ASL INTERCOM MPS Series, Configuration Manual

Page 1: ...Configuration Guide ASL Document Ref U 0664 0265 doc Issue 03 complete approved Date 22 06 12 Part Number M0664_TBD MPS Series Modular Paging Microphones Software V1 5 13 MPS01 MPS10 MPS20 ...

Page 2: ...no liability with respect to the accuracy of such information U 0664 0265 doc Issue 03 complete approved Page 2 of 60 The MPS microphone must not be installed in an area that is subject to a corrosive atmosphere excessive moisture or may allow water or other liquids to come into contact with the unit or its external connections Objects filled with liquids such as vases should not be placed upon it...

Page 3: ...Detection 25 4 4 3 Microphone Output Relative Gain 26 4 4 4 Microphone Equalisation 27 4 4 5 Microphone Fade Up and Down Times 27 4 4 6 Microphone Pre Announcement Chime 29 4 4 7 Ambient Noise Compensation 29 4 5 Configuring the Microphone Buttons 30 4 5 1 Configuring the PTT Button 30 4 5 1 1 PTT Button Cough Timeout VAR4 VAR12 VAR20 only 30 4 5 1 2 PTT All Call Mode 30 4 5 1 3 PTT Restore Mode 3...

Page 4: ... VIPA Device Configuration 37 5 1 Configuring a MPS Microphone with IP Connection 38 5 2 Configuring the Background Music 45 5 3 Configuring the Listen in Function 51 5 3 1 PMC Stream for Listen in Using the PMC Broadcaster Method 53 5 3 2 PMC Stream for Listen in Using the Pass Through and PMC Broadcaster Method 55 5 4 Fallback Configuration 58 ...

Page 5: ...lutions Safety and Security Limited BGM BackGround Music DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DMS Digital Microphone Station ASL GUI Graphical User Interface IP Internet Protocol iPAM400 Intelligent 400 W PA Amplifier Mainframe with Loudspeaker Line Monitoring JOUL JCOP Over UDP Lightweight ASL LCD Liquid Crystal Display MAC Media Access Control MPS Modular Paging Station Microphone ASL PC Per...

Page 6: ...ophone 2 If the host PC has connections to more than one network ensure the network interface used by the Ethernet Updater has the highest priority To change the binding order follow the instructions provided in To Change the Binding Order of the Network Interfaces on a Windows Machine page 8 3 Connect the host PC and microphone to the Ethernet network The PC may be directly connected to the Micro...

Page 7: ...er filename IP address MAC address app binary filename 10 In Windows Explorer double click the download_ethernet cmd file to run the script 11 The command prompt will display the download progress The Complete percentage should start updating instantly see example below Example Firmware download progress Starting BOOTP TFTP Server Complete 45 If Complete is not updated then the download has not be...

Page 8: ...available network connections are listed see example below for Windows XP Available network connections 3 For Windows 7 press the ALT key to enable the top level menu 4 Select Advanced Advanced Settings from the top level menu The Advanced Settings window will be displayed 5 Select the Adapters and Bindings tab 6 In the Connections section select the connection used by the Ethernet Updater and mov...

Page 9: ...ead Pozidriv 2 Set DIP switch SW1 to OFF position up 3 Ensure new firmware binary file e g ASL DESK MIC_V1_5_6 bin is in the same folder as the USB Updater 4 Open the download_usb cmd script file with a text editor The download_usb cmd script file is supplied with the Ethernet Updater If you wish previous command lines may be commented out by placing a colon at the beginning of the line as shown b...

Page 10: ...ation Solutions Safety Security Ltd All rights reserved Scanning USB buses for supported DFU devices Downloading ASL DESK MIC_V1 to device Image is not fully DFU wrapped Downloading as binary Downloading image to flash Completed Press any key to exit 9 Press any key to exit the USB Updater 10 Disconnect the USB serial cable from the microphone 11 Set the microphone s DIP switch SW1 to the ON posit...

Page 11: ...he background music function is used Your system requires the microphone to operate in fallback mode when the microphone is unable to communicate to its host VIPA device over the IP network or when the microphone is a stand alone unit in an IP network 3 Users must have basic knowledge of XML in order to modify the microphone configuration file 4 The configuration attribute and attribute values des...

Page 12: ...al buttons and MPS GUI None Zone select Call DVA Routing message routing Router configuration MPS XML configuration is required if buttons are to be accessed from the MPS GUI 11 30 MPS GUI None Zone select All Call DVA Routing message routing Router configuration and MPS XML configuration MPS10 31 50 Not available Not available Not available 1 20 Physical buttons and MPS GUI None Zone select All c...

