Crestron electronic DMTH4 manual

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    DMTH4 Digital T elephone Hybrid INS T ALL A TION and QUICK S T AR T GUIDE Rio Rancho, NM, USA www .lectrosonics.com Fill in for your records: Ser ial Number : Purchase Date:[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 2[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 3 Impor tant Safety Instructions This symbol, wherev er it appears , aler ts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage inside the enclosure -- voltage that ma y be sufficient to constitute a r isk of shock . This symbol, wherev er it appears, aler ts y ou to impor tant operating and maintenance instructi[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 4 T able of Contents Impor tant Safety Instructions .................................................................................................. ................................................................ 3 T able of Contents ........................................................................................[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 5 Introduction The pur pose of this guide is to assist in the setup and operation of a typical DMTH4 system. This guide assumes familiarity with the DM Series Digital Audio Processors, its components and software menus and setup screens. T o get the most out of the DMTH4 system, it is suggested to revie w the infor[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 6 TELEPHONE SET LINE EXP ANSION TEL RC 1: GND 2: IN 1 3: IN 3 4: IN 5 5: IN 7 25 13 14 1 6: IN 9 7: IN 11 8: GND 9: OUT 1 10: OUT 3 11: OUT 5 12: OUT 7 13: GND 14: +5V 15: IN 2 16: IN 4 17: IN 6 18: IN 8 19: IN 10 20: +5V 21: OUT 2 22: OUT 4 23: OUT 6 24: OUT 8 25: +5V PROGRAMMABLE INPUTS / OUTPUTS RS-232 LecNet 2 USB POWER[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 7 DM In + - S o u rce + Un ba l a nced s o u rce to DM inp u t ( 3 -Wire) S hield DM In + - S o u rce + Un ba l a nced s o u rce to DM inp u t (2-Wire) S hield B a l a nced s o u rce to DM inp u t ( 3 -Wire) DM In + - S o u rce + - S hield Installing the DM system into a rack The DMTH4 occupies a single space. Ther[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 8 LED i s on when the progr a mm ab le o u tp u t i s a ctive 38 0 Ohm s Progr a mm ab le O u tp u t Pin 38 0 Ohm s LED i s off when the progr a mm ab le o u tp u t i s a ctive Progr a mm ab le O u tp u t Pin Gnd (from Progr a mm ab le I/O Pin s 1, 8 , 1 3 ) 1N4001 or e qu iv . Extern a l DC V olt a ge S o u rce (<40VDC)[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 9 Note: The diagram shows an e xternal DC source pow er ing the rela y coil. This is necessar y whenev er coil voltages e xceed 5 V . Both LEDs and 5V relay coils can be po wered by the +5 V DC pins on the progr ammable input connector , as long as the maximum combined current for all LEDS and relay coils does not [...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 10 Installing LecNet2 ™ Sof tware and USB Driver LecNet2™ is a Graphic User Interf ace (GUI) designed to allow easy setup and monitoring of DM components using Window s ® 2000 or XP computer systems. LecNet2™ includes the necessar y Control P anels to configure and monitor all the DM series products plus the V enue M[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 11 5. When the dr iver installation is complete , the final page of the Wizard appears. Click Finish to complete the LecNet2™ USB dr iv er installation. Installation of Additional Units (or LecNet 2™ devices) The Windows XP operating system regards all Lecnet2™ devices as separ ate USB devices because each ha[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 12 USB Driver Installation (Windows 2000) Fir st Time Installation When a LecNet2™ de vice is connected to a comptuer system r unning the Windo ws ® 2000 operating system f or the very first time, the Windo ws Found New Hard- ware Wizard automatically opens. (Dm1624 shown for illustrative purposes only .) Use the f ollow[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 13 Basic System Setup USB Po r t RS-232P o r t Control System Interconnections In addition to a Windo ws ® 2000 or XP based computer system, DMTH4s can be controlled by external ser ial control system using the RS-232 interfa ce, such as those from Crestron ® and AMX ® . T wo RS-232 cab les are provided. They ar[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 14 Network - One or more DMTH4 devices ma y be made av ailab le for network connections b y connecting them to a ga t eway computer system. A gatewa y PC, o r gat eway se r v er acts as a middleman, receiving commands f or a DMTH4 over a network connection, and fo rwarding them to the DMTH4, which is connected to it via USB[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 15 Setting Master/Slav e Mode WIth the DMTH4 connection configured, it is now possible to set the Master/Sla ve operating mode. This is done by selecting “De vice Setup” from the Control P anel Menu Bar . Select “Expansion Mode” from the drop down menu and select “Slave . ” Initial Setup Hints 1) Right [...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 16 Example T eleconferencing Setup The follo wing information descr ibes setting up a DMTH4 to connect two locations f or a conf erence. The DMTH4 is designed to be par t of a DM Ser ies chain. In this example , the DMTH4 is a slav e unit to a DM1624 Series Automix er . This example also as- sumes that the hardware has been[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 17 The f ollowing are assumed: • A PO TS line has already been connected to the DMTH4 rear panel T elephone Line jack • The DMTH4 has been connected to the DM1624 via the D ANI bus • The microphones and ov erhead speakers are already connected to the DM1624 in a Mix-Minus configuration. The result will be tha[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 18 Inputs to Expansion Outputs T ab Connect Input Channels 1 and 2 to Expansion Out Channel 1 Out Source T ab TEL Output Source Setting up the DMTH4 Output Source Multiplex e r The TEL output needs to be configured so that Expan- sion Final Mix 1 is sent ov er the telephone line for use at the remote Conf erence Room. 1.) S[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 19 The following procedures are designed to aquaint the user of the basic steps required to set up a DMTH4 and provide a f oundation for de v eloping more comple x operations. It is assumed that the LecNet2™ software and drive rs hav e been pre viously installed, a Windo ws-based computer system is connected to t[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 20 Use the “T ype the number to dial” box 1.) Clic k the “T ype the number to dial” bo x, then use the computer ke yboard to enter the telephone number . When finished, click “Dial” to connect the telephone interf ace and dial the number . 2.) T o ter minate the telephone call, click the “Discon- nect” b utt[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 21 When an incoming call is received the Ringing LED (on both the T el/Codec T ab and the Activities T ab) will b link until the number of rings has been achiev ed, then e xtinguish to indicate that the T elephone Interf ace has connected. 4.) Click “Enable A uto Disconnect” to configure the DMTH4 so that the t[...]

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    DMTH4 LECTROSONICS, INC. 22 This equipment complies with P ar t 68 of the FCC rules. On the rear panel of this equipment is a label that contains , among other information, the FCC registration number and ringer equivalence number (REN) f or this equipment. If requested, this information must be provided to the telephone compan y . This equipment u[...]

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    Installation Guide Rio Rancho, NM 23[...]

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    2 December , 2005 5 8 1 L as er Ro a d NE • Rio R a ncho , NM 8 7124 U S A • www .lectro s onic s .com (505) 8 92-4501 • ( 8 00) 8 21-1121 • f a x (505) 8 92-624 3 • sa le s @lectro s onic s .com LIMITED ONE YEAR WARRANTY The e qu ipment i s w a rr a nted for one ye a r from d a te of p u rch as e a g a in s t defect s in m a teri a l s o[...]