Emergency (Fire) Microphone Connection - C-TEC AVAC Installation And Maintenance Manual

EMERGENCY (FIRE) MICROPHONE CONNECTION

If an emergency (fire) microphone is required, you must use a VA405 microphone. Only one
VA405 should be used per system. This can be daisychained to up to ten AVAC masters as illus-
trated below. Pressing the VA405's push to talk button will override all other audio signals on
the system, including Evacuate and Alert messages, allowing live announcements to be made.
If an emergency microphone is NOT required, to prevent a fault condition occuring you must
fit the 6K8 0.25 W resistor (supplied in the accessory pack) across the PTT and 0V terminals at
the Fire Mic input.
If required, the volume of the microphone can be adjusted using the Fire Mic level control on
the Main PCB. Please note, should its volume be set too high, the audio limit LED on the
main PCB will illuminate red to indicate that the audio signal is being clipped. If this happens,
re-adjust the Fire Mic level control until you are satisfied with the sound quality and the limit
LED flickers red only very occasionally. Failure to do so could lead to poor sound quality.
If the microphone is too loud, too quiet or too distorted, the master output level of the
VA405 may need to be adjusted. Refer to the VA405 instructions for details.
Please note, to ensure the microphone is monitored correctly, the right hand PLK2 link
(Master/Phantom) must only be fitted at the last master AVAC in the daisychain - see below
for details.
Emergency microphone connection
connect screens
A C G H
+
Ear th Stud
VA405
EMERGENCY
MICROPHONE
The audio limit LED
illuminates red when the
audio signal is being clipped
due to the input or paging
volume being set too high.
If this occurs adjust the
level(s) accordingly until you
are satisfied with the sound
and the limit LED flickers
red only very occasionally.
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6K8
MAIN
PCB
1
SIG 0V PTT +V
B
Fire Mic Input
SIG 0
Local
+ -
Fault
FireMic
PLK2
Audio
Limit
FireMic
Turn clockwise
to increase
emergency mic.
volume
To ensure that the Emergency Mic. is
monitored correctly, the right hand
PLK2 link (Master/Phantom) must
ONLY be fitted at the last master AVAC
in the daisychain. In this example, the
link would NOT be fitted at Main PCBs
1 and 2 but at PCB 3 only.
• If only one master AVAC is used, the Master/Phantom PLK2
link would be fitted on that AVAC's Main PCB.
• The left hand PLK2 link (Local Fault) is used for
master/slave interaction - see page 22 for details of when this
should be fitted.
Note that the Emergency Mic input will show a fault until the system has been
calibrated as detailed on page 16
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If an emergency mic. is NOT used you MUST fit a 6K8
resistor (supplied) across the PTT and 0V terminals.
OPTIONAL EXTRA AVAC MASTER UNITS
4 core or 2 x 2 core
MAIN
PCB
2
SIG 0V PTT +V
Fire Mic Input
Local Master/
Master/
Fault Phantom
Phantom /10
Page FireMic
PLK2
PLK3
Audio
Limit
BGM
Page FireMic Page
Turn clockwise
to increase
emergency
mic. volume
AVAC VOICE ALARM SYSTEM
To optional
next master
AVAC
MAIN
PCB
3
SIG 0V PTT +V
Fire Mic Input
Local Master/
Fault Phantom
/10
Page FireMic Page
PLK3 PLK2 PLK3
Audio
Limit
BGM Page BGM
FireMic
Local
Master/
Fault Phantom
FireMic
PLK2
/10