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System Design

Technical Documentation

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Page 1: ...System Design Technical Documentation 602 610 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains NY 10605 www ada usa com 1 800 HD AUDIO Fax 914 946 9620 REVISED APRIL 02...

Page 2: ...lave Unit Setup 26 AVP 16 Main Slave Unit Power On Setup 27 AVP 16 ADA Bus Control Wiring 28 Damaged Wiring Options 30 CAT Link and ADA Bus Wiring 30 IR Repeating 30 IR Control of the Suite 16 31 RF C...

Page 3: ...use Faire Des Connexions Propres Pour L Hautparleur Voir La Notice De Fonctionnement CAUTION Disconnect Supply Cord Before Servicing ATTENTION Debrancher Avant Le Depannage AVP 16 MR Controller 115 V...

Page 4: ...based on activity for as many as sixteen source components As with most every ADA Sys tem Suite 16 permits the AC to be removed from source components when they are not being used This is intended to...

Page 5: ...on while completely removing AC from the component when it is no longer being used Naturally one can simply use the IRL 5000 without employing ACC 48s When using an ADA Trinity Tuner ADA recommends us...

Page 6: ...PREAMP ACC 48 OUTLET 3 PHONOGRAPH OUTLET 4 PHONO PREAMP SET TO TURN ON TOGETHER TO AC OUTLET IRL 5000 PP 1200 PHONO PREAMP DC POWER GROUND WIRE AUDIO CABLE AUDIO CABLE 1 L R 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12...

Page 7: ...or All On source AC control when not using an ACC 3000 3 4 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TO 9 PIN D DELTA 88 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1000 WATTS MAX TOTAL Set Shunting Pins To Engage AC W...

Page 8: ...outlet according to zone numbers Set all shunting pins on one AC Outlet for All On source AC control when not using an ACC 3000 3 4 2 1 OUTPUT LEVEL ANTENNA AUDIO OUTPUT L R TUNER 3 OUTPUT LEVEL ANTEN...

Page 9: ...accessed through the remov able 5 pin screw terminal connector on the far right side of the A 16 Module Here Pin 1 is common shield Pin 2 is Positive and Pin 3 is Negative This input can be connected...

Page 10: ...odules Audio Outputs The P 16 houses sixteen stereo RCA audio outputs Each audio output operates as its own zone with independent source selection on off and muting volume bass and treble control maxi...

Page 11: ...dio between the two speakers There are also two balance presets with four serial commands balance preset 1 recall and store and balance preset 2 recall and store If a room s balance needs to be altere...

Page 12: ...ls information to the preamplifier stage This feature is useful if stereo recordings contain two completely different channels of information whereby it is desired to eliminate one channel completely...

Page 13: ...5 1260 nes 1 6 es 7 12 In 4 10 In 3 9 P 16 Preamplifier Mo 12 ts d Zones 13 16 12VDC Output Gnd 13 14 15 16 1 7 2 8 1260 Individual Zones Bypass Trigger All Zones 12VDC 1 2 VOLTAGE SELECTOR 4 ASB 115V...

Page 14: ...DBY REPLACE WITH SAME VALUE FUSE 2 10A S B 115V 1 10A S B 230V VOLTAGE SWITCH 115 V 230 V BYPASS EXTERNAL DC TRIGGERS TRIGGER SWITCH ALL ZONES DC TRIGGER 1 2 9 PIN D CONNECTOR OPERATES DELTA 88 ZONE T...

Page 15: ...Make Proper Connections AVERTISSEMENT Energie Electrique Dangereuse Faire Des Connexions Propres Pour L Hautparleur Voir La Notice De Fonctionnement CAUTION Disconnect Supply Cord Before Servicing AT...

Page 16: ...7 12 DC Outputs Gnd Zones 13 16 12VDC Output Gnd 13 14 15 16 In 1 7 In 2 8 TO PTM 1225 1260 115 V ACC 3 1 2 3 4 A B ACC 3 PIN 1 PIN 2 OUTPUT 2 16 INPUT 47K CH 1 CAUTION DISCONNECT SUPPLY CORD BEFORE...

Page 17: ...1 6 Zones 7 12 In 4 10 In 3 9 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 5 6 4 7 8 5 1 2 6 REC OSD 7 8 L R L R L R L R AUDIO INPUTS VIDEO INPUTS VIDEO OUT 1 2 3 4 DIGITAL AUDIO INPUTS AC INPUT 115V 60Hz 230V 50Hz AC OUTPUT 10A Ma...

