PXI-2529 RF Switch

The PXI-2529 is a 4to1 RF mux. It is made up of 5 SMA's, Four inputs and one COMMON output.
My question is "Can the input be on the COMMON SMA connector and the output be the other four SMA's? In other words, can this switch be operated as a demux?
If the switch is used as a demux, will it still have the same RF characteristics?
Thank you. 

Hey R,
The PXI-2529 is a high density matrix, but yes, you can use our RF muxes (PXI-254x, PXI-255x, PXI-259x) as 'demux' modules.  Note that RF multiplexers with termination (2597, 2545, 2555) are only terminated on the channel side, so you will not be able to terminate the COM channel internal to the module; you can simply terminate one of the output channels and then hook COM to that channel if you need to be able to terminate the COM path.  Have a great day!
-John Sullivan
Analog Engineer

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