User Guide

3 The Mic Tally Gadget Explained Front and Rear Panels 4
Why the Mic Tally Gadget?
M!KA microphone arms, with all their pretty tally lights, are popular broadcast
studio furnishings. But you need to be able to control those tally lights.
How do you do that? The Mic Tally Gadget, that’s how.
To assume control of your tally lights, attach a 3 pin XLR female connector on
the mic end of the cable and a 5 pin XLR male connector on the base end. W
e’ve gone through the trouble of including four 5 pin male connectors (in case
your tally arms came with bare cables), but you may require adapters for these
connections; don’t fret we make those too! Microphone audio and signal voltage
for your tally lights are carried via 5 pin XLR connectors through the Mic Tally
Gadget direct to your audio mixing console via RJ45 StudioHub connectors
(the gadget only serves as a pass through for your audio signal; there is no
amplification or processing).
Each tally can be red or white. Use one color to signify on air, another color for
ready. Or they can be set up to indicate some other status. Front panel switches
can be used to manually control the tally lights as well.
If you’re running a console with built in logic, you can also control the lights
remotely via the four opto isolated RJ45 logic ports on the rear panel. You can
drive these inputs with voltages from +3.3VDC to 12VDC. Various c onfigurations
are possible.
Power is provided by an internal 115V or 230V power supply via captive power
cable.
Note: These connection instructions are specific to the M!KA microphone
arms with tally and AXIA GPIO logic ports. Other microphone arms and/or
consoles may be compatible, but the instructions will need to be adapted to the
differences.
The front panel.
The back panel.