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LXI High Performance Video Multiplexer
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  • Page 1 60-721A User Manual LXI High Performance Video Multiplexer pickeringtest.com Issue 3.3 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 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 PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page (IV) Page (IV)

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Trouble Shooting .................6.1 LXI Status Indicators ............6.1 LAN Reset .................6.2 Section 7 Maintenance Information ............7.1 Relay Look-Up Tables ............7.1 60-721A Parts List ............7.9 General Maintenance .............7.12 Appendix A Fitting Rack Mounting Flanges ..........A.1 LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page (V)
  • Page 6 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A 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 PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page (VIII)
  • Page 9 This can be easily calibrated 75Ω out to provide traceable measurements. Chan 6 The 60-721A includes two expansion ports Exp1 and Exp2 which 75Ω allow the common signal to be routed to two further 60-721As. This allows the easy construction of large multiplexers.
  • Page 10 Specifications High Performance Video Multiplexer – 60-721A Typical Crosstalk Plot for the 60-721A Multiplexer Typical Insertion Loss Plot for the 60-721A Multiplexer (between adjacent channels) (between selected channel and Common) Typical Crosstalk Plot for the 60-721A Multiplexer (taken Typical Isolation Plot for the 60-721A Multiplexer...
  • Page 11 Specifications pickering High Performance Video Multiplexer – 60-721A General Multiplexer Information LAN Interface Compliant to LXI Standard 1.4, the 60-721A has a 1000Base-T MUX Configurations: 24-Channel, Ethernet Interface via a standard RJ-45 connector mounted on the 48-Channel, rear panel with an LCD display showing the unit’s IP address*.
  • Page 12 High Performance Video Multiplexer – 60-721A Product Order Codes Mating Connectors & Cabling For connection accessories for the 60-721A please refer to the 2U Height Products: 90-011D RF Cable Assemblies data sheet where a complete list 24-Channel 1GHz Video Multiplexer...
  • 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 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION The 60-721A is a video multiplexer with up to 144 channels under the control of an LXI interface designed for the routing of signals with frequencies up to 1GHz. The 60-721A can be, cascaded to create larger multiplexers by the use of expansion connectors Exp1 and Exp2.
  • Page 16 J13 (EXP) RL24 J111 (CH12) 75Ω Figure 2-2. Switching Diagram for the 12:1 Multiplexer Board The 72-Channel version of the 60-721A contains six of these boards. (switches are shown in their default position) LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 2.2...
  • Page 17 This routes signals from COM connection on the front of the unit to each of the 12:1 Multiplexer boards, or to either of the two expansion ports, EXP1 and EXP2. (switches are shown in their default position) LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 2.3...

  • Page 18: Expanding The Video Multiplexer

    EXPANDING THE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER The 60-721A can easily be expanded by linking the Exp1 and Exp2 ports to the Common connections of other 60-721A units. In the example shown in Figure 2-4, two 72-channel multiplexers are cascaded from one 72-channel unit creating a single 216-channel video multiplexer.

  • Page 19: Installation

    INSTALLING THE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER The 60-721A 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 20: Setting The Ip Address

    Figure 3-2. Side view of the Video Multiplexer showing the left hand side intake for cooling air SETTING THE IP ADDRESS To use the 60-721A Video Multiplexer over a LAN connection it should be set up and configured as described in the “LXI Getting Started Guide” document in Appendix B of this manual.

  • Page 21: Installing The Software

    SOFT FRONT PANEL OPERATION The 60-721A Video 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 22 SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A 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 60-721A

    PROGRAMMING THE 60-721A The 60-721A is a single bank multiplexer of which may be set to route any of the signal channels to the common. When not routed, the default condition for a channel is to be connected to a termination resistor. The unit can be supplied fitted with 24, 48, 72, 96, 120 or 144 channels.
  • Page 25 Disconnect function. 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 26 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering NOTES: The channel names on the set of MUX switches will be as follows for the 24 channel version (60-721A-001): com - ch1, ch2, ch3, ch4, ch5, ch6, ch7, ch8, ch9, ch10, ch11, ch12, ch13, ch14, ch15, ch16, ch17, ch18, ch19, ch20, ch21, ch22, ch23, ch24, ch25, ch26 The channel names on the set of MUX switches will be as follows for the 48 channel version (60-721A-002):...
  • Page 27 The last two channel names represent the expansion connections Exp1 and Exp2. e.g. On the 60-721A-002, ch49 and ch50 are Exp1 and Exp2 respectively The implementation of a MUX switch in the Pickering driver requires explicit disconnection of a previously connected path before a new path may be selected.
  • Page 28 Soft Front Panel The 60-721A Video Multiplexer 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 29: 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 30 SECTION 4 - PROGRAMMING GUIDE pickering Step 2 - Enable the SSH server Select the Diagnostics page from the main menu LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 4.8...
  • Page 31 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 PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 4.9...
  • Page 32 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 PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 4.10...
  • Page 33 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 34 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 PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 4.12...
  • Page 35 = 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 36: Using The Soft Front Panel

    Exp.1 and Exp.2 buttons Indicates cursor/pointer are used to connect either position on graphical of the two expansion ports interface. to the common. LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 4.14...

