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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 2MBit/s 75Ω 8-TRIBUTARY DAISY CHAIN SWITCH 40-792 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. 2MBit/s 75Ω 8-TRIBUTARY DAISY CHAIN SWITCH 40-792 Page (VIII) 2 AMP 1-POLE UHD MATRIX MODULES 40-575 / 576 / 577 / 578 / 579...
• VISA, IVI & Kernel Drivers Supplied for Windows • Supported by PXI or LXI Chassis • 3 Year Warranty The 40-792/793 Daisy Chain Switching Module is designed for telecom test applications. It allows production or verification testing of SONET/SDH transmission multiplexers switching 2MBit/s or Traffic is sequentially daisy-chained through all tributaries (or 1.5MBIt/s data with a characteristic impedance of 75Ω.
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Typical RF Performance Plots for 40-793-701 (1 Tributary Switched To The Test Multiplexer) SDH/SONET Tributary Testing is a very specialised area, please contact Pickering Interfaces for additional application information and to discuss your exact requirements. Pickering Interfaces also have SDH/SONET switching solutions in our System 30 (VXI) and System 20 (IEEE-488) switching systems.
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Specifications Tributary Daisy Chain Switch – 40-792/793 Using The Tributary Daisy Chain Switch Operating/Storage Conditions The 40-792/793 comprises 2 sections (see graphic on page 1). Operating Conditions Operating Temperature: 0°C to +55°C 1. Daisy-Chain switches. These are used to feed 2Mbit signals into...
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Kits of replacement relays are available for the majority of Pickering’s PXI switching products, simplifying servicing and Product Customization reducing down-time. Pickering PXI modules are designed and manufactured on our own Product Relay Kit flexible manufacturing lines, giving complete product control and 40-792-701 91-100-040 &...
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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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Tributary Daisy Chain Switch – 40-792/793 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...
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.
SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROGRAMMING OPTIONS FOR PICKERING INTERFACES PXI CARDS 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 40-792 The 40-792 utilises an array of thirty four 2 Form C changeover relays. In the default state the daisy chain is routed through all tributaries and the multiplexers are inactive. Energising a particular relay creates a signal path between its C and A terminals the effects of which vary depending on the relays function.
SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering PROGRAMMING THE MODULE 40-792 Here are some simple examples of using the drivers with the 40-792 module. Using PILPXI To operate a relay the user could use the simple OpBit command or the WriteSub commands OpBit DWORD sub_unit = 1;...
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...
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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