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LXI High Density 1-Pole EMR Matrix
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Issue 3.5 December 2023

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  • Page 1 60-553 User Manual LXI High Density 1-Pole EMR Matrix pickeringtest.com Issue 3.5 December 2023...
  • Page 2 © COPYRIGHT (2023) 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 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 LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page (IV) Page (IV)

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    LXI Status Indicators ............6.1 LAN Reset .................6.2 Section 7 Maintenance Information ............7.1 Switching System Test Tools ..........7.1 Relay Look-Up Tables ............7.1 60-553 Parts List ..............7.9 General Maintenance .............7.13 Appendix A Fitting Rack Mounting Flanges ..........A.1 LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page (V)
  • Page 6 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page (VI)

  • Page 7: Warnings And Cautions

    I/O signals that may be present. Blanking panels are available to order from Pickering. If the product is not used in this manner for example by using an extender card then additional care must be taken to avoid contact with exposed signals.
  • 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 HIGH VOLTAGE 2-POLE MATRIX 60-310 Page viii LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page (VIII)

  • Page 9: Technical Specification

    • Switch up to 150VDC/100VAC & up to 60W Max Power • Maximum Switch Current of 2A The 60-553 is designed in accordance with the LXI Standard 1.4 • 1U Rack Mountable Enclosure and is supplied in a 1U high, full rack width case with 500mm depth.
  • Page 10 The matrix is used to parallel test multiple DUTs with all connections via X-axis for maximum efficiency Example of 60-553 With Pickering Cabling Attached. Detail shows how adjacent 160-pin connectors are fixed together with a tab and a locking screw. This allows the mating connectors to be secured to the front panel while maintaining the highest possible cabling density.
  • Page 11 LXI High Density 1-Pole EMR Matrix – 60-553 Matrix Expansion The 60-553 may be expanded to larger matrix sizes by using cabling to daisy-chain the Y signals. The illustrations below show four 60-553-008 1024x4 1-pole matrices interconnected as a 4096x4 1-pole matrix using specially constructed cables.
  • Page 12 LXI High Density 1-Pole EMR Matrix – 60-553 Relay Type LAN Interface Compliant to LXI Standard 1.4, the 60-553 has a 1000Base-T The 60-553 is fitted with high quality electro-mechanical relays. Ethernet Interface via a standard RJ-45 connector mounted on the These relays are leaded types (not surface mount) so field rear panel with an LCD display showing the unit’s IP address.
  • Page 13 Connection Solutions catalog. Soft Front Panel for the 60-553 Matrix - can be executed as a Java applet from the device’s LXI homepage and allows graphical control of the matrix pickeringtest.com...
  • Page 14 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 15 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 16 SECTION 1 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 1.8...

  • Page 17: Technical Description

    Base Board/Daughter Board combination. Each Base Board or Daughter Board is populated with a 128x4 matrix and, in its smallest matrix size, the 60-553 is fitted with only a left Base Board (designated “A”) with one Daughter Board mounted on top. A 512x4 matrix has a left and a right “A”...

  • Page 18: Matrix Architecture

    MATRIX ARCHITECTURE The following diagrams show the architecture of the 60-553 matrix in more detail than the basic diagram on Page 1-1. The 60-553 consists of up to eight 128x4 sub-matrices linked by two analog buses - see Figure 2-2. Isolation/selection switches determine whether the Y connections of a sub-matrix are connected to Bus A, Bus B or isolated from the other sub-matrices.

  • Page 19: Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION The 60-553 may be mounted on a desk top or fitted into a standard 19 inch rack (rack mounting flanges are supplied with the device and can be fitted to either side of the front panel). When fitting into a rack it is important to...

  • Page 20: Setting The Ip Address

    Figure 3-2. Front view of the High Density EMR Matrix SETTING THE IP ADDRESS To use the 60-553 High Density Matrix over a LAN connection it should be set up and configured as described in the “LXI Getting Started Guide” document.

  • Page 21: Soft Front Panel Operation

    SOFT FRONT PANEL OPERATION The 60-553 High Density Matrix 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 22 SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 3.4...

  • Page 23: 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 24: Programming The 60-553

    PROGRAMMING THE 60-553 The 60-553 is a matrix which has a maximum size of 1024 connections on its X axis and 4 on its Y axis. Smaller versions are also available. The X dimension is built using a set of 128 wide sub-matrix sections, each connected to one of two Y-buses using a set of isolation relays, 8 per sub-matrix.

