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(A) Link Up/Dn Column

The

(A) Link Up/Dn

column displays the status of the links on the DBX port A.

Any of the following indicators may appear:

“—”

The link is down.

The link is up for # hops.

(A) Partner Column

The

(A) Partner

column displays frame number of the TBX card to which the connection is made. For example, if Frame 1’s

A connector is connected to Frame 2, a

appears under the (A) Partner column.

NOTE:

If there are multiple TBX-Tribus cards in a frame, use the slot number to determine the card connection being

used.

(B) Link Up/Dn Column

The

(B) Link Up/Dn

column displays the status of the links on the DBX port B.

Any of the following indicators may appear:

“—”

The link is disabled.

The link is active for # hops.

(B) Partner Column

The

(B) Partner

column displays frame number of the TBX card to which the connection is made. For example, if Frame 1’s

B connector is connected to Frame 2, a

appears under the (B) Partner column.

NOTE:

If there are multiple TBX-Tribus cards in a frame, use the slot number to determine the card connection being

used.

(C) Link Up/Dn Column

The

(C) Link Up/Dn

column displays the status of the links on the DBX port C.

Any of the following indicators may appear:

“—”

The link is disabled. If this is seen, the intercom ports were not configured correctly. See

“Configuration” on page 18 to read how to configure the ports.

The link is active for # hops.

(C) Partner Column

The

(C) Partner

column displays frame number of the TBX card to which the connection is made. For example, if Frame 1’s

C connector is connected to Frame 2, a

appears under the (C) Partner column.

NOTE:

If there are multiple TBX-Tribus cards in a frame, use the slot number to determine the card connection being

used.

Summary of Contents for TBX - TriBus ADAM

Page 1: ...ADAM TBX TriBus Triple Bus Expander for ADAM 93507838000 Rev A 12 2008...

Page 2: ...02 467 3279 Factory Service 800 553 5992 Please include a note in the box which supplies the company name address phone number a person to contact regarding the repair the type and quantity of equipme...

Page 3: ...SS 2 COLUMN 30 BASE 16 COLUMN CHECK BOX 31 MOVE UP BUTTON 31 MOVE DOWN BUTTON 31 ACCEPT FRAME MAPPING TABLE FROM OTHER FRAMES CHECK BOX 31 APPLY BUTTON 31 TEST BUTTON 32 DONE BUTTON 32 Select Frame Wi...

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Page 5: ...eme with both AIO 16 and an AIO 8 card installed 25 FIGURE 12 Base 16 Port Numbering System Example 26 FIGURE 13 Force Autonomous Mode when no audio links up Intercom Configuration Options Tab 27 FIGU...

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Page 7: ...X Tribus In this scenario the MCII e Master Controllers are tied together via Ethernet connections In a failure of the Ethernet connection of one frame the affected ADAM can be automatically isolated...

Page 8: ...ndow Options Intercom Configuration Options Tab called Force Autonomous Mode when no audio links up The Force Autonomous Mode check box is used to force the current frame into autonomous independent m...

Page 9: ...r LC LC Duplex Connector max length 500m 546 8 yd Single Mode Fiber LC LC Duplex Connector max length 40km 24 9 miles Configuration Requirements An MCII e Master Controller card must be installed in t...

Page 10: ...ribus occurs using the MCII e Master Controller over Ethernet Audio is passed between frames using the TBX Tribus card fiber connection see Figure 29 to Figure 31 Audio between frames exists as long a...

Page 11: ...cy In Full Redundancy systems there are two 2 links shown in Figure 29 between each frame so losing either one does not affect audio FIGURE 29 4 Frame System with Full Redundancy including failover Ma...

Page 12: ...hem In the example shown in Figure 30 Frame 1 and Frame 2 have full redundancy between them however Frame 3 has only one 1 link to Frame 1 This means if the fiber connection between Frame 1 and Frame...

Page 13: ...dancy systems shown in Figure 31 there is only one link between frames so if the fiber link goes down audio communications between the frames is lost FIGURE 31 4 Frame System with No Redundancy includ...

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Page 15: ...11 Figure 2 Eight Frame Tribus System Non Redundant...

Page 16: ...12...

Page 17: ...em to its flash memory The menu item stays greyed out until a flash file is created when the processor crashes NOTE Every card in every frames stores its own debug information So if frame 3 has a proc...

Page 18: ...Debug is where the AZedit debug file you create is stored 2 In the File name field enter a name for the debug file you create For example you could use the date as the file name 12152008 azd 3 Click S...

Page 19: ...ebug file is made To find the file you just created do the following 1 Right click on My Computer and from the popup menu select Explore The My Computer window appears with a navigation pane down the...

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Page 21: ...card into slot 8 9 or 10 in the ADAM frame NOTE Depending on the number of Tribus cards you are using determines the slot the card will occupy 1 card slot 8 2 cards slots 8 and 9 and 3 cards slots 8...

