The ELD Assignment tab displays a listing and status of all End of Line Devices (ELD-1’s and PLD's) in the local World. ELD devices can be assigned to amplifiers as well as to output devices such as the VO-4e (ELD's are not supported on standard VO-4 devices).
By default, the left section of the dialog box shows Unassigned ELD-1’s in this World. A checkbox is provided that will Show All ELD-1's in World, this can be useful during troubleshooting as it shows all ELD-1 devices that are currently discoverable in the World.
All ELD-1's shown in this section will list their MAC Address, Status and Details.
MAC Address: A unique identifier used to distinguish devices on the network. The MAC Address is also indicated on the outside of the physical ELD-1.
The Status column will indicate the current state of any ELD-1s
• Red - Fault detected – Confirm speaker cabling is correct.
• Yellow –Not in use – Not physically connected/associated with an amplifier or output channel.
• Green – Online – Review Details column for information on the connected amplifier or output channel.
The Details column will indicate additional information about the ELD-1. Messages include:
• Never been connected to the output device.
• The output device and the channel it was last associated with.
• The output device and channel it is currently associated with.
The central divider has control buttons to Add, Remove and assign New ELD-1's.
The right hand ELD-1 Assignment section relates to the current output device and shows the ELD-1 channel assignment. If Device Failover is configured, both devices in the failover configuration are listed. For correct feedback of current settings the user is required is required to be Online.
The Item column indicates the output channels and the MAC Address's of any ELD-1’s assigned to them.
The ELD-1s column is used to specify the number of ELD-1s that the output device is expecting on the associated channel. The corresponding Status field will indicate the current state of any ELD-1s assigned.
• Red – Fault Detected -The specified number of ELD-1s for the channel is incorrect, the ELD-1s are offline or there is a problem with the speaker cable. Refer to the Alarms & Logs tab to troubleshoot the cause of the fault.
• Green – Connected – ELD-1’s have been associated correctly and no problems have been detected with the speaker line.
To aid troubleshooting, the Location field can be used to specify a name and details of the physical ELD-1.
If an ELD-1 assigned to an output channel needs to be assigned to a different channel, select the ELD-1 and 'drag and drop' it to the new output channel, alternatively use the Remove then the Add control button on the central divider.
A Validation warning will be indicated if any ELD-1s are assigned to an output channel that has not had an output Zone assigned.
If Online to the network: Select the available ELD-1 device in the left hand column and associate it to the required channel by using the Add control button. Any changes made to the ELD-1 assignment require the configuration to be resent to the devices.
If Offline: Select the required channel and select New. The Specify ELD-1 Manually dialogue box will appear. Enter the ELD-1 MAC Address and Location. The MAC Address information can be found on the physical ELD-1 unit.
When assigning an ELD-1 to an Zone configured for Failover it is required that the same ELD-1 is assigned to each output device on the same channels. The Failover mode is required to be configured before multiple ELD-1’s can be assigned.
Multiple ELD-1 assignment can be achieved two ways. By manually adding the ELD-1 using the New button. If an ELD-1 has already been assigned to a channel then the assignment can be copied to the redundant channel by holding the 'ctrl' key and ‘dragging and dropping’ the ELD-1 to the redundant channel.
Channel Failover with a parallel speaker configuration would be configured as shown;
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See Channel Failover section for wiring details.
Chassis Failover on a VA-8600 would be configured as shown;
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See Device Failover section for wiring details.
Each channel of an amplifier can be configured to use Impedance Monitoring in conjunction with Vocia ELD-1's, or a Vocia PLD device to monitor the integrity of the speaker line, but not both. It is however permissible to use a mixture of ELD-1's and PLD's across different amplifier channels in the same chassis.