Page 13: ...ation 11 30 MPS GUI None Page live speech BGM not functional in standalone or backup mode Listen in1 Mute 2 VIPA device configuration and MPS XML configuration MPS10 31 50 MPS GUI None Listen in1 MPS XML configuration 1 20 Physical buttons and MPS GUI None Page live speech BGM not functional in standalone or backup mode Listen in1 Mute2 Fault status 3 Fault clear3 VIPA device configuration and MPS...

Page 14: ...put 034C0001 zone name dest 3 output 03460001 zone name dest 4 output 03500001 destination zones mic unit type desk name Central unit id 030 ip address 10 106 1 10 ip port 15256 live addr 239 0 0 30 live port 15030 bgm addr 239 0 1 30 bgm port 16030 chime none str fwd false max call time 60 partial grant true partial loss true route no zones true preserve zones false ptt all call true audio params...

Page 15: ...this address is modified port Communication port 15256 Do not change default routing params reserve timeout Route reserve timeout 1000 Do not change make timeout Make route timeout 1000 Do not change release timeout Release route timeout 1000 Do not change hold timeout Hold route timeout 5000 Do not change alarm to Alarm timeout 3000 Do not change reserve retries Route reserve retries 2 Do not cha...

Page 16: ...e Must have the following format 03NN0001 Where NN is obtained from the destination VIPA device configuration NN is the hexadecimal value of the Suffix configured for rctransactionless router d RC script see Section 5 4 page 58 NOTE The configuration of the Run announce d property of the VIPA device will determine the zones addressed by the MPS microphone in fallback mode Global all zones allocate...

Page 17: ...al grant permission is hard coded and set to true partial loss Fallback mode LOCAL CONTROL only Determines whether an overridden route is reinstated when override is removed during the original announcement true default or false NOTE The partial loss permission is hard coded and set to false route no zones For future development true Do not change preserve zones Fallback mode LOCAL CONTROL only De...

Page 18: ... microphone is operating in fallback mode LOCAL CONTROL Only for zone select type button As required Comma separated no space list of zone names as defined in the destination zones section above If the button is not used in fallback mode then a dummy zone name or space must be defined see buttons 11 and 12 in Figure 1 page 14 ipaddr Multicast address used for listen in Only for listen in type butt...

Page 19: ... the microphone configuration file to config xml if not already done 4 Copy the configuration file into the same folder as the Configuration Tool 5 Ensure that all required dlls QtCore4 dll QtGui4 dll QtNetwork4 dll and QtXml4 dll are in the same folder as the Configuration Tool 6 Connect the host PC and microphone to the Ethernet network 7 In Windows Explorer double click the Configuration Tool e...

Page 20: ...y 11 If the microphone does not prompt for reboot the configuration download has failed a Double check the microphone and host PC s IP addresses b Check the network connections c Verify that the correct configuration file is being used d Repeat the configuration download process Figure 3 Command prompt window example Microphone Configuration Tool run with c CONFIGURATION FILE PARSING CHECKSUM ...

Page 21: ...d logged into the ASL Network Config Log txt file in the same folder as the Configuration Tool see example in Figure 4 page 21 Figure 4 Example of configuration verification result ASL Network Device Configuration Report Version 1 1 2 Obtained Fri 24 Feb 17 11 31 2012 Microphone Central S W 1 5 6 Configuration OK Configuration version Unit type Microphone Configuration verification result Configur...

Page 22: ...3 0 0406 If any difficulties are encountered then refer to ASL for advice quoting the software versions of your system 2 The Router software version is displayed via the following menu option VAR4 12 20 ConfigurationÆSystemÆMiscÆSoftware VAR8 VAR8 ACU DAU ACU ConfigÆSystemÆMiscÆSoftware 3 For details please refer to your system specific documentation 4 Configure the MPS microphone from the Router ...

Page 23: ...tion EN54 Emergency Mic No This setting is used by the Router to ensure that only one emergency microphone is active at any one time and to report a system fault in the event of a communication memory or processor fault on the emergency microphone Set the MPS to EN54 Emergency Mic No 4 3 3 Microphone Priority Menu Configuration or ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic LineÆ I P nn input name ÆPaging Mic...

