EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM OWNERS MANUAL AUDIO ELECTRONICS DESIGN EQUIPOS EUROPEOS ELECTRÓNICOS, S.A.L Avda. de la Industria, 50. 28760 TRES CANTOS-MADRID (SPAIN). 34-91-761 65 80 34-91-804 43 58 www.altairaudio.com altair@altairaudio.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 2 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 2. SWITCHES, CONTROLS, ADJUSTMENTS AND CONNECTORS.................................................................................................... 4 FRONT PANEL ..................................................................................
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 3 1. INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the ALTAIR dual channel master station EF-200 of the E-200 series intercom system. There is a lot the characteristics that make of the ALTAIR E-200 series one of the most highlighted in the audio professional market, some are enumerated here: The new ALTAIR E-200 SERIES add more features to our popular Espiral E-100 series, maintaining compatibility.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 2. SWITCHES, CONTROLS, ADJUSTMENTS AND CONNECTORS These are the switches, controls, adjustments and connectors that you can find in your ALTAIR intercom master station. The description and explanation of each one will be found in the corresponding section. FRONT PANEL CALL SWITCH. HEADSET CONNECTOR. MIC ON/OFF/PUSH TO TALK SWITCH. SIDETONE CONTROL. HEADSET VOLUME CONTROL. LINE A AND B LISTEN BALANCE CONTROL.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION LINES A AND B LINK SWITCH. EMERGENCY SWITCH (BATTERY OPERATION). SLAVE CHANNELS LINK SWITCH. POWER SWITCH. REAR PANEL MAINS CONNECTOR AND FUSEHOLDER. PA OUTPUT CONNECTOR XLR-3-32. BATTERY HOLDER. PA OUTPUT RELAY CONNECTOR JACK ¼”. PROGRAM INPUT MIC/LINE SELECTOR SWITCH. INTERCOM LINE CONNECTORS XLR-3-31 AND XLR-3-32. PROGRAM INPUT CONNECTOR XLR-3-31. MULTICHANNEL LINKS CONNECTORS FCC-68.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 6 3. WORKING PRECAUTIONS The manufacturer is not responsible of any damage that can possibly happen to the intercom master station outside the limits of the warranty or those produced by not taking care with the working precautions. Mains voltage must be between the limits of the admitted power supply (90-264 VAC, 5060 Hz) and that the fuse must be the appropriate (2A slow blow type: T2A).
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION Make sure that the fuse is the right one: 2A slow blow type - T2A CAUTION: Always make sure after changing the fuse, that it is the right one. CONNECTING TO THE MAINS The connection of the intercom master station power supply to the mains takes place by a standard cord included in the box. Make sure that the unit power switch is at 0 position (turned off). Insert the female I.E.C.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 8 unbalanced). The next list shows the input pins correspondence as A.E.S recommends: PROGRAM INPUT - XLR-3-31 0V PIN 1 PIN 2 HOT (+) COLD (-) PIN 3 The input connection depends on two factors, the first is the type of input signal balanced or unbalanced, and the second the ground configuration of the sound source (floating or groundreferenced).
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 9 2) Using single conductor shielded cable: BALANCED INPUT: PA OUTPUT CONNECTION The PA output signal is carried out through a XLR-3-32 male connector. The output is balanced, with a nominal impedance of 100 Ω. The next list shows the input pins correspondence as A.E.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 10 PA OUTPUT - XLR-3-32 0V PIN 1 PIN 2 HOT (+) COLD (-) PIN 3 The output connection depends on two factors, the first is the type of input signal balanced or unbalanced, and the second the ground configuration of the sound destination unit (floating or ground-referenced).
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 11 2) Using single conductor shielded cable: BALANCED INPUT: PA OUTPUT RELAY CONNECTION The PA output relay connection allows to carry out a control on an external application every time the PA output is activated (connection with unidirectional transmission systems - radio stations. Lights turn on/off, motors, etc.). The multipurpose relay connection takes place with a JACK ¼” connector.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION RELAY COMMON NORMALLY CLOSE NORMALLY OPEN JACK ¼” TIP RING SLEEVE TIP. RING. SLEEVE. In the factory configuration, the PA output relay is activated with the PA output switch, but the multipurpose relay can be configured to be activated upon activating the channel A and/or B microphone or upon activating the remote mute — buzzers signal. In order to obtain more information, consult the special operation section.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 13 MULTICHANNEL SYSTEM CONNECTION (MASTER-SLAVE) The MASTER-SLAVE connection of master stations allows to carry out multichannel systems and use an only headphone for all the intercom lines. The connection is made with an 8 pin RJ45 cable (of wide use in computer networks) without inverting (extension).
