
VXI Technology, Inc.
SM8000 Series Preface 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Certification ......................................................................................................................................................6
Warranty ...........................................................................................................................................................6
Limitation of Warranty .....................................................................................................................................6
Restricted Rights Legend..................................................................................................................................6
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY..............................................................................................................................7
GENERAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ...........................................................................................................................9
Terms and Symbols...........................................................................................................................................9
Warnings...........................................................................................................................................................9
SUPPORT RESOURCES............................................................................................................................................11
SECTION 1 ...................................................................................................................................................................13
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................................13
Overview.........................................................................................................................................................13
SM8000 Series - Optical Switch Controller....................................................................................................14
SM8001 / SM8002 - Multi-Channel Switches................................................................................................15
Configurations.................................................................................................................................................15
SM8001 / SM8002 Multi Switch Specifications ............................................................................................17
SM8003 - Prism Switches...............................................................................................................................18
Configurations.................................................................................................................................................18
SM8101 / SM8102 - Optical Attenuators.......................................................................................................20
SECTION 2 ...................................................................................................................................................................21
PREPARATION FOR USE...........................................................................................................................................21
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................21
Calculating System Power and Cooling Requirements...................................................................................21
Setting the Chassis Backplane Jumpers..........................................................................................................21
Setting the Logical Address............................................................................................................................22
Example 1 .......................................................................................................................................................22
Example 2 .......................................................................................................................................................23
Selecting the Extended Memory Space...........................................................................................................23
Optical Connections........................................................................................................................................24
Cleaning Optical Connectors ..........................................................................................................................24
Mating Optical Connectors.............................................................................................................................24
SECTION 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................25
OPERATION.............................................................................................................................................................25
General Description ........................................................................................................................................25
SM8001 / SM8002 - Multi-Channel Switches................................................................................................25
SM8003 - Prism Switches...............................................................................................................................26
SM8101 / SM8102 - Optical Attenuators.......................................................................................................27
Operation.........................................................................................................................................................28
SM8001 / SM8002 - Multi-Channel Switches................................................................................................28
Resetting the Switch..................................................................................................................................28
Relay Registers - Output Channel Selection..............................................................................................28
1 x N Switch Configuration.......................................................................................................................29
Duplex 1 x N Switch Configuration..........................................................................................................30
2 x N Blocking Switch Configuration.......................................................................................................31
2 x N Non-Blocking Switch Configuration...............................................................................................32
Calculating Switching Time ......................................................................................................................33
SM8003 - Prism Switches...............................................................................................................................34
SM8101 / SM8102 - Optical Attenuators.......................................................................................................34
Starting the Device ....................................................................................................................................35
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