Cloud-electronics PM16 User Manual Page 1

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.01PM Series Digital Paging MicrophonesPM4, PM8, PM12, PM16PM4-SA, PM-8SA (with Message Annou

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.010Controls and connectionsFront Panels5678941231594162 10135173 116184 12ACBDGROUPSTALKCLEA

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.011Rear Panel1315141716IN OUTN123POWER912--17V ACPM (all models)13. Digital Paging Interface

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.012Memory cards SA models of the PM accept standard SD cards with a capacity of up to 2 GB o

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.013SD CARDWRITE-PROTECT TABUNLOCK (for recording)LOCKED(when installed)Filenames SA models o

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.014 Using the PM (non-SA models) - User InstructionsTo the installer: please photocopy page

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.015Paging all zones1. Press and hold the CALL ALL button; all the LEDs for enabled zones an

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.016Using the PM (SA models) - User Instructions To the installer: please photocopy pages 16

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.017Paging all zones 1. Press and hold the CALL ALL button; all the LEDs for enabled zones a

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.018Paging a zone group – groups A to D 1. Press the GROUP button for the required zone grou

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.019Sending a pre-recorded message to a zone group – groups E to H (Model PM8-SA only) 1. ‘D

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.020InstallationAccessing the internal PCBWith most installations, it will be necessary at so

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.021replacement before mounting the PM on the wall.The metal baseplate of the PM is tted wit

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.022of this connector). (Note that this connector is also used for the internal chime speaker

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.023Powering standard (non-SA) models from a Cloud host mixerIf the PM is to be connected to

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.024Current considerationsThe table below gives the current required by the various PM models

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.025The table below lists the current taken by various Cloud options which may be installed i

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.026Powering SA models from a Cloud DCM-1 SA models of the PM may be powered from a Cloud DCM

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.027Cables and ConnectionsConnecting the PM to a mixer via the digital interfaceThe rear of t

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.028IMPORTANT: The Digital Paging Interface is a data network, and thus must be terminated at

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.0292. Zone Selection Control Cable:The zone selection control cable should be a multicore st

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.033PM4/8/12/16 PM4-SA, PM-8SADigital Paging Microphones

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.030Typical exampleThe diagram below shows the overall cable connections between a PM4 and a

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.031Connecting a PM-SA for external message triggering: These connections are optional, and w

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.032The external message trigger inputs should ideally be connected to volt-free switch or re

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.033Conguring the PMZone GroupsZones may be ‘grouped’ together to simplify the procedure for

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.034Assigning a message to a zone group (SA models only) On the SA models, any one of the mes

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.0357. Release the GROUP button.Note that once a chime is assigned to a group, it is not pos

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.036Zone offset applies only to the whole set of zone buttons on a PM, not to individual zone

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.037Auto-Reset of Zone and Message SelectionBy default, the last zone selection and message s

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.038Priority settingsNOTE: This conguration option is only relevant to systems with more tha

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.039a diagram showing jumper and level adjustment locations. Chime selection is per-microphon

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.04 ContentsIntroduction ...6

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.040Message chimes Pre-recorded messages may also be preceded by a chime, and the selection o

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.041Disabling Zone buttonsIt may occasionally be desired to restrict the zones which a microp

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.042 Terminating the Digital Paging InterfaceThe Cloud Digital Paging Interface must be corre

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.043Setting the terminations on the Cloud DCM-1The Digital Paging Interface is referred to in

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.044The table below lists the jumpers within each host mixer that need to be changed.MIXER ZO

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.045INOUT OUTCAT-5CAT-5CAT-5 CAT-5 CAT-5(with Digital Paging Interface)INOUTINOUTAUDIO OUTZON

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.046All other PMs on the network must be powered individually by external PSUs. DC power is o

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.047Communication between PMs will be via the digital interface, and between the last PM (eff

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.048Using the analogue interface with third-party paging microphones.It may sometimes be nece

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.049AppendixPCB layout diagramsWhen removing jumpers we recommend that the link is left conne

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.05Installation ... 20Accessin

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PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.051Jumper and default settings summary – standard (non-SA) modelsJumper Purpose DefaultJ1 Ch

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.052**N-O: normally-open; N-C: normally-closed.Technical SpecicationsPM4/8/12/16 PM4-SA, PM8

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PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.06IntroductionSafety InformationCloud PM paging microphones operate from a low DC voltage, s

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.07OverviewThank you for purchasing this Cloud PM paging microphone.Six models of the PM are

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.08Multiple PMs may be interconnected (via the Digital Paging Interface) to permit paging fro

PM4/8/12/16 & PM4/8-SA Installation and User Guide v1.09What’s in the box• Model PM paging microphone• Installation and User Guide (this manual)