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  • Page 1 60-554 User Manual LXI High Density EMR Matrix pickeringtest.com Issue 5.4 June 2020...
  • Page 2 © COPYRIGHT (2020) PICKERING INTERFACES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, translated or stored in any form, or by any means without the written permission of Pickering Interfaces. Technical details contained within this publication are subject to change without notice.
  • Page 3 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.

  • Page 4: Product Safety

    PRODUCT SAFETY SAFETY SYMBOLS The following safety symbols may be used on the product and throughout the product documentation. MEANING / DESCRIPTION SYMBOL PROTECTIVE EARTH (GROUND) To identify any terminal which is intended for connection to an external conductor for protection against electric shock in case of a fault, or the terminal of a protective earth (ground) electrode.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Copyright Statement ..............II Technical Support and Warranty ..........III Product Safety ................IV Contents (this page) ..............V Warnings and Cautions .............. VII Section 1 Technical Specification ...............1.1 Section 2 Technical Description ..............2.1 Matrix Architecture ............2.2 Matrix Expansion .............2.3 Section 3 Installation ..................3.1...
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  • Page 7: Warnings And Cautions

    I/O signals that may be present. Blanking panels are available to order from Pickering. If the product is not used in this manner for example by using an extender card then additional care must be taken to avoid contact with exposed signals.
  • Page 8 CAUTION - PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION SYMBOL Suitably qualified & trained users should ensure that the accompanying documentation is fully read and understood before attempting to install or operate the product. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All cleaning and servicing requires the equipment to be isolated and disconnected from the power source and user I/O signals (refer to the Maintenance Section).
  • Page 9 It is fully programmable via the LAN interface using The BIRST facility provides a quick and easy way of finding Pickering Interfaces’ generic switch driver. Industry standard (W3C) relay failures. No test equipment is required, simply un-plug the web browsers can be used to access and change configuration connectors, launch the BIRST application and the tool will run a information and provide access to the soft front panels.

  • Page 10: Technical Specification

    Specifications SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering LXI High Density 256x16 EMR Matrix – 60-554 Relay Type LAN Interface Compliant to LXI Standard 1.4, the 60-554 has a 1000Base-T The 60-554 is fitted with high quality electro-mechanical relays. Ethernet Interface via a standard RJ-45 connector mounted on the These relays are leaded types (not surface mount) so field rear panel with an LCD display showing the unit’s IP address.*...
  • Page 11 60-554-008 office. Product Customization Mating Connectors & Cabling Pickering LXI units are designed and manufactured on our own For connection accessories for the 60-554 please refer to the flexible manufacturing lines, giving complete product control and 90-006D 78-pin D-type and...
  • Page 12 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...
  • Page 13 Signal Routing Software Our signal routing software, Switch Path Manager, automatically selects and energizes switch paths through Pickering switching systems. Signal routing is performed by simply defining test system endpoints to be connected together, greatly accelerating Test System software development.
  • Page 14 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-554 Page 1.6...

  • Page 15: Technical Description

    LAN interface from a remote computer using the unit’s unique Ethernet address. Programming documentation for the unit as well as data for Pickering’s other LXI compatible switching products is stored in the embedded processor and can be downloaded over the LAN interface. Status LEDs on the front of the chassis indicate the condition of the unit and the LAN connection.

  • Page 16: Matrix Architecture

    SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering MATRIX ARCHITECTURE The 60-554 consists of up to eight 32x16 sub-matrices linked by an analog bus - see Figure 2-2. Isolation/selection switches determine wether the Y connections of a sub-matrix are connected to the bus or isolated from the other sub- matrices.

  • Page 17: Matrix Expansion

    SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering MATRIX EXPANSION The 60-554 may be easily expanded to larger matrix sizes by using the front panel Y “Loop-Thru” connector. The following illustrations show two 60-554 256x16 matrices interconnected as a 512x16 matrix using a 25-pin D-type female to female cable.
  • Page 18 SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-554 Page 2.4...

  • Page 19: Installation

    The product 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. 2. Ensure that the designated area for the product is of a flat and solid construction to support its weight.

  • Page 20: Setting The Ip Address

    SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering Figure 3-2. Front view of the High Density Matrix showing the intake slots for cooling air SETTING THE IP ADDRESS To use the 60-554 High Density Matrix over a LAN connection it should be set up and configured as described in the “LXI Getting Started Guide”...

  • Page 21: Soft Front Panel Operation

    SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering Figure 3-4. Example configuration window used to manually set the IP address of a Pickering LXI device INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE From the device web page, select ‘Driver Download’ from the menu at the left of the page. This will retrieve the driver from the instrument and install it on your PC.
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  • Page 23: Programming Guide

    SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS FOR PICKERING INTERFACES LXI DEVICES 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...

