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© 2009 National Instruments Corporation. All rights reserved.

375861A

Aug09

Specifications

Maximum voltage ..................................................300 V, CAT II

Caution

 A total power load greater than 400 A

2

×

channels will damage the GMCT20 cable under 

certain conditions. Refer to the 

NI PXI-2586 Specifications

 for example calculations and additional 

information about load derating.

Maximum current

Per channel.....................................................12 A

Simultaneous channelsat maximum current ..........2

Weight

GMCT20-GMCT20 .......................................499 g (17.6 oz)

GMCT20-BARE WIRE.................................748 g (26.4 oz)

Environment

Operating temperature ...........................................0 °C to 55 °C

Storage temperature ...............................................–20 °C to 70 °C

Relative humidity...................................................5% to 85%, noncondensing

Pollution Degree ....................................................2

Maximum altitude..................................................2,000 m

Indoor use only.

M

PINK

CH4 (M)

CH4 (M)

N

TAN

CH1 (N)

P

RED/GREEN

CH8 (P)

CH8 (P)

R

RED/YELLOW

COM4 (R)

S

RED/BLACK

CH2 (S)

COM2 (S)

T

WHITE/BLACK

COM9 (T)

U

WHITE/RED

COM0 (U)

CH3 (U)

V

WHITE/GREEN

CH2 (V)

W

WHITE/YELLOW

CH9 (W)

CH9 (W)

X

WHITE/BLUE

CH3 (X)

COM3 (X)

Table 2.  

Pin Assignment for GMCT20-BARE WIRE Cable (Continued)

GMCT20 Pin

Wire Label

NI PXI-2585 Channel

NI PXI-2586 Channel

Summary of Contents for GMCT20

Page 1: ...this guide The symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options to a final action The sequence File Page Setup Options directs you to pull down the File menu select the Page Setup it...

Page 2: ...r application Refer to Figures 1 through 3 for illustrations of the cable and refer to Figure 4 for an illustration of the connector Caution Always de energize hazardous voltage sources before connect...

Page 3: ...ions section to determine how to connect signals to your application Connect the second GMCT20 connector on the cable to your application Connect the unterminated wires to your application Figure 2 GM...

Page 4: ...GMCT20 GMCT20 BARE WIRE The following sections describe each of the configurations GMCT20 GMCT20 Cable The GMCT20 GMCT20 cable is recommended for connecting the switch module to your system Use the pi...

Page 5: ...s to your application In the following table letters in parentheses reference the pin designators of the connector J COM5 J K CH1 K COM1 K L COM8 L M CH4 M CH4 M N CH1 N P CH8 P CH8 P R COM4 R S CH2 S...

Page 6: ...ower load greater than 400 A2 channels will damage the GMCT20 cable under certain conditions Refer to the NI PXI 2586 Specifications for example calculations and additional information about load dera...

Page 7: ...GMCT20 300 V CAT II NI GMCT20 NI PXI 2585 NI PXI 2586 NI PXI 2585 NI PXI 2586 GMCT20 2 GMCT20 GMCT20 GMCT20 BARE WIRE 1 2 GMCT20 2 4 4 GMCT20 GMCT20 4 GMCT20 BARE WIRE 5 6 6 monospace...

Page 8: ...GMCT20 2 ni com jp GMCT20 NI PXI 2585 NI PXI 2586 1 4 0 6 cm GMCT20 1 3 4 1 1 GMCT20 1 NI PXI 2585 2 1 4 0 6 cm 1 2 GMCT20 3 NI PXI 2585 NI PXI 2585 10x1 Power Multiplexer 3 2 1...

Page 9: ...National Instruments Corporation 3 GMCT20 3 1 2 2 GMCT20 2 GMCT20 GMCT20 3 GMCT20 BARE WIRE 1 GMCT20 2 1 GMCT20 2 3 20 1 1 2 2 1 2 3...

Page 10: ...GMCT20 2 GMCT20 4 GMCT20 4 GMCT20 GMCT20 2 GMCT20 GMCT20 GMCT20 BARE WIRE GMCT20 GMCT20 GMCT20 GMCT20 1 GMCT20 GMCT20 NI 1 GMCT20 GMCT20 GMCT20 P1 P2 NI PXI 2585 NI PXI 2586 A CH6 A CH6 A B COM6 B C...

Page 11: ...M1 K L COM8 L M CH4 M CH4 M N CH1 N P CH8 P CH8 P R COM4 R S CH2 S COM2 S T COM9 T U COM0 U CH3 U V CH2 V W CH9 W CH9 W X CH3 X COM3 X 2 GMCT20 BARE WIRE GMCT20 NI PXI 2585 NI PXI 2586 A CH6 A CH6 A B...

Page 12: ...2009 National Instruments Corporation All rights reserved 375861A 01 2009 8 300 V CAT II 400 A2 GMCT20 NI PXI 2586 12 A 2 GMCT20 GMCT20 499 g 17 6 oz GMCT20 BARE WIRE 748 g 26 4 oz 0 55 20 70 5 85 2 2...

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