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50-110/115/120/125 User Manual PCI Reed Relay Card pickeringtest.com Issue 7.5 May 2023...
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Pickering Interfaces. Technical details contained within this publication are subject to change without notice. ISO 9001 Reg No. FM38792 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 REED RELAY MODULE 40-110/115/120/125 Page (II) Page (II)
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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.
Not to be used in safety critical circuits, refer to the Pickering Interfaces’ terms & conditions of sale. This card must not be used for the switching of Mains Circuits. For the switching of voltages up to the card’s full specification, Secondary Circuit power supplies and the Device Under Test must be...
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• Ensure the equipment is installed, operated and maintained by trained and authorised personnel. • For suitably equipped products in the event of an emergency press the red “emergency stop” button situated on the front of the unit. PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page (VIII)
Max: Mechanical Characteristics Single slot short PCI format. 3D models for all versions in a variety of popular file formats are available on request. pickeringtest.com Page 2 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 1.2...
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Please contact your local sales office to discuss. Pickering can supply mating 200-pin connectors and cable assemblies to enable easy integration of the 50-110 & 50-115 series of relay cards pickeringtest.com Page 3 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 1.3...
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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. These accessories are detailed in Connector Accessories data sheets, where a complete list and documentation can be found for each accessory.
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Supporting Products & Software 50-110/115 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 more information go to pickeringtest.com/os The VISA driver support is provided for LabVIEW Real Time Operating Systems (Pharlap and Linux-RT). For other RTOS support contact Pickering.
Modular products require installation in a suitable chassis. The card is designed for indoor use only. PREOPERATION CHECKS (UNPACKING) 1. Check the card for transport damage and report any damage immediately to Pickering Interfaces. Do not attempt to install the product if any damage is evident.
8. Power-up the host system. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION First install the appropriate Pickering PCI switch card drivers by running the installer program Setup.exe (provided in a compressed zip file), either from the CD-ROM supplied, or by downloading the latest version from our website pickeringtest.com...
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 PCI 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...
CARD ARCHITECTURE - 50-110-021/121 The 50-110-021 is an array of 32, and the 50-110-121 is an array of 64 uncommitted changeover relays. In the default state, all signal paths are between the C terminal and the corresponding B terminal. Energising a particular relay disconnects the B terminal and creates a signal path between the C and A terminals.
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C58 to A58 — C59 to A59 — C60 to A60 — C61 to A61 — C62 to A62 — C63 to A63 — C64 to A64 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.3...
One sub-unit is used to control all the card’s relays as shown in Table 4.2 on the following page. Enabling a particular bit closes the C to A signal path. PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.4...
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C58 to A58 — C59 to A59 — C60 to A60 — C61 to A61 — C62 to A62 — C63 to A63 — C64 to A64 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.5...
One sub-unit is used to control all the card’s relays as shown in Table 4.3 on the following page. Enabling a particular bit closes both C to A signal paths of the corresponding channel. PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.6...
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C47.1 to A47.1 & C47.2 to A47.2 — C48.1 to A48.1 & C48.2 to A48.2 — C49.1 to A49.1 & C49.2 to A49.2 — C50.1 to A50.1 & C50.2 to A50.2 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.7...
C24 to A24 C25 to A25 C26 to A26 C27 to A27 C28 to A28 C29 to A29 C30 to A30 C31 to A31 C32 to A32 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.8...
One sub-unit is used to control all the card’s relays as shown in Table 4.5 on the following page. Enabling a particular bit closes the C to A signal path. PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.9...
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C44 to A44 — C45 to A45 — C46 to A46 — C47 to A47 — C48 to A48 — C49 to A49 — C50 to A50 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 4.10...
PROGRAMMING THE CARD Here are examples of using the drivers with the 50-110-121 (64 x SPDT) card. Other cards in the range operate in the same way but have a different number of bits in the sub-unit. Using PILPXI...
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...
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. PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 7.1...
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C62 to A62 C62 to B62 Not Fitted RL62 C63 to A63 C63 to B63 Not Fitted RL63 C64 to A64 C64 to B64 Not Fitted RL64 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 7.2...
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Not Fitted RL60 C61 to A61 Not Fitted RL61 C62 to A62 Not Fitted RL62 C63 to A63 Not Fitted RL63 C64 to A64 Not Fitted RL64 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 7.3...
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C48.1 to A48.1 & C48.2 to A48.2 Not Fitted RL48 C49.1 to A49.1 & C49.2 to A49.2 Not Fitted RL49 C50.1 to A50.1 & C50.2 to A50.2 Not Fitted RL50 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 7.4...
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RL45 Not Fitted ─ ─ RL46 Not Fitted ─ ─ RL47 Not Fitted ─ ─ RL48 Not Fitted ─ ─ RL49 Not Fitted ─ ─ RL50 Not Fitted PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 7.5...
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Not Fitted RL46 C47 to A47 Not Fitted RL47 C48 to A48 Not Fitted RL48 C49 to A49 Not Fitted RL49 C50 to A50 Not Fitted RL50 PCI REED RELAY CARD 50-110 / 115 / 120 / 125 Page 7.6...
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