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User Manual: NEO System SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Please read carefully these safety instructions: • Keep this User Manual for future reference. Power connectors must stay accessible for disconnection and power cord must be • placed where people will not step or stumble. Unplug the equipment from the AC/DC before cleaning.
User Manual: NEO System Contents INTRODUCTION ........................ 6 DESCRIPTION ........................7 Indicators ........................7 2.1.1 General Status Indicators ..................7 2.1.2 Channel Status Indicators ..................8 2.1.3 Supervised Function Indicators ................8 2.1.4 Emergency Source Indicators ................9 Controls ........................9 2.2.1 Direct Access Controls ..................
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User Manual: NEO System 3.2.4 Deactivating the Emergency State ...............26 3.2.5 Emergency State Log ..................27 3.2.6 Voice Evacuation Zone Volume Adjustment ............27 Failure .........................27 3.3.1 Failure State Log ....................27 3.3.2 Reset Failure’s State ....................27 Disarming ........................28 3.4.1 Deactivating/Activating A Zone ................28 3.4.2 Disarm Log ......................28 PA Mode ........................28...
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User Manual: NEO System Power Supply ......................50 Link ..........................51 System ........................51 MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS ..................52 TECHNICAL FEATURES ....................53 Appendix A: EN 54-16 features ..................55 Appendix B: LOG Content ....................56 State of Emergency Log .....................56 State of Failure Log .....................56 State of Disarmed Log ....................56 Appendix C: Cabling section for speaker lines.
Its high performance, versatility and audio quality make it also a powerful and cost-effective background music and paging system for all types of facilities. This document is valid for the following equipment in the NEO series: • NEO8060. Main system controller. Includes all the main functions required for the PA/VA system.
User Manual: NEO System DESCRIPTION The main controller of the PA/VA system manages all audio inputs of the system, either conventional or emergency inputs, and routes them to the existing zones. The NEO controller follows all the requirements in accordance with EN 54-16 and EN 60849 standards. In order to enlarge the system, there are different NEO-Extension models that can be connected to the main controller by redundant Ethernet connection.
User Manual: NEO System DIS: “Disarmed” / “Disabled” - Amber Active (on) when any zone from the voice alarm zones is disabled. PA: “Public Address” - White Active when the equipment is not in a state of emergency. 2.1.2 Channel Status Indicators The channel status indicators show the channel operating state or condition at all times.
User Manual: NEO System LINK: “Link” Active (on) when there is a link failure between the equipment and some element of the distributed system. Reset fault condition. If the fault persists, see chapter 5.5 for its resolution. Amber colour. SYSTEM: “System” Active (on) when there is a failure in the execution of the equipment's software, or in its memory.
User Manual: NEO System EMG: “Emergency” Allows access to the emergency status menu. When the equipment or system is in this state, the user will be taken directly to the window with extended information about the state of emergency. To continue operating the equipment, press the "BACK" button. FLT: “Fault”...
User Manual: NEO System 2.2.6 Control Window The following describes the information that can be viewed in the control window continuously. Navigation Level In the upper right side there is the menu level indicator in which the user is located. As we examine the menu it displays a higher level.
User Manual: NEO System 2.2.7 Zone Selection Window In the zone selection window, choose a zone/zones to make a selection. Choosing a zone that has already been selected will unselect it. When the zone is selected, the button will show a band. There may be zones that are not displayed on screen, to scroll through the zone selection window, use the scroll controls, located at the right...
Inputs and Outputs Figure 6 - Inputs and Outputs This chapter describes the rear connectors of the NEO series equipment. Depending on the model, the equipment will or will not include some of the types described in this section and quantity may vary.
User Manual: NEO System The monitoring interfaces, for emergency power supply and general inputs/outputs for activating the emergency, are available in all equipment of the NEO series. From the configuration software it is possible to select which ones will be used.
User Manual: NEO System 2.4.2 Emergency Activation Interface Figure 8 - Emergency Activation Interface The emergency activation interface is indicated to perform an interconnection with a fire control and indication equipment (CIE). All input connections are supervised in order to detect fault in the transmission line.
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User Manual: NEO System Marking Description Type Signals Activation Voltage-free contact closure between Input for Reset of the Emegency State ┴ Input ┴ Supervised input Figure 9 (see Voltage-free contact closure between ┴ Emergency State activation input Input ┴ Supervised input Figure 9 (see Table 2 - General Emergency Inputs...
