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EX7000 Series Web Page Operation 

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An example of the EX7000 Soft Front Panel page can be seen in Figure 4-4. By accessing this 
page, the various switch modules, attenuators, and other devices connected to the EX7000 can be 
viewed, identified, and commanded. 

 

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Summary of Contents for EX7000 SERIES

Page 1: ...EX7000 SERIES MICROWAVE SWITCH ASSEMBLIES WITH LXI COMPLIANT LAN INTERFACE USER S MANUAL P N 82 0121 000 Release December 14 2007 VXI Technology Inc 2031 Main Street Irvine CA 92614 6509 949 955 1894...

Page 2: ...VXI Technology Inc 2 EX7000 Series Preface...

Page 3: ...mon Features 10 Interactive Control 11 Relay Drive Control 12 Interfacing with Other Components 13 Features 13 Relay Odometer 13 Exclude Lists 13 Scan Lists 13 Configuration Table 13 Programmable MBB...

Page 4: ...oft Front Panel 28 Network Configuration 29 Time Configuration 31 Device Identify 33 Upgrade 33 Reset 34 Reboot 34 SECTION 5 35 THEORY OF OPERATION 35 Introduction 35 System Overview 35 Open Collector...

Page 5: ...s for products returned to VTI from another country VTI Microwave warrants that its software and firmware designated by VTI Microwave for use with a product will execute its programming when properly...

Page 6: ...equirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the EMC Directive 89 366 EEC inclusive 93 68 EEC and carries the CE mark accordingly The product has been designed and manufactured according to...

Page 7: ...ce with EN 50419 Marking of electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with Article 11 2 of Directive 2002 96 EC WEEE End of life product can be returned to VTI by obtaining an RMA number Fees...

Page 8: ...A 92614 6509 Phone 949 955 1894 Fax 949 955 3041 VXI Technology Cleveland Instrument Division 5425 Warner Road Suite 13 Valley View OH 44125 Phone 216 447 8950 Fax 216 447 8951 VXI Technology Lake Ste...

Page 9: ...plus any additional active or passive components that may be required Every member of the EX7000 series comes with an LXI compliant LAN interface EX71HD High Density 26 GHz Modular Microwave Switchin...

Page 10: ...allowing a customer to add their own RF and microwave components to the front and rear panels as well as the removable mezzanine that is located at approximately the mid way point between the top and...

Page 11: ...g which provides a JAVA applet for interactively configuring the box for its specific configuration as well as allowing for the direct control of components A functional list of the actual components...

Page 12: ...gh current drivers which are divided into twelve sections of six lines Each section consists of six high current drive lines six indicator status bits one reset line four relay ID bits one relay power...

Page 13: ...r Each relay drive line has an associated odometer which tracks the number of times a relay coil has been actuated This data is written to non volatile memory and can be called from application code o...

Page 14: ...Flash ROM Single command response time 32 MB 8 MB 3 ms RELAY DRIVER BOARD RDB RELAY POWER 5 V to 48 V Three power pins each connected to four relay driver connections RELAY DRIVERS 72 open drain high...

Page 15: ...e cord All components should be immediately inspected for damage upon receipt of the unit INSTALLATION LOCATION The EX7000 is designed to be largely insensitive to external electrical magnetic and the...

Page 16: ...FIGURATION With its default network configuration the EX7000 will attempt to locate a DHCP server If one is found the IP address assigned by the DHCP server will be used Otherwise after a timeout of 2...

Page 17: ...0D 3F 01 FE FE 169 254 254 254 00 0D 3F 01 FF FE 169 254 254 254 TABLE 2 1 AUTOIP DEFAULT ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT If a static IP address assignment is preferred one can be optionally assigned via the embe...

Page 18: ...VXI Technology Inc 18 EX7000 Series Preparation for Use...

Page 19: ...ccess and control of the internal microwave components REAR PANEL VIEW The rear panel of the EX7000 contains an ac power entry module an ac power switch an Ethernet 10 100 Base T connection a general...