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 14 obtain more information consult the section — SPECIAL OPERATIONS), but it can be sent to all the intercom lines with the local program send to lines A/B switches and program input level control.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 15 CONNECTION OF INTERCOM SYSTEMS WITH MORE THAN 50 BELTPACKS It is possible connect two master stations (EF-200) in installations where it is necessary work with more than 50 beltpacks (EM-201), with their lines in parallel (A with A and/or B with B), always having the caution of opening the terminal impedance (in order to obtain more information, consult the special operation section), of the secondary master station lines that serves us
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 16 NOTE: Headphones can be with a double or single muff. In case of using a double muff headphone, the two speakers should be wired in parallel mode. HEADSET VOLUME CONTROL The volume control allows attenuating or amplifying the signal sent to the headphones. This control adjusts the listen level to the headphones as you wish.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 17 the system will leave the global mode, stopping blinking the associated LED to the buzzer switch. If we want to leave the global mode without carrying out any of the functions previously mentioned, we simply will press quickly the BUZZER switch and the system will leave the global mode, stopping blinking the associated LED to the buzzer switch.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 18 When the TALK switches are pressed and held, the unit will enter in the special function PUSH TO TALK; this means that the microphone will be enabled until the switch is released. SIDETONE CONTROL The sidetone control adjusts the level of your own voice as you hear it in your headphones.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 19 SLAVE CHANNELS LINK SWITCH This switch is only enabled when the unit is configured in slave mode, in master mode it is disabled. In a multichannel system, the slave channels link switch of the slave station allows to join the master station unit channel A with the slave station unit channel A, this way the same signal appears in both channels.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 20 7. SPECIAL OPERATIONS In order to set-up some of the master station possibilities, the unit must be opened removing the eight screws of the unit top cover, and for the input and output transformers placement also the eight screws of the unit bottom cover, to solder the transformers. NOTE: This type of operations takes place with the unit is opened; the best thing should be to carry it out by a qualified technician.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 21 Remove the links corresponding to the output transformer LK9 and LK10. Place the output transformer, keeping in mind the position of their pins (seven behind and six forward), and solder it to the main PCB.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 22 audio systems (factory set-up). This configuration can be modified to make the PA OUTPUT always enabled with the microphone sending of the HEADSET connection with an internal DIP-SWITCH (DSW1, position 2, PROGRAM OUT WITHOUT RELAY, placed at the front left corner of the main PCB of the unit).
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION PROGRAM INPUT IN SLAVE MODE DISABLED. 23 PROGRAM INPUT IN SLAVE MODE ENABLED. CHANGING THE BUZZER LEVEL The buzzer sound level can be configured with an internal DIP-SWITCH (DSW1, position 5, BUZZER LEVEL, placed at the front left corner of the main PCB of the unit).
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 24 middle of the main PCB of the unit). The configurations are additive, this means that if we have configured the positions 1, 2 and 3, the multipurpose relay will be activated whenever the channel A or channel B microphone are activated, as well as when the key of PA-MIC is pressed.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 25 interruption with the PA-MIC switch will be enabled. The factory set-up disables both program interruptions. The DIP SWITCH positions 5 and 6 in OFF. This configuration is additive to the program interrupt by PA-MIC switch. PROGRAM INTERRUPT WITH THE CHANNEL A MIC SWITCH DISABLED. PROGRAM INTERRUPT WITH THE CHANNEL A MIC SWITCH ENABLED. PROGRAM INTERRUPT WITH THE CHANNEL B MIC SWITCH DISABLED.
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E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 27 9. REPAIR GUIDE For service purposes, the unit must be opened removing the eight screws on the top cover. NOTE: This type of operations takes place with the unit open, for that purpose, it should be carried out by a qualified technician. DANGER: Before opening the unit, disconnect it from the mains.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 28 10. APPLICATION EXAMPLE In the following schematic drawing is represented one application example, a summary of most of the situations the operator may find in the real world. This example is composed by four intercom lines, formed by two ALTAIR EF-200 units, one configured like MASTER, and the other like SLAVE. The MASTER unit has a program input from an other sound system and PA OUTPUT to a public address system.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 29 11. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS IMPEDANCE: INTERCOM LINE SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS PREAMPLIFIER HEADSET AMPLIFIER P.A.
E-200 SERIES INTERCOM SYSTEM — EF-200 DUAL CHANNEL MASTER STATION 30 12. WARRANTY This unit is warranted by Equipos Europeos Electrónicos to the original user, against flaws in the manufacturing and in the materials, for a period of one year, starting from the date of sale. Flaws due to wrong use of the unit, internal modifications or accidents, are not covered by this warranty. There is no other warranty expressed or implicit. Any faulty unit must be sent to the dealer or the manufacturer.
