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Summary of Contents for Alcorn Mcbride Input Expander
- Page 1 The Input Expander! User’s Guide by Alcorn McBride Inc.
- Page 2 If you find one, please bring it to our attention so that we can correct it for others. Alcorn McBride Inc. reserves the right to make changes to these products, without notice, in order to improve their design or performance.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Welcome BEFORE YOU START ......................1 Technical Support.........................1 Installing the Input Expander DIN Rail Mounting.......................3 Wall Mounting ........................3 Wiring the Module........................4 Powering the Module......................5 Connecting To Your Unit......................6 Product Specific Functions....................7... -
Page 5: Welcome
Congratulations on choosing The Input Expander for your discrete control wiring board. The Input Expander makes it easier than ever to directly select the inputs on the back of many of Alcorn McBride’s playback units. Saving you hours of wiring time, this little board eliminates needs messy wiring and provides and easy interface to connect your discrete controls. -
Page 7: Installing The Input Expander
Installing the Input Expander There are two ways to install the Input Expander. On a DIN Rail, thus the exciting orange casing or on a wall. DIN Rail Mounting The Input expander has two DIN Rail clips for mounting to a standard DIN Rail. -
Page 8: Wiring The Module
Wiring the Module Attention! Never wire any module while power is applied. The module wiring terminals accept one wire per terminal of 17 AWG or smaller stranded wire. Maximum screw torque is 0.4 Nm. Example: File Select 1 Simply connect one wire from your contact closure to the screw labeled “1” at the left of the board, as shown below. -
Page 9: Powering The Module
This is really handy for testing out multiple units, and since the card can be used with so many Alcorn McBride Inc products, it’s a cheap investment for speedy debugging! Powering the Module The Input Expander can be powered from the unit’s... -
Page 10: Connecting To Your Unit
positive DC wire to FIELDVCD as shown. The two jumper clips should be placed on pins 2 & 3 of JP3 and JP4 to be in field power mode. Connecting To Your Unit Attention! Never connect or remove any cabling while power is applied. On more time for good measure let us mention this: Your playback unit must be set VOLTAGE MODE before connecting the Input Expander to it. -
Page 11: Product Specific Functions
Product Specific Functions There are two screw terminals on the Input Expander that connect to inputs on the various playback units we support with this product. All the other connections like pause, stop, 1,2,3,4 etc… are universal between our products, but PRODUCT SPCFIC 1 and PRODUCT SPCFIC 2 connect to inputs that have meanings that change among units.
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