Basic Components Product Description
XPIQ PN 51013:C 7/01/03 15
XPIQ-MB Features
• Four Class B speaker circuits which are continuously supervised in On and Off state
• XPIQ-CA Class A option board for conversion of four Class B speaker circuits to four Class
A speaker circuits
• Accepts four audio riser channels from XPIQ-AIB4 option board
• Four amplifier slots
• Continuously supervised amplifiers
• All-call local page capability with optional RM-1(SA) remote microphone and XPIQ-RMI
• Two independent user configurable tone generators either for riser backup or as a main tone source
• Supports routing of all-call page from single remote microphone to other XPIQ-MBs in the
same cabinet
• Supports a variety of backup configurations
✓ 1 to 1 backup
✓ 2 to 1 backup
✓ 3 to 1 backup
✓ 2 to 2 backup
✓ 1 to 1 external backup (backup amplifier in another XPIQ)
✓ 2 to 1 external backup (backup amplifier in another XPIQ)
✓ 3 to 1 external backup (backup amplifier in another XPIQ)
✓ 4 to 1 external backup (backup amplifier in another XPIQ)
Note: Refer to "XPIQ Audio Amplifier Installation" on page 38 for rules that apply when using more
than one type of audio amplifier.
• Supports backup amplifier sharing between two or more XPIQs within the same cabinet
• Four Class B or two Class A firefighter telephone zones capable of distinguishing open, short
and off-hook states
• Busy tone on firefighter telephone circuits
• Supervised firefighter telephone riser input with in and out terminals
• Alternate use of firefighter telephone circuits as four Class B or two Class A NACs, each
rated at 2A, 24 VDC
• XPIQ-PS(E) power supply control/supervision that includes AC, battery and charger
monitoring
• AC trouble delay option (none, 8 or 16 hour delay)
• Ground fault detection
• Serial port for configuration download from PC
• Easy software upgrading accomplished by downloading from PC via serial port
• Nonvolatile memory for storing configuration data
• Pluggable terminal blocks for field wiring
• Background music input terminal block
• Ten position background music volume control switch
• Accessory trouble input