Connection possibilities
TwodifferentconnectionmethodsarepossibletoconnectmultipleAPM’stoone
Peripheralinterface(PI)port.
1)Busstructure
MultipleAPMpagingconsolescanbeconnectedinabusstructure,connectingthem
toonesinglePIport.Inthissetup,onlyonemessagefromapagingconsolecanbe
transferredsimultaneously.Thisisalwaysprioritybased.
Prio rity Inp uts
CH 1
CH 2
Cont act Inp uts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
C
9A
9B
9C
9D
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
INPUT
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
OUTPU T
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
Perip heral I nterf aces
RS48 5(1) R S485( 2)
RS48 5(3) R S485( 4)
RS48 5(5) R S485( 6)
RS48 5(7) R S485( 8)
RS48 5(9) RS485( 10)
emote Control
(Ethernet)
(RS232
)
Fuse :
230V ~ /5 0Hz
Link
In
Out
Multiple paging consoles connected to one PI port (Bus structure)
2)SeparatePIinput
MultipleAPMpagingconsolescanbeconnectedtotheM2,eachofthemusingaseparate
PIInput.Iftheselectedpagingoutputsaredifferent,pagingtodifferentzonescanbedone
simultaneously.IncasemultipleAPM’saretryingtopagetothesameoutputatthesame
time,thepagingisprioritybased,andonlythemessagecomingfromtheAPMwiththe
highestpriority(lowestaddress)willbeannounced.
Prio rity Inp uts
CH 1
CH 2
Cont act Inp uts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
C
9A
9B
9C
9D
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
INPUT
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
L-
L+
GND
R-
R+
GND
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
NO
COM
NC
OUTPU T
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
R-
R+
L-
L+
Perip heral I nterf aces
RS48 5(1) R S485( 2)
RS48 5(3) R S485( 4)
RS48 5(5) R S485( 6)
RS48 5(7) R S485( 8)
RS48 5(9) RS485( 10)
emote Control
(Ethernet)
(RS232
)
Fuse :
230V ~ /5 0Hz
Link
In
Out
Multiple paging consoles connected to separate PI inputs
Paging over fiber
Whenmultipledevicesarecascadedthroughthe(optional)fiberinterconnectioninterface
(OPT2),pagingmessagescanbetransferredthroughthefiberconductor,makingpaging
possibleinmultiplezonesofseparatedevices.Whenthisoptionisenabled,audiochannel
one(FB1)isdedicatedforpagingpurposes,wherebythischannelcan’tbeusedforother
purposes.Pagingoverfiberisalwaysprioritybased,andonlyoneAPMcanstreama
messagetootherdevicessimultaneously.