Page 1 8 ZONES & CLASS D POWER AMPLIFIER VA-P8500S FIRE ALARM MICROPHONE VA-6000FM PA MICROPHONE VA-6000RM MIC EXTEND VA-6000EM Thank you for purchasing ITC Integrated Voice Evacuation System VA-6000 Series. Please carefully follow the instructions in this manual to ensure long, trouble-free use of your equipment.
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Contents 1. Dear Readers..............................- 5 - 2. System Overview............................- 8 - 3. System Features............................- 9 - 4. System Configuration..........................- 10 - 5. Products Introduction..........................- 13 - 5.1. Voice alarm system controller - VA-6000MA .................. - 13 - 5.1.1.
Page 3 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.7.4. Technical specification......................- 35 - 5.8. PA Microphone —VA-6000RM......................- 36 - 5.8.1. Features..........................- 36 - 5.8.2. Front panel........................... - 36 - 5.8.3. Rear panel..........................- 38 - 5.8.4. Technical Specifications......................- 38 - 5.9. MIC extension unit --VA-6000EM....................- 39 - 5.9.1.
Page 4 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 6.14. Emergency reset control....................... - 72 - 6.15. Background music broadcast from remote microphone.............. - 72 - 6.16. Audio priority configuration......................- 73 - 6.17. Monitoring operation........................- 75 - 7. PC software instructions..........................- 77 - 7.1.
Page 5: Dear Readers
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 1.Dear Readers Thank you for using ITC fire voice broadcasting system, in order to facilitate your understanding and the manual’s description, suggestion are as follows:  The mentioned "Voice information" in the manual includes ...
Page 6 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System —It represents that the host is offline. —It indicates that the network is connected. —It represents the host starts the PSTN calling function. —It indicates that MIC is calling. —Green indicates that the module is working. —Yellow indicates module failure.
Page 7 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 4) System equipment VA-6000MA / MS / BC, VA-P8500S are designed specifically for cabinet installation, if you install two or more units on a cabinet, between the device and the device you should set aside the corresponding space for ventilation to maintain good heat dissipation.
Page 8: System Overview
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 2.System Overview Increasingly larger size of the current building, the jurisdiction area of the entire region is more widely, the diameter can be up to several hundred meters or a few kilometers, so if the voice alarm system which can meet these requirement use traditional analog technology transfer and monitoring signals in technology respect, it not only need to address non-negligible attenuation of the signal generated by long-distance transmission, but also solve the electromagnetic interference between different space environment, the...
Page 9: System Features
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 3.System Features 1. Conform to GB16806-2006 fire linkage system requirements and the European voice alarm control and indicating equipment standards EN54-16 requirements. 2. The system meets the various requirement including voice alarm broadcasting, business broadcasting and background music playing services, etc.
Page 10: System Configuration
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 4.System Configuration 4.1 Voice Alarm System diagram (Power Division) System equipment list: Voice alarm system controller (VA-6000MA) 1 PC 8 Channel amplifier (VA-P8500S) 1 PC CD/MP3 player with tuner (T-2221) 1 PC Fireman remote MIC (VA-6000FM) 1 PC Remote paging MIC (VA-6000RM)
Page 11 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 4.2 Voice alarm system application diagram (signal partition) System equipment list: Voice alarm system controller (VA-6000MA) 1 PC 8 Channel amplifier changeover (VA-6000MS) 1 PC CD/MP3 player with tuner (T-2221) 1 PC Fireman remote MIC (VA-6000FM) 1 PC Remote paging MIC (VA-6000RM)
Page 12 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 4.3 Voice alarm system application diagram (signal partition + power partition) System equipment list: Voice alarm system controller (VA-6000MA) 1 PC 8 channel amplifier (VA-P8500S) 1 PC 8 channel amplifier changeover (VA-6000MS) 1 PC CD/MP3 Player with tuner (T-2221) 1 PC...
Page 13: Products Introduction
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Application Note: A system can meet different application requirements, can manual or timed play background music, also can be remote MIC paging and telephone paging, emergency message broadcast and emergency paging broadcast can be done when emergency incidents occur, very suitable for hotel, exhibition halls, railway stations, airports, stadiums and other large and medium-sized venues.
Page 14: Front Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.1.2.Front Panel 1. Installing hole(19” Cabinet). 2. Host main power indicator:  Green - indicates the current host AC power supply is normal.  Yellow - indicates the current host AC power is failure. 3.
Page 15 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System  If the system operates in emergency mode without zone selection, then broadcast from the current trigger output partition.  Note: When PTT microphone’s switch is released more than 5 seconds in the process of broadcasting, the system will automatically cut off the broadcast.
