The Racal Instruments™ 1260-117/A is a 52/20-channel, SPDT (Form C) plug-in switch card for the Adapt-a-Switch™ platform. It quickly and easily plugs into the front of Racal Instruments™ 1260-100 and 1260-101 VXI Adapt-a-Switch™ carriers or the Racal Instruments™ 1256 GPIB/Ethernet and 1256L (LXI 2011 Core Compliant) switching mainframes.
The large number of channels provided by the 1260-117/117A allows a significant portion of a switching configuration to be realized in a single slot of a switching subsystem, saving valuable VXIbus chassis space.
Interface connectors are not provided with the 1260-117/117A and must be ordered separately; however, a six-foot unterminated cable assembly is available as a standard option. For the 1260-117/117A, 2 A DIN crimp-style connectors or low-cost 1 A IDC ribbon cable connectors are also available as options.
The Racal Instruments™ Option 01T interface (for VXI) controls the 1260-117/117A, using either register-based or message-based commands. The 1256 (for GPIB/Ethernet) and 1256L (for LXI) support message-based operations. Refer to the Option 01T, 1256, and 1256L literature for more information about product specifications and features such as include, exclude, scan lists, user-defined path names, and reset states.
The Adapt-a-Switch™ series includes VXIplug&play support for frameworks based on Win32 application propgramming interface, including drivers for LabWindows™/CVI and LabVIEW™.