Page 22: ...ess for the Ethernet To configure the IP Address for the MCII e do the following 1 Verify you are serially connected to AZedit You must be connected serially to make any changes to the Ethernet Setup...

Page 23: ...size of your frame do the following IMPORTANT You must know the number of frames and the number of ports your intercom system supports 1 In AZedit from the Options menu select Intercom Configuration A...

Page 24: ...i frame radio button 5 Click Next The Select Intercom Size window appears 6 Select the The number of frames in the intercom radio button OR Select the minimum number of ports required and enter the mi...

Page 25: ...ndow appears 9 Verify the Tri Bus Expander Cards TBX radio button is selected 10 Select the Enable Test Audio recommended check box 11 Click Next The Verify Intercom Configuration window appears 12 Ve...

Page 26: ...Ports in make any changes to the frames for port allocation as needed 15 Click Test to verify the configuration validity 16 Click Apply to apply the configuration to the intercom system The Intercom C...

Page 27: ...able appears with the existing frame s IP and MAC Address es already entered in the table 2 Click the Frame 2 IP Address 1 field The field becomes active and a browse button appears 3 Click the browse...

Page 28: ...1 through 136 the top group consists of ports 137 through 272 see Figure 37 EXAMPLE This means that if you have an AIO 16 in slot 1 ports 1 8 and 137 144 will be used by the AIO 16 card Alternatively...

Page 29: ...25 FIGURE 38 Base 8 Port Numbering scheme with both AIO 16 and an AIO 8 card installed...

Page 30: ...the Base 16 Port Number System puts all 16 ports in one slot This means when you configure your intercom system to support Base 16 slot 1 in the ADAM holds ports 1 16 slot 2 holds ports 17 through 33...

Page 31: ...nks up If selected the frame refuses to communicate with any other frames if none of its Tri bus links are up even if Ethernet communications are fine And once one 1 or more of its audio links are res...

Page 32: ...n Figure 41 is used to select a frame to which AZedit connects This menu also has the option to Auto Connect If this is selected AZedit automatically tries to connect to another frame if it loses its...

Page 33: ...wn in Figure 42 is used to link Tribus frames together Determine the frame position 1 through 8 and enter the primary and secondary MCII e Master Controller IP Addresses Frame Column The Frame column...

Page 34: ...AC Address of the active MCII e Master Controller in the frame IP Address 2 Column The IP Address 2 column indicates the standby MCII e Master Controller IP Address To set the IP Address 2 do the foll...

Page 35: ...ame and holds the most complete frame mapping table If frame 1 fails then frame 2 becomes the master frame Accept Frame Mapping Table from Other Frames Check Box The Accept Frame Mapping Table from Ot...

Page 36: ...valid Done Button The Done button is used to close the Frame Mapping window Select Frame Window The Select Frame window shown in Figure 46 is used to select a Frame IP Address and MAC Address to incl...

Page 37: ...P Address of the standby master controller if available in the ADAM frame MAC Address 2 Column The MAC Address 2 column displays the MAC Address of the standby master controller if available in the AD...

Page 38: ...so download firmware For more information see Download Firmware Upgrades on page 41 TBX Column The TBX column displays TBX Tribus cards listed by frame and slot number Example 2 009 indicates the TBX...

Page 39: ...mn displays frame number of the TBX card to which the connection is made For example if Frame 1 s B connector is connected to Frame 2 a 2 appears under the B Partner column NOTE If there are multiple...

Page 40: ...assigned to the Audio C link Intercom Alarms The Intercom Alarms window shown in Figure 49 displays alarms that occur in the intercom and an indication of whether they have been resolved or not If an...

Page 41: ...the Intercom Alarms window do the following 1 Double click the yellow highlighted alarm in the status bar OR From the Status menu select Alarms The Intercom Alarms window appears FIGURE 49 Intercom Al...

Page 42: ...as loss of the backplane clock can be hidden but cannot be cleared The only way to clear these alarms from the window is to resolve them Example Lost communications with the Trunk Master In this case...

Page 43: ...are re synchronizing across the intercom cluster Configure Logging Window The Configure Logging window shown in Figure 51 is used to configure the connection type of the AZedit session where log mess...

Page 44: ...er the J9 port J10 Radio Button The J10 radio button indicates log messages are sent to another AZedit session connected serially over the J10 port Ethernet Radio Button The Ethernet radio button indi...

Page 45: ...ard To download firmware to the TBX Tribus card do the following 1 From the Status menu in AZedit select Software Versions A flyout menu appears 2 From the flyout menu select IO Cards The I O Card Ver...

Page 46: ...n drop down menu navigate to the folder where the firmware is located 6 Click Open The Download Device Firmware window appears 7 Click Begin Download The download begins This takes a minute or two to...

Page 47: ...d Status window appears 11 Verify the Tribus card firmware has been updated CAUTION Do not power down the frame or remove the TBX Tribus card from the frame until you have verified the new version inf...

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