Page 16: Rear Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.1.3.Rear panel 1. 8 programmable trigger input signal (which can be level signal or short-circuit signal,determined by the parameters of the machine configuration). 2. System network interface. 3. Tel-phone interface. 4. 8 channel programmable relay trigger output signal. 5.
Page 17: Technical Specifications
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.1.4.Technical Specifications AC power supply Voltage ~220-240V/50-60Hz The maximum current Less than 0.2A Fuse specifications 250V/2A, slow type Power consumption DC power supply Voltage 24V DC, ± 20% Maximum current 1.5 A Performance Emergency microphone Sensitivity...
Page 18: Voice Recorder --Va-6000Rc
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Message Number 65535 (programmable up to 255) Save time >10 years Log information Data format Storage Type Nand Flash Message Number 1000 Save time >10 years Mechanical specifications Dimensions (L x W x D) 484*132*449 mm (19 inch width, 3U) Net Weight About 8.0Kg...
Page 19: Front Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.2.2.Front Panel 1. 19 inch cabinet location hole. 2. The main power indicator:  Green - main power supply is normal.  Yellow - mains power supply is failure. 3. Standby 24V DC power indicator: ...
Page 20: Technical Specifications
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.2.4.Technical Specifications Electric Index AC power Voltage ~220-240V/50-60Hz Fuse specification 250V/0.5A, the slow type DC power Voltage 24V DC, ±20% The maximum current Less than 0.2A Power consumption Performance index Unbalanced signal input Rated output power),1KHz Sensitivity 385mV...
Page 21: Channel Amplifier Changeover - Va-6000Ms
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.3.8 channel amplifier changeover - VA-6000MS VA-6000MS changeover integrated the function of main and stand by amplifiers switching, speaker circuit grounding detection, open circuit and short circuit detection, compatible with 3 wired, 4 wired volume controller wiring, combining 8 programmable stem node or wet node trigger inputs and 8 programmable on-line output signal.
Page 22: Rear Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System  OFF: No configuration of power supply.  YELLOW: Power supply breakdown.  GREEN: Power supply is working. 4. Changeover controller network status instruction:  YELLOW: Amplifier changeover controller offline.  GREEN Twinkle: Connect into internet. 5.
Page 23: Technical Specifications
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 11. Rack earth point (Note: please make sure the reliable grounding). 12. Power supply switch. 5.3.4.Technical Specifications Electric specifications AC power Voltage ~220-240V/50-60Hz Max electricity 0.3 A(Not include the 4 wired trigger output) Fuse specification 250V/1A, the slow type DC power...
Page 24: Terminal Detector -Va-6000T
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.4.Terminal Detector -VA-6000T Terminal detector is to work with VA-6000MS/VA-8500S to detect the speaker loop working status, not to be influenced by the BGM signal, no need outer power supply, easy installation. 5.4.1.Features 1.
Page 25: Zone Voice Alarm Amplifier-Va-P8500S
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.5.8 Zone Voice Alarm Amplifier—VA-P8500S VA-P8500S integrated one 500w digital power amplifier for 8 zones, each zone can be opened or closed separately, and the volume can be adjusted separately, it can also connect with one external standby power amplifier, when the main power amplifier breakdown, it will switch to the standby power amplifier automatically;...
Page 26: Front Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.5.2.Front Panel 1. 19 inch cabinet location hole and machine feet. 2. Partition amplifier power supply LED indicator  OFF: partition amplifier power supply is not connected.  GREEN: partition amplifier power supply is working. ...
Page 27: Rear Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 12. The button for selecting all partition outputs. 13. MIC1 volume control potentiometer. 14. Internet EVAC voice working status indicator.  OFF: the current partition amplifier audio is not network EVAC voice. ...
Page 28: Technical Specification
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 7. Normal mic/line input, connect user MIC/CD/MP3/TUNER standard audio signal(when input 6.3 plug unbalance audio signal, which is mic input, when input XLR balance audio signal, which is line input. 8. Device online communication interface. 9.
Page 29: Dc 24V Power & Charger-Va-6000Bc
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.6.DC 24V power & charger-VA-6000BC VA-6000BC is mainly used in VA-6000 system, to solve device problem that support stable backup DC power when main power lost to make sure system work normally. Electric energy store in plumbic acid battery, it can connect to 2 pieces of DC 12V battery or a piece of DC 24V battery.
Page 30: Rear Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5. Accumulator output voltage is high.  OFF——Voltage is normal.  Yellow——Voltage is too high, in order to protect storage battery, chager will stop to charge for accumulator automatically. 6. Accumulator output voltage below level indication. ...
