Australian Monitor AMD P User Manual

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

AMD SERIES

POWER AMPLIFIER AMD2100P

AMD2200P AMD4100P AMD4200P

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

PRÉCAUTIONS DURANT UTILISATION

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including ampliﬁers) that produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not ﬁt into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories speciﬁed by the manufacturer.

12. Refer all servicing to qualiﬁed service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

13. This appliance shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing water and that no object ﬁlled with liquid such as vases shall be placed on the apparatus.

14. Connect the equipment to an appropriate wall outlet that is readily accessible.

15. The mains plug is used as the disconnect device and shall remain readily accessible. If the mains plug is not readily accessible due to mounting in a 19” rack, then the mains plug for the entire rack must be readily accessible.

16. WARNING: To reduce the risk of ﬁre or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture.

17. An appliance with a protective earth terminal should be connected to a mains outlet with a protective earth connection.

1. LISEZ ces instructions.

2. Tenez ces instructions.

3. Notez tous les avertissements.

4. Suivez toutes les avertissements.

5. N’utilisez pas ce produit près de l’eau (la piscine, la plage, le lac, etc.).

6. Nettoyez seulement avec une étoffe sèche.

7. Ne bloquez aucuns troux de ventilation. Installez en accord avec les instructions du manufacturier.

8. N’installez près aucunes sources de chaleur comme radiateurs, registres de chaleur, fours ou les autres équipements (y compris ampliﬁcateurs) qui produisent la chaleur.

9. Ne pas tenter de modiﬁer la prise de terre. Une ﬁche de base type a deux a deux tranchants et une troisième pointe de base, le tranchant large ou la troisième pointe est fourni pour votre sécurité. Si la ﬁche donnée ne conforme pas votre prise de contact, consultez un électricien pour remplacement de la prise de contact obsolète.

10. Protegez le cordon de secteur contre être marchée dessus ou pincez en particulier aux ﬁches, aux douilles de convenance, et au point où ils sortent de l’appareil.

11. Seulement utilisez attachements/accessoires spéciﬁés par le manufacturier.

12. Référez au personnel qualiﬁé de service pour toutes réparations. La réparation est donnée quand le système a été endommagé à n’importe façon, par exemple un ﬁl ou une ﬁche endommagé(e) de la source d’alimentation. Avoir été exposé à pluie ou humidité, n’opère pas normalement, ou avoir été tombé.

13. L’appareil ne doit pas être exposé aux écoulements ou aux éclaboussures et aucun objet ne contenant de liquide, tel qu’un vase, ne doit être placé sur l’objet.

14. Branchez l’appareil à une source appropriée et faire que la prise à débrancher soit facilement accessible.

15. La prise du secteur ne doit pas être obstruée ou doit être facilement accessible pendant son utilisation. Pour être complètement déconnecté de l’alimentation d’entrée, la prise doit être débranchée du secteur.

16. AVERTISSEMENT: Pour éviter le risque d’incendie ou de chocs électriques, ne pas exposer cet appareil à la pluie ou à l’humidité.

17. Un appareil avec la borne de terre de protection doit être connecté au secteur avec la connexiion de terre de protection.

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AMD SERIES INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

INTRODUCTION AND CONTENTS

AMD SERIES

The AMD P series of power ampliﬁers from Australian Monitor represent a quantum leap forward in connectivity, controllability & ﬂexibility in the constant voltage ampliﬁer market. The AMD series allows contractors to integrate the power ampliﬁer to third party control systems for remote control and status reporting. The AMD series ampliﬁers also offer the ﬂexibility of comprehensive on board DSP processing and 24VDC back up power.

Australian Monitor AMD P series is the future of constant voltage ampliﬁcation.

INTRODUCTION 3

FRONT PANEL 4

REAR PANEL 5

INSTALLATION 6

SOFTWARE APPLICATION 7

THIRD PARTY CONTROL PROTOCOL 11

DIMENSIONS 18

SPECIFICATIONS 19

Revision 1.2 May 2012

WARNING!

TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT USE THE PLUG WITH

AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES

CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE

THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

TO PREVENT ELECTRICAL SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, FULLY INSERT.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead symbol,

within an equilateral triangle, is intended

to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of

sufﬁcient magnitude to constitute a risk

of electric shock to persons.

WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK

OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT

REMOVE COVER (OR BACK).

NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED

SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The exclamation point within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to

the presence of important operating and

maintenance (servicing) instructions in the

literature accompanying the appliance.

Rating plate and caution marking are marked on the back enclosure of the apparatus

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FRONT PANEL

AMD4100P

SIGNAL CLIP

FAULT

CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 3 CHANNEL 4

2 3 4

Signal Indicator

The signal indicators (blue) illuminates when audio is present on the relevant ampliﬁer channel.

Fault Indicator

The fault indicators (red) illuminate when a fault is detected on the relevant ampliﬁer channel.

A fault may be detected due to short circuit conditions or internal failure.

