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CAUTION:  To reduce the risk of electric shock,

Do not remove cover.

No user serviceable parts inside.

Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

This symbol indicates that dangerous
voltage constituting a risk of electric
shock is present within this unit.

This symbol indicates that there are
important operating and maintenance
instructions in the literature accompanying
this unit.

INSTALLATION

 

FCC Information 

This equipment has been tested and found to 
comply with the limits for a Class A digital 
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.   
These limits are designed to provide 
reasonable protection against harmful 
interference when the equipment is operated 
in a commercial environment.  This 
equipment generates, uses and can radiate 
radio frequency energy and if not installed 
and used in accordance with the instruction 
manual, may cause harmful interference to 
radio communications.  Operation of this 
equipment in a residential area may cause 
harmful interference in which case the user 
will be required to correct the interference at 
their own expense.  

 
Precautionary Designations 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mounting

 

The VIP-204A SIP Paging Gateway is designed 
for rack, shelf, or wall mounting. 

 

Rack: 

Attach the brackets to the four holes 

closest to the front on each side, and then mount 
the unit to a 19” rack. 

 

Shelf: 

Provided with the VIP-204A SIP Paging 

Gateway are four rubber stick-on pads.  Peel the 
pads from their carrier backing and place at the 
four corners of the bottom of the unit. 

 

Wall: 

Using the brackets and wood screws 

provided, secure the VIP-204A SIP Paging 
Gateway to the wall. 
 

Power Connections 

The preferred method of powering a VIP-204A is 
via a Power over Ethernet switch meeting the 
802.3af specification. 

If the rear panel barrel connector is used for 
power, the preferred power supply is a Valcom 
VIP-324D. 

 

Make all required signal connections before 
applying power to the unit. 

 

 

Network Connection  

The VIP-204A has one RJ-45 network connector 
on the front panel. 

 

Use a standard Ethernet patch cables to connect 
the VIP-204A to an Ethernet switch.  If the 
Ethernet switch is 802.3af compliant, it will power 
the VIP-204A. 

 

Signal Connections 

The VIP-204A has 5 signal connectors on the 
rear panel: 

 

• 1 RCA jack for AUX audio input 
• 4 RJ-45 connectors for audio and relay  
  connections for each networked channel. 

 

AUX Input:

  Local audio may be input via the 

rear panel RCA jack.  Nominal input impedance 
is 600 Ohms.  Connect any compatible audio 
source using an RCA patch cable.  Audio 
supplied through the rear panel RCA jack 
broadcasts to all Audio Outs whenever they are 
idle.  This is typically used for background music. 

 

Input / Output Connections: 

 Access to the 

audio output and relay output for each of the four 
channels is provided through the four RJ-45 jacks 
on the rear panel of the VIP-204A.  Four patch 
cables and four VM-186 terminal block 
connectors are included for ease of installation.  
The following chart shows the pin assignments 
for the four input/output connections. 

 
N.O. Relay Closure Output: 

 The Normally 

Open Relay Closure Output connection can be 
programmed on the VIP-204A to close the 
contacts in response to paging events.  The relay 
will return to the open state when the event ends. 

 
Audio Output:

  Typically connects to Self 

Amplified Speakers or into an amplifier.  Audio 
feeds connected to the AUX Input mute on any 
active Audio Output. 

VM-186 Connector 

Wire Color 

Signal 

Blue & Blue/White 

N.O. Relay Closure 

Output 

Brown & Brown/White 

Audio Output 

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