Oxmoor MCS - Manual (Page 2)

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 Pointer
TM ” 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.
LOCAL MUSIC
VOLUME
ONLY
OFF ON
MCS–RP
4 5
6
7
8
LOCAL MUSIC
ROOMS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
MCS – MVP Master Volume Panel
MCS ROOM COMBINING SYSTEM
MCS -IB INTERFACE B OX
POWER
POWER
+15 VDC
–15 VDC
+ 5 VDC
MUSIC CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 3 CHANNEL 4 CHANNEL 5 CHANNEL 6 CHANNEL 7 CHANNEL 8
2
3
1
OFF
ON
MCS ROOM COMBINING SYSTEM
Master Control Panel
Master Volume Panel
Mainframe
Room Panel
MCS-IB
Interface Box
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