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Pickering LXI 60-104 User Manual

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60-104 User Manual
LXI/USB 2-Slot Modular Chassis
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Issue 1.14 February 2023

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  • Page 1 60-104 User Manual LXI/USB 2-Slot Modular Chassis pickeringtest.com Issue 1.14 February 2023...
  • Page 2 © COPYRIGHT (2023) 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 Mechanical Description ............2.1 Functional Description ............2.2 PXI Module Support ..............2.3 Section 3 Installation ..................3.1...
  • Page 6 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2-SLOT LXI/USB MODULAR CHASSIS 60-104 Page (VI)

  • Page 7: Warnings And Cautions

    Unused slots in this chassis are populated with blanking panels to prevent access to user 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 - HANDLING OF ELECTROSTATIC-SENSITIVE DEVICES SYMBOL Certain semiconductor devices used in this equipment are liable to damage due to static voltage. Observe the following precautions when handling these devices in their unterminated state, or sub-assemblies containing these devices: 1.
  • Page 9 The 60-104 supports one or two 3U PXI modules and PXI with LXI Control* 4U Half Rack 60-102D accepts Pickering’s PXI products, it is the perfect platform PXI with LXI Control* 4U Full Rack 60-103D to construct small scale applications.

  • Page 10: Technical Specification

    2 off 3U user slots available. NOTE: Maximum power is 60W for all slots or 30W per slot. PXI Module compatibility Operating/Storage Conditions The chassis is supplied with drivers for Pickering PXI modules. Operating Conditions Switching Support: Most of 3U Pickering Interface’s Operating Temperature: 0°C to +55°C...
  • Page 11 To learn more, please go to: pickeringrelay.com 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 support is provided for LabVIEW Real Time Operating Systems (Pharlap and Linux-RT).
  • Page 12 Three Year Warranty & Guaranteed Long-Term Support All standard products manufactured by Pickering Interfaces are warranted against defective materials and workmanship for a period of three years from the date of delivery to the original purchaser. Extended warranty and service agreements are available for all our modules and systems with various levels to suit your requirements.

  • Page 13: Technical Description

    SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION The 60-104 Chassis comprises the following: • 165mm x 58mm x 308mm chassis suitable for desk top operation. • 2-slot cPCI backplane, PXI compatible. Does not implement PXI Trigger Bus or 10MHz clock.

  • Page 14: Functional Description

    Ethernet address. Programming documentation for the chassis as well as data for Pickering’s compatible switching products is stored in the embedded processor on the controller assembly and can be downloaded via the USB or LAN interface. LEDs on the front of the unit indicate condition of the chassis and the LAN interface.

  • Page 15: Pxi Module Support

    PXI MODULE SUPPORT The 60-104 supports a wide variety of Pickering Interfaces 3U PXI modules, the backplane of the chassis is conformant to the PXI standard. The chassis’ LXI interface is conformant with the stated version of the LXI standard.
  • Page 16 SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2-SLOT LXI/USB MODULAR CHASSIS 60-104 Page 2.4...

  • Page 17: Installation

    SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION Refer to the Warnings and Cautions at the front of this manual The chassis is designed for indoor use only. INSTALLING THE CHASSIS Site Considerations The 60-104 is designed to operate on a bench or desk top and should be positioned horizontally so the cooling air vents are not restricted.

  • Page 18: Connecting The Chassis

    SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering CONNECTING THE CHASSIS The only connections required to use the 60-104 Chassis are power and a control cable. Power is supplied from an external power unit supplied with the chassis, and control can be via the USB3 type-B socket or the RJ45 Ethernet port on the front panel.

  • Page 19: Installation Of Individual Modules

    SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering INSTALLATION OF INDIVIDUAL MODULES Modules should be installed in accordance with the following procedure: 1. Ensure that the chassis is turned OFF. 2. Choose an appropriate PXI slot in the chassis. 3. Remove the blanking plate for the chosen slot.
  • Page 20 SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2-SLOT LXI/USB MODULAR CHASSIS 60-104 Page 3.4...

  • Page 21: Default Configuration

    SECTION 4 - CONFIGURATION & SET-UP pickering SECTION 4 - CONFIGURATION & SET-UP DEFAULT CONFIGURATION The 60-104 Modular Switching Chassis has factory default settings causing it to behave in the ways listed below. If the user makes changes to the chassis’ configuration pages this behaviour may no longer apply 1.

  • Page 22: Usb Configuration

    4. Select Locate and install driver software. You will then be asked to insert the supplied 60-104 driver DVD. 5. Once the Found New Hardware wizard has completed a new device will be installed under network adapters listed as: Pickering 60-104-001 6. Complete the installation by running the installation package ClientBridge located on the supplied DVD.

  • Page 23: Lxi Lan Configuration

    SECTION 4 - CONFIGURATION & SET-UP pickering LXI LAN CONFIGURATION To use the 60-104 LXI Modular Switching Chassis over a LAN connection it should be set up and configured as described in the “LXI Getting Started Guide” document. If the IP address is to be set manually and before connecting to a network, contact your IT department so they can give you the correct settings for: •...

  • Page 24: Chassis Status Indicators

    SECTION 4 - CONFIGURATION & SET-UP pickering CHASSIS STATUS INDICATORS The 60-104 chassis includes indicator LEDs on the front panel to show the status of the chassis and the LAN interface. The positions of these LEDs are shown in the figure below and their meaning is outlined in Table 4.1.