Page 18: ...lm and THX are registered trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd CAUTION DO NOT SHORT OUTPUTS 115 V ACC 3 1 2 3 4 A B ACC 3 PIN 1 PIN 2 1 L R 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P 16 P 16 Preamplifier Module Zo...

Page 19: ...a single system For example one might only have 10 audio video sources 6 audio only sources and only 8 rooms with a video dis play That would leave six video inputs and eight video outputs unused Thi...

Page 20: ...erous cycles are employed due to the require ments of other triggers 1 2 ASB 115V 1 4 ASB 230V 115V 60Hz 230V 50Hz 500 WATTS MAX CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELE...

Page 21: ...t secure the front panel plexiglass plate To remove the plate simply remove these four screws A 16 Module Front Panel Setup The A 16 Audio Input module features twenty LEDs which indicate the presence...

Page 22: ...as six P 16s can be used for up to 96 zones Ad dress 0 is the default address for zones 1 16 operating at a baud rate of 19200 V 16 Module Front Panel Setup The V 16 Video Switching module features tw...

Page 23: ...La Notice De Fonctionnement CAUTION Disconnect Supply Cord Before Servicing ATTENTION Debrancher Avant Le Depannage AVP 16 MR Controller 115 V 1 L R 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P 16 P 16 Prea...

Page 24: ...of the V 16 Address Located behind the re movable plexiglass panel on the front of the AVP 16 each V 16 module has a rotary DIP switch which sets the address for the card There are a total of sixteen...

Page 25: ...15 An RGBHV switcher is a combination of the two diagrams above 1 2 ASB 115V 1 4 ASB 230V 115V 60Hz 230V 50Hz 500 WATTS MAX CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQ...

Page 26: ...SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR MADE IN U S A 230V 115V 1 Gnd 2 Fdbk 3 Cntrl 4 V ADA Bus Network Control I O Main AC Input Switch AC 10A WARNING Risk Of Hazardous E...

Page 27: ...La Notice De Fonctionnement CAUTION Disconnect Supply Cord Before Servicing ATTENTION Debrancher Avant Le Depannage AVP 16 MR Controller 115 V 1 L R 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 P 16 P 16 Pre...

Page 28: ...tton from all Slave Units preventing accidental power se quencing events from ever occurring As such Slave Units will have a cover cap in place of the front panel power button In order to make certain...

Page 29: ...These connections are shown in the heavy black lines in the diagram to the right In the event ADA Bus wire is not available you can use a four conductor 16 gauge speaker cable Please note that ADA Bus...

Page 30: ...ata Only Off Norm Invert Repeater IR Serial Serial Data Only Off Norm Invert ADA BUS ISO 232 1 2 3 4 RS 232 Normal Reverse TuneBase ADA BUS ISO 232 1 2 3 4 RS 232 Normal Reverse TuneBase OUTPUT LEVEL...

Page 31: ...t 1200 baud or the standard 19200 baud the IR receivers mounted in the MC 5000 MC 5011 MC 3000 and MC 3800 can IR repeat to source components via the IRL 5000 This will permit you to use the original...

Page 32: ...When using the Suite 16 Tester program and an IRT 232 you can generate most any Suite 16 command in IR form Again it is important to remember that all commands are room specific and emit at 1200 baud...

Page 33: ...plugged into any AC outlet The keypad can be used outdoors but it is not waterproof in any manner and should not be left outside Whether you use an in wall or table top RF keypad ADA suggests running...

Page 34: ...1 2 3 4 Out 1 9 Out 2 10 Out 5 13 Out 6 14 Out 1 8 Out 9 16 Out 7 15 Out 4 12 Out 3 11 1 L R 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 A 16 A 16 Audio Input Module Input Triggers Paging Input Trigger 12VDC...

Page 35: ...which will be fitted with the TV 6000 Again if a composite video signal is Y split to input to two jacks on the WH 6000 and one RJ 45 connector is running to an MC 6000 while the other is running to...

Page 36: ...orm Invert Repeater IR Serial Serial Data Only Off Norm Invert Repeater IR Serial Serial Data Only Off Norm Invert Repeater IR Serial Serial Data Only Off Norm Invert Repeater IR Serial Serial Data On...