  • Page 24: Programming The 60-554

    SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering PROGRAMMING THE 60-554 The 60-554 is a matrix which has a maximum size of 256 connections on its X axis and 16 on its Y axis. Smaller versions are also available. The x dimension is built using a set of 32 wide sub-matrix sections, each connected to a y-bus using a set of isolation relays, 16 per sub-matrix.
  • Page 25 The Direct I/O driver is in reality composed of a suite of separate libraries which interact to provide full control of a Pickering LXI device. In the case of a switch card the communications library picmlx, and the switching library piplx, are needed.
  • Page 26 The following code snippet demonstrates the minimum steps required to operate a switch on a Pickering LXI device. Firstly a device session is opened on the card located at bus 0, device 5 inside the LXI device located at 192.168.1.100.
  • Page 27 SSH (Secure SHell) Interface Refer to the section “Command Line Control of Pickering LXI Instruments” on the following pages for details of how to open this interface and general information on the command set available. After opening an SSH session the 60-554 is controlled as follows:...

  • Page 28: Command Line Control

    LXI instrument from the Windows utility PILMon and provides identical functionality. Enabling the Command Line Control Utility Pickering LXI devices do not provide an SSH server in the normal configuration state, the service must be explicitly enabled.
  • Page 29 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Step 2 - Enable the SSH server Select the Diagnostics page from the main menu LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-554 Page 4.7...
  • Page 30 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Click on Start SSH server The SSH server is now operative and instrument control access is available from an external SSH client application. NOTES: The password and state of the SSH server are stored in non-volatile memory within the LXI device and so will remain in effect even after a power cycle.
  • Page 31 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Instrument Control from an SSH Client In the following examples the SSH client PuTTY is used, the user will have to adapt the instructions for any other client. First start up the SSH client and enter the IP address of the LXI device. The user will be prompted for a login name and password.
  • Page 32 Before attempting to control a card it is important to understand the switch architecture of that card and to know how to address the required switch. Each Pickering switch card is represented as a set of one or more sub-units, each sub-unit containing one or more switches.
  • Page 33 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Commonly used mnemonic commands Will list all the open cards, providing the Card Number of each which is essential for further control of a card, also provided are the details of the card model number and architecture.
  • Page 34 = UNMASK|MASK an individual output MB <bit_pattern> = set OUTPUT sub-unit mask (to hex bit-pattern) = view sub-unit output mask (as hex bit-pattern) = take control of all Pickering switch cards = release control of all Pickering switch cards VO <bus> <slot> = open card at specified location VC <card>...

  • Page 35: Using The Soft Front Panel

    SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering USING THE SOFT FRONT PANEL LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-554 Page 4.13...
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  • Page 37: Connections

    SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering SECTION 5 - CONNECTIONS Ethernet Port LAN Reset Service Port (for Pickering diagnostics only) IP Address Display X193 to 256 X65 to 128 X129 to 192 X1 to 64 Mains Inlet Y1 to 16...
  • Page 38 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering The following diagrams show the connector pin-out information for a fully populated 60-554 High Density Matrix with a size of 256x16. The variants with the smaller matrix sizes have pin numbering in the same sequence as shown in the following diagrams up to the maximum X or Y count specified.
  • Page 39 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering X65-128 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44...
  • Page 40 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering X129-192 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44...
  • Page 41 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering X193-256 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44...
  • Page 42 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering Y1-16 Loop-Thru 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25-pin D-Type Plug Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal Name Y1LT Y2LT Y3LT Y4LT Y5LT...

  • Page 43: Trouble Shooting

    Refer to the Warnings and Cautions at the front of this manual INSTALLATION PROBLEMS The Plug & Play functionality of Pickering switching products generally ensures trouble-free installation. If you do experience any installation problems you should first ensure that all cables are properly connected.

  • Page 44: Lan Reset

    Q All of my device’s lights are on, why don’t I see a green Ready light, even after a few minutes? Your device has a fault, contact your local sales office. Please contact your local Pickering Interfaces sales office for any further support or email: Lxisupport@pickeringtest.com You can also visit our website for product updates, help and downloadable materials at: http://www.pickeringtest.com...

