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Table of Contents
1 General Information ...................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1
1.2 MS Matrices ....................................................................................................... 2
1.3 MP Matrices ....................................................................................................... 3
1.4 CB Matrices ........................................................................................................ 4
1.5 Technical Specifications ..................................................................................... 5
1.6 Safety Precaution ............................................................................................... 6
1.7 Inspection ........................................................................................................... 6
1.8 Maintenance ....................................................................................................... 6
1.9 Repacking for shipment ..................................................................................... 6
2 System Layout ............................................................................................................. 7
2.1 Front Panel Layout ............................................................................................. 7
2.2 Rear Panel Layout for 2U models ...................................................................... 8
2.3 Rear Panel Layout for 3U models ...................................................................... 9
2.4 Rear Panel Layout for 4U models .................................................................... 11
2.5 Top View Layout .............................................................................................. 13
2.6 RF configuration ............................................................................................... 14
3 Connections ............................................................................................................... 15
3.1 Power Connection ............................................................................................ 15
3.1.1 Line Voltage ............................................................................................... 15
3.1.2 Line Power Connection.............................................................................. 15
3.1.3 Line Fuse Replacement ............................................................................. 15
3.2 Ground Connection .......................................................................................... 16
3.3 RS232 Connection ........................................................................................... 17
3.4 CAN Bus Connection ....................................................................................... 18
3.5 GPIB Control Connection ................................................................................. 19
3.5.1 GPIB Control Connector ............................................................................ 19
3.5.2 Interface Signals ........................................................................................ 20
3.5.3 Data Lines ................................................................................................. 20
3.5.4 Handshake Lines ....................................................................................... 21
3.5.5 Interface Management Lines ..................................................................... 21
3.6 USB Port .......................................................................................................... 22
4 Configuring the Matrix for Operation .......................................................................... 23
4.1 Matrix Configuration ......................................................................................... 23
4.2 Dow-Key CAN bus switches ............................................................................. 23
4.3 Adding and Deleting Switches .......................................................................... 24
5 Manual (LOCAL) Operation ........................................................................................ 26
5.1 The Touch Screen Interface ............................................................................. 26
5.2 Main Menu ....................................................................................................... 28
5.2.1 Switching Operations ................................................................................. 28
5.2.2 Error Operations ........................................................................................ 30
5.2.3 System Settings ......................................................................................... 31
5.2.4 Ethernet Options ........................................................................................ 33
5.2.5 LCD Options .............................................................................................. 33
5.2.6 Set RS232 Baud Rate ............................................................................... 33
5.2.7 Set GPIB Address ..................................................................................... 33
6 IEEE 488.2 Register model .................................................................................... 34
6.1 Introduction to IEEE 488.2 ............................................................................... 34