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Aura™ CM-54i 

Surface Mount Illuminated Enclosure

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Door Activation Devices 

1.  GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Camden Aura™, Model CM-54i provides the Industry’s 1st 
“Changing State” illuminated switch enclosures.
It offers field selectable red/green/blue illumination, activated 
directly by the switch or remotely by a relay* such as our CX-33 
or EMF-2, a time-clock or access control system. User selectable 
features include a 3 Amp Form ‘C’ relay, and piezo speaker for 
audible annunciation, as well as control over the idle and active 
LED colors. Another exclusive is the ability to plug in a TX-9 RF 
transmitter, thereby requiring only 2 conductors be run for 
power (no batteries required).
The box is made of impact and flame resistant black ABS, and 
compatible with any Camden CM-41, CM-45, or CM-46 series 
switch. The illumination is provided by an array of super-bright 
and energy efficient LED’s, which can be powered by 12 or 24 
volts AC/DC.

2. SPECIFICATIONS

Input Voltage

12 or 24V AC/DC

Output Voltage

3 Volts DC for TX-9 (only)

Current draw

250 mA @ 12 VDC / 110 mA @ 24 VDC

Contact Rating

3A @ 30 VDC

Lumina Red

14.8 lumens, 1600 mW

Lumina Green

3.8 lumens, 330 mW

Sounder

3200 ± 300 Hz @ 85 dB

Relay Contact

1 x Form C

Mounting

4 x #12 wood screws with anchors

Construction  

Flame-resistant black ABS 
(Insert–translucent ABS)

Finish

Attractive pebble finish

Dimensions 

6-1/2” H x 6-1/2” W x 2” D  

(165mm x 165mm x 51mm)

3. SETUP

Switch SW1 contains a bank of 3 dipswitches.

Dipswitch # 3 turns the speaker on or off. Dipswitch # 2 toggles 
operation of the relay, and # 1 allows you to choose whether 
the color will be changed locally via the push switch or remotely.

* NOTE:

 

The CX-12 Plus Multi-Function Relay may be used 

with the Aura™, however an isolating relay must be wired in 
parallel with the lock, and the relay’s dry contact output wired 
into the CM-54i.

Switch Position Description

SW1

1

REMOTE / LOCAL On to enable  
LED color change from idle to Active 
with press of the push button.

2

RELAY On to enable operation of the 
relay with activation of the push button.

3

SPEAKER On to enable operation of 
the speaker with activation of the 
push button.

 
Color selection is made with Switches SW2 and SW3.  SW2 
determines the Active color and SW3 determines the Idle color.

Setting the IDLE Color (SW2)

Switch Position Description

SW2

1

ON = Red LED when IDLE

2

ON = Green LED when IDLE

3

ON = Blue LED when IDLE

Setting the Active Color (SW3)

Switch Position Description

SW3

1

ON = Red LED when Active

2

ON = Green LED when Active

3

ON = Blue LED when Active

 

NOTE: If all DIP switches are in the OFF position, there will 
be no color illuminated. This allows for no Idle color or no 
Active color.

Once all DIP switches are set, proceed to Section 4 – Installation.

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-  CM-54i       

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-  Red / Green / Blue Aura PCB       

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-  #6 x 3/8 Screws

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