  • Page 45: Maintenance Information

    USING BIRST ™ (BUILT-IN RELAY SELF TEST) The Pickering Interfaces BIRST (Built-In Relay Self Test) Tool provides a simple means of testing selected Pickering Interfaces switching products, including this model. The tool can be used to find relay faults or to provide confirmation that a product is operating correctly, either as part of the regular system calibration or because a system fault is suspected and the switch system needs to be eliminated from the fault finding procedure.
  • Page 46 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-1. Relay Look-Up Table 32x16 High Density Matrix Boards Relay Relay RL89 RL91 RL93 RL95 RL97 RL11 RL99 RL13 RL101 RL15 RL103 RL17 RL105 RL19 RL107 RL21 RL109 RL23 RL111 RL25 RL113 RL27...
  • Page 47 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-1. Relay Look-Up Table (continued) 32x16 High Density Matrix Boards Relay Relay RL177 RL265 RL179 RL267 RL181 RL269 RL183 RL271 RL185 RL273 RL187 RL275 RL189 RL277 RL191 RL279 RL193 RL281 RL195 RL283 RL197...
  • Page 48 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-1. Relay Look-Up Table (continued) 32x16 High Density Matrix Boards Relay Relay RL353 RL441 RL355 RL443 RL357 RL445 RL359 RL447 RL361 RL449 RL363 RL451 RL365 RL453 RL367 RL455 RL369 RL457 RL371 RL459 RL373...
  • Page 49 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-1. Relay Look-Up Table (continued) 32x16 High Density Matrix Boards Relay Relay RL18 RL106 RL20 RL108 RL22 RL110 RL24 RL112 RL26 RL114 RL28 RL116 RL30 RL118 RL32 RL120 RL34 RL122 RL36 RL124 RL38...
  • Page 50 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-1. Relay Look-Up Table (continued) 32x16 High Density Matrix Boards Relay Relay RL194 RL282 RL196 RL284 RL198 RL286 RL200 RL288 RL202 RL290 RL204 RL292 RL206 RL294 RL208 RL296 RL210 RL298 RL212 RL300 RL214...
  • Page 51 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-1. Relay Look-Up Table (continued) 32x16 High Density Matrix Boards Relay Relay RL370 RL458 RL372 RL460 RL374 RL462 RL376 RL464 RL378 RL466 RL380 RL468 RL382 RL470 RL384 RL472 RL386 RL474 RL388 RL476 RL390...
  • Page 52 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Figure 7-1. PCB layout for one 32x16 Matrix Board with relay positions highlighted LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-554 Page 7.8...
  • Page 53 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering 60-554 CHASSIS PARTS LIST The 60-554 LXI High Density Matrix chassis contains two main Base boards and, depending upon the specific variant, up to two further Base boards and four Matrix Daughter boards. As well as the matrix boards, the chassis houses a Power Supply, Power Distribution Board, Bridge Board and a Microcontroller assembly.
  • Page 54 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-2. LXI High Density Matrix Chassis Parts List (fully populated 256x16 matrix) Pickering Manufacturer Description Value/Type Part Number Part Number Multi-Rail Power Supply ±12V, +5V, +3.3V C/PS/009 VLT-130-4100 Mains Inlet Connetor IEC, fused with...
  • Page 55 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering LXI STATUS LED BOARD BIRST DAUGHTER BOARD FPGA BRIDGE MATRIX DAUGHTER BOARD - 32x16 DAUGHTER BOARD MICROCONTROLLER MATRIX BASE BOARD “B” MIDDLE LEFT - 32x16 MATRIX DAUGHTER BOARD - 32x16 MATRIX BASE BOARD “A” LOWER LEFT - 32x16...
  • Page 56 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering LEFT RIGHT 64 x 16 Matrix (60-554-022) MATRIX DAUGHTER BOARD (PCB 2) MATRIX BASE BOARD “A” (PCB 1) 96 x 16 Matrix (60-554-023) MATRIX DAUGHTER BOARD (PCB 2) MATRIX BASE BOARD “A” (PCB 1) MATRIX BASE BOARD “A”...

  • Page 57: General Maintenance

    Figure 7.5 provides a diagram of how the boards are interconnected for a fully populated 256x16 matrix, and gives Pickering part numbers for the various assemblies. The different variants of the matrix are essentially the same but with different builds of matrix board and different numbers of matrix boards fitted into the chassis.
  • Page 58 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering The Matrix Base Boards “A” receive serial data for the relay drivers via ribbon cables from the FPGA Bridge Daughter Board, and power for the Base Board is fed from the PSU via the Distribution Board. The Left and Right Base Boards connect directly together allowing Y signals to be fed between the different sections of the matrix.
  • Page 59 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering External LAN Connection Microcontroller Board (A/PC/1004) Ribbon Cable (C/CN/951) LXI Status LED Board (A/PC/481 Board B) Ribbon Cable (C/CN/991) BIRST Daughter 32 x 16 Matrix Base Board “A” - Left (A/PC/628-L) Board (A/PC/615) Ribbon Cable...
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  • Page 61: Fitting Rack Mounting Flanges

    APPENDIX A - FITTING RACK MOUNTING FLANGES Pickering’s LXI devices are supplied with mounting flanges to enable fitting into a standard 19 inch rack. The following procedure describes the attachment of the flanges to the unit’s side extrusions, a No.1 cross head screwdriver will be required.
  • Page 62 APPENDIX A - FITTING RACK MOUNTING FLANGES pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-554 Page A.2...

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