Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE CLASSIC ACOUSTICS AND TOA PRESENTS THE VENAS VOICE EVACUATION SYSTEM

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE VM-2000 VM-2120, VM-2240 Mixer Amplifier Mixer Amplifier Features & Functions

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  INPUTS: l 2 BGM Inputs l 3 Mic/Line Inputs l 1 Telephone Input l Remote Microphone Input (for up to 4 RM-200M) l 100V Speaker Line l Power Amplifier Input

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  OUTPUTS: l Speaker Line Outputs: - 120W: VM-2120, 240W: VM volts (70 or 50 volt by simple modification) - 1 Direct - 5 Zones (with ON/OFF Switch and Attenuator) - (50V and 70V can be achieved by internal re-wiring) l 1 Line Output pre-master l 1 Line Output post-master l 1 Recording Output

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l 5 priority levels are provided: Emergency: highest priority 4 priority levels (1 - 4) l Remote-Controlled Power-ON the VM is always in stand-by mode, to be switched on by external equipment (e.g. central system in emergency case) l Emergency Power (24V DC) Inlet l Cascading 9 VM VM-2000 can be combined to obtain up to 45 zones and more output power

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l Optional Surveillance Functions: l Monitoring -Speaker Line -Amplifier -CPU -the Communication with Remote Microphone l Failure Indication on Remote Microphone and VM l Optional Voice Message Functions: l 7 Messages -5 for commercial purpose -2 for emergency purpose l 1 Chime

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  Mic/Line Inputs BGM Inputs Master volume Zone Attenuators Zone buttons All-call button FAULTEMERGENCY Emergency and Fault Indication LEDLevel meter Power switch (stand-by) Emergency and Fault Indication LED

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  AC mains24V DCBGM inputs w. level Line inputs + outputs Voice message module Mic/line inputs Telephone input, priority control in Setting DIP switches Control I/O Speaker connector Link remote mics, VM Volume telephone, chime, remote mic Surveillance module

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  2 BGM Inputs l 2 RCA/Cinch connectors (Stereo  Mono) l 2 attenuator for each channel (pre-adjustment) l Volume, bass & treble control BASS TREBLE BGM l Mute-level can be set: -∞∞, -28, 0 dB: to allow just mixing, keeping BGM present during paging or to switch off l BGM has always lowest priority (priority level 4) l Assignment to Zones The BGM signal can be routed to the zones selected by the front panel’s zone switches

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE   3 MIC/LINE Inputs (Inputs 1~3) l combined XLR / phone jacks, balanced l Input 1 with additional DIN jack control input included l Volume, bass & treble control l Selectable sensivity: microphone (-60 dBV) or line signal (-10 dBV l Phantom power: can be switched on or off for all simultaneously when set to microphone sensivity Rear l Control inputs on clamp terminal

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE   Control Settings l Selectable priority: ­When using control inputs: priority level 1 or 2 can be selected ­When not using control inputs: priority level 3 is provided ­Channels of the same priority level, can be set either to Last-in-first-out (LIFO) or first-in-first-out (FIFO) l Assignment to Zones -in priority level 1 or 2, the inputs can be assigned to certain zones - in priority level 3, the inputs will be routed to the zones selected by the front panel’s zone switches l Mixing ­In priority level 2, mixing can be selected ­In priority level 3, mixing is provided l Pre-Announcement Chime ­Priority level 1 and 2 provide automatic pre-chime ­On input 3, the pre-chime can be switched off PCB

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  1 Telephone Input l Push-in terminal block (balanced) with control input Sensivity: -10 dBV l Connection to a PABX system with an audio output and control signal output l Priority level 1 or 2 l Pre-announcement chime can be set ON or OFF RearPCB

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  Connection of up to 4 remote microphones l parallel connection in „daisy chain“ l using RJ45 connectors and category 5 cables (4 pairs with shield) VM-2000 (master) RJ45 *external power supply necessary for more than 1 remote microphone (AD-4800 ER, part code )

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  1 External Speaker input l on push-in screw terminal l to switch the connected speakers to an external power amplifier e.g. to connect the speakers to a central system e.g. to connect the speakers to a stand-by amplifier in case of amplifier failure l the external signal will be switched directly to the speaker lines the attenuators will be bypassed Rear

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  3 Line Level Outputs l Recording Output pre-master, for recording independent of master volume, level: 0 dBV l Line Output pre-master, for connecting additional amplifiers without master volume control of VM, level: 0 dBV l Pre (amplifier) Output post-master, for connecting additional amplifiers with master volume control on VM, or to connect the slave VM, level: 0 dBV Rear

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  1 Direct and 5 Zone Outputs l Plug-in screw connector for easy connection and maintenance l Output level: 100V 70V and 50V by internal re-wiring l direct output without attenuator l zone outputs with attenuators 6 steps: -20, -15, -10, -6, -3, 0 dB l Attenuator control output to bypass external attenuators Rear

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE   Remote Control by external Equipment or Switches (manual control): l Activation will be made by closing or opening a contact Rear l in some cases a control can be activated by a pulse l in other cases a control can be activated with a level signal > 100 ms breakmake

