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RST Flexi-Mux Instruction Manual
ELM0029B RST Instruments Ltd. Page ii
T
ABLE OF
C
ONTENTS
1 O
VERVIEW
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2 F
UNCTION
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3 C
OMPATIBILITY
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4 P
HYSICAL
D
ESCRIPTION
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4.1 Layout ............................................................................................................... 3
4.2 Dimensions ....................................................................................................... 4
4.3 Connection Details ............................................................................................ 4
5 O
PERATION
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5.1 Control Terminals .............................................................................................. 6
5.1.1 Reset ...................................................................................................... 6
5.1.2 Clock ....................................................................................................... 7
5.1.3 Ground .................................................................................................... 7
5.2 DIP Switch Settings........................................................................................... 7
5.3 Connection Examples ....................................................................................... 8
5.3.1 2-Wire Serial Switching ........................................................................... 8
5.3.2 4-Wire Serial Switching ........................................................................... 9
5.3.3 4-Wire Switching with Separate Excitation ............................................ 10
5.3.4 8-Wire Series/Parallel Switching ........................................................... 13
5.4 Datalogger Programming ................................................................................ 13
6 S
PECIFICATIONS
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S
AMPLE
P
ROGRAMMING
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A-1. 2-Wire Serial Switching .................................................................................... 15
A-2. 4-Wire Serial Switching .................................................................................... 16
A-3. 4-Wire Switching with Separate Excitation ....................................................... 17
A-4. 8-Wire Series/Parallel Switching....................................................................... 24
L
IST OF
F
IGURES
Figure 2-1 Flexi-Mux cascading feature ..................................................................................... 2
Figure 4-1 Flexi-Mux layout ........................................................................................................ 3
Figure 4-2 Flexi-mux dimension ................................................................................................. 4
Figure 4-3 Connector detail ........................................................................................................ 5
Figure 5-1 Flexi-Mux to CR6 datalogger power/control hookup .................................................. 6
Figure 5-2 DIP switch location .................................................................................................... 8
Figure 5-3 A CR6 connecting a Flexi-Mux and an MPBX ........................................................... 9
Figure 5-4 Flexi-Mux with VW instruments and AWV200 ......................................................... 10
Figure 5-5 Flexi-Mux with biaxial IPIs and VWP ....................................................................... 11
Figure 5-6 Flexi-Mux IPI27050 series ....................................................................................... 12
Figure 5-7 Flexi-Mux wired in parallel to switch 8-wires ............................................................ 13