads...
MODULE ARCHITECTURE - 40-310-001/101 The 40-310-001 is an array of 8 SPST relays, and the 40-310-101 is an array of 16 SPST relays. In the default state all relays are open circuit. Energising a particular relay creates a signal path between the C and A terminals. The relay module’s switching architectures are shown in their default state in the diagrams below:...
SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering PROGRAMMING THE MODULE 40-310 Here are examples of using the drivers with the 40-310-001 (8 x SPDT) module. The 40-310-101 module operates in the same way but has a different number of bits in the sub-unit. Using PILPXI...
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// Connects channel 1 to common pi40iv_Disconnect(vi, com, ch1); // Disconnects channel 1 from common pi40iv_Connect(vi, com, ch6); // Connects channel 6 to common The IVI Swtch driver specification contains no bulk setting capabilities. HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 4.5...
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37-pin Male High Voltage D-type Connector (Viewed From Front of Module) Male 37-pin D-Type Connector Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal Name Figure 5.1 - Pinout: 40-310-001 8xSPST High Voltage Reed Relays HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 5.1...
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37-pin Male High Voltage D-type Connector (Viewed From Front of Module) Male 37-pin D-Type Connector Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal Name Figure 5.2 - Pinout: 40-310-101 16xSPST High Voltage Reed Relays HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 5.2...
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37-pin Male High Voltage D-type Connector (Viewed From Front of Module) Male 37-pin D-Type Connector Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal Name Figure 5.3 - Pinout: 40-320-001 12 Channel High Voltage Multiplexer HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 5.3...
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37-pin Male High Voltage D-type Connector (Viewed From Front of Module) Male 37-pin D-Type Connector Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal Name Figure 5.4 - Pinout: 40-320-101 24 Channel High Voltage Multiplexer HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 5.4...
PCI configuration, highlighting any potential configuration problems. Specific details of all installed Pickering switch cards are included. All the installed Pickering switch cards should be listed in the “Pilpxi information” section - if one or more cards is missing it may be possible to determine the reason by referring to the PCI configuration dump contained in the report, but interpretation of this information is far from straightforward, and the best course is to contact Pickering support: support@pickeringtest.com, if possible...
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For PXI modules which are supported in one of Pickering Interfaces’ Modular LXI Chassis (such as the 60-102B and 60-103B) no module software update is required. If the module was introduced after the LXI chassis was manufactured the module may not be recognized, in this case the chassis firmware may need upgrading.
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SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7.1 - High Voltage Relay Module 40-310-001: Relay Numbering Signal Path 40-310-001 Signal Path 40-310-001 (with relay energised) Relay No. (with relay energised) Relay No. C1 to A1 Not Fitted RL13 C2 to A2...
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SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7.2 - High Voltage Relay Module 40-310-101: Relay Numbering Signal Path 40-310-101 Signal Path 40-310-101 (with relay energised) Relay No. (with relay energised) Relay No. C1 to A1 Not Fitted RL13 C2 to A2...
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Not Fitted RL24 SPARE Spare Relay RL10 RL11 RL12 RL13 RL14 RL15 RL16 RL17 RL18 RL19 RL20 RL21 RL22 RL23 RL24 Figure 7.3 - HIgh Voltage Multiplexer Module 40-320-001: Component Layout HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 7.4...
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Com to 24 RL24 SPARE Spare Relay RL10 RL11 RL12 RL13 RL14 RL15 RL16 RL17 RL18 RL19 RL20 RL21 RL22 RL23 RL24 Figure 7.4 - HIgh Voltage Multiplexer Module 40-320-101: Component Layout HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 7.5...
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SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Figure 7.5 - HIgh Voltage Multiplexer Module 40-320-101 HIGH VOLTAGE RELAY / MUX MODULE 40-310/320 Page 7.6...
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