Page 37: ...l the clock has been set ADA Bus 4 3 2 1 CMB 1 Daylight Savings Time in Auto Mode is based on US Daylight Savings Time SWITCH 1 2 3 4 SWITCH NO 1 19 200 BAUD UP 1 200 BAUD DN SWITCH NO 2 24 HOUR MODE...

Page 38: ...d source is red while all other buttons are green When the room is off but the system is still on elsewhere all buttons are off with the exception of the OFF button which will glow red indicating the...

Page 39: ...le Red Blue On Orange Green Red On Light Blue Blue Green On White Pink Red Green Blue On and No Color All Off To set the colors ADA suggests taking an ordinary paper clip and creating a small tool tha...

Page 40: ...ing this code will reverse the process Keypad Display Time Out Bedroom Mode For Code 1113 the display will read BLANKING ON or BLANKING OFF depending on the state of the readout display Display will b...

Page 41: ...S When you navigate to the SET HOUR display using the or buttons press ing the or button only once will cause the display to read the current state without changing any of the settings as an example F...

Page 42: ...e button to advance the display to SET YEAR and then press or once The display will read the current year as an example 2002 At this time pressing or will advance or decline through the available year...

Page 43: ...luminate indicating that the setting has been locked in If you have a 0 input setting displayed and you then press a source button the display will indicate NO INPUT OK Continue setting all eight sour...

Page 44: ...such these rooms can be set to turn on together but never play a different source To do so one of the Suite 16 s four Party Groups will need to be dedicated to this group of zones rooms Each of the r...

Page 45: ...s level If the wish to exit the IRL 5000 from this level you will need to hit the button twice The first time will return you to the IRLADDRESS1 stage and the second time to the IR learner stage where...

Page 46: ...k a source button to track one of the special cd options press the source button while the display shows the corresponding Special CD address number The display will confirm CD OK To advance to an alt...

Page 47: ...and then press the button That label set will be applied to the first eight sources The display will read LABEL OK To exit the standard format option level press the button The display will return to...

Page 48: ...CUSTOM LABEL Then press the button once more to return to the main setup menu with the options shown below INPUT CONFIG SOURCE CNTRL SOURCE LABEL CHECK SETUP PROGRAM ALL Check Setup When CHECK SETUP i...

Page 49: ...anyADAkeypads directly into theADA Bus jack on the AVP 16 RS 232 Cable The connection of PC or Control Sys tem to an ADA RS 232 port requires a simple straight through 9 pin D style RS 232 cable You...

Page 50: ...he system you can use the front panel RS 232 jack on the AVP 16 providing that the rear panel RS 232 is not used You can also connect using an ISO 232 Use a straight through 9 pin RS 232 cable After i...

Page 51: ...50 Begin by labeling your inputs Select an input label by default labeled 1 through 16 which will then be outlined in blue You can label each source with only 11 characters...

Page 52: ...the eight source buttons on ADA keypads and assign a Suite 16 Input to it Determine if the keypad button is a normal input or if it will activate a Suite 16 Party Group Finally assign the source cont...

Page 53: ...ign both an address and port For the Special CD option to control and get feedback from the Aquarius Hard Drive Server select the source button and assign a Special CD Address For sources that are con...

Page 54: ...ch you can reload these settings at a later time Under File select Save As and enter a customer name with the 5KS suffix and press save To upload the settings to the MC 5000 keypads simply press the U...

Page 55: ...Only one of these two connectors can be used at any one time As described on the previous page if you are using an external control system and wish to from time to time connect a PC to the front pane...

Page 56: ...ittle square orange red located in the lower left hand corner of this window The numeric fields for volume maxi mum volume paging volume treble and bass will populate Also the existing room state will...

Page 57: ...g of the sound stage Tone Presets There are four tone presets To store a preset for a specific bass and treble level set the tone controls to that level and then press either one of the four tone pres...

Page 58: ...mber 1 is recalled when the zone turns on providing that the zone is set to turn on with recall 1 Zone Turn On Settings When a zone turns on it can be programmed to ei ther turn on to its last used st...

Page 59: ...s are switched these rooms will always track the same source Because these rooms exist as independent zones on the Suite 16 they can still have their own acoustical levels and can turn off independent...

Page 60: ...ent As such the sources that play louder than the least loud source can be balanced off to be as loud as the least loud source As such the least loud source becomes the reference input where all other...

Page 61: ...opt to remove a room from being paged by selecting the page all except the desired room number pull down window You can also activate paging to a single room on this page For direct paging select the...

