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Wiring to sub station should be 2-conductor shielded cable.
Wire distance from IPW-1A to IE series sub station: 
22AWG = 387 feet,   18AWG = 980 feet

RESET

RS-232

STATUS

SUB

PT-1211C

SUB

1

2

Audio Only Door

IE Series sub station

LAN

PWR

POWER

IN0 IN1        NO  C  NC

PT

Note:  
Contact rated at 30V AC/DC, 1.0A

*

5. Wiring & Terminal Definitions

IN0 IN1      NO  C  NC

T

*Normally Closed dry contact
*Common
*Normally Open dry contact

Input ground
Input 1 (sensor input)
Input 0 (external call button input)

* The dry contact can be used for door 
release or an alarm output.

1. Load the software onto the PC to be used as a master station. Insert CD (included with IPW-1A) 

or download the latest version from the Aiphone website (www.aiphone.com).

2. Install the CommuniCenter software by following the on-screen prompts, or by executing 

setup.exe

” to begin the installation process.

3. Any IPW-1A adaptors within the broadcast domain should automatically appear on the sub 

station list on the right.  Refer to Section 8 of this user guide for software functionality and 
configuration information.  Refer to Section 12 of this user guide for hardware configuration.

4. Software Installation

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Summary of Contents for CommunCenter

Page 1: ...OPERATION MANUAL Software for IPW 1A Intercom Over IP Adaptor LAN PWR POWER IN0 IN1 NO C NC T 2 Wires 0211...

Page 2: ...NS 10 Sub station calling in 10 1 Answering a call from sub station 10 2 Monitoring the sub station 10 3 Talking to a sub station 10 4 Activating the dry contacts 10 5 ALL CALL GROUP PAGING 10 6 All C...

Page 3: ...Voltage Use Aiphone PT 1211C included 15 24V AC DC Network Interface 10 100 Base T Ethernet Auto detection RJ 45 IP Assignment Static or Dynamic Hardware Protocols TCP IP UDP DHCP SNMP AutoIP SonicIP...

Page 4: ...he dry contact can be used for door release or an alarm output 1 Load the software onto the PC to be used as a master station Insert CD included with IPW 1A or download the latest version from the Aip...

Page 5: ...Create a password to gain access to the software configuration Scheduling Set specific times during the day week to put the program in and out of unavailable mode Audio Settings Allows you to choose i...

Page 6: ...ndow 9 Available Unavailable Button Allows the user to switch to and from away status 1 5 6 3 4 8 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 2 13 18 10 Help Button Opens the help window 11 Door Release Button Activates...

Page 7: ...r Button Allows the selected station to be monitored 7 All Call Button Makes a broadcast announcement to all stations visible within CommuniCenter 8 Talk Button Engages transmit communication when the...

Page 8: ...u can select the following from the drop down box Visual pop up will display the Incoming Call pop up Audible wav file will play a preselected wav file Both will enable both the Visual and Audible not...

Page 9: ...nables the user to browse for a file in the Paging Message pop up window Select sub station s via check box Create and name group Pg 9 8 3 Paging Messages o Under the Paging Messages tab you can creat...

Page 10: ...mark Clicking on the Refresh button will update the list with the latest devices available 8 5 Passwords o The Passwords tab allows you to create a password to gain access to the Software Configuratio...

Page 11: ...io archiving and data log archiving features Click on the Audio Archive Enable check box to enable this feature From the Select audio archive folder button you can create your own folder or use the de...

Page 12: ...you have the option of deleting the file by clicking on the Delete selected button o To access the log data file use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder that you had selected in the set up proc...

Page 13: ...etting must match the bandwidth setting you have for the devices otherwise an error status will occur o Any changes made to the Input Device Output Device or Quality Level will require a restart of th...

Page 14: ...call tone to be heard at the substation Pressing the call button additional times will cause the tone to repeat o When the call button on a substation is pressed the CommuniCenter will either display...

Page 15: ...will be heard at that sub station regardless of configuration In addition the sub station will not change state in the Sub Station List o To monitor a sub station select the station by either double...

Page 16: ...ing Limited to 1 PC at a time on the network 10 6 1 All Call Calls to stations that are on the Sub Station Location List o To make an all call announcement to all sub stations in your list click on th...

Page 17: ...g announcement to manually selected groups open the Sub Station Location List You can open the Sub Station List by clicking on the Location Button o From the Sub Station Location List select the sub s...

Page 18: ...will be heard at the selected station o To send a message to a group of sub stations select either a group of units from the Sub Station Location List or a predetermined group from the Paging Group L...

Page 19: ...List o To access the settings via the program click on Settings or press the S key This will open the Hardware Configuration Window and allow you to configure the IPW 1A o To access the settings via...

Page 20: ...upon power on Expand the Audio section to adjust the quality bandwidth settings of the audio as well as the speaker volume and microphone gain and to enable or disable the pre tone at the substation E...

Page 21: ...tomatic IP assignment the following settings are utilized IP Discovery Enabled 0 0 0 0 Factory Default all protocols enabled Disable AutoIP 0 0 1 0 Disable BOOTP 0 0 2 0 Disable DHCP 0 0 4 0 Disable I...

Page 22: ...ality of the IPW 1A s Reset button Default Enabled o Factory Defaults Allows or disallows the IPW 1A to be reset to Factory Default settings Default Enabled o Update Function Controls the ability to e...

Page 23: ...c to the appropriate destination PC running CommuniCenter o Other CommuniCenter PC s in the either LAN will not communicate with any intercoms set up in direct mode If multiple PC s are required to co...

Page 24: ...configured for what is commonly called Broadcast storm protection which has a limit for bandwidth of a broadcast from any source The primary benefit of such a feature is to prevent a Denial of Servic...

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