Alcorn Mcbride V-Page VP16K, User Manual

Page 1: ...V Page VP4X User s Guide August 18 2020 4 ZONE INTELLIGENT PAGING STATION ...

Page 2: ...EW 7 ZONE STATUS LEDS 8 CONFIGURATION OF DIP SWITCHES 8 CONNECTORS 11 NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 14 Q SYS CONFIGURATION AND PLUGIN 16 PAGING STATION PROPERTIES 17 PAGING STATION USER INTERFACE 18 LINKING STATION TO QSYS 21 DANTE CONTROLLER SOFTWARE 21 AES67 AUDIO CONFIGURATION ERROR BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED FIRMWARE UPDATE 25 FIRMWARE UPDATE PROCEDURE 25 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE FAQ 26 LOCATING A V PAGE ON A N...

Page 3: ...3 August 18 2020 RM VP4VC12 29 MIC US600EL 30 SPECIFICATIONS 31 CONTROL 31 AUDIO 31 PHYSICAL 31 ...

Page 4: ...esigner and Administrator software For easy and reliable installation a single Ethernet Cat5e or greater cable carries audio power control and monitor data between the V Page station and the Q Sys system This allows you to incorporate as many as 256 V Page stations using a single Q Sys core by simply connecting them to Power Over Ethernet PoE network switches For stations that are far from the equ...

Page 5: ...ave access to the resources and support you need to be successful To start you ll find a wealth of information on our website This includes Application Notes that give you detailed documentation and examples for how this product is used in common types of themed entertainment projects You ll also find the latest downloads for software firmware drawings 3D models cutsheets and other helpful resourc...

Page 6: ...t using an external power supply c Be sure to have your V Page units on the same network as the Q Sys Core LINKING TO A Q SYS CORE a Single click the V Page Plugin block for the station you would like to link and ensure your property settings are configured Refer to Plugin Properties section of this manual b Connect to the Q Sys Core and then double click to open the plugin c Press and hold button...

Page 7: ...7 August 18 2020 HARDWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE OVERVIEW Buttons Button Labels Microphone Clip Microphone Connector Ethernet SFP Ethernet RJ45 Button Label Insert ...

Page 8: ...ure of the V Page plugin This allows you to take manual control of the LED status using IO pins in Q Sys designer CONFIGURATION OF DIP SWITCHES The configuration DIP switches are located on the side of the V Page Changing the states of these switches either during power up or normal operation can alter the behavior of the V Page The default position for all the switches for normal operation is OFF...

Page 9: ... and the rest of the DIP switches and uses a default IP of 192 168 0 254 Web server serves up Firmware Update page For a detailed explanation on Updating V Page firmware see the Firmware Update section To exit Firmware Update Mode return the switch to OFF position and perform a power cycle OFF Default state of the switch for normal operation NOTE It s advised to use AMI Terminal to invoke the firm...

Page 10: ...e OFF NOTE Factory Test Mode is mainly used for troubleshooting It is NOT a requirement to program the V Page as all the parameters can be programmed while operating in the normal mode NOTE While in Test Mode V Page will not fully operate as a paging station DIP SWITCH 4 SPARE NOT IN USE This DIP Switch is currently not in use POWER UP RUNTIME ON Not in use OFF Default state of the switch for norm...

Page 11: ...is provided if you decide not to use the Power Over Ethernet feature circled in red below The Power connector pinout is shown below looking from the front of the connector Polarity is also label on the bottom of the PCB The power input accepts 5VDC to 37VDC at 1A Max ...

Page 12: ... the V Page VP4X comes pre wired to a 5 pin XLR connector mounted on the front of the unit that is designed to interface to the included microphone If you wish to remotely wire a microphone this connector can be removed and replaced with cover plate that is included in the product packaging Here is the pinout of the 5 pin XLR connector harness Phoenix Connector Wire Color Code 5 Pin Female XLR 1 B...

Page 13: ...E power ETHERNET SFP A small form factor pluggable SFP transceiver connector is available to provide support for a fiber optic alternative to the RJ45 port Both Single Mode and Multi Mode modules are compatible Make sure that the same SFP module model is used on both ends of the fiber optic connection to ensure compatibility ...

Page 14: ... understand is that each V Page station has two network interfaces that are switched into a single physical port one for Control and the other for Network Audio Dante or AES67 Also Q Sys cores handle AES67 and Dante very differently AES67 can be utilized on the same network as Q Lan while Dante requires a dedicated Dante IO card to be installed within the Q Sys core With all of these factors in mi...

Page 15: ...ch Q Lan and Dante require a different QoS configuration while the AUX Network of the Q Sys core acts as a generic ethernet port This makes the AUX connector the ideal path to interface to the Control interface of the V Page stations Dante traffic must be routed to a separate network connection on the Dante IO card within the Q Sys core ...

Page 16: ... utilize the built in Q Sys paging station capabilities of the station router to handle the PA routing of audio and zone selection With Q Sys you can assign zones to different outputs Q Sys Administrator For more details on this topic please refer to the help file on the Q Sys Designer software Note All Dante devices use PTP for clock synchronization and require Q Sys core s PTP config to be set t...

