Agilent Technologies U2121A-101 manual

Agilent T echnologies Agil ent U21 21 A -101 RF Sw it ch Dr iv er Bo ard Op eratin g Guide U2 931A Opera tin g Guid e.boo k Pa ge I Tues day, June 10, 20 08 10:17 AM[...]

II U212 1A- 10 1 Oper atin g G uide Notices ® A gil en t T echn olo gi es, In c . , 2008 N o p a r t o f t hi s m an u a l m a y b e r e p r o d u c e d i n any form or by a ny means (including elec- tro nic st ora ge an d re tr ieval o r tr ansla ti o n int o a f or eig n la ng uag e) w ith ou t pr io r a gree - ment and writte n consent from Agi[...]

U2 121A- 101 Ope ratin g G uide III Safe ty Symbol s Th e fo ll ow ing symb ol s on the in stru me nt a nd i n th e do cume nt at ion ind icate pr ecau tio ns, w hic h mu st be t aken to ma in tain saf e op erat ion o f the in str ume nt. Di rect current (DC) E quipm ent pr otect ed th roug hout by d ouble in sula tio n or re inf orc ed insu la tio[...]

IV U212 1A- 10 1 Oper atin g G uide Gen eral Safet y Inform ation WA RN I N G • Do not load the out put terminal s above the specif ied curren t limits. • D o not u se th e de vic e i f it ap pe ars d ama ged or def ect iv e. • Obse rve all markings on t he d e vice befor e connecting any w iring to the devi ce . • Do no o perate the d evic[...]

U2 121A- 101 Ope ratin g G uide V Enviro nme ntal Co nditio ns Thi s inst rumen t i s des igned f or in door use and in an are a with low con densat ion. Th e tabl e belo w shows th e genera l env iron mental req u irem en ts fo r t hi s in st ru me nt . E nv iro n me n ta l c ond it i o ns Re q uir em ents Oper at ing te mpe ra ture 0 °C to 40 °[...]

VI U212 1A- 10 1 Oper atin g G uide Regulatory M arking s The C E mark is a regis ter ed tradem ark of the Eu ropean Co mmunit y . Thi s CE mark shows that the produ ct c om plies with all the rele v a nt Euro pean Legal Directi ves. The C-ti ck m ark i s a re gist ered trademark of th e Spectrum Ma nag em ent Ag en cy of Au stra li a. T his s igni[...]

U2 121A- 101 Ope ratin g G uide VII W aste E lec tric al an d El ect ron ic Eq uipm ent ( WEEE ) D irect ive 2002 /96/EC Thi s inst rume nt co mpl ies wi th th e W EEE D irect ive ( 2002 /96/ EC) ma rk ing requi reme nt. Thi s aff ixed pro duct la bel indic ates t hat you must not dis card this el ec tric al/ ele c tro nic p ro du ct in d ome st ic[...]

VIII U212 1A- 10 1 Oper atin g G uide DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY According to EN ISO/IEC 17050-1:2004 Generic exampl e Manufactu rer’s Name: Agilent Tec hnologies Mic rowave Pro ducts (M) Sdn. Bhd Manufactu rer’s Address: Bayan Lepas Free Industri al Zone, 11900, Ba yan Lepas, Pen ang, Malaysia Declares under sole responsibility that the product[...]

U2 121A- 101 Ope ratin g G uide IX Product Regulations Performance Criteria IEC 61326- 1:2002 / EN 61326-1:199 7+A1:1998 + A 2:2001+A3: 2003 CISPR 11:1 990 / EN 55011: 1990 – Group 1 Class A IEC 6100 0-4-2:1995 / EN 61000- 4-2:1995 (ESD 4kV CD, 8kV A D) A IEC 6100 0-4-3:1995 / EN 61000- 4-3:1996 (3V/m, 80% AM) A IEC 6100 0-4-4:1995 / EN 61000- 4-[...]

