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LXI Fiber Optic Multiplexer
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Issue 4.3 January 2020

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  • Page 1 60-850/851 User Manual LXI Fiber Optic Multiplexer pickeringtest.com Issue 4.3 January 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

    If this product is heavy and reference should be made to the safety instructions for provisions of lifting and moving. LASER PRODUCT This product is capable of switching laser optical signals. STATIC SENSITIVE To indicate that static sensitive devices are present and handling precautions should be followed. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page (IV)

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    LXI Status Indicators ............6.1 LAN Reset .................6.2 Section 7 Maintenance Information ............7.1 Optical Multiplexer Parts List .........7.2 General Maintenance ............7.5 Section 8 Test Procedure ................8.1 Test Results ..............8.2 Appendix A Fitting Rack Mounting Flanges ..........A.1 LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page (V)
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  • Page 7: Warnings And Cautions

    4. Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) fitted with these devices must be stored and transported in anti-static bags. 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. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page (VII)
  • Page 8 AND USERS SHOULD CONNECT TO THE FRONT PANEL CONNECTORS WITH CONNECTORS OR CABLE ASSEMBLIES THAT ENSURE OPERATORS WILL NOT INADVERTENTLY COME IN CONTACT WITH HIGH VOLTAGES. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page (VIII) LXI HIGH VOLTAGE 2-POLE MATRIX 60-310 Page viii...
  • Page 9 (60-850) 4-Channel or multi-mode (60-851) optical signals being carried on fiber connections. The Ch 1.1 Multiplexer 60-850/851 is available with a variety of connector options and in a variety of Ch 1.2 Com 1 multiplexer arrangements. Ch 1.3 Ch 1.4...
  • Page 10 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION Overview pickering LXI Fiber Optic Multiplexer – 60-850/851 8-Channel Ch 1.1 Multiplexer 16-Channel Ch 1.2 8-Channel Multiplexer Ch 1 Ch 1.3 Multiplexer Ch 1.4 Ch 1.5 Ch 2 Common 1 Ch 1.6 Ch 3 Ch 1.7 Ch 1.8...
  • Page 11 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering LXI Fiber Optic Multiplexer – 60-850/851 Single-Mode Specification LAN Interface Compliant to LXI Standard 1.4, the 60-850/851 has a 1000Base-T Fiber Switch Type: MEMS Ethernet Interface via a standard RJ-45 connector mounted on the Available Connector Types: FC/APC, FC/PC, SC/PC, rear panel with an LCD display showing the unit’s IP address*.
  • Page 12 Ordering Information pickering LXI Fiber Optic Multiplexer – 60-850/851 Product Order Codes Product Customization Pickering LXI units are designed and manufactured on our own Dual 4 Channel Fiber Multiplexer flexible manufacturing lines, giving complete product control and SC, Multi-Mode 60-851-209 enabling simple customization to meet very specific requirements.
  • Page 13 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 14 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 15: Technical Description

    FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION The 60-850/851 is a fiber optic multiplexer with one bank of 8, 16 or 32 channels, or two banks of 4 or 8 channels under the control of an LXI interface. The multiplexer can be ordered with a variety of front panel fiber connectors with either single mode or multimode capability.
  • Page 16 SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 2.2...

  • Page 17: Installation

    INSTALLING THE OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER The 60-850/851 may be mounted on a desk top or fitted into a standard 19 inch rack (rack mounting flanges are supplied with the unit that can be fitted to the sides of the front panel). When fitting into a rack it is important to...

  • Page 18: Setting The Ip Address

    Once you have the required information, the IP configuration window is used to manually set the IP address. This is shown in Figure 3-4. The current IP address setting of the 60-850/851 is indicated on an LCD display on the rear panel of the chassis. Figure 3-3. Display for IP Address on Rear Panel Incorrect setting will result in a loss of communication and may also be indicated by a red LAN LED on the front panel.

  • Page 19: Installing The Software

    SOFT FRONT PANEL OPERATION The 60-850/851 Fiber Optic Multiplexer can be programmed using the Soft Front Panel. This can be run as a Java Applet from the device’s LXI home page. You must have the Java Runtime environment loaded from Sun Microsystems to use this facility.
  • Page 20 SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 3.4...