User Manual: NEO System Marking Description Type Signals Activation Voltage-free contact closure between Activation of the Emergency State ┴ Input in the Zone X Input ┴ Supervised Input (see Figure 9 Table 4 - Emergency-Zone Activation Inputs 2.4.3 Speaker Line Device Interface Attenuator Override Input The equipment has 8 outputs for overriding attenuators in the PA line.
User Manual: NEO System 2.4.4 External Systems Slot Interface The equipment has a slot where the ETX-1 module can be integrated. This module allows connection to NEO-Extension units, the control, monitoring and configuration through the data network, the reception of audio sources from the data network and the integration with third- party systems.
**NOTE 2: Flexnet mode will have Control Data in VLAN1 + Audio Data in VLAN2. For more information about Flexnet, see chapter 4.3. 2.4.5 Power Supply Every piece of equipment in the NEO series has double redundant power supply. Rev.0.3...
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User Manual: NEO System AC Line Voltage Selector The equipment has an AC line voltage selector 230V / 115V, by default in the 230V position. Check the local line voltage to configure the selector. Figure 19 - AC Line Voltage Selector Marking Description Type Signals Activation...
User Manual: NEO System Marking Description Type Signals Activation 20 - 28V DC 20-28V Emergency Power Supply Input Input Maximum Power: see technical data (Chapter ) Table 12 - Emergency Supply Input 2.4.6 Speaker Lines Spare Channels Input The equipment has 8 input back-up amplifier channels per each internal amplifier.
User Manual: NEO System XA Speakers line A of amplification channel X. XB Speakers line B of amplification channel X. Table 14 - Speaker Line Outputs 2.4.7 Inputs Outputs of Audio Sources Record Output The equipment has a line level balanced audio output, which includes a switching signal active at low level (TTL).
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User Manual: NEO System Table 16 – Microphone Input NOTE: This connection is not compatible with standard Ethernet. Audio Line Level Output The equipment has 8 balanced audio line level outputs, one per amplification channel. The audio signal will be the same, routed at each amplifier. The connection is made using 8 female euroblock type connectors of 3 contacts and pitch 0.14 →...
User Manual: NEO System PA-Live Audio Sources The model NEO4500LE has audio inputs for use in PA-LIVE mode. This inputs will be activated through the configuration software and are dedicated to those cases where it is preferred not to control the audio input from the NEO system. In this case, audio inputs go directly to the amplifier outputs.
User Manual: NEO System Table 20 - CIE Advanced Port Integration through RS-485 FUNCTIONING System Booting Before connecting the equipment to the electricity network, check that the equipment's rated voltage selector, located at the rear, is in the position corresponding to the power supply voltage available in the region, see chapter 2.4.5 for more information.
User Manual: NEO System message. For example: If an evacuation message is routed to a zone with an alert message, the alert message will immediately cease. Once in the Emergency state (3.2.1) it is possible to select the following options: “PLAY ALERT MESSAGE”, - for activation of the alert message “PLAY EVAC MESSAGE”...
User Manual: NEO System 3.2.5 Emergency State Log The system has a log that records the operations or indications made during the Emergency state. The emergency state log will be displayed on the screen automatically when the equipment / system is being remotely activated. It will show the log for one hour after the last entry occurred in the log.
User Manual: NEO System Disarming The equipment / system provides features to disarm or disable voice alarm zones that will not be used. Once disabled, these will be displayed in the menus, as described in section (2.2.7e). It is not possible to perform any operation on a disabled zone. The information provided for the states of emergency or failure will not be displayed.
User Manual: NEO System Figure 31 - PA Menu Window 3.5.1 Zone Volume Setting The equipment/ system allows the adjustment of volumes for each zone. This setting can be independent from the zone volume adjustment made to broadcast the voice message in emergency state, if it has been previously configured (see 3.2.6).
User Manual: NEO System Mute Button The mute button allows a radical decrease of the volume of the zone / zones to a minimum. When the mute is disabled, the zones will recover the volume they had before being silenced. If the mute button is turned on in a zone / zones which was not selected, there will be no setting on it Volume Indicator The volume indicator goes from -100dB minimum to 0dB maximum.
