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Redback A 4585 Operating Manual

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A 4585
A 4586
Operating Manual
A 4585
Zone Paging System
A 4586 Paging Console (Optional)
Redback® Proudly Made In Australia
Distributed by Altronic Distributors Pty. Ltd.
Phone: 1300 780 999 Fax: 1300 790 999 Internet: www.altronics.com.au
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please read these instructions carefully from front to back prior to installation.
They include important setup instructions.
Failure to follow these instructions may prevent the unit from working as designed.
User manual revision number: 1.6 11/04/2019

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  • Page 1 Operating Manual A 4585 Zone Paging System A 4586 Paging Console (Optional) Redback® Proudly Made In Australia Distributed by Altronic Distributors Pty. Ltd. Phone: 1300 780 999 Fax: 1300 790 999 Internet: www.altronics.com.au IMPORTANT NOTE: Please read these instructions carefully from front to back prior to installation.
  • Page 2 Australian Made Status All Redback house products made by Altronics will now be sporting the official Australian Made logo. Since starting manufacturing of commercial audio equipment in the mid 70’s we have always taken pride in producing a quality local product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System 1.0 Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Features 1.3 What’s in the box 1.4 Front panel guide 1.5 Rear panel connections 2.0 Setup 2.1 Setup Guide 2.2 Switching 100V Speaker Levels 2.2.1 Single Amplifier 100V Line Switching 2.2.2 Two Amplifier 100V Line Switching...

  • Page 4: Overview

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Overview 1.0 OVERVIEW 1.1 INTRODUCTION This unit is a very versatile cost effective public address/background music control system which provides audio to up to 16 zones. Background music which can be selected to play through any zone is muted when general paging occurs or when an evacuation input overrides the system.

  • Page 5: Front Panel Guide

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Overview 1.4 FRONT PANEL GUIDE Fig 1.4A shows the layout of the A 4585 front panel. A 4585 Zone Background Music Selector BGM Vol Mic Vol Communicator System Evac Active Active Power Fig 1.4A Zone Background music selector switches Use these switches to turn on or off the background music to a zone.

  • Page 6: Rear Panel Connections

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Overview 1.5 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS Fig 1.5A shows the layout of the A 4585 rear panel. DIP Switch Settings 100V Switching - 1 AMP SYSTEM - Connect PA amp 100V output to “From PA AMP” Terminals From 2 AMP SYSTEM - Connect PA amp 100V output to “From PA AMP”...

  • Page 7: Setup

    WARNING : For correct operation the dip switches 1 & 2 need to be set before using the unit. If the A 4585 is being used in single amplifier mode (see section 2.2.1) dip switch 1 must be set to “ON”...

  • Page 8: Switching 100V Speaker Levels

    A background music source such as a CD player is connected to the BGM input (RCA connectors) on the rear of the A 4585. The amplifier audio connection is from the “PA Out” RCA sockets on the rear of the A 4585. This is a line level signal and must be connected to a Line/Aux input on the amplifier.

  • Page 9: Two Amplifier 100V Line Switching

    A 4585. The zone 100V speakers are wired to the “+” and “-” terminals only on the rear of the A 4585 as shown in Fig 2.2A. (Note: the earth connection is not used for 100V switching system. This terminal is used when switching line level signals.)

  • Page 10: Switching Line Level Signals

    2.3 SWITCHING LINE LEVELS The A 4585 can also be used to switch line level signals. Amplifiers are not connected to the PA OUT or BGM OUT of the A 4585. Instead each zone has its own dedicated amplifer which can then feed multiple areas. Background music and the evacuation tones are still supplied by the A 4585 and are fed into each zone amplifier.

  • Page 11: Evac Inputs

    The second type of evac input is in the form of a dual RCA audio input on the rear of the unit labelled Evac Input (see Fig 2.4b). The trigger level is adjusted via the evac vox sensitivity control of the back of the A 4585. Once the evac input is triggered, background music will be muted to all zones.
  • Page 12 Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Setup Guide EVACUATION INPUT TRIGGERING VIA EVAC INPUT (DUAL RCA) Evac input vox sensitivity set by this trimpot. A 4586 Communicator Store Lock On CAT5e cable Recall REDBACK A 4586 8 Zone Communicator Version 1.1...

  • Page 13: V Dc Switched Output

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Setup Guide This is set by Dip Switch 3 (see section 1.5) The 24V DC output can be used to operate attenuators fitted with override relays, evacuation strobes (with the addition of external relays and DC supplies), or any other fire evacuation equipment operated of 24V DC. It is important that any product connected to the 24V DC output not draw more than 100mA maximum.

  • Page 14: Paging Console

    A maximum of 8 paging consoles can be connected to the A 4585 at the same time. These work in a “first in, best dressed” arrangement. The consoles can be cascaded together or wired back to the A 4585 (see section 3.1.3 to 3.1.5 for details).

  • Page 15: Features

    A maximum of eight consoles can be connected at one time but only used in certain configurations. There are four RJ45 ports on the back of the A 4585 which can be used to connect the A 4586 paging consoles. Each port can accomodate a maximum of 1 paging console without the aid of external power supplies.

  • Page 16: Cascading The Paging Consoles

    2, consoles 3 & 7 to port 3 and consoles 4 & 8 are connected to Port 4. Please note: A maximum of 2 paging consoles can be connected per RJ45 port on the A 4585. Each additional paging console has a dedicated power supply and the Cat5e cable run can be no longer than 300m.

  • Page 17: Store And Recall Groups Of Zones

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Paging Console 3.1.7 Store & recall groups of zones Two function keys labelled store and recall may be used to program groups of zones into a single number recall, just as your telephone might have a “quick dial” memory function.

  • Page 18: Troubleshooting

    Keyboard not detected Remove & reinsert keyboard on A 4586 Try another keyboard Turn A 4585 off and repeat setup Make sure the keyboard is a USB/PS2 keyboard (altronics D 2111) 4.2 RJ45 cabling configuration for system components (586A ‘Straight through’) System components are connected using “pin to pin”...

  • Page 19: Specifications

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Specifications 5.0 SPECIFICATIONS A 4585 Control Unit 4 x RJ45 8P8C Paging console inputs: Cat5e cabling max 300m Data transmission: Mic level control, Front panel controls: BGM (background music) level con- Front panel indicators:...

  • Page 20: A 4586 Programming Sheets

    Redback® A 4585 Zone Paging System Programming Sheets 6.0 A 4586 Programming Sheet Each A 4586 can store 8 groups of zones using the store & recall function. This permits quick selection of multiple paging zones. Use the set up sheet below to select the groups of zones. Group names have a maximum of 10 characters. A PDF form version of this is available for download on the A 4586 product page at www.altronics.com.au.

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