  • Page 21: Programming Guide

    SECTION 4 - 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 22: Programming The 60-850

    PROGRAMMING THE 60-850 The 60-850/851 is a multiplexer switch available in single bank 8, 16 and 32 channel versions, or dual bank 4 or 8 channel versions. An optical signal path is set up between the Common and a numbered connector by enabling the bit corresponding to the required channel.
  • Page 23 Direct I/O Driver, piplx The Direct I/O driver is composed of a suite of separate libraries which interact to provide full control of a Pickering LXI unit. In the case of a switch card the communications library picmlx, and the switching library piplx, are needed.
  • Page 24 The following code snippet demonstrates the minimum steps required to operate a switch on a Pickering LXI unit. Firstly a device session is opened on the card located at bus 0, device 20 inside the LXI unit located at 192.168.1.100.
  • Page 25 Soft Front Panel The 60-850/851 Optical Multiplexer can be programmed using the supplied Soft Front Panel. This can be run as a Java Applet from the devices LXI home page.

  • Page 26: 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 27 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Step 2 - Enable the SSH server Select the Diagnostics page from the main menu LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 4.7...
  • Page 28 LAN Reset button located at the rear of the device in the appropriate manner, refer to Section 7 of this manual for details of this process. Disabling security will stop the SSH service. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 4.8...
  • Page 29 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. The username for instrument control is ‘sshuser’, the password is that defined by the user when setting security. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 4.9...
  • Page 30 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 31 In the case of matrix sub-units, the XC and XO commands are useful, obviating the need for the user to calculate the bit position for a crosspoint in the matrix by allowing a point to be addressed by row and column address. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 4.11...
  • Page 32 = 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 33: Connections

    The dust caps are tethered to the front panel to ensure they are not lost. Damage to the front connectors caused by careless handling is not covered in the product warranty. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 5.1...
  • Page 34 Ethernet Port LAN Reset Service Port (for Pickering diagnostics only) IP Address Display Figure 5-1. Front Panel Connector Layout for the 60-850/851 LXI Single 16-Channel Fiber Optic Multiplexer Mains Inlet Fuses Power Switch LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 5.2...

  • Page 35: 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 36: 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 37: Maintenance Information

    PCB. The tables can be used in the fault finding process and should be used in conjunction with the corresponding PCB layout diagrams to identify the position of faulty relays. LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-550/551 LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 7.1 Page 7.1...

  • Page 38: Optical Multiplexer Parts List

    OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER PARTS LIST The 60-850/851 LXI Fiber Optic Multiplexer chassis contains an optical switching assembly mounted on a PCB as well as a Power Supply and a Microcontroller assembly. The following pages provide a parts list and internal layout for the PCBs and sub-assemblies that make up the single 16:1 Optical Multiplexer.
  • Page 39 PCB 597 A/PC/597 Ribbon Cable: MUX LED Board to Carrier 16-pin C/CN/918 Board Ribbon Cable: FPGA Bridge Board to 40-pin C/CN/979 Carrier Board Ribbon Cable: LXI Status LED Board to 16-pin C/CN/951 Microcontroller Board LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 7.3...
  • Page 40 LXI STATUS LED BOARD MICRO- CONTROLLER BOARD FPGA BRIDGE DAUGHTER BOARD CARRIER OPTICAL BOARD MULTIPLEXER POWER SUPPLY FIBER SUPPORT MUX LED BOARD Figure 7-2. 60-850/851 LXI 16:1 Optical Multiplexer: Internal Module Layout LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 7.4...

  • Page 41: General Maintenance

    Switch Drivers and Optical Multiplexer The signal switching for the 60-850/851 is carried out by the Carrier Board assembly which has an optical multiplexer module mounted on it. Fibers from the multiplexer are fed to the front panel optical connectors via a support box which serves as a container for excess fiber length.
  • Page 42 DC Distribution board (A/PC/481 Board C ) This distribution board feeds power from the PSU to the microcontroller assembly, the LAN interface board and the Carrier board. LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 7.6...
  • Page 43 (C/CN/918) MUX LED PCB (A/PC/597) Multi-Rail Power Supply (C/PS/009) Chassis Earth Power Connector, Switch and Fuse Assembly (C/CN/893) 60-850/851 CHASSIS Mains Power Input Figure 7-3. Internal Wiring For the 60-850/851 LXI Optical Multiplexer LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 7.7...
  • Page 44 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page 7.8...

  • Page 45: Test Procedure

    Multimode fiber test leads should be 62.5/125 micron. Firstly connect the light source to the power meter and calibrate. Now connect the light source to the COM of the 60-850, and the power meter to channel 1 of the 60-850. You should measure a loss of ~ 1.5dB for a 1x16 switch.

  • Page 46: Test Results

    SECTION 8 - TEST PROCEDURE pickering Test Results For 60-850 Optical Switch Full Model Number of Optical MUX: Serial Number of Optical MUX: Equipment Used For Test: Date of Test: Tested By: Channel Number Test Result LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851...

  • Page 47: 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 48 APPENDIX A - FITTING RACK MOUNTING FLANGES pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEXER 60-850/851 Page A.2...

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