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Sonix Hmi-Tu Technical Manual
SONIX HMI-TU TECHNICAL MANUAL
TM377 / A June 2022 www.eaton.com
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Glossary
Abbreviation
Meaning
PA/GA
Public Address and General Alarm
Sonix
Sonix PA/GA System
A&B
Duplicated PA/GA system architecture
N+1
Hot spare PA/GA system architecture
AB+
Sonix improved redundancy architecture
Hmi
Human interface
BGM
Background music
Tick-tone
Short burst of tone repeated every few seconds, used to check the output of connected loudspeakers
Sense Test
Periodic test carried by Sonix amplifi er to check integrity of 100 V line
100 V line
High voltage loudspeaker connection line at nominal 100 V ac
MCB
Miniature Circuit Breaker
RCBO
Residual current circuit breaker with overcurrent protection
Unit ID/Number
Unique identifi er assigned to each of Sonix module, used to identify it to the 2Mx and SAS.
Priority
Number assigned to a Sonix audio source to facilitate system usage confl ict resolution, 31 (highest) to 1 (lowest)
PTT
Push to talk
FAT
Factory Acceptance Test
SAT
Site Acceptance Test
Larson’s Effect
When a microphone is acoustically coupled to the loudspeaker and generates feedback
2Mx
Sonix 2Mx Central controller
Amp / 350-d
Sonix 350 W Power Amplifi er with 100 V line output
Eol1
Sonix Remote End of Line unit
Eol8
Sonix Amplifi er to 100 V line interface unit (8 channel)
SP AD
Sonix Intelligent loudspeaker monitoring unit
Hmi-Br
Sonix intrinsically safe barrier (ATEX/IECEx) for connecting Hmi-5 in explosive atmospheres
Hmi-Mute
Sonix 100V loudspeaker mute (Ex/SA)
Hmi-26
Sonix Human Interface access panel
Hmi-5
Sonix Small Human Interface access panel
Io
Sonix Input / Output unit
Ms12
Sonix 12-message digital message store
Pbx
Sonix Private branch exchange interface unit
Pm10
Sonix Power Management unit
Vw2
Sonix Beacon control and monitoring unit (2 channel)
SAS
Sonix Administration Software
Amp Bus
A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix Amplifi er units
HMI Bus
A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix Hmi units
I/O Bus
A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix input/output devices: IG, Io and Ms12
Beacon Bus
A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix Vw2 units
Power Bus
A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with and control Sonix Pm10 units
Global Bus
A 2Mx bus, used to communicate with SAS application
Sync
A 2Mx bus used to communicate with the second 2Mx unit when PA/GA system is confi gured as A&B, AB+ or N+1
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