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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 2 AMP 2-POLE HIGH DENSITY MATRIX MODULE 40-582A Page (IV) Page (IV)
Using IVI Driver, Direct I/O Driver or VISA Driver ....4.3 Section 5 Connector Information ..............5.1 Section 6 Troubleshooting ................6.1 Section 7 Maintenance Information ............7.1 Switching System Test Tools ..........7.1 Relay Look-Up Tables ............7.1 2 AMP 2-POLE HIGH DENSITY MATRIX MODULE 40-582A Page (V)
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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. 2 AMP 2-POLE HIGH DENSITY MATRIX MODULE 40-582A Page (VIII) 2 AMP 1-POLE UHD MATRIX MODULES 40-575 / 576 / 577 / 578 / 579...
Supported by PXI or LXI Chassis y Supported by BIRST ™ and eBIRST ™ Test Tools y 3 Year Warranty The 40-582A is 256 crosspoint PXI matrix with dual pole switching. The matrix configuration is 16x16 using 2-pole Supported by eBIRST electro-mechanical relays with 2 A current handling.
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90 dB 100 kHz: 80 dB 1 MHz: 60 dB 10 MHz: 40 dB Power Requirements +3.3 V +5 V +12 V -12 V 400 mA 1.1 A 65 mA pickeringtest.com 2 AMP 2-POLE HIGH DENSITY MATRIX MODULE 40-582A Page 1.2...
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2-Pole High Density Matrix, 40-582A Support Products Product Order Codes eBIRST Switching System Test Tool 16x16 Matrix Module, 2-pole (2 A, 60 W) 40-582A-001 This product is supported by the eBIRST test tools which Product Customization simplify the identification of failed relays, the required Pickering modules are designed and manufactured on our eBIRST tools are below.
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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-Pole High Density Matrix, 40-582A 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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FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION A functional block diagram is provided in Figure 2.1. The 40-582A module is powered by the +5V and +3.3V supplies from the PXI backplane via Compact PCI connector. The interface to the user’s equipment is via a front panel mounted 78-pin male D-type connector.
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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.
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SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING 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...
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PROGRAMMING THE HIGH DENSITY MATRIX The 40-582A is a two pole switching matrix with 256 crosspoints configured in 16x16 format. 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.
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. The card must be opened before use and closed after using the following function calls: Direct I/O driver - Open with PIL_OpenCards or PIL_OpenSpecifiedCard and close with PIL_CloseCards or PIL_CloseSpecifiedCards respectively.
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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...
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The Pickering Interfaces BIRST (Built-In Relay Self Test) Tool provides a simple means of testing selected Pickering Interfaces switching products, including this model. The tool can be used to find relay faults or to provide confirmation that a product is operating correctly, either as part of the regular system calibration or because a system fault is suspected and the switch system needs to be eliminated from the fault finding procedure.
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