Page 31: Technical Specifications
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 10. Rack earth point (remind: please make sure reliable earth). 11. power switch and main power input socket with fuse. 5.6.4.Technical specifications Electric index Alternating current Voltage ~220-240V/50-60Hz Maximum current 1.5A Size of fuse 250V/2A, slow type DC output Voltage...
Page 32: Front Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 8. Support monitoring output. 9. Support 24V phantom power supply. 10. Zone Paging priority is configurable. 5.7.2.Front panel 1. Handheld PTT(push to talk) MIC. 2. System status indicator(remind: not current MIC status indicator). ...
Page 33 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 8. Reset/close zone button. 9. All zone selection button. 10. Alert voice working status indicator.  OFF—Player and audio file in SD card is normal.  Green—Alert voice is playing.  Yellow—Alert voice file lost or player failure. 11.
Page 34: Rear Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 26. Line input 03 working status indicator.  OFF—Line input 03 no working.  Green—Line input 03 play. 27. Line input 03 control button. 28. Zone working status indicator.  OFF—There is no broadcasting in this zone or no configuration. ...
Page 35: Technical Specification
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 8. DC 24V input( when transition distance over 50m, need to add extra DC 24V power supply. 9. Device power switcher. 5.7.4.Technical specification Electric index Voltage 24V DC, ±20% Max current 0.1 A (including extension panel) Power consumption 2.4W(including extension panel) Performance index...
Page 36: Pa Microphone -Va-6000Rm
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.8.PA Microphone —VA-6000RM VA-6000RM can be used in remote control VA-6000 system, can allow user to control system voice information and zone paging, support 8 zones/group selection, and can extended by MIC(VA-6000EM), can maxium add 7 keyboard, every extended keyboard can add 8 zones.
Page 37 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 3. All zones selection button. 4. Main power status indication of all devices.  OFF- All devices or modules main power supply is normal.  Yellow - All devices or modules mains failure (all, some or one of them). 5.
Page 38: Rear Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System  Green - Device in an expanded line input state. 14. Equipment zone/group mode indicator and function selection buttons.  Off - The device is partitioned mode control.  Green - Device is in the packet mode control. 15.
Page 39: Mic Extension Unit --Va-6000Em
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Frequency response 80Hz~16KHz Sensitivity 500mV Impedance 10KΩ >70dB Line Input Distortion <1% (rated output power), 1KHz Frequency response 80Hz~16KHz Sensitivity 350mV Impedance 10KΩ >70dB Microphone Sensitivity Impedance 600Ω Mechanical index Dimensions(L x W x D) 256* 52*149mm Net Weight About 1Kg...
Page 40: Front Panel
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.9.2.Front Panel 1. Partition Operation indicator.  Off - Indicates that the current zoning status in the absence of broadcast or is not configured properly.  Green - Indicates the current partition is broadcasting, the audio output is ordinary. ...
Page 41: Feature
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5.10.1.Feature 1. Modularized design, easy to configure on-demand. 2. Efficient Class-D digital amplifier design led to lower power consumption. 3. 2U chassis, four independent channels, each with maximum 500W / 100V output. 5.10.2.Functions 1.
Page 42: Technical Parameters
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 1. DC 24V power input interface. 2. Temperature-controlled fan hole. 3. 1 to 4 channels of balanced audio signals and the standby signal input interface (reference system wiring connection diagram). 4. 1 to 4-channel 100V audio signals output. 5.
Page 43: System Operating Instructions
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 6.System Operating Instructions Emergency Mode  Enter emergency mode method 1. Auto - Triggering emergency or fire linkage bus linkage. 2. Manual -Press red button which is with cover in the panel (VA-6000MA or VA-6000FM). ...
Page 44: Evac System Controller Status Inquiries And Operations
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System  Position System Charger (VA-6000BC) connected decide its status attached to the corresponding device, such as a host VA-6000MA, backup power have configured, want to know the current configuration of the charger working status, we need to enter the corresponding DC power menu to view; System MIC (VA-6000FM / RM) working status is determined by the host, the host can be determined ...
Page 45 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System the previous menu on the current menu, " " indicates the page Up, " " indicates down, " " stands directly into the "Main Menu", " "means direct access to the system" logo screen " which is standby interface.
Page 46 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Fahrenheit—configure in software, default setting is Celsius).  Battery Operating Temp: +00 Celsius degree (system detects battery’s operating temp.) Check other charger status by pressing up and down icon when there is more than one charger. Charger Menu Page on Host Touch Screen Emergency Microphone PTT &...
