Summary of Contents for Merlaud A4868
- Page 1 IP PA SYSTEM EMBEDDED SOFTWARE GUIDE V1.0 MERLAUD MERLAUD HARDWARE GUIDE V1.0 MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 2 When paging is activated, the BGM is automatically muted within the selected zones through an intuitive user-friendly touch interface. The paging controller (A4868) is the heart of the system where all commands are initiated. It provides zone PA selection, multi-zone recall, background music (BGM) selection and DND settings.
- Page 3 8. Network connec@on: Connec,on to IP network switch (PoE enabled). 9. USB connec@on: Local USB music input. 10. Power input: 5V DC plug pack input (when POE is not used). 11. Power switch MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 4 21. DIP switches: Unused. 22. Relay contacts: Trigger inputs 23. Mode switch 24. Mu@ng contacts 25. Relay OUT contacts 26. BaDery backup power: Provides backup power in case of 12V DC power failure. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 5 IP PA SYSTEM EMBEDDED SOFTWARE GUIDE V1.0 MERLAUD 27. Power input: 12V DC plug pack input (when POE is not used). 5. Typical System Layout MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 6 IP PA SYSTEM EMBEDDED SOFTWARE GUIDE V1.0 MERLAUD 6. Connec@on to Redback A4500C MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 7 If using a fixed IP address, to follow the below configuraBon for you PC: For example: IP Address: 192. 168. *.101 Sub net Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.*.1 should be on the same network segment as the IP PA device. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 8 Trigger Configuration: define the trigger tasks (EVAC tasks) Manual Playing: manually play tasks Management: system management (Files/Logs/Firmware/User Accounts) Factory Setting: accounts permission / tasks priorities / relay actions MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 9 Most of the terminal devices home page show as picture (1). Picture (1) Most of the control units home page show as picture (2). Picture (2) Functions of control units home page: Picture (3) MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 10 Common Announce Mode - Push the announce button once to page and push again to stop. Push To Talk - Push the announce button continuously to page and release the button to stop. GPS - NOT AVAILABLE MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 11 ※ Wrong IP parameters may cause the device to go offline, please check carefully. RS485 Parameters - NOT AVAILABLE. Zone Parameter - To show which zone the device is in (Zone Number and Zone Name). Time Setting - MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 12 Intercom - NOT AVAILABLE. Intercom Default IP - NOT AVAILABLE. 20W amplifier enable during intercom - NOT AVAILABLE. Language - Select the system language from the dropdown. Save - To save the changes. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 13 Add - Choose device from [ All Device List ] and click [ Add ] to add into the zone. M-Add - Click [ M-Add ] to add device into multiple zones. Delete - Click [ Delete ] to remove the device from the zone. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 14 ※ Zone List data can be backup by click [ Backup ] buSon in the Management page. Click [ Restore ] buSon can restore all the zone list definiOon. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
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Page 15: Trigger Configuration
Broadcast To – Contain list of zones to broadcast audio. Sounds List – Contains media to be added to the [ Playing Sound ] list. Playing Sound – Media added from the [ Sound List ]. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE... - Page 16 (This must be set to 101 for T1, 102 for T2, 103 for T3 or 104 for T4). For example: Task ID 101 matches with trigger button 1 (T1) or trigger connector 1. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 17 [ Add All ]: Add all the zones into the [ Broadcast to ] list. [ Delete ]: Remove the selected zone from the [ Broadcast to ] list. [ Del All ]: Remove all the zones from the [ Broadcast to ] list. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 18 [ Delete ]: Remove the song from the [ Playing Sound ] list. 11.7 Edit the [ Playing Sound ] list if needed S: Sequence adjust. Click the arrow to move up and down. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 19 6. Click [ Play ] to start the task or ac,vate the external trigger and to start the task. 7. Click [ Stop ] to end the task or deac,vate the external trigger to end the task. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 20 3. Select zone/s from the [ Zone List ] 4. Click the [ Add ] bu[on to add the selected zone/s into the [ Broadcast To ] list 5. Select the song from the [ Sound List ] MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 21 System log: Allows users to record the system log and export to TXT file if needed. 12.4 Firmware Upgrade: Click the buRon and choose the upgrade package to upgrade the device. Then reboot the device aaer upgrading. 12.5 MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 22 Full Function Mode - music playing and relays control on screen UI. (Not used) Simple Mode - without music playing and relays control on screen UI. Simple Mode is used on the (A4868) console units. External Relay Control (For control units with 8 relays): Enable as default.
- Page 23 ※ High priority task will mute low priority task. First come and first in for same level task. 13.5 This allows the user to define any paging desk as a paging and remote BGM console. Client Mode: input server IP. Click [ Save ] and reboot. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
- Page 24 ①Select Zone ② Select BGM ON/OFF ③ Play to the zone Paging to the zone: ①Select Zone ② Select PA ③ Paging to the zone ※ Detail operaRon click [ HELP ] budon. MERLAUD IP PA SYSTEM – SOFTWARE USER GUIDE...
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