SIGNAL CLIP

FAULT

SIGNAL CLIP

FAULT

SIGNAL CLIP FAULT

4 channel model shown here

CONTROL

Clip Indicator

The clip indicators (red) illuminate when an ampliﬁer channel is approaching full power or clipping.

If this occurs often, the input source or ampliﬁer gain should be reduced accordingly. Alternately the compressor block for the effected channel could be set to avoid the clipping condition.

Control Indicator

The control indicator (blue) blinks whenever a third party control system accesses the ampliﬁer or adjusts an operating parameter.

The control indicator also blink brieﬂy when the ampliﬁer is in the low power standby mode.

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Made in The Philippines

POWER

+24VDC

0VDC

OUTPUT 4

OUTPUT 3

CLASS 2 WIRINGCLASS 2 WIRING

OUTPUT 2 OUTPUT 1

INPUT 4

LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3

INPUT 3 INPUT 2

REAR PANEL

4 channel model shown here

LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1

INPUT 1

ETHERNET

VCA 4

VCA 3

VCA 2

VCA 1

Mains Input

3 4 52 6

Mains input is via a 3-pin IEC socket. A mains cable to suit your region is provided with your Australian Monitor ampliﬁer.

The ampliﬁer may be isolated from the mains supply with the mains switch provided. All models are internally fused.

The AMD2100P model operates from a wide range supply of 90 to 264VAC while all remaining models are internally conﬁgured for either 115V or 230VAC operation.

Please contact Australian Monitor should your ampliﬁer need to be changed from its shipped voltage conﬁguration.

Battery Input

24 VDC input for emergency power systems.

Ampliﬁer Outputs

Ampliﬁer outputs are terminated on 5.08” pitch removable connectors. Mating connectors are provided with your Australian Monitor ampliﬁer.

Each ampliﬁer channel output provides 4 Ohm (voice coil), 70V and 100V (constant voltage) outputs.

For each ampliﬁer channel, only one output type should be used. You may use a different output type for each channel ie. 4 Ohms on Channel 1, 100V on Channel 2.

Ethernet Port

The Ethernet port provides PC connectivity for use with the supplied software application and also remote control and status monitoring for use with third party control systems.

A pair of LED indicators provide link activity and link speed status feedback.

Modules for both Crestron and AMX control systems are available from the Australian Monitor web site.

For users of other control systems, please refer to the Third Party Control Protocol section later in this document for a detailed description of the protocol.

Logic Controls

VCA: Remote VCA level controls per channel. An Australian Monitor RC1 remote panel or any 500 kohm potentiometer may be connected between the GND pin and a VCA pin.

GRN: Low Power Standby Mode. The ampliﬁer will enter low power standby mode when the GRN pin is connected to the GND pin.

RS232: Serial port for third party control.

Modules for both Crestron and AMX control systems are available from the Australian Monitor web site.

Refer to the Third Party Control Protocol section later in this document for detailed description of the protocol.

Ampliﬁer Inputs

Balanced line level XLR inputs. The pin conﬁgurations are as per the diagram to the right.

Input level controls are provided for each input channel.

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Ethernet

LINK/ACTIVITY

ON: Link Activity

FLASH: Activity

SPEED OFF: 10Mbps ON: 100Mbps

Female XLR

PIN 2

HOT

(+)

PIN 3

COLD

(–)

PIN 1

GND

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INSTALLATION

Unpacking

Every Australian Monitor product is tested and inspected before leaving our factory and should arrive in perfect condition.

When opening the carton check for any noticeable damage to your Australian Monitor product. Please notify your Australian Monitor reseller immediately should any damage be discovered.

Should you ever need to re-ship the ampliﬁer, always use the original packaging carton and materials.

Mounting

The AMD Series power ampliﬁers are one rack unit high (1RU) and will ﬁt a standard EIA 19” rack. A rack rear support bracket is supplied and must be must be installed when rack mounting the ampliﬁer. The rear support bracket should be installed to the rack (rear rails) prior to mounting the ampliﬁer. Failure to mount or support the ampliﬁer correctly may lead to chassis damage which is not covered by warranty.

Typically ampliﬁers may be stacked directly on top of each other with no need for spacing between units, unless installed in high ambient temperature environments were a single rack unit space between ampliﬁers will assist cooling further.

Cooling

The AMD series power ampliﬁers utilise fan forced air cooling, with air ﬂowing from right to left (viewed from the front).

Ensure adequate ventilation and/or heat extraction is provided when rack mounting the ampliﬁer. Installations with multiple AMD P series ampliﬁers or other heat generating equipment with in the same rack will beneﬁt from full rack cooling, using conventional ducted cool-air fed through the rack base.

For smaller installations or were rack cooling is not possible, ensure the rack provides free air ﬂow above and below the rack. Also avoid the use of rear doors on the equipment rack.

Please consider the thermal dissipation ﬁgures provided later in this manual when installing your AMD series ampliﬁer.

Grounding

In the interests of safety, ensure the ampliﬁer is connected to a suitable grounded mains outlet and NEVER disconnect the earth pin on the AC power cord.

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