Clear-Com RCS-2700 - Manual (Page 9)

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OPERATION
DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW
You can quickly and easily assign remote stations or beltpacks to the channels of a
main intercom station with an RCS-2700 Source Assignment Panel. One
RCS-2700 unit can program up to 24 “destinations” to 8 “source” channels.
Using a Windows-based PC, or the optional RCU-67 Remote Control Unit, you
can program source/destination assignments from a distance of up to 300 feet
(91 meters) from the RCS-2700 unit.
• “Sources” are typically the channels from a 4-, 8-, or 12-channel main or
master station.
• “Destinations” are typically remote intercom stations, beltpacks, or other
interfaces, but can also be groups of such devices connected together.
The RCS-2700 unit can store up to 14 “presets”—sets of pre-programmed
source/destination assignments—which can be selected to go into operation
within seconds as needed, using either the handheld RCU-67 Remote Control
Unit, a PC, a contact closure, or directly from the front panel of the RCS-2700.
The front panel can be “locked” to prevent unauthorized tampering.
With a Windows-based PC (95/98/ME/2000) and its companion software
program, RCS-WIN, you can create presets and store them in your computer for
current or future use. The RCS-WIN software offers a user-friendly onscreen
image of an assignment panel with slider buttons that you move up or down to
change assignments.
With the optional compact RCU-67 Remote Control Unit, you can select,
create, and edit presets through its numerical LED readouts. The remote unit is
compact, easy to store, and offers an alternative to using a PC.
The RCS-2700 requires very little electrical current to operate. Because of this, it
operates from 30 VDC power, and no internal power supply is required. The
unit can be powered by one of the channels of the main station or power supply
that powers the system. In the event of a power loss, the latching relays in its
switching matrix remain in position, maintaining the channel assignments.
REMOTE-CONTROLLED OPERATION
The RCU-67 and the PC can be located up to 300 feet (91 meters) away from
the RCS-2700 main unit, connected with Category-5 cable. This provides not
only convenience and flexibility in system control, but can also save money
during installation: the assignment panel no longer needs to be located in the
control room area. This shortens cable runs (often improving intercom system
performance) and allows more flexibility in location of the RCS-2700 main
unit—both potential money savers.
• “Sources” are typically
the channels from a main
or master station.
• “Destinations” are
remote stations,
beltpacks, or other
devices that are assigned
to channels of the source
station.
• You can program
source/destination
assignments with the
RCU-67 Remote Control
Unit or with a
Windows-based PC.
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