  • Page 25: Sub-Unit Allocations

    60-553 High Density Matrix. Figure 4-2 diagrammatically shows the arrangement of the sub-units of the 1024x4 version (60-553-008) comprising 8 sub-matrices. All other versions operate in the same way but have fewer sub-matrices fitted.
  • Page 26 128 x 4 MARIX CARD 2 Sub-Unit 2 - ya Isolation Switches X128 Sub-Unit 3 - yb 128 x 4 MARIX CARD 8 Isolation Switches Figure 4-2. 60-553-008 High Density 1024x4 Matrix - Sub-Unit Allocations LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.4...

  • Page 27: Direct I/O Driver

    The Direct I/O driver is in reality composed of a suite of separate libraries which interact to provide full control of a Pickering LXI device. In the case of a switch card the communications library picmlx, and the switching library piplx, are needed.

  • Page 28: Pickering Ghostcard Driver

    PICKERING GHOSTCARD DRIVER A GhostCard Library is available for supporting Pickering products that allows multiple switch operations to be performed in one transaction across the control interface while using simple setting instruction (like using crosspoint address on matrices). The library can be used on LXI, PXI or PCI products when controlled through a Windows operating system.

  • Page 29: Ivi Driver

    X769 to X896 comB28, chB28 Sub-Matrix 7, connects Y4 to backplane “ya4” comB29, chB29 Sub-Matrix 8, connects Y1 to backplane “ya1” X897 to X1024 comB32, chB32 Sub-Matrix 8, connects Y4 to backplane “ya4” LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.7...
  • Page 30 X769 to X896 comC28, chC28 Sub-Matrix 7, connects Y4 to backplane “yb4” comC29, chC29 Sub-Matrix 8, connects Y1 to backplane “yb1” X897 to X1024 comC32, chC32 Sub-Matrix 8, connects Y4 to backplane “yb4” LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.8...
  • Page 31 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 5 inside the LXI unit located at 192.168.1.100.
  • Page 32 Y bus to Analog Bus A or B without having any visibility of the isolation relays. Table 4-9 gives an overview of the channel names for the 60-553 and an IVI program example is shown on the following page.
  • Page 33 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 5 inside the LXI unit located at 192.168.1.100.
  • Page 34 Soft Front Panel The 60-553 High Density Matrix can be programmed using the supplied Soft Front Panel. This can be run as a Java Applet from the devices LXI home page. An example of this is shown in Figure 4-3. For a description of the controls, refer to “Soft Front Panel Operation”...

  • Page 35: 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 36 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Step 2 - Enable the SSH server Select the Diagnostics page from the main menu LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.14...
  • Page 37 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 HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.15...
  • Page 38 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 HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.16...
  • Page 39 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 40 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 HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.18...
  • Page 41 = 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 42: Using The Soft Front Panel

    SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering USING THE SOFT FRONT PANEL LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 4.20...

  • Page 43: Connections

    X129 to X256 & Y1B to Y4B X1 to X128 X513 to X640 & Y1A to Y4A Figure 5-1. Front Panel Connector Layout for the 60-553 LXI High Density 1024x4 1-Pole EMR Matrix LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 5.1...
  • Page 44 Ethernet Port LAN Reset Service Port (for Pickering diagnostics only) IP Address Display Mains Inlet Fuses Power Switch Figure 5-2. Rear Panel Connector Layout for the 60-553 LXI High Density EMR Matrix LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 5.2...
  • Page 45 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering The following diagrams show the connector pinout information for a fully populated 60-553 High Density 1-Pole Matrix with a size of 1024x4. The variants with smaller matrix sizes have pin numbering in the same sequence as shown in the following diagrams up to the maximum X count specified.
  • Page 46 X384 X510 X511 X512 X381 X509 Figure 5.5 - X Connections for 60-553: Figure 5.6 - X Connections for 60-553: Lower Right Middle Male 160-pin DIN41612 Lower Right End Male 160-pin DIN41612 “X385- “X257-X384” X512” LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553...
  • Page 47 X640 X766 X767 X768 X637 X765 Figure 5.7 - X Connections for 60-553: Figure 5.8 - X Connections for 60-553: Upper Left End Male 160-pin DIN41612 Upper Left Middle Male 160-pin DIN41612 “X513-X640” “X641-X768” LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553...
  • Page 48 X896 X1022 X1023 X1024 X893 X1021 Figure 5.9 - X Connections for 60-553: Figure 5.10 - X Connections for 60-553: Upper Right Middle Male 160-pin DIN41612 Upper Right End Male 160-pin DIN41612 “X769-X896” “X897-X1024” LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553...