  • Page 37: Connections

    SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering SECTION 5 - CONNECTIONS Figure 5-1. Front Panel Connector Layout for the 60-721A-003 LXI 72-Channel Video Multiplexer LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 5.1...
  • Page 38 SECTION 5 - CONNECTOR INFORMATION pickering Ethernet Port Reset Button Service Port (for Pickering diagnostics only) IP Address Display Power Switch Fuses Mains Inlet Figure 5-2. Rear Panel Layout for the 60-721A LXI Video Multiplexer LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 5.2...

  • Page 39: 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 40: 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: support@pickeringtest.com You can also visit our website for product updates, help and downloadable materials at: http://www.pickeringtest.com...

  • Page 41: 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 HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.1 Page 7.1...
  • Page 42 1, 2, 9 Board 3 3, 6, 11, 21 1, 2, 9 Board 3 3, 6, 22 1, 2, 9 Board 3 3, 12, 23 1, 2, 9 Board 3 3, 24 LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.2...
  • Page 43 Board 6 1, 20 1, 5 Board 6 3, 6, 11, 21 1, 5 Board 6 3, 6, 22 1, 5 Board 6 3, 12, 23 1, 5 Board 6 3, 24 LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.3...
  • Page 44 3, 6, 12 Board 9 3, 6, 11, 21 3, 6, 12 Board 9 3, 6, 22 3, 6, 12 Board 9 3, 12, 23 3, 6, 12 Board 9 3, 24 LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.4...
  • Page 45 1, 10, 19 Board 12 1, 20 Board 12 3, 6, 11, 21 Board 12 3, 6, 22 Board 12 3, 12, 23 Board 12 3, 24 EXP1 — — EXP2 — — LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.5...
  • Page 46 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering RL10 RL11 RL12 RL13 RL14 RL15 RL16 RL17 RL18 RL19 RL20 RL21 RL22 RL23 RL24 Figure 7-1. Component Layout of the 12:1 Multiplexer PCB with relay positions highlighted LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.6...
  • Page 47 SECTION 7 - MAINTENANCE INFORMATION pickering RL10 RL11 RL12 RL13 RL14 RL14 Figure 7-2. Component Layout for part of the 16:1 Multiplexer PCB with relay positions highlighted LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.7...
  • Page 48 12:1 Multiplexer Board 1 (Channels 1 to 12) 12:1 Multiplexer Board 2 (Channels 13 to 24) Figure 7-3. LXI Video Multiplexer - Positions of 12:1 Multiplexer Boards as Viewed From Front of Chassis LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.8...
  • Page 49 VIDEO MULTIPLEXER PARTS LIST The 60-721A LXI Video Multiplexer chassis contains up to twelve 12:1 multiplexer boards cascaded from a 16:1 multiplexer board, 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 a 72:1 LXI Video Multiplexer.
  • Page 50 MCX to MCX C/MS/682 Multiplexer Board 230mm long Coax Cable: 16:1 Multiplexer Board to MCX to MCX C/MS/681 Connector Board 430mm long Cooling Fan Assembly 12V DC, 60mm, A/MS/630 Aerco 15mm thick AD0612HB-D73GL LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.10...
  • Page 51 (CHANNELS 13-24) POWER SUPPLY 12:1 MULTIPLEXER 12:1 MULTIPLEXER BOARD 4 BOARD 6 (CHANNELS 37-48) (CHANNELS 61-72) DC DISTRIBUTION BOARD “C” CONNECTION BOARD Figure 7-5. 60-721A LXI High Peformance Video Multiplexer Internal Module Layout LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.11...

  • Page 52: General Maintenance

    Serial data streams carrying switching information are sent to the 16:1 Multiplexer Board via two ribbon cables. Up to six 12:1 Multiplexer boards can be fitted to the 60-721A, each receiving its serial data from the 16:1 Multiplexer board.
  • Page 53 Connector Board (A/PC/978 B) The Connector board serves as an adapter for the 60-721A common connection and the expansion ports. The front edge of the PCB has three F-type sockets which fit through holes in the front panel of the unit and are secured with a nut.
  • Page 54 Expansion Port 2 Power Connector and Common Switch (C/CN/1195) With Fuse Drawer (C/CN/1196) 60-721A CHASSIS Mains Power Input Figure 7-6. Internal Wiring For the 60-721A LXI High Performance Video Multiplexer - 72-Channel Version LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page 7.14...

  • Page 55: 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 56 APPENDIX A - FITTING RACK MOUNTING FLANGES pickering THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK LXI HIGH PERFORMANCE VIDEO MULTIPLEXER 60-721A Page A.2...

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