Page 47 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Adjust volume of emergency Volume level microphone Voice/Tone information SD card status This icon shows current status of remote microphone: Normal/Fault… Note: system default setting doesn’t configure it. Press this icon and enter the submenu to check current remote microphone status. The submenu (Host 01-Remote MIC01) is shown below: Host 01-Remote MIC01 or Fireman MIC01 (Check other remote microphone status by pressing up and down icon when there is more than one remote microphone)
Page 48 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System “MIC1/Line1”, then turn into operable status (shown below), press to adjust volume (maximum volume is 31 and minimum is 0). The rest may be deduced by analogy. Line Input Volume Line Input Ports on Rear Panel Online Interface…Press this icon and enter the submenu to check online interface status of current host.
Page 49: View Working Status Of Device Physical Zone
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Online Interfaces on Host Rear Panel Instruction: Trigger Mode: There are two options in software (system default mode is short circuit mode): 1) Electric Level Mode--Intelligently detect physical connection status: open, short, normal or triggered. 2) Short Circuit Mode—Just detect input-voltage: triggered and normal.
Page 50 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Status instruction for amplifier controller menu (from top to bottom): Network Status: Online/Offline; this icon shows physical and logical connection state between host and network. “Online” is displayed in green and “Offline” is displayed in yellow. Audio Priority: Local/Network;...
Page 51 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Amplifier Changeover Charger Menu Page on Host Touch Screen Amplifier Status & Zone Status: Normal/Fault…. Press to check current statuses of zone and amplifier, and refer to “Amplifier & Zone Status” menu. If system is equipped with amplifier changeover, you can press this icon and enter the submenu shown below: Amplifier Changeover 01-Amplifier &...
Page 52 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Main Amplifier Status Physical zone working status Backup amplifier status Amplifier Changeover – Amplifier & Zone Status When the main amplifier has fault, the backup amplifier will switch over automatically. Switching status Online Interface…: Press this icon and enter submenu to view online interface status of current amplifier changeover.
Page 53: View Working Status Of Zone Amplifier
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Amplifier Changeover Online Interface on Rear Panel Trigger output Trigger input Connecting diagram: The connection trigger of the electrical mode The connection trigger of the short circuit mode How to trigger the fire alarm? How to trigger fire emergency alarm? There are two kinds of trigger mode on rear panel: Electric Level or Short Circuit.
Page 54 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System AC Power: Normal/Fault. This icon shows AC main power status: “Normal” or “Fault”. Sleep: Open/Closed. This icon shows working status of zone amplifier when there is no input signal. Closed: amplifier controller won’t turn into power saving mode when there is not input signal; Open: amplifier will turn into power saving mode when there is not input signal.
Page 55 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System  Main Amplifier: Normal/Fault/Sleep. It shows working status of main amplifier: it shows as Normal when main amplifier works well; it shows Fault when amplifier output AMP loop is short-circuited or faulty. If sleep function is on and more than 3 minutes without input signal, it will switch to sleep-mode to save power (configure in software).
Page 56 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System short circuit when input ends or trigger short circuit; it shows trigger in the condition of short circuit when Trigger emergency, it shows as Normal when testing is normal.  Output: It can be manual control output interface, and is a short circuit connected or disconnected state, (automatic trigger output mode can be configured in PC software).
Page 57: Set Date&Time
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 6.4.Set date&time When enter into main menu interface, click” ”menu into “system time setup menu” (first click on the number, then, press” ” Button adjust system time, it can be calibrated synchronously in the PC software). click number click left and right key to adjust number...
Page 58 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System " " to enter the "System Settings Main Menu", press " " abandon the current operation, return to the main menu, press " " to delete erroneous input. User identity verification interface System settings main menu In the "System Settings Main Menu", click the “network parameters"...
Page 59 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System In the "System Settings Main Menu", click the " Restore Factory Settings" submenu, enter into "Restore Factory Settings Menu": click, it will pop up a warning dialog box prompts, [Note this careful operation], if need to confirm, then click "...
Page 60 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System  Help status: ON / OFF, indicates that the current emergency telephone is open / closed, can be set in PC software.  Help calls: 8608- (2) -15 (S), 8608 indicates that the current emergency calls is 8608; (2) shows the number of redials the current emergency calls is twice;...
Page 61: Partition Control
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Touch screen calibration menu 6.7.Partition control In the interface of the main menu, click on “ ”to enter the partition control menu, you can view partition state, control partition, monitor, control volume and play background, etc. Partition control menu Monitoring: click on icon turns to green, you can monitor the corresponding partition audio...
Page 62 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System  BGM operation  Play on an independent partition or multi partitions 1. Firstly tick " " to choose a single or multiple partitions that need to play. 2. Then click on the button , when in front of the icon by the gray into green...
