User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Installing Arcadia Central Station
- 2.1 Front Panel Connectors, Controls and Indicators
- 2.2 Intercom Touchscreens
- 2.3 Rear Panel Connectors and Indicators
- 2.4 System Powering
- 2.5 Clear-Com Ethernet Cable Recommendations
- 2.6 Stage Announce and Program Feed
- 2.7 Set the Arcadia Central Station IP address
- 2.8 Save and Restore System Configuration
- 2.9 Reset to Default
- 2.10 Example Applications
- 3 Connecting to other systems
- 4 Network Setup
- 5 Core Configuration Manager (CCM) walkthrough
- 6 CCM configuration
- 6.1 Setting up the Arcadia Central Station
- 6.2 Adding IP Transceivers (FS Edge, FS II 1.9, 2.4)
- 6.3 Registering beltpacks
- 6.4 Viewing and adding Channels
- 6.5 Viewing and Adding Members to Groups
- 6.6 Channels or Groups?
- 6.7 Creating and Editing Roles
- 6.8 Set up GPIOs and Logic Events
- 6.9 Monitoring Your System from the CCM
- 7 Security
- 8 Configuring from the Front Panel
- 9 Spare parts
- 10 Terminology/glossary
- 11 Front Panel Menu Reference Tables
- 12 Specifications
- 13 Pinouts
- 14 Regulatory compliance
User Guide | Arcadia Central Station
Example connection with a splitter
Note: The splitter connections are switched between RJ45 and Fiber routing using dip switches inside
the splitter.
For more examples of connection options and how to set the dip switches, see the FreeSpeak II
Splitter Quick Start Guide available from the FreeSpeak II Knowledge Center
Cable distances - E1 connections
Arcadia Central Station to TCVR/splitter
1 TCVR directly connected to and powered
by the Arcadia Central Station
l 328 ft (100 m) using shielded 24 AWG
Cat 5/6e cable
l 164 ft (50 m) using shielded 26 AWG
Cat 5/6e cable
1 TCVR directly connected to the Arcadia
Central Station with local/direct power at
TCVR
l 2625 ft (800 m) using shielded 24 AWG
Cat 5/6e cable
l 1312 ft (400 m) using shielded 26 AWG
Cat 5/6e cable
Arcadia Central Station to splitter (splitter is
powered)
l 2625 ft (800 m) using shielded 24 AWG
Cat 5/6e cable
l 1312 ft (400 m) using shielded 26 AWG
Cat 5/6e cable
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