AUDAC MTX48 - Chapter 5 Peripheral Interfaces

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Chapter 5
Peripheral interfaces
TheMTXoffersthepossibilitytoconnectinputandcontrolunitsinadditiontothe
standarddirectlineandmicrophoneinputs.
TheconnectionsofthoseadditionalunitsshouldbedonetotheWallPanel(WP)or
PAGINGinputsontherearsideoftheMTX.EveryzonehasitsownWallPanel(WP)RJ45
connector.Thewallcontrolpanelsconnectedtotheseinputscanbyassignedtoanyzone
andthesignalappliedtothewallpanelinputscanbepatchedtothezoneitsconnected
to.
Available peripheral devices for MTX:
MWX43/45 Basic wall panel with routing and volume control (WP)
TheMWX43/45arebasicwallpanelswherebytheroutingandvolumeforonespecific
zonecanbecontrolled.Thesewallpanelscanbeconnectedinabusstructure,
connectingmultipleMWX43/45WallpanelstooneWPinput.Theassignmentofthewall
panelwithazonecanbedonebysoftwareassignment.(Howthisshouldbedoneis
describedlaterinthischapter)
MWX65 All-In-One wall panel with graphic display, Line & Microphone input (WP)
TheMWX65wallpanelcanbeusedtocontrolthevolumeandroutingforonezone,but
alsoprovidesthepossibilitytocontrolsomeadditionalfunctionslikemute,tonecontrol
andphantompower.ButthegreatestadvantageoftheMWX65isthatitcontainsan
additionalLineandMicrophoneinputwhichcanbelocallymixedandusedasadditional
localinputforthatzoneontheMTX.ThesignalfromtheconnectedMWX65isavailable
onInput7oftheMTX.
Additional Line (WLI) and Microphone (WMI) input units (WP)
TheLineandMicrophoneinputunitscanbeconnectedtotheMTXtocreateadditional
localLineandMicrophoneinputsforthatparticularzone.Thesignalcomingfromthelocal
Lineinputunits(WLI)willbeavailableonInput7andthesignalcomingfromthelocal
Microphoneinputunits(WMI)willbeavailableonInput8.
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APM / MPX Paging consoles (PAGING)
TheAPMandMPXPagingsystemscanbeusedforpagingtodifferentzonesoftheMTX.
DependingonthenumberofzonesoftheMTXsystem(MTX48orMTX88),associated
pagingconsolesareavailableforbroadcastingto4or8zones.Thepagingconsoleshave
tobeconnectedtothespeciallyprovidedPAGINGinputandmultiplepagingconsolescan
belinkedinseries,becomingapriority-basedpagingsystem.
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Connection limitations
PleasenotethattoeveryWP(WallPanel)input,onlytwoadditionalaudioinputdevices
canbeconnected.OneconnectedinputdevicewillbeavailableonInput7(WLIor
MWX65)andoneconnectedinputdevicewillbeavailableonInput8(WMI).Itis
impossibletoconnectmultipleLineorMicrophoneinputdevicesinseriestooneWP
input.