User Manual: NEO System Emergency Microphone On special occasions, the emergency microphone can be used to make announcements in one or more zones in PA mode. Once the audio source routing is concluded, use the PTT button on the microphone to make the announcement. Pre-Recorded Messages From this menu one of the two pre-recorded message player sources, integrated in the equipment, can be selected.
User Manual: NEO System Audio Input Access window settings for the audio inputs. For more detail see 3.5.4 Audio Output Access settings window for audio outputs. For more detail see 3.5.5. Monitor The equipment/system has an integrated speaker that allows the user to hear the audio sources that are available, and the audio input routed to each zone.
User Manual: NEO System Equalizer Button Press to activate the equalizer memory configured using the configuration software. Gain Indicator Displays the set gain for the selected audio source. Gain Step Setting Button The gain step setting button allows the selection of the amount of increment/decrement to be performed in the audio source when the volume adjustment buttons are pressed.
User Manual: NEO System VUmeter Indication Displays the signal level that is being detected in the output. Between -100dB to 0dB. Equalizer Button Press to activate the equalizer memory configured using the configuration application. Gain Indicator Displays the gain setting for the output selected on the volume of the zone. Gain Step Setting Button The gain step setting button allows the selection of the amount of increment/decrement to be performed in the audio output when the volume adjustment buttons are pressed.
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User Manual: NEO System Selection Buttons On the left side of the screen there are buttons for selecting the element to be monitored. Click on the desired item. If the progress indicator is shown (see 2.2.6) use the scroll control to display the rest of elements available. Type of Monitoring Button The monitoring button allows the user to select what kind of elements are to be monitored.
User Manual: NEO System 3.5.7 Advanced Options, Messages Figure 38 - Message Window Message List In the left column of the screen is the list of pre-recorded messages. If the progress indicator is present (see 2.2.6), use the scroll control to display the remaining messages available.
User Manual: NEO System Volume Adjustment Buttons The window has two buttons to adjust volume "+" and "-", each time you press one of them, the volume of the monitor speaker will be increased or decreased by 1 dB. Loop Button Allows an automatic repetition of the message.
User Manual: NEO System 3.5.9 Advanced Options, System Figure 40 - System's Advanced Options Window System’s Equipment List Buttons The left side of the windows will show the current equipment present in the system. If the progress indicator is present (see 2.2.6) use the scroll control to display the remaining equipment units available.
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User Manual: NEO System Figure 41 - Network Configuration Window Date and Time Settings / Identify Equipment It allows the user to set the date and time manually. NOTE: When linking the equipment to the Configuration software, the equipment will be automatically synchronized with the PC's date and time.
User Manual: NEO System CONNNECTION AND SETUP Emergency Supply System The equipment requires an external emergency power supply to work as an EN 54 voice evacuation system. This power supply system must manage the battery charge and monitor the status of the external batteries that will provide the required power in case of loss of normal power supply.
User Manual: NEO System Paging Microphones and PA Elements (ACSI Bus) Figure 43 - Public Address Connection Devices The equipment has a connection for Public Address elements, such as microphones, remote panels, etc. The type of connection for all these elements is in bus mode. Each device is connected one after another, up to a maximum of 8 devices, and a maximum total distance of cable of 1000m.
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User Manual: NEO System configuration of FlexNet and of interconnected elements through this system, it is necessary to use the configuration software. To make a FlexNet connection between compatible devices, connect the ports as shown in Picture. Make sure all devices are part of the same network (see section 3.5.3). Figure 44 - FlexNet The bandwidth that Flexnet occupies in the standard Ethernet network is of 25Mb/s.
User Manual: NEO System Voice Evacuation Zones The voice evacuation zones define those physical areas that contain a group of voice alarm speakers with the same evacuation message. One evacuation zone may have one or more amplification channels. In order to set up the voice evacuation zones, use the configuration application.
User Manual: NEO System In section 0 can be found a table guide that is used for the calculation of which cabling section should be implemented in the installation depending on the power and length of the cable. 4.6.1 Line Cabling, Standard Mode The wiring of the speakers follows a classic scheme.
User Manual: NEO System Figure 47 - Speaker Lines, AB Mode 4.6.3 Supervision of Speaker Connections Every speaker connection is supervised independently. There are two complementary ways to do it: Measuring line impedance and end of line devices. Using the impedance of the line, the devices emits a signal periodically every 30 seconds, at a non-audible frequency.
