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Installation and Operation Manual 

255400

Rev. C1 1216

Printed in U.S.A.

© Copyright 2016 Federal Signal Corporation

Encoder/Decoder

Summary of Contents for SS2000 Plus

Page 1: ...Installation and Operation Manual 255400 Rev C1 1216 Printed in U S A Copyright 2016 Federal Signal Corporation SS2000 Encoder Decoder...

Page 2: ...0484 email to info fedsig com or call 1 708 534 3400 This limited warranty is in lieu of all other warranties express or implied contractual or statutory including but not limited to the warranty of m...

Page 3: ...Alignment 11 Audio Inputs 11 Serial Ports 11 Relay Outputs 11 Activation Buttons 11 Remote Activation Inputs 11 Transceiver Interface 12 SS2000 Encoder 12 Specifications 13 Connectors Indicators Contr...

Page 4: ...Button Numbering 37 Uploading INI File to the SS2000 38 Connecting the Transceiver Interface 38 Unbalanced Interface TB2 38 Balanced Interface 39 Setting the Jumpers 40 Internal Jumpers 40 External Ju...

Page 5: ...on Tone 53 Setting the Date and Time 54 Executing the Self Test 54 Getting Service 55 Figures Figure 1 Desktop SS2000 Front View 12 Figure 2 Back of the SS2000 12 Figure 3 Drawing of back of SS2000 15...

Page 6: ...ble 2 Signaling Formats 13 Table 3 Transceiver Interface Port 13 Table 4 Local Mic Input 14 Table 5 External Mic Input 14 Table 6 Line Input 14 Table 7 Ethernet Network Connection 14 Table 8 Environme...

Page 7: ...Nuclear Plant Guideline Planning If suitable warning equipment is not selected the installation site for the siren is not selected properly or the siren is not installed properly it may not produce th...

Page 8: ...ure carefully plan siren placement post warnings and restrict access to areas near the sirens Sirens may be operated from remote control points Whenever possible disconnect all siren power including b...

Page 9: ...from PC Compatible with SE3000 Encoder Software and Commander Software Printer port for standalone operation Can send printer messages to serial printer Two serial ports one for control and one for e...

Page 10: ...plications In standalone mode the SS2000 acknowledges and prints incoming status reports and alarms from remote devices Acknowledgments confirm message receipt and keeps remote devices from repeating...

Page 11: ...n 30 minutes when an RTU reports a fault or when PTT or Carrier Detect are active Activation Buttons Located on the front panel of the SS2000 are twenty four programmable activation buttons that activ...

Page 12: ...d levels The transmit audio from other encoding equipment can be interrupted during the transmissions of the SS2000 by the PTT relay The unit also monitors if other equipment is currently transmitting...

Page 13: ...r Interface Port Receive Audio Input Audio Input Level 50 10 000 mVP P for Low Z 600 ohms 500 10 000 mVP P for High Z 10 K ohms Set to 1 VP P at TP11 MOV and Transorb surge protection 600 10 K ohms ju...

Page 14: ...mote Activation Inputs Momentary contact closure for activation Debounce 250 ms Active with 1 5K to ISO GND 2mA I2 C Keyboard Expansion Port I2 C Port Protocol Philips Standard I2 C Table 7 Ethernet N...

Page 15: ...roller Board Connectors J5 DC Power In External Center 12 30 Vdc input Outside GND TB1 Relay Outputs External 1 Aux 1 Common 2 Aux 1 Normally Closed 3 Aux 1 Normally Open 4 Aux 2 Common 5 Aux 2 Normal...

Page 16: ...3 PTT Normally Closed 4 Local TX Audio audio is disconnected when SS2000 transmits 5 TX Audio Hi 6 TX Audio Low 7 RX Audio Hi 8 RX Audio Low 9 Carrier Detect 10 GND Figure 4 Back of SS2000 J6 is loca...

Page 17: ...2 TXD 3 RXD 4 EPWR 5 EPWR 6 RXD 7 EPWR 8 EPWR P2 Line Level Inputs External Top Tip Input 2 Top Ring Input 2 PTT not Top Shield GND Bottom Tip Input 1 Bottom Ring Input 1 PTT not Bottom Shield GND 1 M...