Page 24: ...inputs Non Emergency The microphone class is used to determine the voice alarm status of the PA VA system The system will indicate Voice Alarm condition if any Router output is connected to an input that has been configured as a High or Low Priority Emergency source Set the microphone class to Non Emergency 4 3 5 PTT Timeout Menu Configuration or ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic LineÆ I P nn input ...

Page 25: ...me ÆPaging MicrophoneÆAudioÆGainÆPreAmp Possible values 63dB to 0dB 1dB steps System default configuration 14dB on VAR4 VAR12 VAR20 20dB on VAR8 VAR8 ACU and DAU The input gain of each audio input should normally be set so that all inputs are balanced and give the same output level on any one output The output gains are then balanced to give the same gain on all outputs The input gain of each audi...

Page 26: ...nd make sure that no faults are reported for the microphone 4 4 3 Microphone Output Relative Gain Menu Configuration or ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic Line Æ I P nn input name ÆPaging MicrophoneÆAudioÆGainÆO pGains Possible values 40dB to 0dB 1dB steps System default configuration 0dB Normally all input gains will be set to balance each of the inputs and the output gain will be set to give the re...

Page 27: ... setting it to On Menu Configuration or ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆNoiseÆOn h Set all Volume Controls to the required volume 4 4 4 Microphone Equalisation Menu Configuration or ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic Line Æ I P nn input name ÆPaging MicrophoneÆAudioÆEQ Possible values HF High Frequency section 12dB to 12dB 1dB steps MID Mid Frequency section 12dB to 12dB 1dB steps LF Low Frequency section 12dB ...

Page 28: ...ence of events during the override of a background music source by a Paging Microphone with chime Note that the background music Fade Down time T2 is not used in this instance Instead the microphone Fade Down time T4 is used to fade out the background music before the microphone broadcast starts as well as to fade out the microphone at the end of its broadcast Figure 6 Sequence of events for Pagin...

Page 29: ...and Not Tolerant Ambient noise compensation is applied to outputs However it is possible to configure the ambient noise compensation to be applied to any particular input routed to an output which has ANS Ambient Noise Sensor enabled Configure the ambient noise sensor as required Enabled When ANS operation is enabled for an input then this input will be reduced according to the zone s ANS level wh...

Page 30: ...h without it being broadcast If the PTT button is re pressed within the coughing time the announcement will continue as normal By default it is set to 0 and may be modified up to 5 seconds as required Configure the cough timeout as required 4 5 1 2 PTT All Call Mode Menu Configuration or ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic LineÆ I P n name ÆPaging Microphone ÆButtonsÆPTTÆAllCall Disabled or AllCall En...

Page 31: ...or a Zoned Fire Microphone may be configured as either Not Conf MIC Routing DVA Routing VAR4 VA12 VAR20 only Single DVA Route ACU VAR8 ACU only All Call Route Reset Play DVA DAU VAR8 ACU and VAR8 ACU only Cancel All DVAs DAU VAR8 ACU and VAR8 ACU only Each of these configurations is described in the following sections Consult the system design documentation to find the configuration of each button...

Page 32: ...an also be routed An example of this is a button programmed to cause an EVACUATE message to be broadcast in one zone and simultaneously cause an ALERT message to be broadcast to adjacent zones while all remaining zones are unaffected Another example would be a set of DVA Routing buttons which controls background music broadcast to selected zones in the system Note that DVA Routing is not supported...

Page 33: ...elected using Zone Select buttons Configure a button for Play DVA and then configure the following parameters 4 6 4 1 DVA Message Menu ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic LineÆ I P n name ÆPaging Microphone ÆButtonsÆZoningÆ Button nn ÆPlay DVAÆSelect DVA The DVA source can be from the Audio Control Unit ACU ÆNETWORK IP The ACU s DVA will be played over the network to selected zones Slave Unit in the I...

Page 34: ...o Source Menu ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic LineÆ I P n name ÆPaging Microphone ÆButtonsÆZoningÆ Button nn Æ Single DVA RouteÆSelect DVA The audio source can be from the Audio Control Unit ACU ÆNETWORK IP The ACU s audio source will be broadcast over the network to selected zones Slave Unit in the Intellevac Network ÆSLAVE IP The local audio source will be broadcast to selected zones Configure t...

Page 35: ...e selection buttons on the microphone are selected for broadcast from the microphone i e the button press has the same effect as if all zone selection buttons on the microphone have been pressed Pressing a zone selection button will remove the zones associated to this button from the selection Any button may be configured as an All Call button However only one All Call button is allowed on a singl...

