Pickering 40-659A Quick Start Manual

PXI 8-Bank, 8-Channel 2-Pole Multiplexer
• High Density Multiplexer With 2A Current
Carrying Capability
• 8 Separate 8-Channel Multiplexer Banks
• 2-Pole Switching
• Operating Speed 3ms Typical per Relay
• Maximum Current 2A Hot or Cold Switching
• Switch up to 300VDC/250VAC and up to 60W
Max Power
• VISA, IVI & Kernel Drivers Supplied for Windows
• Supported by PXI or LXI Chassis
• Supported by eBIRST ™
• 3 Year Warranty
Model 40-659A is an 8-Bank 8-Channel Multiplexer module with
2-pole switching. It uses high quality electro-mechanical relays and is
suitable for switching signals up to 2A, 300VDC/250VAC.
The 40-659A can be operated as a conventional multiplexer
with break-before-make action when a new channel is selected.
Alternatively, product variants can be supplied that allow multiple
channels to be simultaneously selected.
The 40-659A channel selection configurations have been revised from
the 40-659. The 40-659A modules default to single channel selection
with multiple channel selection variants defined by use of a suffix.
The multiplexer is suitable for applications where two signals are
required to be switched simultaneously, for example send and return
in a telecoms system. It is also suitable for applications where reed
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Schematic Diagram for the 40-659A Multiplexer Module
relay based multiplexers do not have sufficient power handling
such as switching medium power AC or DC loads or for slave
switching external relays, contactors and solenoids.
Supported by eBIRST
eBIRST switching system test tools simplify switching system fault-
finding by quickly testing the system and graphically identifying the
faulty relay.
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