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Sonix 2Mx Technical Manual
SONIX 2MX TECHNICAL MANUAL
TM370 / A June 2022 www.eaton.com
6 Unit Operation
6.1 Front panel interface
Item
Name
Description
1
Power
48V dc input active
2
BGM
Background music
3
Local input
Local system source indicators
4
Voice activity
Voice activity indicators
5
Alarms
Alarm activity indicators
6
Beacons
Beacon activity indicator
7
System Status
System health indicators
8
Default Config
Not used
9
Global status
Global interconnects health indicators
10
Pushbutton
Unit control button
11
Control
Local action indicators
The front panel is comprised of a single pushbutton and
groups of system and unit status indicators.
The indicators on the Sonix 2Mx central controller are
a mixture of Red and Green LEDs. They are used to
communicate status to the user in a concise manor.
The LEDs operate in the following patterns:
Pattern Name
Description
Off
Not illuminated
Slow flashing
~0.7 Hz / 3 flashes every 2 seconds
Fast flashing
~3 Hz / 3 flashes per second
Solid
Always illuminated
Table 6 - Available LED modes
6.1.1 Power on reset
On power up the unit is held in reset for 1 second with
all LEDs illuminated, then continues to keep the units
attached in reset for a further ~8 second.
6.1.2 Power
The power LED is a simple power active indicator:
Solid
Power on
6.1.3 Background Music
The Background Music indicator is used to show when
BGM is available and when it is active on the system.
Pattern
State
Off
BGM not available / configured
Slow flashing
BGM is available but not active
Solid
BGM is active on the system
Table 7 - BGM Indicator states
BGM is enabled in confi guration, sourced from the Sonix
Io and controlled by the Sonix Hmi-26, see section 8.1
for more details.
6.1.4 Local source inputs
The local source inputs are comprised of Aux I/P and
PABX groups. Each group has two indicators, labelled 1
and 2.
The indicators are associated with the following system
inputs:
Input
Source
Aux I/P 1
Sonix MS12 Message store
Aux I/P 2
Sonix Io unit’s Aux input
PABX 1
Sonix Pbx telephone interface unit
PABX 2
Sonix Io unit’s Pbx input
Table 8 - Local source indicators
All indicators have the same 3 states:
Pattern
State
Off
No activity
Slow flashing
Source is available but not active on the system
Solid
Source is active on the system
Table 9 - Local source indicator states
6.1.5 Voice activity
The voice activity LEDs are comprised of a pair of
indicators, labelled 1 and 2, for each group source;
Routine Speech and Important Message.
The ‘1’ indicator is used to show local system activity:
Pattern
State
Off
No local system activity
Slow flashing
Local source is available but not active on the system
Solid
Local source is active on the system
Table 10 - Local system activity indicator states
The ‘2’ indicator is used to show remote activity, with
the source from the Sync bus:
Pattern
State
Off
No remote source activity
Slow flashing
Remote source is available but not active on the system
Solid
Remote source is active on the system
Table 11 - Remote system activity indicator states
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Sonix 2Mx
TM
GLOBAL STATUS
OPERATIONAL
AUX
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2
1 2
PABX
Routine
Speech
Important
Message
Alarms
Aux I/P
Pbx
record
Power
!
Beacons
Default
Config
Power
Dist
Beacon
Amplifier
HMI
Matrix
I/O
LOCAL STATUS
Global Bus
Data
N+1
Switchover
System
Sync
System Reset
Beacon Test
Global Ticktone
Global Sense Test
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Power Bus
Sync
Beacon Bus
Global Bus
Amp Bus
HMi Bus
HMi Bus
I/O Bus
48V
DC
I/P
+ -
Fault
O/P
N/C
Com
Default
Config
COMPLIANT
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Figure 8 - Sonix 2Mx Front
