Oxmoor MCS User Manual

MCS

™

ROOM COMBINING SYSTEM

ROOM PANEL

•Room volume control, local source and
background music select switches

•Synchronizes with other Room Panels when
rooms are combined

•PA-422 communication interface

•Non-volatile memory

•Combine any combination of eight
rooms

MAINFRAME

MASTER VOLUME PANEL

•Volume control and source selection
for each room at a remote location

TYPICAL

MASTER CONTROL PANEL

•Custom screened for your
specific room configuration

•Combine, source and head-table
switches for each zone

•Field-programmable

•PA-422 communication interface

INTERFACE BOX

•Converts combine, source and
head-table switch closures to PA­422 signals that can communicate
with the Mainframe

Now it’s easy to combine rooms in ways they
once said couldn’t be done. And while you get all
the control flexibility you’ve dreamed of, user
operation is incredibly simple and intuitive. In
fact, the MCS Room Combining System lets you
combine the audio and synchronize the local
volume controls of any combination of eight
rooms; up to eleven different possibilities — even
if they are not adjacent.

The power behind all of this control flexibility
lies in the MCS System’s on-board
microprocessor systems — powerful, yet easily
field programmable to virtually any combining
configuration.

Power and simplicity are there in every user
function as well. Oxmoor’s custom-screened
Master Control Panel shows the floor plan of the
rooms that may be combined. Combine, Source
and Head-Table switches are intelligently
positioned to indicate their functions at a glance.

For each room, MCS-RP Room Panels feature our
innovative RC-16 Volume Control and its unique
“Virtual PointerTM” LED. Simple push switches

allow selection of a local sound source (such as a
mixer), background music or neither. And since
volume settings for a local source and
background music are apt to be different, the last
volume setting of each is stored in memory and
recalled when switching between the two.

While easy to operate, the MCS System simplifies
system design and installation as well. MCS
control components communicate with each
other using PA-422 protocol, allowing lengthy
cable runs, easy installation and a minimum
number of conductors. Master control of the MCS
System may come from Oxmoor’s Master Control
Panel or another PA-422 controller. An MCS-IB
Interface Box can be used to allow control by
contact closures, converting them to PA-422
signals.

Just as important as ease of operation is effective
system security. Tampering with the MCS System
is prevented by key switches at the Master
Control, Master Volume and Room Panels. And
in the event of a power failure, a non-volatile
memory will preserve system settings.

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Master Control Panel

POWER

+15 VDC

–15 VDC

+ 5 VDC

8

MCS ROOM COMBINING SYSTEM

MUSIC CHANNEL 1

MCS -IB INTERFACE B OX

POWER

MCS-IB

Interface Box

CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 3

CHANNEL 4

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Master Volume Panel

CHANNEL 5

CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 7 CHANNEL 8

MCS – MVP Master Volume Panel

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ROOMS

LOCAL

ON

OFF

Mainframe

MUSIC

Room Panel

MCS–RP

LOCAL

MUSIC

OFFON

VOLUME

ONLY

MCS ROOM COMBINING SYSTEM

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