Current Thinking ALP48, Programming Manual

Page 1: ...Document Number DDC ALP 7002 01 AD ALP48 Digital Command Microphone Current Thinking Programming Manual February 2009 Software Version 3 8 ...

Page 2: ...an be beneficial messages telling the evacuees they are going the right way and messages asking people to make way for people leaving evacuated areas These additional messages can dramatically speed up the evacuation especially in malls and large airport environments Overview For small and medium sized installations this self contained voice alarm controller provides an ideal solution The basic co...

Page 3: ...he last menu option will become the current menu option if R is pressed When in a configuration menu a variety of options may be displayed Each option will either have a colon or a chevron followed by the value for that option e g Net address 1 The chevron will indicate which option is currently selected Use the L and R buttons to toggle through the various values for that option When the correct ...

Page 4: ...moves to the next character Edit fault text Fire microphone 1 Fault on fire mic 1 Next When the last character is entered or A is pressed on the end of text ÿ character the Next option banner is selected If the ÿ end of text character is used to terminate text entry the character position containing this character is filled with a space and all characters to the right of the end of text character ...

Page 5: ...er Access Menu Root Menu No Faults When the system has no faults the banner shows System Healthy ALP v3 8 udio Logistics System Healthy 08 35 00 18 02 09 Root Menu Faults When the system is in fault the health banner shows System in Fault ALP v3 8 udio Logistics System in Fault 08 35 00 18 02 09 Press A to enter the user level menu The user level menu will allow you to view the fault status and th...

Page 6: ...As Press R to scroll forward through the pages Press L to scroll backward through the pages Press A to exit this menu Each line will show the address number for that DCA4 along with the audio input for all 4 outputs Each audio input has a 3 letter designation If this DCA4 is not detected on the network then Not detected will be shown on this line 1 BGM BGM BGM BGM 2 3 Not detected 4 Evc Alt Alt Al...

Page 7: ...Press R to scroll forward through the faults if there is more than one Press L to scroll backward through the faults if there is more than one Press A to exit this menu This menu option is only shown if the Faults option is enabled in the Setup menu described later Login This allows you to enter a PIN number to gain access to either Management level 3 or engineer level 4 menu items the PIN for eac...

Page 8: ...nager or engineer functions View audio sources This menu shows the audio input sources for the network It is described in detail above View fault status This menu shows the faults only in the event log It is described in detail above except that this menu is always shown Accept faults If the buzzer is sounding pressing A will accept the fault and silence the buzzer When the buzzer is silenced it w...

Page 9: ...ess changed entry into the event log View event log In this menu the display shows the Event fault log the date and time of the event If more than one event exists L and R scroll through the events All events are shown There will always be at least one event in the log the date and time of the last log clearance engineering level operation The log holds up to the last 99 events If a fault has exis...

Page 10: ...y at which the microphone is to be used on the system Vol changes the microphone volume between 0db to 31db The volume can also be muted Bass changes the microphone bass level between 16db to 16db Mid changes the microphone mid level between 16db to 16db Treb changes the microphone treble level between 16db to 16db Lvl changes the priority of the microphone Page level will override all non emergen...

Page 11: ...t an asterisk Use the L and R buttons to scroll through the digits Press A to move to the next digit Once you have entered the 4 digits for the PIN the cursor will move to the first digit of the Repeat PIN Re enter the same 4 digits Once the PIN has been entered twice if Save is selected it will check the 2 PINs If they are the same the manager PIN will be updated and a Manager PIN changed entry w...

Page 12: ...A4 fault Edit site name Network settings Panel LED test All menu options from Log off to Change manager PIN are detailed in the Manager Level menu above Change engineer PIN This menu allows the user to change the engineer PIN Set engineer PIN New PIN 0 Repeat PIN Next The currently selected digit is shown as a digit and not an asterisk Use the L and R buttons to scroll through the digits Press A t...

Page 13: ...igns this button to be a zone select button All configured DCA4s are shown in a list Button 1 Next 1 1 Y 2 N 3 N 4 N 2 1 N 2 N 3 N 4 N 3 1 N 2 N 3 N 4 N Each DCA4 is shown with 4 audio outputs The network address of the DCA4 is shown down the left side The output number is shown across the line For example 1 1 Y 2 N 3 N 4 N means that this line refers to DCA4 address 1 The cursor is on output 1 an...