Page 18: ...Inputs Board Connectors Remote Input Board Addressing Buttons JU3 JU2 JU1 01 20 cut in cut 21 40 cut cut in 41 60 cut cut cut J1 Remote Activation Inputs 1 5 External 1 Remote Activation Input 1 2 Is...

Page 19: ...ivation Input 9 8 Iso GND 9 Remote Activation Input 10 10 Iso GND J3 Remote Activation Inputs 11 15 1 Remote Activation Input 11 2 Iso GND 3 Remote Activation Input 12 4 Iso GND 5 Remote Activation In...

Page 20: ...20 Connectors Indicators Controls and Jumpers SS2000 Encoder Decoder Indicators LCD Display AUX LED TX DATA TRANSMIT RX DATA RECEIVE Receive Signal Level 5 LED Bars LCD Display LEDs...

Page 21: ...L MNC Local Mic Input Level V5 MONITOR Monitor Speaker Level V6 LINE 1 Line 1 Input Levels V7 LINE 2 Line 2 Input Levels V8 MIC LEVEL XLR External Mic Input Level Audible Tone in monitor speaker with...

Page 22: ...ins Jumpered 10 K ohms Center and Lower pins Jumpered 600 ohms JU4B Transmit Audio Output Impedance Center and Upper pins Jumpered 10 K ohms Center and Lower pins Jumpered 600 ohms JU4C Carrier Detect...

Page 23: ...following 1 Connect a USB cable between your computer and the port labeled P1 on the SS2000 with the plug adaptor Use serial port adaptor with part number 2005204 and the six conductor telephone cable...

Page 24: ...Loader Software is to configure and active functions on the SS2000 Table 10 SSLoader Icons Opens an INI file on your computer Saves an INI file to your computer Sends an INI file to the SS2000 Reads a...

Page 25: ...rmation dialog box appears 2 Click OK The SS2000 begins sending the INI file to the SSLoader Once downloaded edit and save the program and upload back to the SS2000 Using the SSLoader Software The fol...

Page 26: ...s Spin box Site Selects the RTU siren site number Site Active Check if the unit is active Repeaters Scheme 1 Enter in repeater numbers if used for this site The SS2000 attempts to reach this site thro...

Page 27: ...cription Enter the description Comm Port Parameters The following shows the Comm Port Parameters group box of the General Configuration tab Field Description Com Port 1 Baud Rate Click the baud rate f...

Page 28: ...mes to attempt a request for a Report from a site The range is 1 to 3 Under Run Buffer Enter the number of milliseconds of streaming VoIP data the SS2000 saves in reserve This is used to provide the S...

Page 29: ...er Enter the number of which repeater number the SS2000 will function as if it is to be used as an All Call repeater Enter the number of the repeater that is to be used as an All Call repeater Use Ext...

Page 30: ...ontrol Cabinet or Battery Cabinet is open AC Fail AC failed at the Control Cabinet Battery Battery failed False Alarm Local Activation Siren activation sensed without an activation being received Chop...

Page 31: ...s Automatically Click to negotiate with the network for an IP address when it is connected Use the following IP Address Click for the SS2000 to configure itself with the IP Address Subnet Mask and Def...

Page 32: ...group box Only available with Code 3 Sends activation via radio to another Commander encoder base station which activates a function dependent upon custom programming within the ss_input ini file Cal...

Page 33: ...y of the A tone A Len Enter the length of the A tone Duration is in milliseconds B Tone Enter the tone frequency of the B tone B Len Enter the length of the B tone Duration is in milliseconds Send Tim...

Page 34: ...the code from the list Station ID Enter the station ID EOM Check EOM to indicate End of Message Location Codes Click Location Codes button to find the location code for an area The Look Up Location Co...

Page 35: ...numbers separated by commas Enter the site numbers or ranges of numbers separated by commas For example 1 3 5 12 Zone All Call Select the zone number the activation is intended for or select All Call...

Page 36: ...from Activation Codes to display the Hot Key group box To save click Save Field Description Activate Commander Hot Key Select the organization code from the list Send Remote Input to CCU Select SendRe...

