Safety ARC-2 and ARC-2i Menu ARCs What Ships in the Box Important Safety CAUTION Instructions • A Menu ARC hardware device. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK • ARC-2 only: One PS-6 (domestic) or DO NOT OPEN Read these instructions. PS-6E (export) power supply which Keep these instructions. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR WARNING: provides 9 VDC @ 500 mA.
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DO NOT plug the ARC connectors on Symetrix products into any RJ-45 connector labeled “SYMLINK” , “ETHERNET” or “COBRANET” The “ARC” RJ-45 connectors on Symetrix products can carry anywhere from 6 to 24 VDC which can damage SymLink, Ethernet and CobraNet circuitry.
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Overview type barrier strips. Intuitive Navigation: Pressing the menu button navigates through The ARC-2 and ARC-2i, known together the menu names. The menu button also as the Menu ARCs, are menu-driven acts as a preset trigger when a preset list remote controls for Symetrix DSPs.
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CAT5 cable. These ports Refer to the RS485 Termination may be used to chain multiple ARCs section for more information. or to home run back to any Symetrix rack mount device with an ARC port. ARC Audio Grounding Legend S4: Device Address DIP Switches Configures the device’s RS485...
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Power (+V) cable increases, so does the resistive line loss, which lowers Note: The ARC Audio lines may be grounded at the Symetrix Rack-mount the voltage available at each subsequent ARC. The actual device and the ARC wall panel to provide additional distance.
ARC Audio • RS-485 Termination • Device Addressing Quick Start Guide RS-485 Termination Audio to transport audio signals back to a Symetrix rack mount device. The Menu ARCs feature an RS-485 termination jumper. Note 1: The original Menu ARC remote (simply named Jumper J7 next to the RS-485 terminal block (J8) enables “ARC”) does not support ARC Audio lines and will ground and disables termination. Terminated and Open positions are the audio lines if connected.
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Baud Rate Select • Sample System Diagram ARC-2 and ARC-2i Menu ARCs Device Addressing Baud Rate Select Every RS-485 device (including all Menu ARCs, Modular J10 on the Menu ARC sets the RS-485 baud rate for the ARCs, and Control I/Os) connected to the same RS-485 bus device. Jumpered = 38.4 kbps, Open = 115.2 kbps. All must be uniquely identified. The Menu ARCs use a bank of devices on the same RS-485 bus must be set to the same five DIP switches (S4) to designate one of thirty-one device rate. Additionally, the device hosting the RS-485 bus must addresses. Addressing is done in a binary fashion. Some be switched to the appropriate rate.
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Sample System Diagrams Quick Start Guide Sample System Diagram: Symetrix Integrator Series Restaurant Application Restaurant Application RC-4: Volume and MS-1: Ambient Source Selection Speakers Noise Sensing Paging Mic ARC-2i Speakers ARC-2i: Main Volume Speakers Paging Mic and Preset Selection CD Player...
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