Monroe Electronics R194 Instruction Manual

Instruction Manual

8 Channel Crawl System

Model R194

Monroe Electronics

100 Housel Ave

Lyndonville NY 14098-0535

phone [phone]  fax [phone]

www.monroe-electronics.com

1340226

Ver. 12142017

Warranty 1
Specifications 2
Front and Rear View 3
General Overview 4

Installation 5
Programming 6 5 5 10
Wiring Diagram 7

Table of Contents

Warranty

Monroe Electronics, Inc. warrants to the owners, each instrument and sub-assembly
manufactured by them to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period
of two years after shipment from factory. This warranty is applicable to the original
purchaser only.

Liability under this warranty is limited to service, adjustment or replacement of defective
parts (other than fuses and batteries) on any instrument or sub-assembly returned to the
factory for this purpose, transportation charges prepaid.

This warranty does not apply to instruments or sub-assemblies subjected to abuse,
abnormal operating conditions, or unauthorized repair or modification.

Since Monroe Electronics, Inc. has no control over conditions of use, no warranty is made,
or implied as to the suitability of our product for the customer's intended use.

THE WARRANTY SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE IS EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL
OTHER WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR
STATUTORY INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. Except for obligations expressly undertaken by
Monroe Electronics, in this warranty, Owner hereby waives and releases all rights, claims
and remedies with respect to any and all warranties, express, implied or statutory
(including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness), and
including but without being limited to any obligation of Monroe Electronics with respect to
incidental or consequential damages, or damages for loss of use. No agreement or
understanding varying or extending the warranty will be binding upon Monroe Electronics
unless in writing signed by a duly authorized representative of Monroe Electronics.

In the event of a breach of the foregoing warranty, the liability of Monroe Electronics shall
be limited to repairing or replacing the non-conforming goods and/or defective work, and in
accordance with the foregoing, Monroe Electronics shall not be liable for any other
damages, either direct or consequential.

Return Policy to Factory

Materials returned to Monroe Electronics must have a Return Material Authorization
number. To obtain a RMA number, contact our A/V Switching & Control Customer Service
at 585-765-2254 or fax [phone]. Customers have 30 days to determine that the

product ordered fills their need and performs as described in Monroe’s literature. Units

returned for approved repair or credit, must be in the original packaging including all parts
and paperwork plus be in very good physical condition. If not, the customer is billed the
cost to refurbish the unit and for missing accessories and merchandise. No products may
be returned for exchange or credit after 12 months of the shipment date. Monroe reserves
the right to repair or replace units under warranty.

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Specifications

Video Interface:

Video In (1V p-p 75 ohm) BNC
Video Out (1V p-p 75 ohm) BNC

EAS Audio Interface:
EAS Audio In Stereo (600 ohm Bal.)
5 pin terminal strip
EAS Audio Out Stereo (600 ohm Bal.)
5pin terminal strip

Trig:
Shorting these terminals switches from program audio to EAS audio
2 pin terminal strip

Connections to the R189 One-Net:
RS232 data Control in connector (supplied)
Baseband audio 5 pin terminal strip
EAS audio trigger 2 pin terminal strip

Control In:

RS232 data 9 pin “D” connector from R189 One-Net

Control Out:

RS232 data 9 pin “D” connector to next R194 in the chain.

Master / Slave Select Switch

Master for single unit operation.
For multiple units connected in series one Master, the remainder should be Slave

Power Requirements:

Input 120VAC @ .8amps max
Output +12VDC @ .125 amps
uses 2 Pin terminal strip (supplied)

Physical Size:

19.0” W x 1.75” H x 5.0” D (1RU)

Weight:
4 lbs

Equipment Supplied:

Instruction Manual
Power Supply
(8) 9 pin Terminal Block Connectors
(2) 5 pin Terminal Block Connector
(2) 2 pin Terminal Block Connectors
6’ DB9 M/F Straight Thru Cable
3000R/22M Mounting Kit

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Front View

Rear View

General Overview

Description

The R194 (R194P supports PAL television display systems) is an eight-channel
on-screen composite videotext character generator that can overlay crawl
characters onto program video during EAS alerts. Alert audio also replaces
program audio for each channel. Video loop-thru connections are all BNC type.
Audio loop-thru connections are all pluggable screw terminals. Control is by
standard RS-232 signaling using DB9 type connectors. Up to 32 R194’s can be
daisy-chained together to allow EAS service to as many as 255 individual analog
channels from a single Monroe EAS controller.

Application
During EAS alerts, data, audio trigger, and audio inputs received from the R189
One-Net, EAS Encoder/Decoder, are used to automatically create a videotext
crawl message and override audio signals. When activated, the EAS videotext and

audio signals are passed to the system’s distribution equipment. At the conclusion

of an alert, the unit returns to normal function.

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Installation

1. Mount the R194(s) into the rack. If only one R194 is used, the Master/Slave
switch on the rear panel MUST be set to Master.
If multiple R194’s are installed in series ONLY THE FIRST ONE should
have the Master/Slave switch on the rear panel set to Master. All other
units MUST be set to Slave.

2. Connect your first audio/video source and output to the channel 1
connections. (2 conductor shielded cabling is recommended for all audio
connections.) Continue connecting the rest of your audio/video sources and
outputs to the remaining channels of the first R194 and remaining one.

3. Connect the Relay 1 connections from the R189 One-Net to the Trig
connection on the R194. If you are using more than one R194, connect the
Trig connections in parallel between all of the R194’s used.

4. Connect the L+ and L- out audio connections from the R189 to the L+ and
L- connections of the EAS Audio in connector of the R194. For stereo
audio, you must also connect R+ and R- out connections from the R189 to
the R+ and R- connections of EAS Audio in connector of the R194.

5. If more than one R194 is to be used, connect the L+ and L- connections
from the EAS Audio out connector on the first R194 to the L+ and L­connections of the EAS Audio in connector on the second R194 in the
chain. If the right channel audio was used in the previous step, that output
must be connected to the input in the same way.

6. If the units are daisy-chained, the video for each unit MUST be installed on
INPUT ONE before any other inputs can be used.

7. Connect the 12-volt DC output of the AC adapters to the 12V connections of

each of the R194’s used. (WH to +, shield to GND) Note: It is good practice
to plug the AC adapters into a battery backed up outlet to insure proper
operation during a power outage.

8. Power up the R194 units, before step 9.

9. Using the supplied serial cable, connect it from the serial port on the R189
to the control input connection on the first R194. If using more than one
R194, connect the serial cable from the Control out connection of the first
R194 to the Control in connection of the second R194. Continue
connecting the Control connections to any additional R194’s.

See the wiring diagram on the last page for more details.

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Programming

There is no programming to be done in the R194. However, the serial port on the
R189 needs to be programmed for the proper protocol.

Programming the R189 serial port:

1. Log into the R189 One-Net.

2. Go to Setup, Video/CG and select the R194 serial protocol at the top of the
page.

3. Click on the “Accept Changes” button at the bottom of the page to save your
changes.

4. That completes the programming.

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