Page 14: ...try is added to the event log Special functions This menu assigns a button to a special function Only 1 special function can be assigned to a button If you toggle a function to Yes and another function was already on Yes then that other function will automatically switch to No leaving the current function on Yes When the new button configuration is saved a Btn config changed entry is added to the ...

Page 15: ... the display will change to indicate you have entered music select mode When you see this display the zone button LEDs will light to show which zones are set for music If the zone LED is off then there is no music in that zone Pressing that zone button will enable music for all outputs in that zone The zone LED will light indicating music is now enabled in that zone Conversely you can turn music o...

Page 16: ... To protect a panel button press it Its LED should light indicating that button is to be protected Repeat the process until all buttons that require protecting are lit The cursor will default to Save Use L or R to toggle this between Save and Quit Press A to accept the selected choice Save will store this new protected buttons and move back to the Engineering level menu Quit will discard all chang...

Page 17: ... zone LED yellow for any zone that has this output configured as part of that zone If Evac is set to Yes then when the ALP48 sees an output playing this message it will light the zone LED red for any zone that has this output configured as part of that zone When this configuration is saved a DVA1 Msg1 name chgd entry is added to the event log Other messages All messages are handled as described in...

Page 18: ...dit fault text This menu allows the user to configure the fault text for some faults mainly faults reported by the DCA4 Edit fault text Back Fire microphone 1 Fire microphone 2 HP microphone 1 HP microphone 2 LP microphone 1 LP microphone 2 Data microphone AC power supply Battery power Message store 1 Message store 2 Zone 1 amplifier Zone 2 amplifier Zone 3 amplifier Zone 4 amplifier Zone 1 cable ...

Page 19: ... 2 this text is displayed whenever a DCA4 reports a fault on high priority microphone 2 Event entry on change HPmic2 text changed LP microphone 1 this text is displayed whenever a DCA4 reports a fault on low priority microphone 1 Event entry on change LPmic1 text changed LP microphone 2 this text is displayed whenever a DCA4 reports a fault on low priority microphone 2 Event entry on change LPmic2...

Page 20: ...le this text is displayed whenever a DCA4 reports a fault on the amplifier cable attached to output 2 Event entry on change Zone2 cable text chd Zone 3 cable this text is displayed whenever a DCA4 reports a fault on the amplifier cable attached to output 3 Event entry on change Zone3 cable text chd Zone 4 cable this text is displayed whenever a DCA4 reports a fault on the amplifier cable attached ...

Page 21: ... itself Present Edit site name This menu enables you to change the site name for the ALP48 The site name appears on the second line of the root menu The site name can contain up to 20 characters Details on how to change the text is described in the Inputting Text section above Note unlike other inputting text options there is no chevron indicating start of text as the text occupies the entirety of...

Page 22: ...There are network options for determining how the ALP48 connects to the network its network address and if it should generate a network fault if a fault is detected Present This option determines how the ALP48 connects to the network The possible configurations are No The ALP48 is not connected to the network It will ignore all network traffic and it will not report its status to the network Net i...

Page 23: ...ses by pressing A To switch pages press A when on the Next option To save the addresses toggle Next to Save then press A This will add a Net settings chngd entry to the event log Other addresses This menu option informs the ALP48 which ALP48s are present on the network including itself There can be up to 6 ALP48s The local ALP48 is shown on this screen with a next to its address instead of the usu...

Page 24: ...are lit and with the correct colour Any discrepancies mean that the ALP48 is faulty System reboot This menu allows the user to reboot the ALP48 firmware Rebooting will re initialise the ALP48 The menu first asks if you are sure you wish to reboot By default the answer will be No Press L or R to toggle answer between No and Yes Press A to accept the choice made If the choice is Yes it will reboot t...

Page 25: ...designed to be updateable using a secure programming adapter An engineer who has been trained by Current Thinking should only do this While we subject all our software to a rigorous quality system we acknowledge that bugs may be present due to the number of possible permutations offered by the ALP48 s flexibility If you discover any bugs or have additional requirements please email info current th...