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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.
To indicate that static sensitive devices are Pour indiquer que des appareils sensibles present and handling precautions should be statiques sont présents et les précautions de followed. manipulation doivent être suivies. 2 A 2-POLE MATRIX MODULE 40-518A REED RELAY MODULE 40-110/115/120/125 Page (IV) Page (IV)
Blanking panels are signaux d’E/S utilisateur qui peuvent être présents. available to order from Pickering in a variety of slot Les obturateurs sont disponibles sur commande chez widths. If the product is not used in this manner for Pickering dans une variété...
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“arrêt an emergency press the red “emergency stop” d’urgence” situé sur l’avant de l’unité. button situated on the front of the unit. GENERAL PURPOSE 2A RELAY MODULE 40-131/132 Page (VIII) 2 A 2-POLE MATRIX MODULE 40-518A Page (VIII)
Supported by PXI or LXI Chassis y Supported by BIRST ™ and eBIRST ™ Test Tools y 3 Year Warranty The 40-518A is a 16x8, 2-pole, 2 A matrix module and is part Built-In Relay Self-Test - BIRST of our range PXI switching solutions.
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Max Switch Voltage: 300 VDC/250 VAC* Note: The pinout for the 40-518A differs from the 40-518, Max Power: 62.5 VA, 60 W from 30 V to see the user manual for details.
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Please contact your local sales office to discuss. For further assistance, please contact your local Pickering sales office. Mating Connectors & Cabling For connection accessories for the 40-518A please refer to the 90-006D 78-pin D-type Connector Accessories data sheet where a complete list and documentation can be found for accessories, or refer to the Connection Solutions catalog.
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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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2 A 2-Pole Matrix, 40-518A 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...
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VII. à la Page VII. Ensure that there is adequate ventilation. Assurez-vous que la ventilation est adéquate. 2 A 2-POLE MATRIX MODULE 40-518A REED RELAY MODULE 40-110/115/120/125 Page 3.1 Page 3.1...
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9. For Pickering Interfaces modular LXI installation b. Pour un système comprenant plus d’un châssis, there is no requirement to use any particular power allumez le dernier châssis dans le système up sequence.
Si vous n’êtes pas un utilisateur de LabVIEW, vous LabVIEW Runtime Engine installer via the shortcut devez choisir la version “complète”, et une fois qu’elle on the Programs>>Pickering menu. In the absence of a été installée. Lancer le programme d’installation LabVIEW the Runtime Engine is required to support LabVIEW Runtime Engine via le raccourci dans the Pickering Test Panels application.
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 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 The 40-518A is a two pole switching matrix with 128 crosspoints.Connections are made by operating the relays at the crosspoints between X and Y lines allowing single X-Y connections, or X-X connections using a Y line as a path.
PROGRAMMING THE MODULE Using The IVI Driver, Direct I/O Driver or VISA Driver This section provides some code fragments which show how to control the 40-518A-002 Matrix using the IVI Driver, Direct I/O Driver or the VISA Driver. Once the drivers are installed the manual “Sys40Prg.pdf” and driver help files which fully describes these functions can be found in the Pickering folder(s) or the Pickering entries on your Start Menu.
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Mises en garde au début du manuel. INSTALLATION PROBLEMS PROBLÈMES D’INSTALLATION The Plug & Play functionality of Pickering switch cards La fonctionnalité Plug & Play des cartes de generally ensures trouble-free installation. commutation Pickering assure généralement une installation sans problème.
OUTILS DE TEST DE SYSTEME DE SWITCHING SYSTEM TEST TOOLS COMMUTATION Please refer to Section 7 - Maintenance Information Référez-vous à la Section 7 - Information sur l’entretien REED RELAY MODULE 40-110/115/120/125 2 A 2-POLE MATRIX MODULE 40-518A Page 6.2 Page 6.2...
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Pour les modules PXI qui sont pris en charge dans Pickering Interfaces’ Modular LXI Chassis (such l’un des châssis modulaire LXI de Pickering Interfaces as the 60-102B and 60-103B) no module software (comme le 60-102B et 60-103B) aucune mise à jour update is required.