Page 17: ...he microphone by press and hold a zone button Zone Button mode or by choosing Mic Button mode Control IP Address The IP address of the network control of the unit entered by the user or fully populated once an IP is being assigned by a switch in DHCP mode Control Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the control network of the unit Control Gateway The gateway settings of the control network Audio Mode Us...

Page 18: ... Current V Page station firmware version 3 Plugin Current Plugin version 4 Link Use this button to associate a physical station with the plugin component refer to Linking a Station section on the next page 5 ID Pressing the Button will make the front buttons of the V Page station blink momentarily ...

Page 19: ...ings on Q sys administrator 10 Control IP Address The IP Address of the V Page station 11 Audio IP Address The IP Address of the audio stream 12 Audio Stream The type of digital audio stream used Dante or AES67 13 Emulation Mode Allows the plugin and V Page station to be tested without a core 14 Online LED is on if the V Page station is currently connected to the Core 15 Paging Status and LED Indi...

Page 20: ...indicator Red Busy Green Ready etc 20 State LED Breakaway Mode Determines the mode of the station buttons Off Operate as a regular zone selection button Toggle When pressed the control pin Breakaway State LED will toggle states 01 10 This can be used to interface to other control pins within Q sys like mute functions In this mode the button LED will represent the state of the Breakaway State LED c...

Page 21: ...s blinking red press and hold buttons 1 2 and 4 until a continuous scan sequence start on your V Page unit Double click on the plugin block and hit Link When adding additional V Page stations to your system don t forget to give the new station a unique ID and IP address Congrats Your V Page control has been set and you should be able to test your control functions ADDING PREVIOUSLY PROGRAMMED V PA...

Page 22: ...roller here https www audinate com products software dante controller This webpage also contains instructions on how to use the application AES67 FLOW CONFIGURATION For the stations to transmit AES67 signal through your network we must enable the functionality using Dante controller 1 Open Dante controller and double click on a station from the list 2 Go to the AES67 Config tab and select enabled ...

Page 23: ...er the Streaming I O sub menu Drag and drop into your Q SYS designer page an AES67 Receiver connect a wire from Output 1 to Input 1 of the Zone PA router Next Save to Core and Run Once connected double click on your recently added AES67 Rx module an choose the stream name set by using Dante Controller At this point you should be able to listen to your message once the Push To Talk is triggered The...

Page 24: ...ation s audio that you want to get on that receiver 3 Receiver Name This setting is done on the properties tab for the component We recommend using a name that can be easily related to the station that it belongs to 4 Interface Select which Q Lan to use Lan A Lan B or Auto select At this point you should be able to see signal from your voice when you talk into the microphone while pressing the pus...

Page 25: ...etain current IP in this mode Alternatively see Failsafe Recovery if unable to enter Firmware Update Mode remotely see troubleshooting guide at the end of this manual Once Firmware Update Mode is activated rapidly blinking GREEN LEDs on VP4X or patterned group blinking on VP16K and the unit gets a link light navigate to the last known IP in your favorite browser to display the Firmware Loader web ...

Page 26: ...ill handle IP address automatically or the use of third party application like BootIP where the user can assign an IP address manually based on the MAC address of the network interface Each V Page unit has two MAC addresses one for control and the other for digital audio Our unique ID start as 00 10 46 XX XX XX where Audinate unique ID start as 00 1D C1 XX XX XX It s important to clarify QSC Q Sys...

Page 27: ... Page is on a test bench and is not wired into the rest of the network To enter Failsafe Recovery Mode set the Dip Switch 2 to ON down power cycle the unit and return Dip Switch 2 to OFF up position The V Page is placed on a static IP of 192 168 0 254 regardless of its settings Then update firmware like normal refer to Firmware Update section of this manual ...

Page 28: ...e including physical identify by the Dante MAC IP address Action Command Response Notes Pinging all the V Page Station IDs ID h0D V Page Station ID from all the V Pages online ID 99 is a default ID if Link hasn t been performed Pinging all the V Page IPs IP h0D V Page IP from all the V Pages online IP reported is a dynamic IP if obtained via DHCP or static IP if one is set Pinging all the V Page M...

Page 29: ...d availability RM VP4 This is a 4U rack mount kit that allows you to mount a single V Page VP4X into a standard 19 equipment rack RM VP4VC12 This is an 8U rack mount kit that allows you to mount both a V Page VP4X and a V COM VP12X side by side into a standard 19 equipment rack ...

Page 30: ...t for sale separately so that lost or damaged units can be easily replaced This accessory includes an Electro Voice US600EL handheld push to talk microphone and replacement hook It also comes pre terminated with a 5 pin XLR connector to mate with the stock connector of this paging station ...

Page 31: ...y Response 20Hz 20kHz 1 Network Audio Interface 0x1 Dante 0x1 AES67 DSP Compatibility Q SYS Core 110f AES67 Only Q SYS Core 250i AES67 or Dante via CDN64 I O Card Q SYS Core 500i AES67 or Dante via CDN64 I O Card Q SYS Core 510i AES67 or Dante via CDN64 I O Card Q SYS Core 1100 AES67 or Dante via CDN64 I O Card Q SYS Core 3100 AES67 or Dante via CDN64 I O Card Q SYS Core 5200 AES67 Only PHYSICAL P...