Page 36: ...on DVA Full The DVA play mode is only relevant for routing DVAs If the DVA is configured to Play Once then this setting should be DVA Full Configure the DVA assigned to a DVA Routing Play DVA or Single DVA button to cease playing when the route is terminated or reset DVA Part or play until its end DVA Full 4 6 8 3 Busy Indication Mode Menu ConfigÆSystemÆRouterÆInputsÆMic LineÆ I P n name ÆPaging M...

Page 37: ...ructions in the Help Topics of the VIPA Config Tool 2 VIPA Stack V2 15 1s or later is required on the VIPA devices hosting a MPS microphone over an IP network IMPORTANT It assumes that The user has prior knowledge of using the VCT The user has prior knowledge of configuring the required VIPA device and peripherals using the VCT The user has basic knowledge of IP and multicast addresses and communi...

Page 38: ...one configuration IP connection example using iPAM400 VIPA Device hosting the MPS microphone Microphone node Audio Group Live audio PMC address Live audio PMC port 1 Control Port JOUL Microphone IP address VIPA device IP address Port Other parameters as required NOTE To display the attributes and values on the left side panel select View Enable Show Attributes ...

Page 39: ...he MPS microphone From the microphone configuration file see example in Figure 1 page 14 Live audio PMC address live addr Live audio PMC port live port Or from the microphone LCD display Live audio PMC port IP SETTINGS PMC LIVE PORT Live audio PMC address IP SETTINGS PMC LIVE ADDRES Example Audio Group 239 0 0 30 15030 1 Control Port Enter the following string JOUL Microphone IP address VIPA devic...

Page 40: ...overridden in one or more zones it will not be reinstated when the override is removed during the original announcement Do not apply NVC Determines whether the Night Time Volume Control NVC function will affect the broadcast Selected The volume of announcements from this microphone will not be affected by the NVC function Not selected The volume of announcements from this microphone will be affect...

Page 41: ... supported by the MPS microphone over IP connection Page Pressing the button or selecting the zone via the LCD display selects PA zone s for an announcement A single zone or a list of zones is defined in the Zones property Optional Settings where each zone equates to an audio output on a VIPA device local or remote This equates to type zone select in the microphone s XML configuration file The XML...

Page 42: ...ice has any active faults The button can be configured to clear faults only on the local VIPA device to which it is attached or on a remote VIPA device Local VIPA device Leave the Target Optional Settings blank Remote VIPA device Enter in a text string in the form rtr_jcop hostname Jcop in the Target Optional Settings property where hostname is the host name of the remote VIPA device as configured...

Page 43: ... Audio Device Inputs 1 and 2 node First Input Input 1 used for general audio input Second Input Input 2 used for general audio input Third Input Virtual input for MPS fault reporting Enabled Audio Groups Advanced Optional Settings no group assigned Other parameters system default Audio Device Inputs 3 and 4 node First Input Input 4 used for general audio input Second Input Input 3 used for general...

Page 44: ...re 10 MPS fault reporting IP connection Fault tree example using iPAM400 VIPA Device hosting the MPS microphone Faults of a MPS microphone connected over IP are reported to the last analogue audio input In this example MPS faults are reported to Input Port 6 A communication failure is present ...

Page 45: ...the route on and off IMPORTANT The background music function must be configured on the VIPA Device and on the microphone s XML configuration file see Section 3 MPS Microphone Configuration page 11 Figure 11 Background music configuration Linutop node Linutop node Hostname as required IP Address DHCP Run announce d No Other parameters system default PMC Device node Port bgm port Multicast Address b...

Page 46: ...ort bgm port Or from the microphone LCD display Port IP SETTINGS PMC BGM PORT Example Port 16030 Multicast address Multicast address assigned to the BMG stream generated by the MPS microphone From the microphone configuration file see example in Figure 1 page 14 Multicast address bgm addr Or from the microphone LCD display Multicast address IP SETTINGS PMC BGM ADDRESS Example Multicast address 239...

Page 47: ...onfiguration VIPA device example using iPAM400 VIPA Device node hosting the MPS microphone BGM PMC Stream node Stream 1 Audio Group audio group assigned to the Linutop s PMC Output node b Configure the required MPS microphone buttons for type bgm see Section 5 1 Configuring a MPS Microphone with IP Connection page 38 ...