  • Page 49: 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 50: 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 51: Maintenance Information

    USING BIRST ™ (BUILT-IN RELAY SELF TEST) 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.
  • Page 52 RL29 RL73 RL30 RL74 RL31 RL75 RL32 RL76 RL33 RL77 RL34 RL78 RL35 RL79 RL36 RL80 RL37 RL81 RL38 RL82 RL39 RL83 RL40 RL84 RL41 RL85 RL42 RL86 RL43 RL87 RL44 RL88 LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.2...
  • Page 53 RL121 1017 RL165 RL122 1018 RL166 RL123 1019 RL167 RL124 1020 RL168 RL125 1021 RL169 RL126 1022 RL170 RL127 1023 RL171 RL128 1024 RL172 RL129 RL173 RL130 RL174 RL131 RL175 RL132 RL176 LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.3...
  • Page 54 1019 RL208 RL252 1020 RL209 RL253 1021 RL210 RL254 1022 RL211 RL255 1023 RL212 RL256 1024 RL213 RL257 RL214 RL258 RL215 RL259 RL216 RL260 RL217 RL261 RL218 RL262 RL219 RL263 RL220 RL264 LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.4...
  • Page 55 RL293 RL337 RL294 RL338 RL295 RL339 RL296 RL340 RL297 RL341 RL298 RL342 RL299 RL343 RL300 RL344 RL301 RL345 RL302 RL346 RL303 RL347 RL304 RL348 RL305 RL349 RL306 RL350 RL307 RL351 RL308 RL352 LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.5...
  • Page 56 1022 RL426 RL383 1023 RL427 RL384 1024 RL428 RL385 RL429 RL386 RL430 RL387 RL431 RL388 RL432 RL389 RL433 RL390 RL434 RL391 RL435 RL392 RL436 RL393 RL437 RL394 RL438 RL395 RL439 RL396 RL440 LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.6...
  • Page 57 NOT USED – RL479 RL523 NOT USED – RL480 RL524 NOT USED – RL481 RL525 NOT USED – RL482 RL526 NOT USED – RL483 RL527 NOT USED – RL484 RL528 NOT USED – LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.7...
  • Page 58 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Figure 7-1. PCB layout for one 128x4 Matrix Board with relay positions highlighted LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.8...
  • Page 59 60-553 CHASSIS PARTS LIST The 60-553 LXI High Density Matrix chassis contains two main Base boards and, depending upon the specific variant, up to two further Base boards and four Matrix Daughter boards. As well as the matrix boards, the chassis houses two Power Supplies, Power Distribution Board, Bridge Board and a Microcontroller assembly.
  • Page 60 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering Table 7-2. 60-553 LXI High Density Matrix Chassis Parts List for a fully loaded matrix Pickering Manufacturer Description Value/Type Part Number Part Number Multi-Rail Power Supply ±12V, +5V, +3.3V C/PS/009 VLT-130-4100 Single-Rail Power Supply...
  • Page 61 MATRIX BASE BOARD “B” MIDDLE RIGHT - 128x4 MATRIX DAUGHTER BOARD - 128x4 MATRIX BASE BOARD “A” LOWER RIGHT - 128x4 Figure 7-3. 60-553 LXI High Density Matrix: Chassis Layout for a fully loaded 1024x4 matrix LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.11...
  • Page 62 MATRIX DAUGHTER BOARD (PCB 4) MATRIX BASE BOARD “A” (PCB 1) MATRIX BASE BOARD “A” (PCB 3) Figure 7-4. 60-553 LXI High Density Matrix: Base Board / Daughter Board Combinations as viewed from front of chassis LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553...

  • Page 63: General Maintenance

    Switch Drivers and Relay Matrix The signal switching for the 60-553 is carried out by two Matrix Base Boards and up to two Matrix Daughter Boards and a further two Base Boards arranged as two stacks of four. The front panel 160-pin male DIN41612 signal connectors are mounted on the Matrix Base Boards, the number of signal connectors is dependant upon the version, a fully populated 60-553 has eight.
  • Page 64 For a fully populated 60-553, a further Matrix Daughter Board is mounted above each of the Base Boards “B” giving a maximum matrix size of 1024x4. This creates a left and right stack, each four boards high, with signals being transferred with inter-board connectors.
  • Page 65 Power Connector and (A/MS/314) Switch (C/CN/1195) With Fuse Drawer Cooling Fan (C/CN/1196) Assembly (A/MS/314) 60-553 CHASSIS Mains Power Input Figure 7-5. Internal Wiring For the 60-553 fully loaded 1024x4 LXI High Density Matrix LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.15...
  • Page 66 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page 7.16...

  • Page 67: 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 68 APPENDIX A - FITTING RACK MOUNTING FLANGES pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH DENSITY EMR MATRIX 60-553 Page A.2...

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