Page 63 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Group control menu  To play a number of different music in multiple partitions, operation is similar as above, just the choice of background music changes to outer connecting "line 4, line 3, line 2, line 1" audio input; (external circuit can be CD, MP3, tuner and other sources), such as: to play music "line 3"...
Page 64: Background Music Player
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System background music BGM, you can click on the background music player icon" " to enter the BGM operation interface and operate the background music. (Please refer to "background music player control menu"). Partition control menu background music player control menu Multiple hosts background music playing: if there are two sub control hosts, you can select host 01 or...
Page 65: Fireman Special Microphone Paging
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 6.9.Fireman special microphone paging 6.9.1.Partition broadcast operation 1.1 Press key 01 partition on VA-6000FM, as following: ZONE01 1.2 Pick up the handset and press the PTT switch, you can broadcast to the partition 01 (other partition or multiple partitions are as the same operation), as following: press the PTT switch of hand microphone...
Page 66: Business Microphone Broadcast
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 2.2 Pick up the handset and press the PTT switch to broadcast to all zones. 2.3 Press the reset button, then you can close the current radio talk. 6.10.Business microphone broadcast 6.10.1.Partition broadcast operation 1.1 Press ZONE 01 button on the VA-6000RM, a s shown in figure: ZONE 01 1.2 Press the TALK switch, after the goose rod indicator light, you can broadcast to ZONE 01 (other...
Page 67: District Power Amplifier Local Line Radio And Local Microphone Broadcast
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Under normal circum- stances, press this button to broadcast and call all zones 2.2 Press the TALK switch, the goose pole indicator will light on, and you can broadcast the whole zones, as shown in figure: Press the switch and gooseneck indicator light...
Page 68 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 2.2 Selecting the corresponding partition select keys to open the corresponding partition, or CALL ALL keys to open all the partitions (This step is not necessary; if there are already selected partitions, the default is the choice of the partition;...
Page 69: Changeover Local Broadcast
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System signal is playback, the local input signal will automatically override the network signal .But when under network priority settings, in case the network without occupation, the local signal can also output normally. ...
Page 70: Va-6000Fm Emergency Broadcast Operation Steps
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 1.2 In the main menu interface, click on the sub-control " ," enter "Partition Control Menu". 1.3 Under the "Partition Control menu", select " " for the partition you want to play or select " "...
Page 71: Contacts Trigger An Automatic Emergency Broadcasts Steps
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 2.3 Press the "EVAC or ALERT" button on the VA-6000FM , the emergency system will broadcast the voice message to the selected partition or region , as shown in Figure: Evacuation control buttons Warning control buttons 6.13.3.Contacts trigger an automatic emergency broadcasts steps When input a trigger on the INPUTS MODE from machine VA-6000MA / VA-6000MS / VA-P8500S, the...
Page 72: Emergency Reset Control
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 6.14.Emergency reset control 1. Reset operation on the host (operation steps) When pressing the EMERGENCY switch on the host VA-6000MA, system will go into the reset state of emergency; EMERGENCY push-button switch will turn from slow red flashing to be fast red flashing, after flashing red stop, reset is finished.
Page 73: Audio Priority Configuration
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System If you choose all zones to play, and press the button all zones, until all of the partition status indicator lights become green, then press the source button you want to play. 16.2 To close the current partition of the background music, you need to press to turn off the partition button, wait until the status indicator lights is red, press the fault reset / Close button to close the current partition music playing in the background.eg, close after the partition 1 and 2 background music, firstly...
Page 74 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Description: The lower the priority number, the higher priority (0- is the highest priority). 2. Priority configurations on zone amplifier VA-P8500S 1) Open the PC computer, install VA-6000ST PC software, then click "Device Configuration" under "configuration"...
Page 75: Monitoring Operation
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 3) In the "Partition Amplifier Audio Priority Configuration" window, the user can adjust the partition local audio and network audio amplifier priority sequence upon demand, select audio, hold down the left mouse button and drag up or down move, change their sequence, to set up the amplifier priority level. Description: 00-the highest priority, 05- the lowest priority.
Page 76 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 11. DC24V battery 12. Speaker (short circuit or open circuit) 13. The speaker (ground fault) Through Setting on host VA-6000MA and software VA-6000ST, users can enable or disable the above detection on monitoring events. The operation steps of starting and forbidding module detection in VA-6000MA and PC.
Page 77: Pc Software Instructions
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System The right detection way: 1. Firstly, press [RESET/OFF] button on VA-6000MA to top the system buzzer. 2. Secondly, connect VA-6000RM and VA-6000MA with a proper cable. 3. If the equipments are normally connected, the system will automatically restore to its previous working state.