Page 20: ...O port on the rear panel of the instrument This port can be used as a trigger source and as a general purpose output device The digital I O connector is a standard DB 9 with the following pin assignm...

Page 21: ...UT 0 5 V to 5 5 V VIH 2 V min VIL 0 8 V max VOH IOH 32 mA 2 V min VOL IOL 64 mA 0 55 V max TABLE 3 1 DIGITAL I O PORT ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Purpose I O The EX72SF features an additional 32...

Page 22: ...contains two rear facing alignment pins that fit into holes on the front panel These pins only allow full insertion of the switch into the EX71HD enclosure opening when properly aligned NOTE Before p...

Page 23: ...are mounted on special carriers for installation into the EX72SF and are delivered this way if ordered separately from the factory The SP4T and SP6T switches mount directly in the lower openings and...

Page 24: ...nsert the ribbon cable connector into the mating connector on the switch module Align the ribbon cable connector tab with the release tab on the switch s connector Press the ribbon cable connector fir...

Page 25: ...ng Model Manufacturer Serial Number Description LXI Class LXI Version Hostname MAC Address IP Address Netmask Firmware version This page is accessible from any other instrument page by clicking on the...

Page 26: ...screen is done with the Tab key The Enter key has the same function as clicking the Submit button and cannot be used for navigation FIGURE 4 2 EX7000 MAIN WEB PAGE Password Protection Once the IP add...

Page 27: ...security should consider using private dedicated subnets firewalls etc to limit access to the instrument on the network VXI Technology Logo The VXI Technology logo that appears on the upper left of a...

Page 28: ...T PANEL An example of the EX7000 Soft Front Panel page can be seen in Figure 4 4 By accessing this page the various switch modules attenuators and other devices connected to the EX7000 can be viewed i...

Page 29: ...he second to last and last octets of the device s MAC address However X will be set to 1 if it is 0 in the MAC address and to 254 if it is 255 in the MAC address for conformance with the AutoIP specif...

Page 30: ...he DHCP server would be assigned to the EX7000 at power up initialization without having to manually set it on the EX7000 The DHCP server configuration provides a centralized controlled database of as...

Page 31: ...he instrument cannot reach the Internet Manual time entry is not affected by the Time Zone control and does not require an instrument reboot to be activated However manually specified time is volatile...

Page 32: ...VXI Technology Inc 32 EX7000 Series Web Page Operation FIGURE 4 7 TIME CONFIGURATION WEB PAGE SNTP FIGURE 4 8 TIME CONFIGURATION WEB PAGE PTP...

Page 33: ...B PAGE UPGRADE This action page is used to upgrade the embedded firmware of the EX7000 Prior to initiating the firmware upgrade process a new uncompressed firmware image must be obtained from VXI Tech...

Page 34: ...to reboot the instrument Once the reboot is complete reconnect and confirm on the Index page that the firmware revision level has been properly updated RESET This action page is used to return the EX...

Page 35: ...1 FUNCTIONAL BLOCK DIAGRAM SYSTEM OVERVIEW Using the drivers provided with the EX7000 commands are issued from the host PC to the Digital Controller Board DCB The DCB in turn controls the operation o...

Page 36: ...system OPEN COLLECTOR VS TTL DRIVE LINES The EX7300 and EX7400 relay drive connectors reside on a RDBs that are partitioned into three banks J2 through J5 constitute bank 0 J6 through J10 bank 1 and J...

Page 37: ...k the necessary current through the coils effectively switching the relay The user can program the relay settling time for each RDB The relay control can be operated in two modes Pulse and Continuous...

Page 38: ...This value will be used as both pulse width and settling time FIGURE 5 5 PULSE OPERATION MODE NOTE There is no current monitoring capability on the EX7000 It is the user s responsibility to estimate...

Page 39: ...n Initialize LXI Trigger Bus 20 M MAC address 16 29 MDSN See multicast domain name system multicast domain name system 30 N network configuration resetting See LAN configuration initialize network con...

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