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GENII-RA700 Remote Amplifier
PAGASYS GEN II Remote Amplifier and Controller (GENII-RC and GENII-RA700)
Federal Signal
www.fedsig.com
4.0 GENII-RA700 Remote Amplifier
The GENII-RA700 Remote Amplifier is part of the PAGASYS GEN II product family. It
provides two 350 W amplifiers, audio inputs, and I/O, all in a space-efficient 2U rack-
mountable chassis. Use the GENII-RA700 to support loudspeakers, microphones,
beacons, and I/O in remote locations connected only by a standard gigabit Ethernet link.
The amplifiers can be banked in parallel, acting as a single 700 W amplifier, and support
configurations with standby amplifiers. It can communicate with standalone, high-integrity,
or duplicated controllers over a single or redundant Ethernet connections.
Figure 4 GENII-RA700 Front Panel
4 1 GENII-RA700 Features
4 1 1 Audio
Two analog inputs are available for converting local analog audio to Dante® audio for
use over the network in a PAGASYS GEN II system. This means local analog audio (such
as a microphone) can be the source for broadcasts in the networked PAGASYS GEN II
system. The PAGASYS GEN II controller also uses Dante® to send broadcast audio to the
GENII-RA700. The use of Dante® network audio makes it completely unnecessary to run
any analog audio lines between the GENII-RA700 and its PAGASYS GEN II controller.
Two separate 350 W amp outputs connect to speakers. The speaker outputs can be
wired in parallel to provide a single 700 W speaker output. The GENII-RA700 is designed
for continuous duty at full output power. Models are available to support either 70 V or
100 V speakers.
Standby audio input and output connections allow an additional GENII-RA700 to serve as
a standby amplifier.
4 1 2 Digital I/O
Four built-in digital inputs read external contact closures and forward their state to a
PAGASYS GEN II controller. This allows local contact closures (such as push-to-talk) to be
used by the overall system without the need to make special accommodation or run lines
back to a PAGASYS GEN II controller.
Four built-in digital outputs provide relay closures to external equipment. Digital outputs
are controlled over the network by a PAGASYS GEN II controller. One of the relays has a
higher current capacity to directly support unmonitored beacons.