X U212 1A- 10 1 Oper atin g G uide U2 931A Opera tin g Guid e.boo k Pa ge X Tues day , Jun e 1 0, 20 08 10:17 AM[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 1 Cont ents I ntr oduc ti on 2 Sta ndard Pur chase It ems Chec klist 4 Pr odu ct at a Gl an ce 5 P rod u ct ou tl o ok 5 Pro d uct d i me ns ion s 6 Con necto r Pi ns Confi gura tio n 7 In st al la t ion G u id e 10 A. Ch eck you r sys tem 11 B. In st al l p re re qui si te s an d so f twa re 12 C . Con nect th e ha[...]

2 U212 1A- 10 1 Op erati ng G uide Introduction The Agil ent U2 12 1A- 101 ( als o kno w n a s U2 931A ) RF s wit ch dri v er with c able is an a dapter boar d desig ned for u se with the Agilent U212 1A digi t al IO devic e . It en ab les you to c on trol v ar iou s ty pes o f RF switches e asily an d has enhanced d riving capability and consist s[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 3 Pow er su pply The switches on thi s modu le are po we red b y the p ro vid ed po w er adap ter . T her e is only one p o wer s upply volta ge avai lable for this mod ule , w hi ch i s 24 V DC, 2. 5 A . Power cons ump t ion Th e U21 21A- 101 can dri v e up t o 15 00 mA cont inu ou sly usi ng t he provided pow er s[...]

4 U212 1A- 10 1 Op erati ng G uide St andar d Purc ha se I tems Ch eckl ist V erify t hat y ou ha ve rece ived the f ollo w in g items wi th yo ur pu rchas e. U212 1A - 101 RF sw it ch driver b oard wi t h cab le pur cha se. If a nyt hin g is missi ng or dam aged, please co nt ac t the nearest Agilent Sa les Office. ✔ R F s w i t c h d r i v e r [...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 5 Produc t at a Glance Product outlook T op vie w (w it hout casing) Co nne ct or fo r gener al I/O Co nne ct or fo r gener al o utput Co nne ct or fo r gener al in put DC power jack Power Digi tal IO Co nnector for ra tin g term inal N1 81x RF swi tc hes Conn ecto r for C onnec tor fo r 876 2/3/4 8765x- 024 RF sw i[...]

6 U212 1A- 10 1 Op erati ng G uide Produ ct dimens ions T op view (without c a sing) T o p view (wi th casing) Front view (w i th casing) Side view (with casing) 72.00 m m 150.00 mm 85.00 m m 153.00 mm 38.00 m m 85. 0 0 mm U2 931A Opera tin g Guid e.boo k Pa ge 6 Tues day, Ju ne 10 , 2008 10:1 7 AM[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 7 Conne c tor Pin s Conf igur ation Pin out configura tion for all terminals Ta b l e 1 8762/ 2/3 and 8765x-32 4 Seri es swi tches (X1 to X5 ) Pin F uncti on 1P o s i t i o n # 1 2P o s i t i o n # 2 3N . C . 4+ 2 4 V Ta b l e 2 8765x-0 24 Se ries swi tches (SL1 to SL5 ) Pin F uncti on 1P o s i t i o n # 2 2N . C . [...]

8 U212 1A- 10 1 Op erati ng G uide IO m apping Ther e are three ma in cont rol bit s used i n the U 2121A- 1 0 1 as sho wn i n t a b l e s b e l o w . T h e s e c o n t r o l b i t s a l s o r e f e r s t o t h e U 2 1 2 1 A c o n t r o l bi t st atu s. Ta b l e 4 Out put en a ble/ dis ab le c on tro l Control Stage Control Bit, DO14 Description Ou[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 9 Each o f the fiv e RF switch channels uses tw o digital output p ins and two d ig it al inpu t p i ns d u ring t h e op er at io n. Ta b l e 6 a IO ma pping f or 87 62/3/ 4, 876 5x-324 a nd N18 1x S eri es RF swi tches Channel Contr ol Bit Pos ition Bit Sta te A State B S tate A State B 1O 1 O 2 I 1 I 2 2O 3 O 4 I[...]

