GENERAL DESCRIPTION The PS 230 is a dual channel speaker station designed for use in an ASL analog intercom system and provides full duplex communications. The unit incorporates a loudspeaker, a gooseneck microphone and a headset connector The PS 230 RM model has, instead of a gooseneck mic, a small built-in electrets mic.
The PS 230 is fully protected against wiring mistakes (reverse power) or short circuit in the interconnecting cables. A kit is available for mounting the PS 230 in a 19" rack, taking 2U of rack space. FRONTPANEL CONTROLS & CONNECTORS VOLUME control knobs To adjust the listen level for the headset and the loudspeaker.
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TALK buttons This push buttons (one for each channel) activates the gooseneck or headset micro- phone. The large green LED indicates if the microphone is switched on. Momentary switching: If the TALK button is pushed and held, the microphone signal is sent to the intercom channel until the button is released.
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To adjust the volume of the internal buzzer. The buzzer is activated if a CALL button of the PS 230 is pushed (or a CALL button of any other station on a channel to which the PS 230 is connected) longer than 2 seconds, provided there is no ‘buzzer mute’ on one of the channels.
LOUDSPEAKER A high quality 16 Ω loudspeaker SIDE PANEL CONNECTORS LINE connectors These connectors are for connecting the PS 230 to the intercom system. XLR-3 pin assignments : 0 V /ground shield +30V power wire audio wire The female connector is for input, the male connector for extending the in- tercom line to other stations.
The trimmers can be reached as follows: remove the screws of the bottom plate • slide the plate to one side and take it out • take away the plastic isolation plate • The two trimmers are labeled : ‘GOOSE’ for the gooseneck microphone ‘HEADS’...
PARTY LINE, TECHNICAL CONCEPT User stations and power supplies in an ASL intercom system are connected via one or several 'party lines'. A party line offers two-way (‘full duplex’) communication and consists of standard micro- phone (multi-pair) cable. One wire is used as an audio line, one as a power line and the screen of the cable functions as earth/return.
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Use high quality cable Use high quality microphone cable (shielded two conductor cable, minimum 2x 0.30 mm2). In case multi-pair microphone cable is used, there should be an overall shield and each pair should consist of two conductors (minimum 2x 0.15 mm2) with separate shield Use flexible cable Use flexible single and multi-pair microphone cable instead of cable with solid cores, especially when the cable is subjected to bending during operation or installation.
ASL powered units to a 'clean' mains outlet Master stations or power supplies should be connected to a mains outlet with a clean earth. Other audio equipment may be connected to this mains outlet, but avoid using an outlet which also powers dimmer controlled lighting systems.
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