  • Page 25: Programming

    SECTION 5 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS FOR PICKERING INTERFACES LXI UNITS 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 26: Unit Architecture

    It is vital to know that location in order to specify the address of the switch to be controlled. Pickering provide software tools to help you discover the bus and device number of the cards in your LXI unit. Refer to the distribution disk that came with your unit in the folder LXI Products/Tools.
  • Page 27 0, device 20. For full details of how to access and use Pickering drivers the user is advised to refer to the individual documentation packs provided with the installed drivers, this can be found on the distribution disk that came with your unit.

  • Page 28: Installing Drivers

    USB Drivers Pickering provides digitally signed USB driver as part of ClientBridge. Once the drivers are installed, the USB chassis will appear under Network adapters. Note: Each subsequent USB port used on a specific PC will result in a unique identifier being assigned under Network adapters.
  • Page 29 SECTION 5 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Figure 5.1b - The 60-104 Chassis Connected to a Second USB Port Figure 5.1c - The 60-104 Chassis Connected to a Third USB Port LXI Discovery Tool The LXI Discovery Tool uses different discovery protocols to locate LXI Devices on your network, the place where your computer and LXI Device can communicate with each other.
  • Page 30 General Soft Front Panel Pickering provides General Soft Front Panels for all our PXI/PCI and LXI products to get the user familiarize with our products and get up to speed. Similar to our drivers, our Soft front panels cover all of our cards and dedicated views are provided for selected products.
  • Page 31 HTML5 Soft Front Panel The HTML5 Soft Front Panel provides platform independent control of Pickering products allowing their use from various PCs (including Linux OS), tablets and other mobile devices. The user can access the HTML5 Soft Front Panel by navigating to the LXI home page and clicking the Instrument Control tab.
  • Page 32 Pickering’s LXI and PXI products can be controlled and operated via aliases using the Pickering Resource Management Library. It allows the user to define aliases for every Pickering PXI and LXI module when writing a test application. This is useful because any change in the hardware interfaces will not affect the test application and only requires modification of the configuration file to point to the right alias.

  • Page 33: Command Line Control Of Lxi Instruments

    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 34 SECTION 5 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Step 2 - Enable the SSH server Select Instrument Control from the main menu 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 35 SECTION 5 - 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 36 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 37 SECTION 5 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering <no parameters> Close selected card. Card cannot be used until opened CardClose again. CardCloseAll CLA <no parameters> Close all opened cards. <no parameters> Get text diagnostic of selected card. When card is faulty CardDiagnostic diagnostics shows details about faults.
  • Page 38 SECTION 5 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering <bit(int)> Get state of mask of switch on selected subunit of index <bit>. SwitchMaskView Returns 1 if mask is active 0 otherwise. <no parameters> Clear all switches (set relays to their default state) on SubunitClear selected subunit.
  • Page 39 SECTION 5 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering <column(int)> <row(int)> Get state of mask of switch on selected matrix subu- XpointMaskView nit in position <column> <row>. Returns 1 if mask is active 0 otherwise. Set driver in different working mode. This feature is to be used only by...
  • Page 40 SECTION 5 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering So a quick example to operate a bit on the card would be: COA > open all cards LS > list the cards USL 1 1 > Select the card 1 and sub-unit 1 SC 1 >...

  • Page 41: Trouble Shooting

    Q7 How do I know when I can begin communicating with my chassis? A7 When the 100 or 1000 light is on, the PWR light on and the LAN light illuminated green. Please contact your local Pickering Interfaces sales office for any further support or email: support@pickeringtest.com You can also visit our website for product updates, help and downloadable materials at: http://www.pickeringtest.com...
  • Page 42 SECTION 6 - TROUBLE SHOOTING pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2-SLOT LXI/USB MODULAR CHASSIS 60-104 Page 6.2...

  • Page 43: Appendix A Chassis Mounting Kits

    APPENDIX A - CHASSIS MOUNTING KITS pickering APPENDIX A - CHASSIS MOUNTING KITS Product Fixture Size 4 x Ø 2.5 THRU ALL 63-104-003 M3 - 6H THRU ALL 4 x Ø 3.3 THRU ALL 63-104A-003 M4 - 6H THRU ALL Figure A.1 - 60-104 Optional Mounting Kit - Chassis Strap 63-104A-003...
  • Page 44 APPENDIX A - CHASSIS MOUNTING KITS pickering 306.0 281.0 35.0 TYP 2.50 THRU ALL M3 - 6H THRU ALL 3.60 THRU ALL 6.30 X 90° Product Fixture Size 4 x Ø 2.5 THRU ALL 63-104-004 M3 - 6H THRU ALL 4 x Ø...
  • Page 45 APPENDIX A - CHASSIS MOUNTING KITS pickering 301.0 245.0 35.00 TYP 2.50 THRU ALL M3 - 6H THRU ALL 3.60 THRU ALL 6.30 X 90° Figure A.3 - 60-104 Optional Mounting Kit - Low Profile 63-104-005 (this option requires the removal of the chassis’ rubber bump strips) Note: The 63-104-005 is suitable for mechanical fixing only.
  • Page 46 APPENDIX A - CHASSIS MOUNTING KITS pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2-SLOT LXI/USB MODULAR CHASSIS 60-104 Page A.4...

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