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User manual revision number: 1.0 11/11/2014
Operating Manual
A 4581
Alert/Evac/Chime/Cancel Remote Plate
Redback® Proudly Made In Australia
Overview
The A 4581 wall plate allows remote triggering of the Alert, Evacuation and Chime tones and the cancel function of the
A 4575A Alert/Evacuation Controller. The switches are momentary operation and must be pressed for up to 3 seconds to
activate. The Alert and Evac switches have protective “flip up” covers to prevent accidental operation.
Connections
There are two RJ45 ports on the rear of the A 4581 wall plate, either of which can be used to connect to the A 4575A via
standard Cat5e cabling as shown in Fig 2. If the A 4581 has a connection problem with the A 4575A main unit the LED on
the wall plate will flash.
Remote triggering is only available when the A 4575A is in “Auto” mode which is selected by the key switch on the front
of the A 4575A. If the Alert, Evac and Chime switches on the A 4581 plate are pressed when the A 4575A main unit is in
“Manual” or “Isolate” mode, nothing will happen. The LED on the wall plate will illuminate when the A 4575A main unit
is in “Manual” or “Isolate” mode to alert the user that the wall plate is inactive.
If the Alert and Evac switches are pressed on the A 4575A while the unit is in “Manual” mode the corresponding Alert,
Evac and Chime switches on the A 4581 wall plate will illuminate.
Cascading the A 4581 plates
If more than one remote wall plate is required then the A 4581
wall plates can be cascaded together with only one connection
back to the A 4575A required as shown in Fig 2.
A Maximum of 16 plates is recommended, (If more than 16 wall
plates are required contact Altronics for configuration details).
There are two RJ45 ports on the rear of the A 4575A, either of
which can be used for connection to the wall plates.
The A 4575A also supports connection of the A 4578 wall plate
which is the same as the A 4581 but without the “Chime”
button. Both the A 4578 and A 4581 plates can be
connected to the A 4575A at the same time and in any
combination. Figure 3 illustrates one example.
Every wall plate must have a unique ID which is set by the DIP
switches which are accessed on the rear of the plate. A
maximum of 63 ID’s are available. Remove power before
changing DIP switch settings. The new settings will take effect
when power is returned.
Fig 1 Illustrates the DIP switch ID settings.
DIP Switches 7-8 are not used.
DIP Switch Settings
ID
1
2
3
ON
OFF OFF
1
4
5
6
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
2
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
3
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF OFF
ON
4
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
5
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
6
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
7
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF OFF OFF
8
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF OFF
9
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
10
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
11
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF OFF
ON
12
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
13
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
14
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
15
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF OFF OFF
16
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF OFF
17
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
18
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
19
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF OFF
ON
20
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
21
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
22
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
23
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF OFF OFF
24
ON
ON
OFF
ON
OFF OFF
25
ON
ON
OFF
DIP Switch Settings
ID
1
2
3
33
4
5
6
ON
34
ON
35
ON
36
ON
37
ON
38
ON
39
ON
40
ON
41
ON
42
ON
43
ON
44
ON
45
ON
46
ON
47
ON
48
ON
49
ON
50
ON
51
ON
52
ON
53
ON
54
ON
55
ON
56
ON
57
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
26
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
27
ON
ON
OFF
OFF OFF
ON
28
ON
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
29
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
30
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
31
ON
ON
OFF
OFF OFF OFF
32
OFF
OFF
ON
58
ON
59
ON
60
ON
61
ON
62
ON
63
ON
ON
OFF OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
OFF OFF OFF
OFF
ON
ON
OFF OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF OFF
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
ON
OFF
ON
OFF OFF OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF OFF
ON
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
ON
OFF
OFF OFF OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF OFF
ON
ON
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
OFF OFF
ON
ON
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
OFF
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
Fig 1