Page 78 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 2: Click on to select the needed equipment type. Step 3: click on the【add】button to add new MAC address to the MAC address list box. Step 4: Double-click the new MAC address to revise the MAC. - 78 -...
Page 79 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 5: click the【∧】【∨】button to move the MAC address in list. Step 6: If deleting a MAC address in the MAC address list, users just need to select the MAC address, then click "delete"...
Page 80: Modify The Equipment Ip Address
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 8: click "refresh" button to refresh the configured MAC address table in current host. 7.1.3.Modify the equipment IP address The IP address is automatically assigned by default. But users can also manually modify the equipment IP address to avoid the repeated IP address between system and the other equipment of the same network or computer.
Page 81: System Equipment Parameter Configuration
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 2: Double click on any of the equipments’ IP address in "device IP address modification" dialog box, and IP edit dialog will pop up. Step 3: Enter a new IP address in the "IP address" edit box, then click on the 【 OK】 button to complete the modification.
Page 82 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Description: In the "Equipment parameters configuration" dialog box, the configuration is divided into five categories: 1) zone/group configuration: configure the system zone and group number. (Zone number must be the same with number of channels of zone amplifier, backup amplifier, otherwise the system will prompt the zone configuration is wrong).
Page 83 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System When the distribution zone in each group is 0, users need to configure function parameters in the【group configuration】before using. (detailed configuration, refer to【group configuration】 Step 3: Configure the system global parameters, click the "system global parameters configuration" tag, as shown in the figure below: 1) Monitor switch: set up opening and closing of the system real-time detection switch (The system host detection switch is uncontrolled).
Page 84 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Specification: The smaller the value corresponding to the audio, the higher the priority, that means When different audio output simultaneously to the same zone, the high-priority audio output will output firstly, if high-priority audio output cut lower priority audio output, after the high-priority audio stopped outputting, lower-priority audio will recover outputting automatically(except EVAC and ALEART).
Page 85 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 1) "Number Configuration": to select the number of host systems, that is, when the system needs more hosts for data backup, select the number configured for 2, as shown below: - 85 -...
Page 86 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 2) Controller Configuration work status 1. Check mode: You can set the detection of the controller online interface or automatically trigger event response mode, namely: the level and short circuit, the factory default is: short circuit mode. 2.
Page 87 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Microphone number: for the number of available microphone configured on the controller, each controller can be configured with four microphones at max. For example, the above figure is configured with two microphones, while the controller is actually connected to four microphones, the additional two microphones is not controlled and supervised by the controller.
Page 88 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System PTT music tone: Set the PPT music tone sensitivity when microphone speak, adjustable sensitivity range: 0 to 31. Evacuation: Set the sensitivity of the evacuated voice information, adjustable sensitivity range: 0 to 31. Warning: Set the sensitivity of the warning voice information, Adjustable sensitivity range: 0 to 31.
Page 89 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 5: Zone amplifier parameters configuration: Click "zone amplifier parameters configuration" label, it will pop-up "zone amplifier parameters configuration" list box. 1) Number of zone amplifier configuration: Number Configuration: Click the "number of Configuration" drop-down list box in the left of the "zone amplifier parameters configuration"...
Page 90 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System occupy the current physical zones, if did not configured sub-zone, current physical zone will not be used, the number of zone amplifier’s sub-zone configurable range: 1-8. 3) Zone amplifier operating mode configurations: 1.
Page 91 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5) The starting point of the zone amplifier audio signal configuration: According to user requirements, configure the local audio EMIC / GMIC / LINE1 / LINE2 detectable signal range levels: 0 ~ 10 levels. 6) Zone MAC address configuration: MAC: You can change or add zone amplifier MAC physical address.
Page 92 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System standby amplifier, standby amplifier configurable number: 0 to 1. 3) Changeover machine work mode configuration: 1. Real-time detection: used to open/close the online real-time detection of changeover, if real-time detection closed, the system does not detect the current changeover, even after the current changeover fails, the system will default the status of the current changeover is normal.
Page 93 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 7.1.5 Name modification Host name, extended partition name, partition name and group name of zone amplifier in configuration can be modified. Click” Modify the name” on the “configuration” label on the left panel of PC software, “Name Modification”...
Page 94 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System not” will be popped out. Click “OK” button in dialog box to finish name modification. Click [All application] button, all current modified device name will be download into the host. Click [Reset] button, the selected device name will be reset to default name by system.
Page 95 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 3: Click to select one zone or multi- zones (use the left mouse button double-click a zone can directly add the zone into “selected zones” list box ) in popped out "Zone Editor" Configure box. Then click 【>>】...
