Operating Basics
Item
(See Figure 6.)
(See Figure 7.) Description
7
Power connectors. When viewed from the rear of the instrument, the Power Supply 1 connector is
on the right. (
See Figure 3 on page 13.)
8
ECO8000: Opt
ional channels 4–9; each row can be e ither 50 MHz Electronic Fast Switch channels
or 3 GHz Relay Switch channels
ECO8020: Optional channels 6–20; each row can be either 50 MHz Electronic Fast Switch
channels or
3 GHz Relay Switch channels
9
ECO8000: St
andard 50 MHz Electronic Fast Switch channels 1–3.
ECO8020: Standard 50 MHz Electronic Fast Switch channels 1–5.
10
ETHERNET – Standard Ethernet connector used for connecting the instrument to an Ethernet
network. (See page 7, Network installation.)
11
EXPANSION – Standard Ethernet connector u sed for connecting multiple ECO8000 Series
instrume
nt together so that they function as one larger changeover unit. (See page 35, Configure
the Expansion port.)
12
GPIO – 15-pin DSUB c onnector used to connect GPI signals to the ECO8000 Series units. (See
page 22, GPIO connector signal pinouts.)
13
NOTE. The SPG Tr igger signal on this connector (pin 1) will operate even when Option LTC is not
installed. (See page 23, LTC/SPG connector signal pinouts.)
PRIMARY LTC/S PG – 15-pin DSUB connector used to connect LTC and GPI signals from Tektronix
SPG8000 or TG8000 generators to the ECO8000 Series units. (See page 31, Configure the SPG
trigger input.)
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NOTE. The SPG Trigger signals on this connector (pins 1 and 2) will operate even when Option
LTC i
s not installed. (See page 24, LTC OUT connector signal pinouts.)
Option LTC only: LTC OUT – 15-pin DSUB connector for connecting LTC signals. The LTC1
signal can be be configured as an input using the CHANNEL menu. (See page 62, CHANNEL
men
u.)(See page 31, Configure the SPG trigger input.)
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NOTE. The SPG Tr igger signal on this connector (pin 1) will operate even when Option LTC is not
installed. (See page 23, LTC/SPG connector signal pinouts.)
BACKUP LTC/SPG – 15-pin DSUB connector used to connect LTC and GPI signals from Tektronix
SPG8000 or TG8000 generators to the ECO8000 Series units. (See page 31, Configure the SPG
trigger input.)
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