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User Manual: NEO System The end of line device (also called EOL) provides greater accuracy in monitoring speaker lines. If no end of line devices are to be installed, it must be disabled by the configuration application. EOL devices improve the detection of loudspeaker lines in open circuit, but cannot detect where it has occurred.
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User Manual: NEO System Figure 49 - EOL Views Rev.0.3...
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User Manual: NEO System Installation 1. Connect the two wires from the end of the speaker lines to the line terminator input. 2. Connect the two output cables of the end of line device to the line of input correspondent to the “END OF LINE INPUTS”...
User Manual: NEO System Volume Controllers The device has 8 outputs for volume controls, 24V (4-wires). The maximum number of attenuators that can handle each output must be calculated from the technical characteristics (see chapter 7). The connection of the end of line devices must be done in parallel, respecting the indicated polarity: Figure 52 - Volume Controller Connection NOTE: After a volume controller you must not connect an end of line device, as it can cause a...
User Manual: NEO System FAILURE DETECTION Speakers Line The system will indicate a failure in the speaker's line if a short circuit or an open circuit has been detected or the impedance of the line has varied by at least 14%. If this error occurs, check the specified line in the system error log.
User Manual: NEO System Redundant power supply: There was a failure in the redundant power supply. Check the correct operation of it, following the manufacturer's instructions. If it works properly, check that the transmission lines between the equipment and the redundant power supply are correct as shown in section 4.1.
User Manual: NEO System MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS The equipment/system requires a reduced periodical maintenance. The period of maintenance must be adjusted in accordance with the conditions of installation of the equipment/device. It is advisable that the maximum period for maintenance of the equipment should be one year.
User Manual: NEO System TECHNICAL FEATURES Data (Model) AC Power 110-120V / 220-240V~ 50/60Hz. Consumption - (NEO8060) 550W max / 120W a 1/8 output power / 40W Standby - (NEO8250E) 900W max / 300W a 1/8 output power / 50W Standby - (NEO4250E) 900W max / 260W a 1/8 output power / 58W Standby - (NEO4500E)
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User Manual: NEO System - (NEO8060) 12kg - (NEO8250E) 14kg - (NEO4250E) 7,6kg - (NEO4500E) 7,7kg - (NEO4500LE) 7,8kg Dimensions (W x H x D) 483mm x 88mm x 455mm / 19''x 3,46''x 18'' Accessories 2 x Rack Mounting, Male Euroblock Type Connection, Installation Screw, 4 x Rubber foot, 1 x Power Cable 2m / 6,56ft (EU Type), 1 x Ethernet Cable 2m / 6,56ft.
User Manual: NEO System Appendix A: EN 54-16 features NEO implements all mandatory functions for compliance with the EN54- 16: 2008. It includes the following optional features certified: 1. Audible warning 2. Phased evacuation 3. Manual mute of the voice alarm state 4.
User Manual: NEO System Appendix B: LOG Content State of Emergency Log EMG State ACTIVE(Local) EMG State ACTIVE(Remote) EMG State RESET EMG State ACK EVAC MSG ON (Zone X) EVAC MSG OFF (Zone X) ALERT MSG ON (Zone X) ALERT MSG OFF (Zone X) EMIC ON (Zone X) EMIC OFF (Zone X) State of Failure Log...
User Manual: NEO System Appendix C: Cabling section for speaker lines. The table below reflects the maximum desirable distance for 100V speaker lines. The type of cable that is used for the calculations is a two-wire type with copper conductor. The values shown may be used as a guide for planning, being the responsibility of the installer who will make the appropriate final calculations for each case.
User Manual: NEO System LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1 - Indicators ........................7 Figure 2 - Controls ........................9 Figure 3 - Control Window ......................11 Figure 4 - Zone Selection Window ....................12 Figure 5 - Types of Control Access Windows ................13 Figure 6 - Inputs and Outputs ....................13 Figure 7 - Monitoring Inputs for the Backup Power Supply ............14 Figure 8 - Emergency Activation Interface .................15...
User Manual: NEO System Figure 46 – Speaker Lines, Standard Mode ................44 Figure 47 - Speaker Lines, AB Mode ..................45 Figure 48 - End Of Line Device ....................45 Figure 49 - EOL Views ......................47 Figure 50 - Connection of EOL Device to the Speaker Line ............48 Figure 51 - Multiple Connections to End of Speaker Lines ............48 Figure 52 - Volume Controller Connection ................49 LIST OF TABLES...
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