Page 96: Contact Configuration
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 4: After the group editing is complete, click [OK] button in dialog box of “Group Edit” , the system page will return to "group configuration" interface, new entrants zone information will also be displayed in the edit box of menu items in selected group.
Page 97: Host Short Circuit Configuration
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 1. The host short circuit activation: Trigger related event configuration when host connection interfaces has emergency event. 2. The mixer Amplifier & Changeover Contact Configuration: Trigger related event configuration when setting the mixer amplifier& Changeover has emergency event. 7.2.1.Host Short circuit configuration Configure the actions host will trigger when emergency occurs.
Page 98 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 3: selecting when online trigger, which partition will link to perform.( For the configuration details of " partition editor ", refer to" partition configuration" instructions) Step 4: selecting when online trigger, which partition audio source will link to play. Step 5: selecting the music playback mode.
Page 99: The Configuration Of Partition Power Amplifier & Changeover Machine Contact
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Click button[<<] [>>】,which is on the bottom page of "host short circuit activation ", it can switch eight contacts of the host, the current digital means the related online interface behind the host. Click button "application", then the current configuration information will be written to the host, click button [all application] then all configuration information will be written to the host.
Page 100 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 2: set the alarm rule of partition amplifier & changeover machine contact When emergency occurs, there are two kinds of trigger model, respectively is: adjacent layer mode and appointed partition model. Appointed partition model: when emergency occurs, it will trigger alarm as which has been appointed, Adjacent layer model: when emergency occurs, it will trigger alarm from floor to floor.
Page 101 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System set up only under the "adjacent layer model", in the pointed partition mode, will not be able to configure) Step 3: click "the partition power amplifier 1"in the child nodes of the "partition power amplifier & changeover machine"...
Page 102 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System host is opening or closing. (it can be a single or multiple hosts linkage). Step 10: Setting the configuration state of the output contact when linkage to other equipment. Click the sub menu button [...] which on the right of partition amplifier contact output, (the configuration of changeover machine contact output is the same), it will pop-up the state of setup dialog box of "contact output", click the eight buttons on the configure box, you can enable or disable any contact output.
Page 103: Timing Program
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 7.3.Timing program Click the "edit", which is under "program" of the "function list", "timing edit "information box will be displayed in "work information area". The main functions of the editor:  It can remove or read timing programs on host. ...
Page 104 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 3: fill in the task name. Step 4: setting the task execution time. Step 5: setting the volume of the partition. Step 6: selecting the partition audio playback mode (only effectively to BGM). Step 7: Selecting the audio source which the partition needs: - 104 -...
Page 105 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 8: Click the button which is on the right of the source selection, then pop-up partition selection. Step 9: Click a partition or drag to select multiple partitions which is in unselected partition list box, and then click to add selected partition.
Page 106 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System If you want to amend the selected partition, you can select the partition in selected partitions list, then click to cancel the selection to this partition , the partition is canceled will re-appear in the "not selected partition"...
Page 107 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 11: Click button which is on the right of "Close Partition", pop-up "partition selection" dialog box, after finishing partition edit, the partition selected will also appear in the "closed partition" edit info box. ("Partition select"...
Page 108: Editing Program
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Note: When operate audio equipment, you have to select the output partition at the same time, you can click [...] to go into the partition selection dialog. When equipment failure or not configured to cause some function is unavailable, this part in dialog box will be disabled, the user can not select and edit it.
Page 109: Delete Program
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 2: You can modify task name, execution time, partition volume, partition audio source, close partition, the host contact output and so on, click [OK] after finishing the modification. (Detailed operation refer to configuration of "Add Timer program") 7.3.3.Delete program Select a program or multiple programs from the program list box, and click button [Delete Program] on the toolbar.
Page 110: Download Program
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 7.3.4.Download program The edited timing program could be downloaded into host. Step 1: Click button [Download] on the toolbar, then pop-up “download program” dialog box. Step 2: Select the host needs to download the program, and then select the week needs to perform, click button [Download Program] to complete the program download.
Page 111: Partition And Grouping Operation
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 2: Click the button on the dialog box, you can enable / disable execution of that day's program. Green represents that day program is executed, gray means that day program is not executed. Step 3: Click button [application], then "working day setting"...
Page 112 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Click "Partition grouping operation" under the "control" label of the "functional operation list" panel which is on the left of PC software main interface, It will display partition grouping information and audio source information which is related with host in "working information area"...
Page 113 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 4) sources information: Show the current state of audio source (MP3 player), and if the current sources are working, you can control the audio playback mode or other operations in this interface, voice messages display can be switched via audio control panel, the following figure shows the state information of [evacuation] voice.