Page 37: ...tion Key from Activation Codes to display the Call Activation Button group box To save click Save Field Description Call Activation Button Select the organization code from the list SS2000 Activation...

Page 38: ...t TB2 pin 2 to the transceiver and PTT input 3 Connect the Carrier detect ground TB2 pin 10 to the transceiver s ground 4 Connect the Carrier detect TB2 pin 9 to the transceiver s carrier detect outpu...

Page 39: ...2 Connect the PTT relay N O output TB2 pin 2 to the transceiver and PTT input 3 Connect the Carrier detect ground TB2 pin 10 to the transceiver s ground 4 Connect the Carrier detect TB2 pin 9 to the...

Page 40: ...nal External Mic Amplified or not Jumpered for amplified mics The default is open JU5 internal Ghost Power to balanced Mic Input Jumpered applies 46 Vdc The default is open External Jumpers JU4A Recei...

Page 41: ...er 5 Confirm that the first three LEDs on the LEVEL display are on 6 Choose one of the following a Using a local microphone While holding the microphone against the lower lip and speaking in a normal...

Page 42: ...the Relay Outputs TB1 All Relays are shown in the OPEN state TB1 RLY3 NO2 RLY3 NC2 RLY3 COM2 RLY3 NO1 RLY3 NC1 RLY3 COM1 RLY2 NO RLY2 NC RLY2 COM RLY1 NO RLY1 NC RLY1 COM K3 K2 K1 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4...

Page 43: ...the SS2000 is on Setting Up a Virtual Com Port on a PC Communicating with the SS2000 over an Ethernet connection requires installing the virtual com port drivers on the PC that is to be used To instal...

Page 44: ...d then click Next 6 If the SS2000 is not in the list select Device not listed and then click Next The following dialog box appears 7 Enter SS2000 in the Model Name text box 8 In the Serial Ports box s...

Page 45: ...on Manual The following dialog box appears 11 Select the com port to use and then click Next The program installs the drivers and configures the com port The following dialog box appears 12 Click Fini...

Page 46: ...000 On Line Automatic Logging The SS2000 displays all incoming and outgoing message on the LCD display If enabled in the configuration the SS2000 logs any incoming statuses and alarms DTMF or Digital...

Page 47: ...ou can use the SS2000 in either standalone or computer mode The mode the SS2000 is in is indicated by the character at the end of the fourth line on of the LCD panel The s stands for standalone mode a...

Page 48: ...or SITE REPORT STANDBY 2 Press ALL and the SS2000 polls the sites in its site lists 3 Press CLEAR to stop the process and return to the STANDBY screen To request a report from an individual site do th...

Page 49: ...are not acknowledged by the SS2000 Streaming Mode In computer mode the SS2000 can also receive streamed audio encode data from Commander software or the SE3000 software and transmit it out as audio Wh...

Page 50: ...tion Auto Send Auto Send sends the codes out when you press an activation button or closes a remote activation input without prompting you to press SEND The SS2000 LCD displays the name of the functio...

Page 51: ...he desired function number Enter Function 1 50 97 Cancel 98 QuietTest 99 Rset MANUAL SEND to START 3 Press the SEND button Press the CLEAR button to stop the process and return to the STANDBY screen A...

Page 52: ...ividual Site To activate an individual site do the following 1 Press the MANUAL ACT button 2 Press the MODE SITE button The SS2000 prompts for the desired site number Enter Site Sites 1 to 255 Press S...

Page 53: ...inter Status Displays the current printer status Printer Off No Paper Printer Offline Printer Error or Printer OK 2 Send Calibrate Sends the calibration tone 3 Set Date and Time Sets the date and time...

Page 54: ...tton 2 Press 3 The SS2000 LCD displays the following or to Change SEND to move to Next 16 24 38 6 01 2015 Press Action SEND Moves the Pointer to the next field Increases the number in the field Decrea...

Page 55: ...difficulties contact Federal Signal Customer Care at 800 548 7229 or 708 534 3400 extension 5822 or Technical Support at 800 524 3021 or 708 534 3400 extension 7329 or through e mail at techsupport f...

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