Page 62: ...rack that audio selection This function is also room specific such that video follow audio tracking can be different in various rooms The reason for this is simple If a room has no video display of an...

Page 63: ...most useful effects of this feature set revolve around the ability to use open outputs to drive video capable touch screens or closed circuit TV monitors Naturally this feature also will over ride vi...

Page 64: ...eased Cycle count goes from one cycle to 99 cycles As such the shortest time interval can be 1 second dwell time 1 second cycle count 1 all the way up to 99 minutes dwell time 60 seconds cycle count 9...

Page 65: ...rd through sixth characters are the func tion code Referring to the excel sheet you can look up the various functions that the pream plifier can perform In some cases like the volume direct command so...

Page 66: ...y one Feedback AXAD02R01 CR feedback reflects current input for selected room Feedback Request GINUPR01 cr Feedback AXRMOFR01 cr room 1 is off Or AXAD R01 cr current input selected for room 1 Or AXALO...

Page 67: ...hen room is off EXAMPLE SMTOGR01 cr toggle mute in room 1 Feedback Request GMTOGR01 cr Feedback AXMTONR01 cr room 1 mute is on Or AXMTOFR01 cr room 1 mute is off MUTE ON Mutes the audio signal for the...

Page 68: ...in room 1 Feedback Request GVLUPR01 cr Feedback AXV R01 cr current volume set in room 1 VOLUME DOWN Decrements the volume by 1 to a minimum of 0 for a given room If the volume has reached 0 and additi...

Page 69: ...ass value for room 1 BASS DIRECT Allows you to go directly to a bass value for a given room No function when room is off Feedback request allowed when room is off The command is in the form of B where...

Page 70: ...12R01 cr current treble value for room 1 Request Feedback GT R01 cr Feedback AXT R01 cr current treble value for room 1 TONE STORE 1 4 Allows you to store 4 preset combinations of bass treble loudnes...

Page 71: ...when command is initiated will be stored No function when room is off Feedback request allowed when room is off EXAMPLE SVLS1R01 cr store current room 1 volume in volume recall 1 Feedback AV1 R01 cr...

Page 72: ...om is off EXAMPLE SSEOFR01 cr turn off stereo enhance mode for room 1 Feedback AXSEOFR01 cr Feedback Request GSEOFR01 cr Feedback AXSEONR01 cr or AXSEOFR01 cr Loudness contour on or off in room 1 STER...

Page 73: ...rement by 1 balance to the left in room 1 Feedback AXB R01 cr current balance value for room 1 L40 R40 LEQ Feedback Request GBALLR01 cr Feedback AXB R01 cr current balance value in room 1 BALANCE RIGH...

Page 74: ...request balance store 1 for room 1 or GBLR2R01 cr request balance store 2 for room 1 Feedback A1B R01 cr or balance stored in balance preset 1 for room 1 A2B R01 cr balance stored in balance preset 2...

Page 75: ...reset page volume is set After completion of page control resume their setting previous to the page If the room had been turned off it will turn on for the page and then turn off again when the page i...

Page 76: ...quest GPDONG00 cr Feedback AXP O G00 cr current paging mode PAGE OFF This is a global command used to turn off any serial page mode EXAMPLE SPGOFG00 cr Feedback AXPGOFG00 cr Feedback Request GPGOFG00...

Page 77: ...auto paging active Feedback AXPAONG00 cr Feedback Request GPAONG00 cr Feedback AXPAONG00 cr or AXPAOFG00 cr AUTO PAGE OFF Turns off audio level detector for group 7 and cancels any page mode This is...

Page 78: ...nce settings EXAMPLE SVPOFR01 cr use previous settings for tone balance and volume in room 1 Feedback AXVPOFR01 cr Feedback Request GVPOFR01 cr Feedback AXVPONR01 cr or AXVPOFR01 cr ROOM TURN ON WITH...

Page 79: ...PLE SFDEFG00 cr reset unit to factory default values Feedback AXFDEFG00 cr UPDATE ALL ROOM PARAMETERS This is a global command which will feedback all parameters of every room in the system and also g...

Page 80: ...ur on off AXSEO R cr stereo enhance on off UPDATE A SINGLE ROOM CONTROL This is like the Update All Room Controls command but replies with information for a single room EXAMPLE GRCONR01 cr Feedback AX...

