Sonix 350-d Technical Manual
5.3.1 Local Ticktone
Local Ticktone is an audible, amplifi er generated, pulsed
tone that can be played over all connected loudspeakers
and is used for testing and commissioning the speaker
loops. The audio is broadcast over the out port only, so
that loop diagnostics can be performed. The diagram
below illustrates this:
Idle
Select...
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
Select...
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
Select...
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
Select...
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
5
4
3
2
1
Figure 13. Front button operation
Hot Standby
Amp Bus
EOL-8 Bus
Fuse
Danger - Hazardous Voltages Present!
COMPLIANT
Amp
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
PSU
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
48 V
DC
I/P
+ -
Sonix 350-d
Out
Amp 1
Return
Amp 2
Sonix Eol-8 #1
Loudspeaker Loop
#1
#2
#3
21 kHz
Line
STATUS
Hot Standby
Amp Bus
EOL-8 Bus
Fuse
Danger - Hazardous Voltages Present!
COMPLIANT
Amp
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
PSU
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
48 V
DC
I/P
+ -
Sonix 350-d
Out
Amp 1
Return
Amp 2
Sonix Eol-8 #1
Loudspeaker Loop
#1
#2
#3
21 kHz
Line
STATUS
X
Hot Standby
Amp Bus
EOL-8 Bus
Fuse
Danger - Hazardous Voltages Present!
COMPLIANT
Amp
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
PSU
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
48 V
DC
I/P
+ -
Sonix 350-d
Out
Amp 1
Return
Amp 2
Sonix Eol-8 #1
Loudspeaker Loop
#1
#2
#3
750 Hz
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
#4
Hot Standby
Amp Bus
EOL-8 Bus
Fuse
Danger - Hazardous Voltages Present!
COMPLIANT
Amp
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
PSU
Fault
O/P
N/C
com
48 V
DC
I/P
+ -
Sonix 350-d
Out
Amp 1
Return
Amp 2
Sonix Eol-8 #1
Loudspeaker Loop
#1
#2
#3
750 Hz
Local Ticktone
Sense Test
Local Preset
Line Cal
#4
In a standard broadcast, audio is transmitted through
both out and return paths for redundancy. Ticktone only
broadcasts on the Out path, this allows the technician
to narrow-down a possible 100 V line breakage by
following the loudspeaker loop and checking for audio
on each individual speaker.
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