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Buzzer  

max. SPL:  85 dBA 

 
Speaker Driver Amp 

max. output power: 1.6 Wrms 

@ 16 Ω 

 

Program Audio Input  

input impedance: 28 k

Ω (balanced) 

nominal input level: 0 dBU 
max. input level: +15 dBu 
 

Direct Mic Output 

output impedance: 50 

Ω (balanced) 

nominal Output Level: + 6 dBu 
max. Output Level: +21 dBu 

 
Power Consumption PS 630 

current (at 30 V DC): 
    105 mA quiescent, 140 mA signaling 
    280 mA at max.  signaling 
 

Dimensions & Weight  PS 630 

width: 337mm / height: 87 mm 
depth: 155 mm / weight: 2940 grams 
 

0 dBu is defined as 775 mV into open circuit  
ASL reserves the right to alter specifications 
without prior notice 

7.0   

PARTY LINE, TECHNICAL CONCEPT 

 

User stations in an ASL intercom system are 
connected via one or several 'party lines'. A party line 
offers two way (‘full duplex’) communication and 
consists of standard microphone (multi-pair) cable. 
One wire is used as an audio line, one as a power line 
and the screen of the cable functions as earth/return. 
 
Current drive is used for signal transfer. Each station 
utilizes a current amplifier to amplify the microphone 
signal and place it on the common audio line where, 
due to the constant line impedance (situated in the 
power supply between XLR pin 3 and 1), a signal 
voltage is developed which can be further amplified 
and sent to the headphones or loudspeakers.

This principle has three advantages: 

 

the use of a single audio line allows several 
stations to talk and listen simultaneously 

 

due to the high bridging impedance offered by 
each station, the number of stations on the 
party line has no influence on the level of the 
communications signal 

 

power and audio to the intercom stations use 
the same cable 

The Call signal is also sent as a current on the audio 
line. It develops a DC potential over the line 
impedance which will be sensed by each station and 
interpreted as a Call signal. 

 

8.0   

CABLING 

 
The intercom lines (the ‘party lines’) are of the shielded two-conductor microphone cable type. The intercom line 
connectors are of the XLR-3 type. Audio and Call signals are on pin 3, DC power is on pin 2 and pin 1 is connected to 
the shield of the cable which functions as the common return for audio and power.  
 
The audio signal is transferred in an unbalanced way (see ‘Party Line, Technical Concept’).  
To avoid earth loops (hum), the possible effect of electromagnetic fields and to minimize power loss, certain rules 
have to be obeyed when installing the cabling of an intercom system : 
  

Use high quality cable  

Use high quality microphone cable (shielded two 
conductor cable, minimum 2x 0.30 mm2).  
In case multi-pair microphone cable is used, it should 
be of high quality and each pair should consist of two 
conductors (minimum 2x 0.15 mm2) with separate 
shield and an overall shield.  

 

Use flexible cable 

Use flexible single and multi-pair microphone cable 
instead of cable with solid cores, especially when the 
cable is subjected to bending during operation or 
installation. 
 

Summary of Contents for PS 630

Page 1: ...KER STATION USER MANUAL October 2013 This product is designed and manufactured by ASL Intercom BV Zonnebaan 42 3542 EG Utrecht The Netherlands Phone 31 0 30 2411901 Fax 31 0 30 2667373 E mail info asl inter com Web www asl inter com ...

Page 2: ...NTRODUCTION 3 2 0 INSTALLATION 3 3 0 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS CONNECTOR 3 4 0 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS 6 5 0 INTERNAL CONTROLS 6 6 0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PS 630 7 7 0 PARTY LINE TECHNICAL CONCEPT 8 8 0 CABLING 8 9 0 PS 630 BLOCK DIAGRAM 9 10 0 EARTHING CONCEPT 10 11 0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 10 ...

Page 3: ... intercom lines Special attention has been paid to the intelligibility of speech By applying low noise high speed op amps a speech presence filter and proprietary and bridged headphone amplifiers communication is very comfortable even in environments with high background noise level There are separate amplifiers for headset and loudspeaker The unique ASL CALL system provides both a flashing red LE...

Page 4: ...tes the call buzzer if not muted by a Buzzer Mute signal received from a PRO Series master station or separate power supply 4 MASTER VOLUME knob This knob is a master volume control of the listen levels of the 6 intercom channels see also 1 for both the speaker and the headset 5 PGM VOLUME knob To adjust the volume of the Program audio both for the speaker and the headset Depending on the setting ...

Page 5: ...an 2 seconds The buzzer may be muted after a so called All Buzzer Mute signal has been received from a PRO Series master station or separate power supply 10 HEADSET connector An XLR 4 connector for the connection of a headset The headset must have a can impedance of minimum 200 Ω If the headset has 2 cans in parallel each can must have an impedance of minimum 400 Ω The headset microphone may be of...

Page 6: ... connector This input is electronically balanced and accepts line level audio signals In case of binaural use of the PS 630 internal jumpers see 18 determine the routing of the PGM signal to the headset 15 DIRECT MIC OUT connector This connector outputs the pre amplified microphone signal electronically balanced 5 0 INTERNAL CONTROLS 16 BINAURAL ROUTING jumpers In case of binaural use of the PS 63...

Page 7: ...et microphone 20 GOOSENECK MIC GAIN To adjust the gain of the gooseneck microphone 6 0 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PS 630 System dynamic range 80 dB frequency response 200 Hz 15 kHz 3 dB call send signal 2 8 mA call signal threshold receive 2 4 V DC operation voltage 24 30 V DC power interrupt time mic mute 0 1 sec Intercom Line impedance 350 Ω 1kHz 2 2 kΩ DC audio level nom 18 dBu max 0 dBu Mic Pre ...

Page 8: ... line allows several stations to talk and listen simultaneously due to the high bridging impedance offered by each station the number of stations on the party line has no influence on the level of the communications signal power and audio to the intercom stations use the same cable The Call signal is also sent as a current on the audio line It develops a DC potential over the line impedance which ...

Page 9: ...n one cable make sure that these cables are parallel to each other over the whole distance between those units When using multi pair cable parallelism is ensured in the best possible way Avoid closed loops Always avoid that intercom cables are making a closed loop So called ring intercom should not physically be cabled as a ring Keep cables away from electromagnetic sources Keep intercom cables aw...

Page 10: ...10 0 EARTHING CONCEPT 11 0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ...

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