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE   Remote Control by external Equipment or Switches (manual control): l Switching ON and OFF the VM l Start/Stop of Emergency mode l Activation of external speaker signal input l Start pre-recorded messages (if EV-200 installed) l Chime activation l Westminster chime activation l (external) Fault (to be indicated on the fault LED) OFF ON pre-chimepost-chime

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  Remote Control of external Equipment or Indicators (LED, buzzer) l AC mains failure l DC failure l Power status l Communication (with remote microphone) fault l General Fault l Emergency mode active l EV-200 fault (when EV-200 installed)

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  ‘  Nine VM-2000s can be combined l to increase the output power l to increase the number of zones up to 45 l one unit will be master, the others all slaves l the voice announcement module needs to be installed only in the master unit l the remote microphone(s) will be connected to the master unit only l Full access to each desired zone of the slave units through the master unit

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  VM RM-200M: 5-zone system 2x VM RM-200M + RM EV-200: 10-zone system with 5-voice message EV-200 VM VM RM-200M: 10-zone system EV-200 VM RM-200M + EV200: 5-zone system with 5-voice message

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l Absolute Priority 5 priority levels are provided: l Emergency: highest priority l 4 priority levels (1 - 4) l Relative Priority when inputs of the same priority level (1 or 2) are activated at the same time, valid for all inputs with control l last-in-first-out (LIFO) and first-in-first-out (FIFO) l unit no. Priority only for RM-200M and messages l Mixing l in priority level 2: “priority 2 mixing” is set l in priority level 3

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l Audio Levels at different Priority Levels l Emergency : max. level at speaker bypass of master volume and zone attenuators, activation of external attenuator control l priority level 1 & 2: max. level output XXX -bypass of master volume and zone attenuators -when “priority 2” is set to “mixing”: no bypass of master volume and zone attenuators for inputs of priority level 2 l priority levels 3 and 4: level as set no bypass of master volume and zone attenuators

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l The VM-2000 is a package amplifier providing VA (Voice Alarm) functions So, it can be set into the Emergency Mode by: l depressing the remote microphones emergency key l external control: - starting the ALERT function - starting the EVACUATION function The Emergency mode can be stopped only by external control ! To avoid switching off easily

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEERM-200M Remote Microphone

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  u Elegant and modern design, slink gooseneck microphone u selection for up to 10 zones u Two group selection buttons u All-call selection button u talk button in PTT or ON/OFF mode u protected emergency button, starting evacuation sequence u pre- and post-announcement chime selectable u Start of 5 pre-recorded messages u key extension RM-210 available u up to 4 remote microphones can be connected

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE   d RM-210 d RM-200M Power indicator Failure indicator Emergency indicator Emergency key Group 1 key Group 1 indicator Group 2 key Group 2 indicator All-call key All-call indicator A B C Flashing green: RM-200M can interrupt the busy unit Flashing orange: RM-200M can not operate Zone / message indication Zone / message selector key Busy indicator: In-use indicator Talk button Remote microphone RM-200MKey extension RM-210 Labels: can be inserted under the surface

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE   d RM-210 d RM-200M A B C C: when using EV-200 and two VM-2000 : message selector B: when using EV-200: message 1-5 selector, when using two VM-2000: zone 6-10 selection A: always zone 1-5 selection

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE 29  l Connectors and Adjustment DC POWER IN 24V mA LINKSPMIC EXTERNAL MIC IN DC power input jack RJ45 link connector Microphone volume control External microphone input jack Function setting switchExtension connector

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l Bottom side Turn the bottom up Connect the link cable fix the linkage bracket B fix the linkage bracket A

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  Prepare a hole Place in the remote microphone Fix the RM with screws from the bottom side

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE SV-200 Surveillance Board

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l Monitoring of l speaker lines on -short circuit -break -earth leakage l power amplifier on proper operation l Output of detected failures l on the VM-2000 l on the remote microphone(s) RM-200M l on output connector

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  SURVEILLANCE I/O SETCHECK SP LINE IMPEDANCE SET button: after connecting the speakers, depress here for initial measurement CHECK button: manual start of measuring to check the speaker lines

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE EV-200 Voice Announcement Board

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  Playback of pre-recorded messages l 2 Emergency messages l 5 commercial messages l 1 chime l control via remote microphone or by external equipment (e.g. timer) l sound files on compact flash memory card message length depends only on the card‘s size l recording and editing of the messages on EV-350

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  l CPU Status Indicator CPU RUN ACCESS COMPACTFLASH CARD volume controlCard access indicator CPU status indicator CF card slot Eject button normal operation: flashes abnormal operation: steadily on no operation: extinguished l Card Access Indicator Card access: flashes failure: steadily on

Background Design: Torsten Kranz Design: Torsten TEE  In EV-200 usable memory cards: Type: CompactFlash cards model: SDCFB-8/-16/-32/-48/-64/-96 manufacturer: SanDisk capacity: 8 MB - 96 MB for recording with EV-350R: CF-adapter (e.g. SanDisk type SDCF-03)

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