Page 114: Partition Operation
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 7.4.2.Partition operation Fire voice system partition control idea is to choose partition first, then operating the selected partition. Example 1: play [background music] in partition 1 and 2, and the play way is: follow order play mode start from the tenth songs.
Page 115 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 5: Open the specified partition audio, then audio LED color will change accordingly. Meanwhile, in the partition information table box, partition status LED light will also change accordingly. Example 2: In partition 4, 5, 6, the steps for playing audio source [Line 2] are: Step 1: Click the source selection panel on the right side, then select an online [Host1].
Page 116 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 3: Click the [Line 2] button in audio source control bar on the right, then you can operate the selected audio source in selected partition. Step 4: Play audio source in specified partition, then the color of audio LED will change accordingly. Meanwhile, in the partition information table box, partition status LED light will change accordingly.
Page 117: Grouping Operation
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Example 3: Steps to close partition1 and 2 which are playing background music as follows: Step 1: In "Working Information area", press and hold the mouse to drag and select partition 1 and 2 which are playing background music.
Page 118 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 3: Select [Group] on "Information Area", at the same time, the list box in “Working Information Area” will display all the group information. Step 4: In "Group Information area", press and hold the mouse to drag and select partition 1, 2, 3, those selected partitions will be highlighted and shown in information list.
Page 119: Volume Control
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 6: Play the audio source on selected group, the color of the audio source LED will change accordingly. At the same time, on the partition list, you could see the LED of related partition from same group will change accordingly.
Page 120: The Log Information
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 7.5.The log information 7.5.1.Operation log of PC refers to the operation record of current PC software 1) Click “operation list” and find the [PC operation] under the title of “log”. You could see the “PC operation log”...
Page 121: Module Log Refers To The Failure Record Of Current Device
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Instruction:  【Save】Export the information to EXCEL table.  【Refresh】Gain the newest information from device controller.  【Clear】Clear all the PC operation record. 7.5.2.Module log refers to the failure record of current device 1) Click “operation list”...
Page 122 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 2) Export the module log information of "system device" . Click [Save] button on the toolbar, and the dialog box pops up. After input the file name and path for saving the log information, you can save the information to your computer hard drive. - 122 -...
Page 123: Import And Export Of The Device Configuration
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Instruction:  【Save】Export the information to EXCEL table.  【Fresh】Gain the newest information from device controller.  【Clear】Clear all the log record on EVAC controller. 3) Filtering of module log On the top of the “module log information” form, click "Filter" button. You could filter the log information by type of the information.
Page 124 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 1) Adding new user Step1:Click the [New] button on the pop-up dialog box of "User Management". The dialog box of “new user” will pop up. Step 2: Input the user name and password on the box of "User Name" and "Password". Step 3: In the "User type"...
Page 125 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 5: Click the OK button to complete the steps. 2) User edition Step 1: To select a user in the user list box, click [Edit] button or double-click the selected user. The dialog box of "Edit User"...
Page 126: Host Time Adjustment
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 3) Delete User From the user list, select the user you want to delete. Click [Delete] button to delete the selected user from the database. From next time, the user will be unable to log into the system. 7.7.2.Host time adjustment You can download the current date and time to the PC host device.
Page 127 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System Step 2: After modifying the appropriate time and date, click [Application] button, then the modified date and time will be written to the device host. Step 3: You can choose whether to calibrate the host timing at regular time. If you choose automatically calibration, you need to click the “Automatic calibration”...
Page 128: Schematic Block Diagram Of The Host
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 8.Schematic Block Diagram Of the Host - 128 -...
Page 129: Applications
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 9.Applications 1. With backup function Signal partition, power partition (can extend to 255 zones, power partition can expand to 56 zones ) - 129 -...
Page 130 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 2. Signal partition (which can extend to 255 signal zones) - 130 -...
Page 131 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 3.Signal partition , power partition (can extend to 255 zones, power partition can expand to 56 zones ) - 131 -...
Page 132 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 4.Power partition (power partition can expand to 56 zones) - 132 -...
Page 133: Troubleshooting For System
Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 10.Troubleshooting for System 1. Troubleshooting for the communications network ① Check whether the PC computer connects well to the network switch. (Using the international network cable 568B) ② Check whether the network switches connect well to partition amplifier (VA-P8500S) (Using the international network cable 568B) ③...
Page 134 Digital Network Public Address & Voice Alarm System 5. No audio output Troubleshooting 1) Check whether the speaker is normal 2) Check if there are the phenomenon of short circuit, open circuit and broken circuit on the wire which links the speaker to changeover. 3) Check if there are the phenomenon of short circuit, open circuit and broken circuit on the wire which links the speaker to partition amplifier.
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