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V-Com VC12X

 

 

 

User’s Guide

 

August 18, 2020 

12-ZONE INTELLIGENT INTERCOM STATION 

 

Summary of Contents for V-Com VC12X

Page 1: ...V Com VC12X User s Guide August 18 2020 12 ZONE INTELLIGENT INTERCOM STATION...

Page 2: ...RE OVERVIEW 7 ZONE STATUS LEDS 8 CONFIGURATION OF DIP SWITCHES 8 CONNECTORS 11 NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 15 Q SYS CONFIGURATION AND PLUGINS 17 INTERCOM MATRIX PROPERTIES 18 INTERCOM MATRIX OVERVIEW 19 INTE...

Page 3: ...3 August 18 2020 LOCATING A V COM ON A NETWORK 35 ACCESSORIES 36 RM VC12 36 RM VP4VC12 36 HANDSET VC 37 SPECIFICATIONS 2 CONTROL 2 AUDIO 2 PHYSICAL 2...

Page 4: ...y lines are all easily configured within in the Q Sys Designer and Administrator software For easy and reliable installation a single Ethernet Cat5e or greater cable carries audio power control and mo...

Page 5: ...really cool and we want you to have access to the resources and support you need to be successful To start you ll find a wealth of information on our website This includes Application Notes that give...

Page 6: ...o learn about using an external power supply c Be sure to have your V Com units on the same network as the Q Sys Core LINKING A NEW V COM AND Q SYS CORE TOGETHER a Single click the V Com Plugin block...

Page 7: ...7 August 18 2020 HARDWARE INFORMATION HARDWARE OVERVIEW PTT Handset Handset Hook Ring Zone Buttons Button Labels Handset Connector Receiver Volume Ringer DC Power Ethernet RJ45 Ethernet SFP...

Page 8: ...ys designer CONFIGURATION OF DIP SWITCHES The configuration DIP switches are located on the side of the V Com Changing the states of these switches either during power up or normal operation can alter...

Page 9: ...the rest of the DIP switches and uses a default IP of 192 168 0 254 Web server serves up Firmware Update page For a detailed explanation on Updating V Com firmware see the Firmware Update section To e...

Page 10: ...e OFF NOTE Factory Test Mode is mainly used for troubleshooting It is NOT a requirement to program the V Com as all the parameters can be programmed while operating in the normal mode NOTE While in Te...

Page 11: ...RS POWER INPUT An external power input is provided if you decide not to use the Power Over Ethernet POE feature The Power connector pinout is shown circled in red below The power input accepts 5VDC to...

Page 12: ...is connector is designed specifically to terminate a panel mount male 4 pin XLR connector that connects to our V Com Handset HANDSET VC The following 4 pin XLR harness comes with the V Com VC16K and i...

Page 13: ...connector like so SONALERT RINGER HANDSET HOOK The Sonalert Ringer and Handset Hook connector pinout is shown below The input labeled SWHook is where the Hang up Sensor is connected Pin numbers are a...

Page 14: ...power ETHERNET SFP A small form factor pluggable SFP transceiver connector is available to provide support for a fiber optic alternative to the RJ45 port Both Single Mode and Multi Mode modules are c...

Page 15: ...understand is that each V Com station has two network interfaces that are switched into a single physical port one for Control and the other for Network Audio Dante or AES67 Also Q Sys cores handle AE...

Page 16: ...h Q Lan and Dante require a different QoS configuration while the AUX Network of the Q Sys core acts as a generic ethernet port This makes the AUX connector the ideal path to interface to the Control...

Page 17: ...plugin is a logical block that lives within Q Sys that is used to configure all party lines and ring zones All party lines and zones can be given descriptive names so that each intercom station can be...

Page 18: ...ty lines the system will have Stations The number of stations that the system will have PL Isolation Defines if the Party Line audio will be only heard on to the selected Party Line by the station or...