Page 81: ...2OFR01 cr or ALD2ONR01 cr tone preset 2 loudness off or on ASE2OFR01 cr or AST2ONR01 cr tone preset 2 for stereo enhance off on AB3 R01 cr tone preset 3 bass value AT3 R01 cr tone preset 3 treble valu...

Page 82: ...If you send less characters than specified the system will time out after about 1 2 second and take commands normally for any function If you send more characters than specified the echo will complete...

Page 83: ...IGN has feedback This serial command assigns which video inputs are used in conjunction with each of the four hardware triggers and fifth serial only trigger Up to 16 inputs can be assigned to a trigg...

Page 84: ...nabled inputs from 1 16 inclusive range is 1 99 Code examples SCYCLG05 cr set to 5 cycles SCYCLG99 cr set to 99 cycles 10 HARDWARE TRIGGER ENABLE DISABLE has feedback This serial command individually...

Page 85: ...L 1 S G TNR1 R01 TONE RECALL 2 S G TNR2 R01 TONE RECALL 3 S G TNR3 R01 TONE RECALL 4 S G TNR4 R01 TONE STORE 1 S G TNS1 R01 TONE STORE 2 S G TNS2 R01 TONE STORE 3 S G TNS3 R01 TONE STORE 4 S G TNS4 R0...

Page 86: ...2 R01 PAGE ENABLE GROUP 3 S G PGS3 R01 PAGE ENABLE GROUP 4 S G PGS4 R01 PAGE ENABLE GROUP 5 S G PGS5 R01 PAGE ENABLE GROUP 6 S G PGS6 R01 PAGE ENABLE GROUP 7 S G PGS7 R01 PAGE ENABLE GROUP 8 S G PGS8...

Page 87: ...1 16 TRIGGER OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT START SET GET FUNCTION TRIGGER CLEAR SET ROOM ASSIGN OUTPUT TO TRIGGER S HO 1 SR 01 DISABLE OUPUT FROM TRIGGER S HO 1 CR 01 Get current output assigment for output G HO...

Page 88: ...1111 Check Keys 1112 IR On Off Normal Operation Normal Operation IR OFF Normal Operation Or CODE _ _ _ _ EXTRA CODE 1 1 1 3 BLANKING ON 1113 Blanking On Off Normal Operation BLANKING OFF Normal Opera...

Page 89: ...MC 3800 OD Programming Flow Chart Clock Setup 1115 Clock Set Normal Operation Press the or button once to access the current value SET HOURS SET MINUTES SET MONTH SET DATE SET DAY SET 12 24 SET YEAR E...

Page 90: ...PUT 16 PRTYGRP1 IN 0 PRTYGRP1 IN 1 PRTYGRP1 IN 2 PRTYGRP1 IN16 PRTYGRP2 IN 0 PRTYGRP2 IN 1 PRTYGRP2 IN 2 PRTYGRP2 IN16 PRTYGRP3 IN 0 PRTYGRP3 IN 1 PRTYGRP3 IN 2 PRTYGRP3 IN16 PRTYGRP4 IN 0 PRTYGRP4 IN...

Page 91: ...IRL OK TUNER OK CD OK LVI OK NONE OK While you can use up to nine IRL 5000 s per system for 72 IR ports typically the most common addressed used is IRL ADDRESS 1 Suite 16 System MC 5000 MC 6000 MC 300...

Page 92: ...els modify labels from scratch or combine both options By using the VOL UP or VOL DN buttons you can access 41 premade source labels When the desired label is displayed press the button or use the STO...

Page 93: ...000 MC 3000 OD MC 3800 OD Programming Flow Chart Check Setup INPUT NAME CONTROL F M 1 F M 2 A M C D 1 C D 2 D S S D V D A U X INPUT INPUT NAME CONTROL EXTRA EXTRA Pressing the EXTRA button will return...

Page 94: ...ramming Flow Chart Program All The PROGRAM ALL feature takes the keypad s information including input to source button assignments source labels and source control options and uploads them to other ke...

Page 95: ...t Voltage Source Trigger 12VDC Max Source All On 300mA Zone Triggers 12VDC Max Zone All On 300mA Audio Output Impedance 50 Variable Fixed Fixed Output Gain Unity 0dB AC Power Inlet Outlet IEC 320 Inpu...

Page 96: ...0 all feature female jacks with the same pin configurations The DB 9 Termination Block or 9 Pin Ribbon Cable use male connectors that are diagrammed below Gnd Zone 1 Ch 1 Zone 2 Ch 2 Zone 5 Ch 5 Zone...

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