Service and troubleshooting   
8.20  EST3 Installation and Service Manual 
Audio components 
3-ASU Audio Source Unit 
 
Table 8-13: 3-ASU Audio Source Unit Troubleshooting 
Problem Possible cause 
Unit does not respond. No 
network RX or TX LED activity 
1.  Power or data connectors loose or connected wrong on Rail 
Chassis Interface Card 
2.  Ribbon cable between Rail Chassis Interface Card and 
3-ASU (and 3-FTCU, if installed) loose or defective 
3.  Ribbon cable between 3-ASU main board and cover loose or 
defective 
No All Call page audio output 
from network amplifiers and 
low level page output 
terminals 
1. Defective microphone 
2.  Page inhibit timer set too long 
3. Defective 3-ASU 
4.  Ribbon cable between 3-ASU main board and cover loose or 
defective 
5. Defective amplifier 
No All Call page audio output 
from network amplifiers, output 
available at low level page 
output terminals 
1.  Network audio data riser open, shorted, or incorrectly wired 
2.  Network data riser open, shorted, or incorrectly wired 
3.  TB2 on the CPU loose or incorrectly wired 
4.  3-ASU not properly configured in SDU database 
5.  Amplifiers not properly installed or defective 
Page audio distorted  1.  Speaking too loud into microphone. Speak such that the last 
green LED on the page level meter only flickers occasionally 
2.  Gain of individual amplifiers set too high 
Auxiliary Input volume level 
too low 
1.  Adjust Aux input gain control on ASU 
2.  Auxiliary input wiring open or shorted  
Auxiliary Input volume level 
too high 
1.  Adjust Aux input gain control on ASU 
Recorded messages not 
working properly 
1.  3-ASUMX memory not firmly seated in connector 
2.  Audio database not correctly downloaded into 3-ASU 
3.  Incorrect message label referenced. 
Wrong messages going to 
wrong floors 
1.  Amplifier and message labels and rules incorrect or 
mislabeled 
Telephone Page inoperative  1.  Wiring between 3-ASU and 3-FTCU open, shorted, or 
incorrectly wired