Page 19: ...19 August 18 2020 INTERCOM MATRIX PLUGIN INTERFACE...

Page 20: ...e to create new Ring Zones 5 Delete Removes the selected Ring Zone 6 Ring Zone Name User defined name for the selected Ring Zone 7 Ring Zone Members Assigns the selected stations to the currently sele...

Page 21: ...e an IP is being assigned by a switch in DHCP mode Control Subnet Mask The subnet mask of the control network of the unit Control Gateway The gateway settings of the control network Audio Mode User de...

Page 22: ...22 August 18 2020 INTERCOM STATION PLUGIN INTERFACE Here s how the main intercom plugin user interface looks...

Page 23: ...ou can give the station a unique descriptive name to differentiate from other V Com stations 8 Matrix Input The Matrix Input corresponding to the station number on the Intercom Matrix Router 9 Party L...

Page 24: ...ion and style is based on selected ringer settings 19 Ringer Style Set the station s ring behavior when called Continuous Double Ring or Triple Ring 20 Ring Mode 21 Ringer Enable Enables or disables t...

Page 25: ...ntrolled using the control pin Input LED 26 Ring Zone Select from the drop down menu what stations will ring when the button is called Stations are assigned to Ring Zones through the Intercom Matrix P...

Page 26: ...ence start on your V Com unit If you do not have inputs 1 2 and 4 wired to buttons you may instead use the Link DIP switch to get the VC12X into link mode as well More on this can be read in the DIP S...

Page 27: ...oller here https www audinate com products software dante controller This webpage also contains instructions on how to use the application AES67 FLOW CONFIGURATION For the stations to transmit AES67 s...

Page 28: ...into your Q SYS designer page an AES67 Receiver connect a wire from Output 1 to Input 1 of the V Com Intercom Matrix An AES67 Transmitter per station should be previously added into the inventory tab...

Page 29: ...Name This setting is done on the properties tab for the component We recommend using a name that can be easily related to the station that it belongs to 4 Interface Select which Q Lan to use Lan A La...

Page 30: ...o 3 Multicast Address This is the network Multicast IP that the stream is assigned to As default the transmitter with be something like 239 69 xxx xxx however you will want to give the transmitter a s...

Page 31: ...STATION Now that you have audio going into the core and leaving the core you just now need to patch it to the station 1 Open Dante controller 2 Patch the audio from the AES67 Transmitter to the Dante...

Page 32: ...er Setup tab V Com will retain current IP in this mode Alternatively see Failsafe Recovery if unable to enter Firmware Update Mode remotely see troubleshooting guide at the end of this manual Once Fir...

Page 33: ...e needed were each address can be assigned via a network switch that will handle IP address automatically or the use of third party application like BootIP where the user can assign an IP address manu...

Page 34: ...he rest of the network To enter Failsafe Recovery Mode set the Dip Switch 2 to ON down power cycle the unit wait 10 seconds and return Dip Switch 2 to OFF up position The V Com is placed on a static I...

Page 35: ...al V Com including physical identify by the Dante MAC IP address Action Command Response Notes Pinging all the V Com Station IDs ID h0D V Com Station ID from all the V Coms online ID 99 is a default I...

Page 36: ...VC12 This is an 8U rack mount kit that allows you to mount both a V Page VP4X and a V COM VP12X side by side into a standard 19 equipment rack RM VP4VC12 This is an 8U rack mount kit that allows you...

Page 37: ...Com VC16K comes with a push to talk handset that s pre terminated with a 4 pin XLR connector to mate with the panel mount connector of the station We offer the HANDSET VC as a replacement item in cas...

Page 38: ...rface 1x1 Dante 1x1 AES67 DSP Compatibility Q SYS Core 110f AES67 Only Q SYS Core 250i AES67 or Dante via CDN64 I O Card Q SYS Core 500i AES67 or Dante via CDN64 I O Card Q SYS Core 510i AES67 or Dant...

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