10 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide Insta llatio n Gui de F ollo w the step - b y - step instructions sho wn in the f oll o wing f low chart to get starte d with the prep arations an d installations of y our Agilent U212 1A - Bas ed R F Swi tc h Dr iver S of twa re . NOTE Y ou ne ed to insta ll the IVI- COM driver if y ou are going to u se the U212[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 1 1 A. C heck y our sys tem Prior to an y installation or configuration, please e nsure that your PC me ets t he follow ing m ini m um s y st em req u ir em ent s. Hardware requ irements Softw are requ ireme nt s [1] Bun dle d w ith A gile nt U21 21 A -B as ed R F Sw itch Dr iver S oftw ar e i nst alle r . [2] Obtai[...]

12 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide B. In stall pre requisi tes and sof tware Ther e ar e tw o op tio ns y ou ma y ch oose fr om to i nstall the pr ereq uisite s and Agil ent U2121A- Bas ed RF Switch Dri v er So ftw a re. Y ou may ch oo se t o i nst all from t he p rovide d P ro du ct R efere n ce CD- ROM or o btain the i nstall at ion s oftware fr[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 1 3 4 I f t h e i n s t a l l a t i o n m e n u d o e s n o t a p p e a r a f t e r a f e w s e c o n d s , g o t o Start > Run an d type <drive>:Applicationsetup.exe w here <drive> i s y o u r C D - R O M d r i v e l o c a t i o n . 5 Click OK to b egin the installat ion of the foll o wing items . [...]

14 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide 3 Di sconnect a ny inst r ument that is conne cted to y our PC and clo se all ot he r applic ation s on your P C. 4 Dou ble- clic k t he saved inst a llat ion file to begin inst a llatio n. 5 If yo u do not ha v e an y of th e prerequi sites instal led, the Ins tallShi eld Wizard sof t ware prer equisite wil l ap[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 1 5 [1] S L1 to S L5 ref ers to t he 8762/ 3/4 an d 876 5x-324 RF s witc h c onn ect ors for Ch 1 t o Ch5. [2] X1 to X5 ref ers to th e 8765x-024 RF switch connector s for Ch1 to Ch5. [3] S V1 t o S V5 r efer s to the N 181x RF sw itch conn ecto rs for Ch1 to Ch 5. [4] X 7 refe rs t o th e co nnec tor fo r ge nera l[...]

16 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide 6 The Agilent Interactive IO dial og bo x wil l ap pear . Clic k Send & Read to send the *IDN? defaul t command. Th e inst rument’s re sponse sho uld appe ar in the In strument Sessi on Hi story pan el . 7 If t he C onnection E xpert can succes sfully communicate w ith t he U2121 A, this indic ates that the[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 1 7 8 Doub le- click Agilent U2121A -Based RF Switch D river Software ic on on y our desktop or go to Start > A ll Pr og rams > A gilen t U212 1A-B ased RF Swit ch D riv er > U212 1A-Bas ed R F S witc h Dr iver S oftw are to l a un c h the software. 9 T h e U 2 1 2 1 A - B a s e d R F S w i t c h D r i v e [...]

18 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide 12 Use the toggle pad dle f or each ch annel in th e program to se lect respe ctive sw itch position. 13 U se t h e ch ec k box an d th e Send Outp ut button in the Genera l Output sectio n to control the output devices co nnected to the RF switches. 14 T o vie w the General I nput Statu s, click the Ref resh Inp[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 1 9 Supp orted Switc hes The U2121 A- 1 01A su pports thre e ty pes of A gil ent RF switc hes as sho wn in Ta ble 9 . U s er c an ch oo se to dr ive t he sa me s wi tc he s in al l fiv e chan nels o r a mixtu re of thre e switch es fo r five channe ls. H o w e v e r , o n l y o n e t y p e o f s w i t c h c a n b e [...]