Page 48: ...dd a BGM PMC Stream node to the VIPET which is hosting the MPS microphone see Figure 13 page 48 Stream 1 Audio Group Audio group assigned to the Linutop s PMC Output see step 3 above Example Audio Groups music mps 01 Figure 13 Background music configuration VIPET VIPA Device node hosting the MPS microphone BGM PMC Stream node Stream 1 Audio Group audio group assigned to the Linutop s PMC Output no...

Page 49: ...er which will listen to the PCM stream from the Linutop see Figure 14 page 49 Refer to the System Design documentation to find out the audio output used for background music Figure 14 VIPET Background music configuration Audio output to the Router VIPA Device node hosting the MPS microphone Audio Output node Enabled Audio Groups Optional Setting audio group assigned to the Linutop s PMC Output nod...

Page 50: ...ut providing the background music feed Figure 15 VIPET Background music configuration Router background music input VIPA Device node hosting the MPS microphone BGM Input node Number Router input connected to the VIPET audio output providing the background music feed Stream 1 Priority Same as the priority set to the Router input c Configure the required MPS microphone buttons for type bgm see Secti...

Page 51: ...he low level audio output from a VIPA device is wired to any available audio input on a remote or on the VIPA device which is only used to generate the static PMC stream see in Figure 16 page 52 Pass Through and PMC Broadcaster method The low level audio output is wired to any available audio input of a remote VIPA device This audio input is then passed through to an output and also used to genera...

Page 52: ... 100 V OUTPUTS 100 V OUTPUTS OP01 MX100 iPAM400 01 OP02 OP04 OP03 OP01 OP02 OP03 OP04 LOW LEVEL AUDIO OUTPUTS 100 V OUTPUTS 100 V OUTPUTS XIO 01 Expansion Module optional MX100 MX100 MX100 XIO 01 Expansion Module optional AUDIO DEVICE Built in Sound Inputs 1 2 Outputs 1 3 AUDIO DEVICE Built in Sound Inputs 3 4 Outputs 2 4 AUDIO DEVICE Built in Sound Inputs 1 2 Outputs 1 3 AUDIO DEVICE Built in Sou...

Page 53: ...isten in Audio Input node Enabled Audio Groups Advanced Optional Setting a user defined audio group Other parameters as required PMC Device node Port Port as configured for the listen in button Multicast Address Multicast address as configured for the listen in button Other parameters system default PMC Output node Type Static Audio Groups Advanced Optional Settings the user defined audio group as...

Page 54: ...io group ipam02 stream3 has been assigned to Audio Input 2 Other parameters System default settings Adjust audio level as required 4 Add a PMC Device node to the VIPA device node Refer to the System Design documentation to find out the multicast address and port used for the listen in provided by this audio input Port Communication port assigned to the listen in stream associated with this zone Fr...

Page 55: ... Multicast address as configured for the listen in button Other parameters system default PMC Output node Type Static Audio Groups Advanced Optional Settings a user defined audio group Audio Device node Parameters system default settings Pass Through node speaker lines From the user defined audio group assigned to the audio input To the user defined audio group assigned to the audio output Audio O...

Page 56: ... a user defined audio group Example Audio group ipam02 ip1 has been assigned to Audio Input 1 Other parameters System default settings Adjust audio level if required 4 Add a PMC Device node to the VIPA device node Refer to the System Design documentation to find out the multicast address and port used for the listen in provided by this audio input Port Communication port assigned to the listen in ...

Page 57: ...o the Audio Input Example From ipam02 ip To The audio group assigned to the listen in PMC output for this zone see step 5 above Example To ipam02 stream01 8 Configure the required MPS microphone buttons for type listen in see Section 5 1 Configuring a MPS Microphone with IP Connection page 38 9 Ensure that the microphone buttons used for listen in are configured in the microphone s XML configurati...

Page 58: ...k in order to provide live announcement broadcast The other VIPA devices in the network must then be configured to run a process which enables the direct interface with a MPS microphone IMPORTANT The fallback must be configured on the VIPA Device and on the microphone s XML configuration file see Section 3 MPS Microphone Configuration page 11 Figure 19 Fallback configuration example using iPAM400 ...

Page 59: ... 3 page 15 Example Excerpt from the MPS microphone XML configuration file destination zones zone name dest 1 output 03290001 destination zones mic unit button cfg button number 1 name CMA type zone select zones dest 1 mic unit System Note that the live announcement from the MPS microphone in fallback mode will be routed to all zones local or remote addressable by this VIPA device The configuration...

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