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Corporation’s (“Eaton”) experience and judgment and may not cover all contingencies. If further information is required, an Eaton sales office should be consulted. Sale of the product shown in this literature is subject to the terms and conditions outlined in appropriate Eaton selling policies or other contractual agreement between Eaton and the purchaser.
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A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix input/output devices: IG, Io and Ms12 Beacon Bus A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix Vw2 units Power Bus A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix Pm10 units...
• 1.3 About the product Low thermal emissions. • Operating on self-healing ring. Sonix Vw2 unit is a compact, high capacity beacon loop • control and monitoring device. It autonomously monitors Dual RJ45 connectivity for easy maintenance. • and supervises beacon cable installation and loop Dual 10A switching channels.
Flat screw driver (0.6x3.5) – for beacon power supply • 3.1.2 Power and utility and loops terminals Voltage: 48 V dc, recommended taken from Sonix Pm10 unit Current: 100 mA max consumption SONIX VW2 TECHNICAL MANUAL TM368 / A May 2022 www.eaton.com...
4.1 Physical installation of the unit ence. Warning: Observe the polarity of incoming The Sonix Vw2 is a DIN rail mount unit, intended to be power supply cables. Maximum cable section mounted inside the PA/GA cabinet on most standard EN...
2Mx Unit Vw2 Unit 4.6.1 Automatic redundant power switchover The Sonix Vw2 unit does not have the ability to support redundant power sources internally. If redundant Vw2 Unit supplies are a requirement then using a dual-pole...
Sonix Vw2 Technical Manual 4.7 Beacon output connection 4.7.2 Connecting beacons as a loop The Sonix Vw2 unit has been designed to allow for idle There are two independent Beacon output ports Sonix PA/GA loop health monitoring by energizing the loop for a short available on each Sonix Vw2 unit;...
This setting ignores Alarm Escalation and so it is possible to have ote: both alarm escalation enabled AND activate all beacons on Emergency Speech broadcasts. Key settings: Loop 1 Important Message Enabled Loop 2 Important Message Enabled SONIX VW2 TECHNICAL MANUAL TM368 / A May 2022 www.eaton.com...
This will generate an error; therefore Rx Data Check option should be set to Disabled for this unit to avoid false error notification. Please refer to SAS Product Manual for details. Rx Data Check Disabled SONIX VW2 TECHNICAL MANUAL TM368 / A May 2022 www.eaton.com...
(see FlashPro documentation for details), Power-cycle programmed unit, • Use SAS application to: • Check or set the Unit ID, • Check or set the unit configuration. • Verify unit’s operation. • SONIX VW2 TECHNICAL MANUAL TM368 / A May 2022 www.eaton.com...
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All specifications, dimensions, weights and tolerances are nominal (typical) T: +44 (0) 1623 444 400 Publication No. www.crouse-hinds.com/hac TM368 / A and Eaton reserve the right to vary all data without prior notice. No liability is accepted for any consequence of use. MEDCSales@Eaton.com May 2022...
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