20 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide Pulse drive Pu lse d r ive m et ho d c ont rols t h e swi t ch es u si ng a ~ 3 0 m s p u l s e . A s sho wn in the figu r e bel o w , the contr ol signal is appl ied to one of the cont r o l bit an d held for the pre set time . Genera l IO Th e re ar e thr e e di g ita l o ut p ut s a nd th r ee di gi tal i n p [...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 2 1 Produ ct Char acte risti cs an d Sp ecifi cation s Ta b l e 8 Gene ral c hara cterist ics of the U212 1A-101 RF swi tch dr iver b oa rd General Ch aracteristics Po wer c ons umpt ion • + 24 VD C, 2.5 A • Iso lated EL V s u pply sour ce Operati ng environ m e nt 0 °C to 40 °C Stor age t emper ature –40 °[...]

22 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide Ta b l e 9 T ype of swit ches suppo rted by U212 1A-1 01 RF switc h driver bo ard Switch/ Attenu ator Refe re nce Doc um en t No . Coil V olt age Conn ection T ype Driv e Option s Agile nt N1810 /11/12 C o axial Swit ches N181 0UL/ TL N181 1TL N181 2TL 5968- 9653 E Opt ion 124 24 V DC Opti on 201 D-Su b 9-pin fem[...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 2 3 Ma intena nce 1 P ower of f y o ur devi ce, unp lug t he DC p o wer ja ck an d remove t he RF sw itch dri v er bo ard in terface cable f rom yo ur de vi ce. 2 Remo ve you r device fro m the p lastic casi ng. 3 Shak e out a ny dirt that may ha ve a ccumulated on the R F switch driver boa rd. 4 Wipe you r RF swi t[...]

24 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide Dis ass emble Proc edur e The f ollo wing steps sho ws t he disas sembl e pro cedu re of the RF s witch driver boa r d from its casing. 1 Remo v e the two scre ws o n either side of the b oard . 2 Remo v e the sid e panel fr om the casing. U2 931A Opera tin g Guid e.boo k Pa ge 24 Tue sday, June 10, 200 8 10 :17 [...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 2 5 3 Remo v e the PCA fr om the casing . 4 The disasse m ble d RF switch d r i ver bo ard is sho wn belo w . U2 931A Opera tin g Guid e.boo k Pa ge 25 Tue sday, June 10, 200 8 10 :17 AM[...]

26 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide Orde ring I nfo T o o r d e r t h e U 2 9 3 1 A R F s w i t c h d r i v e r , p l e a s e s e l e c t t h e U 2 1 2 1 A a n d U212 1A –1 01 o rderin g o ptio ns. Th is will incl ude th e U 2121 A d igit a l IO de vice an d U2121 A–101 RF switch driv er boar d and cable . Y o u ca n also or der the U2 931A RF [...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 2 9 Ap pend ix A : Co nt rol I ns t ruct io ns The COM dri ve r minimu m syste m re quir ements are a s sho wn bel o w . Please adhere t o the f oll o w in g instructions str ictl y to create the COM driver . T o re ad digit al input information. 1 When reading digital input, set t he desire d channel to ON (1) and [...]

30 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide T o set dig ital outp ut. 1 T o enabl e digital ou tput con trol, se t Ch14 to ON (1) . 2 F or ch annel 1 to c hannel 5 , only activated o ne bit at a time. Do not ac tivate bo t h bit s together because this will damage yo ur RF switches. 3 S o m e R F s w i t c h e s w i l l n e e d p u l s e c u r r e n t c o [...]

U212 1A- 10 1 Ope rati ng G uide 3 1 Appe ndix B: Y1157A Cab le Asse mbly I nstructi ons The Y115 7 A is a 10 - pin ri bbon conn ector to 9- p in D- S ub ca ble kit whi ch contains m a t er ials to buil d f our cab les. The key to b uilding the ca bles correc tly is to und erstand the or ientation of the so cke t pins on the distribu tion boa rds a[...]

32 U212 1A- 10 1 Op eratin g G uide Figu re B -2 Y11 57A co nnect or ori entati on and ri bbon ca ble rout ing 3 Mo ve the co nnectors to the end s of the cabl e, allo wing f or so me o v erlap on the D- Sub co nnector end an d strai n reli ef on th e ribb on cabl e connector e nd. No t e t he ori enta tion of th e conne ctors a nd cabl e in Fig u [...]

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