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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.
PRODUCT SAFETY SAFETY SYMBOLS The following safety symbols may be used on the product and throughout the product documentation. MEANING / DESCRIPTION SYMBOL PROTECTIVE EARTH (GROUND) To identify any terminal which is intended for connection to an external conductor for protection against electric shock in case of a fault, or the terminal of a protective earth (ground) electrode.
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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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. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All cleaning and servicing requires the equipment to be isolated and disconnected from the power source and user I/O signals (refer to the Maintenance Section).
A4 C4 A5 C5 A43 C43 A44 C44 Other configurations for this module can Switching Diagram For The 40-618-001 Source Switching Module be supplied, please contact Pickering Interfaces with your requirements. Pickering PXI Modules are compatible with Mass Interconnect solutions from both VPC and MAC Panel.
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Signals via front panel 160-pin male DIN 41612 connector, for pin Covered Bifurcated outs please refer to the operating manual. Max Hot Switch Voltage: 300VDC/250VAC* The connector includes a strain relief fixing for use with Pickering’s Breakdown Voltage: >500V cables. Max Power: 62.5VA, 60W from 30V to...
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40-618-001 91-100-003 Product Customization For further assistance, please contact your local Pickering sales Pickering PXI modules are designed and manufactured on our own office. flexible manufacturing lines, giving complete product control and enabling simple customization to meet very specific requirements.
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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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Source Switching Module – 40-618 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...
SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION pickering SECTION 2 - TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION A functional block diagram is provided in Figure 2.1. The Module is powered by a +5V input via Compact PCI connector J1. The interface to the user test equipment is via the front panel mounted 160-pin DIN41612 connector, J2.
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.
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...
SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering MODULE ARCHITECTURE 40-618: SOURCE SWITCHING MODULE The 40-618-021 Source Switching Module utilises an array of 92 changeover relays (Type 2 Form C) as single pole relays. Effectively in the default state all relays are open circuit. Energising a particular relay creates a signal path between the common terminal and the corresponding channel terminal(s).
SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering PROGRAMMING THE MODULE 40-618 Here are some simple examples of using the drivers with the 40-618 Multiplexer module. Using PILPXI To operate a relay the user could use the simple OpBit command or the WriteSub commands OpBit DWORD sub_unit = 1;...
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...
For PXI modules which are supported in one of Pickering Interfaces’ Modular LXI Chassis (such as the 60-102B and 60-103B) no module software update is required. If the module was introduced after the LXI chassis was manufactured the module may not be recognized, in this case the chassis firmware may need upgrading.
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SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering TABLE 7.1 - Source Switching Module 40-618: Relay Numbering 40-618 Switch Function/Relay Cross Reference Bank Bank Function Function RL25 SPST RL49 SPST RL71 RL26 SPST RL50 SPST RL72 RL27 SPST RL51 SPST RL73 RL28...
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